Psalm 119:73–104

JOD.

73  jThy hands have kmade me and kfashioned me:

lGive me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

74  They that fear thee will mbe glad when they see me;

Because I have nhoped in thy word.

75  I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are †right,

And that bthou oin faithfulness hast afflicted me.

76  Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be †for my comfort,

pAccording to thy word unto thy servant.

77  Let thy tender mercies pcome unto me, that I may live:

For thy law is qmy delight.

78  rLet the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me swithout a cause:

But I will tmeditate in thy precepts.

79  Let those that fear thee turn unto me,

And those that have known thy testimonies.

80  Let my heart be sound in thy statutes;

uThat I be not ashamed.

CAPH.

81  xMy soul fainteth for thy salvation:

But I yhope in thy word.

82  zMine eyes fail for thy word,

aSaying, bWhen wilt thou comfort me?

83  For I cam become like a dbottle in the smoke;

Yet edo I not forget thy statutes.

84  fHow many are the days of thy servant?

gWhen wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

85  The hproud have idigged pits for me,

Which are not after thy law.

86  All thy commandments are †faithful:

They persecute me jwrongfully; khelp thou me.

87  They had almost consumed me upon earth;

But I forsook not thy precepts.

88  lQuicken me after thy lovingkindness;

So shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.

LAMED.

89  For ever, O Lord,

mThy word is settled in heaven.

90  Thy nfaithfulness is †unto all generations:

Thou hast established the earth, and it †abideth.

91  They continue this day according to thine oordinances:

For all are thy servants.

92  Unless thy law had been pmy delights,

I should then have perished in mine affliction.

93  qI will never forget thy precepts:

For with them thou hast lquickened me.

94  I am thine, save me;

For I have sought thy precepts.

95  The wicked have waited for me to destroy me:

But I will consider thy testimonies.

96  rI have seen an end of all perfection:

But thy commandment is exceeding sbroad.

MEM.

97  O thow love I thy law!

It is umy meditation all the day.

98  Thou through thy commandments hast made me vwiser than mine enemies:

For †they are ever with me.

99  I vwhave more understanding than all my teachers:

xFor thy testimonies are umy meditation.

100  vI yunderstand more than the ancients,

Because I yykeep thy precepts.

101  zI have refrained my feet from every evil way,

That I might keep thy word.

102  I have not departed from thy judgments:

For thou hast taught me.

103  How asweet are thy words unto my †taste!

Yea, sweeter athan honey to my mouth!

104  Through thy precepts I get understanding:

Therefore bI hate every false way.