Psalm 119:65–88

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Teth.

65 You have dealt well with Your servant,

O Lord, according to Your word.

66 Teach me good 1adiscernment and knowledge,

For I believe in Your commandments.

67 aBefore I was afflicted I went astray,

But now I keep Your word.

68 You are agood and bdo good;

cTeach me Your statutes.

69 The arrogant 1have aforged a lie against me;

With all my heart I will bobserve Your precepts.

70 Their heart is 1acovered with fat,

But I bdelight in Your law.

71 It is agood for me that I was afflicted,

That I may learn Your statutes.

72 The alaw of Your mouth is better to me

Than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

י

Yodh.

73 aYour hands made me and 1fashioned me;

bGive me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.

74 May those who 1fear You asee me and be glad,

Because I 2bwait for Your word.

75 I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are arighteous,

And that bin faithfulness You have afflicted me.

76 O may Your lovingkindness 1comfort me,

According to Your 2word to Your servant.

77 May aYour compassion come to me that I may live,

For Your law is my bdelight.

78 May athe arrogant be ashamed, for they subvert me bwith a lie;

But I shall cmeditate on Your precepts.

79 May those who 1fear You turn to me,

Even those who know Your testimonies.

80 May my heart be 1ablameless in Your statutes,

So that I will not bbe ashamed.

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Kaph.

81 My asoul languishes for Your salvation;

I 1bwait for Your word.

82 My aeyes fail with longing for Your 1word,

2While I say, “When will You comfort me?”

83 Though I have abecome like a wineskin in the smoke,

I do bnot forget Your statutes.

84 How many are the adays of Your servant?

When will You bexecute judgment on those who persecute me?

85 The arrogant have adug pits for me,

Men who are not 1in accord with Your law.

86 All Your commandments are afaithful;

They have bpersecuted me with a lie; chelp me!

87 They almost destroyed me 1on earth,

But as for me, I adid not forsake Your precepts.

88 Revive me according to Your lovingkindness,

So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth.