✧Blessed are they that are perfect in the way, Who walk in the law of Jehovah. ✧2Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, That seek him with the whole heart. ✧3Yea, they do no unrighteousness; They walk in his ways. ✧4Thou hast commanded [us] thy precepts, That we should observe them diligently. ✧5Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes! ✧6Then shall I not be put to shame, When I have respect unto all thy commandments. ✧7I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart, When I learn thy righteous judgments. ✧8I will observe thy statutes: Oh forsake me not utterly. ✧9Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed [thereto] according to thy word. ✧10With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments. ✧11Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee. ✧12Blessed art thou, O Jehovah: Teach me thy statutes. ✧
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With my lips have I declared All the ordinances of thy mouth.
✧14I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, As much as in all riches.
✧15I will meditate on 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; So will I observe thy word.
✧18Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold Wondrous things out of thy law.
✧19I am a sojourner in the earth: Hide not thy commandments from me.
✧20My soul breaketh for the longing That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times.
✧21Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, That do wander from thy commandments.
✧22Take away from me reproach and contempt; For I have kept thy testimonies.
✧23Princes also sat and talked against me; [But] thy servant did meditate on 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 declared my ways, and thou answeredst me: Teach me thy statutes.
✧27Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: So shall I meditate on thy wondrous works.
✧28My soul melteth for heaviness: Strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
✧29Remove from me the way of falsehood; And grant me thy law graciously.
✧30I have chosen the way of faithfulness: Thine ordinances have I set [before me].
✧31I cleave unto thy testimonies: O Jehovah, put me not to shame.
✧32I will run the way of thy commandments, When thou shalt enlarge my heart.
✧33Teach me, O Jehovah, 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 me in thy ways.
✧38Confirm unto thy servant thy word, Which [is in order] unto the fear of thee.
✧39Turn away my reproach whereof I am afraid; For thine ordinances are good.
✧40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness.
✧41Let thy lovingkindnesses also come unto me, O Jehovah, Even thy salvation, according to thy word.
✧42So shall I have an answer for 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 thine ordinances.
✧44So shall I observe thy law continually For ever and ever.
✧45And I shall walk at liberty; For I have sought thy precepts.
✧46I will also speak of thy testimonies before kings, And shall not be put to shame.
✧47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, Which I have loved.
✧48I will lift up my hands also unto thy commandments, which I have loved; And I will meditate on thy statutes.
✧49Remember the word unto thy servant, Because thou hast made 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 swerved from thy law.
✧52I have remembered thine ordinances of old, O Jehovah, And have comforted myself.
✧53Hot indignation 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 Jehovah, in the night, And have observed thy law.
✧56This I have had, Because I have kept thy precepts.
✧57Jehovah is my portion: I have said that I would observe thy words.
✧58I entreated thy favor 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 observe thy commandments.
✧61The cords of the wicked have wrapped me round; [But] I have not forgotten thy law.
✧62At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee Because of thy righteous ordinances.
✧63I am a companion of all them that fear thee, And of them that observe thy precepts.
✧64The earth, O Jehovah, is full of thy lovingkindness: Teach me thy statutes.
✧65Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Jehovah, according unto thy word.
✧66Teach me good judgment and knowledge; For I have believed in thy commandments.
✧67Before I was afflicted I went astray; But now I observe thy word.
✧68Thou art good, and doest good; Teach me thy statutes.
✧69The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.
✧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 may 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 shall see me and be glad, Because I have hoped in thy word.
✧75I know, O Jehovah, that thy judgments are righteous, And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
✧76Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness 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 put to shame; for they have overthrown me wrongfully: [But] I will meditate on thy precepts.
✧79Let those that fear thee turn unto me; And they shall know thy testimonies.
✧80Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, That I be not put to shame.
✧81My soul fainteth for thy salvation; [But] I hope in thy word.
✧82Mine eyes fail for thy word, While I say, When wilt thou comfort me?
✧83For I am become like a wine-skin 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, Who are not according to 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 observe the testimony of thy mouth.
