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Psalm 119:7-175

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 counsellers. 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. 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 AIN. 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 PE. 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 TZADDI. 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 KOPH. 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 RESH. 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 SCHIN. 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 TAU. 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.

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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 counsellers. 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. 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 AIN. 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 PE. 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 TZADDI. 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 KOPH. 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 RESH. 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 SCHIN. 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 TAU. 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.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

⁷ I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments. ⁸ I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me. ⁹ How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word. ¹⁰ With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments. ¹¹ I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You. ¹² Blessed are You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes. ¹³ With my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth. ¹⁴ I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches. ¹⁵ I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways. ¹⁶ I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word. ¹⁷ Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word. ¹⁸ Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law. ¹⁹ I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me. ²⁰ My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times. ²¹ You rebuke the arrogant—the cursed who stray from Your commandments. ²² Remove my scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies. ²³ Though rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes. ²⁴ Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors. ²⁵ My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word. ²⁶ I recounted my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes. ²⁷ Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders. ²⁸ My soul melts with sorrow; strengthen me according to Your word. ²⁹ Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law. ³⁰ I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me. ³¹ I cling to Your testimonies, O LORD; let me not be put to shame. ³² I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart. ³³ Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end. ³⁴ Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart. ³⁵ Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight. ³⁶ Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain. ³⁷ Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word. ³⁸ Establish Your word to Your servant, to produce reverence for You. ³⁹ Turn away the disgrace I dread, for Your judgments are good. ⁴⁰ How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness. ⁴¹ May Your loving devotion come to me, O LORD, Your salvation, according to Your promise. ⁴² Then I can answer him who taunts, for I trust in Your word. ⁴³ Never take Your word of truth from my mouth, for I hope in Your judgments. ⁴⁴ I will always obey Your law, forever and ever. ⁴⁵ And I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts. ⁴⁶ I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed. ⁴⁷ I delight in Your commandments because I love them. ⁴⁸ I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes. ⁴⁹ Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope. ⁵⁰ This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life. ⁵¹ The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law. ⁵² I remember Your judgments of old, O LORD, and in them I find comfort. ⁵³ Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law. ⁵⁴ Your statutes are songs to me in the house of my pilgrimage. ⁵⁵ In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law. ⁵⁶ This is my practice, for I obey Your precepts. ⁵⁷ The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words. ⁵⁸ I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise. ⁵⁹ I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies. ⁶⁰ I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments. ⁶¹ Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law. ⁶² At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments. ⁶³ I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts. ⁶⁴ The earth is filled with Your loving devotion, O LORD; teach me Your statutes. ⁶⁵ You are good to Your servant, O LORD, according to Your word. ⁶⁶ Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments. ⁶⁷ Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word. ⁶⁸ You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes. ⁶⁹ Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart. ⁷⁰ Their hearts are callous and insensitive, but I delight in Your law. ⁷¹ It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes. ⁷² The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. ⁷³ Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments. ⁷⁴ May those who fear You see me and rejoice, for I have hoped in Your word. ⁷⁵ I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me. ⁷⁶ May Your loving devotion comfort me, I pray, according to Your promise to Your servant. ⁷⁷ May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight. ⁷⁸ May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts. ⁷⁹ May those who fear You turn to me, those who know Your testimonies. ⁸⁰ May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame. ⁸¹ My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word. ⁸² My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?” ⁸³ Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes. ⁸⁴ How many days must Your servant wait? When will You execute judgment on my persecutors? ⁸⁵ The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law. ⁸⁶ All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me! ⁸⁷ They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts. ⁸⁸ Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth. ⁸⁹ Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens. ⁹⁰ Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures. ⁹¹ Your ordinances stand to this day, for all things are servants to You. ⁹² If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction. ⁹³ I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me. ⁹⁴ I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts. ⁹⁵ The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies. ⁹⁶ I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit. ⁹⁷ Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation. ⁹⁸ Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me. ⁹⁹ I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation. ¹⁰⁰ I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts. ¹⁰¹ I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word. ¹⁰² I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me. ¹⁰³ How sweet are Your words to my taste—sweeter than honey in my mouth! ¹⁰⁴ I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way. ¹⁰⁵ Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. ¹⁰⁶ I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments. ¹⁰⁷ I am severely afflicted, O LORD; revive me through Your