Psalms 119

Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

ALEPH

1 Blessed ¹are those whose way is blameless, ‡ Luk 11:28Ezk 11:20Jas 1:25Psa 128:1Jhn 13:17Luk 1:6Psa 1:1-3Tit 2:11-12 +17

who walk in the Law of the LORD.

2 Blessed are those who keep His testimonies ‡ Jer 29:13Deu 4:29Psa 119:10Jhn 14:23Psa 25:10Ezk 36:27Deu 6:17Pro 23:26 +7

and seek Him with all their heart.

3 They do no iniquity; ‡ 1Jn 5:181Jn 3:9

they walk in His ways.

4 You have ordained Your precepts, ‡ 1Jn 5:3Jhn 14:21Mat 28:20Jer 7:23Deu 28:1-14Deu 12:32Jhn 14:15Php 4:8-9 +8

that we should keep them diligently.

5 Oh, that my ways were committed ‡ Psa 51:102Th 3:5Heb 13:21Jer 31:33Psa 119:36Rom 7:22-24Psa 119:32Psa 119:173 +3

to keeping Your statutes!

6 Then I would not be ashamed ‡ 1Jn 2:28Jhn 15:14Job 22:26Psa 119:801Jn 3:20-21Dan 12:2-3Jas 2:10Psa 119:128 +1

when I consider all Your commandments.

7 I will praise You with an upright heart ‡ Psa 119:171Jhn 6:45Psa 119:12Psa 25:4-51Ch 29:13-17Isa 48:17Psa 25:8-10Psa 9:1 +8

when I learn Your righteous judgments.

8 I will keep Your statutes; ‡ Psa 71:9Psa 51:11Php 4:13Psa 38:21-22Psa 119:176Psa 71:18Jos 24:15Psa 119:106 +2

do not utterly forsake me.

BETH

9 How can a young man keep his way pure? ‡ 2Ti 2:22Jas 1:21-252Ti 3:15-17Jos 1:7Psa 119:11Psa 25:7Tit 2:4-6Psa 1:1-3 +19

By guarding it according to Your word.

10 With all my heart I have sought You; ‡ Psa 119:342Ch 15:15Psa 119:2Psa 23:3Psa 119:133Isa 35:8Jer 3:10Psa 119:118 +17

do not let me stray from Your commandments.

11 I have hidden Your word in my heart ‡ Psa 37:31Col 3:16Psa 40:8Jer 15:16Psa 1:2Job 22:22Pro 2:10-11Psa 119:97 +5

that I might not sin against You.

12 Blessed are You, O LORD; ‡ Psa 119:641Jn 2:27Luk 24:45Psa 25:4-5Psa 119:108Psa 86:11Jhn 14:26Psa 143:10 +8

teach me Your statutes.

13 With my lips I proclaim ‡ Psa 71:15-18Psa 37:30Psa 40:9-10Psa 118:17Psa 34:11Act 4:20Mat 12:34Psa 119:172 +2

all the judgments of Your mouth.

14 I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies ‡ Mat 13:44Jer 15:16Psa 119:162Psa 112:1Psa 19:9-10Job 23:12Psa 119:127Psa 119:111 +4

as much as in all riches.

15 I will meditate on Your precepts ‡ Jas 1:25Psa 1:2Psa 119:148Psa 119:97Psa 119:48Psa 119:78Psa 119:117Psa 119:131 +2

and regard Your ways.

16 I will delight in Your statutes; ‡ Psa 119:24Pro 3:1Psa 119:47Psa 119:35Rom 7:22Heb 10:16-17Jas 1:23-24Psa 119:109 +10

I will not forget Your word.

GIMEL

17 Deal bountifully with Your servant, ‡ Psa 13:6Tit 2:11-12Eph 2:4-5Psa 116:7Psa 119:124Psa 119:651Jn 2:291Jn 5:3-4 +6

that I may live and keep Your word.

18 Open my eyes that I may see ‡ Eph 1:17-18Act 26:18Isa 32:3Isa 35:5Mat 13:132Co 4:4-6Isa 29:18Jhn 9:39 +8

wondrous things from Your law.

19 I am a stranger on the earth; ‡ 1Ch 29:15Psa 39:12Heb 11:13-16Psa 119:101Pe 2:112Co 5:6Gen 47:9Luk 24:45 +3

do not hide Your commandments from me.

20 My soul is consumed with longing ‡ Psa 42:1-2Psa 84:2Psa 63:1Job 23:11-12Psa 119:131Psa 119:174Psa 119:40Job 27:10 +5

for Your judgments at all times.

21 You rebuke the arrogant— ‡ 1Pe 5:5Psa 119:10Psa 119:118Luk 18:14Deu 28:15Deu 30:19Jer 44:28-29Luk 14:11 +21

the cursed who stray from Your commandments.

