Book of Psalms, No. 119

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Psalms 119 ASV - American Standard Version

No. 119 of the Psalms—American Standard Version (ASV)

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1. ¶ Blessed are they that are ^[a]perfect in the way,
   ¶ Who walk in the law of Jehovah.
2. ¶ Blessed are they that keep his testimonies,
   ¶ That seek him with the whole heart.
3. ¶ Yea, they do no unrighteousness;
   ¶ They walk in his ways.
4. ¶ Thou hast commanded us thy precepts,
   ¶ That we should observe them diligently.
5. ¶ Oh that my ways were established
   ¶ To observe thy statutes!
6. ¶ Then shall I not be put to shame,
   ¶ When I have respect unto all thy commandments.
7. ¶ I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart,
   ¶ When I learn thy righteous judgments.
8. ¶ I will observe thy statutes:
   ¶ Oh forsake me not utterly.
9. ¶ Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way?
   ¶ By taking heed thereto according to thy word.
10. ¶ With my whole heart have I sought thee:
    ¶ Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.
11. ¶ Thy word have I laid up in my heart,
    ¶ That I might not sin against thee.
12. ¶ Blessed art thou, O Jehovah:
    ¶ Teach me thy statutes.
13. ¶ With my lips have I declared
    ¶ All the ordinances of thy mouth.
14. ¶ I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies,
    ¶ As much as in all riches.
15. ¶ I will meditate on thy precepts,
    ¶ And have respect unto thy ways.
16. ¶ I will delight myself in thy statutes:
    ¶ I will not forget thy word.
17. ¶ Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live;
    ¶ So will I observe thy word.
18. ¶ Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold
    ¶ Wondrous things out of thy law.
19. ¶ I am a sojourner in the earth:
    ¶ Hide not thy commandments from me.
20. ¶ My soul breaketh for the longing
    ¶ That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times.
21. ¶ Thou hast rebuked the proud ^[b]that are cursed,
    ¶ That do wander from thy commandments.
22. ¶ Take away from me reproach and contempt;
    ¶ For I have kept thy testimonies.
23. ¶ Princes also sat and talked against me;
    ¶ But thy servant did meditate on thy statutes.
24. ¶ Thy testimonies also are my delight
    ¶ And ^[c]my counsellors.
25. ¶ My soul cleaveth unto the dust:
    ¶ Quicken thou me according to thy word.
26. ¶ I declared my ways, and thou answeredst me:
    ¶ Teach me thy statutes.
27. ¶ Make me to understand the way of thy precepts:
    ¶ So shall I meditate on thy wondrous works.
28. ¶ My soul ^[d]melteth for heaviness:
    ¶ Strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
29. ¶ Remove from me the way of falsehood;
    ¶ And grant me thy law graciously.
30. ¶ I have chosen the way of faithfulness:
    ¶ Thine ordinances have I set before me.
31. ¶ I cleave unto thy testimonies:
    ¶ O Jehovah, put me not to shame.
32. ¶ I will run the way of thy commandments,
    ¶ When thou shalt enlarge my heart.
33. ¶ Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes;
    ¶ And I shall keep it unto the end.
34. ¶ Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law;
    ¶ Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
35. ¶ Make me to go in the path of thy commandments;
    ¶ For therein do I delight.
36. ¶ Incline my heart unto thy testimonies,
    ¶ And not to covetousness.
37. ¶ Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity,
    ¶ And quicken me in thy ways.
38. ¶ Confirm unto thy servant thy word,
    ¶ ^[e]Which is in order unto the fear of thee.
39. ¶ Turn away my reproach whereof I am afraid;
    ¶ For thine ordinances are good.
40. ¶ Behold, I have longed after thy precepts:
    ¶ Quicken me in thy righteousness.
41. ¶ Let thy lovingkindnesses also come unto me, O Jehovah,
    ¶ Even thy salvation, according to thy word.
42. ¶ So shall I have an answer for him that reproacheth me;
    ¶ For I trust in thy word.
43. ¶ And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth;
    ¶ For I have hoped in thine ordinances.
44. ¶ So shall I observe thy law continually
    ¶ For ever and ever.
45. ¶ And I shall walk at liberty;
    ¶ For I have sought thy precepts.
46. ¶ I will also speak of thy testimonies before kings,
    ¶ And shall not be put to shame.
