Noyes - Psalms - 119

119:1  Happy are they who are upright in their way, Who walk in the law of the LORD!

119:2  Happy are they who observe his ordinances, And seek him with their whole heart;

119:3  Who also do no iniquity, But walk in his ways!

119:4  Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.

119:5  O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

119:6  Then shall I not be put to shame, When I have respect to all thy commandments.

119:7  I will praise thee in uprightness of heart, When I shall have learned thy righteous laws.

119:8  I will keep thy statutes; Do not utterly forsake me!

119:9  How shall a young man keep his way pure? By taking heed to it according to thy word.

119:10  With my whole heart have I sought thee; O let me not wander from thy commandments!

119:11  Thy word have I hid in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.

119:12  Blessed be thou, O LORD! O teach me thy statutes!

119:13  With my lips do I declare All the precepts of thy mouth.

119:14  In the way of thine ordinances I rejoice As much as in all riches.

119:15  I meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.

119:16  I delight myself in thy statutes; I do not forget thy word.

119:17  Deal kindly with thy servant, that I may live, And have regard to thy word!

119:18  Open thou mine eyes, That I may behold wondrous things out of thy law!

119:19  I am a stranger in the earth; O hide not thy precepts from me!

119:20  My soul breaketh within me, On account of longing for thy judgments at all times.

119:21  Thou rebukest the proud, the accursed, Who wander from thy commandments.

119:22  Remove from me reproach and contempt, For I have kept thine ordinances!

119:23  Princes sit and speak against me, But thy servant meditateth on thy statutes.

119:24  Thine ordinances are my delight; Yea, they are my counsellors.

119:25  My soul cleaveth to the dust; O revive me, according to thy word!

119:26  I have declared my ways, and thou hast heard me; Teach me thy statutes!

119:27  Make me to understand the way of thy precepts! So will I meditate upon thy wonders.

119:28  My soul weepeth for trouble; O lift me up according to thy promise!

119:29  Remove from me the way of falsehood, And graciously grant me thy law!

119:30  I have chosen the way of truth, And set thy statutes before me.

119:31  I cleave to thine ordinances; O LORD! let me not be put to shame!

119:32  I will run in the way of thy commandments, When thou shalt enlarge my heart.

119:33  Teach me, O LORD! the way of thy statutes, That I may keep it to the end!

119:34  Give me understanding, that I may keep thy law; That I may observe it with my whole heart!

119:35  Cause me to tread in the path of thy commandments, For in it I have my delight.

119:36  Incline my heart to thine ordinances, And not to the love of gain!

119:37  Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy law!

119:38  Fulfill to thy servant thy promise, Which thou hast made to him who feareth thee!

119:39  Turn away the reproach which I fear; For thy judgments are good.

119:40  Behold, I have longed for thy precepts; O quicken thou me in thy righteousness!

119:41  Let thy mercies come to me, O LORD! And thy help according to thy promise!

119:42  So shall I be able to answer him that reproacheth me; For I trust in thy promise.

119:43  O take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth! For I trust in thy judgments.

119:44  So shall I keep thy law continually, For ever and ever.

119:45  I shall walk in a wide path; For I seek thy precepts.

119:46  I will speak of thine ordinances before kings, And will not be ashamed.

119:47  I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I love;

119:48  I will lift up my hands to thy precepts, which I love; I will meditate on thy statutes.

119:49  Remember thy promise to thy servant, Because thou hast caused me to hope!

119:50  This is my comfort in my affliction; For thy promise reviveth me.

119:51  The proud have had me greatly in derision; Yet have I not swerved from thy law.

119:52  I remember thy judgments of old, O LORD! And I comfort myself.

119:53  Indignation burneth within me, On account of the wicked who forsake thy law.

119:54  Thy statutes have been my song In the house of my pilgrimage.

119:55  In the night, O LORD! I think of thy name, And keep thy law!

119:56  This have I as my own, That I keep thy precepts.

119:57  Thou art my portion, O LORD! I have resolved that I will keep thy precepts.

119:58  I have sought thy favor with my whole heart; Be gracious unto me according to thy promise!

119:59  I think on my ways, And turn my feet to thy statutes;

119:60  I make haste, and delay not, To keep thy commandments.

