Psalms 119 (KJV)

Psalms 119

Authorized King James Version (1769) with AI Commentary

1Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.🔗🔍
2Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.🔗🔍
3They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.🔗🔍
4Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.🔗🔍
5O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!🔗🔍
6Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.🔗🔍
7I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.🔗🔍
8I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.🔗🔍
9Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.🔗🔍
10With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.🔗🔍
11Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.🔗🔍
12Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.🔗🔍
13With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.🔗🔍
14I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.🔗🔍
15I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.🔗🔍
16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.🔗🔍
17Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.🔗🔍
18Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.🔗🔍
19I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.🔗🔍
20My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.🔗🔍
21Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.🔗🔍
22Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.🔗🔍
23Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.🔗🔍
24Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.🔗🔍
25My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.🔗🔍
26I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.🔗🔍
27Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.🔗🔍
28My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.🔗🔍
29Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.🔗🔍
30I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.🔗🔍
31I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.🔗🔍
32I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.🔗🔍
33Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.🔗🔍
34Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.🔗🔍
35Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.🔗🔍
36Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.🔗🔍
37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.🔗🔍
38Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.🔗🔍
39Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.🔗🔍
40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.🔗🔍
41Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word.🔗🔍
42So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.🔗🔍
43And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.🔗🔍
44So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.🔗🔍
45And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.🔗🔍
46I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.🔗🔍
47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.🔗🔍
48My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.🔗🔍
49Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.🔗🔍
50This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.🔗🔍
51The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.🔗🔍
52I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.🔗🔍
53Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.🔗🔍
54Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.🔗🔍
55I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.🔗🔍
56This I had, because I kept thy precepts.🔗🔍
57Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.🔗🔍
58I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.🔗🔍
59I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.🔗🔍
60I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.🔗🔍
61The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.🔗🔍
62At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.🔗🔍
63I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.🔗🔍
64The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.🔗🔍
65Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.🔗🔍
66Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.🔗🔍
67Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.🔗🔍
68Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.🔗🔍
69The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.🔗🔍
70Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.🔗🔍
71It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.🔗🔍
72The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.🔗🔍
73Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.🔗🔍
74They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.🔗🔍
75I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.🔗🔍
76Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.🔗🔍
77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.🔗🔍
78Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.🔗🔍
79Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.🔗🔍
80Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.🔗🔍
81My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.🔗🔍
82Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?🔗🔍
83For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.🔗🔍
84How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?🔗🔍
85The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.🔗🔍
86All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.🔗🔍
87They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.🔗🔍
88Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.🔗🔍
89For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.🔗🔍
90Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.🔗🔍
91They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.🔗🔍
92Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.🔗🔍
93I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.🔗🔍
94I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.🔗🔍
95The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.🔗🔍
96I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.🔗🔍
97O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.🔗🔍
98Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.🔗🔍
99I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.🔗🔍
100I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.🔗🔍
101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.🔗🔍
102I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.🔗🔍
103How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!🔗🔍
104Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.🔗🔍
105Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.🔗🔍
106I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.🔗🔍
107I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.🔗🔍
108Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.🔗🔍
109My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.🔗🔍
110The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.🔗🔍
111Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.🔗🔍
112I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.🔗🔍
113I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.🔗🔍
114Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.🔗🔍
115Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.🔗🔍
116Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.🔗🔍
117Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.🔗🔍
118Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.🔗🔍
119Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.🔗🔍
120My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.🔗🔍
121I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.🔗🔍
122Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.🔗🔍
123Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.🔗🔍
124Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.🔗🔍
125I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.🔗🔍
126It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.🔗🔍
127Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.🔗🔍
128Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.🔗🔍
129Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.🔗🔍
130The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.🔗🔍
131I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.🔗🔍
132Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.🔗🔍
133Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.🔗🔍
134Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.🔗🔍
135Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.🔗🔍
136Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.🔗🔍
137Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.🔗🔍
138Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.🔗🔍
139My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.🔗🔍
140Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.🔗🔍
141I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.🔗🔍
142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.🔗🔍
143Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.🔗🔍
144The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.🔗🔍
145I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.🔗🔍
146I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.🔗🔍
147I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.🔗🔍
148Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.🔗🔍
149Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.🔗🔍
150They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.🔗🔍
151Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.🔗🔍
152Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.🔗🔍
153Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.🔗🔍
154Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.🔗🔍
155Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.🔗🔍
156Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.🔗🔍
157Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.🔗🔍
158I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.🔗🔍
159Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.🔗🔍
160Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.🔗🔍
161Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.🔗🔍
162I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.🔗🔍
163I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.🔗🔍
164Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.🔗🔍
165Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.🔗🔍
166LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.🔗🔍
167My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.🔗🔍
168I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.🔗🔍
169Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.🔗🔍
170Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.🔗🔍
171My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.🔗🔍
172My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.🔗🔍
173Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.🔗🔍
174I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.🔗🔍
175Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.🔗🔍
176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.🔗🔍

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