word. ¹⁰⁸ Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me Your judgments. ¹⁰⁹ I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law. ¹¹⁰ The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts. ¹¹¹ Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart. ¹¹² I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, even to the very end. ¹¹³ The double-minded I despise, but Your law I love. ¹¹⁴ You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word. ¹¹⁵ Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God. ¹¹⁶ Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; let me not be ashamed of my hope. ¹¹⁷ Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes. ¹¹⁸ You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain. ¹¹⁹ All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies. ¹²⁰ My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments. ¹²¹ I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors. ¹²² Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me. ¹²³ My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise. ¹²⁴ Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion, and teach me Your statutes. ¹²⁵ I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies. ¹²⁶ It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law. ¹²⁷ Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold. ¹²⁸ Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way. ¹²⁹ Wonderful are Your testimonies; therefore I obey them. ¹³⁰ The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple. ¹³¹ I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments. ¹³² Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name. ¹³³ Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me. ¹³⁴ Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts. ¹³⁵ Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes. ¹³⁶ My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed. ¹³⁷ Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments. ¹³⁸ The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful. ¹³⁹ My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words. ¹⁴⁰ Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it. ¹⁴¹ I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts. ¹⁴² Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true. ¹⁴³ Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight. ¹⁴⁴ Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. ¹⁴⁵ I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes. ¹⁴⁶ I call to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies. ¹⁴⁷ I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope. ¹⁴⁸ My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word. ¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion; give me life according to Your justice. ¹⁵⁰ Those who follow after wickedness draw near; they are far from Your law. ¹⁵¹ You are near, O LORD, and all Your commandments are true. ¹⁵² Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You have established them forever. ¹⁵³ Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law. ¹⁵⁴ Defend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word. ¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes. ¹⁵⁶ Great are Your mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your ordinances. ¹⁵⁷ Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies. ¹⁵⁸ I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word. ¹⁵⁹ Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion. ¹⁶⁰ The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever. ¹⁶¹ Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word. ¹⁶² I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil. ¹⁶³ I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love. ¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day I praise You for Your righteous judgments. ¹⁶⁵ Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your law; nothing can make them stumble. ¹⁶⁶ I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, and I carry out Your commandments. ¹⁶⁷ I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly. ¹⁶⁸ I obey Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You. ¹⁶⁹ May my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word. ¹⁷⁰ May my plea come before You; rescue me according to Your promise. ¹⁷¹ My lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes. ¹⁷² My tongue sings of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous. ¹⁷³ May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts. ¹⁷⁴ I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight. ¹⁷⁵ Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me.

WEB World English Bible

⁷ I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments. ⁸ I will observe your statutes. Don’t utterly forsake me. BET ⁹ How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. ¹⁰ With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments. ¹¹ I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. ¹² Blessed are you, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes. ¹³ With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth. ¹⁴ I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches. ¹⁵ I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways. ¹⁶ I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word. GIMEL ¹⁷ Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word. ¹⁸ Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law. ¹⁹ I am a stranger on the earth. Don’t hide your commandments from me. ²⁰ My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times. ²¹ You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments. ²² Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes. ²³ Though princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate on your statutes. ²⁴ Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors. DALED ²⁵ My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word! ²⁶ I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes. ²⁷ Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works. ²⁸ My soul is weary with sorrow: strengthen me according to your word. ²⁹ Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously! ³⁰ I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me. ³¹ I cling to your statutes, Yahweh. Don’t let me be disappointed. ³² I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free. HEY ³³ Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end. ³⁴ Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart. ³⁵ Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them. ³⁶ Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain. ³⁷ Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways. ³⁸ Fulfill your promise to your servant, that you may be feared. ³⁹ Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good. ⁴⁰ Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness. WAW ⁴¹ Let your loving kindness also come to me, Yahweh, your salvation, according to your word. ⁴² So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word. ⁴³ Don’t snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, for I put my hope in your ordinances. ⁴⁴ So I will obey your law continually, forever and ever. ⁴⁵ I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts. ⁴⁶ I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed. ⁴⁷ I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them. ⁴⁸ I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes. ZAYIN ⁴⁹ Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope. ⁵⁰ This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me. ⁵¹ The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don’t swerve from your law. ⁵² I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh, and have comforted myself. ⁵³ Indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked who forsake your law. ⁵⁴ Your statutes have been my songs, in the house where I live. ⁵⁵ I have remembered your name, Yahweh, in the night, and I obey your law. ⁵⁶ This is my way, that I keep your precepts. CHET ⁵⁷ Yahweh is my portion. I promised to obey your words. ⁵⁸ I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word. ⁵⁹ I considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes. ⁶⁰ I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments. ⁶¹ The ropes of the wicked bind me, but I won’t forget your law. ⁶² At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances. ⁶³ I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts. ⁶⁴ The earth is full of your loving kindness, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes. TET ⁶⁵ Do good to your servant, according to your word, Yahweh. ⁶⁶ Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments. ⁶⁷ Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word. ⁶⁸ You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes. ⁶⁹ The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts. ⁷⁰ Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law. ⁷¹ It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes. ⁷² The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. YUD ⁷³ Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments. ⁷⁴ Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word. ⁷⁵ Yahweh, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me. ⁷⁶ Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant. ⁷⁷ Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight. ⁷⁸ Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts. ⁷⁹ Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes. ⁸⁰ Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be disappointed. KAF ⁸¹ My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word. ⁸² My eyes fail for your word. I say, “When will you comfort me?” ⁸³ For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes. ⁸⁴ How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me? ⁸⁵ The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law. ⁸⁶ All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me! ⁸⁷ They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn’t forsake your precepts. ⁸⁸ Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth. LAMED ⁸⁹ Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever. ⁹⁰ Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains. ⁹¹ Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you. ⁹² Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. ⁹³ I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me. ⁹⁴ I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts. ⁹⁵ The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes. ⁹⁶ I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless. MEM ⁹⁷ How I love your law! It is my meditation all day. ⁹⁸ Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me. ⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation. ¹⁰⁰ I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts. ¹⁰¹ I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word. ¹⁰² I have not turned aside from your ordinances, for you have taught me. ¹⁰³ How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth! ¹⁰⁴ Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. NUN ¹⁰⁵ Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path. ¹⁰⁶ I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances. ¹⁰⁷ I am afflicted very much. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your word. ¹⁰⁸ Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. Yahweh, teach me your ordinances. ¹⁰⁹ My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won’t forget your law. ¹¹⁰ The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts. ¹¹¹ I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart. ¹¹² I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end. SAMEKH ¹¹³ I hate double-minded men, but I love your law. ¹¹⁴ You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word. ¹¹⁵ Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God. ¹¹⁶ Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope. ¹¹⁷ Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually. ¹¹⁸ You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain. ¹¹⁹ You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies. ¹²⁰ My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments. AYIN ¹²¹ I have done what is just and righteous. Don’t leave me to my oppressors. ¹²² Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me. ¹²³ My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word. ¹²⁴ Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes. ¹²⁵ I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies. ¹²⁶ It is time to act, Yahweh, for they break your law. ¹²⁷ Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold. ¹²⁸ Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way. PEY ¹²⁹ Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them. ¹³⁰ The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple. ¹³¹ I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments. ¹³² Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name. ¹³³ Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me. ¹³⁴ Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts. ¹³⁵ Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes. ¹³⁶ Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your law. TZADI ¹³⁷ You are righteous, Yahweh. Your judgments are upright. ¹³⁸ You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy. ¹³⁹ My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words. ¹⁴⁰ Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them. ¹⁴¹ I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts. ¹⁴² Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth. ¹⁴³ Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight. ¹⁴⁴ Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. KUF ¹⁴⁵ I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will keep your statutes. ¹⁴⁶ I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes. ¹⁴⁷ I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words. ¹⁴⁸ My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on your word. ¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your ordinances. ¹⁵⁰ They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law. ¹⁵¹ You are near, Yahweh. All your commandments are truth. ¹⁵² Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever. RESH ¹⁵³ Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your law. ¹⁵⁴ Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise. ¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don’t seek your statutes. ¹⁵⁶ Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh. Revive me according to your ordinances. ¹⁵⁷ Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies. ¹⁵⁸ I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don’t observe your word. ¹⁵⁹ Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your loving kindness. ¹⁶⁰ All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. SIN AND SHIN ¹⁶¹ Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words. ¹⁶² I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great spoil. ¹⁶³ I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law. ¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances. ¹⁶⁵ Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble. ¹⁶⁶ I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh. I have done your commandments. ¹⁶⁷ My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly. ¹⁶⁸ I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you. TAV ¹⁶⁹ Let my cry come before you, Yahweh. Give me understanding according to your word. ¹⁷⁰ Let my supplication come before you. Deliver me according to your word. ¹⁷¹ Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes. ¹⁷² Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are righteousness. ¹⁷³ Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts. ¹⁷⁴ I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my delight. ¹⁷⁵ Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me.

