Psalms 119 · Clearspring

Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

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ALEPH

¹ALEPH. Blessed are the perfect in the way, who walk in the law of Jehovah.+ ²Blessed are they that observe his testimonies, that seek him with the whole heart;+ ³Who also do no unrighteousness: they walk in his ways.+ ⁴Thou hast enjoined thy precepts, to be kept diligently.+ ⁵Oh that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!+ ⁶Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.+ ⁷I will give thee thanks with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.+ ⁸I will keep thy statutes: forsake me not utterly.+

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BETH

⁹BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his path? by taking heed according to thy word.+ ¹⁰With my whole heart have I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandments.+ ¹¹Thy *word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.+ ¹²Blessed art thou, Jehovah! teach me thy statutes.+ ¹³With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.+ ¹⁴I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as [much as] in all wealth.+ ¹⁵I will meditate upon thy precepts, and have respect unto thy paths.+ ¹⁶I delight myself in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word.+

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GIMEL

¹⁷GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant [and] I shall live; and I will keep thy word.+ ¹⁸Open mine eyes, and I shall behold wondrous things out of thy law.+ ¹⁹I am a stranger in the land; hide not thy commandments from me.+ ²⁰My soul breaketh for longing after thy judgments at all times.+ ²¹Thou hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, who wander from thy commandments.+ ²²Roll off from me reproach and contempt; for I observe thy testimonies.+ ²³Princes also did sit [and] talk together against me: thy servant doth meditate in thy statutes.+ ²⁴Thy testimonies also are my delight [and] my counsellors.+

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DALETH

²⁵DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken me according to thy word.+ ²⁶I have declared my ways, and thou hast answered me: teach me thy statutes.+ ²⁷Make me to understand the way of thy precepts, and I will meditate upon thy wondrous works.+ ²⁸My soul melteth for sadness: strengthen me according to thy word.+ ²⁹Remove from me the way of falsehood, and graciously grant me thy law.+ ³⁰I have chosen the way of faithfulness; thy judgments have I set [before me].+ ³¹I cleave unto thy testimonies; Jehovah, let me not be ashamed.+ ³²I will run the way of thy commandments when thou shalt enlarge my heart.+

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HE

³³HE. Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes, and I will observe it [unto] the end.+ ³⁴Give me understanding, and I will observe thy law; and I will keep it with [my] whole heart.+ ³⁵Make me to walk in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.+ ³⁶Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to gain.+ ³⁷Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; quicken me in thy way.+ ³⁸Establish thy *word unto thy servant, who is [devoted] to thy fear.+ ³⁹Turn away my reproach which I fear; for thy judgments are good.+ ⁴⁰Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.+

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WAW

⁴¹VAU. And let thy loving-kindness come unto me, O Jehovah, — thy salvation according to thy *word.+ ⁴²So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me; for I confide in thy word.+ ⁴³And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; because I have hoped in thy judgments.+ ⁴⁴Then will I keep thy law continually, for ever and ever;+ ⁴⁵And I will walk at liberty, for I have sought thy precepts;+ ⁴⁶And I will speak of thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed;+ ⁴⁷And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved;+ ⁴⁸And I will lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and I will meditate in thy statutes.+

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ZAYIN

⁴⁹ZAIN. Remember the word for thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.+ ⁵⁰This is my comfort in mine affliction; for thy *word hath quickened me.+ ⁵¹The proud have derided me beyond measure: I have not declined from thy law.+ ⁵²I remembered thy judgments of old, O Jehovah, and have comforted myself.+ ⁵³Burning indignation hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked who forsake thy law.+ ⁵⁴Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.+ ⁵⁵I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, and have kept thy law.+ ⁵⁶This I have had, because I have observed thy precepts.+

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HETH

⁵⁷CHETH. My portion, O Jehovah, I have said, is to keep thy words.+ ⁵⁸I have sought thy favour with [my] whole heart: be gracious unto me according to thy *word.+ ⁵⁹I have thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.+ ⁶⁰I have made haste, and not delayed, to keep thy commandments.+ ⁶¹The bands of the wicked have wrapped me round: I have not forgotten thy law.+ ⁶²At midnight I rise up to give thanks unto thee, because of thy righteous judgments.+ ⁶³I am the companion of all that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.+ ⁶⁴The earth, O Jehovah, is full of thy loving-kindness: teach me thy statutes.+

