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Psalm 119 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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Meditations and Prayers Relating to the Law of God.

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[fn]Aleph.

How blessed and favored by God are those whose way is blameless [those with personal integrity, the upright, the guileless],

Who walk in the law [and who are guided by the precepts and revealed will] of the LORD.

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Blessed and favored by God are those who keep His testimonies,

And who [consistently] seek Him and long for Him with all their heart.

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They do no unrighteousness;

They walk in His ways.

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You have ordained Your precepts,

That we should follow them with [careful] diligence.

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Oh, that my ways may be established

To observe and keep Your statutes [obediently accepting and honoring them]!

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Then I will not be ashamed

When I look [with respect] to all Your commandments [as my guide].

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I will give thanks to You with an upright heart,

When I learn [through discipline] Your righteous judgments [for my transgressions].

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I shall keep Your statutes;

Do not utterly abandon me [when I fail].

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Beth.

How can a young man keep his way pure?

By keeping watch [on himself] according to Your word [conforming his life to Your precepts].

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With all my heart I have sought You, [inquiring of You and longing for You];

Do not let me wander from Your commandments [neither through ignorance nor by willful disobedience].

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Your word I have treasured and stored in my heart,

That I may not sin against You.

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Blessed and reverently praised are You, O LORD;

Teach me Your statutes.

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With my lips I have told of

All the ordinances of Your mouth.

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I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies,

As much as in all riches.

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I will meditate on Your precepts

And [thoughtfully] regard Your ways [the path of life established by Your precepts].

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I will delight in Your statutes;

I will not forget Your word.

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Gimel.

Deal bountifully with Your servant,

That I may live and keep Your word [treasuring it and being guided by it day by day].

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Open my eyes [to spiritual truth] so that I may behold

Wonderful things from Your law.

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I am a stranger on the earth;

Do not hide Your commandments from me.

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My soul is crushed with longing

For Your ordinances at all times.

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You rebuke the presumptuous and arrogant, the cursed ones,

Who wander from Your commandments.

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Take reproach and contempt away from me,

For I observe Your testimonies.

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Even though princes sit and talk to one another against me,

Your servant meditates on Your statutes.

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Your testimonies also are my delight

And my counselors.

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Daleth.

My earthly life clings to the dust;

Revive and refresh me according to Your word.

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I have told of my ways, and You have answered me;

Teach me Your statutes.

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Make me understand the way of Your precepts,

So that I will meditate (focus my thoughts) on Your wonderful works.

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My soul dissolves because of grief;

Renew and strengthen me according to [the promises of] Your word.

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Remove from me the way of falsehood and unfaithfulness,

And graciously grant me Your law.

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I have chosen the faithful way;

I have placed Your ordinances before me.

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I cling tightly to Your testimonies;

O LORD, do not put me to shame!

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I will run the way of Your commandments [with purpose],

For You will give me a heart that is willing.

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He.

Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes,

And I will [steadfastly] observe it to the end.

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Give me understanding [a teachable heart and the ability to learn], that I may keep Your law;

And observe it with all my heart.

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Make me walk in the path of Your commandments,

For I delight in it.

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Incline my heart to Your testimonies

And not to dishonest gain and envy.

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Turn my eyes away from vanity [all those worldly, meaningless things that distract—let Your priorities be mine],

And restore me [with renewed energy] in Your ways.

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Establish Your word and confirm Your promise to Your servant,

As that which produces [awe-inspired] reverence for You.

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Turn away my reproach which I dread,

For Your ordinances are good.

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I long for Your precepts;

Renew me through Your righteousness.

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Vav.

May Your lovingkindness also come to me, O LORD,

Your salvation according to Your promise;

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So I will have an answer for the one who taunts me,

For I trust [completely] in Your word [and its reliability].

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And do not take the word of truth utterly out of my mouth,

For I wait for Your ordinances.

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I will keep Your law continually,

Forever and ever [writing Your precepts on my heart].

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And I will walk at liberty,

For I seek and deeply long for Your precepts.

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I will also speak of Your testimonies before kings

And shall not be ashamed.

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For I shall delight in Your commandments,

Which I love.

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And I shall lift up my hands to Your commandments,

Which I love;

And I will meditate on Your statutes.

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Zayin.

Remember [always] the word and promise to Your servant,

In which You have made me hope.

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This is my comfort in my affliction,

That Your word has revived me and given me life.

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The arrogant utterly ridicule me,

Yet I do not turn away from Your law.

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I have remembered [carefully] Your ancient ordinances, O LORD,

And I have taken comfort.

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Burning indignation has seized me because of the wicked,

Who [fn]reject Your law.

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Your statutes are my songs

In the house of my pilgrimage.

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O LORD, I remember Your name in the night,

And keep Your law.

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This has become mine [as the gift of Your grace],

That I observe Your precepts [accepting them with loving obedience].

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Heth.

The LORD is my portion;

I have promised to keep Your words.

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I sought Your favor with all my heart;

Be merciful and gracious to me according to Your promise.

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I considered my ways

And turned my feet to [follow and obey] Your testimonies.

