Psalms 119
The psalmist expresses his love and devotion to God's law, seeking guidance, understanding, and strength to follow it. He asks for God's mercy, salvation, and protection from those who persecute him, and he affirms his commitment to keeping God's commandments, even in the face of adversity. Throughout the psalm, the writer reflects on the beauty, truth, and importance of God's law, and he expresses his desire to be taught, directed, and revived by it.
Alleluia. ALEPH. Blessed are the immaculate in the way, who walk in the law of the LordBlessed are those who examine his testimonies. They seek him with their whole heartFor those who work iniquity have not walked in his waysYou have ordered your commandments to be kept most diligentlyI wish that my ways may be directed so as to keep your justificationsThen I will not be confounded, when I will look into all your commandmentsI will confess to you with honesty of heart. In this way, I have learned the judgments of your justiceI will keep your justifications. Do not utterly abandon meBETH. By what does an adolescent correct his way? By keeping to your wordsWith my whole heart, I have sought you. Do not let me be driven away from your commandmentsI have hidden your eloquence in my heart, so that I may not sin against youBlessed are you, O Lord. Teach me your justificationsWith my lips, I have pronounced all the judgments of your mouthI have been delighted in the way of your testimonies, as if in all richesI will be trained in your commandments, and I will consider your waysI will meditate on your justifications. I will not forget your wordsGHIMEL. Repay your servant, revive me; and I will keep your wordsReveal to my eyes, and I will consider the wonders of your lawI am a sojourner on the earth. Do not hide your commandments from meMy soul has longed to desire your justifications at all timesYou have rebuked the arrogant. Those who decline from your commandments are accursedTake me away from disgrace and contempt, for I have sought your testimoniesFor even the leaders sat and spoke against me. But your servant has been trained in your justificationsFor your testimonies are also my meditation, and your justifications are my counselDALETH. My soul has adhered to the pavement. Revive me according to your wordI have declared my ways, and you have heeded me. Teach me your justificationsInstruct me in the way of your justifications, and I will be trained in your wondersMy soul has slumbered because of weariness. Confirm me in your wordsRemove the way of iniquity from me, and have mercy on me by your lawI have chosen the way of truth. I have not forgotten your judgmentsI have adhered to your testimonies, O Lord. Do not be willing to confound meI have run by way of your commandments, when you enlarged my heartHE. O Lord, place the law before me, the way of your justifications, and I will always inquire into itGive me understanding, and I will examine your law. And I will keep it with my whole heartLead me according to the path of your commandments, for I have desired thisBend my heart with your testimonies, and not with avariceTurn my eyes away, lest they see what is vain. Revive me in your wayStation your eloquence with your servant, along with your fearCut off my disgrace, which I have taken up, for your judgments are delightfulBehold, I have longed for your commandments. Revive me in your fairnessVAU. And let your mercy overwhelm me, O Lord: your salvation according to your eloquenceAnd I will respond to those who reproach me by word, for I have hoped in your wordsAnd do not utterly take away the word of truth from my mouth. For in your judgments, I have hoped beyond hopeAnd I will always keep your law, in this age and forever and everAnd I have wandered far and wide, because I was seeking your commandmentsAnd I spoke of your testimonies in the sight of kings, and I was not confoundedAnd I meditated on your commandments, which I lovedAnd I lifted up my hands to your commandments, which I loved. And I was trained in your justificationsZAIN. Be mindful of your word to your servant, by which you have given me hopeThis has consoled me in my humiliation, for your word has revived meThe arrogant act altogether iniquitously, but I have not turned aside from your lawI called to mind your judgments of antiquity, O Lord, and I was consoledFaintness has taken hold of me, because of the sinners, those who abandon your lawYour justifications were the subject of my worthy singing, in the place of my pilgrimageDuring the night, I remembered your name, O Lord, and I kept your lawThis has happened to me because I sought your justificationsHETH. O Lord, my portion, I have said that I would keep your lawI have beseeched your face with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your