119:1 Happy are the people who walk with integrity, who live according to the teachings of the Eternal.
119:2 Happy are the people who keep His decrees, who pursue Him wholeheartedly.
119:3 These are people who do nothing wrong; they do what it takes to follow His ways.
119:4 You have given us Your precepts so we would be careful about keeping them.
119:5 Oh, that every part of my life would remain in line with what You require!
119:6 Then I would feel no shame when I fix my eyes upon Your commands.
119:7 With a pure heart, I will give thanks to You when I hear about Your just and fair rulings.
119:8 I will live within Your limits; do not abandon me completely!
119:9 How can a young person remain pure? Only by living according to Your word.
119:10 I have pursued You with my whole heart; do not let me stray from Your commands.
119:11 Deep within me I have hidden Your word so that I will never sin against You.
119:12 You are blessed, O Eternal One; instruct me in what You require.
119:13 My lips have told how You have delivered all Your wise rulings.
119:14 I have celebrated Your testimonies as though rejoicing over an immeasurable fortune.
119:15 I will fix my mind on Your instructions and my eyes on Your path.
119:16 I will find joy in Your ordinances; I will remember Your word forever.
119:17 Treat Your servant well, Lord, so that I may live and remain faithful to Your word.
119:18 Let me see clearly so that I may take in the amazing things coming from Your law.
119:19 I am a sojourner in the world; do not keep Your commands hidden from me.
119:20 My soul aches from craving Your wise rulings day and night.
119:21 You rebuke those who are proud, and those who stray from Your commands are cursed.
119:22 Free me from the contempt and disdain of others because I keep Your decrees.
119:23 Even though powerful princes conspire against me, I fix my mind on what You require.
119:24 Yes, Your testimonies are my joy; they are like the friends I seek for counsel.
119:25 My very being clings to the dust; preserve my life, in keeping with Your word.
119:26 I have admitted my ways are wrong, and You responded; now help me learn what You require.
119:27 Compel me to grasp the way of Your statutes so I will fix my mind on Your wonderful works.
119:28 My soul weeps, and trouble weighs me down; give me strength so I can stand according to Your word.
119:29 Eliminate faithlessness You find in my step, be gracious, and give me Your guidance.
119:30 I have decided to take the path of faith; I have focused my eyes on Your regulations.
119:31 I cling to Your decrees; O Eternal One, do not let me face disgrace!
119:32 I will chase after Your commandments because You will expand my understanding.
119:33 O Eternal One, show me how to live according to Your statutes, and I will keep them always.
119:34 Grant me understanding so that I can keep Your law and keep it wholeheartedly.
119:35 Guide me to walk in the way You commanded because I take joy in it.
119:36 Turn my head and my heart to Your decrees and not to sinful gain.
119:37 Keep my eyes from gazing upon worthless things, and give me true life according to Your plans.
119:38 Verify Your word to Your servant, which will lead me to worship You.
119:39 Take away the scorn that I dread because Your actions are just and good.
119:40 Look and see—I long for Your guidance; restore me in Your righteousness.
119:41 May Your unfailing love find me, O Eternal One. Keep Your promise, and save me;
119:42 When that happens, I will have a good response for anyone who taunts me because I have faith in Your word.
119:43 Do not take Your message of truth from my mouth because I wait and rely on Your just decisions.
119:44 Therefore I will follow Your teachings, forever and ever.
119:45 And I will live a life of freedom because I pursue Your precepts.
119:46 I will even testify of Your decrees before royalty and will not be humiliated.
119:47 I will find my joy in Your commands, which I love,
119:48 And I will raise my hands to Your commands, which I love, and I will fix my mind on what You require.
119:49 Do not forget Your promise to Your servant; through it You have given me hope.
119:50 This brings me solace in the midst of my troubles: that Your word has revived me.
119:51 Those who are proud cruelly ridicule me, but I keep to the steady path of Your teachings.
119:52 I have considered Your ancient rulings, O Eternal One, and their memory brings me comfort.
119:53 Burning anger rises in me, has me in its grip because the unrighteous abandon Your teachings.
119:54 As I journey through this life, Your statutes are my song.
119:55 O Eternal One, through the night, I stop to recall Your name. That’s how I live according to Your teachings.
119:56 This has become my practice: to keep Your ordinances.
119:57 The Eternal One is mine. He’s all I need. I have promised to keep Your words.
119:58 I sought Your blessing wholeheartedly. Show grace to me as You promised.
119:59 I carefully charted out my paths to align my steps with Your decrees.
119:60 I did not procrastinate and hurried to follow Your commands.
119:61 The wicked have entangled me in their nets, but I have not forgotten Your teaching.
