Psalms 119

¹Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.

• 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.

²Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.

³They do no iniquity; they walk in His ways.

⁴You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.

⁵Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!

⁶Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.

⁷I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.

⁸I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.

⁹How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.

¹⁰With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.

¹¹I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.

¹²Blessed are You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.

¹³With my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth.

¹⁴I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches.

¹⁵I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways.

¹⁶I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.

¹⁷Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word.

¹⁸Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.

¹⁹I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.

²⁰My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.

²¹You rebuke the arrogant— the cursed who stray from Your commandments.

²²Remove my scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.

²³Though rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.

²⁴Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.

²⁵My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.

²⁶I recounted my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes.

²⁷Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders.

²⁸My soul melts with sorrow; strengthen me according to Your word.

²⁹Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.

³⁰I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.

³¹I cling to Your testimonies, O LORD; let me not be put to shame.

³²I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.

³³Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end.

• Or keep them as my reward

³⁴Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.

³⁵Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.

³⁶Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.

³⁷Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.

• Two MT manuscripts and DSS; most MT manuscripts in Your way

³⁸Establish Your word to Your servant, to produce reverence for You.

³⁹Turn away the disgrace I dread, for Your judgments are good.

⁴⁰How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.

⁴¹May Your loving devotion come to me, O LORD, Your salvation, according to Your promise.

⁴²Then I can answer him who taunts, for I trust in Your word.

⁴³Never take Your word of truth from my mouth, for I hope in Your judgments.

⁴⁴I will always obey Your law, forever and ever.

⁴⁵And I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts.

⁴⁶I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.

⁴⁷I delight in Your commandments because I love them.

⁴⁸I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.

⁴⁹Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope.

⁵⁰This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life.

⁵¹The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.

⁵²I remember Your judgments of old, O LORD, and in them I find comfort.

⁵³Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law.

⁵⁴Your statutes are songs to me in the house of my pilgrimage.

⁵⁵In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.

⁵⁶This is my practice, for I obey Your precepts.

⁵⁷The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.

⁵⁸I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise.

⁵⁹I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.

⁶⁰I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.

⁶¹Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law.

⁶²At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments.

⁶³I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.

⁶⁴The earth is filled with Your loving devotion, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.

⁶⁵You are good to Your servant, O LORD, according to Your word.

⁶⁶Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.

⁶⁷Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.

⁶⁸You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.

⁶⁹Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.

⁷⁰Their hearts are callous and insensitive, but I delight in Your law.

• Or fat

⁷¹It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.

⁷²The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.

⁷³Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.

⁷⁴May those who fear You see me and rejoice, for I have hoped in Your word.

⁷⁵I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

⁷⁶May Your loving devotion comfort me, I pray, according to Your promise to Your servant.

⁷⁷May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.

⁷⁸May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.

⁷⁹May those who fear You turn to me, those who know Your testimonies.

⁸⁰May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.

⁸¹My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.

⁸²My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”

⁸³Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.

⁸⁴How many days must Your servant wait? When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?

• Or How many are the days of Your servant?

⁸⁵The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.

⁸⁶All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!

⁸⁷They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts.

⁸⁸Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth.

⁸⁹Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.

⁹⁰Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.

⁹¹Your ordinances stand to this day, for all things are servants to You.

• Or They stand this day according to Your ordinances

⁹²If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.

⁹³I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.

⁹⁴I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts.

⁹⁵The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.

⁹⁶I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.

⁹⁷Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.

⁹⁸Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.

⁹⁹I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.

¹⁰⁰I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.

¹⁰¹I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.

¹⁰²I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me.

¹⁰³How sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in my mouth!

¹⁰⁴I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.

¹⁰⁵Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

¹⁰⁶I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.

¹⁰⁷I am severely afflicted, O LORD; revive me through Your word.

¹⁰⁸Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me Your judgments.

¹⁰⁹I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law.

¹¹⁰The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.

¹¹¹Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

¹¹²I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, even to the very end.

¹¹³The double-minded I despise, but Your law I love.

¹¹⁴You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.

¹¹⁵Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.

¹¹⁶Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; let me not be ashamed of my hope.

¹¹⁷Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes.

¹¹⁸You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.

¹¹⁹All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.

¹²⁰My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.

¹²¹I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.

¹²²Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.

¹²³My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.

¹²⁴Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion, and teach me Your statutes.

¹²⁵I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.

¹²⁶It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.

¹²⁷Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.

¹²⁸Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.

¹²⁹Wonderful are Your testimonies; therefore I obey them.

¹³⁰The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.

¹³¹I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.

¹³²Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name.

¹³³Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.

¹³⁴Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts.

¹³⁵Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.

¹³⁶My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.

¹³⁷Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.

¹³⁸The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful.

¹³⁹My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.

¹⁴⁰Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.

¹⁴¹I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.

¹⁴²Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.

¹⁴³Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.

¹⁴⁴Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.

¹⁴⁵I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes.

¹⁴⁶I call to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies.

¹⁴⁷I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.

¹⁴⁸My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word.

¹⁴⁹Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion; give me life according to Your justice.