ASV American Standard Version

⁷ I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart, When I learn thy righteous judgments. ⁸ I will observe thy statutes: Oh forsake me not utterly. ⁹ Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word. ¹⁰ With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments. ¹¹ Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee. ¹² Blessed art thou, O Jehovah: Teach me thy statutes. ¹³ With my lips have I declared All the ordinances of thy mouth. ¹⁴ I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, As much as in all riches. ¹⁵ I will meditate on 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; So will I observe thy word. ¹⁸ Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold Wondrous things out of thy law. ¹⁹ I am a sojourner in the earth: Hide not thy commandments from me. ²⁰ My soul breaketh for the longing That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times. ²¹ Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, That do wander from thy commandments. ²² Take away from me reproach and contempt; For I have kept thy testimonies. ²³ Princes also sat and talked against me; But thy servant did meditate on 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 declared my ways, and thou answeredst me: Teach me thy statutes. ²⁷ Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: So shall I meditate on thy wondrous works. ²⁸ My soul melteth for heaviness: Strengthen thou me according unto thy word. ²⁹ Remove from me the way of falsehood; And grant me thy law graciously. ³⁰ I have chosen the way of faithfulness: Thine ordinances have I set before me. ³¹ I cleave unto thy testimonies: O Jehovah, put me not to shame. ³² I will run the way of thy commandments, When thou shalt enlarge my heart. ³³ Teach me, O Jehovah, 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 me in thy ways. ³⁸ Confirm unto thy servant thy word, Which is in order unto the fear of thee. ³⁹ Turn away my reproach whereof I am afraid; For thine ordinances are good. ⁴⁰ Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness. ⁴¹ Let thy lovingkindnesses also come unto me, O Jehovah, Even thy salvation, according to thy word. ⁴² So shall I have an answer for 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 thine ordinances. ⁴⁴ So shall I observe thy law continually For ever and ever. ⁴⁵ And I shall walk at liberty; For I have sought thy precepts. ⁴⁶ I will also speak of thy testimonies before kings, And shall not be put to shame. ⁴⁷ And I will delight myself in thy commandments, Which I have loved. ⁴⁸ I will lift up my hands also unto thy commandments, which I have loved; And I will meditate on thy statutes. ⁴⁹ Remember the word unto thy servant, Because thou hast made 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 swerved from thy law. ⁵² I have remembered thine ordinances of old, O Jehovah, And have comforted myself. ⁵³ Hot indignation 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 Jehovah, in the night, And have observed thy law. ⁵⁶ This I have had, Because I have kept thy precepts. ⁵⁷ Jehovah is my portion: I have said that I would observe thy words. ⁵⁸ I entreated thy favor 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 observe thy commandments. ⁶¹ The cords of the wicked have wrapped me round; But I have not forgotten thy law. ⁶² At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee Because of thy righteous ordinances. ⁶³ I am a companion of all them that fear thee, And of them that observe thy precepts. ⁶⁴ The earth, O Jehovah, is full of thy lovingkindness: Teach me thy statutes. ⁶⁵ Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Jehovah, according unto thy word. ⁶⁶ Teach me good judgment and knowledge; For I have believed in thy commandments. ⁶⁷ Before I was afflicted I went astray; But now I observe thy word. ⁶⁸ Thou art good, and doest good; Teach me thy statutes. ⁶⁹ The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts. 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 may 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 shall see me and be glad, Because I have hoped in thy word. ⁷⁵ I know, O Jehovah, that thy judgments are righteous, And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me. ⁷⁶ Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness 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 put to shame; for they have overthrown me wrongfully: But I will meditate on thy precepts. ⁷⁹ Let those that fear thee turn unto me; And they shall know thy testimonies. ⁸⁰ Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, That I be not put to shame. ⁸¹ My soul fainteth for thy salvation; But I hope in thy word. ⁸² Mine eyes fail for thy word, While I say, When wilt thou comfort me? ⁸³ For I am become like a wine-skin 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, Who