Psalms Chapter 119
1 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. | 114 | Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word. | 115 | Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God. | 116 | Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope. | 117 | Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually. | 118 | Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood. | 119 | Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies. | 120 | My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments. | 121 | I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors. | 122 | Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me. | 123 | Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness. | 124 | Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes. | 125 | I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies. | 126 | It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law. | 127 | Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold. | 128 | Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way. | 129 | Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. | 130 | The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. | 131 | I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments. | 132 | Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name. | 133 | Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. | 134 | Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts. | 135 | Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes. | 136 | Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law. | 137 | Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments. | 138 | Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful. | 139 | My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. | 140 | Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. | 141 | I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts. | 142 | Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth. | 143 | Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights. | 144 | The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live. | 145 | I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes. | 146 | I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. | 147 | I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word. | 148 | Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word. | 149 | Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment. | 150 | They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law. | 151 | Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth. | 152 | Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever. | 153 | Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law. | 154 | Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word. | 155 | Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes. | 156 | Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments. | 157 | Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies. | 158 | I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word. | 159 | Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness. | 160 | Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. | 161 | Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. | 162 | I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. | 163 | I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love. | 164 | Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. | 165 | Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. | 166 | LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments. | 167 | My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. | 168 | I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee. | 169 | Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word. | 170 | Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word. | 171 | My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. | 172 | My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness. | 173 | Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. | 174 | I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight. | 175 | Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me. | 176 | I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments. |