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id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/118.htm" title="Psalm 118">◄</a> Psalm 119 <a href="../psalms/120.htm" title="Psalm 120">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">JPS Tanakh 1917</div><div class="chap"><div align="center"><p class="acrostic">א<br>ALEPH.</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Happy are they that are upright in the way,</div><div class="po2">Who walk in the law of the LORD.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Happy are they that keep His testimonies,</div><div class="po2">That seek Him with the whole heart.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Yea, they do no unrighteousness;</div><div class="po2">They walk in His ways.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Thou hast ordained Thy precepts,</div><div class="po2">That we should observe them diligently.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Oh that my ways were directed</div><div class="po2">To observe Thy statutes!</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then should I not be ashamed,</div><div class="po2">When I have regard unto all Thy commandments.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I will give thanks unto Thee with uprightness of heart,</div><div class="po2">When I learn Thy righteous ordinances.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I will observe Thy statutes;</div><div class="po2">O forsake me not utterly.</div> <div align="center"><p class="acrostic">ב<br>BETH.</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Wherewithal shall a young man keep his way pure?</div><div class="po2">By taking heed thereto according to Thy word.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>With my whole heart have I sought Thee;</div><div class="po2">O let me not err from Thy commandments.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Thy word have I laid up in my heart,</div><div class="po2">That I might not sin against Thee.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Blessed art Thou, O LORD;</div><div class="po2">Teach me Thy statutes.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>With my lips have I told</div><div class="po2">All the ordinances of Thy mouth.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I have rejoiced in the way of Thy testimonies,</div><div class="po2">As much as in all riches.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I will meditate in Thy precepts,</div><div class="po2">And have respect unto Thy ways.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I will delight myself in Thy statutes;</div><div class="po2">I will not forget Thy word.</div> <div align="center"><p class="acrostic">ג<br>GIMEL.</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Deal bountifully with Thy servant that I may live,</div><div class="po2">And I will observe Thy word.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Open Thou mine eyes, that I may behold</div><div class="po2">Wondrous things out of Thy law.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>I am a sojourner in the earth;</div><div class="po2">Hide not Thy commandments from me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>My soul breaketh for the longing</div><div class="po2">That it hath unto Thine ordinances at all times.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed,</div><div class="po2">That do err from Thy commandments.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Take away from me reproach and contempt;</div><div class="po2">For I have kept Thy testimonies.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Even though princes sit and talk against me,</div><div class="po2">Thy servant doth meditate in Thy statutes.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Yea, Thy testimonies are my delight,</div><div class="po2">They are my counsellors.</div> <div align="center"><p class="acrostic">ד<br>DALETH.</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>My soul cleaveth unto the dust;</div><div class="po2">Quicken Thou me according to Thy word.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>I told of my ways, and Thou didst answer me;</div><div class="po2">Teach me Thy statutes.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Make me to understand the way of Thy precepts,</div><div class="po2">That I may talk of Thy wondrous works.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>My soul melteth away for heaviness;</div><div class="po2">Sustain me according unto Thy word.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Remove from me the way of falsehood;</div><div class="po2">And grant me Thy law graciously.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>I have chosen the way of faithfulness; Thine ordinances have I set [before me].</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>I cleave unto Thy testimonies;</div><div class="po2">O LORD, put me not to shame.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>I will run the way of Thy commandments,</div><div class="po2">For Thou dost enlarge my heart.</div> <div align="center"><p class="acrostic">ה<br>HE.</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Teach me, O LORD, the way of Thy statutes;</div><div class="po2">And I will keep it at every step.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Give me understanding, that I keep Thy law</div><div class="po2">And observe it with my whole heart.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Make me to tread in the path of Thy commandments;</div><div class="po2">For therein do I delight.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies,</div><div class="po2">And not to covetousness.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity,</div><div class="po2">And quicken me in Thy ways.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>Confirm Thy word unto Thy servant,</div><div class="po2">Which pertaineth unto the fear of Thee.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>Turn away my reproach which I dread;</div><div class="po2">For Thine ordinances are good.