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I hurried and did not delay

To keep Your commandments.

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The cords of the wicked have encircled and ensnared me,

But I have not forgotten Your law.

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At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You

Because of Your righteous ordinances.

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I am a companion of all who [reverently] fear You,

And of those who keep and honor Your precepts.

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The earth, O LORD, is full of Your lovingkindness and goodness;

Teach me Your statutes.

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Teth.

You have dealt well with Your servant,

O LORD, according to Your promise.

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Teach me good judgment (discernment) and knowledge,

For I have believed and trusted and relied on Your commandments.

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Before I was afflicted I went astray,

But now I keep and honor Your word [with loving obedience].

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You are good and do good;

Teach me Your statutes.

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The arrogant have forged a lie against me,

But I will keep Your precepts with all my heart.

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Their heart is insensitive like fat [their minds are dull and brutal],

But I delight in Your law.

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It is good for me that I have been afflicted,

That I may learn Your statutes.

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The law from Your mouth is better to me

Than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

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Yodh.

Your hands have made me and established me;

Give me understanding and a teachable heart, that I may learn Your commandments.

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May those who [reverently] fear You see me and be glad,

Because I wait for Your word.

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I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are fair,

And that in faithfulness You have disciplined me.

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O may Your lovingkindness and graciousness comfort me,

According to Your word (promise) to Your servant.

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Let Your compassion come to me that I may live,

For Your law is my delight.

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Let the arrogant be ashamed and humiliated, for they sabotage me with a lie;

But I will meditate on Your precepts.

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May those who fear You [with submissive wonder] turn to me,

Even those who have known Your testimonies.

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May my heart be blameless in Your statutes,

So that I will not be ashamed.

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Kaph.

My soul languishes and grows weak for Your salvation;

I wait for Your word.

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My eyes fail [with longing, watching] for [the fulfillment of] Your promise,

Saying, “When will You comfort me?”

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For I have become like a wineskin [blackened and shriveled] in the smoke [in which it hangs],

Yet I do not forget Your statutes.

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How many are the days of Your servant [which he must endure]?

When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?

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The arrogant (godless) have dug pits for me,

Men who do not conform to Your law.

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All Your commandments are faithful and trustworthy.

They have persecuted me with a lie; help me [LORD]!

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They had almost destroyed me on earth,

But as for me, I did not [fn]turn away from Your precepts.

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According to Your steadfast love refresh me and give me life,

So that I may keep and obey the testimony of Your mouth.

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Lamedh.

Forever, O LORD,

Your word is settled in heaven [standing firm and unchangeable].

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Your faithfulness continues from generation to generation;

You have established the earth, and it stands [securely].

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They continue this day according to Your ordinances,

For all things [all parts of the universe] are Your servants.

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If Your law had not been my delight,

Then I would have perished in my time of trouble.

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I will never forget Your precepts,

For by them You have revived me and given me life.

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I am Yours, save me [as Your own];

For I have [diligently] sought Your precepts and required them [as my greatest need].

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The wicked wait for me to destroy me,

But I will consider Your testimonies.

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I have seen that all [human] perfection has its limits [no matter how grand and perfect and noble];

Your commandment is exceedingly broad and extends without limits [into eternity].

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Mem.

Oh, how I love Your law!

It is my meditation all the day.

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Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies,

For Your words are always with me.

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I have better understanding and deeper insight than all my teachers [because of Your word],

For Your testimonies are my meditation.

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I understand more than the aged [who have not observed Your precepts],

Because I have observed and kept Your precepts.

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I have restrained my feet from every evil way,

That I may keep Your word.

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I have not turned aside from Your ordinances,

For You Yourself have taught me.

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How sweet are Your words to my taste,

Sweeter than honey to my mouth!

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From Your precepts I get understanding;

Therefore I hate every false way.

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Nun.

Your word is a lamp to my feet

And a light to my path.

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I have sworn [an oath] and have confirmed it,

That I will keep Your righteous ordinances.

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I am greatly afflicted;

Renew and revive me [giving me life], O LORD, according to Your word.

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Accept and take pleasure in the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD,

And teach me Your ordinances.

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My life is continually [fn]in my hand,

Yet I do not forget Your law.

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The wicked have laid a snare for me,

Yet I do not wander from Your precepts.

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I have taken Your testimonies as a heritage forever,

For they are the joy of my heart.

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I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes

Forever, even to the end.

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Samekh.

I hate those who are double-minded,

But I love and treasure Your law.

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You are my hiding place and my shield;

I wait for Your word.

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Leave me, you evildoers,

That I may keep the commandments of my God [honoring and obeying them].

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Uphold me according to Your word [of promise], so that I may live;

And do not let me be ashamed of my hope [in Your great goodness].

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Uphold me that I may be safe,

That I may have regard for Your statutes continually.

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You have turned Your back on all those who wander from Your statutes,

For their deceitfulness is useless.

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You have removed all the wicked of the earth like dross [for they have no value];

Therefore I love Your testimonies.

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My flesh trembles in [reverent] fear of You,

And I am afraid and in awe of Your judgments.

