Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me.
Sustain me, my God, according to your promise, and I will live; do not let my hopes be dashed.
He will not let your foot slip— he who watches over you will not slumber;
My steps have held to your paths; my feet have not stumbled.
Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless, innocent of great transgression.
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.
He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the Lord and put their trust in him.
He will guard the feet of his faithful servants, but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness. “It is not by strength that one prevails;