22 Remove my scorn and contempt, ‡ Psa 39:8Psa 119:391Pe 2:201Pe 3:16-171Pe 4:14-161Sa 25:101Sa 25:392Sa 16:7-8 +10

for I have kept Your testimonies.

23 Though rulers sit and slander me, ‡ Psa 2:1-21Sa 22:7-13Luk 23:10-111Sa 20:31Luk 22:66Luk 23:1-2

Your servant meditates on Your statutes.

24 Your testimonies are indeed my delight; ‡ 2Ti 3:15-17Psa 119:92Col 3:16Psa 119:16Jos 1:8Pro 6:20-23Psa 119:97-100Psa 19:11 +8

they are my counselors.

DALETH

25 My soul cleaves to the dust; ‡ Deu 30:6Col 3:2Psa 119:159Psa 71:20Psa 143:11Psa 44:25Rom 7:22-24Psa 119:156 +13

revive me according to Your word.

26 I recounted my ways, and You answered me; ‡ Psa 86:11Psa 25:4Psa 27:11Psa 32:5Pro 28:13Psa 25:8-9Psa 119:12Psa 143:8-10 +4

teach me Your statutes.

27 Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; ‡ Psa 145:5-6Psa 105:2Psa 71:17Rev 15:3Act 2:11Psa 111:4Psa 78:4Exo 13:14-15 +1

then I will meditate on Your wonders.

28 My soul melts with sorrow; ‡ Php 4:131Pe 5:10Psa 22:14Psa 27:14Isa 40:29Zec 10:12Psa 107:26Psa 29:11 +6

strengthen me according to Your word.

29 Remove me from the path of deceit ‡ 1Jn 2:41Jn 1:8Pro 30:8Heb 8:10-11Psa 119:37Eph 4:22-25Rev 22:15Jer 16:19 +8

and graciously grant me Your law.

30 I have chosen the way of truth; ‡ Jhn 3:19-21Pro 1:29Psa 119:29Luk 10:421Pe 2:2Jos 24:152Jn 1:4Deu 11:18-20 +5

I have set Your ordinances before me.

31 I cling to Your testimonies, O LORD; ‡ Jhn 8:31Pro 23:23Rom 5:5Act 11:23Isa 45:171Jn 2:28Psa 25:2Psa 25:20 +9

let me not be put to shame.

32 I run in the path of Your commandments, ‡ 1Ki 4:292Co 3:17Heb 12:1Jhn 8:32Jhn 8:36Psa 18:36Isa 61:1Psa 119:45 +8

for You will enlarge my heart.

HE

33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, ‡ Psa 119:26-271Jn 2:27Isa 54:13Php 1:6Psa 119:12Mat 24:13Jhn 6:451Co 1:7-8 +5

and I will keep them to the end. ²

34 Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, ‡ Mat 7:24Jas 1:5Pro 2:5-6Psa 119:73Jas 1:25Jas 2:8-12Jhn 7:17Psa 111:10 +8

and follow it with all my heart.

35 Direct me in the path of Your commandments, ‡ Ezk 36:26-27Psa 23:3Psa 25:4Pro 4:111Jn 5:3Php 2:13Heb 13:21Pro 8:20 +10

for there I find delight.

36 Turn my heart to Your testimonies ‡ Heb 13:5Luk 12:15Mrk 7:21-221Ki 8:58Psa 51:102Pe 2:3Col 3:5Exo 18:21 +11

and not to covetous gain.

37 Turn my eyes away from worthless things; ‡ 1Jn 2:16Pro 4:25Isa 33:15Job 31:1Num 15:39Mat 5:28Pro 23:5Psa 119:40 +4

revive me with Your word. ³

38 Establish Your word to Your servant, ‡ Jer 32:39-41Psa 147:112Co 1:20Psa 103:172Sa 7:25-29Psa 103:11Psa 103:13Psa 119:49 +1

to produce reverence for You.

39 Turn away the disgrace I dread, ‡ 1Ti 3:7Psa 119:22Tit 2:8Psa 39:8Psa 57:3Rev 19:2Rom 2:21Ti 5:14 +10

for Your judgments are good.

40 How I long for Your precepts! ‡ Jhn 10:10Psa 119:202Co 7:1Php 3:13-14Psa 119:159Psa 119:25Psa 119:371Co 15:45 +12

Revive me in Your righteousness.

WAW

41 May Your loving devotion come to me, O LORD, ‡ Psa 69:16Psa 119:58Psa 119:76-77Luk 2:28-32Psa 119:132Psa 106:4-5

Your salvation, according to Your promise.

42 Then I can answer him who taunts, ‡ Act 27:25Mat 27:63Pro 27:112Sa 16:7-8Psa 119:49Psa 119:74Psa 119:81Psa 56:10-11 +10

for I trust in Your word.

