Old Testament · Poetry and wisdom

Psalms chapter 119

those whose path is — who walk in step with the of Yahweh.Life is good for those who hold tight to his , who look for him .They do nothing — they walk in his ways.You yourself laid down your to be kept with .If only my ways were steady enough to keep your !Then I would never be , because I could look straight at all your .I will praise you with a heart that’s been , as I learn your .I will keep your boundaries — please don’t completely abandon me.How does someone young keep their path clean? By guarding it the way your describes.With everything in me I’ve looked for you — don’t let me wander from your commands.I’ve what you’ve said deep inside me so I won’t .You are , Yahweh — teach me your boundaries.With my own lips I’ve recounted every just decision you’ve spoken.I find more joy in the way your declarations lead me than in any amount of wealth.I will your guidelines and keep my eyes fixed on your paths.Your boundaries are my — I will not forget what you’ve said.Be good to the one who serves you, and I will live — I will keep what you’ve said.Open my eyes so I can see the hidden in your instruction.I am this earth — don’t hide your commands from me.My whole being with longing for your just decisions at every moment.You confront the — they are , the ones who stray from your commands.Roll away the and scorn from me — I have held tight to your declarations.Even when sit together and plot against me, the one who serves you thinks deeply about your boundaries.Your declarations are my delight — they are the .I’m — the way you promised.I laid my ways out before you and you answered me — teach me your boundaries.Help me understand the way your guidelines work, and I will think deeply about your .My whole being from grief — lift me up the way you promised.Keep me far from any path of — and with your instruction.I’ve chosen the way of — I’ve set your just decisions right in front of me.I’ve held tight to your declarations, Yahweh — don’t let me be humiliated.I will run the path of your commands because you have .Teach me the way your boundaries work, Yahweh, and I will follow it all the way to the end.Give me and I will guard your instruction — I will keep it with everything in me.Lead me down the of your commands — that’s where I find my joy.Turn my heart toward your declarations and away from .Turn my eyes away from — bring me back to life on your path.Make good on what you promised to the one who serves you — the promise that leads to .Take away the disgrace that I dread — your just decisions are good.Look — I long for your guidelines! Bring me back to life through your .Let your reach me, Yahweh — your , just as you promised.Then I’ll have an answer for anyone who mocks me, because I in what you’ve said.Don’t ever take the word of completely out of my mouth — I’ve put my in your just decisions.I will keep your instruction always — forever and beyond.I will walk in because I have searched out your guidelines.I will speak about your declarations in front of kings and I won’t be ashamed.I find my delight in your commands — I love them deeply.I reach out my hands toward your commands that I love, and I think deeply about your boundaries.Remember what you said to the one who serves you — the promise you gave me to hold onto.This is what keeps me going when I suffer: your promise .The arrogant mock me relentlessly, but I haven’t turned aside from your instruction.I remember your just decisions from long ago, Yahweh, and I find in them.A grips me because of those who are corrupt — the ones who abandon your instruction.Your boundaries have become my in this .In the night I remember your , Yahweh, and I keep your instruction close.This is what I’ve claimed as mine: keeping your guidelines.Yahweh is my — I’ve said it and I mean it: I will keep your words.I’ve searched for your with everything in me — be generous to me the way you promised.I thought carefully about my ways and turned my steps back toward your declarations.I hurried and didn’t drag my feet — I ran to keep your commands.The of the have wrapped around me, but I haven’t forgotten your instruction.In the middle of the night I get up to praise you for your just decisions.I’m a to everyone who you — to all who keep your guidelines.The earth is filled with your loyal love, Yahweh — teach me your boundaries.You have been good to the one who serves you, Yahweh, just as you promised.Teach me and knowledge, because I’ve put my trust in your commands.Before I went through suffering I was , but now I hold close to what you’ve said.You are , and what you do is good — teach me your boundaries.The arrogant smear lies all over me, but with everything in me I guard your guidelines.Their hearts are , but I — I take delight in your instruction.It was good for me that I went through suffering — that’s how I learned your boundaries.The instruction from your mouth is worth more to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.Your hands — give me understanding so I can learn your commands.Those who honor you will see me and be glad, because I’ve put my hope in your word.I know, Yahweh, that your just decisions are right, and that it was out of faithfulness that you let me suffer.Let your loyal love be what comforts me, just as you promised the one who serves you.Let your reach me so I can live — your instruction is my delight.Let the arrogant be put to shame — they twisted things to bring me down with lies. But I will think deeply about your guidelines.Let those who honor you turn back to me — the ones who know your declarations.Let my heart be in your boundaries, so I will never be put to shame.My whole being is , waiting for your rescue — I’ve put my hope in your word.My eyes are spent from searching for what you promised — I keep asking, “When will you comfort me?”I’ve become like a , but I haven’t forgotten your boundaries.How many days does the one who serves you have left? When will you bring justice against those who pursue me?The arrogant have dug pits to trap me — people who don’t live by your instruction.All your commands are . They pursue me with lies — help me!They almost wiped me off the earth, but I refused to abandon your guidelines.Bring me back to life with your loyal love, and I will keep the