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Psalms 119
World English Bible British Edition · Berean Standard Bible
Blessed are those whose ways are blameless,
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 those who keep his statutes,
Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.
You have commanded your precepts,
You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.
Then I wouldn’t be disappointed,
Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.
I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart,
I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.
How can a young man keep his way pure?
How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.
With my whole heart I have sought you.
With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.
I have hidden your word in my heart,
I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies,
I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches.
I will delight myself in your statutes.
I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
Do good to your servant.
Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word.
I am a stranger on the earth.
I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.
My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.
You have rebuked the proud who are cursed,
You rebuke the arrogant—the cursed who stray from Your commandments.
Take reproach and contempt away from me,
Remove my scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.
Though princes sit and slander me,
Though rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
Indeed your statutes are my delight,
Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.
My soul is laid low in the dust.
My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.
I declared my ways, and you answered me.
I recounted my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes.
Let me understand the teaching of your precepts!
Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders.
My soul is weary with sorrow;
My soul melts with sorrow; strengthen me according to Your word.
Keep me from the way of deceit.
Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.
I have chosen the way of truth.
I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.
I cling to your statutes, LORD.
I cling to Your testimonies, O LORD; let me not be put to shame.
I run in the path of your commandments,
I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.
Teach me, LORD, the way of your statutes.
Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end (note: Or keep them as my reward).
Give me understanding, and I will keep your law.
Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
Direct me in the path of your commandments,
Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.
Turn my heart towards your statutes,
Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things.
Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word (note: Two MT manuscripts and DSS; most MT manuscripts in Your way).
Fulfil your promise to your servant,
Establish Your word to Your servant, to produce reverence for You.
Take away my disgrace that I dread,
Turn away the disgrace I dread, for Your judgments are good.
Behold, I long for your precepts!
How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.
Let your loving kindness also come to me, LORD,
May Your loving devotion come to me, O LORD, Your salvation, according to Your promise.
So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me,
Then I can answer him who taunts, for I trust in Your word.
Don’t snatch the word of truth out of my mouth,
Never take Your word of truth from my mouth, for I hope in Your judgments.
I will also speak of your statutes before kings,
I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.
I will delight myself in your commandments,
I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love.
I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.
Remember your word to your servant,
Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope.
This is my comfort in my affliction,
This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life.
The arrogant mock me excessively,
The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.
I remember your ordinances of old, LORD,
I remember Your judgments of old, O LORD, and in them I find comfort.
Indignation has taken hold on me,
Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law.
Your statutes have been my songs
Your statutes are songs to me in the house of my pilgrimage.
I have remembered your name, LORD, in the night,
In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.
I sought your favour with my whole heart.
I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise.
The ropes of the wicked bind me,
Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law.
At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you,
At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments.
I am a friend of all those who fear you,
I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.
The earth is full of your loving kindness, LORD.
The earth is filled with Your loving devotion, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
You have treated your servant well,
You are good to Your servant, O LORD, according to Your word.
Teach me good judgement and knowledge,
Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.
Before I was afflicted, I went astray;
Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.
The proud have smeared a lie upon me.
Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.
Their heart is as callous as the fat,
Their hearts are callous and insensitive (note: Or fat), but I delight in Your law.
It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
Your hands have made me and formed me.
Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
Those who fear you will see me and be glad,
May those who fear You see me and rejoice, for I have hoped in Your word.
LORD, I know that your judgements are righteous,
I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort,
May Your loving devotion comfort me, I pray, according to Your promise to Your servant.
Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live;
May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.
Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully.
May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.
Let those who fear you turn to me.
May those who fear You turn to me, those who know Your testimonies.
Let my heart be blameless towards your decrees,
May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.
My eyes fail for your word.
My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”
For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke.
Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
How many are the days of your servant?
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?
All of your commandments are faithful.
All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!
They had almost wiped me from the earth,
They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts.
Preserve my life according to your loving kindness,
Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth.
LORD, your word is settled in heaven forever.
Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.
Your faithfulness is to all generations.
Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.
Your laws remain to this day,
Your ordinances stand to this day (note: Or They stand this day according to Your ordinances), for all things are servants to You.
Unless your law had been my delight,
If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
I will never forget your precepts,
I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.
The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me.
The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.
I have seen a limit to all perfection,
I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.
Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies,
Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.
I have more understanding than all my teachers,
I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.
I have kept my feet from every evil way,
I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.
I have not turned away from your ordinances,
I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me.
How sweet are your promises to my taste,
How sweet are Your words to my taste—sweeter than honey in my mouth!
Through your precepts, I get understanding;
I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.
I have sworn, and have confirmed it,
I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth.
Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me Your judgments.
My soul is continually in my hand,
I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law.
The wicked have laid a snare for me,
The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.
I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever,
Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever,
I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, even to the very end.
You are my hiding place and my shield.
You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.
Depart from me, you evildoers,
Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
Uphold me according to your word, that I may live.
Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Hold me up, and I will be safe,
Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes.
You reject all those who stray from your statutes,
You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.
You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross.
All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.
My flesh trembles for fear of you.
My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
I have done what is just and righteous.
I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.
Ensure your servant’s well-being.
Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
My eyes fail looking for your salvation,
My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.
Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness.
Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion, and teach me Your statutes.
I am your servant. Give me understanding,
I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.
Therefore I love your commandments more than gold,
Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right.
Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.
The entrance of your words gives light.
The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.
Turn to me, and have mercy on me,
Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name.
Redeem me from the oppression of man,
Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts.
Make your face shine on your servant.
Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.
Streams of tears run down my eyes,
My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
You have commanded your statutes in righteousness.
The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful.
Your promises have been thoroughly tested,
Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.
Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness.
Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.
Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me.
Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.
Your testimonies are righteous forever.
Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
I have called with my whole heart.
I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes.
I rise before dawn and cry for help.
I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
My eyes stay open through the night watches,
My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word.
Hear my voice according to your loving kindness.
Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion; give me life according to Your justice.
They draw near who follow after wickedness.
Those who follow after wickedness draw near; they are far from Your law.
Of old I have known from your testimonies,
Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You have established them forever.
Consider my affliction, and deliver me,
Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law.
Plead my cause, and redeem me!
Defend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word.
Salvation is far from the wicked,
Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes.
Great are your tender mercies, LORD.
Great are Your mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your ordinances.
Many are my persecutors and my adversaries.
Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.
I look at the faithless with loathing,
I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.
Consider how I love your precepts.
Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.
All of your words are truth.
The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.
Princes have persecuted me without a cause,
Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.
Seven times a day, I praise you,
Seven times a day I praise You for Your righteous judgments.
Those who love your law have great peace.
Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your law; nothing can make them stumble.
I have hoped for your salvation, LORD.
I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, and I carry out Your commandments.
I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies,
I obey Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You.
Let my cry come before you, LORD.
May my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.
Let my supplication come before you.
May my plea come before You; rescue me according to Your promise.
Let my tongue sing of your word,
My tongue sings of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.
Let your hand be ready to help me,
May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.
I have longed for your salvation, LORD.
I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.
Let my soul live, that I may praise you.
Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me.
I have gone astray like a lost sheep.
I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.