Psalm 119

₁Blessed are the undefiled in the way,

Who walk in the law of the LORD.

₂Blessed are they that keep his testimonies,

And that seek him with the whole heart.

₃They also do no iniquity:

They walk in his ways.

₄Thou hast commanded us

To keep thy precepts diligently.

₅O that my ways were directed

To keep thy statutes!

₆Then shall I not be ashamed,

When I have respect unto all thy commandments.

₇I will praise thee with uprightness of heart,

When I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.

₈I will keep thy statutes:

O forsake me not utterly.

₉Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?

By taking heed thereto according to thy word.

₁₀With my whole heart have I sought thee:

O let me not wander from thy commandments.

₁₁Thy word have I hid in mine heart,

That I might not sin against thee.

₁₂Blessed art thou, O LORD:

Teach me thy statutes.

₁₃With my lips have I declared

All the judgments of thy mouth.

₁₄I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies,

As much as in all riches.

₁₅I will meditate in thy precepts,

And have respect unto thy ways.

₁₆I will delight myself in thy statutes:

I will not forget thy word.

₁₇Deal bountifully with thy servant,

That I may live, and keep thy word.

₁₈Open thou mine eyes,

That I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

₁₉I am a stranger in the earth:

Hide not thy commandments from me.

₂₀My soul breaketh for the longing

That it hath unto thy judgments at all times.

₂₁Thou hast rebuked the proud

That are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.

₂₂Remove from me reproach and contempt:

For I have kept thy testimonies.

₂₃Princes also did sit and speak against me:

But thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.

₂₄Thy testimonies also are

My delight and my counsellors.

₂₅My soul cleaveth unto the dust:

Quicken thou me according to thy word.

₂₆I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me:

Teach me thy statutes.

₂₇Make me to understand the way of thy precepts:

So shall I talk of thy wondrous works.

₂₈My soul melteth for heaviness:

Strengthen thou me according unto thy word.

₂₉Remove from me the way of lying:

And grant me thy law graciously.

₃₀I have chosen the way of truth:

Thy judgments have I laid before me.

₃₁I have stuck unto thy testimonies:

O LORD, put me not to shame.

₃₂I will run the way of thy commandments,

When thou shalt enlarge my heart.

₃₃Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes;

And I shall keep it unto the end.

₃₄Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law;

Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

₃₅Make me to go in the path of thy commandments;

For therein do I delight.

₃₆Incline my heart unto thy testimonies,

And not to covetousness.

₃₇Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity;

And quicken thou me in thy way.

₃₈Stablish thy word

Unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.

₃₉Turn away my reproach which I fear:

For thy judgments are good.

₄₀Behold, I have longed after thy precepts:

Quicken me in thy righteousness.

₄₁Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD,

Even thy salvation, according to thy word.

₄₂So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me:

For I trust in thy word.

₄₃And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth;

For I have hoped in thy judgments.

₄₄So shall I keep

thy law continually for ever and ever.

₄₅And I will walk at liberty:

For I seek thy precepts.

₄₆I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings,

And will not be ashamed.

₄₇And I will delight myself

In thy commandments, which I have loved.

₄₈My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved;

And I will meditate in thy statutes.

₄₉Remember the word unto thy servant,

Upon which thou hast caused me to hope.

₅₀This is my comfort in my affliction:

For thy word hath quickened me.

₅₁The proud have had me greatly in derision:

Yet have I not declined from thy law.

₅₂I remembered thy judgments of old,

O LORD; And have comforted myself.

₅₃Horror hath taken hold upon me

Because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

₅₄Thy statutes have been my songs

In the house of my pilgrimage.

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

₅₆This I had, because I kept thy precepts.

₅₇Thou art my portion, O LORD:

I have said that I would keep thy words.

₅₈I intreated thy favour with my whole heart:

Be merciful unto me according to thy word.

₅₉I thought on my ways,

And turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

₆₀I made haste, and delayed not

To keep thy commandments.

