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