Psalm 119

¹How blessed and favored by God are those whose way is blameless [those with personal integrity, the upright, the guileless],
Who walk in the law [and who are guided by the precepts and revealed will] of the Lord.
² 
Blessed and favored by God are those who keep His testimonies,
And who [consistently] seek Him and long for Him with all their heart.
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They do no unrighteousness;
They walk in His ways.
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You have ordained Your precepts,
That we should follow them with [careful] diligence.
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Oh, that my ways may be established
To observe and keep Your statutes [obediently accepting and honoring them]!
⁶ 
Then I will not be ashamed
When I look [with respect] to all Your commandments [as my guide].
⁷ 
I will give thanks to You with an upright heart,
When I learn [through discipline] Your righteous judgments [for my transgressions].
⁸ 
I shall keep Your statutes;
Do not utterly abandon me [when I fail].

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How can a young man keep his way pure?
By keeping watch [on himself] according to Your word [conforming his life to Your precepts].
¹⁰ 
With all my heart I have sought You, [inquiring of You and longing for You];
Do not let me wander from Your commandments [neither through ignorance nor by willful disobedience].
¹¹ 
Your word I have treasured and stored in my heart,
That I may not sin against You.
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Blessed and reverently praised are You, O Lord;
Teach me Your statutes.
¹³ 
With my lips I have told of
All the ordinances of Your mouth.
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I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies,
As much as in all riches.
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I will meditate on Your precepts
And [thoughtfully] regard Your ways [the path of life established by Your precepts].
¹⁶ 
I will delight in Your statutes;
I will not forget Your word.

¹⁷ 
Deal bountifully with Your servant,
That I may live and keep Your word [treasuring it and being guided by it day by day].
¹⁸ 
Open my eyes [to spiritual truth] so 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 presumptuous and arrogant, the cursed ones,
Who wander from Your commandments.
²² 
Take reproach and contempt away from me,
For I observe Your testimonies.
²³ 
Even though princes sit and talk to one another against me,
Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
²⁴ 
Your testimonies also are my delight
And my counselors.

²⁵ 
My earthly life clings to the dust;
Revive and refresh 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,
So that I will meditate (focus my thoughts) on Your wonderful works.
²⁸ 
My soul dissolves because of grief;
Renew and strengthen me according to [the promises of] Your word.
²⁹ 
Remove from me the way of falsehood and unfaithfulness,
And graciously grant me Your law.
³⁰ 
I have chosen the faithful way;
I have placed Your ordinances before me.
³¹ 
I cling tightly to Your testimonies;
O Lord, do not put me to shame!
³² 
I will run the way of Your commandments [with purpose],
For You will give me a heart that is willing.

³³ 
Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes,
And I will [steadfastly] observe it to the end.
³⁴ 
Give me understanding [a teachable heart and the ability to learn], that I may keep Your law;
And observe 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 and envy.
³⁷ 
Turn my eyes away from vanity [all those worldly, meaningless things that distract—let Your priorities be mine],
And restore me [with renewed energy] in Your ways.
³⁸ 
Establish Your word and confirm Your promise to Your servant,
As that which produces [awe-inspired] reverence for You.
³⁹ 
Turn away my reproach which I dread,
For Your ordinances are good.
⁴⁰ 
I long for Your precepts;
Renew me through Your righteousness.

⁴¹ 
May Your lovingkindness also come to me, O Lord,
Your salvation according to Your promise;
⁴² 
So I will have an answer for the one who taunts me,
For I trust [completely] in Your word [and its reliability].
⁴³ 
And do not take the word of truth utterly out of my mouth,
For I wait for Your ordinances.
⁴⁴ 
I will keep Your law continually,
Forever and ever [writing Your precepts on my heart].
⁴⁵ 
And I will walk at liberty,
For I seek and deeply long for Your precepts.
⁴⁶ 
I will also speak of Your testimonies before kings
And shall not be ashamed.
⁴⁷ 
For I shall 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.