wordI have considered my ways, and I have turned my feet toward your testimoniesI have been prepared, and I have not been disturbed, so that I may keep your commandmentsThe ropes of the impious have encircled me, and I have not forgotten your lawI arose in the middle of the night to confess to you, over the judgments of your justificationI am a partaker with all those who fear you and who keep your commandmentsThe earth, O Lord, is full of your mercy. Teach me your justificationsTETH. You have done well with your servant, O Lord, according to your wordTeach me goodness and discipline and knowledge, for I have trusted your commandmentsBefore I was humbled, I committed offenses; because of this, I have kept to your wordYou are good, so in your goodness teach me your justificationsThe iniquity of the arrogant has been multiplied over me. Yet I will examine your commandments with all my heartTheir heart has been curdled like milk. Truly, I have meditated on your lawIt is good for me that you humbled me, so that I may learn your justificationsThe law of your mouth is good for me, beyond thousands of gold and silver piecesIOD. Your hands have created me and formed me. Give me understanding, and I will learn your commandmentsThose who fear you will see me, and they will rejoice. For I have greatly hoped in your wordsI know, O Lord, that your judgments are fairness. And in your truth, you have humbled meLet it be your mercy that consoles me, according to your eloquence to your servantLet your compassion draw near to me, and I will live. For your law is my meditationLet the arrogant be confounded, for unjustly they have done iniquity to me. But I will be trained in your commandmentsLet those who fear you turn to me, along with those who know your testimoniesLet my heart be immaculate in your justifications, so that I may not be confoundedCAPH. My soul has faltered in your salvation, yet in your word, I have hoped beyond hopeMy eyes have failed in your eloquence, saying, "When will you console me?For I have become like a wineskin in the frost. I have not forgotten your justificationsHow many are the days of your servant? When will you bring judgment against those who persecute meThe iniquitous have spoken fables to me. But these are unlike your lawAll your commandments are truth. They have been persecuting me unjustly: assist meThey have nearly consumed me on earth. Yet I have not forsaken your commandmentsRevive me according to your mercy. And I will keep the testimonies of your mouthLAMED. O Lord, your word remains firm in heaven, for all eternityYour truth is from generation to generation. You have founded the earth, and it remains firmBy your ordinance, the day perseveres. For all things are in service to youIf your law had not been my meditation, then perhaps I would have perished in my humiliationI will not forget your justifications, for eternity. For by them, you have enlivened meI am yours. Accomplish my salvation. For I have inquired into your justificationsThe sinners have waited for me, in order to destroy me. I have understood your testimoniesI have seen the end of the consummation of all things. Your commandment is exceedingly broadMEM. How have I loved your law, O Lord? It is my meditation all day longBy your commandment, you have made me able to see far, beyond my enemies. For it is with me for eternityI have understood beyond all my teachers. For your testimonies are my meditationI have understood beyond the elders. For I have searched your commandmentsI have prohibited my feet from every evil way, so that I may keep your wordsI have not declined from your judgments, because you have stationed a law for meHow sweet is your eloquence to my palate, more so than honey to my mouthI obtained understanding by your commandments. Because of this, I have hated every way of iniquityNUN. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my pathsI have sworn it, and so I am determined to keep the judgments of your justiceI have been altogether humbled, Lord. Revive me according to your wordMake the willing offerings of my mouth well pleasing, Lord, and teach me your judgmentsMy soul is always in my hands, and I have not forgotten your lawSinners have set a snare for me, yet I have not strayed from your commandmentsI have acquired your testimonies as an inheritance unto eternity, because they are the exultation of my heartI have inclined my heart to do your justifications for eternity, as a recompenseSAMECH. I have hated the iniquitous, and I have loved your lawYou are my helper and my supporter. And in your word, I have greatly hopedTurn away from me, you malignant ones. And I will examine the commandments of my GodUphold me according to your eloquence, and I will live. And let me not be confounded