you, O Lord; teach me your statutes” (Ps. 119:12). “Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from your law. I am a stranger in the earth, do not hide your commandments from me” (vv. 18–20). A stranger in a foreign town desperately needs directions. It is very troubling to be lost, not knowing where you are or how to reach your destination, and few people know this better than David—no matter where he wandered in the whole earth, he had this feeling constantly. There is no familiar place for a