⁴⁹ 
Remember [always] the word and promise to Your servant,
In which You have made me hope.
⁵⁰ 
This is my comfort in my affliction,
That Your word has revived me and given me life.
⁵¹ 
The arrogant utterly ridicule me,
Yet I do not turn away from Your law.
⁵² 
I have remembered [carefully] Your ancient ordinances, O Lord,
And I have taken comfort.
⁵³ 
Burning indignation has seized me because of the wicked,
Who ^[b]reject Your law.
⁵⁴ 
Your statutes are my songs
In the house of my pilgrimage.
⁵⁵ 
O Lord, I remember Your name in the night,
And keep Your law.
⁵⁶ 
This has become mine [as the gift of Your grace],
That I observe Your precepts [accepting them with loving obedience].

⁵⁷ 
The Lord is my portion;
I have promised to keep Your words.
⁵⁸ 
I sought Your favor with all my heart;
Be merciful and gracious to me according to Your promise.
⁵⁹ 
I considered my ways
And turned my feet to [follow and obey] Your testimonies.
⁶⁰ 
I hurried and did not delay
To keep Your commandments.
⁶¹ 
The cords of the wicked have encircled and ensnared me,
But I have not forgotten Your law.
⁶² 
At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You
Because of Your righteous ordinances.
⁶³ 
I am a companion of all who [reverently] fear You,
And of those who keep and honor Your precepts.
⁶⁴ 
The earth, O Lord, is full of Your lovingkindness and goodness;
Teach me Your statutes.

⁶⁵ 
You have dealt well with Your servant,
O Lord, according to Your promise.
⁶⁶ 
Teach me good judgment (discernment) and knowledge,
For I have believed and trusted and relied on Your commandments.
⁶⁷ 
Before I was afflicted I went astray,
But now I keep and honor Your word [with loving obedience].
⁶⁸ 
You are good and do good;
Teach me Your statutes.
⁶⁹ 
The arrogant have forged a lie against me,
But I will keep Your precepts with all my heart.
⁷⁰ 
Their heart is insensitive like fat [their minds are dull and brutal],
But I delight in Your law.
⁷¹ 
It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
That I may learn Your statutes.
⁷² 
The law from Your mouth is better to me
Than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

⁷³ 
Your hands have made me and established me;
Give me understanding and a teachable heart, that I may learn Your commandments.
⁷⁴ 
May those who [reverently] fear You see me and be glad,
Because I wait for Your word.
⁷⁵ 
I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are fair,
And that in faithfulness You have disciplined me.
⁷⁶ 
O may Your lovingkindness and graciousness comfort me,
According to Your word (promise) to Your servant.
⁷⁷ 
Let Your compassion come to me that I may live,
For Your law is my delight.
⁷⁸ 
Let the arrogant be ashamed and humiliated, for they sabotage me with a lie;
But I will meditate on Your precepts.
⁷⁹ 
May those who fear You [with submissive wonder] turn to me,
Even those who have known Your testimonies.
⁸⁰ 
May my heart be blameless in Your statutes,
So that I will not be ashamed.

⁸¹ 
My soul languishes and grows weak for Your salvation;
I wait for Your word.
⁸² 
My eyes fail [with longing, watching] for [the fulfillment of] Your promise,
Saying, “When will You comfort me?”
⁸³ 
For I have become like a wineskin [blackened and shriveled] in the smoke [in which it hangs],
Yet I do not forget Your statutes.
⁸⁴ 
How many are the days of Your servant [which he must endure]?
When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?
⁸⁵ 
The arrogant (godless) have dug pits for me,
Men who do not conform to Your law.
⁸⁶ 
All Your commandments are faithful and trustworthy.
They have persecuted me with a lie; help me [Lord]!
⁸⁷ 
They had almost destroyed me on earth,
But as for me, I did not ^[c]turn away from Your precepts.
⁸⁸ 
According to Your steadfast love refresh me and give me life,
So that I may keep and obey the testimony of Your mouth.

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Forever, O Lord,
Your word is settled in heaven [standing firm and unchangeable].
⁹⁰ 
Your faithfulness continues from generation to generation;
You have established the earth, and it stands [securely].
⁹¹ 
They continue this day according to Your ordinances,
For all things [all parts of the universe] are Your servants.
⁹² 
If Your law had not been my delight,
Then I would have perished in my time of trouble.
⁹³ 
I will never forget Your precepts,
For by them You have revived me and given me life.
⁹⁴ 
I am Yours, save me [as Your own];
For I have [diligently] sought Your precepts and required them [as my greatest need].
⁹⁵ 
The wicked wait for me to destroy me,
But I will consider Your testimonies.
⁹⁶ 
I have seen that all [human] perfection has its limits [no matter how grand and perfect and noble];
Your commandment is exceedingly broad and extends without limits [into eternity].