43 Never take Your word of truth from my mouth, ‡ Psa 9:41Pe 2:23Eph 1:13Psa 119:13Psa 119:175Psa 71:17-18Jas 1:18Psa 119:52 +7

for I hope in Your judgments.

44 I will always obey Your law, ‡ Psa 119:33-34Rev 22:11Rev 7:15

forever and ever.

45 And I will walk in freedom, ‡ Psa 119:133Jas 1:25Pro 4:12Psa 119:94Jhn 8:30-36Jhn 5:392Pe 2:19Eph 5:17 +9

for I have sought Your precepts.

46 I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, ‡ Rom 1:16Act 26:1-2Mat 10:18-19Mrk 8:381Pe 4:14-162Ti 1:8Act 26:24-29Dan 3:16-18 +6

and I will not be ashamed.

47 I delight in Your commandments ‡ Psa 119:48Psa 119:97Psa 119:127Psa 19:7-10Jhn 4:34Psa 119:16Psa 119:174Job 23:11-12 +9

because I love them.

48 I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, ‡ Psa 119:15Mat 7:21Psa 1:2Jhn 15:14Jhn 13:17Ezk 44:12Jas 1:22-25Mic 5:9 +1

and I meditate on Your statutes.

ZAYIN

49 Remember Your word to Your servant, ‡ 2Sa 7:25Psa 106:45Psa 106:41Pe 1:13Psa 105:42Psa 119:81Psa 119:74Psa 71:14 +10

upon which You have given me hope.

50 This is my comfort in affliction, ‡ Rom 15:4Jhn 6:63Psa 94:19Psa 28:7Psa 42:11Heb 6:17-19Jer 15:16Psa 27:13 +8

that Your promise has given me life.

51 The arrogant utterly deride me, ‡ Job 23:11Jer 20:7Psa 119:157Psa 44:18Act 20:23-24Heb 12:1-3Isa 38:3Isa 42:4 +6

but I do not turn from Your law.

52 I remember Your judgments of old, O LORD, ‡ Psa 103:18Psa 105:5Psa 77:11-122Pe 2:4-9Deu 1:35-36Deu 4:3-4Exo 14:29-30Num 16:3-35 +2

and in them I find comfort.

53 Rage has taken hold of me ‡ Ezr 9:3Psa 119:158Ezr 10:6Jer 13:17Php 3:182Co 12:21Hab 3:16Luk 19:41-42 +6

because of the wicked who reject Your law.

54 Your statutes are songs to me ‡ Heb 11:13-16Gen 47:9Psa 10:1Psa 89:1

in the house of my pilgrimage.

55 In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, ‡ Psa 63:6Psa 42:8Isa 26:9Act 16:25Job 35:9-10Psa 139:18Gen 32:24-28Jhn 14:21 +5

that I may keep Your law.

56 This is my practice, ‡ Psa 119:1651Jn 3:19-24Psa 18:18-22

for I obey Your precepts.

HETH

57 The LORD is my portion; ‡ Lam 3:24Psa 16:5Psa 142:5Jer 10:16Psa 73:26Psa 119:115Jos 24:15Jos 24:18 +6

I have promised to keep Your words.

58 I have sought Your face with all my heart; ‡ Psa 119:41Heb 10:22Psa 119:10Psa 119:1701Ki 13:6Psa 27:8Psa 4:6Hos 7:14 +9

be gracious to me according to Your promise.

59 I considered my ways ‡ 2Co 13:5Ezk 18:28Lam 3:402Co 12:21Luk 15:17-20Hag 1:7Ezk 18:30Hag 1:5 +6

and turned my steps to Your testimonies.

60 I hurried without hesitating ‡ Psa 95:7-8Ecc 9:10Gal 1:16Pro 27:1Ezk 10:6-8

to keep Your commandments.

61 Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, ‡ Rom 12:17-21Psa 119:176Hos 6:91Sa 26:9-11Job 1:17Pro 24:29Psa 119:95Psa 140:5 +3

I do not forget Your law.

62 At midnight I rise to give You thanks ‡ Act 16:25Mrk 1:35Psa 42:8Psa 119:164Psa 119:7Psa 119:137Psa 119:147Psa 119:75 +4

for Your righteous judgments.

63 I am a friend to all who fear You, ‡ Psa 101:6Pro 13:201Jn 1:3Mal 3:16-18Psa 119:79Psa 119:115Psa 142:7Psa 16:3 +2

and to those who keep Your precepts.

64 The earth is filled with Your loving devotion, O LORD; ‡ Psa 33:5Mat 11:29Psa 119:12Isa 48:17-18Psa 119:26Psa 145:9Isa 2:3Psa 104:13 +1

teach me Your statutes.

TETH

65 You are good to Your servant, O LORD, ‡ Psa 119:17Psa 13:6Psa 30:11Psa 116:7Psa 16:5-6Psa 18:351Ch 29:14Psa 23:5-6

according to Your word.

