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Ps 119:1 |
BLESSED (HAPPY, fortunate, to be envied) are the undefiled (the upright, truly sincere, and blameless) in the way [of the revealed will of God], who walk (order their conduct and conversation) in the law of the Lord (the whole of God's revealed will). |
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Ps 119:2 |
Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are they who keep His testimonies, and who seek, inquire for and of Him and crave Him with the whole heart. |
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Ps 119:3 |
Yes, they do no unrighteousness [no willful wandering from His precepts]; they walk in His ways. [I John 3:9; 5:18.] |
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Ps 119:4 |
You have commanded us to keep Your precepts, that we should observe them diligently. |
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Ps 119:5 |
Oh, that my ways were directed and established to observe Your statutes [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]! |
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Ps 119:6 |
Then shall I not be put to shame [by failing to inherit Your promises] when I have respect to all Your commandments. |
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Ps 119:7 |
I will praise and give thanks to You with uprightness of heart when I learn [by sanctified experiences] Your righteous judgments [Your decisions against and punishments for particular lines of thought and conduct]. |
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Ps 119:8 |
I will keep Your statutes; O forsake me not utterly. |
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Ps 119:9 |
How shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed and keeping watch [on himself] according to Your word [conforming his life to it]. |
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Ps 119:10 |
With my whole heart have I sought You, inquiring for and of You and yearning for You; Oh, let me not wander or step aside [either in ignorance or willfully] from Your commandments. [II Chron. 15:15.] |
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Ps 119:11 |
Your word have I laid up in my heart, that I might not sin against You. |
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Ps 119:12 |
Blessed are You, O Lord; teach me Your statutes. |
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Ps 119:13 |
With my lips have I declared and recounted all the ordinances of Your mouth. |
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Ps 119:14 |
I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches. |
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Ps 119:15 |
I will meditate on Your precepts and have respect to Your ways [the paths of life marked out by Your law]. [Ps. 104:34.] |
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Ps 119:16 |
I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word. |
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Ps 119:17 |
Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live; and I will observe Your word [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it]. [Ps. 119:97-101.] |
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Ps 119:18 |
Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Your law. |
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Ps 119:19 |
I am a stranger and a temporary resident on the earth; hide not Your commandments from me. [Gen. 47:9; I Chron. 29:15; Ps. 39:12; II Cor. 5:6; Heb. 11:13.] |
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Ps 119:20 |
My heart is breaking with the longing that it has for Your ordinances and judgments at all times. |
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Ps 119:21 |
You rebuke the proud and arrogant, the accursed ones, who err and wander from Your commandments. |
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Ps 119:22 |
Take away from me reproach and contempt, for I keep Your testimonies. |
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Ps 119:23 |
Princes also sat and talked against me, but Your servant meditated on Your statutes. |
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Ps 119:24 |
Your testimonies also are my delight and my counselors. |
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Ps 119:25 |
My earthly life cleaves to the dust; revive and stimulate me according to Your word! [Ps. 143:11.] |
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Ps 119:26 |
I have declared my ways and opened my griefs to You, and You listened to me; teach me Your statutes. |
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Ps 119:27 |
Make me understand the way of Your precepts; so shall I meditate on and talk of Your wondrous works. [Ps. 145:5, 6.] |
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Ps 119:28 |
My life dissolves and weeps itself away for heaviness; raise me up and strengthen me according to [the promises of] Your word. |
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Ps 119:29 |
Remove from me the way of falsehood and unfaithfulness [to You], and graciously impart Your law to me. |
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Ps 119:30 |
I have chosen the way of truth and faithfulness; Your ordinances have I set before me. |
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Ps 119:31 |
I cleave to Your testimonies; O Lord, put me not to shame! |
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Ps 119:32 |
I will [not merely walk, but] run the way of Your commandments, when You give me a heart that is willing. |
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Ps 119:33 |
Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep it to the end [steadfastly]. |
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Ps 119:34 |
Give me understanding, that I may keep Your law; yes, I will observe it with my whole heart. [Prov. 2:6; James 1:5.] |
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Ps 119:35 |
Make me go in the path of Your commandments, for in them do I delight. |