119:62 In the middle of the night, I wake to thank You because Your rulings are just and right.
119:63 I am a friend of anyone who fears You and of those who follow Your precepts.
119:64 The earth is filled with Your unfailing love, O Eternal One; teach me to observe what You require.
119:65 You have handled Your servant well, O Eternal One, as You promised.
119:66 Help me to learn good judgment and knowledge because I believe Your commandments.
119:67 Before I had trouble, I strayed from the true path, the path of righteousness, but now I live according to Your word.
119:68 You are truly good, and Your acts are too; teach me what You require.
119:69 The proud smear me with their lies; I will keep Your instructions wholeheartedly.
119:70 Their hearts are dull and callous; I am delighted to study Your teaching.
119:71 It is a good thing that I was humbled because it helped me learn Your limits.
119:72 Your teachings are more valuable to me than a fortune in gold and silver.
119:73 Your strong hands formed me and established me; give me understanding so I can learn Your commands.
119:74 Let those who fear You see me and rejoice because I hope in Your word.
119:75 I know, O Eternal One, Your rulings are right, and when You humbled me, You did so out of faithfulness.
119:76 Now let Your unfailing love be my comfort, in keeping with Your promise to Your servant.
119:77 Shower me with Your compassion so that I may live because I find great joy in Your law.
119:78 Let the proud be humiliated, for they sabotage me with a lie; still I will fix my mind on Your directives.
119:79 Let those who fear You and know Your testimonies come back and find me.
119:80 Let my heart be whole, my record according to what You require so that I will not be humiliated.
119:81 My soul is exhausted awaiting Your rescue yet I keep hoping in Your word.
119:82 My eyes are strained as I look for what You promised, saying, “When will You come to comfort me?”
119:83 Even though I have shriveled up like a wineskin left in the smoke, I still remember what You require.
119:84 How long must Your servant wait? When will You carry out justice and punish those who persecute me?
119:85 Those proud souls do not live according to Your commands, and they have dug pits to entrap me.
119:86 Indeed, all Your commands are trustworthy, but my enemies have harassed me with their lies; help me!
119:87 They have nearly ended my life on earth, but as for me, I never abandoned Your statutes.
119:88 According to Your unfailing love, spare my life so that I can live according to the decrees of Your mouth.
119:89 Forever, O Eternal One, Your word stands in heaven, firm and resolute.
119:90 Your faithfulness endures to every generation; You founded the earth, and it remains.
119:91 Everything remains today in keeping with Your laws, for all things exist to serve You.
119:92 If I had not found joy in Your guidance, then I would have died from my misery.
119:93 I will never forget Your precepts, for through them You have given me life.
119:94 I belong to You, Lord; save me because I have taken care to live by Your principles.
119:95 The wicked lie in wait, anxious to kill me; I will set my mind on Your statutes.
119:96 I have seen the limit of all perfection, but Your commands are all-encompassing.
119:97 Oh, how I love Your law! I fix my mind on it all day long.
119:98 Your commands make me wiser than my enemies because they are always with me.
119:99 I have more discernment than all my teachers because I study and meditate on Your testimonies.
119:100 I comprehend more than those who are my elders because I have kept Your precepts.
119:101 I have kept my feet from walking the paths of evil so that I may live according to Your word.
119:102 I have not neglected Your lessons, for You, God, have been my teacher.
119:103 Your words are sweet to my taste! Yes, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth!
119:104 I gain understanding from Your instructions; that’s why I hate every deceitful path.
119:105 Your word is a lamp for my steps; it lights the path before me.
119:106 I have taken an oath and confirmed it: I pledge to do what You say is right and just.
119:107 I have suffered terribly, O Eternal One; give me the life You promised.
119:108 Please accept the words I offer willingly, O Eternal One, and instruct me in the ways of Your justice.
119:109 My soul is continually in danger, but I do not forget Your teachings.
119:110 The wicked have laid a trap for me, but I have not drifted away from Your instructions.
119:111 Your decrees are forever mine, for they bring joy to my life.
119:112 I have committed myself to do what You require forever and ever, to the very end.
119:113 I despise those who waver back and forth, but I love Your teachings.
119:114 You are my hiding place and my shield of protection; I hope in Your word.
119:115 Away from me, reprobates! I am committed to observing the commands of my God.
119:116 Support me in keeping with Your promise, O God, so that I may live; do not let my hope turn into shame.
119:117 Help me so that I will be safe, and I will respect Your laws continually.
119:118 You have rejected all those who stray from Your commands because their fraudulent lifestyles are cunning and empty.
119:119 You have discarded all the wicked from the land, skimmed them off like dross; that’s why I love Your testimonies.
