When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you.
discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you,
Then you will walk on your way securely, and your foot will not stumble. If you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
My eyes are awake before the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promise.
How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word.
Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my sojourning.
Your testimonies are my delight; they are my counselors.
Send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling!
Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.
With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
Afterward he shall turn his face to the coastlands and shall capture many of them, but a commander shall put an end to his insolence. Indeed, he shall turn his insolence back upon him. Then he shall turn his face back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he shall stumble and fall, and shall not be found. “Then shall arise in his place one who shall send an exactor of tribute for the glory of the kingdom. But within a few days he shall be broken, neither in anger nor in battle. In his place shall arise a contemptible person to whom royal majesty has not been given. He shall come in without warning and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
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