Psalms 119:70-108

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.