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Psalm 119 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

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Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:1 - Aleph
[fn] Blessed are those whose way is blameless,
who walk in the law of the LORD!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:2 - Blessed are those who keep his testimonies,
who seek him with their whole heart,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:3 - who also do no wrong,
but walk in his ways!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:4 - You have commanded your precepts
to be kept diligently.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:5 - Oh that my ways may be steadfast
in keeping your statutes!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:6 - Then I shall not be put to shame,
having my eyes fixed on all your commandments.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:7 - I will praise you with an upright heart,
when I learn your righteous rules.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:8 - I will keep your statutes;
do not utterly forsake me!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:9 - Beth
How can a young man keep his way pure?
By guarding it according to your word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:10 - With my whole heart I seek you;
let me not wander from your commandments!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:11 - I have stored up your word in my heart,
that I might not sin against you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:12 - Blessed are you, O LORD;
teach me your statutes!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:13 - With my lips I declare
all the rules[fn] of your mouth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:14 - In the way of your testimonies I delight
as much as in all riches.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:15 - I will meditate on your precepts
and fix my eyes on your ways.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:16 - I will delight in your statutes;
I will not forget your word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:17 - Gimel
Deal bountifully with your servant,
that I may live and keep your word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:18 - Open my eyes, that I may behold
wondrous things out of your law.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:19 - I am a sojourner on the earth;
hide not your commandments from me!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:20 - My soul is consumed with longing
for your rules[fn] at all times.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:21 - You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones,
who wander from your commandments.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:22 - Take away from me scorn and contempt,
for I have kept your testimonies.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:23 - Even though princes sit plotting against me,
your servant will meditate on your statutes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:24 - Your testimonies are my delight;
they are my counselors.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:25 - Daleth
My soul clings to the dust;
give me life according to your word!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:26 - When I told of my ways, you answered me;
teach me your statutes!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:27 - Make me understand the way of your precepts,
and I will meditate on your wondrous works.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:28 - My soul melts away for sorrow;
strengthen me according to your word!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:29 - Put false ways far from me
and graciously teach me your law!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:30 - I have chosen the way of faithfulness;
I set your rules before me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:31 - I cling to your testimonies, O LORD;
let me not be put to shame!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:32 - I will run in the way of your commandments
when you enlarge my heart![fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:33 - He
Teach me, O LORD, the way of your statutes;
and I will keep it to the end.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:34 - Give me understanding, that I may keep your law
and observe it with my whole heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:35 - Lead me in the path of your commandments,
for I delight in it.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:36 - Incline my heart to your testimonies,
and not to selfish gain!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:37 - Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things;
and give me life in your ways.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:38 - Confirm to your servant your promise,
that you may be feared.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:39 - Turn away the reproach that I dread,
for your rules are good.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:40 - Behold, I long for your precepts;
in your righteousness give me life!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:41 - Waw
Let your steadfast love come to me, O LORD,
your salvation according to your promise;
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:42 - then shall I have an answer for him who taunts me,
for I trust in your word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:43 - And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth,
for my hope is in your rules.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:44 - I will keep your law continually,
forever and ever,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:45 - and I shall walk in a wide place,
for I have sought your precepts.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:46 - I will also speak of your testimonies before kings
and shall not be put to shame,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:47 - for I find my delight in your commandments,
which I love.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:48 - I will lift up my hands toward your commandments, which I love,
and I will meditate on your statutes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:49 - Zayin
Remember your word to your servant,
in which you have made me hope.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:50 - This is my comfort in my affliction,
that your promise gives me life.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:51 - The insolent utterly deride me,
but I do not turn away from your law.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:52 - When I think of your rules from of old,
I take comfort, O LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:53 - Hot indignation seizes me because of the wicked,
who forsake your law.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:54 - Your statutes have been my songs
in the house of my sojourning.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:55 - I remember your name in the night, O LORD,
and keep your law.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:56 - This blessing has fallen to me,
that I have kept your precepts.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:57 - Heth
The LORD is my portion;
I promise to keep your words.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:58 - I entreat your favor with all my heart;
be gracious to me according to your promise.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:59 - When I think on my ways,
I turn my feet to your testimonies;
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:60 - I hasten and do not delay
