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Psalms 118
Brenton's English Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
Alleluia. Blessed are the blameless in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
119:1
Blessed (note: This psalm is an acrostic poem of twenty-two stanzas, following the letters of the Hebrew alphabet; within a stanza, each verse begins with the same Hebrew letter.) are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.
Blessed are they that search out his testimonies: they will diligently seek him with the whole heart.
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Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.
For they that work iniquity have not walked in his ways.
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They do no iniquity; they walk in His ways.
Thou hast commanded [us] diligently to keep thy precepts.
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You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.
O that my ways were directed to keep thine ordinances.
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Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!
Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to all thy commandments.
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Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.
I will give thee thanks with uprightness of heart, when I have learnt the judgments of thy righteousness.
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I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.
I will keep thine ordinances: O forsake me not greatly.
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I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.
Wherewith shall a young man direct his way? by keeping thy words.
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How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.
With my whole heart have I diligently sought thee: cast me not away from thy commandments.
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With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.
I have hidden thine oracles in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.
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I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thine ordinances.
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Blessed are You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
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With my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth.
I have delighted in the way of thy testimonies, [as much] as in all riches.
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I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches.
I will meditate on thy commandments, and consider thy ways.
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I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways.
I will meditate on thine ordinances: I will not forget thy words.
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I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
Render a recompence to thy servant: [so] shall I live, and keep thy words.
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Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word.
Unveil thou mine eyes, and I shall perceive wondrous things out of thy law.
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Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.
I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
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I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.
My soul has longed exceedingly for thy judgments at all times.
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My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.
Thou hast rebuked the proud: cursed are they that turn aside from thy commandments.
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You rebuke the arrogant—the cursed who stray from Your commandments.
Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have sought out thy testimonies.
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Remove my scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.
For princes sat and spoke against me: but thy servant was meditating on thine ordinances.
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Though rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
For thy testimonies are my meditation, and thine ordinances are my counsellors.
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Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.
My soul has cleaved to the ground; quicken thou me according to thy word.
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My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.
I declared my ways, and thou didst hear me; teach me thine ordinances.
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I recounted my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes.
Instruct me in the way of thine ordinances; and I will meditate on thy wondrous works.
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Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders.
My soul has slumbered for sorrow; strengthen thou me with thy words.
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My soul melts with sorrow; strengthen me according to Your word.
Remove from me the way of iniquity; and be merciful to me by thy law.
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Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.
I have chosen the way of truth; and have not forgotten thy judgments.
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I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.
I have cleaved to thy testimonies, O Lord; put me not to shame.
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I cling to Your testimonies, O LORD; let me not be put to shame.
I ran the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart.
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I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.
Teach me, O Lord, the way of thine ordinances, and I will seek it out continually.
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Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end (note: Or keep them as my reward).
Instruct me, and I will search out thy law, and will keep it with my whole heart.
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Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
Guide me in the path of thy commandments; for I have delighted in it.
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Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.
Incline mine heart to thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
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Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
Turn away mine eyes that I may not behold vanity: quicken thou me in thy way.
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Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word (note: Two MT manuscripts and DSS; most MT manuscripts in Your way).
Confirm thine oracle to thy servant, that he may fear thee.
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Establish Your word to Your servant, to produce reverence for You.
Take away my reproach which I have feared: for thy judgments are good.
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Turn away the disgrace I dread, for Your judgments are good.
Behold, I have desired thy commandments: quicken me in thy righteousness.
119:40
How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.
And let thy mercy come upon me, O Lord; [even] thy salvation, according to thy word.
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May Your loving devotion come to me, O LORD, Your salvation, according to Your promise.
And [so] I shall render an answer to them that reproach me: for I have trusted in thy words.
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Then I can answer him who taunts, for I trust in Your word.
And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
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Never take Your word of truth from my mouth, for I hope in Your judgments.
So shall I keep thy law continually, for ever and ever.
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I will always obey Your law, forever and ever.
I walked also at large: for I sought out thy commandments.
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And I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts.
And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings, and was not ashamed.
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I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.
And I meditated on thy commandments, which I loved exceedingly.
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I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments which I loved; and I meditated in thine ordinances.
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I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.
Remember thy words to thy servant, wherein thou hast made me hope.
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Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope.
This has comforted me in mine affliction: for thine oracle has quickened me.
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This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life.
The proud have transgressed exceedingly; but I swerved not from thy law.
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The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.
I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord; and was comforted.
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I remember Your judgments of old, O LORD, and in them I find comfort.
Despair took hold upon me, because of the sinners who forsake thy law.
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Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law.
Thine ordinances were my songs in the place of my sojourning.
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Your statutes are songs to me in the house of my pilgrimage.
I remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night, and kept thy law.
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In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.
This I had, because I diligently sought thine ordinances.
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This is my practice, for I obey Your precepts.
Thou art my portion, O Lord: I said that I would keep thy law.
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The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.
I besought thy favour with my whole heart: have mercy upon me according to thy word.
