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1 Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the LORD.
1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, Who walk in the law of the Lord!
2 Blessed are those who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart—
2 Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, Who seek Him with the whole heart!
3 they do no wrong but follow his ways.
3 They also do no iniquity; They walk in His ways.
4 You have laid down precepts that are to be fully obeyed.
4 You have commanded us To keep Your precepts diligently.
5 Oh, that my ways were steadfast in obeying your decrees!
5 Oh, that my ways were directed To keep Your statutes!
6 Then I would not be put to shame when I consider all your commands.
6 Then I would not be ashamed, When I look into all Your commandments.
7 I will praise you with an upright heart as I learn your righteous laws.
7 I will praise You with uprightness of heart, When I learn Your righteous judgments.
8 I will obey your decrees; do not utterly forsake me.
8 I will keep Your statutes; Oh, do not forsake me utterly!
9 How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word.
9 How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word.
10 I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.
10 With my whole heart I have sought You; Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments!
11 I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.
11 Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You!
12 Praise be to you, LORD; teach me your decrees.
12 Blessed are You, O Lord! Teach me Your statutes!
13 With my lips I recount all the laws that come from your mouth.
13 With my lips I have declared All the judgments of Your mouth.
14 I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As much as in all riches.
15 I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways.
15 I will meditate on Your precepts, And contemplate Your ways.
16 I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.
16 I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
17 Be good to your servant while I live, that I may obey your word.
17 Deal bountifully with Your servant, That I may live and keep Your word.
18 Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.
18 Open my eyes, that I may see Wondrous things from Your law.
19 I am a stranger on earth; do not hide your commands from me.
19 I am a stranger in the earth; Do not hide Your commandments from me.
20 My soul is consumed with longing for your laws at all times.
20 My soul breaks with longing For Your judgments at all times.
21 You rebuke the arrogant, who are accursed, those who stray from your commands.
21 You rebuke the proud--the cursed, Who stray from Your commandments.
22 Remove from me their scorn and contempt, for I keep your statutes.
22 Remove from me reproach and contempt, For I have kept Your testimonies.
23 Though rulers sit together and slander me, your servant will meditate on your decrees.
23 Princes also sit and speak against me, But Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
24 Your statutes are my delight; they are my counselors.
24 Your testimonies also are my delight And my counselors.
25 I am laid low in the dust; preserve my life according to your word.
25 My soul clings to the dust; Revive me according to Your word.
26 I gave an account of my ways and you answered me; teach me your decrees.
26 I have declared my ways, and You answered me; Teach me Your statutes.
27 Cause me to understand the way of your precepts, that I may meditate on your wonderful deeds.
27 Make me understand the way of Your precepts; So shall I meditate on Your wondrous works.
28 My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.
28 My soul melts from heaviness; Strengthen me according to Your word.
29 Keep me from deceitful ways; be gracious to me and teach me your law.
29 Remove from me the way of lying, And grant me Your law graciously.
30 I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart on your laws.
30 I have chosen the way of truth; Your judgments I have laid before me.
31 I hold fast to your statutes, LORD; do not let me be put to shame.
31 I cling to Your testimonies; O Lord, do not put me to shame!
32 I run in the path of your commands, for you have broadened my understanding.
32 I will run the course of Your commandments, For You shall enlarge my heart.
33 Teach me, LORD, the way of your decrees, that I may follow it to the end.
33 Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes, And I shall keep it to the end.
34 Give me understanding, so that I may keep your law and obey it with all my heart.
34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law; Indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
35 Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight.
35 Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, For I delight in it.
36 Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain.
36 Incline my heart to Your testimonies, And not to covetousness.
37 Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word.
37 Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, And revive me in Your way.
