| 1 | Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are the undefiled (the upright, truly sincere, and blameless) in the way [of the revealed will of God], who walk (order their conduct and conversation) in the law of the Lord (the whole of God’s revealed will). |
| 2 | Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are they who keep His testimonies, and who seek, inquire for
and
of Him
and
crave Him with the whole heart. |
| 3 | Yes, they do no unrighteousness [no willful wandering from His precepts]; they walk in His ways. |
| 4 | You have commanded us to keep Your precepts, that we should observe them diligently. |
| 5 | Oh, that my ways were directed
and
established to observe Your statutes [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]! |
| 6 | Then shall I not be put to shame [by failing to inherit Your promises] when I have respect to all Your commandments. |
| 7 | I will praise
and
give thanks to You with uprightness of heart when I learn [by sanctified experiences] Your righteous judgments [Your decisions against and punishments for particular lines of thought and conduct]. |
| 8 | I will keep Your statutes; O forsake me not utterly. |
| 9 | How shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed
and
keeping watch [on himself] according to Your word [conforming his life to it]. |
| 10 | With my whole heart have I sought You, inquiring for
and
of You
and
yearning for You; Oh, let me not wander
or
step aside [either in ignorance or willfully] from Your commandments. |
| 11 | Your word have I laid up in my heart, that I might not sin against You. |
| 12 | Blessed are You, O Lord; teach me Your statutes. |
| 13 | With my lips have I declared
and
recounted all the ordinances of Your mouth. |
| 14 | I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches. |
| 15 | I will meditate on Your precepts and have respect to Your ways [the paths of life marked out by Your law]. |
| 16 | I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word. |
| 17 | Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live; and I will observe Your word [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it]. |
| 18 | Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Your law. |
| 19 | I am a stranger
and
a temporary resident on the earth; hide not Your commandments from me. |
| 20 | My heart is breaking with the longing that it has for Your ordinances
and
judgments at all times. |
| 21 | You rebuke the proud
and
arrogant, the accursed ones, who err
and
wander from Your commandments. |
| 22 | Take away from me reproach and contempt, for I keep Your testimonies. |
| 23 | Princes also sat
and
talked against me, but Your servant meditated on Your statutes. |
| 24 | Your testimonies also are my delight and my counselors. |
| 25 | My earthly life cleaves to the dust; revive
and
stimulate me according to Your word! |
| 26 | I have declared my ways
and
opened my griefs to You, and You listened to me; teach me Your statutes. |
| 27 | Make me understand the way of Your precepts; so shall I meditate on
and
talk of Your wondrous works. |
| 28 | My life dissolves
and
weeps itself away for heaviness; raise me up
and
strengthen me according to [the promises of] Your word. |
| 29 | Remove from me the way of falsehood
and
unfaithfulness [to You], and graciously impart Your law to me. |
| 30 | I have chosen the way of truth
and
faithfulness; Your ordinances have I set before me. |
| 31 | I cleave to Your testimonies; O Lord, put me not to shame! |
| 32 | I will [not merely walk, but] run the way of Your commandments, when You give me a heart that is willing. |
| 33 | Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep it to the end [steadfastly]. |
| 34 | Give me understanding, that I may keep Your law; yes, I will observe it with my whole heart. |
| 35 | Make me go in the path of Your commandments, for in them do I delight. |
| 36 | Incline my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetousness (robbery, sensuality, unworthy riches). |
| 37 | Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity (idols and idolatry); and restore me to vigorous life
and
health in Your ways. |
| 38 | Establish Your word
and
confirm Your promise to Your servant, which is for those who reverently fear
and
devotedly worship You. |
| 39 | Turn away my reproach which I fear
and
dread, for Your ordinances are good. |
| 40 | Behold, I long for Your precepts; in Your righteousness give me renewed life. |
| 41 | Let Your mercy
and
loving-kindness come also to me, O Lord, even Your salvation according to Your promise; |
| 42 | Then shall I have an answer for those who taunt
and
reproach me, for I lean on, rely on,
and
trust in Your word. |
| 43 | And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, for I hope in Your ordinances. |
| 44 | I will keep Your law continually, forever and ever [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it]. |
| 45 | And I will walk at liberty
and
at ease, for I have sought and inquired for [and desperately required] Your precepts. |
| 46 | I will speak of Your testimonies also before kings and will not be put to shame. |
| 47 | For I will delight myself in Your commandments, which I love. |
| 48 | My hands also will I lift up [in fervent supplication] to Your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on Your statutes. |
| 49 | Remember [fervently] the word
and
promise to Your servant, in which You have caused me to hope. |
| 50 | This is my comfort
and
consolation in my affliction: that Your word has revived me
and
