Geneva1599 - Psalms - 119

119:1  ALEPH. Blessed are those that are vpright in their way, and walke in the Lawe of the Lord.

119:2  Blessed are they that keepe his testimonies, and seeke him with their whole heart.

119:3  Surely they woorke none iniquitie, but walke in his waies.

119:4  Thou hast commanded to keepe thy precepts diligently.

119:5  Oh that my waies were directed to keepe thy statutes!

119:6  Then should I not be confounded, when I haue respect vnto all thy commandements.

119:7  I will praise thee with an vpright heart, when I shall learne the iudgements of thy righteousnesse.

119:8  I will keepe thy statutes: forsake mee not ouerlong.

119:9  BETH. Wherewith shall a yong man redresse his waie? in taking heede thereto according to thy woorde.

119:10  With my whole heart haue I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandements.

119:11  I haue hid thy promise in mine heart, that I might not sinne against thee.

119:12  Blessed art thou, O Lord: teache mee thy statutes.

119:13  With my lippes haue I declared all the iudgements of thy mouth.

119:14  I haue had as great delight in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches.

119:15  I will meditate in thy precepts, and consider thy waies.

119:16  I will delite in thy statutes, and I will not forget thy worde.

119:17  GIMEL. Be beneficiall vnto thy seruant, that I may liue and keepe thy woorde.

119:18  Open mine eies, that I may see the wonders of thy Lawe.

119:19  I am a stranger vpon earth: hide not thy commandements from me.

119:20  Mine heart breaketh for the desire to thy iudgements alway.

119:21  Thou hast destroied the proud: cursed are they that doe erre from thy commandements.

119:22  Remoue from mee shame and contempt: for I haue kept thy testimonies.

119:23  Princes also did sit, and speake against me: but thy seruant did meditate in thy statutes.

119:24  Also thy testimonies are my delite, and my counsellers.

119:25  DALETH. My soule cleaueth to the dust: quicken me according to thy worde.

119:26  I haue declared my waies, and thou heardest me: teache me thy statutes.

119:27  Make me to vnderstand ye way of thy precepts, and I will meditate in thy wondrous workes.

119:28  My soule melteth for heauinesse: raise mee vp according vnto thy worde.

119:29  Take from mee the way of lying, and graunt me graciously thy Lawe.

119:30  I haue chosen the way of trueth, and thy iudgements haue I laied before me.

119:31  I haue cleaued to thy testimonies, O Lord: confound me not.

119:32  I will runne the way of thy commandements, when thou shalt enlarge mine heart.

119:33  HE. Teach mee, O Lord, the way of thy statutes, and I will keepe it vnto the ende.

119:34  Giue mee vnderstanding, and I will keepe thy Law: yea, I wil keepe it with my whole heart.

119:35  Direct mee in the path of thy commandements: for therein is my delite.

119:36  Incline mine heart vnto thy testimonies, and not to couetousnesse.

119:37  Turne away mine eies from regarding vanitie, and quicken me in thy way.

119:38  Stablish thy promise to thy seruaunt, because he feareth thee.

119:39  Take away my rebuke that I feare: for thy iudgements are good.

119:40  Beholde, I desire thy commandements: quicken me in thy righteousnesse,

119:41  VAV. And let thy louing kindnesse come vnto me, O Lord, and thy saluation according to thy promise.

119:42  So shall I make answere vnto my blasphemers: for I trust in thy woorde.

119:43  And take not the woorde of trueth vtterly out of my mouth: for I waite for thy iudgements.

119:44  So shall I alway keepe thy Lawe for euer and euer.

119:45  And I will walke at libertie: for I seeke thy precepts.

119:46  I will speake also of thy testimonies before Kings, and will not be ashamed.

119:47  And my delite shalbe in thy commandements, which I haue loued.

119:48  Mine handes also will I lift vp vnto thy commandements, which I haue loued, and I will meditate in thy statutes.

119:49  ZAIN. Remember the promise made to thy seruant, wherein thou hast caused me to trust.

119:50  It is my comfort in my trouble: for thy promise hath quickened me.

119:51  The proude haue had me exceedingly in derision: yet haue I not declined from thy Lawe.

119:52  I remembred thy iudgements of olde, O Lord, and haue bene comforted.

119:53  Feare is come vpon mee for the wicked, that forsake thy Lawe.

119:54  Thy statutes haue beene my songes in the house of my pilgrimage.

119:55  I haue remembred thy Name, O Lord, in the night, and haue kept thy Lawe.

119:56  This I had because I kept thy precepts.

119:57  CHETH. O Lord, that art my portion, I haue determined to keepe thy wordes.

119:58  I made my supplication in thy presence with my whole heart: be mercifull vnto me according to thy promise.

119:59  I haue considered my waies, and turned my feete into thy testimonies.

119:60  I made haste and delaied not to keepe thy commandements.

