Psalms 119:65-176

Teth.

65 You have dealt well with Your servant, O LORD, according to Your word.

66 Teach me good ¹discernment and knowledge, For I believe in Your commandments.

67 ²Before I was afflicted I went astray, But now I keep Your word.

68 You are ³good and ⁴do good; ⁵Teach me Your statutes.

69 The arrogant have ⁶forged a lie against me; With all my heart I will ⁷observe Your precepts.

70 Their heart is ⁸covered with fat, But I ⁹delight in Your law.

71 It is ¹⁰good for me that I was afflicted, That I may learn Your statutes.

72 The ¹¹law of Your mouth is better to me Than thousands of gold and silver pieces. Yodh.

Yodh.

73 ¹²Your hands made me and fashioned me; ¹³Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.

74 May those who fear You ¹⁴see me and be glad, Because I ¹⁵wait for Your word.

75 I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are ¹⁶righteous, And that ¹⁷in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

76 O may Your lovingkindness comfort me, According to Your word to Your servant.

77 May ¹⁸Your compassion come to me that I may live, For Your law is my ¹⁹delight.

78 May ²⁰the arrogant be ashamed, for they subvert me ²¹with a lie; But I shall ²²meditate on Your precepts.

79 May those who fear You turn to me, Even those who know Your testimonies.

80 May my heart be ²³blameless in Your statutes, So that I will not ²⁴be ashamed. Kaph.

Kaph.

81 My ²⁵soul languishes for Your salvation; I ²⁶wait for Your word.

82 My ²⁷eyes fail with longing for Your word, While I say, "When will You comfort me?"

83 Though I have ²⁸become like a wineskin in the smoke, I do ²⁹not forget Your statutes.

84 How many are the ³⁰days of Your servant? When will You ³¹execute judgment on those who persecute me?

85 The arrogant have ³²dug pits for me, Men who are not in accord with Your law.

86 All Your commandments are ³³faithful; They have ³⁴persecuted me with a lie; ³⁵help me!

87 They almost destroyed me on earth, But as for me, I ³⁶did not forsake Your precepts.

88 Revive me according to Your lovingkindness, So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth. Lamedh.

Lamedh.

89 ³⁷Forever, O LORD, Your word is settled in heaven.

90 Your ³⁸faithfulness continues throughout all generations; You ³⁹established the earth, and it ⁴⁰stands.

91 They stand this day according to Your ⁴¹ordinances, For ⁴²all things are Your servants.

92 If Your law had not been my ⁴³delight, Then I would have perished ⁴⁴in my affliction.

93 I will ⁴⁵never * forget Your precepts, For by them You have ⁴⁶revived me.

94 I am Yours, ⁴⁷save me; For I have ⁴⁸sought Your precepts.

95 The wicked ⁴⁹wait for me to destroy me; I shall diligently consider Your testimonies.

96 I have seen a limit to all perfection; Your commandment is exceedingly broad. Mem.

Mem.

97 O how I ⁵⁰love Your law! It is my ⁵¹meditation all the day.

98 Your ⁵²commandments make me wiser than my enemies, For they are ever mine.

99 I have more insight than all my teachers, For Your testimonies are my ⁵³meditation.

100 I understand ⁵⁴more than the aged, Because I have ⁵⁵observed Your precepts.

101 I have ⁵⁶restrained my feet from every evil way, That I may keep Your word.

102 I have not ⁵⁷turned aside from Your ordinances, For You Yourself have taught me.

103 How ⁵⁸sweet are Your words to my taste! Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

104 From Your precepts I ⁵⁹get understanding; Therefore * I ⁶⁰hate every false way. Nun.

Nun.

