Psalm 119:1–24

¹Blessed are they that are perfect in the way,

Who walk in the law of Jehovah.

²Blessed are they that keep his testimonies,

That seek him with the whole heart.

³Yea, they do no unrighteousness;

They walk in his ways.

⁴Thou hast commanded us thy precepts,

That we should observe them diligently.

⁵Oh that my ways were established

To observe thy statutes!

⁶Then shall I not be put to shame,

When I have respect unto all thy commandments.

⁷I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart,

When I learn thy righteous judgments.

⁸I will observe thy statutes:

Oh forsake me not utterly.

⁹Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way?

By taking heed thereto according to thy word.

¹⁰With my whole heart have I sought thee:

Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.

¹¹Thy word have I laid up in my heart,

That I might not sin against thee.

¹²Blessed art thou, O Jehovah:

Teach me thy statutes.

¹³With my lips have I declared

All the ordinances of thy mouth.

¹⁴I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies,

As much as in all riches.

¹⁵I will meditate on thy precepts,

And have respect unto thy ways.

¹⁶I will delight myself in thy statutes:

I will not forget thy word.

¹⁷Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live;

So will I observe thy word.

¹⁸Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold

Wondrous things out of thy law.

¹⁹I am a sojourner in the earth:

Hide not thy commandments from me.

²⁰My soul breaketh for the longing

That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times.

²¹Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed,

That do wander from thy commandments.

²²Take away from me reproach and contempt;

For I have kept thy testimonies.

²³Princes also sat and talked against me;

But thy servant did meditate on thy statutes.

²⁴Thy testimonies also are my delight

And my counsellors.