66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge, ‡ Php 1:9Pro 2:1-91Ki 3:9Jas 3:13-18Psa 119:34Isa 11:2-4Mat 13:11Psa 119:128 +7

for I believe in Your commandments.

67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray; ‡ Jer 31:18-19Psa 119:71Hos 5:15Psa 119:75Psa 119:176Heb 12:5-11Hos 2:6-7Rev 3:10 +7

but now I keep Your word.

68 You are good, and You do what is good; ‡ Psa 119:12Psa 106:1Exo 34:6-7Psa 86:5Mat 19:17Psa 107:1Exo 33:18-19Isa 63:7 +6

teach me Your statutes.

69 Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, ‡ Job 13:4Mat 5:11-12Psa 109:2-3Psa 119:157Mat 26:59-68Act 24:13Act 24:5Jas 1:8 +6

I keep Your precepts with all my heart.

70 Their hearts are hard ⁴and callous, ‡ Psa 17:10Act 28:27Psa 73:7Isa 6:10Psa 119:16Psa 119:35Psa 40:8Rom 7:22

but I delight in Your law.

71 It was good for me to be afflicted, ‡ Heb 12:10-11Psa 119:671Co 11:32Psa 94:12-13Isa 27:9

that I might learn Your statutes.

72 The law from Your mouth is more precious to me ‡ Pro 8:10-11Psa 19:10Psa 119:127Pro 16:16Mat 13:44-46Psa 119:162Pro 8:19Psa 119:111 +2

than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.

YODH

73 Your hands have made me and fashioned me; ‡ Psa 139:14-16Job 31:15Psa 138:8Psa 111:102Ti 2:7Job 32:8Psa 119:1251Jn 5:20 +8

give me understanding to learn Your commandments.

74 May those who fear You see me and rejoice, ‡ Psa 66:16Psa 34:2-6Psa 119:79Psa 119:42Gen 32:11-12Luk 21:33Mal 3:16Psa 108:7 +1

for I have hoped in Your word.

75 I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, ‡ Rev 3:19Heb 12:10-11Psa 89:30-33Rom 3:4-5Deu 32:4Gen 18:25Job 34:23Psa 119:128 +5

and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

76 May Your loving devotion comfort me, I pray, ‡ Psa 106:4-52Co 1:3-5Psa 86:5

according to Your promise to Your servant.

77 May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, ‡ Lam 3:22-23Psa 119:174Psa 1:2Psa 119:41Psa 119:24Psa 119:47Dan 9:18Heb 8:10-12 +1

for Your law is my delight.

78 May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; ‡ 1Pe 2:20Jhn 15:25Psa 119:23Psa 119:51Psa 25:31Sa 24:10-121Sa 24:171Sa 26:18 +9

I will meditate on Your precepts.

79 May those who fear You turn to me, ‡ Psa 119:74Psa 142:7Psa 119:63Psa 7:7

those who know Your testimonies.

80 May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, ‡ Deu 26:161Jn 2:282Ch 12:142Co 1:12Jhn 1:47Psa 119:6Pro 4:23Psa 32:2 +6

that I may not be put to shame.

KAPH

81 My soul faints for Your salvation; ‡ Psa 84:2Psa 119:40Psa 119:114Psa 73:26Psa 119:77Rev 3:15-16Sng 5:8Psa 119:42 +3

I wait for Your word.

82 My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; ‡ Psa 69:3Psa 119:123Pro 13:12Psa 86:17Psa 90:13-15Deu 28:32Isa 38:11Lam 2:11

I ask, “When will You comfort me?”

83 Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, ‡ Job 30:30Psa 119:176Psa 102:3-4Psa 119:16Psa 119:61Psa 22:15

I do not forget Your statutes.

84 How many days must Your servant wait? ⁵ ‡ Psa 90:12Rev 6:10-11Psa 39:4-5Psa 7:6Psa 89:47-48Job 7:6-8

When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?

85 The arrogant have dug pits for me ‡ Pro 16:27Psa 35:7Jer 18:20Psa 119:78Psa 7:15Psa 36:11Jer 18:22Psa 58:1-2

in violation of Your law.

86 All Your commandments are faithful; ‡ Psa 35:19Psa 70:5Psa 109:26Psa 119:78Psa 35:7Psa 119:128Psa 119:138Psa 119:151 +9

I am persecuted without cause—help me!

87 They almost wiped me from the earth, ‡ Mat 10:28Isa 58:2Psa 119:611Sa 26:24Psa 119:511Sa 20:31Sa 23:26-271Sa 24:6-7 +2

but I have not forsaken Your precepts.

88 Revive me according to Your loving devotion, ‡ Psa 25:10Psa 119:25Psa 119:40Psa 119:146Psa 119:159Psa 119:2Psa 78:5Psa 132:12

that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth.

