Psalms 119:48-168

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

⁵⁶This I had, because I kept thy precepts.

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

⁵⁸I entreated thy favor with my whole heart: be merciful to me according to thy word.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

⁸⁵The proud have digged pits for me, which are not according to thy law.

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

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

⁸⁸Revive me after thy loving-kindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁰³How sweet are thy words to my taste! yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

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

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

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

¹⁰⁷I am afflicted very much: revive me, O LORD, according to thy word.

¹⁰⁸Accept, I beseech thee, the free-will-offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.

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

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

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

¹¹²I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes always, even to the end.

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

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

¹¹⁵Depart from me, ye evil-doers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.

¹¹⁶Uphold me according to thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.

¹¹⁷Support me, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect to thy statutes continually.

¹¹⁸Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.

¹¹⁹Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.

¹²⁰My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

¹²¹AIN. I have done judgment and justice; leave me not to my oppressors.

¹²²Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.

¹²³My eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.

¹²⁴Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.

¹²⁵I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.

¹²⁶It is time for thee , LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.

¹²⁷Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yes, above fine gold.

¹²⁸Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.

¹²⁹PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.

¹³⁰The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding to the simple.

¹³¹I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.

¹³²Look thou upon me, and be merciful to me, as thou usest to do to those that love thy name.

¹³³Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

¹³⁴Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.

¹³⁵Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thy statutes.

¹³⁶Rivers of waters run down my eyes, because they keep not thy law.

¹³⁷TSADDI. Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.

¹³⁸Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.

¹³⁹My zeal hath consumed me; because my enemies have forgotten thy words.

¹⁴⁰Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.

¹⁴¹I am small and despised: yet I do not forget thy precepts.

¹⁴²Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.

¹⁴³Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.

¹⁴⁴The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.

¹⁴⁵KOPH. I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.

¹⁴⁶I cried to thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.

¹⁴⁷I came before the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.

¹⁴⁸My eyes anticipated the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.

¹⁴⁹Hear my voice, according to thy loving-kindness: O LORD, revive me according to thy judgment.

¹⁵⁰They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.

¹⁵¹Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.

¹⁵²Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.

¹⁵³RESH. Consider my affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.

¹⁵⁴Plead my cause, and deliver me: revive me according to thy word.

¹⁵⁵Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.

¹⁵⁶Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: revive me according to thy judgments.

¹⁵⁷Many are my persecutors and my enemies; yet I do not decline from thy testimonies.

¹⁵⁸I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.

¹⁵⁹Consider how I love thy precepts: revive me, O LORD, according to thy loving-kindness.

¹⁶⁰Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.

¹⁶¹SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

¹⁶²I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.

¹⁶³I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.

¹⁶⁴Seven times a day do I praise thee, because of thy righteous judgments.

¹⁶⁵Great peace have they who love thy law: and nothing shall cause them to stumble.

¹⁶⁶LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and performed thy commandments.

¹⁶⁷My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.

¹⁶⁸I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.