⁹⁷ 
Oh, how I love Your law!
It is my meditation all the day.
⁹⁸ 
Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies,
For Your words are always with me.
⁹⁹ 
I have better understanding and deeper insight than all my teachers [because of Your word],
For Your testimonies are my meditation.
¹⁰⁰ 
I understand more than the aged [who have not observed Your precepts],
Because I have observed and kept Your precepts.
¹⁰¹ 
I have restrained my feet from every evil way,
That I may keep Your word.
¹⁰² 
I have not turned aside from Your ordinances,
For You Yourself have taught me.
¹⁰³ 
How sweet are Your words to my taste,
Sweeter than honey to my mouth!
¹⁰⁴ 
From Your precepts I get understanding;
Therefore I hate every false way.

¹⁰⁵ 
Your word is a lamp to my feet
And a light to my path.
¹⁰⁶ 
I have sworn [an oath] and have confirmed it,
That I will keep Your righteous ordinances.
¹⁰⁷ 
I am greatly afflicted;
Renew and revive me [giving me life], O Lord, according to Your word.
¹⁰⁸ 
Accept and take pleasure in the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord,
And teach me Your ordinances.
¹⁰⁹ 
My life is continually ^[d]in my hand,
Yet I do not forget Your law.
¹¹⁰ 
The wicked have laid a snare for me,
Yet I do not wander from Your precepts.
¹¹¹ 
I have taken Your testimonies as a heritage forever,
For they are the joy of my heart.
¹¹² 
I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes
Forever, even to the end.

¹¹³ 
I hate those who are double-minded,
But I love and treasure Your law.
¹¹⁴ 
You are my hiding place and my shield;
I wait for Your word.
¹¹⁵ 
Leave me, you evildoers,
That I may keep the commandments of my God [honoring and obeying them].
¹¹⁶ 
Uphold me according to Your word [of promise], so that I may live;
And do not let me be ashamed of my hope [in Your great goodness].
¹¹⁷ 
Uphold me that I may be safe,
That I may have regard for Your statutes continually.
¹¹⁸ 
You have turned Your back on all those who wander from Your statutes,
For their deceitfulness is useless.
¹¹⁹ 
You have removed all the wicked of the earth like dross [for they have no value];
Therefore I love Your testimonies.
¹²⁰ 
My flesh trembles in [reverent] fear of You,
And I am afraid and in awe of Your judgments.

¹²¹ 
I have done justice and righteousness;
Do not leave me to those who oppress me.
¹²² 
Be the guarantee for Your servant for good [as Judah was the guarantee for Benjamin];
Do not let the arrogant oppress me.
¹²³ 
My eyes fail [with longing, watching] for [the fulfillment of] Your salvation,
And for [the fulfillment of] Your righteous word.
¹²⁴ 
Deal with Your servant according to Your [gracious] lovingkindness,
And teach me Your statutes.
¹²⁵ 
I am Your servant; give me understanding [the ability to learn and a teachable heart]
That I may know Your testimonies.
¹²⁶ 
It is time for the Lord to act;
They have broken Your law.
¹²⁷ 
Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold,
Yes, more than refined gold.
¹²⁸ 
Therefore I esteem as right all Your precepts concerning everything;
I hate every false way.

¹²⁹ 
Your testimonies are wonderful;
Therefore my soul keeps them.
¹³⁰ 
The unfolding of Your [glorious] words give light;
Their unfolding gives understanding to the simple (childlike).
¹³¹ 
I opened my mouth and panted [with anticipation],
Because I longed for Your commandments.
¹³² 
Turn to me and be gracious to me and show me favor,
As is Your way to those who love Your name.
¹³³ 
Establish my footsteps in [the way of] Your word;
Do not let any human weakness have power over me [causing me to be separated from You].
¹³⁴ 
Redeem me from the oppression of man;
That I may keep Your precepts.
¹³⁵ 
Make Your face shine [with pleasure] upon Your servant,
And teach me Your statutes.
¹³⁶ 
My eyes weep streams of water
Because people do not keep Your law.