✧89For ever, O Jehovah, Thy word is settled in heaven.
✧90Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
✧91They abide this day according to thine ordinances; For all things are thy servants.
✧92Unless thy law had been my delight, 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.
✧97Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.
✧98Thy commandments make 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 aged, Because I have kept thy precepts.
✧101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word.
✧102I have not turned aside from thine ordinances; 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 light unto my path.
✧106I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will observe thy righteous ordinances.
✧107I am afflicted very much: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according unto thy word.
✧108Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, O Jehovah, And teach me thine ordinances.
✧109My soul is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law.
✧110The wicked have laid a snare for me; Yet have I not gone astray from thy precepts.
✧111Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; For they are the rejoicing of my heart.
✧112I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes For ever, even unto the end.
✧113I hate them that are of a double mind; But thy law do I love.
✧114Thou art my hiding-place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
✧115Depart from me, ye evil-doers, That I may 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 shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.
✧118Thou hast set at nought 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 justice and righteousness: 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 thy righteous word.
✧124Deal with thy servant according unto thy lovingkindness, And teach me thy statutes.
✧125I am thy servant; give me understanding, That I may know thy testimonies.
✧126It is time for Jehovah 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 opening of thy words giveth light; It giveth understanding unto the simple.
✧131I opened wide my mouth, and panted; For I longed for thy commandments.
✧132Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me, As thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
✧133Establish my footsteps in thy word; And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
✧134Redeem me from the oppression of man: So will I observe thy precepts.
✧135Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; And teach me thy statutes.
✧136Streams of water run down mine eyes, Because they observe not thy law.
✧137Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, And upright are thy judgments.
✧138Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness And very faithfulness.
✧139My zeal hath consumed me, Because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.
✧140Thy word is very pure; Therefore thy servant loveth it.
✧141I am small and despised; [Yet] do I not forget thy precepts.
✧142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.
✧143Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; [Yet] thy commandments are my delight.
✧144Thy testimonies are righteous for ever: Give me understanding, and I shall live.
✧145I have called with my whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah: I will keep thy statutes.
✧146I have called unto thee; save me, And I shall observe thy testimonies.
✧147I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy words.
✧148Mine eyes anticipated the night-watches, That I might meditate on thy word.
✧149Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thine ordinances.
✧150They draw nigh that follow after wickedness; They are far from thy law.
✧151Thou art nigh, O Jehovah; And all thy commandments are truth.
✧152Of old have I known from thy testimonies, That thou hast founded them for ever.
✧153Consider mine affliction, and deliver me; For I do not forget thy law.
✧154Plead thou my cause, and redeem 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 Jehovah: Quicken me according to thine ordinances.
✧157Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; [Yet] have I not swerved from thy testimonies.
✧158I beheld the treacherous, and was grieved, Because they observe not thy word.
✧159Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.
✧160The sum of thy word is truth; And every one of thy righteous ordinances [endureth] for ever.
✧161Princes have persecuted me without a cause; But my heart standeth in awe of thy words.
✧162I rejoice at thy word, As one that findeth great spoil.
✧163I hate and abhor falsehood; [But] thy law do I love.
✧164Seven times a day do I praise thee, Because of thy righteous ordinances.
✧165Great peace have they that love thy law; And they have no occasion of stumbling.
✧166I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah, And have done thy commandments.
✧167My soul hath observed thy testimonies; And I love them exceedingly.
✧168I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; For all my ways are before thee.
✧169Let my cry come near before thee, O Jehovah: Give me understanding according to thy word.
✧170Let my supplication come before thee: Deliver me according to thy word.
✧171Let my lips utter praise; For thou teachest me thy statutes.
✧172Let my tongue sing of thy word; For all thy commandments are righteousness.
✧173Let thy hand be ready to help me; For I have chosen thy precepts.
✧174I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah; And thy law is my delight.
✧175Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; And let thine ordinances help me.
✧176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; For I do not forget thy commandments.