declarations that come from your mouth.Yahweh, your word stands — it is in the heavens.Your faithfulness endures from one generation to the next — you set the earth in place, and there it stands.By your just decisions they continue to this day, because everything serves you.If your instruction hadn’t been my delight, I would have been in my suffering.I will never forget your guidelines — through them you’ve breathed life back into me.I am yours — rescue me! I’ve searched for your guidelines.Those who are corrupt wait to destroy me, but I set my mind on your declarations.I’ve seen the of everything that’s considered complete — but your command .How I your instruction! I think about it all day long.Your commands make me than those who oppose me, because they are always with me.I have more than all my teachers, because your declarations are what I think deeply about.I understand more than the , because I keep your guidelines close.I’ve held my feet back from every wrong path so I could keep your word.I haven’t turned away from your just decisions — you yourself have been my teacher.How are your words to my taste — sweeter than on my tongue!From your guidelines I gain understanding — that’s why I hate every path of deception.Your word is a for my feet and a for my path.I’ve made a and confirmed it: I will follow your just decisions.I’ve been — Yahweh, bring me back to life the way you promised.Yahweh, please accept the , and teach me your just decisions. every single day, but I haven’t forgotten your instruction.Those who are corrupt have set a trap for me, but I haven’t strayed from your guidelines.Your declarations are mine forever — they are the of my heart.I’ve turned my heart to carry out your boundaries — all the way to the end, forever.I hate those who are , but I love your instruction.You are my and my — I’ve put my hope in your word.Get away from me, you who do harm — I’m going to guard my God’s commands.Hold me up the way you promised, and I will live — don’t let my hope become something to be ashamed of.Support me and I will be safe — I will always keep my eyes on your boundaries.You everyone who strays from your boundaries — their deception amounts to nothing.You dispose of all the corrupt on earth like — that’s why I love your declarations.My body in awe of you — I stand in of your just decisions.I’ve done what is — don’t hand me over to those who oppress me.Stand as for the one who serves you and his well-being — don’t let the arrogant crush me.My eyes are failing from searching for your rescue — for the justice you promised.Deal with the one who serves you according to your loyal love, and teach me your boundaries.I am the one who serves you — give me understanding so I can know your declarations.It is time for Yahweh to act — they have your instruction.That’s exactly why I love your commands — more than gold, more than the .That’s why I consider every one of your guidelines to be right — I hate every path of deception.Your declarations are — that’s why my whole being keeps them.When your words they bring light — they give understanding to the .I , because I ache with longing for your commands.Turn to me and be generous — that’s the of those who love your name.Keep my steps steady in what you’ve said — don’t let any have power over me. from the oppression of people, and I will keep your guidelines.Let your the one who serves you, and teach me your boundaries. run down from my eyes because people do not keep your instruction.You are , Yahweh, and your just decisions are right.You have laid down your declarations in justice and complete faithfulness.My is burning me up, because my enemies have forgotten your words.What you’ve said has been — and the one who serves you loves it.I am , but I haven’t forgotten your guidelines.Your justice is justice forever, and your instruction is truth. have found me, but your commands are my delight.Your declarations are just forever — give me understanding so I can live.I’m calling out with everything in me — answer me, Yahweh! I will guard your boundaries.I’m calling out to you — rescue me! And I will keep your declarations.I get up and cry for help — I’ve put my hope in your words.My eyes are open through the so I can think deeply about what you’ve said.Hear my voice — your loyal love calls for it, Yahweh. Bring me back to life through your just decisions.Those who chase after are closing in — they are far from your instruction.But you are , Yahweh, and all your commands are truth.I learned long ago from your declarations that you established them to last forever.Look at my suffering and pull me out of it — I haven’t forgotten your instruction. and set me free — bring me back to life the way you promised.Rescue is far from those who are corrupt — they don’t search for your boundaries.Your compassion is , Yahweh — bring me back to life through your just decisions.Many are the ones who pursue me and press in on me, but I haven’t turned away from your declarations.I look at the and — because they don’t hold onto what you’ve said.See how I love your guidelines — Yahweh, bring me back to life with your loyal love.The of your word is truth, and every one of your just decisions lasts forever.Powerful people pursue me for no reason, but my heart only at your words.I over what you’ve said like someone who stumbles onto a .I hate deception — I loathe it. But your instruction? That I love. a day I praise you for your just decisions.Those who love your instruction have a — nothing can make them .I wait in hope for your rescue, Yahweh, and I carry out your commands.My whole being keeps your declarations — I love them beyond measure.I keep your guidelines and your declarations — everything I do is open before you.Let my come close enough for you to hear, Yahweh — give me understanding the way you promised.Let my reach your presence — pull me out the way you promised.Let my lips with praise, because you are teaching me your boundaries.Let my tongue sing about what you’ve said — because all your commands are just.Let your hand be ready to help me — because I’ve chosen your guidelines.I your rescue, Yahweh — your instruction is my delight.Let me live so I can praise you — let your just decisions help me.I have like a — the one who serves you, because I haven’t forgotten your commands.