105 Your word is a ⁶¹lamp to my feet And a light to my path.

106 I have ⁶²sworn and I will confirm it, That I will keep Your righteous ordinances.

107 I am exceedingly * ⁶³afflicted; ⁶⁴Revive me, O LORD, according to Your word.

108 O accept the ⁶⁵freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, And ⁶⁶teach me Your ordinances.

109 My ⁶⁷life is continually in my hand, Yet I do not ⁶⁸forget Your law.

110 The wicked have ⁶⁹laid a snare for me, Yet I have not ⁷⁰gone astray from Your precepts.

111 I have ⁷¹inherited Your testimonies forever, For they are the ⁷²joy of my heart.

112 I have ⁷³inclined my heart to perform Your statutes Forever, even ⁷⁴to the end. Samekh.

Samekh.

113 I hate those who are ⁷⁵double-minded, But I love Your ⁷⁶law.

114 You are my ⁷⁷hiding place and my ⁷⁸shield; I ⁷⁹wait for Your word.

115 ⁸⁰Depart from me, evildoers, That I may ⁸¹observe the commandments of my God.

116 ⁸²Sustain me according to Your word, that I may live; And ⁸³do not let me be ashamed of my hope.

117 Uphold me that I may be ⁸⁴safe, That I may ⁸⁵have regard for Your statutes continually.

118 You have rejected all those ⁸⁶who wander from Your statutes, For their deceitfulness is useless.

119 You have removed all the wicked of the earth like ⁸⁷dross; Therefore I ⁸⁸love Your testimonies.

120 My flesh ⁸⁹trembles for fear of You, And I am ⁹⁰afraid of Your judgments. Ayin.

Ayin.

121 I have ⁹¹done justice and righteousness; Do not leave me to my oppressors.

122 Be ⁹²surety for Your servant for good; Do not let the arrogant ⁹³oppress me.

123 My ⁹⁴eyes fail with longing for Your salvation And for Your righteous word.

124 Deal with Your servant ⁹⁵according to Your lovingkindness And ⁹⁶teach me Your statutes.

125 ⁹⁷I am Your servant; ⁹⁸give me understanding, That I may know Your testimonies.

126 It is time for the LORD to ⁹⁹act, For they have broken Your law.

127 Therefore * I ¹⁰⁰love Your commandments Above gold, yes, above fine gold.

128 Therefore * I esteem right all Your ¹⁰¹precepts concerning everything, I ¹⁰²hate every false way. Pe.

Pe.

129 Your testimonies are ¹⁰³wonderful; Therefore * my soul ¹⁰⁴observes them.

130 The ¹⁰⁵unfolding of Your words gives light; It gives ¹⁰⁶understanding to the simple.

131 I ¹⁰⁷opened my mouth wide and ¹⁰⁸panted, For I ¹⁰⁹longed for Your commandments.

132 ¹¹⁰Turn to me and be gracious to me, After Your manner with those who love Your name.

133 Establish my ¹¹¹footsteps in Your word, And do not let any iniquity ¹¹²have dominion over me.

134 ¹¹³Redeem me from the oppression of man, That I may keep Your precepts.

135 ¹¹⁴Make Your face shine upon Your servant, And ¹¹⁵teach me Your statutes.

136 My eyes shed ¹¹⁶streams of water, Because they ¹¹⁷do not keep Your law. Tsadhe.

Tsadhe.

137 ¹¹⁸Righteous are You, O LORD, And upright are Your judgments.

138 You have commanded Your testimonies in ¹¹⁹righteousness And exceeding ¹²⁰faithfulness.

139 My ¹²¹zeal has consumed me, Because my adversaries have forgotten Your words.

140 Your ¹²²word is very pure, Therefore Your servant ¹²³loves it.

141 I am small and ¹²⁴despised, Yet I do not ¹²⁵forget Your precepts.

142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And ¹²⁶Your law is truth.

143 Trouble and anguish have come upon me, Yet Your commandments are my ¹²⁷delight.

144 Your ¹²⁸testimonies are righteous forever; ¹²⁹Give me understanding that I may live. Qoph.

Qoph.

