Psalms 118 — BST
118Verse 1Alleluia.Blessed are the blameless in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.Verse 2Blessed are they that search out his testimonies: they will diligently seek him with the whole heart.Verse 3For they that work iniquity have not walked in his ways.Verse 4Thou hast commanded us diligently to keep thy precepts.Verse 5O that my ways were directed to keep thine ordinances.Verse 6Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to all thy commandments.Verse 7I will give thee thanks with uprightness of heart, when I have learnt the judgments of thy righteousness.Verse 8I will keep thine ordinances: O forsake me not greatly.Verse 9Wherewith shall a young man direct his way? by keeping thy words.Verse 10With my whole heart have I diligently sought thee: cast me not away from thy commandments.Verse 11I have hidden thine oracles in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.Verse 12Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thine ordinances.Verse 13With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.Verse 14I have delighted in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.Verse 15I will meditate on thy commandments, and consider thy ways.Verse 16I will meditate on thine ordinances: I will not forget thy words.Verse 17Render a recompence to thy servant: so shall I live, and keep thy words.Verse 18Unveil thou mine eyes, and I shall perceive wondrous things out of thy law.Verse 19I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.Verse 20My soul has longed exceedingly for thy judgments at all times.Verse 21Thou hast rebuked the proud: cursed are they that turn aside from thy commandments.Verse 22Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have sought out thy testimonies.Verse 23For princes sat and spoke against me: but thy servant was meditating on thine ordinances.Verse 24For thy testimonies are my meditation, and thine ordinances are my counsellors.Verse 25My soul has cleaved to the ground; quicken thou me according to thy word.Verse 26I declared my ways, and thou didst hear me; teach me thine ordinances.Verse 27Instruct me in the way of thine ordinances; and I will meditate on thy wondrous works.Verse 28My soul has slumbered for sorrow; strengthen thou me with thy words.Verse 29Remove from me the way of iniquity; and be merciful to me+by thy law.Verse 30I have chosen the way of truth; and have not forgotten thy judgments.Verse 31I have cleaved to thy testimonies, O Lord; put me not to shame.Verse 32I ran the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart.Verse 33+Teach me, O Lord, the way of thine ordinances, and I will seek it out continually.Verse 34Instruct me, and I will search out thy law, and will keep it with my whole heart.Verse 35Guide me in the path of thy commandments; for I have delighted in it.Verse 36Incline mine heart to thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.Verse 37Turn away mine eyes that I may not behold vanity: quicken thou me in thy way.Verse 38Confirm thine oracle to thy servant, that he may fear thee.Verse 39Take away my reproach which I have feared: for thy judgments are good.Verse 40Behold, I have desired thy commandments: quicken me in thy righteousness.Verse 41And let thy mercy come upon me, O Lord; even thy salvation, according to thy word.Verse 42And so I shall render an answer to them that reproach me: for I have trusted in thy words.Verse 43And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.Verse 44So shall I keep thy law continually, for ever and ever.Verse 45I walked also at large: for I sought out thy commandments.Verse 46And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings, and was not ashamed.Verse 47And I+meditated on thy commandments, which I loved exceedingly.Verse 48And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments which I loved; and I meditated in thine ordinances.Verse 49Remember thy words to thy servant, wherein thou hast made me hope.Verse 50This has comforted me in mine affliction: for thine oracle has quickened me.Verse 51The proud have transgressed exceedingly; but I swerved not from thy law.Verse 52I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord; and was comforted.Verse 53Despair took hold upon me, because of the sinners who forsake thy law.Verse 54Thine ordinances were my songs in the place of my sojourning.Verse 55I remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night, and kept thy law.Verse 56This I had, because I diligently sought thine ordinances.Verse 57Thou art my portion, O Lord: I said that I would keep thy law.Verse 58I besought thy+favour with my whole heart: have mercy upon me according to thy word.Verse 59I thought on thy ways, and turned my feet to thy testimonies.Verse 60I prepared myself, (and was not terrified,) to keep thy commandments.Verse 61The snares of sinners entangled me: but I forgot not thy law.Verse 62At midnight I arose, to give thanks