given me life. |
| 51 | The proud have had me greatly in derision, yet have I not declined in my interest in
or
turned aside from Your law. |
| 52 | When I have [earnestly] recalled Your ordinances from of old, O Lord, I have taken comfort. |
| 53 | Burning indignation, terror,
and
sadness seize upon me because of the wicked, who forsake Your law. |
| 54 | Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. |
| 55 | I have [earnestly] remembered Your name, O Lord, in the night, and I have observed Your law. |
| 56 | This I have had [as the gift of Your grace and as my reward]: that I have kept Your precepts [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. |
| 57 | You are my portion, O Lord; I have promised to keep Your words. |
| 58 | I entreated Your favor with my whole heart; be merciful
and
gracious to me according to Your promise. |
| 59 | I considered my ways; I turned my feet to [obey] Your testimonies. |
| 60 | I made haste and delayed not to keep Your commandments. |
| 61 | Though the cords of the wicked have enclosed
and
ensnared me, 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 those who fear, revere,
and
worship You, and of those who observe
and
give heed to Your precepts. |
| 64 | The earth, O Lord, is full of Your mercy
and
loving-kindness; teach me Your statutes. |
| 65 | You have dealt well with Your servant, O Lord, according to Your promise. |
| 66 | Teach me good judgment, wise
and
right discernment, and knowledge, for I have believed (trusted, relied on, and clung to) Your commandments. |
| 67 | Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now Your word do I keep [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it]. |
| 68 | You are good
and
kind and do good; teach me Your statutes. |
| 69 | The arrogant
and
godless have put together a lie against me, but I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart. |
| 70 | Their hearts are as fat as grease [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 might 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, cunningly fashioned
and
established me; give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments. |
| 74 | Those who reverently
and
worshipfully fear You will see me and be glad, because I have hoped in Your word
and
tarried for it. |
| 75 | I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are right
and
righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me. |
| 76 | Let, I pray You, Your merciful kindness
and
steadfast love be for my comfort, according to Your promise to Your servant. |
| 77 | Let Your tender mercy
and
loving-kindness come to me that I may live, for Your law is my delight! |
| 78 | Let the proud be put to shame, for they dealt perversely with me without a cause; but I will meditate on Your precepts. |
| 79 | Let those who reverently
and
worshipfully fear You turn to me, and those who have known Your testimonies. |
| 80 | Let my heart be sound (sincere and wholehearted and blameless) in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame. |
| 81 | My soul languishes
and
grows faint for Your salvation, but I hope in Your word. |
| 82 | My eyes fail, watching for [the fulfillment of] Your promise. I say, When will You comfort me? |
| 83 | For I have become like a bottle [a wineskin blackened and shriveled] in the smoke [in which it hangs], yet do I not forget Your statutes. |
| 84 | How many are the days of Your servant [which he must endure]? When will You judge those who pursue and persecute me? |
| 85 | The godless
and
arrogant have dug pitfalls for me, men who do not conform to Your law. |
| 86 | All Your commandments are faithful
and
sure. [The godless] pursue
and
persecute me with falsehood; help me [Lord]! |
| 87 | They had almost consumed me upon earth, but I forsook not Your precepts. |
| 88 | According to Your steadfast love give life to me; then I will keep the testimony of Your mouth [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it]. |
| 89 | Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven [stands firm as the heavens]. |
| 90 | Your faithfulness is from generation to generation; You have established the earth, and it stands fast. |
| 91 | All [the whole universe] are Your servants; therefore they continue this day according to Your ordinances. |
| 92 | Unless Your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. |
| 93 | I will never forget Your precepts, [how can I?] for it is by them You have quickened me (granted me life). |
| 94 | I am Yours, therefore save me [Your own]; for I have sought (inquired of and for) Your precepts
and
required them [as my urgent need]. |
| 95 | The wicked wait for me to destroy me, but I will consider Your testimonies. |
| 96 | I have seen that everything [human] has its limits
and
end [no matter how extensive, noble, and excellent]; but Your commandment is exceedingly broad
and
extends without limits [into eternity]. |
| 97 | Oh, how love I Your law! It is my meditation all the day. |
| 98 | You, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies, for [Your words] are ever before me. |
| 99 | I have better understanding
and
deeper insight than all my teachers, because Your testimonies are my meditation. |
| 100 | I understand more than the aged, because I keep Your precepts [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. |
| 101 | I have restrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep Your word [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it]. |
