Psalms 119:67-118

⁶⁷Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I observe your word.

⁶⁸You are good, and you are one who does good; teach me your statutes.

⁶⁹The arrogant have smeared me with lies, but I keep your instructions with my whole heart.

⁷⁰Their hearts are hardened, but I delight in your law.

⁷¹It is good for me that I have suffered so that I would learn your statutes.

⁷²Instruction from your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.

⁷³Your hands have made and fashioned me; give me understanding so that I may learn your commandments.

⁷⁴Those who honor you will be glad when they see me because I find hope in your word.

⁷⁵I know, Yahweh, that your decrees are just, and that in faithfulness you afflicted me.

⁷⁶Let your covenant faithfulness comfort me, as you promised your servant.

⁷⁷Show me compassion so that I may live, for your law is my delight.

⁷⁸Let the proud be put to shame, for they have slandered me; but I will meditate on your instructions.

⁷⁹May those who honor you turn to me, those who know your covenant decrees.

⁸⁰May my heart be blameless with respect to your statutes so that I may not be put to shame.

⁸¹I faint with longing that you might rescue me! I hope in your word.

⁸²My eyes long to see your promise; when will you comfort me?

⁸³For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke; I do not forget your statutes.

⁸⁴How long must your servant endure this; when will you judge those who persecute me?

⁸⁵The proud have dug pits for me, defying your law.

⁸⁶All your commandments are reliable; those people persecute me wrongfully; help me.

⁸⁷They have almost made an end to me on earth, but I do not reject your instructions.

⁸⁸By your steadfast love, keep me alive, so that I may obey your commands.

⁸⁹Yahweh, your word stands forever; your word is established firmly in heaven.

⁹⁰Your faithfulness lasts for all generations; you have established the earth, and it remains.

⁹¹All things continue to this day, just as you said in your righteous decrees, for all things are your servants.

⁹²If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

⁹³I will never forget your instructions, for through them you have kept me alive.

⁹⁴I am yours; save me, for I seek your instructions.

⁹⁵The wicked prepare to destroy me, but I will seek to understand your covenant decrees.

⁹⁶I have seen that everything has its limits, but your commandments are broad, beyond limits.

⁹⁷Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all day long.

⁹⁸Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.

⁹⁹I have more understanding than all my teachers, for I meditate on your covenant decrees.

¹⁰⁰I understand more than those older than I am; this is because I have kept your instructions.

¹⁰¹I have kept my feet back from every evil path so that I might observe your word.

¹⁰²I have not turned aside from your righteous decrees, for you have instructed me.

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

¹⁰⁴Through your instructions I gain discernment; therefore I hate every false way.

¹⁰⁵Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.

¹⁰⁶I have sworn and have confirmed it, that I will observe your righteous decrees.

¹⁰⁷I am very afflicted; keep me alive, Yahweh, as you have promised in your word.

¹⁰⁸Yahweh, please accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, and teach me your righteous decrees.

¹⁰⁹My life is always in my hand, yet I do not forget your law.

¹¹⁰The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from your instructions.

¹¹¹I claim your covenant decrees as my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

¹¹²My heart is set on obeying your statutes forever to the very end.

¹¹³I hate those who have a double mind, but I love your law.

¹¹⁴You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word.

¹¹⁵Get away from me, you evil doers, so that I may observe the commandments of my God.

¹¹⁶Sustain me by your word so that I may live and not be ashamed of my hope.

¹¹⁷Support me, and I will be safe; I will always meditate on your statutes.

¹¹⁸You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for those people are deceptive and unreliable.