are not according to 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 observe the testimony of thy mouth. ⁸⁹ For ever, O Jehovah, Thy word is settled in heaven. ⁹⁰ Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. ⁹¹ They abide this day according to thine ordinances; For all things are thy servants. ⁹² Unless thy law had been my delight, 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 Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day. ⁹⁸ Thy commandments make 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 aged, Because I have kept thy precepts. ¹⁰¹ I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word. ¹⁰² I have not turned aside from thine ordinances; 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 light unto my path. ¹⁰⁶ I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will observe thy righteous ordinances. ¹⁰⁷ I am afflicted very much: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according unto thy word. ¹⁰⁸ Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, O Jehovah, And teach me thine ordinances. 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 have I not gone astray from thy precepts. ¹¹¹ Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; For they are the rejoicing of my heart. ¹¹² I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes For ever, even unto the end. ¹¹³ I hate them that are of a double mind; 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 evil-doers, That I may 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 shall have respect unto thy statutes continually. ¹¹⁸ Thou hast set at nought 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 justice and righteousness: 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 thy righteous word. ¹²⁴ Deal with thy servant according unto thy lovingkindness, And teach me thy statutes. ¹²⁵ I am thy servant; give me understanding, That I may know thy testimonies. ¹²⁶ It is time for Jehovah 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 opening of thy words giveth light; It giveth understanding unto the simple. ¹³¹ I opened wide my mouth, and panted; For I longed for thy commandments. ¹³² Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me, As thou usest to do unto those that love thy name. ¹³³ Establish my footsteps in thy word; And let not any iniquity have dominion over me. ¹³⁴ Redeem me from the oppression of man: So will I observe thy precepts. ¹³⁵ Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; And teach me thy statutes. ¹³⁶ Streams of water run down mine eyes, Because they observe not thy law. ¹³⁷ Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, And upright are thy judgments. ¹³⁸ Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness And very faithfulness. ¹³⁹ My zeal hath consumed me, Because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words. ¹⁴⁰ Thy word is very pure; Therefore thy servant loveth it. ¹⁴¹ I am small and despised; Yet do I not forget thy precepts. ¹⁴² Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth. ¹⁴³ Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; Yet thy commandments are my delight. ¹⁴⁴ Thy testimonies are righteous for ever: Give me understanding, and I shall live. ¹⁴⁵ I have called with my whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah: I will keep thy statutes. ¹⁴⁶ I have called unto thee; save me, And I shall observe thy testimonies. ¹⁴⁷ I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy words. ¹⁴⁸ Mine eyes anticipated the night-watches, That I might meditate on thy word. ¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thine ordinances. ¹⁵⁰ They draw nigh that follow after wickedness; They are far from thy law. ¹⁵¹ Thou art nigh, O Jehovah; And all thy commandments are truth. ¹⁵² Of old have I known from thy testimonies, That thou hast founded them for ever. ¹⁵³ Consider mine affliction, and deliver me; For I do not forget thy law. ¹⁵⁴ Plead thou my cause, and redeem 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 Jehovah: Quicken me according to thine ordinances. ¹⁵⁷ Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; Yet have I not swerved from thy testimonies. ¹⁵⁸ I beheld the treacherous, and was grieved, Because they observe not thy word. ¹⁵⁹ Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness. ¹⁶⁰ The sum of thy word is truth; And every one of thy righteous ordinances endureth for ever. ¹⁶¹ Princes have persecuted me without a cause; But my heart standeth in awe of thy words. ¹⁶² I rejoice at thy word, As one that findeth great spoil. ¹⁶³ I hate and abhor falsehood; But thy law do I love. ¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day do I praise thee, Because of thy righteous ordinances. ¹⁶⁵ Great peace have they that love thy law; And they have no occasion of stumbling. ¹⁶⁶ I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah, And