Psalms 119:71-116

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.