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Ps 119:36 |
Incline my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetousness (robbery, sensuality, unworthy riches). [Ezek. 33:31; Mark 7:21, 22; I Tim. 6:10; Heb. 13:5.] |
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Ps 119:37 |
Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity (idols and idolatry); and restore me to vigorous life and health in Your ways. |
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Ps 119:38 |
Establish Your word and confirm Your promise to Your servant, which is for those who reverently fear and devotedly worship You. [Deut. 10:12; Ps. 96:9.] |
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Ps 119:39 |
Turn away my reproach which I fear and dread, for Your ordinances are good. |
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Ps 119:40 |
Behold, I long for Your precepts; in Your righteousness give me renewed life. |
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Ps 119:41 |
Let Your mercy and loving-kindness come also to me, O Lord, even Your salvation according to Your promise; |
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Ps 119:42 |
Then shall I have an answer for those who taunt and reproach me, for I lean on, rely on, and trust in Your word. |
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Ps 119:43 |
And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, for I hope in Your ordinances. |
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Ps 119:44 |
I will keep Your law continually, forever and ever [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it]. |
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Ps 119:45 |
And I will walk at liberty and at ease, for I have sought and inquired for [and desperately required] Your precepts. |
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Ps 119:46 |
I will speak of Your testimonies also before kings and will not be put to shame. [Ps. 138:1; Matt. 10:18, 19; Acts 26:1, 2.] |
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Ps 119:47 |
For I will delight myself in Your commandments, which I love. |
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Ps 119:48 |
My hands also will I lift up [in fervent supplication] to Your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on Your statutes. |
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Ps 119:49 |
Remember [fervently] the word and promise to Your servant, in which You have caused me to hope. |
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Ps 119:50 |
This is my comfort and consolation in my affliction: that Your word has revived me and given me life. [Rom. 15:4.] |
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Ps 119:51 |
The proud have had me greatly in derision, yet have I not declined in my interest in or turned aside from Your law. |
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Ps 119:52 |
When I have [earnestly] recalled Your ordinances from of old, O Lord, I have taken comfort. |
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Ps 119:53 |
Burning indignation, terror, and sadness seize upon me because of the wicked, who forsake Your law. |
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Ps 119:54 |
Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. |
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Ps 119:55 |
I have [earnestly] remembered Your name, O Lord, in the night, and I have observed Your law. |
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Ps 119:56 |
This I have had [as the gift of Your grace and as my reward]: that I have kept Your precepts [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. |
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Ps 119:57 |
You are my portion, O Lord; I have promised to keep Your words. |
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Ps 119:58 |
I entreated Your favor with my whole heart; be merciful and gracious to me according to Your promise. |
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Ps 119:59 |
I considered my ways; I turned my feet to [obey] Your testimonies. |
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Ps 119:60 |
I made haste and delayed not to keep Your commandments. |
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Ps 119:61 |
Though the cords of the wicked have enclosed and ensnared me, I have not forgotten Your law. |
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Ps 119:62 |
At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You because of Your righteous ordinances. |
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Ps 119:63 |
I am a companion of all those who fear, revere, and worship You, and of those who observe and give heed to Your precepts. |
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Ps 119:64 |
The earth, O Lord, is full of Your mercy and loving-kindness; teach me Your statutes. |
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Ps 119:65 |
You have dealt well with Your servant, O Lord, according to Your promise. |
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Ps 119:66 |
Teach me good judgment, wise and right discernment, and knowledge, for I have believed (trusted, relied on, and clung to) Your commandments. |
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Ps 119:67 |
Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now Your word do I keep [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it]. |
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Ps 119:68 |
You are good and kind and do good; teach me Your statutes. |
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Ps 119:69 |
The arrogant and godless have put together a lie against me, but I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart. |
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Ps 119:70 |
Their hearts are as fat as grease [their minds are dull and brutal], but I delight in Your law. |
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Ps 119:71 |
It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes. |
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Ps 119:72 |
