Psalms 119 — GNV
119Verse 1ALEPH. Blessed are those that are vpright in their way, and walke in the Lawe of the Lord.Verse 2Blessed are they that keepe his testimonies, and seeke him with their whole heart.Verse 3Surely they woorke none iniquitie, but walke in his waies.Verse 4Thou hast commanded to keepe thy precepts diligently.Verse 5Oh that my waies were directed to keepe thy statutes!Verse 6Then should I not be confounded, when I haue respect vnto all thy commandements.Verse 7I will praise thee with an vpright heart, when I shall learne the iudgements of thy righteousnesse.Verse 8I will keepe thy statutes: forsake mee not ouerlong.Verse 9BETH. Wherewith shall a yong man redresse his waie? in taking heede thereto according to thy woorde.Verse 10With my whole heart haue I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandements.Verse 11I haue hid thy promise in mine heart, that I might not sinne against thee.Verse 12Blessed art thou, O Lord: teache mee thy statutes.Verse 13With my lippes haue I declared all the iudgements of thy mouth.Verse 14I haue had as great delight in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches.Verse 15I will meditate in thy precepts, and consider thy waies.Verse 16I will delite in thy statutes, and I will not forget thy worde.Verse 17GIMEL. Be beneficiall vnto thy seruant, that I may liue and keepe thy woorde.Verse 18Open mine eies, that I may see the wonders of thy Lawe.Verse 19I am a stranger vpon earth: hide not thy commandements from me.Verse 20Mine heart breaketh for the desire to thy iudgements alway.Verse 21Thou hast destroied the proud: cursed are they that doe erre from thy commandements.Verse 22Remoue from mee shame and contempt: for I haue kept thy testimonies.Verse 23Princes also did sit, and speake against me: but thy seruant did meditate in thy statutes.Verse 24Also thy testimonies are my delite, and my counsellers.Verse 25DALETH. My soule cleaueth to the dust: quicken me according to thy worde.Verse 26I haue declared my waies, and thou heardest me: teache me thy statutes.Verse 27Make me to vnderstand ye way of thy precepts, and I will meditate in thy wondrous workes.Verse 28My soule melteth for heauinesse: raise mee vp according vnto thy worde.Verse 29Take from mee the way of lying, and graunt me graciously thy Lawe.Verse 30I haue chosen the way of trueth, and thy iudgements haue I laied before me.Verse 31I haue cleaued to thy testimonies, O Lord: confound me not.Verse 32I will runne the way of thy commandements, when thou shalt enlarge mine heart.Verse 33HE. Teach mee, O Lord, the way of thy statutes, and I will keepe it vnto the ende.Verse 34Giue mee vnderstanding, and I will keepe thy Law: yea, I wil keepe it with my whole heart.Verse 35Direct mee in the path of thy commandements: for therein is my delite.Verse 36Incline mine heart vnto thy testimonies, and not to couetousnesse.Verse 37Turne away mine eies from regarding vanitie, and quicken me in thy way.Verse 38Stablish thy promise to thy seruaunt, because he feareth thee.Verse 39Take away my rebuke that I feare: for thy iudgements are good.Verse 40Beholde, I desire thy commandements: quicken me in thy righteousnesse,Verse 41VAV. And let thy louing kindnesse come vnto me, O Lord, and thy saluation according to thy promise.Verse 42So shall I make answere vnto my blasphemers: for I trust in thy woorde.Verse 43And take not the woorde of trueth vtterly out of my mouth: for I waite for thy iudgements.Verse 44So shall I alway keepe thy Lawe for euer and euer.Verse 45And I will walke at libertie: for I seeke thy precepts.Verse 46I will speake also of thy testimonies before Kings, and will not be ashamed.Verse 47And my delite shalbe in thy commandements, which I haue loued.Verse 48Mine handes also will I lift vp vnto thy commandements, which I haue loued, and I will meditate in thy statutes.Verse 49ZAIN. Remember the promise made to thy seruant, wherein thou hast caused me to trust.Verse 50It is my comfort in my trouble: for thy promise hath quickened me.Verse 51The proude haue had me exceedingly in derision: yet haue I not declined from thy Lawe.Verse 52I remembred thy iudgements of olde, O Lord, and haue bene comforted.Verse 53Feare is come vpon mee for the wicked, that forsake thy Lawe.Verse 54Thy statutes haue beene my songes in the house of my pilgrimage.Verse 55I haue remembred thy Name, O Lord, in the night, and haue kept thy Lawe.Verse 56This I had because I kept thy precepts.Verse 57CHETH. O Lord, that art my portion, I haue determined to keepe thy wordes.Verse 58I made my supplication in thy presence with my whole heart: be mercifull vnto me according to thy promise.Verse 59I haue considered my waies, and turned my feete into thy testimonies.Verse 60I made haste and delaied not to keepe thy commandements.Verse 61The bandes of the wicked haue robbed me: but I haue not forgotten thy Lawe.Verse 62At midnight will I rise to