LAMEDH

89 Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; ‡ 1Pe 1:25Mat 24:34-35Mat 5:18Psa 119:160Psa 119:152Psa 89:22Pe 3:13

it is firmly fixed in the heavens.

90 Your faithfulness continues through all generations; ‡ Psa 100:5Psa 36:5Mic 7:20Psa 148:6Psa 89:1-2Psa 93:1Deu 7:9Psa 104:5 +4

You established the earth, and it endures.

91 Your ordinances stand to this day, ⁶ ‡ Isa 48:13Psa 148:5-6Jer 33:25Mat 8:9Gen 8:22Mat 5:45Jdg 5:20Deu 4:19 +1

for all things are servants to You.

92 If Your law had not been my delight, ‡ Rom 15:4Pro 6:22-23Psa 119:143Psa 119:77Psa 94:18-19Psa 119:24Psa 27:13

then I would have perished in my affliction.

93 I will never forget Your precepts, ‡ Psa 119:501Pe 1:23Jhn 6:63Psa 119:16

for by them You have revived me.

94 I am Yours; save me, ‡ Zep 3:17Act 27:23-24Isa 44:2Isa 64:8-10Psa 119:27Psa 86:2Isa 44:5Jos 10:4-6 +3

for I have sought Your precepts.

95 The wicked wait to destroy me, ‡ Psa 119:167Psa 119:31Psa 119:69Psa 119:85-87Act 23:21Act 25:3Psa 10:8-101Sa 23:20-23 +11

but I will ponder Your testimonies.

96 I have seen a limit to all perfection, ‡ Ecc 2:11Mat 24:35Mat 5:181Sa 17:49-511Sa 17:81Sa 31:4-51Sa 9:22Sa 17:23 +15

but Your commandment is without limit.

MEM

97 Oh, how I love Your law! ‡ Psa 1:2Pro 2:10Psa 119:159Jos 1:8Psa 119:48Deu 17:19Psa 119:167Deu 6:6-9 +4

All day long it is my meditation.

98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, ‡ Pro 2:6Col 3:16Jas 1:25Psa 119:104-105Deu 4:6Psa 119:11Deu 4:8Psa 119:30 +3

for they are always with me.

99 I have more insight than all my teachers, ‡ Mat 11:25Mat 13:112Ti 3:15-17Psa 119:24Mat 23:24-362Ch 29:15-362Ch 30:22Heb 5:12 +7

for Your testimonies are my meditation.

100 I discern more than the elders, ‡ Jas 3:13Psa 111:10Jer 8:8-9Job 12:12Job 15:9-10Job 28:281Ki 12:6-15Job 32:4 +2

for I obey Your precepts.

101 I have kept my feet from every evil path, ‡ 1Pe 3:10-11Pro 1:15Isa 55:7Psa 119:1041Pe 2:1-2Isa 53:6Psa 119:59-60Tit 2:11-12 +3

that I may keep Your word.

102 I have not departed from Your ordinances, ‡ 1Jn 2:271Th 2:13Pro 5:7Psa 18:21Jer 32:401Jn 2:19Eph 4:20-24

for You Yourself have taught me.

103 How sweet are Your words to my taste— ‡ Pro 8:11Psa 19:10Pro 24:13-14Psa 63:5Job 23:12Pro 3:17Sng 5:1Sng 1:2-4

sweeter than honey in my mouth!

104 I gain understanding from Your precepts; ‡ Psa 119:128Pro 8:13Pro 14:12Psa 119:98Psa 97:10Psa 101:3Psa 119:100Rom 12:9 +4

therefore I hate every false way.

NUN

105 Your word is a lamp to my feet ‡ Pro 6:23Psa 43:3Psa 18:282Pe 1:19Job 29:3Psa 19:8Eph 5:13

and a light to my path.

106 I have sworn and confirmed ‡ Neh 10:29Psa 56:122Co 8:52Ki 23:3Psa 66:13-14Ecc 5:4-5Psa 119:1152Ch 15:13-14 +1

that I will keep Your righteous judgments.

107 I am severely afflicted, O LORD; ‡ Psa 143:11Psa 34:19Psa 119:25Psa 119:88Psa 22:14-18Psa 6:1

revive me through Your word.

108 Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, ‡ Heb 13:15Hos 14:2Num 29:39Psa 119:12Psa 119:169Psa 119:130Psa 119:26

and teach me Your judgments.

109 I constantly take my life in my hands, ‡ Jdg 12:31Co 15:31Job 13:141Sa 19:51Sa 20:32Co 11:23Psa 119:117Psa 119:152 +2

yet I do not forget Your law.

110 The wicked have set a snare for me, ‡ Psa 119:95Psa 140:5Psa 141:9Psa 119:10Psa 119:85Jer 18:22Psa 10:8-18Psa 124:6-7 +6

but I have not strayed from Your precepts.