The law from Your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces. |
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Ps 119:73 |
Your hands have made me, cunningly fashioned and established me; give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments. |
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Ps 119:74 |
Those who reverently and worshipfully fear You will see me and be glad, because I have hoped in Your word and tarried for it. |
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Ps 119:75 |
I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are right and righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me. [Heb. 12:10.] |
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Ps 119:76 |
Let, I pray You, Your merciful kindness and steadfast love be for my comfort, according to Your promise to Your servant. |
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Ps 119:77 |
Let Your tender mercy and loving-kindness come to me that I may live, for Your law is my delight! |
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Ps 119:78 |
Let the proud be put to shame, for they dealt perversely with me without a cause; but I will meditate on Your precepts. |
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Ps 119:79 |
Let those who reverently and worshipfully fear You turn to me, and those who have known Your testimonies. |
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Ps 119:80 |
Let my heart be sound (sincere and wholehearted and blameless) in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame. |
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Ps 119:81 |
My soul languishes and grows faint for Your salvation, but I hope in Your word. |
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Ps 119:82 |
My eyes fail, watching for [the fulfillment of] Your promise. I say, When will You comfort me? |
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Ps 119:83 |
For I have become like a bottle [a wineskin blackened and shriveled] in the smoke [in which it hangs], yet do I not forget Your statutes. |
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Ps 119:84 |
How many are the days of Your servant [which he must endure]? When will You judge those who pursue and persecute me? [Rev. 6:10.] |
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Ps 119:85 |
The godless and arrogant have dug pitfalls for me, men who do not conform to Your law. |
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Ps 119:86 |
All Your commandments are faithful and sure. [The godless] pursue and persecute me with falsehood; help me [Lord]! |
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Ps 119:87 |
They had almost consumed me upon earth, but I forsook not Your precepts. |
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Ps 119:88 |
According to Your steadfast love give life to me; then I will keep the testimony of Your mouth [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it]. |
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Ps 119:89 |
Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven [stands firm as the heavens]. [Ps. 89:2; Matt. 24:34, 35; I Pet. 1:25.] |
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Ps 119:90 |
Your faithfulness is from generation to generation; You have established the earth, and it stands fast. |
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Ps 119:91 |
All [the whole universe] are Your servants; therefore they continue this day according to Your ordinances. [Jer. 33:25.] |
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Ps 119:92 |
Unless Your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. |
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Ps 119:93 |
I will never forget Your precepts, [how can I?] for it is by them You have quickened me (granted me life). |
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Ps 119:94 |
I am Yours, therefore save me [Your own]; for I have sought (inquired of and for) Your precepts and required them [as my urgent need]. [Ps. 42:1.] |
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Ps 119:95 |
The wicked wait for me to destroy me, but I will consider Your testimonies. |
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Ps 119:96 |
I have seen that everything [human] has its limits and end [no matter how extensive, noble, and excellent]; but Your commandment is exceedingly broad and extends without limits [into eternity]. [Rom. 3:10-19.] |
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Ps 119:97 |
Oh, how love I Your law! It is my meditation all the day. [Ps. 1:2.] |
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Ps 119:98 |
You, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies, for [Your words] are ever before me. |
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Ps 119:99 |
I have better understanding and deeper insight than all my teachers, because Your testimonies are my meditation. [II Tim. 3:15.] |
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Ps 119:100 |
I understand more than the aged, because I keep Your precepts [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. |
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Ps 119:101 |
I have restrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep Your word [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it]. [Prov. 1:15.] |
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Ps 119:102 |
I have not turned aside from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me. |
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Ps 119:103 |
How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! [Ps. 19:10; Prov. 8:11.] |
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Ps 119:104 |
Through Your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. |
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Ps 119:105 |
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. [Prov. 6:23.] |
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Ps 119:106 |
I have sworn [an oath] and have confirmed it, that I will keep Your righteous ordinances [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. [Neh. 10:29.] |
