Psalm 119:1–25
Meditations on the Excellencies of the Word of God
א Aleph
1 Blessed are the 1undefiled in the way,
aWho walk in the law of the Lord!
2 Blessed are those who keep His testimonies,
Who seek Him with the bwhole heart!
3 cThey also do no iniquity;
They walk in His ways.
To keep Your precepts diligently.
5 Oh, that my ways were directed
To keep Your statutes!
6 dThen I would not be ashamed,
When I look into all Your commandments.
7 I will praise You with uprightness of heart,
When I learn Your righteous judgments.
Oh, do not forsake me utterly!
9 How can a young man cleanse his way?
By taking heed according to Your word.
10 With my whole heart I have esought You;
Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments!
11 fYour word I have hidden in my heart,
That I might not sin against You.
Teach me Your statutes.
13 With my lips I have gdeclared
All the judgments of Your mouth.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies,
As much as in all riches.
15 I will meditate on Your precepts,
And 2contemplate Your ways.
16 I will hdelight myself in Your statutes;
I will not forget Your word.
17 iDeal bountifully with Your servant,
That I may live and keep Your word.
18 Open my eyes, that I may see
Wondrous things from Your law.
19 jI am a stranger in the earth;
Do not hide Your commandments from me.
20 kMy soul 3breaks with longing
For Your judgments at all times.
21 You rebuke the proud—the cursed,
Who stray from Your commandments.
22 lRemove from me reproach and contempt,
For I have kept Your testimonies.
23 Princes also sit and speak against me,
But Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
24 Your testimonies also are my delight
And my counselors.
25 mMy soul clings to the dust;
nRevive me according to Your word.