47. ¶ And I will delight myself in thy commandments,
    ¶ Which I have loved.
48. ¶ I will lift up my hands also unto thy commandments, which I have loved;
    ¶ And I will meditate on thy statutes.
49. ¶ Remember the word unto thy servant,
    ¶ ^[f]Because thou hast made me to hope.
50. ¶ This is my comfort in my affliction;
    ¶ ^[g]For thy word hath quickened me.
51. ¶ The proud have had me greatly in derision:
    ¶ Yet have I not swerved from thy law.
52. ¶ I have remembered thine ordinances of old, O Jehovah,
    ¶ And have comforted myself.
53. ¶ ^[h]Hot indignation hath taken hold upon me,
    ¶ Because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
54. ¶ Thy statutes have been my songs
    ¶ In the house of my pilgrimage.
55. ¶ I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night,
    ¶ And have observed thy law.
56. ¶ This I have had,
    ¶ ^[i]Because I have kept thy precepts.
57. ¶ ^[j]Jehovah is my portion:
    ¶ I have said that I would observe thy words.
58. ¶ I entreated thy favor with my whole heart:
    ¶ Be merciful unto me according to thy word.
59. ¶ I thought on my ways,
    ¶ And turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
60. ¶ I made haste, and delayed not,
    ¶ To observe thy commandments.
61. ¶ The cords of the wicked have wrapped me round;
    ¶ But I have not forgotten thy law.
62. ¶ At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee
    ¶ Because of thy righteous ordinances.
63. ¶ I am a companion of all them that fear thee,
    ¶ And of them that observe thy precepts.
64. ¶ The earth, O Jehovah, is full of thy lovingkindness:
    ¶ Teach me thy statutes.
65. ¶ Thou hast dealt well with thy servant,
    ¶ O Jehovah, according unto thy word.
66. ¶ Teach me good judgment and knowledge;
    ¶ For I have believed in thy commandments.
67. ¶ Before I was afflicted I went astray;
    ¶ But now I observe thy word.
68. ¶ Thou art good, and doest good;
    ¶ Teach me thy statutes.
69. ¶ The proud have forged a lie against me:
    ¶ With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.
70. ¶ Their heart is as fat as grease;
    ¶ But I delight in thy law.
71. ¶ It is good for me that I have been afflicted;
    ¶ That I may learn thy statutes.
72. ¶ The law of thy mouth is better unto me
    ¶ Than thousands of gold and silver.
73. ¶ Thy hands have made me and ^[k]fashioned me:
    ¶ Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
74. ¶ They that fear thee shall see me and be glad,
    ¶ Because I have hoped in thy word.
75. ¶ I know, O Jehovah, that thy judgments are righteous,
    ¶ And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
76. ¶ Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness be for my comfort,
    ¶ According to thy word unto thy servant.
77. ¶ Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live;
    ¶ For thy law is my delight.
78. ¶ Let the proud be put to shame;
    ¶ for they have overthrown me ^[l]wrongfully:
    ¶ But I will meditate on thy precepts.
79. ¶ Let those that fear thee turn unto me;
    ¶ ^[m]And they shall know thy testimonies.
80. ¶ Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes,
    ¶ That I be not put to shame.
81. ¶ My soul fainteth for thy salvation;
    ¶ But I hope in thy word.
82. ¶ Mine eyes fail for thy word,
    ¶ While I say, When wilt thou comfort me?
83. ¶ For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke;
    ¶ Yet do I not forget thy statutes.
84. ¶ How many are the days of thy servant?
    ¶ When wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
85. ¶ The proud have digged pits for me,
    ¶ Who are not according to thy law.
86. ¶ All thy commandments are faithful:
    ¶ They persecute me ^[n]wrongfully; help thou me.
87. ¶ They had almost consumed me upon earth;
    ¶ But I forsook not thy precepts.
88. ¶ Quicken me after thy lovingkindness;
    ¶ So shall I observe the testimony of thy mouth.
89. ¶ For ever, O Jehovah,
    ¶ Thy word is settled in heaven.
90. ¶ Thy faithfulness is unto all generations:
    ¶ Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
91. ¶ ^[o]They abide this day according to thine ordinances;
    ¶ For all things are thy servants.
92. ¶ Unless thy law had been my delight,
    ¶ I should then have perished in mine affliction.