in my expectationHelp me, and I will be saved. And I will meditate always on your justificationsYou have despised all those who fell away from your judgments. For their intention is unjustI have considered all the sinners of the earth to be transgressors. Therefore, I have loved your testimoniesPierce my flesh with your fear, for I am afraid of your judgmentsAIN. I have accomplished judgment and justice. Do not hand me over to those who slander meUphold your servant in what is good. And do not allow the arrogant to slander meMy eyes have failed in your salvation and in the eloquence of your justiceDeal with your servant according to your mercy, and teach me your justificationsI am your servant. Give me understanding, so that I may know your testimoniesIt is time to act, O Lord. They have dissipated your lawTherefore, I have loved your commandments beyond gold and topazBecause of this, I was directed toward all your commandments. I held hatred for every iniquitous wayPHE. Your testimonies are wonderful. Therefore, my soul has been examined by themThe declaration of your words illuminates, and it gives understanding to little onesI opened my mouth and drew breath, for I desired your commandmentsGaze upon me and be merciful to me, according to the judgment of those who love your nameDirect my steps according to your eloquence, and let no injustice rule over meRedeem me from the slanders of men, so that I may keep your commandmentsMake your face shine upon your servant, and teach me your justificationsMy eyes have gushed like springs of water, because they have not kept your lawSADE. You are just, O Lord, and your judgment is rightYou have commanded justice: your testimonies and your truth even more soMy zeal has caused me to pine away, because my enemies have forgotten your wordsYour eloquence has been greatly enflamed, and your servant has loved itI am young and treated with contempt. But I have not forgotten your justificationsYour justice is justice for all eternity, and your law is truthTribulation and anguish have found me. Your commandments are my meditationYour testimonies are fairness unto eternity. Give me understanding, and I will liveCOPH. I cried out with my whole heart. Heed me, O Lord. I will ask for your justificationsI cried out to you. Save me, so that I may keep your commandmentsI arrived first in maturity, and so I cried out. For in your words, I have hoped beyond hopeMy eyes preceded the dawn for you, so that I might meditate on your eloquenceHear my voice according to your mercy, O Lord. And revive me according to your judgmentThose who persecute me have drawn near to iniquity, but they have been brought far from your lawYou are near, O Lord, and all your ways are truthI have known from the beginning about your testimonies. For you founded them in eternityRES. See my humiliation and rescue me, for I have not forgotten your lawJudge my judgment and redeem me. Revive me because of your eloquenceSalvation is far from sinners, because they have not inquired about your justificationsMany are your mercies, O Lord. Enliven me according to your judgmentMany are those who persecute me and who trouble me. I have not turned away from your testimoniesI saw the prevaricators, and I pine away. For they have not kept your wordO Lord, see how I have loved your commandments. Revive me in your mercyThe beginning of your words is truth. All the judgments of your justice are for eternitySIN. The leaders have persecuted me without cause. And my heart has been awed by your wordsI will rejoice over your eloquence, like one who has found many spoilsI have held hatred for iniquity, and I have abhorred it. Yet I have loved your lawSeven times a day, I uttered praise to you about the judgments of your justiceThose who love your law have great peace, and there is no scandal for themI have waited for your salvation, O Lord. And I have loved your commandmentsMy soul has kept to your testimonies and has loved them exceedinglyI have served your commandments and your testimonies. For all my ways are before your sightTAU. O Lord, let my supplication draw near in your sight. Grant understanding to me according to your eloquenceLet my petition enter before you. Rescue me according to your wordA hymn will burst forth from my lips, when you will teach me your justificationsMy tongue will pronounce your eloquence. For all your commandments are fairnessLet it be your hand that saves me. For I have chosen your commandmentsO Lord, I have longed for your salvation, and your law is my meditationMy soul will live and will praise you, and your judgments will assist meI have gone astray like a sheep that is lost. Seek out your servant, for I have not forgotten your commandments
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