have done thy commandments. ¹⁶⁷ My soul hath observed thy testimonies; And I love them exceedingly. ¹⁶⁸ I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; For all my ways are before thee. ¹⁶⁹ Let my cry come near before thee, O Jehovah: Give me understanding according to thy word. ¹⁷⁰ Let my supplication come before thee: Deliver me according to thy word. ¹⁷¹ Let my lips utter praise; For thou teachest me thy statutes. ¹⁷² Let my tongue sing of thy word; For all thy commandments are righteousness. ¹⁷³ Let thy hand be ready to help me; For I have chosen thy precepts. ¹⁷⁴ I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah; And thy law is my delight. ¹⁷⁵ Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; And let thine ordinances help me.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

⁷ I confess Thee with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Thy righteousness. ⁸ Thy statutes I keep, leave me not utterly! ⁹ Beth. With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe—according to Thy word. ¹⁰ With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands. ¹¹ In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee. ¹² Blessed art Thou, O Jehovah, teach me Thy statutes. ¹³ With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Thy mouth. ¹⁴ In the way of Thy testimonies I have joyed, As over all wealth. ¹⁵ In Thy precepts I meditate, And I behold attentively Thy paths. ¹⁶ In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word. ¹⁷ Gimel. Confer benefits on Thy servant, I live, and I keep Thy word. ¹⁸ Uncover mine eyes, and I behold wonders out of Thy law. ¹⁹ A sojourner I am on earth, Hide not from me Thy commands. ²⁰ Broken hath my soul for desire Unto Thy judgments at all times. ²¹ Thou hast rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Thy commands. ²² Remove from me reproach and contempt, For Thy testimonies I have kept. ²³ Princes also sat—against me they spoke, Thy servant doth meditate in Thy statutes, ²⁴ Thy testimonies also are my delight, The men of my counsel! ²⁵ Daleth. Cleaved to the dust hath my soul, Quicken me according to Thy word. ²⁶ My ways I have recounted, And Thou answerest me, teach me Thy statutes, ²⁷ The way of Thy precepts cause me to understand, And I meditate in Thy wonders. ²⁸ My soul hath dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Thy word. ²⁹ The way of falsehood turn aside from me And with Thy law favour me. ³⁰ The way of faithfulness I have chosen, Thy judgments I have compared, ³¹ I have adhered to Thy testimonies, O Jehovah, put me not to shame. ³² The way of Thy commands I run, For Thou dost enlarge my heart! ³³ He. Show me, O Jehovah, the way of Thy statutes, And I keep it—to the end. ³⁴ Cause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the whole heart. ³⁵ Cause me to tread in the path of Thy commands, For in it I have delighted. ³⁶ Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, And not unto dishonest gain. ³⁷ Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me. ³⁸ Establish to Thy servant Thy saying, That is concerning Thy fear. ³⁹ Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Thy judgments are good. ⁴⁰ Lo, I have longed for Thy precepts, In Thy righteousness quicken Thou me, ⁴¹ Waw. And meet me doth Thy kindness, O Jehovah, Thy salvation according to Thy saying. ⁴² And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For I have trusted in Thy word. ⁴³ And Thou takest not utterly away From my mouth the word of truth, Because for Thy judgment I have hoped. ⁴⁴ And I keep Thy law continually, To the age and for ever. ⁴⁵ And I walk habitually in a broad place, For Thy precepts I have sought. ⁴⁶ And I speak of Thy testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed. ⁴⁷ And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved, ⁴⁸ And I lift up my hands unto Thy commands, That I have loved, And I do meditate on Thy statutes! ⁴⁹ Zain. Remember the word to Thy servant, On which Thou hast caused me to hope. ⁵⁰ This is my comfort in mine affliction, That Thy saying hath quickened me. ⁵¹ The proud have utterly scorned me, From Thy law I have not turned aside. ⁵² I remembered Thy judgments of old, O Jehovah, And I comfort myself. ⁵³ Horror hath seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Thy law. ⁵⁴ Songs have been to me Thy statutes, In the house of my sojournings. ⁵⁵ I have remembered in the night Thy name, O Jehovah, And I do keep Thy law. ⁵⁶ This hath been to me, That Thy precepts I have kept! ⁵⁷ Cheth. My portion is Jehovah; I have said—to keep Thy words, ⁵⁸ I appeased Thy face with the whole heart, Favour me according to Thy saying. ⁵⁹ I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies. ⁶⁰ I have made haste, And delayed not, to keep Thy commands. ⁶¹ Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, Thy