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Ayin.

I have done justice and righteousness;

Do not leave me to those who oppress me.

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Be the guarantee for Your servant for good [as Judah was the guarantee for Benjamin];

Do not let the arrogant oppress me.

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My eyes fail [with longing, watching] for [the fulfillment of] Your salvation,

And for [the fulfillment of] Your righteous word.

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Deal with Your servant according to Your [gracious] lovingkindness,

And teach me Your statutes.

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I am Your servant; give me understanding [the ability to learn and a teachable heart]

That I may know Your testimonies.

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It is time for the LORD to act;

They have broken Your law.

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Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold,

Yes, more than refined gold.

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Therefore I esteem as right all Your precepts concerning everything;

I hate every false way.

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Pe.

Your testimonies are wonderful;

Therefore my soul keeps them.

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The unfolding of Your [glorious] words give light;

Their unfolding gives understanding to the simple (childlike).

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I opened my mouth and panted [with anticipation],

Because I longed for Your commandments.

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Turn to me and be gracious to me and show me favor,

As is Your way to those who love Your name.

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Establish my footsteps in [the way of] Your word;

Do not let any human weakness have power over me [causing me to be separated from You].

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Redeem me from the oppression of man;

That I may keep Your precepts.

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Make Your face shine [with pleasure] upon Your servant,

And teach me Your statutes.

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My eyes weep streams of water

Because people do not keep Your law.

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Tsadhe.

Righteous are You, O LORD,

And upright are Your judgments.

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You have commanded Your testimonies in righteousness

And in great faithfulness.

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My zeal has [completely] consumed me,

Because my enemies have forgotten Your words.

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Your word is very pure (refined);

Therefore Your servant loves it.

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I am small and despised,

But I do not forget Your precepts.

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Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,

And Your law is truth.

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Trouble and anguish have found me,

Yet Your commandments are my delight and my joy.

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Your righteous testimonies are everlasting;

Give me understanding [the ability to learn and a teachable heart] that I may live.

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Qoph.

I cried with all my heart; answer me, O LORD!

I will observe Your statutes.

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I cried to You; save me

And I will keep Your testimonies.

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I rise before dawn and cry [in prayer] for help;

I wait for Your word.

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My eyes anticipate the night watches and I awake before the call of the watchman,

That I may meditate on Your word.

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Hear my voice according to Your [steadfast] lovingkindness;

O LORD, renew and refresh me according to Your ordinances.

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Those who follow after wickedness approach;

They are far from Your law.

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You are near, O LORD,

And all Your commandments are truth.

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Of old I have known from Your testimonies

That You have founded them forever.

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Resh.

Look upon my agony and rescue me,

For I do not forget Your law.

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Plead my cause and redeem me;

Revive me and give me life according to [the promise of] Your word.

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Salvation is far from the wicked,

For they do not seek Your statutes.

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Great are Your tender mercies and steadfast love, O LORD;

Revive me and give me life according to Your ordinances.

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Many are my persecutors and my adversaries,

Yet I do not turn away from Your testimonies.

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I see the treacherous and loathe them,

Because they do not respect Your law.

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Consider how I love Your precepts;

Revive me and give me life, O LORD, according to Your lovingkindness.

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The sum of Your word is truth [the full meaning of all Your precepts],

And every one of Your righteous ordinances endures forever.

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Shin.

Princes persecute me without cause,

But my heart stands in [reverent] awe of Your words [so I can expect You to help me].

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I rejoice at Your word,

As one who finds great treasure.

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I hate and detest falsehood,

But I love Your law.

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[fn]Seven times a day I praise You,

Because of Your righteous ordinances.

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Those who love Your law have great peace;

Nothing makes them stumble.

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I hope and wait [with complete confidence] for Your salvation, O LORD,

And I do Your commandments.

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My soul keeps Your testimonies [hearing and accepting and obeying them];

I love them greatly.

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I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies,

For all my ways are [fully known] before You.

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Tav.

Let my [mournful] cry come before You, O LORD;

Give me understanding [the ability to learn and a teachable heart] according to Your word [of promise].

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Let my supplication come before You;

Deliver me according to Your word.

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Let my lips speak praise [with thanksgiving],

For You teach me Your statutes.

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Let my tongue sing [praise for the fulfillment] of Your word,

For all Your commandments are righteous.

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Let Your hand be ready to help me,

For I have chosen Your precepts.

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I long for Your salvation, O LORD,

And Your law is my delight.

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Let my soul live that it may praise You,

And let Your ordinances help me.

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I have gone astray like a lost sheep;

Seek Your servant, for I do not forget Your commandments.

AMP Footnotes
This long Psalm (176 verses) consists of separate units, each of which has its first word beginning with a consecutive letter of the Hebrew alphabet as a memory aid. The first verse begins with the first letter of the alphabet, aleph (first letter of the word blessed), and the last unit of the Psalm (vv 169-176) begins with tav, the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
Lit forsake.
Lit forsake.
I.e. in danger.
The number seven sometimes represents a continuing action or a sufficiently high number of actions (cf Matt 18:21).
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