₆₁The bands of the wicked have robbed me:

But I have not forgotten thy law.

₆₂At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee

Because of thy righteous judgments.

₆₃I am a companion of all them

That fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.

₆₄The earth, O LORD, is full of

Thy mercy: Teach me thy statutes.

₆₅Thou hast dealt well with thy servant,

O LORD, according unto thy word.

₆₆Teach me good judgment and knowledge:

For I have believed thy commandments.

₆₇Before I was afflicted I went astray:

But now have I kept thy word.

₆₈Thou art good, and doest good;

Teach me thy statutes.

₆₉The proud have forged a lie against me:

But I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

₇₀Their heart is as fat as grease;

But I delight in thy law.

₇₁It is good for me that I have been afflicted;

That I might learn thy statutes.

₇₂The law of thy mouth is better unto me

Than thousands of gold and silver.

₇₃Thy hands have made me and fashioned me:

Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

₇₄They that fear thee will be glad when they see me;

Because I have hoped in thy word.

₇₅I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right,

And that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.

₇₆Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort,

According to thy word unto thy servant.

₇₇Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live:

For thy law is my delight.

₇₈Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause:

But I will meditate in thy precepts.

₇₉Let those that fear thee turn unto me,

And those that have known thy testimonies.

₈₀Let my heart be sound in thy statutes;

That I be not ashamed.

₈₁My soul fainteth for thy salvation:

But I hope in thy word.

₈₂Mine eyes fail for thy word,

Saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

₈₃For I am become like a bottle in the smoke;

Yet do I not forget thy statutes.

₈₄How many are the days of thy servant?

When wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

₈₅The proud have digged pits for me,

Which are not after thy law.

₈₆All thy commandments are faithful:

They persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.

₈₇They had almost consumed me upon earth;

But I forsook not thy precepts.

₈₈Quicken me after thy lovingkindness;

So shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.

₈₉For ever, O LORD, Thy word

Is settled in heaven.

₉₀Thy faithfulness is unto all generations:

Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.

₉₁They continue this day according to thine ordinances:

For all are thy servants.

₉₂Unless thy law had been my delights,

I should then have perished in mine affliction.

₉₃I will never forget thy precepts:

For with them thou hast quickened me.

₉₄I am thine, save me;

For I have sought thy precepts.

₉₅The wicked have waited for me to destroy me:

But I will consider thy testimonies.

₉₆I have seen an end of all perfection:

But thy commandment is exceeding broad.

₉₇O how love I thy law!

It is my meditation all the day.

₉₈Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies:

For they are ever with me.

₉₉I have more understanding than all my teachers:

For thy testimonies are my meditation.

₁₀₀I understand more than the ancients,

Because I keep thy precepts.

₁₀₁I have refrained my feet from every evil way,

That I might keep thy word.

₁₀₂I have not departed

From thy judgments: For thou hast taught me.

₁₀₃How sweet are thy words unto my taste!

Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

₁₀₄Through thy precepts I get understanding:

Therefore I hate every false way.

₁₀₅Thy word is a lamp unto my feet,

And a light unto my path.

₁₀₆I have sworn, and I will perform it,

That I will keep thy righteous judgments.

₁₀₇I am afflicted very much:

Quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.

₁₀₈Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD,

And teach me thy judgments.

₁₀₉My soul is continually in my hand:

Yet do I not forget thy law.

₁₁₀The wicked have laid a snare for me:

Yet I erred not from thy precepts.

₁₁₁Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever:

For they are the rejoicing of my heart.

₁₁₂I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes

Alway, even unto the end.

₁₁₃I hate vain thoughts:

But thy law do I love.

₁₁₄Thou art my hiding place and my shield:

I hope in thy word.

₁₁₅Depart from me, ye evildoers:

For I will keep the commandments of my God.

₁₁₆Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live:

And let me not be ashamed of my hope.

₁₁₇Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe:

And I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.

₁₁₈Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes:

For their deceit is falsehood.

₁₁₉Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross:

Therefore I love thy testimonies.