119:61  The bandes of the wicked haue robbed me: but I haue not forgotten thy Lawe.

119:62  At midnight will I rise to giue thanks vnto thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.

119:63  I am companion of all them that feare thee, and keepe thy precepts.

119:64  The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercie: teache me thy statutes.

119:65  TETH. O Lord, thou hast delt graciously with thy seruant according vnto thy woorde.

119:66  Teach me good iudgement and knowledge: for I haue beleeued thy commandements.

119:67  Before I was afflicted, I went astray: but nowe I keepe thy woorde.

119:68  Thou art good and gracious: teach me thy statutes.

119:69  The proud haue imagined a lie against me: but I wil keepe thy precepts with my whole heart.

119:70  Their heart is fatte as grease: but my delite is in thy Lawe.

119:71  It is good for me that I haue beene afflicted, that I may learne thy statutes.

119:72  The Lawe of thy mouth is better vnto me, then thousands of golde and siluer.

119:73  IOD. Thine hands haue made me and fashioned me: giue mee vnderstanding therefore, that I may learne thy commandements.

119:74  So they that feare thee, seeing mee shall reioyce, because I haue trusted in thy worde.

119:75  I knowe, O Lord, that thy iudgements are right, and that thou hast afflicted me iustly.

119:76  I pray thee that thy mercie may comfort me according to thy promise vnto thy seruant.

119:77  Let thy tender mercies come vnto me, that I may liue: for thy Lawe is my delite.

119:78  Let the proude be ashamed: for they haue dealt wickedly and falsely with me: but I meditate in thy precepts.

119:79  Let such as feare thee turne vnto me, and they that knowe thy testimonies.

119:80  Let mine heart bee vpright in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.

119:81  CAPH. My soule fainteth for thy saluation: yet I waite for thy worde.

119:82  Mine eyes faile for thy promise, saying, when wilt thou comfort me?

119:83  For I am like a bottell in the smoke: yet doe I not forget thy statutes.

119:84  Howe many are the dayes of thy seruant? When wilt thou execute iudgement on them that persecute me?

119:85  The proude haue digged pittes for mee, which is not after thy Lawe.

119:86  All thy commandements are true: they persecute me falsely: helpe me.

119:87  They had almost consumed me vpon the earth: but I forsooke not thy precepts.

119:88  Quicken me according to thy louing kindnes: so shall I keepe the testimony of thy mouth.

119:89  LAMED. O Lord, thy worde endureth for euer in heauen.

119:90  Thy trueth is from generation to generation: thou hast layed the foundation of the earth, and it abideth.

119:91  They continue euen to this day by thine ordinances: for all are thy seruants.

119:92  Except thy Lawe had bene my delite, I should now haue perished in mine affliction.

119:93  I wil neuer forget thy precepts: for by them thou hast quickened me.

119:94  I am thine, saue me: for I haue sought thy precepts.

119:95  The wicked haue waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.

119:96  I haue seene an ende of all perfection: but thy commandement is exceeding large.

119:97  MEM. Oh howe loue I thy Lawe! it is my meditation continually.

119:98  By thy commandements thou hast made mee wiser then mine enemies: for they are euer with mee.

119:99  I haue had more vnderstading then all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

119:100  I vnderstoode more then the ancient, because I kept thy precepts.

119:101  I haue refrained my feete from euery euil way, that I might keepe thy word.

119:102  I haue not declined from thy iudgements: for thou didest teach me.

119:103  Howe sweete are thy promises vnto my mouth! yea, more then hony vnto my mouth.

119:104  By thy precepts I haue gotten vnderstanding: therefore I hate all the wayes of falshoode.

119:105  NUN. Thy worde is a lanterne vnto my feete, and a light vnto my path.

119:106  I haue sworne and will performe it, that I will keepe thy righteous iudgements.

119:107  I am very sore afflicted: O Lord, quicken me according to thy word.

119:108  O Lord, I beseeche thee accept the free offerings of my mouth, and teach mee thy iudgements.

119:109  My soule is continually in mine hande: yet doe I not forget thy Lawe.

119:110  The wicked haue layed a snare for mee: but I swarued not from thy precepts.

119:111  Thy testimonies haue I taken as an heritage for euer: for they are the ioy of mine heart.

119:112  I haue applied mine heart to fulfill thy statutes alway, euen vnto the ende.

119:113  SAMECH. I hate vaine inuentions: but thy Lawe doe I loue.

119:114  Thou art my refuge and shield, and I trust in thy worde.

119:115  Away from mee, yee wicked: for I will keepe the commandements of my God.

119:116  Stablish me according to thy promise, that I may liue, and disappoint me not of mine hope.

119:117  Stay thou mee, and I shall be safe, and I will delite continually in thy statutes.

119:118  Thou hast troden downe all them that depart from thy statutes: for their deceit is vaine.