145 I cried ¹³⁰with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will ¹³¹observe Your statutes.

146 I cried to You; ¹³²save me And I shall keep Your testimonies.

147 I ¹³³rise before dawn and cry for help; I wait for Your words.

148 My eyes anticipate the ¹³⁴night watches, That I may ¹³⁵meditate on Your word.

149 Hear my voice ¹³⁶according to Your lovingkindness; ¹³⁷Revive me, O LORD, according to Your ordinances.

150 Those who follow after wickedness draw near; They are far from Your law.

151 You are ¹³⁸near, O LORD, And all Your commandments are ¹³⁹truth.

152 Of old I have ¹⁴⁰known from Your testimonies That You have founded them ¹⁴¹forever. Resh.

Resh.

153 ¹⁴²Look upon my ¹⁴³affliction and rescue me, For I do not ¹⁴⁴forget Your law.

154 ¹⁴⁵Plead my cause and ¹⁴⁶redeem me; Revive me according to Your word.

155 Salvation is ¹⁴⁷far from the wicked, For they ¹⁴⁸do not seek Your statutes.

156 ¹⁴⁹Great are Your mercies, O LORD; Revive me according to Your ordinances.

157 Many are my ¹⁵⁰persecutors and my adversaries, Yet I do not ¹⁵¹turn aside from Your testimonies.

158 I behold the ¹⁵²treacherous and ¹⁵³loathe them, Because they do not keep Your word.

159 Consider how I ¹⁵⁴love Your precepts; ¹⁵⁵Revive me, O LORD, according to Your lovingkindness.

160 The ¹⁵⁶sum of Your word is ¹⁵⁷truth, And every one of Your righteous ordinances ¹⁵⁸is everlasting. Shin.

Shin.

161 ¹⁵⁹Princes persecute me without cause, But my heart ¹⁶⁰stands in awe of Your words.

162 I ¹⁶¹rejoice at Your word, As one who ¹⁶²finds great spoil.

163 I ¹⁶³hate and despise falsehood, But I ¹⁶⁴love Your law.

164 Seven times a day I praise You, Because of Your ¹⁶⁵righteous ordinances.

165 Those who love Your law have ¹⁶⁶great peace, And ¹⁶⁷nothing causes them to stumble.

166 I ¹⁶⁸hope for Your salvation, O LORD, And do Your commandments.

167 My ¹⁶⁹soul keeps Your testimonies, And I ¹⁷⁰love them exceedingly.

168 I ¹⁷¹keep Your precepts and Your testimonies, For all my ¹⁷²ways are before You. Tav.

Tav.

169 Let my ¹⁷³cry come before You, O LORD; ¹⁷⁴Give me understanding ¹⁷⁵according to Your word.

170 Let my ¹⁷⁶supplication come before You; ¹⁷⁷Deliver me according to Your word.

171 Let my ¹⁷⁸lips utter praise, For You ¹⁷⁹teach me Your statutes.

172 Let my ¹⁸⁰tongue sing of Your word, For all Your ¹⁸¹commandments are righteousness.

173 Let Your ¹⁸²hand be ready to help me, For I have ¹⁸³chosen Your precepts.

174 I ¹⁸⁴long for Your salvation, O LORD, And Your law is my ¹⁸⁵delight.

175 Let my ¹⁸⁶soul live that it may praise You, And let Your ordinances help me.

176 I have ¹⁸⁷gone astray like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, For I do ¹⁸⁸not forget Your commandments.