38 Fulfill your promise to your servant, so that you may be feared.
38 Establish Your word to Your servant, Who is devoted to fearing You.
39 Take away the disgrace I dread, for your laws are good.
39 Turn away my reproach which I dread, For Your judgments are good.
40 How I long for your precepts! In your righteousness preserve my life.
40 Behold, I long for Your precepts; Revive me in Your righteousness.
41 May your unfailing love come to me, LORD, your salvation, according to your promise;
41 Let Your mercies come also to me, O Lord-- Your salvation according to Your word.
42 then I can answer anyone who taunts me, for I trust in your word.
42 So shall I have an answer for him who reproaches me, For I trust in Your word.
43 Never take your word of truth from my mouth, for I have put my hope in your laws.
43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, For I have hoped in Your ordinances.
44 I will always obey your law, for ever and ever.
44 So shall I keep Your law continually, Forever and ever.
45 I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.
45 And I will walk at liberty, For I seek Your precepts.
46 I will speak of your statutes before kings and will not be put to shame,
46 I will speak of Your testimonies also before kings, And will not be ashamed.
47 for I delight in your commands because I love them.
47 And I will delight myself in Your commandments, Which I love.
48 I reach out for your commands, which I love, that I may meditate on your decrees.
48 My hands also I will lift up to Your commandments, Which I love, And I will meditate on Your statutes.
49 Remember your word to your servant, for you have given me hope.
49 Remember the word to Your servant, Upon which You have caused me to hope.
50 My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life.
50 This is my comfort in my affliction, For Your word has given me life.
51 The arrogant mock me unmercifully, but I do not turn from your law.
51 The proud have me in great derision, Yet I do not turn aside from Your law.
52 I remember, LORD, your ancient laws, and I find comfort in them.
52 I remembered Your judgments of old, O Lord, And have comforted myself.
53 Indignation grips me because of the wicked, who have forsaken your law.
53 Indignation has taken hold of me Because of the wicked, who forsake Your law.
54 Your decrees are the theme of my song wherever I lodge.
54 Your statutes have been my songs In the house of my pilgrimage.
55 In the night, LORD, I remember your name, that I may keep your law.
55 I remember Your name in the night, O Lord, And I keep Your law.
56 This has been my practice: I obey your precepts.
56 This has become mine, Because I kept Your precepts.
57 You are my portion, LORD; I have promised to obey your words.
57 You are my portion, O Lord; I have said that I would keep Your words.
58 I have sought your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise.
58 I entreated Your favor with my whole heart; Be merciful to me according to Your word.
59 I have considered my ways and have turned my steps to your statutes.
59 I thought about my ways, And turned my feet to Your testimonies.
60 I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands.
60 I made haste, and did not delay To keep Your commandments.
61 Though the wicked bind me with ropes, I will not forget your law.
61 The cords of the wicked have bound me, But I have not forgotten Your law.
62 At midnight I rise to give you thanks for your righteous laws.
62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You, Because of Your righteous judgments.
63 I am a friend to all who fear you, to all who follow your precepts.
63 I am a companion of all who fear You, And of those who keep Your precepts.
64 The earth is filled with your love, LORD; teach me your decrees.
64 The earth, O Lord, is full of Your mercy; Teach me Your statutes.
65 Do good to your servant according to your word, LORD.
65 You have dealt well with Your servant, O Lord, according to Your word.
66 Teach me knowledge and good judgment, for I trust your commands.
66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge, For I believe Your commandments.
67 Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey your word.
67 Before I was afflicted I went astray, But now I keep Your word.
68 You are good, and what you do is good; teach me your decrees.
68 You are good, and do good; Teach me Your statutes.
69 Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep your precepts with all my heart.
69 The proud have forged a lie against me, But I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart.
70 Their hearts are callous and unfeeling, but I delight in your law.
70 Their heart is as fat as grease, But I delight in Your law.
71 It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees.
71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I may learn Your statutes.