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I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise.
I thought on thy ways, and turned my feet to thy testimonies.
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I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.
I prepared myself, (and was not terrified,) to keep thy commandments.
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I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.
The snares of sinners entangled me: but I forgot not thy law.
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Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law.
At midnight I arose, to give thanks to thee for the judgments of thy righteousness.
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At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments.
I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy commandments.
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I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.
O Lord, the earth is full of thy mercy: teach me thine ordinances.
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The earth is filled with Your loving devotion, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
Thou hast wrought kindly with thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word.
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You are good to Your servant, O LORD, according to Your word.
Teach me kindness, and instruction, and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
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Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.
Before I was afflicted, I transgressed; therefore have I kept thy word.
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Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.
Good art thou, O Lord; therefore in thy goodness teach me thine ordinances.
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You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.
The injustice of the proud has been multiplied against me: but I will search out thy commandments with all my heart.
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Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.
Their heart has been curdled like milk; but I have meditated on thy law.
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Their hearts are callous and insensitive (note: Or fat), but I delight in Your law.
[It is] good for me that thou hast afflicted me; that I might learn thine ordinances.
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It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
The law of thy mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver.
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The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
Thy hands have made me, and fashioned me: instruct me, that I may learn thy commandments.
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Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
They that fear thee will see me and rejoice: for I have hoped in thy words.
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May those who fear You see me and rejoice, for I have hoped in Your word.
I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are righteousness, and [that] thou in truthfulness hast afflicted me.
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I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
Let, I pray thee, thy mercy be to comfort me, according to thy word to thy servant.
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May Your loving devotion comfort me, I pray, according to Your promise to Your servant.
Let thy compassions come to me, that I may live: for thy law is my meditation.
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May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.
Let the proud be ashamed; for they transgressed against me unjustly: but I will meditate in thy commandments.
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May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.
Let those that fear thee, and those that know thy testimonies, turn to me.
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May those who fear You turn to me, those who know Your testimonies.
Let mine heart be blameless in thine ordinances, that I may not be ashamed.
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May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.
My soul faints for thy salvation: I have hoped in thy words.
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My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
Mine eyes failed [in waiting] for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
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My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”
For I am become as a bottle in the frost: [yet] I have not forgotten thine ordinances.
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Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment for me on them that persecute me?
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How many days must Your servant wait (note: Or How many are the days of Your servant?)? When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?
Transgressors told me [idle tales]; but not according to thy law, O Lord.
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The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.
All thy commandments are truth; they persecuted me unjustly; help thou me.
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All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!
They nearly made an end of me in the earth; but I forsook not thy commandments.
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They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts.
Quicken me according to thy mercy; so shall I keep the testimonies of thy mouth.
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Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth.
Thy word, O Lord, abides in heaven for ever.
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Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.
Thy truth [endures] to all generations; thou hast founded the earth, and it abides.
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Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.
The day continues by thy arrangement; for all things are thy servants.
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Your ordinances stand to this day (note: Or They stand this day according to Your ordinances), for all things are servants to You.
Were it not that thy law is my meditation, then I should have perished in mine affliction.
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If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
I will never forget thine ordinances; for with them thou hast quickened me.
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I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.
I am thine, save me; for I have sought out thine ordinances.
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I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
Sinners laid wait for me to destroy me; [but] I understood thy testimonies.
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The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.
I have seen an end of all perfection; [but] thy commandment is very broad.
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I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.
How I have loved thy law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day.
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Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.
Thou hast made me wiser than mine enemies [in] thy commandment; for it is mine for ever.
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Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.
I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my meditation.
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I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.
I understand more than the aged; because I have sought out thy commandments.
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I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.
I have kept back my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy words.
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I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.
I have not declined from thy judgments; for thou hast instructed me.
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I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me.
How sweet are thine oracles to my throat! more so than honey to my mouth!
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How sweet are Your words to my taste—sweeter than honey in my mouth!
I gain understanding by thy commandments: therefore I have hated every way of unrighteousness.
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I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.
Thy law is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths.
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Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
I have sworn and determined to keep the judgments of thy righteousness.
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I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
I have been very greatly afflicted, O Lord: quicken me, according to thy word.
119:107
I am severely afflicted, O LORD; revive me through Your word.
Accept, I pray thee, O Lord, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, and teach me thy judgments.
119:108
Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me Your judgments.
My soul is continually in thine hands; and I have not forgotten thy law.
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I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law.
Sinners spread a snare for me; but I erred not from thy commandments.
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The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.
I have inherited thy testimonies for ever; for they are the joy of my heart.
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Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
I have inclined my heart to perform thine ordinances for ever, in return [for thy mercies].
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I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, even to the very end.
I have hated transgressors; but I have loved thy law.
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The double-minded I despise, but Your law I love.
Thou art my helper and my supporter; I have hoped in thy words.
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You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.
Depart from me, ye evil-doers; for I will search out the commandments of my God.