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Psalms 119:65-176 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 119

This psalm is generally thought to be written by David, but when is uncertain; very probably towards the decline of life; and, as some think, for the sake or his son Solomon. It seems to be a collection of observations on the word of God and its precepts, the usefulness and excellency of it, he had made in the course of his life; interspersed with various petitions for the grace of God, to enable him to observe it. The psalm is a very extraordinary one; partly on account of the unusual length of it, it being more than double the length of the longest psalm in the whole book; and partly on account of its curious composition. It consists of twenty two parts, according to the number of the letters in the Hebrew alphabet; the names of which letters stand between each part; and every part consists of eight verses, all of which begin with the same letter: thus, for instance, the first eight verses begin with the letter a, "aleph", and the second eight verses begin with the letter b, "beth", and so on throughout; hence the Masorah calls this psalm the Great Alphabet. This the psalmist did, perhaps to excite attention to what he said, and also to help the memory. And it is observable that there are very few verses in the whole, not more than one or two, but what has something in it concerning the word of God, and its precepts and ordinances; there are nine or ten different words used relative to it, which signify much one and the same thing; as laws, statutes, judgments, testimonies Luther {m} observes, that neither Cicero, nor Virgil, nor Demosthenes, are to be compared with David for eloquence, as we see in the hundred nineteenth Psalm, where he divideth one sense and meaning into twenty two sorts. And it may also be remarked, that there is nothing in it concerning the tabernacle worship, or the rites and ceremonies of the legal dispensation; so that it seems to be calculated for, and is suited to, the word of God, and the ordinances of it, as we now have them in their full perfection: and the design of the whole is to show the fervent affection the psalmist had for the word of God, and to stir up the same in others.

{m} Mensal. Colloqu. c. 32. p. 365.

a, \\ALEPH.--The First Part\\.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 188