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Ps 119:107 |
I am sorely afflicted; renew and quicken me [give me life], O Lord, according to Your word! |
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Ps 119:108 |
Accept, I beseech You, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, and teach me Your ordinances. [Hos. 14:2; Heb. 13:15.] |
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Ps 119:109 |
My life is continually in my hand, yet I do not forget Your law. |
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Ps 119:110 |
The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I do not stray from Your precepts. |
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Ps 119:111 |
Your testimonies have I taken as a heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart. [Deut. 33:4.] |
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Ps 119:112 |
I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes forever, even to the end. |
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Ps 119:113 |
I hate the thoughts of undecided [in religion], double-minded people, but Your law do I love. |
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Ps 119:114 |
You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in Your word. [Ps. 32:7; 91:1.] |
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Ps 119:115 |
Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. [Ps. 6:8; 139:19; Matt. 7:23.] |
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Ps 119:116 |
Uphold me according to Your promise, that I may live; and let me not be put to shame in my hope! [Ps. 25:2; Rom. 5:5; 9:33; 10:11.] |
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Ps 119:117 |
Hold me up, that I may be safe and have regard for Your statutes continually! |
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Ps 119:118 |
You spurn and set at nought all those who stray from Your statutes, for their own lying deceives them and their tricks are in vain. |
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Ps 119:119 |
You put away and count as dross all the wicked of the earth [for there is no true metal in them]; therefore I love Your testimonies. |
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Ps 119:120 |
My flesh trembles and shudders for fear and reverential, worshipful awe of You, and I am afraid and in dread of Your judgments. |
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Ps 119:121 |
I have done justice and righteousness; leave me not to those who would oppress me. |
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Ps 119:122 |
Be surety for Your servant for good [as Judah was surety for the safety of Benjamin]; let not the proud oppress me. [Gen. 43:9.] |
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Ps 119:123 |
My eyes fail, watching for Your salvation and for the fulfillment of Your righteous promise. |
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Ps 119:124 |
Deal with Your servant according to Your mercy and loving-kindness, and teach me Your statutes. |
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Ps 119:125 |
I am Your servant; give me understanding (discernment and comprehension), that I may know (discern and be familiar with the character of) Your testimonies. |
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Ps 119:126 |
It is time for the Lord to act; they have frustrated Your law. |
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Ps 119:127 |
Therefore I love Your commandments more than [resplendent] gold, yes, more than [perfectly] refined gold. |
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Ps 119:128 |
Therefore I esteem as right all, yes, all Your precepts; I hate every false way. |
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Ps 119:129 |
Your testimonies are wonderful [far exceeding anything conceived by man]; therefore my [penitent] self keeps them [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. |
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Ps 119:130 |
The entrance and unfolding of Your words give light; their unfolding gives understanding (discernment and comprehension) to the simple. |
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Ps 119:131 |
I opened my mouth and panted [with eager desire], for I longed for Your commandments. |
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Ps 119:132 |
Look upon me, be merciful unto me, and show me favor, as is Your way to those who love Your name. |
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Ps 119:133 |
Establish my steps and direct them by [means of] Your word; let not any iniquity have dominion over me. |
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Ps 119:134 |
Deliver me from the oppression of man; so will I keep Your precepts [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. [Luke 1:74.] |
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Ps 119:135 |
Make Your face shine [with pleasure] upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes. [Ps. 4:6.] |
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Ps 119:136 |
Streams of water run down my eyes, because men do not keep Your law [they hear it not, nor receive it, love it, or obey it]. |
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Ps 119:137 |
[Rigidly] righteous are You, O Lord, and upright are Your judgments and all expressions of Your will. |
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Ps 119:138 |
You have commanded and appointed Your testimonies in righteousness and in great faithfulness. |
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Ps 119:139 |
My zeal has consumed me and cut me off, because my adversaries have forgotten Your words. |
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Ps 119:140 |
Your word is very pure (tried and well refined); therefore Your servant loves it. |
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Ps 119:141 |
I am small (insignificant) and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts. |