72 The law from your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.
72 The law of Your mouth is better to me Than thousands of coins of gold and silver.
73 Your hands made me and formed me; give me understanding to learn your commands.
73 Your hands have made me and fashioned me; Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.
74 May those who fear you rejoice when they see me, for I have put my hope in your word.
74 Those who fear You will be glad when they see me, Because I have hoped in Your word.
75 I know, LORD, that your laws are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
75 I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are right, And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
76 May your unfailing love be my comfort, according to your promise to your servant.
76 Let, I pray, Your merciful kindness be for my comfort, According to Your word to Your servant.
77 Let your compassion come to me that I may live, for your law is my delight.
77 Let Your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; For Your law is my delight.
78 May the arrogant be put to shame for wronging me without cause; but I will meditate on your precepts.
78 Let the proud be ashamed, For they treated me wrongfully with falsehood; But I will meditate on Your precepts.
79 May those who fear you turn to me, those who understand your statutes.
79 Let those who fear You turn to me, Those who know Your testimonies.
80 May I wholeheartedly follow your decrees, that I may not be put to shame.
80 Let my heart be blameless regarding Your statutes, That I may not be ashamed.
81 My soul faints with longing for your salvation, but I have put my hope in your word.
81 My soul faints for Your salvation, But I hope in Your word.
82 My eyes fail, looking for your promise; I say, “When will you comfort me?”
82 My eyes fail from searching Your word, Saying, "When will You comfort me?"
83 Though I am like a wineskin in the smoke, I do not forget your decrees.
83 For I have become like a wineskin in smoke, Yet I do not forget Your statutes.
84 How long must your servant wait? When will you punish my persecutors?
84 How many are the days of Your servant? When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?
85 The arrogant dig pits to trap me, contrary to your law.
85 The proud have dug pits for me, Which is not according to Your law.
86 All your commands are trustworthy; help me, for I am being persecuted without cause.
86 All Your commandments are faithful; They persecute me wrongfully; Help me!
87 They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken your precepts.
87 They almost made an end of me on earth, But I did not forsake Your precepts.
88 In your unfailing love preserve my life, that I may obey the statutes of your mouth.
88 Revive me according to Your lovingkindness, So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth.
89 Your word, LORD, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.
89 Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven.
90 Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth, and it endures.
90 Your faithfulness endures to all generations; You established the earth, and it abides.
91 Your laws endure to this day, for all things serve you.
91 They continue this day according to Your ordinances, For all are Your servants.
92 If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
92 Unless Your law had been my delight, I would then have perished in my affliction.
93 I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life.
93 I will never forget Your precepts, For by them You have given me life.
94 Save me, for I am yours; I have sought out your precepts.
94 I am Yours, save me; For I have sought Your precepts.
95 The wicked are waiting to destroy me, but I will ponder your statutes.
95 The wicked wait for me to destroy me, But I will consider Your testimonies.
96 To all perfection I see a limit, but your commands are boundless.
96 I have seen the consummation of all perfection, But Your commandment is exceedingly broad.
97 Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.
97 Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day.
98 Your commands are always with me and make me wiser than my enemies.
98 You, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies; For they are ever with me.
99 I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, For Your testimonies are my meditation.
100 I have more understanding than the elders, for I obey your precepts.
100 I understand more than the ancients, Because I keep Your precepts.
101 I have kept my feet from every evil path so that I might obey your word.
101 I have restrained my feet from every evil way, That I may keep Your word.
102 I have not departed from your laws, for you yourself have taught me.
102 I have not departed from Your judgments, For You Yourself have taught me.
103 How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
103 How sweet are Your words to my taste, Sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path.
104 Through Your precepts I get understanding; Therefore I hate every false way.
105 Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.
105 Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.
106 I have taken an oath and confirmed it, that I will follow your righteous laws.
106 I have sworn and confirmed That I will keep Your righteous judgments.
107 I have suffered much; preserve my life, LORD, according to your word.
107 I am afflicted very much; Revive me, O Lord, according to Your word.
108 Accept, LORD, the willing praise of my mouth, and teach me your laws.
108 Accept, I pray, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, And teach me Your judgments.
109 Though I constantly take my life in my hands, I will not forget your law.
109 My life is continually in my hand, Yet I do not forget Your law.
110 The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from your precepts.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, Yet I have not strayed from Your precepts.