119:61  The snares of the wicked surround me; Yet do I not forget thy law.

119:62  At midnight I rise to give thanks to thee On account of thy righteous judgments.

119:63  I am the companion of all who fear thee, And who obey thy precepts.

119:64  The earth, O LORD! is full of thy goodness; O teach me thy statutes!

119:65  Thou dost bless thy servant, O LORD! According to thy promise!

119:66  Teach me sound judgment and knowledge! For I have faith in thy commandments.

119:67  Before I was afflicted, I went astray; But now I keep thy word.

119:68  Thou art good and doest good; O teach me thy statutes!

119:69  The proud forge lies against me, But I keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

119:70  Their heart is senseless like fat; But I delight in thy law.

119:71  It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn thy statutes.

119:72  The law of thy mouth is better to me Than thousands of gold and silver.

119:73  Thy hands have made and fashioned me; Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments!

119:74  They who fear thee shall see me and rejoice, Because I trust in thy word.

119:75  I know, O LORD! that thy judgments are right, And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.

119:76  O let thy loving-kindness be my comfort, According to thy promise to thy servant!

119:77  Let thy tender mercies come to me, that I may live! For thy law is my delight.

119:78  May the proud be put to shame, who wrong me without cause! But I will meditate on thy precepts.

119:79  Let those who fear thee turn unto me, And they that know thine ordinances!

119:80  May my heart be perfect in thy statutes, That I may not be put to shame!

119:81  My soul fainteth for thy salvation; In thy promise do I trust.

119:82  Mine eyes fail with looking for thy promise; When. say I, wilt thou comfort me?

119:83  Yea, I am become like a bottle in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.

119:84  How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou execute judgment upon my persecutors?

119:85  The proud have digged pits for me; They who do not regard thy law.

119:86  All thy commandments are faithful; They persecute me without cause; help thou me!

119:87  They had almost consumed me from the earth; But I forsook not thy precepts.

119:88  Quicken me according to thy loving-kindness, That I may keep the law of thy mouth!

119:89  Thy word, O LORD! abideth for ever, Being established like the heavens;

119:90  Thy faithfulness endureth to all generations. Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.

119:91  They continue to this day according to their ordinances; For they are all subject to thee.

119:92  Had not thy law been my delight, I should have perished in my affliction.

119:93  I will never forget thy precepts; For by them thou revivest me.

119:94  I am thine, help me! For I seek thy precepts.

119:95  The wicked lie in wait to destroy me; But I will have regard to thine ordinances.

119:96  I have seen an end of all perfection; But thy law is exceeding broad.

119:97  O how I love thy law! It is my daily meditation.

119:98  Thou hast made me wiser than my enemies by thy precepts; For they are ever before me.

119:99  I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thine ordinances are my meditation.

119:100  I have more wisdom than the ancients, Because I keep thy precepts.

119:101  I have restrained my feet from every evil way, That I might keep thy word.

119:102  I depart not from thy statutes, For thou teachest me!

119:103  How sweet are thy words to my taste; Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

119:104  From thy precepts I learn wisdom; Therefore do I hate every false way.

119:105  Thy word is a lamp to my feet, And a light to my path.

119:106  I have sworn, and I will perform it, That I will keep thy righteous statutes.

119:107  I am exceedingly afflicted; Revive me, O LORD! according to thy word!

119:108  Accept, O LORD! the free-will offering of my mouth, And teach me thy statutes!

119:109  My life is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law.

119:110  The wicked lay snares for me, Yet do I not go astray from thy precepts.

119:111  I have made thine ordinances my possession for ever; For they are the joy of my heart.

119:112  I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes, Always,—even to the end.

119:113  I hate impious men, And thy law I do love.

119:114  Thou art my hiding-place and my shield; In thy word I put my trust!

119:115  Depart from me, ye evil-doers! For I will keep the commandments of my God.

119:116  Uphold me according to thy promise, that I may live; And let me not be ashamed of my hope!

119:117  Do thou hold me up, and I shall be safe, And I will have respect to thy statutes continually!

119:118  Thou castest off all who depart from thy laws; For their deceit is vain.