111 Your testimonies are my heritage forever, ‡ Jer 15:161Pe 1:4Psa 119:174Psa 119:92Psa 16:5Deu 33:4Psa 119:127Psa 119:74 +8

for they are the joy of my heart.

112 I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, ‡ Psa 119:331Ki 8:58Jos 24:23Psa 119:36Psa 141:4Psa 119:441Pe 1:13Php 2:13 +2

even to the very end.

SAMEKH

113 The double-minded I despise, ‡ Jas 1:8Jer 4:14Isa 55:72Co 10:5Mrk 7:21Psa 119:97Psa 119:103Psa 94:11

but Your law I love.

114 You are my hiding place and my shield; ‡ Psa 91:1-2Psa 32:7Isa 32:2Psa 3:3Psa 130:5-6Psa 119:81Psa 119:74Psa 84:11

I put my hope in Your word.

115 Depart from me, you evildoers, ‡ 1Co 15:33Mat 7:23Psa 6:8Psa 119:106Psa 139:19Psa 26:5Mat 25:41Psa 26:9 +1

that I may obey the commandments of my God.

116 Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; ‡ Rom 5:5Psa 25:21Pe 2:6Isa 41:10Psa 37:24Rom 10:11Psa 37:17Psa 54:4 +6

let me not be ashamed of my hope.

117 Uphold me, and I will be saved, ‡ Psa 119:6Jud 1:24Jhn 10:28-29Psa 71:6Psa 139:10Psa 17:5Isa 41:13Psa 119:111-112 +4

that I may always regard Your statutes.

118 You reject all who stray from Your statutes, ‡ Psa 119:10Psa 119:212Ti 3:13Eph 4:22Eph 5:6Isa 44:20Isa 63:3Psa 119:29 +10

for their deceitfulness is in vain.

119 All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; ‡ Mal 3:2-3Mat 7:231Sa 15:23Ezk 22:18-22Isa 1:25Jer 6:30Mat 13:49-50Mat 3:12 +3

therefore I love Your testimonies.

120 My flesh trembles in awe of You; ‡ Dan 10:8-11Hab 3:16Heb 12:21Heb 12:28-29Isa 66:2Php 2:12Lev 10:1-32Ch 34:21 +7

I stand in fear of Your judgments.

AYIN

121 I have done what is just and right; ‡ 2Sa 8:15Psa 18:20-242Co 1:12Psa 37:331Sa 24:11-151Sa 25:282Pe 2:9Act 21:16 +4

do not leave me to my oppressors.

122 Ensure Your servant’s well-being; ‡ Heb 7:22Psa 119:21Isa 38:14Job 17:3Pro 22:26-27Gen 43:9Phm 1:18-19Psa 36:11

do not let the arrogant oppress me.

123 My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, ‡ Psa 130:6Lam 4:17Psa 119:81-82Psa 143:7Psa 69:3

and for Your righteous promise.

124 Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion, ‡ Psa 119:12Dan 9:18Psa 103:10Psa 119:76-77Psa 130:7Psa 119:132Psa 119:26Psa 51:1 +9

and teach me Your statutes.

125 I am Your servant; give me understanding, ‡ Jas 3:13-172Co 3:5-6Jas 1:5Pro 14:8Psa 116:16Psa 119:34Pro 9:10Psa 119:11 +8

that I may know Your testimonies.

126 It is time for the LORD to act, ‡ Jer 8:8Hab 1:4Mal 2:8Psa 9:19Mat 15:6Rom 3:31Rom 4:14Isa 42:14 +4

for they have broken Your law.

127 Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, ‡ Psa 19:10Mat 13:45-46Pro 16:16Pro 3:13-18Pro 8:11Psa 119:72Eph 3:8

even the purest gold.

128 Therefore I admire all Your precepts ‡ Psa 119:104Rom 7:22Psa 19:7-8Pro 30:5Psa 119:6Deu 4:8Job 33:27Rom 7:16 +3

and hate every false way.

PE

129 Wonderful are Your testimonies; ‡ Psa 139:6Psa 25:10Isa 25:1Psa 119:18Psa 119:146Psa 119:2Psa 119:31Isa 9:6 +1

therefore I obey them.

130 The unfolding of Your words gives light; ‡ Psa 119:105Pro 6:232Co 4:6Act 26:18Psa 19:7Luk 1:77-792Pe 1:19Pro 1:22-23 +7

it informs the simple.

131 I open my mouth and pant, ‡ Psa 42:1Psa 119:201Pe 2:2Heb 12:14Isa 26:8-9Psa 81:10Job 29:23Psa 119:162 +2

longing for Your commandments.

132 Turn to me and show me mercy, ‡ Psa 106:4Psa 119:1241Sa 1:11Psa 25:16Psa 25:182Sa 16:12Exo 4:312Th 1:6-7 +1

as You do to those who love Your name.