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>Behold, I have longed after Thy precepts;</div><div class="po2">Quicken me in Thy righteousness.</div> <div align="center"><p class="acrostic">ו<br>VAU.</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Let Thy mercies also come unto me, O LORD,</div><div class="po2">Even Thy salvation, according to Thy word;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>That I may have an answer for him that taunteth me;</div><div class="po2">For I trust in Thy word.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth;</div><div class="po2">For I hope in Thine ordinances;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>So shall I observe Thy law continually</div><div class="po2">For ever and ever;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>And I will walk at ease,</div><div class="po2">For I have sought Thy precepts;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>I will also speak of Thy testimonies before kings,</div><div class="po2">And will not be ashamed.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>And I will delight myself in Thy commandments,</div><div class="po2">Which I have loved.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>I will lift up my hands also unto Thy commandments, which I have loved;</div><div class="po2">And I will meditate in Thy statutes.</div> <div align="center"><p class="acrostic">ז<br>ZAIN.</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>Remember the word unto Thy servant,</div><div class="po2">Because Thou hast made me to hope.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>This is my comfort in my affliction,</div><div class="po2">That Thy word hath quickened me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>The proud have had me greatly in derision;</div><div class="po2">Yet have I not turned aside from Thy law.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span>I have remembered Thine ordinances which are of old, O LORD,</div><div class="po2">And have comforted myself.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-53.htm"><b>53</b></a></span>Burning indignation hath taken hold upon me, because of the wicked</div><div class="po2">That forsake Thy law.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-54.htm"><b>54</b></a></span>Thy statutes have been my songs</div><div class="po2">In the house of my pilgrimage.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-55.htm"><b>55</b></a></span>I have remembered Thy name, O LORD, in the night,</div><div class="po2">And have observed Thy law.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-56.htm"><b>56</b></a></span>This I have had,</div><div class="po2">That I have kept Thy precepts.</div> <div align="center"><p class="acrostic">ח<br>HETH.</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-57.htm"><b>57</b></a></span>My portion is the LORD,</div><div class="po2">I have said that I would observe Thy words.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-58.htm"><b>58</b></a></span>I have entreated Thy favour with my whole heart;</div><div class="po2">Be gracious unto me according to Thy word.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-59.htm"><b>59</b></a></span>I considered my ways,</div><div class="po2">And turned my feet unto Thy testimonies.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-60.htm"><b>60</b></a></span>I made haste, and delayed not,</div><div class="po2">To observe Thy commandments.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-61.htm"><b>61</b></a></span>The bands of the wicked have enclosed me;</div><div class="po2">But I have not forgotten Thy law.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-62.htm"><b>62</b></a></span>At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto Thee</div><div class="po2">Because of Thy righteous ordinances.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-63.htm"><b>63</b></a></span>I am a companion of all them that fear Thee,</div><div class="po2">And of them that observe Thy precepts.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-64.htm"><b>64</b></a></span>The earth, O LORD, is full of Thy mercy;</div><div class="po2">Teach me Thy statutes.</div> <div align="center"><p class="acrostic">ט<br>TETH.</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-65.htm"><b>65</b></a></span>Thou hast dealt well with Thy servant,</div><div class="po2">O LORD, according unto Thy word.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-66.htm"><b>66</b></a></span>Teach me good discernment and knowledge;</div><div class="po2">For I have believed in Thy commandments.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-67.htm"><b>67</b></a></span>Before I was afflicted, I did err;</div><div class="po2">But now I observe Thy word.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-68.htm"><b>68</b></a></span>Thou art good, and doest good;</div><div class="po2">Teach me Thy statutes.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-69.htm"><b>69</b></a></span>The proud have forged a lie against me;</div><div class="po2">But I with my whole heart will keep Thy precepts.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-70.htm"><b>70</b></a></span>Their heart is gross like fat;</div><div class="po2">But I delight in Thy law.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-71.htm"><b>71</b></a></span>It is good for me that I have been afflicted,</div><div class="po2">In order that I might learn Thy statutes.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-72.htm"><b>72</b></a></span>The law of Thy mouth is better unto me</div><div class="po2">Than thousands of gold and silver.</div> <div align="center"><p class="acrostic">י<br>IOD.</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-73.htm"><b>73</b></a></span>Thy hands have made me and fashioned me;</div><div class="po2">Give me understanding, that I may learn Thy commandments.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-74.htm"><b>74</b></a></span>They that fear Thee shall see me and be glad,</div><div class="po2">Because I have hope in Thy word.