<p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/newsonknees/membership">Support the Show</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Summarized Transcript: </strong></p><p><br></p><p>Happy Friday, everyone. Today, we’re picking up our reading from Psalm 119, this time from verses 65-96</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Psalm 119</strong></p><p>Do good to your servant<br>    according to your word, Lord.</p><p><strong>66 </strong></p><p>Teach me knowledge and good judgment,<br>    for I trust your commands.</p><p><strong>67 </strong></p><p>Before I was afflicted I went astray,<br>    but now I obey your word.</p><p><strong>68 </strong></p><p>You are good, and what you do is good;<br>    teach me your decrees.</p><p><strong>69 </strong></p><p>Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies,<br>    I keep your precepts with all my heart.</p><p><strong>70 </strong></p><p>Their hearts are callous and unfeeling,<br>    but I delight in your law.</p><p><strong>71 </strong></p><p>It was good for me to be afflicted<br>    so that I might learn your decrees.</p><p><strong>72 </strong></p><p>The law from your mouth is more precious to me<br>    than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.</p><p><strong>י Yodh</strong></p><p><strong>73 </strong></p><p>Your hands made me and formed me;<br>    give me understanding to learn your commands.</p><p><strong>74 </strong></p><p>May those who fear you rejoice when they see me,<br>    for I have put my hope in your word.</p><p><strong>75 </strong></p><p>I know, Lord, that your laws are righteous,<br>    and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.</p><p><strong>76 </strong></p><p>May your unfailing love be my comfort,<br>    according to your promise to your servant.</p><p><strong>77 </strong></p><p>Let your compassion come to me that I may live,<br>    for your law is my delight.</p><p><strong>78 </strong></p><p>May the arrogant be put to shame for wronging me without cause;<br>    but I will meditate on your precepts.</p><p><strong>79 </strong></p><p>May those who fear you turn to me,<br>    those who understand your statutes.</p><p><strong>80 </strong></p><p>May I wholeheartedly follow your decrees,<br>    that I may not be put to shame.</p><p><strong>כ Kaph</strong></p><p><strong>81 </strong></p><p>My soul faints with longing for your salvation,<br>    but I have put my hope in your word.</p><p><strong>82 </strong></p><p>My eyes fail, looking for your promise;<br>    I say, “When will you comfort me?”</p><p><strong>83 </strong></p><p>Though I am like a wineskin in the smoke,<br>    I do not forget your decrees.</p><p><strong>84 </strong></p><p>How long must your servant wait?<br>    When will you punish my persecutors?</p><p><strong>85 </strong></p><p>The arrogant dig pits to trap me,<br>    contrary to your law.</p><p><strong>86 </strong></p><p>All your commands are trustworthy;<br>    help me, for I am being persecuted without cause.</p><p><strong>87 </strong></p><p>They almost wiped me from the earth,<br>    but I have not forsaken your precepts.</p><p><strong>88 </strong></p><p>In your unfailing love preserve my life,<br>    that I may obey the statutes of your mouth.</p><p><strong>ל Lamedh</strong></p><p><strong>89 </strong></p><p>Your word, Lord, is eternal;<br>    it stands firm in the heavens.</p><p><strong>90 </strong></p><p>Your faithfulness continues through all generations;<br>    you established the earth, and it endures.</p><p><strong>91 </strong></p><p>Your laws endure to this day,<br>    for all things serve you.</p><p><strong>92 </strong></p><p>If your law had not been my delight,<br>    I would have perished in my affliction.</p><p><strong>93 </strong></p><p>I will never forget your precepts,<br>    for by them you have preserved my life.</p><p><strong>94 </strong></p><p>Save me, for I am yours;<br>    I have sought out your precepts.</p><p><strong>95 </strong></p><p>The wicked are waiting to destroy me,<br>    but I will ponder your statutes.</p><p><strong>96 </strong></p><p>To all perfection I see a limit,<br>    but your commands are boundless.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Thank you for listening to News on Knees, a community prayer podcast by Story King Media. </p><p><br></p><p>If you want to join the movement, I’m calling all believers, anyone who wants to pray for the world, their country, their region, a specific societal issue. Using something as simple as the voice memo app on your phone, record a 1–2 minute prayer and email it to: </p><p><br></p><p><strong>[email protected]</strong>, </p><p><br></p><p>Simply write the word ‘PRAYER’ in the subject line of the email. </p><p><br></p><p><u><strong>NOTE - Two Rules for Submitted Prayers:</strong></u></p><p><br></p><ol><li><strong>Please Keep Obvious Political Bias Out</strong></li><li><strong>No Personal Requests. Prayers should be about societal issues that are either global, country, state, or region-specific.</strong></li></ol><p><br></p><p>And if this show blesses you, if you believe in the work we’re doing, would you consider supporting News on Knees on Patreon? Just a few dollars a month will keep it going and growing, so we can continue flooding the world with prayer instead of panic.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Sources: </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20119&version=NIV">Psalm 119</a><br></p>