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Ps 119:142 |
Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Your law is truth. [Ps. 19:9; John 17:17.] |
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Ps 119:143 |
Trouble and anguish have found and taken hold on me, yet Your commandments are my delight. |
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Ps 119:144 |
Your righteous testimonies are everlasting and Your decrees are binding to eternity; give me understanding and I shall live [give me discernment and comprehension and I shall not die]. |
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Ps 119:145 |
I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord; I will keep Your statutes [I will hear, receive, love, and obey them]. |
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Ps 119:146 |
I cried to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. |
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Ps 119:147 |
I anticipated the dawning of the morning and cried [in childlike prayer]; I hoped in Your word. |
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Ps 119:148 |
My eyes anticipate the night watches and I am awake before the cry of the watchman, that I may meditate on Your word. |
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Ps 119:149 |
Hear my voice according to Your steadfast love; O Lord, quicken me and give me life according to Your [righteous] decrees. |
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Ps 119:150 |
They draw near who follow after wrong thinking and persecute me with wickedness; they are far from Your law. |
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Ps 119:151 |
You are near, O Lord [nearer to me than my foes], and all Your commandments are truth. |
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Ps 119:152 |
Of old have I known Your testimonies, and for a long time, [therefore it is a thoroughly established conviction] that You have founded them forever. [Luke 21:33.] |
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Ps 119:153 |
Consider my affliction and deliver me, for I do not forget Your law. |
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Ps 119:154 |
Plead my cause and redeem me; revive me and give me life according to Your word. |
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Ps 119:155 |
Salvation is far from the wicked, for they seek not nor hunger for Your statutes. |
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Ps 119:156 |
Great are Your tender mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord; give me life according to Your ordinances. |
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Ps 119:157 |
Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, yet I do not swerve from Your testimonies. |
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Ps 119:158 |
I behold the treacherous and am grieved and loathe them, because they do not respect Your law [neither hearing, receiving, loving, nor obeying it]. |
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Ps 119:159 |
Consider how I love Your precepts; revive me and give life to me, O Lord, according to Your loving-kindness! |
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Ps 119:160 |
The sum of Your word is truth [the total of the full meaning of all Your individual precepts]; and every one of Your righteous decrees endures forever. |
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Ps 119:161 |
Princes pursue and persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of Your words [dreading violation of them far more than the force of prince or potentate]. [I Sam. 24:11, 14; 26:18.] |
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Ps 119:162 |
I rejoice at Your word as one who finds great spoil. |
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Ps 119:163 |
I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law do I love. |
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Ps 119:164 |
Seven times a day and all day long do I praise You because of Your righteous decrees. |
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Ps 119:165 |
Great peace have they who love Your law; nothing shall offend them or make them stumble. [Prov. 3:2; Isa. 32:17.] |
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Ps 119:166 |
I am hoping and waiting [eagerly] for Your salvation, O Lord, and I do Your commandments. [Gen. 49:18.] |
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Ps 119:167 |
Your testimonies have I kept [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]; I love them exceedingly! |
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Ps 119:168 |
I have observed Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are [fully known] before You. |
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Ps 119:169 |
Let my mournful cry and supplication come [near] before You, O Lord; give me understanding (discernment and comprehension) according to Your word [of assurance and promise]. |
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Ps 119:170 |
Let my supplication come before You; deliver me according to Your word! |
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Ps 119:171 |
My lips shall pour forth praise [with thanksgiving and renewed trust] when You teach me Your statutes. |
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Ps 119:172 |
My tongue shall sing [praise for the fulfillment] of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous. |
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Ps 119:173 |
Let Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts. |
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Ps 119:174 |
I have longed for Your salvation, O Lord, and Your law is my delight. |
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Ps 119:175 |
Let me live that I may praise You, and let Your decrees help me. |
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Ps 119:176 |
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek, inquire for, and demand Your servant, for I do not forget Your commandments. [Isa. 53:6; Luke 15:4; I Pet. 2:25.] |