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-75.htm"><b>75</b></a></span>I know, O LORD, that Thy judgments are righteous,</div><div class="po2">And that in faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-76.htm"><b>76</b></a></span>Let, I pray Thee, Thy lovingkindness be ready to comfort me,</div><div class="po2">According to Thy promise unto Thy servant.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-77.htm"><b>77</b></a></span>Let Thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live;</div><div class="po2">For Thy law is my delight.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-78.htm"><b>78</b></a></span>Let the proud be put to shame, for they have distorted my cause with falsehood;</div><div class="po2">But I will meditate in Thy precepts.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-79.htm"><b>79</b></a></span>Let those that fear Thee return unto me,</div><div class="po2">And they that know Thy testimonies.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-80.htm"><b>80</b></a></span>Let my heart be undivided in Thy statutes,</div><div class="po2">In order that I may not be put to shame.</div> <div align="center"><p class="acrostic">כ<br>CAPH.</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-81.htm"><b>81</b></a></span>My soul pineth for Thy salvation;</div><div class="po2">In Thy word do I hope.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-82.htm"><b>82</b></a></span>Mine eyes fail for Thy word,</div><div class="po2">Saying: ‘When wilt Thou comfort me?’</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-83.htm"><b>83</b></a></span>For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke;</div><div class="po2">Yet do I not forget Thy statutes.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-84.htm"><b>84</b></a></span>How many are the days of Thy servant?</div><div class="po2">When wilt Thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-85.htm"><b>85</b></a></span>The proud have digged pits for me,</div><div class="po2">Which is not according to Thy law.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-86.htm"><b>86</b></a></span>All Thy commandments are faithful;</div><div class="po2">They persecute me for nought; help Thou me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-87.htm"><b>87</b></a></span>They had almost consumed me upon earth;</div><div class="po2">But as for me, I forsook not Thy precepts.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-88.htm"><b>88</b></a></span>Quicken me after Thy lovingkindness,</div><div class="po2">And I will observe the testimony of Thy mouth.</div> <div align="center"><p class="acrostic">ל<br>LAMED.</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-89.htm"><b>89</b></a></span>For ever, O LORD,</div><div class="po2">Thy word standeth fast in heaven.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-90.htm"><b>90</b></a></span>Thy faithfulness is unto all generations;</div><div class="po2">Thou hast established the earth, and it standeth.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-91.htm"><b>91</b></a></span>They stand this day according to Thine ordinances;</div><div class="po2">For all things are Thy servants.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-92.htm"><b>92</b></a></span>Unless Thy law had been my delight,</div><div class="po2">I should then have perished in mine affliction.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-93.htm"><b>93</b></a></span>I will never forget Thy precepts;</div><div class="po2">For with them Thou hast quickened me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-94.htm"><b>94</b></a></span>I am Thine, save me;</div><div class="po2">For I have sought Thy precepts.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-95.htm"><b>95</b></a></span>The wicked have waited for me to destroy me;</div><div class="po2">But I will consider Thy testimonies.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-96.htm"><b>96</b></a></span>I have seen an end to every purpose;</div><div class="po2">But Thy commandment is exceeding broad.</div> <div align="center"><p class="acrostic">מ<br>MEM.</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-97.htm"><b>97</b></a></span>O how love I Thy law!</div><div class="po2">It is my meditation all the day.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-98.htm"><b>98</b></a></span>Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies:</div><div class="po2">For they are ever with me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-99.htm"><b>99</b></a></span>I have more understanding than all my teachers;</div><div class="po2">For Thy testimonies are my meditation.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-100.htm"><b>100</b></a></span>I understand more than mine elders,</div><div class="po2">Because I have keep Thy precepts.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-101.htm"><b>101</b></a></span>I have refrained my feet from every evil way,</div><div class="po2">In order that I might observe Thy word.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-102.htm"><b>102</b></a></span>I have not turned aside from Thine ordinances;</div><div class="po2">For Thou hast instructed me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-103.htm"><b>103</b></a></span>How sweet are Thy words unto my palate!</div><div class="po2">Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-104.htm"><b>104</b></a></span>From Thy precepts I get understanding;</div><div class="po2">Therefore I hate every false way.</div> <div align="center"><p class="acrostic">נ<br>NUN.</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-105.htm"><b>105</b></a></span>Thy word is a lamp unto my feet,</div><div class="po2">And a light unto my path.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-106.htm"><b>106</b></a></span>I have sworn, and have confirmed it,</div><div class="po2">To observe Thy righteous ordinances.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-107.htm"><b>107</b></a></span>I am afflicted very much;</div><div class="po2">Quicken me, O LORD, according unto Thy word.