| 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 | Through 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 [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. |
| 107 | I am sorely afflicted; renew
and
quicken me [give me life], O Lord, according to Your word! |
| 108 | Accept, I beseech You, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, and teach me Your ordinances. |
| 109 | My life is continually in my hand, yet I do not forget Your law. |
| 110 | The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I do not stray from Your precepts. |
| 111 | Your testimonies have I taken as a heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart. |
| 112 | I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes forever, even to the end. |
| 113 | I hate the thoughts of undecided [in religion], double-minded people, but Your law do I love. |
| 114 | You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in Your word. |
| 115 | Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. |
| 116 | Uphold me according to Your promise, that I may live; and let me not be put to shame in my hope! |
| 117 | Hold me up, that I may be safe and have regard for Your statutes continually! |
| 118 | You spurn
and
set at nought all those who stray from Your statutes, for their own lying deceives them
and
their tricks are in vain. |
| 119 | You put away
and
count as dross all the wicked of the earth [for there is no true metal in them]; therefore I love Your testimonies. |
| 120 | My flesh trembles
and
shudders for fear
and
reverential, worshipful awe of You, and I am afraid
and
in dread of Your judgments. |
| 121 | I have done justice and righteousness; leave me not to those who would oppress me. |
| 122 | Be surety for Your servant for good [as Judah was surety for the safety of Benjamin]; let not the proud oppress me. |
| 123 | My eyes fail, watching for Your salvation and for the fulfillment of Your righteous promise. |
| 124 | Deal with Your servant according to Your mercy
and
loving-kindness, and teach me Your statutes. |
| 125 | I am Your servant; give me understanding (discernment and comprehension), that I may know (discern and be familiar with the character of) Your testimonies. |
| 126 | It is time for the Lord to act; they have frustrated Your law. |
| 127 | Therefore I love Your commandments more than [resplendent] gold, yes, more than [perfectly] refined gold. |
| 128 | Therefore I esteem as right all, yes, all Your precepts; I hate every false way. |
| 129 | Your testimonies are wonderful [far exceeding anything conceived by man]; therefore my [penitent] self keeps them [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. |
| 130 | The entrance
and
unfolding of Your words give light; their unfolding gives understanding (discernment and comprehension) to the simple. |
| 131 | I opened my mouth and panted [with eager desire], for I longed for Your commandments. |
| 132 | Look upon me, be merciful unto me,
and
show me favor, as is Your way to those who love Your name. |
| 133 | Establish my steps
and
direct them by [means of] Your word; let not any iniquity have dominion over me. |
| 134 | Deliver me from the oppression of man; so will I keep Your precepts [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. |
| 135 | Make Your face shine [with pleasure] upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes. |
| 136 | Streams of water run down my eyes, because men do not keep Your law [they hear it not, nor receive it, love it, or obey it]. |
| 137 | [Rigidly] righteous are You, O Lord, and upright are Your judgments
and
all expressions of Your will. |
| 138 | You have commanded
and
appointed Your testimonies in righteousness and in great faithfulness. |
| 139 | My zeal has consumed me
and
cut me off, because my adversaries have forgotten Your words. |
| 140 | Your word is very pure (tried and well refined); therefore Your servant loves it. |
| 141 | I am small (insignificant) 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
and
taken hold on me, yet Your commandments are my delight. |
| 144 | Your righteous testimonies are everlasting
and
Your decrees are binding to eternity; give me understanding and I shall live [give me discernment and comprehension and I shall not die]. |
| 145 | I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord; I will keep Your statutes [I will hear, receive, love, and obey them]. |
| 146 | I cried to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. |
| 147 | I anticipated the dawning of the morning and cried [in childlike prayer]; I hoped in Your word. |
| 148 | My eyes anticipate the night watches
and
I am awake before the cry of the watchman, that I may meditate on Your word. |
| 149 | Hear my voice according to Your steadfast love; O Lord, quicken me
and
give me life according to Your [righteous] decrees. |
| 150 | They draw near who follow after wrong thinking
and
persecute me with wickedness; they are far from Your law. |
| 151 | You are near, O Lord [nearer to me than my foes], and all Your commandments are truth. |
| 152 | Of old have I known Your testimonies,
and
for a long time, [therefore it is a thoroughly established conviction] that You have founded them forever. |
| 153 | Consider my affliction and deliver me, for I do not forget Your law. |
| 154 | Plead my cause and redeem me; revive me
and
give me life according to Your word. |
| 155 | Salvation is far from the wicked, for they seek not
nor
hunger for Your statutes. |
| 156 | Great are Your tender mercy
and
loving-kindness, O Lord; give me life according to Your ordinances. |