¹⁵⁰Those who follow after wickedness draw near; they are far from Your law.

¹⁵¹You are near, O LORD, and all Your commandments are true.

¹⁵²Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You have established them forever.

¹⁵³Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law.

¹⁵⁴Defend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word.

¹⁵⁵Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes.

¹⁵⁶Great are Your mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your ordinances.

¹⁵⁷Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.

¹⁵⁸I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.

¹⁵⁹Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.

¹⁶⁰The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.

¹⁶¹Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.

¹⁶²I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil.

¹⁶³I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.

¹⁶⁴Seven times a day I praise You for Your righteous judgments.

¹⁶⁵Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your law; nothing can make them stumble.

¹⁶⁶I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, and I carry out Your commandments.

¹⁶⁷I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly.

¹⁶⁸I obey Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You.

¹⁶⁹May my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.

¹⁷⁰May my plea come before You; rescue me according to Your promise.

¹⁷¹My lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes.

¹⁷²My tongue sings of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.

¹⁷³May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.

¹⁷⁴I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.

¹⁷⁵Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me.

¹⁷⁶I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.

¹Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.

²Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

³They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.

⁴Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.

⁵O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

⁶Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

⁷I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.

⁸I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.

⁹Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.

¹⁰With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

¹¹Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

¹²Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.

¹³With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.

¹⁴I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.

¹⁵I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.

¹⁶I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

¹⁷Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.

¹⁸Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

¹⁹I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

²⁰My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.

²¹Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.

²²Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.

²³Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.

²⁴Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.

²⁵My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.

²⁶I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.

²⁷Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.

²⁸My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.

²⁹Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.

³⁰I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.

³¹I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.

³²I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.

³³Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.

³⁴Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

³⁵Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.

³⁶Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

³⁷Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

³⁸Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.

³⁹Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.

⁴⁰Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.

⁴¹Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word.

⁴²So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.

⁴³And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.

⁴⁴So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.

⁴⁵And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.

⁴⁶I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.

⁴⁷And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.

⁴⁸My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.

⁴⁹Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.

⁵⁰This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.

⁵¹The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.

⁵²I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.

⁵³Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

⁵⁴Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

⁵⁵I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.

⁵⁶This I had, because I kept thy precepts.

⁵⁷Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.

⁵⁸I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.

⁵⁹I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

⁶⁰I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

⁶¹The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.

⁶²At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.

⁶³I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.

⁶⁴The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.

⁶⁵Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.

⁶⁶Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.

⁶⁷Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

⁶⁸Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.

⁶⁹The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

⁷⁰Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.

⁷¹It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.

⁷²The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.

⁷³Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

⁷⁴They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.

⁷⁵I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.

⁷⁶Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.

⁷⁷Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.

⁷⁸Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.

⁷⁹Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.

⁸⁰Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.

⁸¹My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.

⁸²Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

⁸³For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.

⁸⁴How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

⁸⁵The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.

⁸⁶All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.

⁸⁷They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.

⁸⁸Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.

⁸⁹For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.

⁹⁰Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.

⁹¹They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.

⁹²Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

⁹³I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.

⁹⁴I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.

⁹⁵The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.

⁹⁶I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.

⁹⁷O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

⁹⁸Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.

⁹⁹I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

¹⁰⁰I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

¹⁰¹I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

¹⁰²I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.

¹⁰³How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

¹⁰⁴Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

¹⁰⁵Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

¹⁰⁶I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

¹⁰⁷I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.

¹⁰⁸Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.

¹⁰⁹My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.

¹¹⁰The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.

¹¹¹Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

¹¹²I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.

¹¹³I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.

¹¹⁴Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

¹¹⁵Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.

¹¹⁶Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.

¹¹⁷Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.

¹¹⁸Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.

¹¹⁹Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.

¹²⁰My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

¹²¹I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.

¹²²Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.

¹²³Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.

¹²⁴Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.

¹²⁵I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.

¹²⁶It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.

¹²⁷Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.

¹²⁸Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.

¹²⁹Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.

¹³⁰The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

¹³¹I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.

¹³²Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.

¹³³Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

¹³⁴Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.

¹³⁵Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.

¹³⁶Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.

¹³⁷Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.

¹³⁸Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.

¹³⁹My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.

¹⁴⁰Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.

¹⁴¹I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.

¹⁴²Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.

¹⁴³Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.

¹⁴⁴The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.

¹⁴⁵I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.

¹⁴⁶I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.

¹⁴⁷I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.

¹⁴⁸Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.

¹⁴⁹Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.

¹⁵⁰They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.

¹⁵¹Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.

¹⁵²Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.

¹⁵³Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.

¹⁵⁴Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.

¹⁵⁵Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.

¹⁵⁶Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.

¹⁵⁷Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.

¹⁵⁸I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.

¹⁵⁹Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.

¹⁶⁰Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.

¹⁶¹Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

¹⁶²I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.

¹⁶³I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.

¹⁶⁴Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.

¹⁶⁵Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

¹⁶⁶LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.

¹⁶⁷My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.

¹⁶⁸I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.

¹⁶⁹Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.

¹⁷⁰Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.

¹⁷¹My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

¹⁷²My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.

¹⁷³Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.

¹⁷⁴I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.

¹⁷⁵Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.

¹⁷⁶I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.