133 Order my steps in Your word; ‡ Psa 17:5Psa 19:13Psa 119:116Psa 32:8Rom 6:12-141Sa 2:9Psa 121:3Rom 7:23-24

let no sin rule over me.

134 Redeem me from the oppression of man, ‡ Psa 119:122Psa 56:1-2Ezk 11:17-20Luk 1:74-75Act 9:31Ezk 36:24-27Psa 105:43-45Psa 142:6 +1

that I may keep Your precepts.

135 Make Your face shine upon Your servant, ‡ Num 6:25-26Psa 4:6Psa 80:7Luk 24:45Psa 80:19Psa 80:3Job 33:26Job 34:32 +6

and teach me Your statutes.

136 My eyes shed streams of tears ‡ Jer 9:1Ezk 9:41Sa 15:11Jer 14:17Jer 9:18Psa 119:158Psa 119:53Luk 19:41 +2

because Your law is not obeyed.

TZADE

137 Righteous are You, O LORD, ‡ Ezr 9:15Jer 12:1Dan 9:7Psa 145:17Dan 9:14Deu 32:4Neh 9:33Psa 103:6 +7

and upright are Your judgments.

138 The testimonies You have laid down are righteous ‡ Psa 119:144Psa 19:7-9Psa 119:86Deu 4:45Deu 4:8

and altogether faithful.

139 My zeal has consumed me ‡ Jhn 2:17Psa 69:91Ki 19:10Act 13:271Ki 19:14Act 28:23-27Mat 12:3-5Mat 15:4-6 +6

because my foes forget Your words.

140 Your promise is completely pure; ‡ Pro 30:5Psa 19:82Pe 1:21Psa 12:6Psa 119:128Rom 7:12Rom 7:221Pe 2:2 +2

therefore Your servant loves it.

141 I am lowly and despised, ‡ Psa 22:62Co 8:9Jas 2:5Luk 6:20Luk 9:58Pro 15:16Pro 16:8Pro 3:1 +5

but I do not forget Your precepts.

142 Your righteousness is everlasting ‡ Psa 19:9Jhn 17:17Psa 119:151Isa 51:8Isa 51:6Psa 119:144Eph 4:21Psa 36:6 +2

and Your law is true.

143 Trouble and distress have found me, ‡ Job 23:12Psa 119:107Mrk 14:33-34Psa 116:3Psa 119:16Psa 119:47Psa 119:77Psa 130:1 +3

but Your commandments are my delight.

144 Your testimonies are righteous forever. ‡ 1Pe 1:23-252Co 4:6Dan 12:10Jer 4:22Psa 119:1691Jn 5:20-21Isa 27:11Pro 10:21 +11

Give me understanding, that I may live.

KOPH

145 I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! ‡ Psa 119:10Jer 29:13Psa 102:1Psa 119:1061Sa 1:101Sa 1:15Psa 119:115Psa 119:44 +4

I will obey Your statutes.

146 I call to You; save me, ‡ Psa 119:134Tit 2:14Jdg 10:15-16Mat 1:21Tit 3:4-8

that I may keep Your testimonies.

147 I rise before dawn and cry for help; ‡ Mrk 1:35Psa 5:3Psa 130:5-6Psa 88:13Psa 119:74Psa 119:81Psa 42:8Psa 56:4 +5

in Your word I have put my hope.

148 My eyes anticipate the watches of night, ‡ Psa 63:6Lam 2:19Luk 6:12Psa 139:17-18Psa 63:1Psa 119:62

that I may meditate on Your word.

149 Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion; ‡ Isa 63:7Psa 109:21Psa 119:40Psa 5:2-3Psa 51:1Psa 55:2Psa 119:156Psa 119:25 +3

give me life according to Your justice.

150 Those who follow after wickedness draw near; ‡ Psa 27:2Pro 28:91Sa 23:162Sa 17:16Job 21:14Psa 22:11-13Psa 22:16Psa 50:17 +4

they are far from Your law.

151 You are near, O LORD, ‡ Psa 145:18Psa 119:142Psa 139:2Psa 34:18Deu 4:7Mat 1:23Psa 119:138Psa 46:1 +1

and all Your commandments are true.

152 Long ago I learned from Your testimonies ‡ Luk 21:33Ecc 3:14Psa 111:7-8Psa 119:144Psa 119:160Psa 89:34-37

that You have established them forever.

RESH

153 Look upon my affliction and rescue me, ‡ Lam 5:1Psa 119:176Psa 9:13Pro 3:1Psa 119:141Psa 119:159Psa 119:16Psa 25:19 +6

for I have not forgotten Your law.