to keep your commandments.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:61 - Though the cords of the wicked ensnare me,
I do not forget your law.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:62 - At midnight I rise to praise you,
because of your righteous rules.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:63 - I am a companion of all who fear you,
of those who keep your precepts.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:64 - The earth, O LORD, is full of your steadfast love;
teach me your statutes!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:65 - Teth
You have dealt well with your servant,
O LORD, according to your word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:66 - Teach me good judgment and knowledge,
for I believe in your commandments.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:67 - Before I was afflicted I went astray,
but now I keep your word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:68 - You are good and do good;
teach me your statutes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:69 - The insolent smear me with lies,
but with my whole heart I keep your precepts;
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:70 - their heart is unfeeling like fat,
but I delight in your law.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:71 - It is good for me that I was afflicted,
that I might learn your statutes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:72 - The law of your mouth is better to me
than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:73 - Yodh
Your hands have made and fashioned me;
give me understanding that I may learn your commandments.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:74 - Those who fear you shall see me and rejoice,
because I have hoped in your word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:75 - I know, O LORD, that your rules are righteous,
and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:76 - Let your steadfast love comfort me
according to your promise to your servant.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:77 - Let your mercy come to me, that I may live;
for your law is my delight.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:78 - Let the insolent be put to shame,
because they have wronged me with falsehood;
as for me, I will meditate on your precepts.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:79 - Let those who fear you turn to me,
that they may know your testimonies.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:80 - May my heart be blameless in your statutes,
that I may not be put to shame!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:81 - Kaph
My soul longs for your salvation;
I hope in your word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:82 - My eyes long for your promise;
I ask, “When will you comfort me?”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:83 - For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke,
yet I have not forgotten your statutes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:84 - How long must your servant endure?[fn]
When will you judge those who persecute me?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:85 - The insolent have dug pitfalls for me;
they do not live according to your law.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:86 - All your commandments are sure;
they persecute me with falsehood; help me!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:87 - They have almost made an end of me on earth,
but I have not forsaken your precepts.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:88 - In your steadfast love give me life,
that I may keep the testimonies of your mouth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:89 - Lamedh
Forever, O LORD, your word
is firmly fixed in the heavens.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:90 - Your faithfulness endures to all generations;
you have established the earth, and it stands fast.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:91 - By your appointment they stand this day,
for all things are your servants.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:92 - If your law had not been my delight,
I would have perished in my affliction.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:93 - I will never forget your precepts,
for by them you have given me life.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:94 - I am yours; save me,
for I have sought your precepts.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:95 - The wicked lie in wait to destroy me,
but I consider your testimonies.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:96 - I have seen a limit to all perfection,
but your commandment is exceedingly broad.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:97 - Mem
Oh how I love your law!
It is my meditation all the day.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:98 - Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies,
for it is ever with me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:99 - I have more understanding than all my teachers,
for your testimonies are my meditation.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:100 - I understand more than the aged,[fn]
for I keep your precepts.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:101 - I hold back my feet from every evil way,
in order to keep your word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:102 - I do not turn aside from your rules,
for you have taught me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:103 - How sweet are your words to my taste,
sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:104 - Through your precepts I get understanding;
therefore I hate every false way.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:105 - Nun
Your word is a lamp to my feet
and a light to my path.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:106 - I have sworn an oath and confirmed it,
to keep your righteous rules.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:107 - I am severely afflicted;
give me life, O LORD, according to your word!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:108 - Accept my freewill offerings of praise, O LORD,
and teach me your rules.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:109 - I hold my life in my hand continually,
but I do not forget your law.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:110 - The wicked have laid a snare for me,
but I do not stray from your precepts.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:111 - Your testimonies are my heritage forever,
for they are the joy of my heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:112 - I incline my heart to perform your statutes
forever, to the end.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:113 - Samekh
I hate the double-minded,
but I love your law.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:114 - You are my hiding place and my shield;
I hope in your word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:115 - Depart from me, you evildoers,
that I may keep the commandments of my God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:116 - Uphold me according to your promise, that I may live,
and let me not be put to shame in my hope!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:117 - Hold me up, that I may be safe
and have regard for your statutes continually!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:118 - You spurn all who go astray from your statutes,
for their cunning is in vain.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:119 - All the wicked of the earth you discard like dross,