93. ¶ I will never forget thy precepts;
    ¶ For with them thou hast quickened me.
94. ¶ I am thine, save me;
    ¶ For I have sought thy precepts.
95. ¶ The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me;
    ¶ But I will consider thy testimonies.
96. ¶ I have seen an end of all perfection;
    ¶ But thy commandment is exceeding broad.
97. ¶ Oh how love I thy law!
    ¶ It is my meditation all the day.
98. ¶ ^[p]Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies;
    ¶ For they are ever with me.
99. ¶ I have more understanding than all my teachers;
    ¶ For thy testimonies are my meditation.
100. ¶ I understand more than the aged,
     ¶ Because I have kept thy precepts.
101. ¶ I have refrained my feet from every evil way,
     ¶ That I might observe thy word.
102. ¶ I have not turned aside from thine ordinances;
     ¶ For thou hast taught me.
103. ¶ How sweet are thy words unto my ^[q]taste!
     ¶ Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104. ¶ Through thy precepts I get understanding:
     ¶ Therefore I hate every false way.
105. ¶ Thy word is a lamp unto my feet,
     ¶ And light unto my path.
106. ¶ I have sworn, and have confirmed it,
     ¶ That I will observe thy righteous ordinances.
107. ¶ I am afflicted very much:
     ¶ Quicken me, O Jehovah, according unto thy word.
108. ¶ Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, O Jehovah,
     ¶ And teach me thine ordinances.
109. ¶ My soul is continually in my hand;
     ¶ Yet do I not forget thy law.
110. ¶ The wicked have laid a snare for me;
     ¶ Yet have I not gone astray from thy precepts.
111. ¶ Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever;
     ¶ For they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112. ¶ I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes
     ¶ For ever, even unto the end.
113. ¶ I hate them that are of a double mind;
     ¶ But thy law do I love.
114. ¶ Thou art my hiding-place and my shield:
     ¶ I hope in thy word.
115. ¶ Depart from me, ye evil-doers,
     ¶ That I may keep the commandments of my God.
116. ¶ Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live;
     ¶ And let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117. ¶ Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe,
     ¶ And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.
118. ¶ Thou hast set at nought all them that err from thy statutes;
     ¶ For their deceit is ^[r]falsehood.
119. ¶ Thou ^[s]puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross:
     ¶ Therefore I love thy testimonies.
120. ¶ My flesh trembleth for fear of thee;
     ¶ And I am afraid of thy judgments.
121. ¶ I have done justice and righteousness:
     ¶ Leave me not to mine oppressors.
122. ¶ Be surety for thy servant for good:
     ¶ Let not the proud oppress me.
123. ¶ Mine eyes fail for thy salvation,
     ¶ And for thy righteous word.
124. ¶ Deal with thy servant according unto thy lovingkindness,
     ¶ And teach me thy statutes.
125. ¶ I am thy servant; give me understanding,
     ¶ That I may know thy testimonies.
126. ¶ It is time for Jehovah to work;
     ¶ For they have made void thy law.
127. ¶ Therefore I love thy commandments
     ¶ Above gold, yea, above fine gold.
128. ¶ Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right;
     ¶ And I hate every false way.
129. ¶ Thy testimonies are wonderful;
     ¶ Therefore doth my soul keep them.
130. ¶ The opening of thy words giveth light;
     ¶ It giveth understanding unto the simple.
131. ¶ I opened wide my mouth, and panted;
     ¶ For I longed for thy commandments.
132. ¶ Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me,
     ¶ As thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
133. ¶ Establish my footsteps in thy word;
     ¶ And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
134. ¶ Redeem me from the oppression of man:
     ¶ So will I observe thy precepts.
135. ¶ Make thy face to shine upon thy servant;
     ¶ And teach me thy statutes.
136. ¶ Streams of water run down mine eyes,
     ¶ Because they observe not thy law.
137. ¶ Righteous art thou, O Jehovah,
     ¶ And upright ^[t]are thy judgments.
138. ¶ Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness
     ¶ And very faithfulness.
139. ¶ My zeal hath ^[u]consumed me,
     ¶ Because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.
140. ¶ Thy word is very ^[v]pure;
     ¶ Therefore thy servant loveth it.
141. ¶ I am small and despised;
     ¶ Yet do I not forget thy precepts.