law I have not forgotten. ⁶² At midnight I rise to give thanks to Thee, For the judgments of Thy righteousness. ⁶³ A companion I am to all who fear Thee, And to those keeping Thy precepts. ⁶⁴ Of Thy kindness, O Jehovah, the earth is full, Thy statutes teach Thou me! ⁶⁵ Teth. Good Thou didst with Thy servant, O Jehovah, According to Thy word. ⁶⁶ The goodness of reason and knowledge teach me, For in Thy commands I have believed. ⁶⁷ Before I am afflicted, I—I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept. ⁶⁸ Good Thou art, and doing good, Teach me Thy statutes. ⁶⁹ Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts. ⁷⁰ Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I—in Thy law I have delighted. ⁷¹ Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes. ⁷² Better to me is the law of Thy mouth Than thousands of gold and silver! ⁷³ Yod. Thy hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Thy commands. ⁷⁴ Those fearing Thee see me and rejoice, Because for Thy word I have hoped. ⁷⁵ I have known, O Jehovah, That righteous are Thy judgments, And in faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me. ⁷⁶ Let, I pray Thee, Thy kindness be to comfort me, According to Thy saying to Thy servant. ⁷⁷ Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law is my delight. ⁷⁸ Ashamed are the proud, For with falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate in Thy precepts. ⁷⁹ Those fearing Thee turn back to me, And those knowing Thy testimonies. ⁸⁰ My heart is perfect in Thy statutes, So that I am not ashamed. ⁸¹ Kaph. Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped. ⁸² Consumed have been mine eyes for Thy word, Saying, ‘When doth it comfort me?’ ⁸³ For I have been as a bottle in smoke, Thy statutes I have not forgotten. ⁸⁴ How many are the days of Thy servant? When dost Thou execute Against my pursuers judgment? ⁸⁵ The proud have digged for me pits, That are not according to Thy law. ⁸⁶ All Thy commands are faithfulness, With falsehood they have pursued me, Help Thou me. ⁸⁷ Almost consumed me on earth have they, And I—I have not forsaken Thy precepts. ⁸⁸ According to Thy kindness quicken Thou me, And I keep the testimony of Thy mouth! ⁸⁹ Lamed. To the age, O Jehovah, Thy word is set up in the heavens. ⁹⁰ To all generations Thy faithfulness, Thou didst establish earth, and it standeth. ⁹¹ According to Thine ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole are Thy servants. ⁹² Unless Thy law were my delights, Then had I perished in mine affliction. ⁹³ To the age I forget not Thy precepts, For by them Thou hast quickened me. ⁹⁴ I am Thine, save Thou me, For Thy precepts I have sought. ⁹⁵ Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand. ⁹⁶ Of all perfection I have seen an end, Broad is Thy command—exceedingly! ⁹⁷ Mem. O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it is my meditation. ⁹⁸ Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it is before me to the age. ⁹⁹ Above all my teachers I have acted wisely. For Thy testimonies are my meditation. ¹⁰⁰ Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept. ¹⁰¹ From every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word. ¹⁰² From Thy judgments I turned not aside, For Thou—Thou hast directed me. ¹⁰³ How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth. ¹⁰⁴ From Thy precepts I have understanding, Therefore I have hated every false path! ¹⁰⁵ Nun. A lamp to my foot is Thy word, And a light to my path. ¹⁰⁶ I have sworn, and I confirm it, To keep the judgments of Thy righteousness. ¹⁰⁷ I have been afflicted very much, O Jehovah, quicken me, according to Thy word. ¹⁰⁸ Free-will-offerings of my mouth, Accept, I pray Thee, O Jehovah, And Thy judgments teach Thou me. ¹⁰⁹ My soul is in my hand continually, And Thy law I have not forgotten. ¹¹⁰ The wicked have laid a snare for me, And from thy precepts I wandered not. ¹¹¹ I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart are they. ¹¹² I have inclined my heart To do Thy statutes, to the age—to the end! ¹¹³ Samech. Doubting ones I have hated, And Thy law I have loved. ¹¹⁴ My hiding place and my shield art Thou, For Thy word I have hoped. ¹¹⁵ Turn aside from me, ye evil-doers, And I keep the commands of my God. ¹¹⁶ Sustain me according to Thy saying, And I live, and Thou puttest me not to shame Because of my hope. ¹¹⁷ Support Thou me, and I am saved, And I look on Thy statutes continually. ¹¹⁸ Thou hast trodden down All going astray from Thy statutes, For falsehood is their deceit. ¹¹⁹ Dross! Thou hast caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Thy testimonies. ¹²⁰ Trembled from Thy fear hath my flesh, And from Thy judgments I have been afraid! ¹²¹ Ain. I have done judgment and righteousness, Leave me not to mine oppressors. ¹²² Make sure Thy servant for good, Let not the proud oppress me. ¹²³ Mine eyes have been consumed for Thy salvation. And for the saying of Thy righteousness. ¹²⁴ Do with Thy servant according to Thy kindness. And Thy statutes teach Thou me. ¹²⁵ Thy servant am I—cause me to understand, And I know Thy testimonies. ¹²⁶ Time for Jehovah to work! they have made void Thy law. ¹²⁷ Therefore I have loved Thy commands Above gold—even fine gold. ¹²⁸ Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, Every path of falsehood I have hated! ¹²⁹ Pe. Wonderful are Thy testimonies, Therefore hath my soul kept them. ¹³⁰ The opening of Thy words enlighteneth, Instructing the simple. ¹³¹ My mouth I have opened, yea, I pant, For, for Thy commands I have longed. ¹³² Look unto me, and favour me, As customary to those loving Thy name. ¹³³ My steps establish by Thy saying, And any iniquity doth not rule over me. ¹³⁴ Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Thy precepts, ¹³⁵ Thy face cause to shine on Thy servant, And teach me Thy statutes. ¹³⁶ Rivulets of waters have come down mine eyes, Because they have not kept Thy law! ¹³⁷ Tzade. Righteous art Thou, O Jehovah, And upright are Thy judgments. ¹³⁸ Thou hast appointed Thy testimonies, Righteous and exceeding faithful, ¹³⁹ Cut me off hath my zeal, For mine adversaries forgot Thy words. ¹⁴⁰ Tried is thy saying exceedingly, And Thy servant hath loved it. ¹⁴¹ Small I am, and despised, Thy precepts I have not forgotten. ¹⁴² Thy righteousness is righteousness to the age, And Thy law is truth. ¹⁴³ Adversity and distress have found me, Thy commands are my delights. ¹⁴⁴ The righteousness of Thy testimonies is to Cause me to understand, and I live! ¹⁴⁵ Koph. I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O Jehovah, Thy statutes I keep, ¹⁴⁶ I have called Thee, save Thou me, And I do keep Thy testimonies. ¹⁴⁷ I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, For Thy word I have hoped. ¹⁴⁸ Mine eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate in Thy saying. ¹⁴⁹ My voice hear, according to Thy kindness, Jehovah, according to Thy judgment quicken me. ¹⁵⁰ Near have been my wicked pursuers, From Thy law they have been far off. ¹⁵¹ Near art Thou, O Jehovah, And all Thy commands are truth. ¹⁵² Of old I have known Thy testimonies, That to the age Thou hast founded them! ¹⁵³ Resh. See my affliction, and deliver Thou me, For Thy law I have not forgotten. ¹⁵⁴ Plead my plea, and redeem me, According to Thy saying quicken me. ¹⁵⁵ Far from the wicked is salvation, For Thy statutes they have not sought. ¹⁵⁶ Thy mercies are many, O Jehovah, According to Thy judgments quicken me. ¹⁵⁷ Many are my pursuers, and adversaries, From Thy testimonies I have not turned aside. ¹⁵⁸ I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because Thy saying they have not kept. ¹⁵⁹ See, for thy precepts I have loved, Jehovah, According to Thy kindness quicken me. ¹⁶⁰ The sum of Thy word is truth, And to the age is every judgment of Thy righteousness! ¹⁶¹ Shin. Princes have pursued me without cause, And because of Thy words was my heart afraid. ¹⁶² I do rejoice concerning Thy saying, As one finding abundant spoil. ¹⁶³ Falsehood I have hated, yea I abominate it, Thy law I have loved. ¹⁶⁴ Seven times in a day I have praised Thee, Because of the judgments of Thy righteousness. ¹⁶⁵ Abundant peace have those loving Thy law, And they have no stumbling-block. ¹⁶⁶ I have waited for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy commands I have done. ¹⁶⁷ Kept hath my soul Thy testimonies, And I do love them exceedingly. ¹⁶⁸ I have kept Thy precepts and Thy testimonies, For all my ways are before Thee! ¹⁶⁹ Taw. My loud cry cometh near before Thee, O Jehovah; According to Thy word cause me to understand. ¹⁷⁰ My supplication cometh in before Thee, According to Thy saying deliver Thou me. ¹⁷¹ My lips do utter praise, For Thou dost teach me Thy statutes. ¹⁷² My tongue doth sing of Thy saying, For all Thy commands are righteous. ¹⁷³ Thy hand is for a help to me, For Thy commands I have chosen. ¹⁷⁴ I have longed for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy law is my delight. ¹⁷⁵ My soul liveth, and it doth praise Thee, And Thy judgments do help me.

Surrounding context — Psalm 119

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 counsellers.

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.

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 AIN. 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 PE. 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 TZADDI. 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 KOPH. 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 RESH. 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 SCHIN. 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 TAU. 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.

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