Psalm 119:17–24

Deal bountifully with your servant,

that I may live and keep your word.

Open my eyes, that I may behold

wondrous things out of your law.

I am a sojourner on the earth;

hide not your commandments from me!

My soul is consumed with longing

for your rules at all times.

You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones,

who wander from your commandments.

Take away from me scorn and contempt,

for I have kept your testimonies.

Even though princes sit plotting against me,

your servant will meditate on your statutes.

Your testimonies are my delight;

they are my counselors.

Be good to your servant while I live,

that I may obey your word.

Open my eyes that I may see

wonderful things in your law.

I am a stranger on earth;

do not hide your commands from me.

My soul is consumed with longing

for your laws at all times.

You rebuke the arrogant, who are accursed,

those who stray from your commands.

Remove from me their scorn and contempt,

for I keep your statutes.

Though rulers sit together and slander me,

your servant will meditate on your decrees.

Your statutes are my delight;

they are my counselors.

Deal generously with your servant

so that I might live;

then I will keep your word.

Open my eyes so that I may contemplate

wondrous things from your instruction.

I am a resident alien on earth;

do not hide your commands from me.

I am continually overcome

with longing for your judgments.

You rebuke the arrogant,

the ones under a curse,

who wander from your commands.

Take insult and contempt away from me,

for I have kept your decrees.

Though princes sit together speaking against me,

your servant will think about your statutes;

your decrees are my delight

and my counselors.

Be good to your servant,

that I may live and obey your word.

Open my eyes to see

the wonderful truths in your instructions.

I am only a foreigner in the land.

Don’t hide your commands from me!

I am always overwhelmed

with a desire for your regulations.

You rebuke the arrogant;

those who wander from your commands are cursed.

Don’t let them scorn and insult me,

for I have obeyed your laws.

Even princes sit and speak against me,

but I will meditate on your decrees.

Your laws please me;

they give me wise advice.

Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live

and heed your word.

Uncover my eyes, that I may look at

wonderful things from your law.

I am a sojourner on the earth;

do not hide your commands from me.

My soul is crushed with longing

for your ordinances at all times.

You rebuke the arrogant, the accursed,

who stray from your commands.

Remove from me scorn and contempt,

for I have kept your testimonies.

Even though princes sit and speak against me,

your servant meditates on your statutes.

Your testimonies are my delight,

my counselors.

GIMEL.

Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live,

And keep thy word.

Open thou mine eyes,

That I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

I am a stranger in the earth:

Hide not thy commandments from me.

My soul breaketh for the longing

That it hath unto thy judgments at all times.

Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed,

Which do err from thy commandments.

Remove from me reproach and contempt;

For I have kept thy testimonies.

Princes also did sit and speak against me:

But thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.

Thy testimonies also are my delight

And my counsellers.