142. ¶ Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,
     ¶ And thy law is truth.
143. ¶ Trouble and anguish have ^[w]taken hold on me;
     ¶ Yet thy commandments are my delight.
144. ¶ Thy testimonies are righteous for ever:
     ¶ Give me understanding, and I shall live.
145. ¶ I have called with my whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah:
     ¶ I will keep thy statutes.
146. ¶ I have called unto thee; save me,
     ¶ And I shall observe thy testimonies.
147. ¶ I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried:
     ¶ I hoped in thy words.
148. ¶ Mine eyes anticipated the night-watches,
     ¶ That I might meditate on thy word.
149. ¶ Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness:
     ¶ Quicken me, O Jehovah, ^[x]according to thine ordinances.
150. ¶ They draw nigh ^[y]that follow after wickedness;
     ¶ They are far from thy law.
151. ¶ Thou art nigh, O Jehovah;
     ¶ And all thy commandments are truth.
152. ¶ Of old have I known from thy testimonies,
     ¶ That thou hast founded them for ever.
153. ¶ Consider mine affliction, and deliver me;
     ¶ For I do not forget thy law.
154. ¶ Plead thou my cause, and redeem me:
     ¶ Quicken me according to thy word.
155. ¶ Salvation is far from the wicked;
     ¶ For they seek not thy statutes.
156. ¶ Great are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah:
     ¶ Quicken me according to thine ordinances.
157. ¶ Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries;
     ¶ Yet have I not swerved from thy testimonies.
158. ¶ I beheld the treacherous, and ^[z]was grieved,
     ¶ Because they observe not thy word.
159. ¶ Consider how I love thy precepts:
     ¶ Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.
160. ¶ The sum of thy word is truth;
     ¶ And every one of thy righteous ordinances endureth for ever.
161. ¶ Princes have persecuted me without a cause;
     ¶ But my heart standeth in awe of thy words.
162. ¶ I rejoice at thy word,
     ¶ As one that findeth great spoil.
163. ¶ I hate and abhor falsehood;
     ¶ But thy law do I love.
164. ¶ Seven times a day do I praise thee,
     ¶ Because of thy righteous ordinances.
165. ¶ Great peace have they that love thy law;
     ¶ And they have no occasion of stumbling.
166. ¶ I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah,
     ¶ And have done thy commandments.
167. ¶ My soul hath observed thy testimonies;
     ¶ And I love them exceedingly.
168. ¶ I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies;
     ¶ For all my ways are before thee.
169. ¶ Let my cry come near before thee, O Jehovah:
     ¶ Give me understanding according to thy word.
170. ¶ Let my supplication come before thee:
     ¶ Deliver me according to thy word.
171. ¶ Let my lips utter praise;
     ¶ For thou teachest me thy statutes.
172. ¶ Let my tongue sing of thy word;
     ¶ For all thy commandments are righteousness.
173. ¶ Let thy hand be ready to help me;
     ¶ For I have chosen thy precepts.
174. ¶ I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah;
     ¶ And thy law is my delight.
175. ¶ Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee;
     ¶ And let thine ordinances help me.
176. ¶ I have gone astray like a lost sheep;
     ¶ seek thy servant;
     ¶ For I do not forget thy commandments.

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FOOTNOTES

1. ^ Or, upright in way
2. ^ Or, Cursed are they that etc.
3. ^ Hebrew the men of my counsel.
4. ^ Hebrew droppeth.
5. ^ Or, Who is devoted to
6. ^ Or, Wherein
7. ^ Or, That
8. ^ Or, Horror
9. ^ Or, That
10. ^ Or, Jehovah is my portion, have I said: That I may observe etc.
11. ^ Or, established
12. ^ Or, with falsehood
13. ^ Another reading is, Even they that know.
14. ^ Or, with falsehood
15. ^ Or, As for thine ordinances, they abide this day
16. ^ Or, Thou through thy commandments makest
17. ^ Hebrew palate.
18. ^ Or, vain
19. ^ Hebrew causest to cease.
20. ^ Or, in thy judgments
21. ^ Hebrew cut me off.
22. ^ Hebrew tried, or, refined.
23. ^ Or, found me
24. ^ Or, as thou art wont
25. ^ Or, that persecute me with wickedness
26. ^ Or, loathed them

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