119:120 My body shakes because of my fear of You, and I am in awe of Your wise rulings.
119:121 I have lived with fairness and integrity; do not leave me at the mercy of my tormenters.
119:122 Provide security and protection for Your servant’s welfare; do not let the proud oppress me.
119:123 My eyes are strained as I look for Your salvation and for Your righteous promise to be fulfilled.
119:124 Treat Your servant in a manner that shows Your unfailing love, and help me to learn Your decrees.
119:125 I am Your servant; impart to me understanding so that I may fully grasp the depths of Your statutes.
119:126 It is time for the Eternal to step in and do something because some have broken Your law.
119:127 Indeed, I love Your commands more than gold, even more than the highest quality gold.
119:128 It’s true that I regard all Your guidance to be correct and good; I despise every deceptive path.
119:129 Your decrees inspire wonder; because of that, my soul desires to keep them.
119:130 When Your words are unveiled, light shines forth; they bring understanding to the simple.
119:131 My desire for Your commands left me waiting, open-mouthed and panting.
119:132 Acknowledge me and show me Your grace as is Your habit toward all those who love Your name.
119:133 Guide my steps in the ways of Your word, and do not let any sin control me.
119:134 Rescue me from the torment of my human oppressors so that I may live according Your decrees.
119:135 Let Your face shine upon Your servant, and help me to learn what You require.
119:136 My eyes shed rivers of tears whenever people fail to keep Your teaching.
119:137 You are good and just, O Eternal One, and Your rulings are right.
119:138 You have set out Your decrees in justice, and they can be trusted.
119:139 I am overwhelmed by my passion because my enemies have forgotten Your words.
119:140 Your promise is tested and true; that’s why Your servant loves it.
119:141 I may be insignificant to some and hated by others, but at least I do not forget Your precepts.
119:142 Your righteousness will last forever, and Your law is truth.
119:143 Trouble and distress have overtaken me, but Your commandments bring me great joy.
119:144 Your decrees are right and true forever; grant me understanding so that I may live.
119:145 I called to You wholeheartedly: “Answer me, O Eternal One!” I will respect, I will follow Your statutes.
119:146 I cried out to You: “Rescue me, and I will live according to Your decrees.”
119:147 I wake before the dawn and call for help; I hope in Your words.
119:148 My eyes do not shut before each watch of the night so that I can fix my mind on Your word.
119:149 Listen to my voice, in keeping with Your unfailing love. Preserve my life, O Eternal One, according to Your just rulings.
119:150 Those who wish me harm are moving closer to me; they are far away from Your teaching.
119:151 But You are near me, O Eternal One, and all You have commanded is true.
119:152 I learned a long time ago that You established Your decrees to last forever.
119:153 Give attention to my misery and rescue me because I have not forgotten Your teaching.
119:154 Fight for me, and set me free; give me life in keeping with Your promise.
119:155 Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not live in pursuit of Your precepts.
119:156 Your mercies are tender and great, O Eternal One; grant me life in keeping with Your ordinances.
119:157 I have many oppressors and foes; still I do not swerve from Your decrees.
119:158 I observe the faithless and detest them because they turn away from Your word.
119:159 Reflect, O God, on how I love Your precepts; give me life, O Eternal One, in keeping with Your unfailing love.
119:160 The entirety of Your word is truth, and every one of Your right rulings will surely last forever.
119:161 Princes persecute me without reason, but my heart remains true and is awed by Your words.
119:162 I celebrate because of Your promise, like someone who discovers great treasure.
119:163 I despise and abhor lies, but I love Your law.
119:164 Seven times every day I praise You because of Your right rulings.
119:165 Those who love Your law have an abundance of peace, and nothing along their paths can cause them to stumble.
119:166 I wait for Your salvation, O Eternal One, and I live out Your commands.
119:167 My soul is faithful to Your decrees, and my love for them is extraordinary.
119:168 I live according to Your precepts and decrees because everything I do is right before Your eyes.
119:169 Let my cry come before You, O Eternal One. Grant me understanding in keeping with Your word.
119:170 Let my plea come before You; liberate me in keeping with Your word.
119:171 Praise will pour from my lips because You help me learn what You require.
119:172 My tongue will sing of Your word because every command of Yours is right.
119:173 Let Your hand be poised to help me because I have chosen to live by Your precepts.
119:174 I long for Your salvation, O Eternal One. Meanwhile, Your teaching brings me great joy.
119:175 Let my soul live on so that I may praise You, and let Your precepts guide me.
119:176 I have wandered down the wrong path like a lost sheep; come find me, Your servant, because I do not forget Your commands.
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