Psalms 119:56-136

⁵⁶This I had because I kept thy precepts.

⁵⁷CHETH. O Lord, that art my portion, I haue determined to keepe thy wordes.

⁵⁸I made my supplication in thy presence with my whole heart: be mercifull vnto me according to thy promise.

⁵⁹I haue considered my waies, and turned my feete into thy testimonies.

⁶⁰I made haste and delaied not to keepe thy commandements.

⁶¹The bandes of the wicked haue robbed me: but I haue not forgotten thy Lawe.

⁶²At midnight will I rise to giue thanks vnto thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.

⁶³I am companion of all them that feare thee, and keepe thy precepts.

⁶⁴The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercie: teache me thy statutes.

⁶⁵TETH. O Lord, thou hast delt graciously with thy seruant according vnto thy woorde.

⁶⁶Teach me good iudgement and knowledge: for I haue beleeued thy commandements.

⁶⁷Before I was afflicted, I went astray: but nowe I keepe thy woorde.

⁶⁸Thou art good and gracious: teach me thy statutes.

⁶⁹The proud haue imagined a lie against me: but I wil keepe thy precepts with my whole heart.

⁷⁰Their heart is fatte as grease: but my delite is in thy Lawe.

⁷¹It is good for me that I haue beene afflicted, that I may learne thy statutes.

⁷²The Lawe of thy mouth is better vnto me, then thousands of golde and siluer.

⁷³IOD. Thine hands haue made me and fashioned me: giue mee vnderstanding therefore, that I may learne thy commandements.

⁷⁴So they that feare thee, seeing mee shall reioyce, because I haue trusted in thy worde.

⁷⁵I knowe, O Lord, that thy iudgements are right, and that thou hast afflicted me iustly.

⁷⁶I pray thee that thy mercie may comfort me according to thy promise vnto thy seruant.

⁷⁷Let thy tender mercies come vnto me, that I may liue: for thy Lawe is my delite.

⁷⁸Let the proude be ashamed: for they haue dealt wickedly and falsely with me: but I meditate in thy precepts.

⁷⁹Let such as feare thee turne vnto me, and they that knowe thy testimonies.

⁸⁰Let mine heart bee vpright in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.

⁸¹CAPH. My soule fainteth for thy saluation: yet I waite for thy worde.

⁸²Mine eyes faile for thy promise, saying, when wilt thou comfort me?

⁸³For I am like a bottell in the smoke: yet doe I not forget thy statutes.

⁸⁴Howe many are the dayes of thy seruant? When wilt thou execute iudgement on them that persecute me?

⁸⁵The proude haue digged pittes for mee, which is not after thy Lawe.

⁸⁶All thy commandements are true: they persecute me falsely: helpe me.

⁸⁷They had almost consumed me vpon the earth: but I forsooke not thy precepts.

⁸⁸Quicken me according to thy louing kindnes: so shall I keepe the testimony of thy mouth.

⁸⁹LAMED. O Lord, thy worde endureth for euer in heauen.

⁹⁰Thy trueth is from generation to generation: thou hast layed the foundation of the earth, and it abideth.

⁹¹They continue euen to this day by thine ordinances: for all are thy seruants.

⁹²Except thy Lawe had bene my delite, I should now haue perished in mine affliction.

⁹³I wil neuer forget thy precepts: for by them thou hast quickened me.

⁹⁴I am thine, saue me: for I haue sought thy precepts.

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

⁹⁶I haue seene an ende of all perfection: but thy commandement is exceeding large.

⁹⁷MEM. Oh howe loue I thy Lawe! it is my meditation continually.

⁹⁸By thy commandements thou hast made mee wiser then mine enemies: for they are euer with mee.

⁹⁹I haue had more vnderstading then all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

¹⁰⁰I vnderstoode more then the ancient, because I kept thy precepts.

¹⁰¹I haue refrained my feete from euery euil way, that I might keepe thy word.

¹⁰²I haue not declined from thy iudgements: for thou didest teach me.

¹⁰³Howe sweete are thy promises vnto my mouth! yea, more then hony vnto my mouth.

¹⁰⁴By thy precepts I haue gotten vnderstanding: therefore I hate all the wayes of falshoode.

¹⁰⁵NUN. Thy worde is a lanterne vnto my feete, and a light vnto my path.

¹⁰⁶I haue sworne and will performe it, that I will keepe thy righteous iudgements.

¹⁰⁷I am very sore afflicted: O Lord, quicken me according to thy word.

¹⁰⁸O Lord, I beseeche thee accept the free offerings of my mouth, and teach mee thy iudgements.

¹⁰⁹My soule is continually in mine hande: yet doe I not forget thy Lawe.

¹¹⁰The wicked haue layed a snare for mee: but I swarued not from thy precepts.

¹¹¹Thy testimonies haue I taken as an heritage for euer: for they are the ioy of mine heart.

¹¹²I haue applied mine heart to fulfill thy statutes alway, euen vnto the ende.

¹¹³SAMECH. I hate vaine inuentions: but thy Lawe doe I loue.

¹¹⁴Thou art my refuge and shield, and I trust in thy worde.

¹¹⁵Away from mee, yee wicked: for I will keepe the commandements of my God.

¹¹⁶Stablish me according to thy promise, that I may liue, and disappoint me not of mine hope.

¹¹⁷Stay thou mee, and I shall be safe, and I will delite continually in thy statutes.

¹¹⁸Thou hast troden downe all them that depart from thy statutes: for their deceit is vaine.

¹¹⁹Thou hast taken away all ye wicked of the earth like drosse: therefore I loue thy testimonies.

¹²⁰My flesh trembleth for feare of thee, and I am afraide of thy iudgements.

¹²¹AIN. I haue executed iudgement and iustice: leaue me not to mine oppressours.

¹²²Answere for thy seruant in that, which is good, and let not the proude oppresse me.

¹²³Mine eyes haue failed in waiting for thy saluation, and for thy iust promise.

¹²⁴Deale with thy seruant according to thy mercie, and teache me thy statutes.

¹²⁵I am thy seruant: graunt mee therefore vnderstanding, that I may knowe thy testimonies.

¹²⁶It is time for thee Lord to worke: for they haue destroyed thy Lawe.

¹²⁷Therefore loue I thy commandements aboue golde, yea, aboue most fine golde.

¹²⁸Therefore I esteeme all thy precepts most iust, and hate all false wayes.

¹²⁹PE. Thy testimonies are wonderfull: therefore doeth my soule keepe them.

¹³⁰The entrance into thy wordes sheweth light, and giueth vnderstanding to the simple.

¹³¹I opened my mouth and panted, because I loued thy commandements.

¹³²Looke vpon mee and bee mercifull vnto me, as thou vsest to doe vnto those that loue thy Name.

¹³³Direct my steppes in thy worde, and let none iniquitie haue dominion ouer me.

¹³⁴Deliuer mee from the oppression of men, and I will keepe thy precepts.

¹³⁵Shew the light of thy countenance vpon thy seruant, and teache me thy statutes.

¹³⁶Mine eyes gush out with riuers of water, because they keepe not thy Lawe.