1. Philippians 1:9
2. Psalms 119:71, 75; Jeremiah 31:18, 19; Hebrews 12:5-11
3. Psalms 86:5; Psalms 100:5; Psalms 106:1; Psalms 107:1; Matthew 19:17
4. Deuteronomy 8:16; Deuteronomy 28:63; Deuteronomy 30:5; Psalms 125:4
5. Psalms 119:12
6. Job 13:4; Psalms 109:2
7. Psalms 119:56
8. Deuteronomy 32:15; Job 15:27; Psalms 17:10; Isaiah 6:10; Jeremiah 5:28; Acts 28:27
9. Psalms 119:16
10. Psalms 119:67, 75
11. Psalms 19:10; Psalms 119:127; Prov 8:10, 11, 19
12. Job 10:8; Job 31:15; Psalms 100:3; Psalms 138:8; Psalms 139:15, 16
13. Psalms 119:34
14. Psalms 34:2; Psalms 35:27; Psalms 107:42
15. Psalms 119:43
16. Psalms 119:138
17. Hebrews 12:10
18. Psalms 119:41
19. Psalms 119:16
20. Jeremiah 50:32
21. Psalms 119:86
22. Psalms 119:15
23. Psalms 119:1
24. Psalms 119:46
25. Psalms 84:2
26. Psalms 119:43
27. Psalms 69:3; Psalms 119:123; Isaiah 38:14; Lamentations 2:11
28. Job 30:30
29. Psalms 119:61
30. Psalms 39:4
31. Revelation 6:10
32. Psalms 7:15; Psalms 35:7; Psalms 57:6; Jeremiah 18:22
33. Psalms 119:138
34. Psalms 35:19; Psalms 119:78, 161
35. Psalms 109:26
36. Isaiah 58:2
37. Psalms 89:2; Psalms 119:160; Isaiah 40:8; Matthew 24:35; 1 Peter 1:25
38. Psalms 36:5; Psalms 89:1, 2
39. Psalms 148:6
40. Ecclesiastes 1:4
41. Jeremiah 31:35; Jeremiah 33:25
42. Psalms 104:2-4
43. Psalms 119:16
44. Psalms 119:50
45. Psalms 119:16, 83
46. Psalms 119:25
47. Psalms 119:146
48. Psalms 119:45
49. Psalms 40:14; Isaiah 32:7
50. Ps 119:47, 48, 127, 163, 165
51. Psalms 1:2; Psalms 119:15
52. Deuteronomy 4:6; Psalms 119:130
53. Psalms 119:15
54. Job 32:7-9
55. Psalms 119:22, 56
56. Proverbs 1:15
57. Deuteronomy 17:20; Joshua 23:6; 1 Kings 15:5
58. Psalms 19:10; Proverbs 8:11; Proverbs 24:13, 14
59. Psalms 119:130
60. Psalms 119:128
61. Proverbs 6:23
62. Nehemiah 10:29
63. Psalms 119:25, 50
64. Psalms 119:25
65. Hosea 14:2; Hebrews 13:15
66. Psalms 119:12
67. Judges 12:3; Job 13:14
68. Psalms 119:16
69. Psalms 91:3; Psalms 140:5; Psalms 141:9
70. Psalms 119:10
71. Deuteronomy 33:4
72. Psalms 119:14, 162
73. Psalms 119:36
74. Psalms 119:33
75. 1 Kings 18:21; James 1:8; James 4:8
76. Psalms 119:47
77. Psalms 31:20; Psalms 32:7; Psalms 61:4; Psalms 91:1
78. Psalms 84:9
79. Psalms 119:74
80. Psalms 6:8; Psalms 139:19; Matthew 7:23
81. Psalms 119:22
82. Psalms 37:17, 24; Psalms 54:4
83. Psalms 25:2, 20; Psalms 31:1, 17; Romans 5:5; Romans 9:33; Philippians 1:20
84. Psalms 12:5; Proverbs 29:25
85. Psalms 119:6, 15
86. Psalms 119:10, 21
87. Isaiah 1:22, 25; Ezekiel 22:18, 19
88. Psalms 119:47
89. Job 4:14; Habakkuk 3:16
90. Psalms 119:161
91. 2 Samuel 8:15; Job 29:14
92. Job 17:3; Hebrews 7:22
93. Psalms 119:134
94. Psalms 119:82
95. Psalms 51:1; Psalms 106:45; Psalms 109:26; Psalms 119:88, 149, 159
96. Psalms 119:12
97. Psalms 116:16
98. Psalms 119:27
99. Jeremiah 18:23; Ezekiel 31:11
100. Psalms 19:10; Psalms 119:47
101. Psalms 19:8
102. Psalms 119:104
103. Psalms 119:18
104. Psalms 119:22
105. Proverbs 6:23
106. Psalms 19:7
107. Job 29:23; Psalms 81:10
108. Psalms 42:1
109. Psalms 119:20
110. Psalms 25:16; Psalms 106:4
111. Psalms 17:5
112. Psalms 19:13; Romans 6:12
113. Psalms 119:84; Psalms 142:6; Luke 1:74
114. Numbers 6:25; Psalms 4:6; Psalms 31:16; Psalms 67:1; Psalms 80:3, 7, 19
115. Psalms 119:12
116. Jeremiah 9:1, 18; Jeremiah 14:17; Lamentations 3:48
117. Psalms 119:158
118. Ezra 9:15; Nehemiah 9:33; Psalms 116:5; Psalms 129:4; Psalms 145:17; Jeremiah 12:1; Lamentations 1:18; Daniel 9:7, 14
119. Psalms 19:7-9; Psalms 119:144, 172
120. Psalms 119:86, 90
121. Psalms 69:9; John 2:17
122. Psalms 12:6; Psalms 19:8
123. Psalms 119:47
124. Psalms 22:6
125. Psalms 119:61
126. Psalms 19:9; Psalms 119:151, 160
127. Psalms 119:24
128. Psalms 19:9
129. Psalms 119:27
130. Psalms 119:10
131. Psalms 119:22, 55
132. Psalms 3:7
133. Psalms 5:3; Psalms 57:8; Psalms 108:2
134. Psalms 63:6
135. Psalms 119:15
136. Psalms 119:124
137. Psalms 119:25
138. Psalms 34:18; Psalms 145:18; Isaiah 50:8
139. Psalms 119:142
140. Psalms 119:125
141. Psalms 119:89; Luke 21:33
142. Lamentations 5:1
143. Psalms 119:50
144. Psalms 119:16; Proverbs 3:1; Hosea 4:6
145. 1 Samuel 24:15; Psalms 35:1; Micah 7:9
146. Psalms 119:134
147. Job 5:4
148. Psalms 119:45, 94
149. 2 Samuel 24:14
150. Psalms 7:1; Psalms 119:86, 161
151. Psalms 119:51
152. Isaiah 21:2; Isaiah 24:16
153. Psalms 139:21
154. Psalms 119:47
155. Psalms 119:25
156. Psalms 139:17
157. Psalms 119:142
158. Psalms 119:89, 152
159. 1 Samuel 24:11; 1 Samuel 26:18; Psalms 119:23
160. Psalms 119:120
161. Psalms 119:14, 111
162. 1 Samuel 30:16; Isaiah 9:3
163. Psalms 31:6; Psalms 119:104, 128; Proverbs 13:5
164. Psalms 119:47
165. Psalms 119:7, 160
166. Psalms 37:11; Proverbs 3:2; Isaiah 26:3; Isaiah 32:17
167. Proverbs 3:23; Isaiah 63:13; 1 John 2:10
168. Genesis 49:18; Psalms 119:81, 174
169. Psalms 119:129
170. Psalms 119:47
171. Psalms 119:22
172. Job 24:23; Psalms 139:3; Proverbs 5:21
173. Job 16:18; Psalms 18:6; Psalms 102:1
174. Psalms 119:27, 144
175. Psalms 119:65, 154
176. Psalms 28:2; Psalms 130:2; Psalms 140:6; Psalms 143:1
177. Psalms 22:20; Psalms 31:2; Psalms 59:1
178. Psalms 51:15; Psalms 63:3
179. Psalms 94:12; Psalms 119:12; Isaiah 2:3; Micah 4:2
180. Psalms 51:14
181. Psalms 119:138
182. Psalms 37:24; Psalms 73:23
183. Joshua 24:22; Luke 10:42
184. Psalms 119:166
185. Psalms 119:16, 24
186. Isaiah 55:3
187. Isaiah 53:6; Jeremiah 50:6; Matthew 18:12; Luke 15:4
188. Psalms 119:16

