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Psalm 119 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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Meditations on the Excellencies of the Word of God
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:1 - ALEPH
Blessed are the undefiled in the way,
Who walk in the law of the LORD!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:2 - Blessed are those who keep His testimonies,
Who seek Him with the whole heart!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:3 - They also do no iniquity;
They walk in His ways.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:4 - You have commanded us
To keep Your precepts diligently.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:5 - Oh, that my ways were directed
To keep Your statutes!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:6 - Then I would not be ashamed,
When I look into all Your commandments.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:7 - I will praise You with uprightness of heart,
When I learn Your righteous judgments.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:8 - I will keep Your statutes;
Oh, do not forsake me utterly!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:9 - BETH
How can a young man cleanse his way?
By taking heed according to Your word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:10 - With my whole heart I have sought You;
Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:11 - Your word I have hidden 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 have declared
All the judgments of Your mouth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:14 - I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies,
As much as in all riches.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:15 - I will meditate on Your precepts,
And contemplate Your ways.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:16 - I will delight myself 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 see
Wondrous things from Your law.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:19 - I am a stranger in the earth;
Do not hide Your commandments from me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:20 - My soul breaks with longing
For Your judgments at all times.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:21 - You rebuke the proud—the cursed,
Who stray from Your commandments.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:22 - Remove from me reproach and contempt,
For I have kept Your testimonies.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:23 - Princes also sit and speak against me,
But Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:24 - Your testimonies also are my delight
And my counselors.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:25 - DALETH
My soul clings to the dust;
Revive me according to Your word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:26 - I have declared my ways, and You answered me;
Teach me Your statutes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:27 - Make me understand the way of Your precepts;
So shall I meditate on Your wonderful works.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:28 - My soul melts from heaviness;
Strengthen me according to Your word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:29 - Remove from me the way of lying,
And grant me Your law graciously.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:30 - I have chosen the way of truth;
Your judgments I have laid before me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:31 - I cling to Your testimonies;
O LORD, do not put me to shame!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:32 - I will run the course of Your commandments,
For You shall enlarge my heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:33 - HE
Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes,
And I shall keep it to the end.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:34 - Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law;
Indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:35 - Make me walk 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 covetousness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:37 - Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things,
And revive me in Your way.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:38 - Establish Your word to Your servant,
Who is devoted to fearing You.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:39 - Turn away my reproach which I dread,
For Your judgments are good.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:40 - Behold, I long for Your precepts;
Revive me in Your righteousness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:41 - WAW
Let Your mercies come also to me, O LORD
Your salvation according to Your word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:42 - So shall I have an answer for him who reproaches 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 I have hoped in Your ordinances.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:44 - So shall I keep Your law continually,
Forever and ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:45 - And I will walk at liberty,
For I seek Your precepts.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:46 - I will speak of Your testimonies also before kings,
And will not be ashamed.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:47 - And I will delight myself in Your commandments,
Which I love.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:48 - My hands also I will lift up to Your commandments,
Which I love,
And I will meditate on Your statutes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:49 - ZAYIN
Remember the word to Your servant,
Upon which You have caused me to hope.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:50 - This is my comfort in my affliction,
For Your word has given me life.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:51 - The proud have me in great derision,
Yet I do not turn aside from Your law.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:52 - I remembered Your judgments of old, O LORD,
And have comforted myself.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:53 - Indignation has taken hold of 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 pilgrimage.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:55 - I remember Your name in the night, O LORD,
And I keep Your law.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:56 - This has become mine,
Because I kept Your precepts.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:57 - HETH
You are my portion, O LORD;
I have said that I would keep Your words.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:58 - I entreated Your favor with my whole heart;
Be merciful to me according to Your word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:59 - I thought about my ways,
And turned my feet to Your testimonies.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:60 - I made haste, and did not delay
To keep Your commandments.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:61 - The cords of the wicked have bound me,
But I have not forgotten Your law.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:62 - At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You,
Because of Your righteous judgments.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:63 - I am a companion of all who fear You,
And of those who keep Your precepts.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:64 - The earth, O LORD, is full of Your mercy;
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 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 proud have forged a lie against me,
But I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:70 - Their heart is as fat as grease,
But I delight in Your law.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:71 - It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
That I may learn Your statutes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:72 - The law of Your mouth is better to me
Than thousands of coins of gold and silver.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:73 - YOD
Your hands have made me and fashioned me;
Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:74 - Those who fear You will be glad when they see me,
Because I have hoped in Your word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:75 - I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are right,
And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:76 - Let, I pray, Your merciful kindness be for my comfort,
According to Your word to Your servant.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:77 - Let Your tender mercies come to me, that I may live;
For Your law is my delight.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:78 - Let the proud be ashamed,
For they treated me wrongfully with falsehood;
But I will meditate on Your precepts.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:79 - Let those who fear You turn to me,
Those who know Your testimonies.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:80 - Let my heart be blameless regarding Your statutes,
That I may not be ashamed.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:81 - KAPH
My soul faints for Your salvation,
But I hope in Your word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:82 - My eyes fail from searching Your word,
Saying, “When will You comfort me?”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:83 - For I have become like a wineskin in smoke,
Yet I do not forget Your statutes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:84 - How many are the days of Your servant?