₁₂₀My flesh trembleth for fear of thee;

And I am afraid of thy judgments.

₁₂₁I have done judgment and justice:

Leave me not to mine oppressors.

₁₂₂Be surety for thy servant for good:

Let not the proud oppress me.

₁₂₃Mine eyes fail for thy salvation,

And for the word of thy righteousness.

₁₂₄Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy,

And teach me thy statutes.

₁₂₅I am thy servant; give me understanding,

That I may know thy testimonies.

₁₂₆It is time for thee, LORD, to work:

For they have made void thy law.

₁₂₇Therefore I love thy commandments

Above gold; yea, above fine gold.

₁₂₈Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right;

And I hate every false way.

₁₂₉Thy testimonies are wonderful:

Therefore doth my soul keep them.

₁₃₀The entrance of thy words giveth light;

It giveth understanding unto the simple.

₁₃₁I opened my mouth, and panted:

For I longed for thy commandments.

₁₃₂Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me,

As thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.

₁₃₃Order my steps in thy word:

And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

₁₃₄Deliver me from the oppression of man:

So will I keep thy precepts.

₁₃₅Make thy face to shine upon thy servant;

And teach me thy statutes.

₁₃₆Rivers of waters run down mine eyes,

Because they keep not thy law.

₁₃₇Righteous art thou, O LORD,

And upright are thy judgments.

₁₃₈Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded

are righteous and very faithful.

₁₃₉My zeal hath consumed me,

Because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.

₁₄₀Thy word is very pure:

Therefore thy servant loveth it.

₁₄₁I am small and despised:

Yet do not I forget thy precepts.

₁₄₂Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,

And thy law is the truth.

₁₄₃Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me:

Yet thy commandments are my delights.

₁₄₄The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting:

Give me understanding, and I shall live.

₁₄₅I cried with my whole heart;

hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.

₁₄₆I cried unto thee;

save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.

₁₄₇I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried:

I hoped in thy word.

₁₄₈Mine eyes prevent the night watches,

That I might meditate in thy word.

₁₄₉Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness:

O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.

₁₅₀They draw nigh that follow after mischief:

They are far from thy law.

₁₅₁Thou art near, O LORD;

And all thy commandments are truth.

₁₅₂Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old

That thou hast founded them for ever.

₁₅₃Consider mine affliction, and deliver me:

For I do not forget thy law.

₁₅₄Plead my cause, and deliver me:

Quicken me according to thy word.

₁₅₅Salvation is far from the wicked:

For they seek not thy statutes.

₁₅₆Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD:

Quicken me according to thy judgments.

₁₅₇Many are my persecutors and mine enemies;

Yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.

₁₅₈I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved;

Because they kept not thy word.

₁₅₉Consider how I love thy precepts:

Quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.

₁₆₀Thy word is true from the beginning:

And every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.

₁₆₁Princes have persecuted me without a cause:

But my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

₁₆₂I rejoice at thy word,

As one that findeth great spoil.

₁₆₃I hate and abhor lying:

But thy law do I love.

₁₆₄Seven times a day do I praise thee

Because of thy righteous judgments.

₁₆₅Great peace have they which love thy law:

And nothing shall offend them.

₁₆₆LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation,

And done thy commandments.

₁₆₇My soul hath kept thy testimonies;

And I love them exceedingly.

₁₆₈I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies:

For all my ways are before thee.

₁₆₉Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD:

Give me understanding according to thy word.

₁₇₀Let my supplication come before thee:

Deliver me according to thy word.

₁₇₁My lips shall utter praise,

When thou hast taught me thy statutes.

₁₇₂My tongue shall speak of thy word:

For all thy commandments are righteousness.

₁₇₃Let thine hand help me;

For I have chosen thy precepts.

₁₇₄I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD;

And thy law is my delight.

₁₇₅Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee;

And let thy judgments help me.

₁₇₆I have gone astray like a lost sheep;

seek thy servant; For I do not forget thy commandments.