| 157 | Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, yet I do not swerve from Your testimonies. |
| 158 | I behold the treacherous and am grieved
and
loathe them, because they do not respect Your law [neither hearing, receiving, loving, nor obeying it]. |
| 159 | Consider how I love Your precepts; revive me
and
give life to me, O Lord, according to Your loving-kindness! |
| 160 | The sum of Your word is truth [the total of the full meaning of all Your individual precepts]; and every one of Your righteous decrees endures forever. |
| 161 | Princes pursue
and
persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of Your words [dreading violation of them far more than the force of prince or potentate]. |
| 162 | I rejoice at Your word as one who finds great spoil. |
| 163 | I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law do I love. |
| 164 | Seven times a day
and
all day long do I praise You because of Your righteous decrees. |
| 165 | Great peace have they who love Your law; nothing shall offend them
or
make them stumble. |
| 166 | I am hoping
and
waiting [eagerly] for Your salvation, O Lord, and I do Your commandments. |
| 167 | Your testimonies have I kept [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]; I love them exceedingly! |
| 168 | I have observed Your precepts
and
Your testimonies, for all my ways are [fully known] before You. |
| 169 | Let my mournful cry
and
supplication come [near] before You, O Lord; give me understanding (discernment and comprehension) according to Your word [of assurance and promise]. |
| 170 | Let my supplication come before You; deliver me according to Your word! |
| 171 | My lips shall pour forth praise [with thanksgiving and renewed trust] when You teach me Your statutes. |
| 172 | My tongue shall 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 have longed for Your salvation, O Lord, and Your law is my delight. |
| 175 | Let me live that I may praise You, and let Your decrees help me. |
| 176 | I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek, inquire for,
and
demand Your servant, for I do not forget Your commandments. |
Cross references:
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Psalm 119:3 : I John 3:9; 5:18.
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Psalm 119:10 : II Chron. 15:15.
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Psalm 119:15 : Ps. 104:34.
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Psalm 119:17 : Ps. 119:97-101.
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Psalm 119:19 : Gen. 47:9; I Chron. 29:15; Ps. 39:12; II Cor. 5:6; Heb. 11:13.
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Psalm 119:25 : Ps. 143:11.
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Psalm 119:27 : Ps. 145:5, 6.
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Psalm 119:34 : Prov. 2:6; James 1:5.
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Psalm 119:36 : Ezek. 33:31; Mark 7:21, 22; I Tim. 6:10; Heb. 13:5.
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Psalm 119:38 : Deut. 10:12; Ps. 96:9.
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Psalm 119:46 : Ps. 138:1; Matt. 10:18, 19; Acts 26:1, 2.
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Psalm 119:50 : Rom. 15:4.
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Psalm 119:75 : Heb. 12:10.
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Psalm 119:84 : Rev. 6:10.
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Psalm 119:89 : Ps. 89:2; Matt. 24:34, 35; I Pet. 1:25.
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Psalm 119:91 : Jer. 33:25.
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Psalm 119:94 : Ps. 42:1.
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Psalm 119:96 : Rom. 3:10-19.
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Psalm 119:97 : Ps. 1:2.
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Psalm 119:99 : II Tim. 3:15.
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Psalm 119:101 : Prov. 1:15.
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Psalm 119:103 : Ps. 19:10; Prov. 8:11.
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Psalm 119:105 : Prov. 6:23.
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Psalm 119:106 : Neh. 10:29.
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Psalm 119:108 : Hos. 14:2; Heb. 13:15.
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Psalm 119:111 : Deut. 33:4.
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Psalm 119:114 : Ps. 32:7; 91:1.
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Psalm 119:115 : Ps. 6:8; 139:19; Matt. 7:23.
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Psalm 119:116 : Ps. 25:2; Rom. 5:5; 9:33; 10:11.
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Psalm 119:122 : Gen. 43:9.
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Psalm 119:134 : Luke 1:74.
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Psalm 119:135 : Ps. 4:6.
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Psalm 119:142 : Ps. 19:9; John 17:17.
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Psalm 119:152 : Luke 21:33.
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Psalm 119:161 : I Sam. 24:11, 14; 26:18.
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Psalm 119:165 : Prov. 3:2; Isa. 32:17.
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Psalm 119:166 : Gen. 49:18.
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Psalm 119:176 : Isa. 53:6; Luke 15:4; I Pet. 2:25.
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