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119:8-96
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Psalms
Chapter 119
Psalms
119:8-96
ASV
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8
I will keep Your statutes;
Do not utterly abandon me!
Beth
9
How can a young man keep his way pure?
By keeping it according to Your word.
10
With all my heart I have sought You;
Do not let me wander from Your commandments.
11
I have treasured Your word in my heart,
So that I may not sin against You.
12
Blessed are You, Lord;
Teach me Your statutes.
13
With my lips I have told of
All the ordinances of Your mouth.
14
I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies,
As much as in all riches.
15
I will meditate on Your precepts
And regard Your ways.
16
I shall delight in Your statutes;
I will not forget Your word.
Gimel
17
Deal generously with Your servant,
That I may live and keep Your word.
18
Open my eyes, that I may behold
Wonderful things from Your Law.
19
I am a stranger on the earth;
Do not hide Your commandments from me.
20
My soul is crushed with longing
For Your ordinances at all times.
21
You rebuke the arrogant, the cursed,
Who wander from Your commandments.
22
Take disgrace and contempt away from me,
For I comply with Your testimonies.
23
Even though rulers sit and speak against me,
Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
24
Your testimonies also are my delight;
They are my advisers.
Daleth
25
My soul clings to the dust;
Revive me according to Your word.
26
I have told of my ways, and You have answered me;
Teach me Your statutes.
27
Make me understand the way of Your precepts,
And I will meditate on Your wonders.
28
My soul weeps because of grief;
Strengthen me according to Your word.
29
Remove the false way from me,
And graciously grant me Your Law.
30
I have chosen the faithful way;
I have placed Your judgments before me.
31
I cling to Your testimonies;
Lord, do not put me to shame!
32
I shall run the way of Your commandments,
For You will enlarge my heart.
He
33
Teach me the way of Your statutes, Lord,
And I shall comply with it to the end.
34
Give me understanding, so that I may comply with Your Law
And keep it with all my heart.
35
Make me walk in the path of Your commandments,
For I delight in it.
36
Incline my heart to Your testimonies,
And not to dishonest gain.
37
Turn my eyes away from looking at what is worthless,
And revive me in Your ways.
38
Establish Your word to Your servant
As that which produces reverence for You.
39
Take away my disgrace which I dread,
For Your judgments are good.
40
Behold, I long for Your precepts;
Revive me through Your righteousness.
Vav
41
May Your favor also come to me, Lord,
Your salvation according to Your word;
42
So that I will have an answer for one who taunts me,
For I trust in Your word.
43
And do not take the word of truth utterly out of my mouth,
For I wait for Your judgments.
44
So I will keep Your Law continually,
Forever and ever.
45
And I will walk at liberty,
For I seek Your precepts.
46
I will also speak of Your testimonies before kings
And shall not be ashamed.
47
I will delight in Your commandments,
Which I love.
48
And I shall lift up my hands to Your commandments,
Which I love;
And I will meditate on Your statutes.
Zayin
49
Remember the word to Your servant,
In which You have made me hope.
50
This is my comfort in my misery,
That Your word has revived me.
51
The arrogant utterly deride me,
Yet I do not turn aside from Your Law.
52
I have remembered Your judgments from of old, Lord,
And comfort myself.
53
Burning indignation has seized me because of the wicked,
Who abandon Your Law.
54
Your statutes are my songs
In the house of my pilgrimage.
55
Lord, I remember Your name in the night,
And keep Your Law.
56
This has become mine,
That I comply with Your precepts.
Heth
57
The Lord is my portion;
I have promised to keep Your words.
58
I sought Your favor with all my heart;
Be gracious to me according to Your word.
59
I considered my ways
And turned my feet to Your testimonies.
60
I hurried and did not delay
To keep Your commandments.
61
The snares of the wicked have surrounded me,
But I have not forgotten Your Law.
62
At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You
Because of Your righteous judgments.
63
I am a companion to all those who fear You,
And to those who keep Your precepts.
64
The earth is full of Your goodness, Lord;
Teach me Your statutes.
Teth
65
You have treated Your servant well,
Lord, according to Your word.
66
Teach me good discernment and knowledge,
For I believe in Your commandments.
67
Before I was afflicted I went astray,
But now I keep Your word.
68
You are good and You do good;
Teach me Your statutes.
69
The arrogant have forged a lie against me;
With all my heart I will comply with Your precepts.
70
Their heart is insensitive, like fat,
But I delight in Your Law.
71
It is good for me that I was afflicted,
So that I may learn Your statutes.
72
The Law of Your mouth is better to me
Than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
Yodh
73
Your hands made me and fashioned me;
Give me understanding, so that I may learn Your commandments.
74
May those who fear You see me and be glad,
Because I wait for Your word.
75
I know, Lord, that Your judgments are righteous,
And that You have afflicted me in faithfulness.
76
May Your favor comfort me,
According to Your word to Your servant.
77
May Your compassion come to me so that I may live,
For Your Law is my delight.
78
May the arrogant be put to shame, because they lead me astray with a lie;
But I shall meditate on Your precepts.
79
May those who fear You turn to me,
And those who know Your testimonies.
80
May my heart be blameless in Your statutes,
So that I will not be ashamed.
Kaph
81
My soul languishes for Your salvation;
I wait for Your word.
82
My eyes fail with longing for Your word,
While I say, “When will You comfort me?”
83
Though I have become like a wineskin in the smoke,
I do not forget Your statutes.
84
How many are the days of Your servant?
When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?
85
The arrogant have dug pits for me,
People who are not in accord with Your Law.
86
All Your commandments are faithful;
They have persecuted me with a lie; help me!
87
They almost destroyed me on earth,
But as for me, I did not abandon Your precepts.
88
Revive me according to Your faithfulness,
So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth.
Lamedh
89
Forever, Lord,
Your word stands in heaven.
90
Your faithfulness continues throughout generations;
You established the earth, and it stands.
91
They stand this day by Your ordinances,
For all things are Your servants.
92
If Your Law had not been my delight,
Then I would have perished in my misery.
93
I will never forget Your precepts,
For by them You have revived me.
94
I am Yours, save me;
For I have sought Your precepts.
95
The wicked wait for me to destroy me;
I will diligently consider Your testimonies.
96
I have seen a limit to all perfection;
Your commandment is exceedingly broad.
Mem
