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Psalm 119:9–16

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ב Beth

9How can a young man keep his way pure?

By keeping yourB word.l

10I have sought you with all my heart;m

don’t let me wander from your commands.n

11I have treasured your word in my hearto

so that I may not sin against you.

12Lord, may you be blessed;

teach me your statutes.p

13With my lips I proclaim

all the judgments from your mouth.q

14I rejoice in the way revealed by your decreesr

as much as in all riches.

15I will meditate on your preceptss

and think about your ways.t

16I will delight in your statutes;u

I will not forget your word.

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Footnotes

  1. BOr keeping it according to your

Cross references

  1. l2Sm 22:31; Ps 12:6; 19:9–10; 119:140; Pr 20:11; 30:5; Php 4:8
  2. mPs 119:2
  3. nPs 119:21,118
  4. oPs 37:31; 40:8; Lk 2:19,51
  5. pPs 119:26,64,108,124,135,171
  6. qPs 40:9; 119:72
  7. rPs 119:111,162; Pr 3:13–15; 8:10–11,18–19
  8. sPs 1:2; 119:23,48,78,97,148
  9. tPs 25:4; 27:11; Is 58:2
  10. uPs 1:2; 119:24,47,70,77,92,143,174

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In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

How can a young man keep his way pure?

By guarding it according to your word.

With my whole heart I seek you;

let me not wander from your commandments!

I have stored up your word in my heart,

that I might not sin against you.

Blessed are you, O Lord;

teach me your statutes!

With my lips I declare

all the rules of your mouth.

In the way of your testimonies I delight

as much as in all riches.

I will meditate on your precepts

and fix my eyes on your ways.

I will delight in your statutes;

I will not forget your word.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

How can a young person stay on the path of purity?

By living according to your word.

I seek you with all my heart;

do not let me stray from your commands.

I have hidden your word in my heart

that I might not sin against you.

Praise be to you, Lord;

teach me your decrees.

With my lips I recount

all the laws that come from your mouth.

I rejoice in following your statutes

as one rejoices in great riches.

I meditate on your precepts

and consider your ways.

I delight in your decrees;

I will not neglect your word.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

NLTNew Living Translation

How can a young person stay pure?

By obeying your word.

I have tried hard to find you—

don’t let me wander from your commands.

I have hidden your word in my heart,

that I might not sin against you.

I praise you, O Lord;

teach me your decrees.

I have recited aloud

all the regulations you have given us.

I have rejoiced in your laws

as much as in riches.

I will study your commandments

and reflect on your ways.

I will delight in your decrees

and not forget your word.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

How can a young man keep his way pure?

By taking heed according to your word.

With my whole heart I have sought you;

do not let me stray from your commands.

In my heart I have hidden your word,

so that I may not sin against you.

Blessed are you, O Yahweh.

Teach me your statutes.

With my lips I have told of

all the ordinances of your mouth.

In the way of your testimonies I have rejoiced

as I would over all riches.

I will meditate on your precepts

and look at your ways.

I will take delight in your statutes;

I will not forget your word.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

BETH.

Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?

By taking heed thereto according to thy word.

With my whole heart have I sought thee:

O let me not wander from thy commandments.

Thy word have I hid in mine heart,

That I might not sin against thee.

Blessed art thou, O Lord:

Teach me thy statutes.

With my lips have I declared

All the judgments of thy mouth.

I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies,

As much as in all riches.

I will meditate in thy precepts,

And have respect unto thy ways.

I will delight myself in thy statutes:

I will not forget thy word.

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