111 Your statutes are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart.
111 Your testimonies I have taken as a heritage forever, For they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112 My heart is set on keeping your decrees to the very end.
112 I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes Forever, to the very end.
113 I hate double-minded people, but I love your law.
113 I hate the double-minded, But I love Your law.
114 You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word.
114 You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in Your word.
115 Away from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commands of my God!
115 Depart from me, you evildoers, For I will keep the commandments of my God!
116 Sustain me, my God, according to your promise, and I will live; do not let my hopes be dashed.
116 Uphold me according to Your word, that I may live; And do not let me be ashamed of my hope.
117 Uphold me, and I will be delivered; I will always have regard for your decrees.
117 Hold me up, and I shall be safe, And I shall observe Your statutes continually.
118 You reject all who stray from your decrees, for their delusions come to nothing.
118 You reject all those who stray from Your statutes, For their deceit is falsehood.
119 All the wicked of the earth you discard like dross; therefore I love your statutes.
119 You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross; Therefore I love Your testimonies.
120 My flesh trembles in fear of you; I stand in awe of your laws.
120 My flesh trembles for fear of You, And I am afraid of Your judgments.
121 I have done what is righteous and just; do not leave me to my oppressors.
121 I have done justice and righteousness; Do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 Ensure your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
122 Be surety for Your servant for good; Do not let the proud oppress me.
123 My eyes fail, looking for your salvation, looking for your righteous promise.
123 My eyes fail from seeking Your salvation And Your righteous word.
124 Deal with your servant according to your love and teach me your decrees.
124 Deal with Your servant according to Your mercy, And teach me Your statutes.
125 I am your servant; give me discernment that I may understand your statutes.
125 I am Your servant; Give me understanding, That I may know Your testimonies.
126 It is time for you to act, LORD; your law is being broken.
126 It is time for You to act, O Lord, For they have regarded Your law as void.
127 Because I love your commands more than gold, more than pure gold,
127 Therefore I love Your commandments More than gold, yes, than fine gold!
128 and because I consider all your precepts right, I hate every wrong path.
128 Therefore all Your precepts concerning all things I consider to be right; I hate every false way.
129 Your statutes are wonderful; therefore I obey them.
129 Your testimonies are wonderful; Therefore my soul keeps them.
130 The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.
130 The entrance of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple.
131 I open my mouth and pant, longing for your commands.
131 I opened my mouth and panted, For I longed for Your commandments.
132 Turn to me and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.
132 Look upon me and be merciful to me, As Your custom is toward those who love Your name.
133 Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me.
133 Direct my steps by Your word, And let no iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Redeem me from human oppression, that I may obey your precepts.
134 Redeem me from the oppression of man, That I may keep Your precepts.
135 Make your face shine on your servant and teach me your decrees.
135 Make Your face shine upon Your servant, And teach me Your statutes.
136 Streams of tears flow from my eyes, for your law is not obeyed.
136 Rivers of water run down from my eyes, Because men do not keep Your law.
137 You are righteous, LORD, and your laws are right.
137 Righteous are You, O Lord, And upright are Your judgments.
138 The statutes you have laid down are righteous; they are fully trustworthy.
138 Your testimonies, which You have commanded, Are righteous and very faithful.
139 My zeal wears me out, for my enemies ignore your words.
139 My zeal has consumed me, Because my enemies have forgotten Your words.
140 Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
140 Your word is very pure; Therefore Your servant loves it.
141 Though I am lowly and despised, I do not forget your precepts.
141 I am small and despised, Yet I do not forget Your precepts.
142 Your righteousness is everlasting and your law is true.
142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And Your law is truth.