to thee for the judgments of thy righteousness.Verse 63I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy commandments.Verse 64O Lord, the earth is full of thy mercy: teach me thine ordinances.Verse 65Thou hast wrought kindly with thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word.Verse 66Teach me kindness, and instruction, and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.Verse 67Before I was afflicted, I transgressed; therefore have I kept thy word.Verse 68Good art thou, O Lord; therefore in thy goodness teach me thine ordinances.Verse 69The injustice of the proud has been multiplied against me: but I will search out thy commandments with all my heart.Verse 70Their heart has been curdled like milk; but I have meditated on thy law.Verse 71It is good for me that thou hast afflicted me; that I might learn thine ordinances.Verse 72The law of thy mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver.Verse 73Thy hands have made me, and fashioned me: instruct me, that I may learn thy commandments.Verse 74They that fear thee will see me and rejoice: for I have hoped in thy words.Verse 75I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are righteousness, and that thou in truthfulness hast afflicted me.Verse 76Let, I pray thee, thy mercy be to comfort me, according to thy word to thy servant.Verse 77Let thy compassions come to me, that I may live: for thy law is my meditation.Verse 78Let the proud be ashamed; for they transgressed against me unjustly: but I will meditate in thy commandments.Verse 79Let those that fear thee, and those that know thy testimonies, turn to me.Verse 80Let mine heart be blameless in thine ordinances, that I may not be ashamed.Verse 81My soul faints for thy salvation: I have hoped in thy words.Verse 82Mine eyes failed in waiting for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?Verse 83For I am become as a bottle in the frost: yet I have not forgotten thine ordinances.Verse 84How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment for me on them that persecute me?Verse 85Transgressors told me idle tales; but not according to thy law, O Lord.Verse 86All thy commandments are truth; they persecuted me unjustly; help thou me.Verse 87They nearly made an end of me in the earth; but I forsook not thy commandments.Verse 88Quicken me according to thy mercy; so shall I keep the testimonies of thy mouth.Verse 89Thy word, O Lord, abides in heaven for ever.Verse 90Thy truth endures to all generations; thou hast founded the earth, and it abides.Verse 91The day continues by thy arrangement; for all things are thy servants.Verse 92Were it not that thy law is my meditation, then I should have perished in mine affliction.Verse 93I will never forget thine ordinances; for with them thou hast quickened me.Verse 94I am thine, save me; for I have sought out thine ordinances.Verse 95Sinners laid wait for me to destroy me; but I understood thy testimonies.Verse 96I have seen an end of all perfection; but thy commandment is very broad.Verse 97How I have loved thy law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day.Verse 98Thou hast made me wiser than mine enemies in thy commandment; for it is mine for ever.Verse 99I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my meditation.Verse 100I understand more than the aged; because I have sought out thy commandments.Verse 101I have kept back my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy words.Verse 102I have not declined from thy judgments; for thou hast+instructed me.Verse 103How sweet are thine oracles to my throat! more so than honey to my mouth!Verse 104I gain understanding by thy commandments: therefore I have hated every way of unrighteousness.Verse 105Thy law is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths.Verse 106I have sworn and determined to keep the judgments of thy righteousness.Verse 107I have been very greatly afflicted, O Lord: quicken me, according to thy word.Verse 108Accept, I pray thee, O Lord, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, and teach me thy judgments.Verse 109My soul is continually in+thine hands; and I have not forgotten thy law.Verse 110Sinners spread a snare for me; but I erred not from thy commandments.Verse 111I have inherited thy testimonies for ever; for they are the joy of my heart.Verse 112I have inclined my heart to perform thine ordinances for ever,+in return for thy mercies.Verse 113I have hated transgressors; but I have loved thy law.Verse 114Thou art my helper and my supporter; I have hoped in thy words.Verse 115Depart from me, ye evil-doers; for I will search out the commandments of my God.Verse 116Uphold me according to thy word, and quicken me; and make me not ashamed of my expectation.Verse 117Help me, and I shall be saved; and I will meditate in thine ordinances continually.Verse 118Thou hast brought to nought all that depart from thine ordinances; for their inward thought is unrighteous.Verse 