giue thanks vnto thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.Verse 63I am companion of all them that feare thee, and keepe thy precepts.Verse 64The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercie: teache me thy statutes.Verse 65TETH. O Lord, thou hast delt graciously with thy seruant according vnto thy woorde.Verse 66Teach me good iudgement and knowledge: for I haue beleeued thy commandements.Verse 67Before I was afflicted, I went astray: but nowe I keepe thy woorde.Verse 68Thou art good and gracious: teach me thy statutes.Verse 69The proud haue imagined a lie against me: but I wil keepe thy precepts with my whole heart.Verse 70Their heart is fatte as grease: but my delite is in thy Lawe.Verse 71It is good for me that I haue beene afflicted, that I may learne thy statutes.Verse 72The Lawe of thy mouth is better vnto me, then thousands of golde and siluer.Verse 73IOD. Thine hands haue made me and fashioned me: giue mee vnderstanding therefore, that I may learne thy commandements.Verse 74So they that feare thee, seeing mee shall reioyce, because I haue trusted in thy worde.Verse 75I knowe, O Lord, that thy iudgements are right, and that thou hast afflicted me iustly.Verse 76I pray thee that thy mercie may comfort me according to thy promise vnto thy seruant.Verse 77Let thy tender mercies come vnto me, that I may liue: for thy Lawe is my delite.Verse 78Let the proude be ashamed: for they haue dealt wickedly and falsely with me: but I meditate in thy precepts.Verse 79Let such as feare thee turne vnto me, and they that knowe thy testimonies.Verse 80Let mine heart bee vpright in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.Verse 81CAPH. My soule fainteth for thy saluation: yet I waite for thy worde.Verse 82Mine eyes faile for thy promise, saying, when wilt thou comfort me?Verse 83For I am like a bottell in the smoke: yet doe I not forget thy statutes.Verse 84Howe many are the dayes of thy seruant? When wilt thou execute iudgement on them that persecute me?Verse 85The proude haue digged pittes for mee, which is not after thy Lawe.Verse 86All thy commandements are true: they persecute me falsely: helpe me.Verse 87They had almost consumed me vpon the earth: but I forsooke not thy precepts.Verse 88Quicken me according to thy louing kindnes: so shall I keepe the testimony of thy mouth.Verse 89LAMED. O Lord, thy worde endureth for euer in heauen.Verse 90Thy trueth is from generation to generation: thou hast layed the foundation of the earth, and it abideth.Verse 91They continue euen to this day by thine ordinances: for all are thy seruants.Verse 92Except thy Lawe had bene my delite, I should now haue perished in mine affliction.Verse 93I wil neuer forget thy precepts: for by them thou hast quickened me.Verse 94I am thine, saue me: for I haue sought thy precepts.Verse 95The wicked haue waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.Verse 96I haue seene an ende of all perfection: but thy commandement is exceeding large.Verse 97MEM. Oh howe loue I thy Lawe! it is my meditation continually.Verse 98By thy commandements thou hast made mee wiser then mine enemies: for they are euer with mee.Verse 99I haue had more vnderstading then all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.Verse 100I vnderstoode more then the ancient, because I kept thy precepts.Verse 101I haue refrained my feete from euery euil way, that I might keepe thy word.Verse 102I haue not declined from thy iudgements: for thou didest teach me.Verse 103Howe sweete are thy promises vnto my mouth! yea, more then hony vnto my mouth.Verse 104By thy precepts I haue gotten vnderstanding: therefore I hate all the wayes of falshoode.Verse 105NUN. Thy worde is a lanterne vnto my feete, and a light vnto my path.Verse 106I haue sworne and will performe it, that I will keepe thy righteous iudgements.Verse 107I am very sore afflicted: O Lord, quicken me according to thy word.Verse 108O Lord, I beseeche thee accept the free offerings of my mouth, and teach mee thy iudgements.Verse 109My soule is continually in mine hande: yet doe I not forget thy Lawe.Verse 110The wicked haue layed a snare for mee: but I swarued not from thy precepts.Verse 111Thy testimonies haue I taken as an heritage for euer: for they are the ioy of mine heart.Verse 112I haue applied mine heart to fulfill thy statutes alway, euen vnto the ende.Verse 113SAMECH. I hate vaine inuentions: but thy Lawe doe I loue.Verse 114Thou art my refuge and shield, and I trust in thy worde.Verse 115Away from mee, yee wicked: for I will keepe the commandements of my God.Verse 116Stablish me according to thy promise, that I may liue, and disappoint me not of mine hope.Verse 117Stay thou mee, and I shall be safe, and I will delite continually in thy statutes.Verse 118Thou hast troden downe all them that depart from thy statutes: for their deceit is vaine.Verse 119Thou hast taken away all ye wicked of the earth