¹³⁷ 
Righteous are You, O Lord,
And upright are Your judgments.
¹³⁸ 
You have commanded Your testimonies in righteousness
And in great faithfulness.
¹³⁹ 
My zeal has [completely] consumed me,
Because my enemies have forgotten Your words.
¹⁴⁰ 
Your word is very pure (refined);
Therefore Your servant loves it.
¹⁴¹ 
I am small and despised,
But I do not forget Your precepts.
¹⁴² 
Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,
And Your law is truth.
¹⁴³ 
Trouble and anguish have found me,
Yet Your commandments are my delight and my joy.
¹⁴⁴ 
Your righteous testimonies are everlasting;
Give me understanding [the ability to learn and a teachable heart] that I may live.

¹⁴⁵ 
I cried with all my heart; answer me, O Lord!
I will observe Your statutes.
¹⁴⁶ 
I cried to You; save me
And I will keep Your testimonies.
¹⁴⁷ 
I rise before dawn and cry [in prayer] for help;
I wait for Your word.
¹⁴⁸ 
My eyes anticipate the night watches and I awake before the call of the watchman,
That I may meditate on Your word.
¹⁴⁹ 
Hear my voice according to Your [steadfast] lovingkindness;
O Lord, renew and refresh me according to Your ordinances.
¹⁵⁰ 
Those who follow after wickedness approach;
They are far from Your law.
¹⁵¹ 
You are near, O Lord,
And all Your commandments are truth.
¹⁵² 
Of old I have known from Your testimonies
That You have founded them forever.

¹⁵³ 
Look upon my agony and rescue me,
For I do not forget Your law.
¹⁵⁴ 
Plead my cause and redeem me;
Revive me and give me life according to [the promise of] Your word.
¹⁵⁵ 
Salvation is far from the wicked,
For they do not seek Your statutes.
¹⁵⁶ 
Great are Your tender mercies and steadfast love, O Lord;
Revive me and give me life according to Your ordinances.
¹⁵⁷ 
Many are my persecutors and my adversaries,
Yet I do not turn away from Your testimonies.
¹⁵⁸ 
I see the treacherous and loathe them,
Because they do not respect Your law.
¹⁵⁹ 
Consider how I love Your precepts;
Revive me and give me life, O Lord, according to Your lovingkindness.
¹⁶⁰ 
The sum of Your word is truth [the full meaning of all Your precepts],
And every one of Your righteous ordinances endures forever.

¹⁶¹ 
Princes persecute me without cause,
But my heart stands in [reverent] awe of Your words [so I can expect You to help me].
¹⁶² 
I rejoice at Your word,
As one who finds great treasure.
¹⁶³ 
I hate and detest falsehood,
But I love Your law.
^164 
[e]Seven times a day I praise You,
Because of Your righteous ordinances.
¹⁶⁵ 
Those who love Your law have great peace;
Nothing makes them stumble.
¹⁶⁶ 
I hope and wait [with complete confidence] for Your salvation, O Lord,
And I do Your commandments.
¹⁶⁷ 
My soul keeps Your testimonies [hearing and accepting and obeying them];
I love them greatly.
¹⁶⁸ 
I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies,
For all my ways are [fully known] before You.

¹⁶⁹ 
Let my [mournful] cry come before You, O Lord;
Give me understanding [the ability to learn and a teachable heart] according to Your word [of promise].
¹⁷⁰ 
Let my supplication come before You;
Deliver me according to Your word.
¹⁷¹ 
Let my lips speak praise [with thanksgiving],
For You teach me Your statutes.
¹⁷² 
Let my tongue sing [praise for the fulfillment] of Your word,
For all Your commandments are righteous.
¹⁷³ 
Let Your hand be ready to help me,
For I have chosen Your precepts.
¹⁷⁴ 
I long for Your salvation, O Lord,
And Your law is my delight.
¹⁷⁵ 
Let my soul live that it may praise You,
And let Your ordinances help me.
¹⁷⁶ 
I have gone astray like a lost sheep;
Seek Your servant, for I do not forget Your commandments.