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-108.htm"><b>108</b></a></span>Accept, I beseech Thee, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, O LORD,</div><div class="po2">And teach me Thine ordinances.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-109.htm"><b>109</b></a></span>My soul is continually in my hand;</div><div class="po2">Yet have I not forgotten Thy law.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-110.htm"><b>110</b></a></span>The wicked have laid a snare for me;</div><div class="po2">Yet went I not astray from Thy precepts.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-111.htm"><b>111</b></a></span>Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever;</div><div class="po2">For they are the rejoicing of my heart.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-112.htm"><b>112</b></a></span>I have inclined my heart to perform Thy statutes,</div><div class="po2">For ever, at every step.</div> <div align="center"><p class="acrostic">ס<br>SAMECH.</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-113.htm"><b>113</b></a></span>I hate them that are of a double mind;</div><div class="po2">But Thy law do I love.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-114.htm"><b>114</b></a></span>Thou art my covert and my shield;</div><div class="po2">In Thy word do I hope.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-115.htm"><b>115</b></a></span>Depart from me, ye evildoers;</div><div class="po2">That I may keep the commandments of my God.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-116.htm"><b>116</b></a></span>Uphold me according unto Thy word, that I may live;</div><div class="po2">And put me not to shame in my hope.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-117.htm"><b>117</b></a></span>Support Thou me, and I shall be saved;</div><div class="po2">And I will occupy myself with Thy statutes continually.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-118.htm"><b>118</b></a></span>Thou hast made light of all them that err from Thy statutes;</div><div class="po2">For their deceit is vain.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-119.htm"><b>119</b></a></span>Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross;</div><div class="po2">Therefore I love Thy testimonies.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-120.htm"><b>120</b></a></span>My flesh shuddereth for fear of Thee;</div><div class="po2">And I am afraid of Thy judgments.</div> <div align="center"><p class="acrostic">ע<br>AIN.</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-121.htm"><b>121</b></a></span>I have done justice and righteousness;</div><div class="po2">Leave me not to mine oppressors.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-122.htm"><b>122</b></a></span>Be surety for Thy servant for good;</div><div class="po2">Let not the proud oppress me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-123.htm"><b>123</b></a></span>Mine eyes fail for Thy salvation,</div><div class="po2">And for Thy righteous word.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-124.htm"><b>124</b></a></span>Deal with Thy servant according unto Thy mercy,</div><div class="po2">And teach me Thy statutes.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-125.htm"><b>125</b></a></span>I am Thy servant, give me understanding,</div><div class="po2">That I may know Thy testimonies.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-126.htm"><b>126</b></a></span>It is time for the LORD to work;</div><div class="po2">They have made void Thy law.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-127.htm"><b>127</b></a></span>Therefore I love Thy commandments</div><div class="po2">Above gold, yea, above fine gold.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-128.htm"><b>128</b></a></span>Therefore I esteem all [Thy] precepts concerning all things to be right;</div><div class="po2">Every false way I hate.</div> <div align="center"><p class="acrostic">פ<br>PE.</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-129.htm"><b>129</b></a></span>Thy testimonies are wonderful;</div><div class="po2">Therefore doth my soul keep them.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-130.htm"><b>130</b></a></span>The opening of Thy words giveth light;</div><div class="po2">It giveth understanding unto the simple.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-131.htm"><b>131</b></a></span>I opened wide my mouth, and panted;</div><div class="po2">For I longed for Thy commandments.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-132.htm"><b>132</b></a></span>Turn Thee towards me, and be gracious unto me,</div><div class="po2">As is Thy wont to do unto those that love Thy name.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-133.htm"><b>133</b></a></span>Order my footsteps by Thy word;</div><div class="po2">And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-134.htm"><b>134</b></a></span>Redeem me from the oppression of man,</div><div class="po2">And I will observe Thy precepts.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-135.htm"><b>135</b></a></span>Make Thy face to shine upon Thy servant;</div><div class="po2">And teach me Thy statutes.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-136.htm"><b>136</b></a></span>Mine eyes run down with rivers of water,</div><div class="po2">Because they observe not Thy law.</div> <div align="center"><p class="acrostic">צ<br>TZADE.</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-137.htm"><b>137</b></a></span>Righteous art Thou, O LORD,</div><div class="po2">And upright are Thy judgments.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-138.htm"><b>138</b></a></span>Thou hast commanded Thy testimonies in righteousness</div><div class="po2">And exceeding faithfulness.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-139.htm"><b>139</b></a></span>My zeal hath undone me,</div><div class="po2">Because mine adversaries have forgotten Thy words.