Psalm 119

 

 

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  1 ¶ ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.

 2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

 3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.

 4 ¶ Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.

 5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

 6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

 7 ¶ I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.

 8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.

 9 ¶ BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.

 10 ¶ With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

 11 ¶ Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

 12 ¶ Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.

 13 ¶ With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.

 14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.

 15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.

 16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

 17 ¶ GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.

 18 ¶ Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

 19 ¶ I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

 20 ¶ My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.

 21 ¶ Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.

 22 ¶ Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.

 23 ¶ Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.

 24 ¶ Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.

 25 ¶ DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.

 26 ¶ I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.

 27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.

 28 ¶ My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.

 29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.

 30 ¶ I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.

 31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.

 32 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.

 33 ¶ HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.

 34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

 35 ¶ Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.

 36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

 37 ¶ Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

 38 ¶ Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.

 39 ¶ Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.

 40 ¶ Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.

 41 ¶ VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word.

 42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.

 43 ¶ And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.

 44 So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.

 45 ¶ And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.

 46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.

 47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.

 48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.

 49 ¶ ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.

 50 ¶ This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.

 51 ¶ The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.

 52 ¶ I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.

 53 ¶ Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

 54 ¶ Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

 55 ¶ I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.

 56 This I had, because I kept thy precepts.

 57 ¶ CHETH. Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.

 58 ¶ I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.

 59 ¶ I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

 60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

 61 ¶ The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.

 62 ¶ At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.

 63 ¶ I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.

 64 ¶ The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.

 65 ¶ TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.

 66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.

 67 ¶ Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

 68 ¶ Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.

 69 ¶ The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

 70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.

 71 ¶ It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.

 72 ¶ The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.

 73 ¶ JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

 74 ¶ They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.

 75 ¶ I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.

 76 ¶ Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.

 77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.

 78 ¶ Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.

 79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.

 80 ¶ Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.

 81 ¶ CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.

 82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

 83 ¶ For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.

 84 ¶ How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

 85 ¶ The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.

 86 All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.

 87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.

 88 ¶ Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.

 89 ¶ LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.

 90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.

 91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.

 92 ¶ Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

 93 ¶ I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.

 94 ¶ I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.

 95 ¶ The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.

 96 ¶ I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.

 97 ¶ MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

 98 ¶ Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.

 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

 100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

 101 ¶ I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

 102 ¶ I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.

 103 ¶ How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

 104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

 105 ¶ NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

 106 ¶ I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

 107 ¶ I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.

 108 ¶ Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.

 109 ¶ My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.

 110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.

 111 ¶ Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

 112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.

 113 ¶ SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.

 114 ¶ Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

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