154 Defend my cause and redeem me; ‡ Psa 35:11Sa 24:15Jer 50:34Mic 7:9Jer 11:20Psa 119:25Psa 119:401Jn 2:1 +4

revive me according to Your word.

155 Salvation is far from the wicked ‡ Eph 2:17-18Job 5:4Rom 3:11Isa 46:12Isa 57:19Luk 16:24Pro 1:7Psa 10:4 +2

because they do not seek Your statutes.

156 Great are Your mercies, O LORD; ‡ Psa 86:15Psa 86:13Isa 63:7Psa 51:11Ch 21:132Sa 24:14Isa 55:7Psa 86:5

revive me according to Your ordinances.

157 Though my persecutors and foes are many, ‡ 1Co 15:58Psa 119:51Act 20:23-24Isa 42:4Job 17:9Job 23:11Act 4:27Mat 24:9 +10

I have not turned from Your testimonies.

158 I look on the faithless with loathing ‡ Psa 119:53Psa 139:21Psa 119:136Ezk 9:4Mrk 3:5

because they do not keep Your word.

159 Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; ‡ Psa 119:97Psa 119:1532Ki 20:3Neh 13:22Neh 5:19

give me life according to Your loving devotion.

160 The entirety of Your word is truth, ‡ Pro 30:52Ti 3:16Psa 119:144Mat 5:18Psa 119:142Ecc 3:14Psa 119:152Psa 119:75 +2

and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.

SIN and SHIN

161 Rulers persecute me without cause, ‡ 1Sa 24:9-151Sa 26:18Isa 66:2Psa 119:157Jhn 15:25Psa 119:23Psa 4:4Gen 39:9 +6

but my heart fears only Your word.

162 I rejoice in Your promise ‡ Jer 15:16Psa 119:72Psa 119:1111Sa 30:16Isa 9:3Pro 16:19

like one who finds great spoil.

163 I hate and abhor falsehood, ‡ Psa 119:128Pro 6:16-19Rom 12:9Amo 5:15Psa 119:29Eph 4:25Pro 30:8Psa 101:7 +2

but Your law I love.

164 Seven times a day I praise You ‡ Psa 119:62Psa 55:17Psa 97:8Psa 48:11Rev 19:2

for Your righteous judgments.

165 Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your instruction; ‡ Pro 3:1-2Isa 32:17Isa 26:3Jhn 14:27Php 4:7Gal 5:22-231Pe 2:6-8Pro 3:23 +9

nothing can make them stumble.

166 I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, ‡ Gen 49:18Psa 119:174Psa 119:811Jn 2:3-4Jhn 7:17Psa 130:5-7Psa 50:23Psa 24:3-5 +1

and I carry out Your commandments.

167 I obey Your testimonies ‡ Heb 10:16Psa 40:8Rom 7:22Jhn 14:21-24Jhn 15:9-10Psa 119:111Psa 119:159Psa 119:97 +1

and love them greatly.

168 I obey Your precepts and Your testimonies, ‡ Pro 5:21Psa 139:3Psa 44:20-21Jer 23:24Job 34:21Psa 98:8Rev 2:23Heb 4:13

for all my ways are before You.

TAW

169 May my cry come before You, O LORD; ‡ Jas 1:5Psa 119:144-145Pro 2:3-5Psa 18:62Ch 1:101Ch 22:122Ch 30:27Dan 2:21

give me understanding according to Your word.

170 May my plea come before You; ‡ Psa 119:41Psa 28:22Sa 7:25Gen 32:9-12Psa 89:20-25Psa 31:2

rescue me according to Your promise.

171 My lips pour forth praise, ‡ Psa 71:23-24Psa 94:12Psa 119:7Psa 51:15Psa 71:17Psa 50:23

for You teach me Your statutes.

172 My tongue sings of Your word, ‡ Eph 4:29Rom 7:14Mat 12:34-35Psa 37:30Rom 7:12Psa 119:138Psa 119:142Col 4:6 +6

for all Your commandments are righteous.

173 May Your hand be ready to help me, ‡ Isa 41:10-14Jos 24:22Deu 30:191Ki 3:11-122Co 12:9Jos 24:15Luk 10:42Mrk 9:24 +10

for I have chosen Your precepts.

174 I long for Your salvation, O LORD, ‡ Psa 119:166-167Psa 119:16Psa 1:2Psa 119:111Psa 119:162Psa 119:47Php 1:23Rom 7:22-25 +8

and Your law is my delight.

175 Let me live to praise You; ‡ Isa 55:3Psa 51:14-15Isa 26:8-9Isa 38:19Psa 118:18-191Co 11:31-32Psa 30:9Rom 8:28 +3

may Your judgments sustain me.

176 I have strayed like a lost sheep; ‡ Luk 19:10Isa 53:6Luk 15:4-7Jhn 10:161Pe 2:25Mat 15:24Ezk 34:6Mat 18:12-13 +10

seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.