therefore I love your testimonies.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:120 - My flesh trembles for fear of you,
and I am afraid of your judgments.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:121 - Ayin
I have done what is just and right;
do not leave me to my oppressors.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:122 - Give your servant a pledge of good;
let not the insolent oppress me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:123 - My eyes long for your salvation
and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:124 - Deal with your servant according to your steadfast love,
and teach me your statutes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:125 - I am your servant; give me understanding,
that I may know your testimonies!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:126 - It is time for the LORD to act,
for your law has been broken.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:127 - Therefore I love your commandments
above gold, above fine gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:128 - Therefore I consider all your precepts to be right;
I hate every false way.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:129 - Pe
Your testimonies are wonderful;
therefore my soul keeps them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:130 - The unfolding of your words gives light;
it imparts understanding to the simple.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:131 - I open my mouth and pant,
because I long for your commandments.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:132 - Turn to me and be gracious to me,
as is your way with those who love your name.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:133 - Keep steady my steps according to your promise,
and let no iniquity get dominion over me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:134 - Redeem me from man’s oppression,
that I may keep your precepts.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:135 - Make your face shine upon your servant,
and teach me your statutes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:136 - My eyes shed streams of tears,
because people do not keep your law.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:137 - Tsadhe
Righteous are you, O LORD,
and right are your rules.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:138 - You have appointed your testimonies in righteousness
and in all faithfulness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:139 - My zeal consumes me,
because my foes forget your words.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:140 - Your promise is well tried,
and your servant loves it.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:141 - I am small and despised,
yet I do not forget your precepts.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:142 - Your righteousness is righteous forever,
and your law is true.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:143 - Trouble and anguish have found me out,
but your commandments are my delight.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:144 - Your testimonies are righteous forever;
give me understanding that I may live.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:145 - Qoph
With my whole heart I cry; answer me, O LORD!
I will keep your statutes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:146 - I call to you; save me,
that I may observe your testimonies.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:147 - I rise before dawn and cry for help;
I hope in your words.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:148 - My eyes are awake before the watches of the night,
that I may meditate on your promise.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:149 - Hear my voice according to your steadfast love;
O LORD, according to your justice give me life.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:150 - They draw near who persecute me with evil purpose;
they are far from your law.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:151 - But you are near, O LORD,
and all your commandments are true.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:152 - Long have I known from your testimonies
that you have founded them forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:153 - Resh
Look on my affliction and deliver me,
for I do not forget your law.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:154 - Plead my cause and redeem me;
give me life according to your promise!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:155 - Salvation is far from the wicked,
for they do not seek your statutes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:156 - Great is your mercy, O LORD;
give me life according to your rules.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:157 - Many are my persecutors and my adversaries,
but I do not swerve from your testimonies.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:158 - I look at the faithless with disgust,
because they do not keep your commands.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:159 - Consider how I love your precepts!
Give me life according to your steadfast love.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:160 - The sum of your word is truth,
and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:161 - Sin and Shin
Princes persecute me without cause,
but my heart stands in awe of your words.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:162 - I rejoice at your word
like one who finds great spoil.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:163 - I hate and abhor falsehood,
but I love your law.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:164 - Seven times a day I praise you
for your righteous rules.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:165 - Great peace have those who love your law;
nothing can make them stumble.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:166 - I hope for your salvation, O LORD,
and I do your commandments.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:167 - My soul keeps your testimonies;
I love them exceedingly.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:168 - I keep your precepts and testimonies,
for all my ways are before you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:169 - Taw
Let my cry come before you, O LORD;
give me understanding according to your word!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:170 - Let my plea come before you;
deliver me according to your word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:171 - My lips will pour forth praise,
for you teach me your statutes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:172 - My tongue will sing of your word,
for all your commandments are right.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:173 - Let your hand be ready to help me,
for I have chosen your precepts.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:174 - I long for your salvation, O LORD,
and your law is my delight.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:175 - Let my soul live and praise you,
and let your rules help me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:176 - I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant,
for I do not forget your commandments.
ESV Footnotes
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
Or your just and righteous decrees; also verses 62, 106, 160, 164
Or all the just decrees
Or your just decrees; also verses 30, 39, 43, 52, 75, 102, 108, 137, 156, 175
Or for you set my heart free
Or keep it as my reward
Hebrew How many are the days of your servant?
Or the elders
Or statutes; the reward is eternal
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