119I have reckoned all the sinners of the earth as transgressors; therefore have I loved thy testimonies.Verse 120Penetrate my flesh with thy fear; for I am afraid of thy judgments.Verse 121I have done judgment and justice; deliver me not up to them that injure me.Verse 122Receive thy servant for good: let not the proud accuse me falsely.Verse 123Mine eyes have failed for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.Verse 124Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy, and teach me thine ordinances.Verse 125I am thy servant; instruct me, and I shall know thy testimonies.Verse 126It is time for the Lord to work: they have utterly broken thy law.Verse 127Therefore have I loved thy commandments more than gold, or the topaz.Verse 128Therefore I directed myself according to all thy commandments: I have hated every unjust way.Verse 129Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul has sought them out.Verse 130The manifestation of thy words will enlighten, and instruct the simple.Verse 131I opened my mouth, and drew breath: for I earnestly longed after thy commandments.Verse 132Look upon me and have mercy upon me, after the manner of them that love thy name.Verse 133Order my steps according to thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.Verse 134Deliver me from the false accusation of men: so will I keep thy commandments.Verse 135Cause thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thine ordinances.Verse 136Mine eyes have been bathed in streams of water, because I kept not thy law.Verse 137Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments.Verse 138Thou hast commanded righteousness and perfect truth, as thy testimonies.Verse 139Thy zeal has quite wasted me: because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.Verse 140Thy word has been very fully tried; and thy servant loves it.Verse 141I am young and despised: yet I have not forgotten thine ordinances.Verse 142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is truth.Verse 143Afflictions and distresses found me: but thy commandments were my meditation.Verse 144Thy testimonies are an everlasting righteousness: instruct me, and I shall live.Verse 145I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord: I will search out thine ordinances.Verse 146I cried to thee; save me, and I will keep thy testimonies.Verse 147I arose before the dawn, and cried: I hoped in thy words.Verse 148Mine eyes prevented the dawn, that I might meditate on thine oracles.Verse 149Hear my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy; quicken me according to thy judgment.Verse 150They have drawn nigh who persecuted me unlawfully; and they are far removed from thy law.Verse 151Thou art near, O Lord; and all thy+ways are truth.Verse 152I have known of old+concerning thy testimonies, that thou hast founded them for ever.Verse 153Look upon mine affliction, and rescue me; for I have not forgotten thy law.Verse 154Plead my cause, and ransom me: quicken me because of thy word.Verse 155Salvation is far from sinners: for they have not searched out thine ordinances.Verse 156Thy mercies, O Lord, are many: quicken me according to thy judgment.Verse 157Many are they that persecute me and oppress me: but I have not declined from thy testimonies.Verse 158I beheld men acting foolishly, and I pined away; for they kept not thine oracles.Verse 159Behold, I have loved thy commandments, O Lord: quicken me in thy mercy.Verse 160The beginning of thy words is truth; and all the judgments of thy righteousness endure for ever.Verse 161Princes persecuted me without a cause, but my heart feared because of thy words.Verse 162I will exult because of thine oracles, as one that finds much spoil.Verse 163I hate and abhor unrighteousness; but I love thy law.Verse 164Seven times in a day have I praised thee because of the judgments of thy righteousness.Verse 165Great peace have they that love thy law: and there is no stumbling-block to them.Verse 166I waited for thy salvation, O Lord, and have loved thy commandments.Verse 167My soul has kept thy testimonies, and loved them exceedingly.Verse 168I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies; for all my ways are before thee, O Lord.Verse 169Let my supplication come near before thee, O Lord; instruct me according to thine oracle.Verse 170Let my petition come in before thee, O Lord; deliver me according to thine oracle.Verse 171Let my lips utter a hymn, when thou shalt have taught me thine ordinances.Verse 172Let my tongue utter thine oracles; for all thy commandments are righteous.Verse 173Let thine hand be prompt to save me; for I have chosen thy commandments.Verse 174I have longed after thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my meditation.Verse 175My soul shall live, and shall praise thee; and thy judgments shall help me.Verse 176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I have not forgotten thy commandments.