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-140.htm"><b>140</b></a></span>Thy word is tried to the uttermost,</div><div class="po2">And Thy servant loveth it.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-141.htm"><b>141</b></a></span>I am small and despised;</div><div class="po2">Yet have I not forgotten Thy precepts.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-142.htm"><b>142</b></a></span>Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,</div><div class="po2">And Thy law is truth.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-143.htm"><b>143</b></a></span>Trouble and anguish have overtaken me;</div><div class="po2">Yet Thy commandments are my delight.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-144.htm"><b>144</b></a></span>Thy testimonies are righteous for ever;</div><div class="po2">Give me understanding, and I shall live.</div> <div align="center"><p class="acrostic">ק<br>KOPH.</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-145.htm"><b>145</b></a></span>I have called with my whole heart; answer me, O LORD;</div><div class="po2">I will keep Thy statutes.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-146.htm"><b>146</b></a></span>I have called Thee, save me,</div><div class="po2">And I will observe Thy testimonies.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-147.htm"><b>147</b></a></span>I rose early at dawn, and cried;</div><div class="po2">I hoped in Thy word.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-148.htm"><b>148</b></a></span>Mine eyes forestalled the night-watches,</div><div class="po2">That I might meditate in Thy word.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-149.htm"><b>149</b></a></span>Hear my voice according unto Thy lovingkindness;</div><div class="po2">Quicken me, O LORD, as Thou art wont.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-150.htm"><b>150</b></a></span>They draw nigh that follow after wickedness;</div><div class="po2">They are far from Thy law.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-151.htm"><b>151</b></a></span>Thou art nigh, O LORD;</div><div class="po2">And all Thy commandments are truth.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-152.htm"><b>152</b></a></span>Of old have I known from Thy testimonies</div><div class="po2">That Thou hast founded them for ever.</div> <div align="center"><p class="acrostic">ר<br>RESH.</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-153.htm"><b>153</b></a></span>O see mine affliction, and rescue me;</div><div class="po2">For I do not forget Thy law.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-154.htm"><b>154</b></a></span>Plead Thou my cause, and redeem me;</div><div class="po2">Quicken me according to Thy word.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-155.htm"><b>155</b></a></span>Salvation is far from the wicked;</div><div class="po2">For they seek not Thy statutes.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-156.htm"><b>156</b></a></span>Great are Thy compassions, O LORD;</div><div class="po2">Quicken me as Thou art wont.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-157.htm"><b>157</b></a></span>Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries;</div><div class="po2">Yet have I not turned aside from Thy testimonies.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-158.htm"><b>158</b></a></span>I beheld them that were faithless, and strove with them;</div><div class="po2">Because they observed not Thy word.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-159.htm"><b>159</b></a></span>O see how I love Thy precepts;</div><div class="po2">Quicken me, O LORD, according to Thy lovingkindness.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-160.htm"><b>160</b></a></span>The beginning of Thy word is truth;</div><div class="po2">And all Thy righteous ordinance endureth for ever.</div> <div align="center"><p class="acrostic">ש<br>SHIN.</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-161.htm"><b>161</b></a></span>Princes have persecuted me without a cause;</div><div class="po2">But my heart standeth in awe of Thy words.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-162.htm"><b>162</b></a></span>I rejoice at Thy word,</div><div class="po2">As one that findeth great spoil.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-163.htm"><b>163</b></a></span>I hate and abhor falsehood;</div><div class="po2">Thy law do I love.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-164.htm"><b>164</b></a></span>Seven times a day do I praise Thee,</div><div class="po2">Because of Thy righteous ordinances.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-165.htm"><b>165</b></a></span>Great peace have they that love Thy law;</div><div class="po2">And there is no stumbling for them.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-166.htm"><b>166</b></a></span>I have hoped for Thy salvation, O LORD,</div><div class="po2">And have done Thy commandments.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-167.htm"><b>167</b></a></span>My soul hath observed Thy testimonies;</div><div class="po2">And I love them exceedingly.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-168.htm"><b>168</b></a></span>I have observed Thy precepts and Thy testimonies;</div><div class="po2">For all my ways are before Thee.</div> <div align="center"><p class="acrostic">ת<br>TAU.</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-169.htm"><b>169</b></a></span>Let my cry come near before Thee, O LORD;</div><div class="po2">Give me understanding according to Thy word.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-170.htm"><b>170</b></a></span>Let my supplication come before Thee;</div><div class="po2">Deliver me according to Thy word.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-171.htm"><b>171</b></a></span>Let my lips utter praise:</div><div class="po2">Because Thou teachest me Thy statutes.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/119-172.htm"><b>172</b></a></span>Let my tongue sing of Thy word;</div><div 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