119:119  Thou throwest away all the wicked of the earth, like dross; Therefore I love thine ordinances.

119:120  My flesh trembleth through fear of thee, And I am afraid of thy judgments.

119:121  I have done justice and equity; O leave me not to mine oppressors.

119:122  Be surety for thy servant for good; Let not the proud oppress me!

119:123  Mine eyes fail with looking for thy help, And for thy righteous promise.

119:124  Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy, And teach me thy statutes!

119:125  I am thy servant; give me understanding, That I may know thine ordinances!

119:126  It is time for thee, O LORD! to act; For men have made void thy law.

119:127  Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; Yea, above fine gold.

119:128  Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; I hate every false way.

119:129  Wonderful are thine ordinances; Therefore do I observe them.

119:130  The communication of thy precepts giveth light; It giveth understanding to the simple.

119:131  I open my mouth and pant: For I long for thy commandments.

119:132  Look thou upon me, and be gracious to me, As is just to those who love thy name!

119:133  Establish my footsteps in thy word, And let no iniquity have dominion over me!

119:134  Redeem me from the oppression of men, So will I keep thy precepts!

119:135  Let thy face shine on thy servant, And teach me thy statutes!

119:136  Rivers of water run down mine eyes, Because men keep not thy law.

119:137  Righteous art thou, O LORD! And just are thy judgments!

119:138  Just are the ordinances which thou hast ordained, And altogether righteous.

119:139  My zeal consumeth me, Because my enemies forget thy word.

119:140  Thy word is very pure, Therefore thy servant loveth it.

119:141  Of mean condition am I, and despised; Yet do I not forget thy precepts.

119:142  Thy righteousness is everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.

119:143  Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me, But thy laws are my delight.

119:144  The justice of thine ordinances is everlasting; Give me understanding, and I shall live!

119:145  I cry to thee with my whole heart; Hear me, O LORD! that I may keep thy statutes.

119:146  I cry unto thee; save me, And I will observe thine ordinances.

119:147  I come before the dawn with my prayer; I trust in thy promise!

119:148  My eyes anticipate the night-watches, That I may meditate upon thy promise.

119:149  Hear my voice according to thy loving-kindness; O LORD! revive me according to thy mercy!

119:150  Near are they whose aim is mischief; They are far from thy law;

119:151  Yet thou art near, O LORD! And all thy commandments are truth!

119:152  Long have I known concerning thine ordinances, That thou hast founded them for ever.

119:153  Look upon my affliction, and deliver me! For I do not forget thy law.

119:154  Maintain my cause, and redeem me; Revive me according to thy promise!

119:155  Salvation is far from the wicked, Because they seek not thy statutes.

119:156  Great is thy compassion, O LORD! Revive thou me according to thine equity!

119:157  Many are my persecutors and my enemies, Yet do I not depart from thine ordinances.

119:158  I behold the transgressors, and am grieved Because they regard not thy word.

119:159  Behold, how I love thy precepts! O LORD! revive me according to thy loving-kindness!

119:160  The whole of thy word is truth, And all thy righteous judgments endure for ever.

119:161  Princes have persecuted me without cause; But my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

119:162  I rejoice in thy word, As one that hath found great spoil.

119:163  I hate and abhor lying, And thy law do I love.

119:164  Seven times a day do I praise thee On account of thy righteous judgments.

119:165  Great peace have they who love thy law, And no evil shall befall them.

119:166  O LORD! I wait for thy salvation, And keep thy commandments!

119:167  My soul observeth thine ordinances, And loveth them exceedingly.

119:168  I keep thy precepts and thine ordinances; For all my ways are before thee.

119:169  Let my prayer come near before thee, O LORD! According to thy promise, give me understanding!

119:170  Let my supplication come before thee; O deliver me according to thy promise!

119:171  My lips shall pour forth praise; For thou teachest me thy statutes.

119:172  My tongue shall sing of thy word; For all thy commandments are right.

119:173  Let thy hand be my help; For I have chosen thy precepts!

119:174  I long for thy salvation, O LORD! And thy law is my delight!

119:175  Let me live, and I will praise thee; Let thy judgments help me!

119:176  I wander like a lost sheep; seek thy servant, For I do not forget thy commandments!