143 Trouble and distress have come upon me, but your commands give me delight.
143 Trouble and anguish have overtaken me, Yet Your commandments are my delights.
144 Your statutes are always righteous; give me understanding that I may live.
144 The righteousness of Your testimonies is everlasting; Give me understanding, and I shall live.
145 I call with all my heart; answer me, LORD, and I will obey your decrees.
145 I cry out with my whole heart; Hear me, O Lord! I will keep Your statutes.
146 I call out to you; save me and I will keep your statutes.
146 I cry out to You; Save me, and I will keep Your testimonies.
147 I rise before dawn and cry for help; I have put my hope in your word.
147 I rise before the dawning of the morning, And cry for help; I hope in Your word.
148 My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises.
148 My eyes are awake through the night watches, That I may meditate on Your word.
149 Hear my voice in accordance with your love; preserve my life, LORD, according to your laws.
149 Hear my voice according to Your lovingkindness; O Lord, revive me according to Your justice.
150 Those who devise wicked schemes are near, but they are far from your law.
150 They draw near who follow after wickedness; They are far from Your law.
151 Yet you are near, LORD, and all your commands are true.
151 You are near, O Lord, And all Your commandments are truth.
152 Long ago I learned from your statutes that you established them to last forever.
152 Concerning Your testimonies, I have known of old that You have founded them forever.
153 Look on my suffering and deliver me, for I have not forgotten your law.
153 Consider my affliction and deliver me, For I do not forget Your law.
154 Defend my cause and redeem me; preserve my life according to your promise.
154 Plead my cause and redeem me; Revive me according to Your word.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek out your decrees.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked, For they do not seek Your statutes.
156 Your compassion, LORD, is great; preserve my life according to your laws.
156 Great are Your tender mercies, O Lord; Revive me according to Your judgments.
157 Many are the foes who persecute me, but I have not turned from your statutes.
157 Many are my persecutors and my enemies, Yet I do not turn from Your testimonies.
158 I look on the faithless with loathing, for they do not obey your word.
158 I see the treacherous, and am disgusted, Because they do not keep Your word.
159 See how I love your precepts; preserve my life, LORD, in accordance with your love.
159 Consider how I love Your precepts; Revive me, O Lord, according to Your lovingkindness.
160 All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal.
160 The entirety of Your word is truth, And every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever.
161 Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart trembles at your word.
161 Princes persecute me without a cause, But my heart stands in awe of Your word.
162 I rejoice in your promise like one who finds great spoil.
162 I rejoice at Your word As one who finds great treasure.
163 I hate and detest falsehood but I love your law.
163 I hate and abhor lying, But I love Your law.
164 Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous laws.
164 Seven times a day I praise You, Because of Your righteous judgments.
165 Great peace have those who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.
165 Great peace have those who love Your law, And nothing causes them to stumble.
166 I wait for your salvation, LORD, and I follow your commands.
166 Lord, I hope for Your salvation, And I do Your commandments.
167 I obey your statutes, for I love them greatly.
167 My soul keeps Your testimonies, And I love them exceedingly.
168 I obey your precepts and your statutes, for all my ways are known to you.
168 I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies, For all my ways are before You.
169 May my cry come before you, LORD; give me understanding according to your word.
169 Let my cry come before You, O Lord; Give me understanding according to Your word.
170 May my supplication come before you; deliver me according to your promise.
170 Let my supplication come before You; Deliver me according to Your word.
171 May my lips overflow with praise, for you teach me your decrees.
171 My lips shall utter praise, For You teach me Your statutes.
172 May my tongue sing of your word, for all your commands are righteous.
172 My tongue shall speak of Your word, For all Your commandments are righteousness.
173 May your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
173 Let Your hand become my help, For I have chosen Your precepts.
174 I long for your salvation, LORD, and your law gives me delight.
174 I long for Your salvation, O Lord, And Your law is my delight.
175 Let me live that I may praise you, and may your laws sustain me.
175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise You; And let Your judgments help me.
176 I have strayed like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I have not forgotten your commands.
176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; Seek Your servant, For I do not forget Your commandments.
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