like drosse: therefore I loue thy testimonies.Verse 120My flesh trembleth for feare of thee, and I am afraide of thy iudgements.Verse 121AIN. I haue executed iudgement and iustice: leaue me not to mine oppressours.Verse 122Answere for thy seruant in that, which is good, and let not the proude oppresse me.Verse 123Mine eyes haue failed in waiting for thy saluation, and for thy iust promise.Verse 124Deale with thy seruant according to thy mercie, and teache me thy statutes.Verse 125I am thy seruant: graunt mee therefore vnderstanding, that I may knowe thy testimonies.Verse 126It is time for thee Lord to worke: for they haue destroyed thy Lawe.Verse 127Therefore loue I thy commandements aboue golde, yea, aboue most fine golde.Verse 128Therefore I esteeme all thy precepts most iust, and hate all false wayes.Verse 129PE. Thy testimonies are wonderfull: therefore doeth my soule keepe them.Verse 130The entrance into thy wordes sheweth light, and giueth vnderstanding to the simple.Verse 131I opened my mouth and panted, because I loued thy commandements.Verse 132Looke vpon mee and bee mercifull vnto me, as thou vsest to doe vnto those that loue thy Name.Verse 133Direct my steppes in thy worde, and let none iniquitie haue dominion ouer me.Verse 134Deliuer mee from the oppression of men, and I will keepe thy precepts.Verse 135Shew the light of thy countenance vpon thy seruant, and teache me thy statutes.Verse 136Mine eyes gush out with riuers of water, because they keepe not thy Lawe.Verse 137TSADDI. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and iust are thy iudgements.Verse 138Thou hast commanded iustice by thy testimonies and trueth especially.Verse 139My zeale hath euen consumed mee, because mine enemies haue forgotten thy wordes.Verse 140Thy word is prooued most pure, and thy seruant loueth it.Verse 141I am small and despised: yet do I not forget thy precepts.Verse 142Thy righteousnesse is an euerlasting righteousnes, and thy Lawe is trueth.Verse 143Trouble and anguish are come vpon me: yet are thy commandements my delite.Verse 144The righteousnes of thy testimonies is euerlasting: graunt me vnderstanding, and I shall liue.Verse 145KOPH. I haue cried with my whole heart: heare me, O Lord, and I will keepe thy statutes.Verse 146I called vpon thee: saue mee, and I will keepe thy testimonies.Verse 147I preuented the morning light, and cried: for I waited on thy word.Verse 148Mine eyes preuent the night watches to meditate in thy word.Verse 149Heare my voyce according to thy louing kindenesse: O Lord, quicken me according to thy iudgement.Verse 150They drawe neere, that follow after malice, and are farre from thy Lawe.Verse 151Thou art neere, O Lord: for all thy commandements are true.Verse 152I haue knowen long since by thy testimonies, that thou hast established them for euer.Verse 153RESH. Beholde mine affliction, and deliuer mee: for I haue not forgotten thy Lawe.Verse 154Pleade my cause, and deliuer me: quicken me according vnto thy word.Verse 155Saluation is farre from the wicked, because they seeke not thy statutes.Verse 156Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to thy iudgements.Verse 157My persecutours and mine oppressours are many: yet doe I not swarue from thy testimonies.Verse 158I saw the transgressours and was grieued, because they kept not thy worde.Verse 159Consider, O Lord, how I loue thy preceptes: quicken mee according to thy louing kindenesse.Verse 160The beginning of thy worde is trueth, and all the iudgements of thy righteousnesse endure for euer.Verse 161SCHIN. Princes haue persecuted mee without cause, but mine heart stood in awe of thy wordes.Verse 162I reioyce at thy worde, as one that findeth a great spoyle.Verse 163I hate falshoode and abhorre it, but thy Lawe doe I loue.Verse 164Seuen times a day doe I praise thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.Verse 165They that loue thy Law, shall haue great prosperitie, and they shall haue none hurt.Verse 166Lord, I haue trusted in thy saluation, and haue done thy commandements.Verse 167My soule hath kept thy testimonies: for I loue them exceedingly.Verse 168I haue kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my wayes are before thee.Verse 169TAV. Let my complaint come before thee, O Lord, and giue me vnderstanding, according vnto thy worde.Verse 170Let my supplication come before thee, and deliuer me according to thy promise.Verse 171My lippes shall speake praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.Verse 172My tongue shall intreate of thy word: for all thy commandements are righteous.Verse 173Let thine hand helpe me: for I haue chosen thy precepts.Verse 174I haue longed for thy saluation, O Lord, and thy Lawe is my delite.Verse 175Let my soule liue, and it shall praise thee, and thy iudgements shall helpe me.Verse 176I haue gone astraye like a lost sheepe: seeke thy seruant, for I doe not forget thy commandements.