119:119  Thou hast taken away all ye wicked of the earth like drosse: therefore I loue thy testimonies.

119:120  My flesh trembleth for feare of thee, and I am afraide of thy iudgements.

119:121  AIN. I haue executed iudgement and iustice: leaue me not to mine oppressours.

119:122  Answere for thy seruant in that, which is good, and let not the proude oppresse me.

119:123  Mine eyes haue failed in waiting for thy saluation, and for thy iust promise.

119:124  Deale with thy seruant according to thy mercie, and teache me thy statutes.

119:125  I am thy seruant: graunt mee therefore vnderstanding, that I may knowe thy testimonies.

119:126  It is time for thee Lord to worke: for they haue destroyed thy Lawe.

119:127  Therefore loue I thy commandements aboue golde, yea, aboue most fine golde.

119:128  Therefore I esteeme all thy precepts most iust, and hate all false wayes.

119:129  PE. Thy testimonies are wonderfull: therefore doeth my soule keepe them.

119:130  The entrance into thy wordes sheweth light, and giueth vnderstanding to the simple.

119:131  I opened my mouth and panted, because I loued thy commandements.

119:132  Looke vpon mee and bee mercifull vnto me, as thou vsest to doe vnto those that loue thy Name.

119:133  Direct my steppes in thy worde, and let none iniquitie haue dominion ouer me.

119:134  Deliuer mee from the oppression of men, and I will keepe thy precepts.

119:135  Shew the light of thy countenance vpon thy seruant, and teache me thy statutes.

119:136  Mine eyes gush out with riuers of water, because they keepe not thy Lawe.

119:137  TSADDI. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and iust are thy iudgements.

119:138  Thou hast commanded iustice by thy testimonies and trueth especially.

119:139  My zeale hath euen consumed mee, because mine enemies haue forgotten thy wordes.

119:140  Thy word is prooued most pure, and thy seruant loueth it.

119:141  I am small and despised: yet do I not forget thy precepts.

119:142  Thy righteousnesse is an euerlasting righteousnes, and thy Lawe is trueth.

119:143  Trouble and anguish are come vpon me: yet are thy commandements my delite.

119:144  The righteousnes of thy testimonies is euerlasting: graunt me vnderstanding, and I shall liue.

119:145  KOPH. I haue cried with my whole heart: heare me, O Lord, and I will keepe thy statutes.

119:146  I called vpon thee: saue mee, and I will keepe thy testimonies.

119:147  I preuented the morning light, and cried: for I waited on thy word.

119:148  Mine eyes preuent the night watches to meditate in thy word.

119:149  Heare my voyce according to thy louing kindenesse: O Lord, quicken me according to thy iudgement.

119:150  They drawe neere, that follow after malice, and are farre from thy Lawe.

119:151  Thou art neere, O Lord: for all thy commandements are true.

119:152  I haue knowen long since by thy testimonies, that thou hast established them for euer.

119:153  RESH. Beholde mine affliction, and deliuer mee: for I haue not forgotten thy Lawe.

119:154  Pleade my cause, and deliuer me: quicken me according vnto thy word.

119:155  Saluation is farre from the wicked, because they seeke not thy statutes.

119:156  Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to thy iudgements.

119:157  My persecutours and mine oppressours are many: yet doe I not swarue from thy testimonies.

119:158  I saw the transgressours and was grieued, because they kept not thy worde.

119:159  Consider, O Lord, how I loue thy preceptes: quicken mee according to thy louing kindenesse.

119:160  The beginning of thy worde is trueth, and all the iudgements of thy righteousnesse endure for euer.

119:161  SCHIN. Princes haue persecuted mee without cause, but mine heart stood in awe of thy wordes.

119:162  I reioyce at thy worde, as one that findeth a great spoyle.

119:163  I hate falshoode and abhorre it, but thy Lawe doe I loue.

119:164  Seuen times a day doe I praise thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.

119:165  They that loue thy Law, shall haue great prosperitie, and they shall haue none hurt.

119:166  Lord, I haue trusted in thy saluation, and haue done thy commandements.

119:167  My soule hath kept thy testimonies: for I loue them exceedingly.

119:168  I haue kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my wayes are before thee.

119:169  TAV. Let my complaint come before thee, O Lord, and giue me vnderstanding, according vnto thy worde.

119:170  Let my supplication come before thee, and deliuer me according to thy promise.

119:171  My lippes shall speake praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

119:172  My tongue shall intreate of thy word: for all thy commandements are righteous.

119:173  Let thine hand helpe me: for I haue chosen thy precepts.

119:174  I haue longed for thy saluation, O Lord, and thy Lawe is my delite.

119:175  Let my soule liue, and it shall praise thee, and thy iudgements shall helpe me.

119:176  I haue gone astraye like a lost sheepe: seeke thy seruant, for I doe not forget thy commandements.