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Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
Uphold me according to thy word, and quicken me; and make me not ashamed of my expectation.
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Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Help me, and I shall be saved; and I will meditate in thine ordinances continually.
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Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes.
Thou hast brought to nought all that depart from thine ordinances; for their inward thought is unrighteous.
119:118
You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.
I have reckoned all the sinners of the earth as transgressors; therefore have I loved thy testimonies.
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All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.
Penetrate my flesh with thy fear; for I am afraid of thy judgments.
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My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
I have done judgment and justice; deliver me not up to them that injure me.
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I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.
Receive thy servant for good: let not the proud accuse me falsely.
119:122
Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
Mine eyes have failed for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
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My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.
Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy, and teach me thine ordinances.
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Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion, and teach me Your statutes.
I am thy servant; instruct me, and I shall know thy testimonies.
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I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.
[It is] time for the Lord to work: they have utterly broken thy law.
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It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.
Therefore have I loved thy commandments more than gold, or the topaz.
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Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
Therefore I directed myself [according] to all thy commandments: I have hated every unjust way.
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Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.
Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul has sought them out.
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Wonderful are Your testimonies; therefore I obey them.
The manifestation of thy words will enlighten, and instruct the simple.
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The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.
I opened my mouth, and drew breath: for I earnestly longed after thy commandments.
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I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.
Look upon me and have mercy upon me, after the manner of them that love thy name.
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Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name.
Order my steps according to thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
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Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
Deliver me from the false accusation of men: so will I keep thy commandments.
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Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts.
Cause thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thine ordinances.
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Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.
Mine eyes have been bathed in streams of water, because I kept not thy law.
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My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments.
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Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.
Thou hast commanded righteousness and perfect truth, [as] thy testimonies.
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The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful.
Thy zeal has quite wasted me: because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
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My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.
Thy word [has been] very fully tried; and thy servant loves it.
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Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.
I am young and despised: [yet] I have not forgotten thine ordinances.
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I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is truth.
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Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.
Afflictions and distresses found me: [but] thy commandments [were] my meditation.
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Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.
Thy testimonies [are] an everlasting righteousness: instruct me, and I shall live.
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Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord: I will search out thine ordinances.
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I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes.
I cried to thee; save me, and I will keep thy testimonies.
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I call to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies.
I arose before the dawn, and cried: I hoped in thy words.
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I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
Mine eyes prevented the dawn, that I might meditate on thine oracles.
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My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word.
Hear my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy; quicken me according to thy judgment.
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Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion; give me life according to Your justice.
They have drawn nigh who persecuted me unlawfully; and they are far removed from thy law.
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Those who follow after wickedness draw near; they are far from Your law.
Thou art near, O Lord; and all thy ways are truth.
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You are near, O LORD, and all Your commandments are true.
I have known of old concerning thy testimonies, that thou hast founded them for ever.
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Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You have established them forever.
Look upon mine affliction, and rescue me; for I have not forgotten thy law.
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Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law.
Plead my cause, and ransom me: quicken me because of thy word.
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Defend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word.
Salvation is far from sinners: for they have not searched out thine ordinances.
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Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes.
Thy mercies, O Lord, are many: quicken me according to thy judgment.
119:156
Great are Your mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your ordinances.
Many are they that persecute me and oppress me: [but] I have not declined from thy testimonies.
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Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.
I beheld men acting foolishly, and I pined away; for they kept not thine oracles.
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I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.
Behold, I have loved thy commandments, O Lord: quicken me in thy mercy.
119:159
Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.
The beginning of thy words is truth; and all the judgments of thy righteousness [endure] for ever.
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The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.
Princes persecuted me without a cause, but my heart feared because of thy words.
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Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.
I will exult because of thine oracles, as one that finds much spoil.
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I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil.
I hate and abhor unrighteousness; but I love thy law.
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I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.
Seven times in a day have I praised thee because of the judgments of thy righteousness.
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Seven times a day I praise You for Your righteous judgments.
Great peace have they that love thy law: and there is no stumbling-block to them.
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Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your law; nothing can make them stumble.
I waited for thy salvation, O Lord, and have loved thy commandments.
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I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, and I carry out Your commandments.
My soul has kept thy testimonies, and loved them exceedingly.
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I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly.
I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies; for all my ways are before thee, O Lord.
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I obey Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You.
Let my supplication come near before thee, O Lord; instruct me according to thine oracle.
119:169
May my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.
Let my petition come in before thee, O Lord; deliver me according to thine oracle.
119:170
May my plea come before You; rescue me according to Your promise.
Let my lips utter a hymn, when thou shalt have taught me thine ordinances.
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My lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes.
Let my tongue utter thine oracles; for all thy commandments are righteous.
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My tongue sings of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.
Let thine hand be [prompt] to save me; for I have chosen thy commandments.
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May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.
I have longed after thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my meditation.
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I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.
My soul shall live, and shall praise thee; and thy judgments shall help me.
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Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me.
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I have not forgotten thy commandments.
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I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.