Psalms 119:74-98

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.