When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:85 - The proud have dug pits for me,
Which is not according to Your law.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:86 - All Your commandments are faithful;
They persecute me wrongfully;
Help me!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:87 - They almost made an end of me on earth,
But I did not forsake Your precepts.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:88 - Revive me according to Your lovingkindness,
So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:89 - LAMED
Forever, O LORD,
Your word is settled in heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:90 - Your faithfulness endures to all generations;
You established the earth, and it abides.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:91 - They continue this day according to Your ordinances,
For all are Your servants.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:92 - Unless Your law had been my delight,
I would then 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 wait for me to destroy me,
But I will consider Your testimonies.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:96 - I have seen the consummation of 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 - You, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies;
For they are 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 ancients,
Because I keep Your precepts.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:101 - I have restrained my feet from every evil way,
That I may keep Your word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:102 - I have not departed from Your judgments,
For You Yourself 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 and confirmed
That I will keep Your righteous judgments.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:107 - I am afflicted very much;
Revive me, O LORD, according to Your word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:108 - Accept, I pray, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD,
And teach me Your judgments.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:109 - My life is continually in my hand,
Yet I do not forget Your law.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:110 - The wicked have laid a snare for me,
Yet I have not strayed from Your precepts.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:111 - Your testimonies I have taken as a heritage forever,
For they are the rejoicing of my heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:112 - I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes
Forever, to the very end.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:113 - SAMEK
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,
For I will keep the commandments of my God!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:116 - Uphold me according to Your word, that I may live;
And do not let me be ashamed of my hope.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:117 - Hold me up, and I shall be safe,
And I shall observe Your statutes continually.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:118 - You reject all those who stray from Your statutes,
For their deceit is falsehood.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:119 - You put away all the wicked of the earth 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 justice and righteousness;
Do not leave me to my oppressors.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:122 - Be surety for Your servant for good;
Do not let the proud oppress me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:123 - My eyes fail from seeking Your salvation
And Your righteous word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:124 - Deal with Your servant according to Your mercy,
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 You to act, O LORD,
For they have regarded Your law as void.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:127 - Therefore I love Your commandments
More than gold, yes, than fine gold!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:128 - Therefore all Your precepts concerning all things
I consider 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 entrance of Your words gives light;
It gives understanding to the simple.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:131 - I opened my mouth and panted,
For I longed for Your commandments.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:132 - Look upon me and be merciful to me,
As Your custom is toward those who love Your name.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:133 - Direct my steps by Your word,
And let no iniquity have dominion over me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:134 - Redeem me from the oppression of man,
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 - Rivers of water run down from my eyes,
Because men do not keep Your law.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:137 - TSADDE
Righteous are You, O LORD,
And upright are Your judgments.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:138 - Your testimonies, which You have commanded,
Are righteous and very faithful.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:139 - My zeal has consumed me,
Because my enemies have forgotten Your words.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:140 - Your word is very pure;
Therefore 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 an everlasting righteousness,
And Your law is truth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:143 - Trouble and anguish have overtaken me,
Yet Your commandments are my delights.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:144 - The righteousness of Your testimonies is everlasting;
Give me understanding, and I shall live.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:145 - QOPH
I cry out with my whole heart;
Hear me, O LORD!
I will keep Your statutes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:146 - I cry out to You;
Save me, and I will keep Your testimonies.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:147 - I rise before the dawning of the morning,
And cry for help;
I hope in Your word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:148 - My eyes are awake through the night watches,
That I may meditate on Your word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:149 - Hear my voice according to Your lovingkindness;
O LORD, revive me according to Your justice.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:150 - They draw near who follow after wickedness;
They are far from Your law.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:151 - You are near, O LORD,
And all Your commandments are truth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:152 - Concerning Your testimonies,
I have known of old that You have founded them forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:153 - RESH
Consider my affliction and deliver me,
For I do not forget Your law.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:154 - Plead my cause and redeem me;
Revive me according to Your word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:155 - Salvation is far from the wicked,
For they do not seek Your statutes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:156 - Great are Your tender mercies, O LORD;
Revive me according to Your judgments.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:157 - Many are my persecutors and my enemies,
Yet I do not turn from Your testimonies.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:158 - I see the treacherous, and am disgusted,
Because they do not keep Your word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:159 - Consider how I love Your precepts;
Revive me, O LORD, according to Your lovingkindness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:160 - The entirety of Your word is truth,
And every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:161 - SHIN
Princes persecute me without a cause,
But my heart stands in awe of Your word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:162 - I rejoice at Your word
As one who finds great treasure.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:163 - I hate and abhor lying,
But I love Your law.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:164 - Seven times a day I praise You,
Because of Your righteous judgments.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:165 - Great peace have those who love Your law,
And nothing causes them to stumble.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:166 - LORD, I hope for Your salvation,
And I do Your commandments.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:167 - My soul keeps Your testimonies,
And I love them exceedingly.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:168 - I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies,
For all my ways are before You.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:169 - TAU
Let my cry come before You, O LORD;
Give me understanding according to Your word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:170 - Let my supplication come before You;
Deliver me according to Your word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:171 - My lips shall utter praise,
For You teach me Your statutes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:172 - My tongue shall speak of Your word,
For all Your commandments are righteousness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:173 - Let Your hand become my help,
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 it shall praise You;
And let Your judgments 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.
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