Footnotes 52

[a]. Or "judgment"
[b]. Lit "besmear me with lies"
[c]. Lit "gross like fat"
[d]. Lit "established"
[e]. Or "revere"
[f]. Or "hope in"
[g]. Lit "be for my comfort"
[h]. Or "promise"
[i]. Or "revere"
[j]. Lit "complete;" or "having integrity"
[k]. Or "hope in"
[l]. Or "promise"
[m]. Lit "Saying"
[n]. Lit "according to Your law"
[o]. Lit "in the earth"
[p]. Lit "stands firm"
[q]. Lit "to"
[r]. Or "kept me alive"
[s]. Lit "an end of"
[t]. Or "with me"
[u]. Or "promises"
[v]. Lit "palate"
[w]. Or "Keep me alive"
[x]. Lit "soul"
[y]. I.e. in danger
[z]. Or "hope in"
[aa]. Or "promise"
[ab]. Lit "put to shame because of"
[ac]. Lit "made light of"
[ad]. Lit "falsehood"
[ae]. Lit "caused to cease"
[af]. Lit "bristles up from"
[ag]. Or "promise"
[ah]. Lit "to"
[ai]. Or "promise"
[aj]. Lit "run down"
[ak]. Lit "put an end to"
[al]. Or "promise"
[am]. Lit "refined"
[an]. Lit "found me"
[ao]. Lit "anticipate the dawn"
[ap]. Or "hope in"
[aq]. Or "promise"
[ar]. Or "promise"
[as]. Or "Many"
[at]. Or "promise"
[au]. Or "promise"
[av]. Lit "they have no stumbling block"
[aw]. Lit "come near before"
[ax]. Or "promise"
[ay]. Or "promise"
[az]. Lit "to help me"