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TETH

⁶⁵TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Jehovah, according to thy word.+ ⁶⁶Teach me good discernment and knowledge; for I have believed in thy commandments.+ ⁶⁷Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep thy *word.+ ⁶⁸Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.+ ⁶⁹The proud have forged falsehood against me: I will observe thy precepts with [my] whole heart.+ ⁷⁰Their heart is as fat as grease: as for me, I delight in thy law.+ ⁷¹It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes.+ ⁷²The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.+

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YODH

⁷³YOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments.+ ⁷⁴They that fear thee will see me, and rejoice; because I have hoped in thy word.+ ⁷⁵I know, Jehovah, that thy Judgments are righteousness, and that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.+ ⁷⁶Oh let thy loving-kindness be for my comfort, according to thy *word unto thy servant.+ ⁷⁷Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight.+ ⁷⁸Let the proud be ashamed; for they have acted perversely towards me with falsehood: as for me, I meditate in thy precepts.+ ⁷⁹Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that know thy testimonies.+ ⁸⁰Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.+

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KAPH

⁸¹CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; I hope in thy word.+ ⁸²Mine eyes fail for thy *word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?+ ⁸³For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; I do not forget thy statutes.+ ⁸⁴How many shall be the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?+ ⁸⁵The proud have digged pits for me, which is not according to thy law.+ ⁸⁶All thy commandments are faithfulness. They persecute me wrongfully: help thou me.+ ⁸⁷They had almost consumed me upon the earth; but as for me, I forsook not thy precepts.+ ⁸⁸Quicken me according to thy loving-kindness, and I will keep the testimony of thy mouth.+

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LAMEDH

⁸⁹LAMED. For ever, O Jehovah, thy word is settled in the heavens.+ ⁹⁰Thy faithfulness is from generation to generation: thou hast established the earth, and it standeth.+ ⁹¹By thine ordinances they stand this day; for all things are thy servants.+ ⁹²Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.+ ⁹³I will never forget thy precepts; for by them thou hast quickened me.+ ⁹⁴I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.+ ⁹⁵The wicked have awaited me to destroy me; [but] I attend unto thy testimonies.+ ⁹⁶I have seen an end of all perfection: thy commandment is exceeding broad.+

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MEM

⁹⁷MEM. Oh how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.+ ⁹⁸Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me.+ ⁹⁹I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my meditation.+ ¹⁰⁰I understand more than the aged, because I have observed thy precepts.+ ¹⁰¹I have refrained my feet from every evil path, that I might keep thy word.+ ¹⁰²I have not departed from thy judgments; for it is thou that hast taught me.+ ¹⁰³How sweet are thy *words unto my taste! more than honey to my mouth!+ ¹⁰⁴From thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false path.+

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NUN

¹⁰⁵NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.+ ¹⁰⁶I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.+ ¹⁰⁷I am afflicted very much; O Jehovah, quicken me according to thy word.+ ¹⁰⁸Accept, I beseech thee, Jehovah, the voluntary-offerings of my mouth, and teach me thy judgments.+ ¹⁰⁹My life is continually in my hand; but I do not forget thy law.+ ¹¹⁰The wicked have laid a snare for me; but I have not wandered from thy precepts.+ ¹¹¹Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.+ ¹¹²I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes for ever, unto the end.+

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SAMEKH

¹¹³SAMECH. The double-minded have I hated; but thy law do I love.+ ¹¹⁴Thou art my hiding-place and my shield: I hope in thy word.+ ¹¹⁵Depart from me, ye evil-doers; and I will observe the commandments of myGod.+ ¹¹⁶Uphold me according to thy *word, that I may live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope.+ ¹¹⁷Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe; and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.+ ¹¹⁸Thou hast set at nought all them that wander from thy statutes; for their deceit is falsehood.+ ¹¹⁹Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth [like] dross; therefore I love thy testimonies.+ ¹²⁰My flesh shuddereth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.+

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AYIN

¹²¹AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.+ ¹²²Be surety for thy servant for good; let not the proud oppress me.+ ¹²³Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the *word of thy righteousness.+ ¹²⁴Deal with thy servant according to thy loving-kindness, and teach me thy statutes.+ ¹²⁵I am thy servant; give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.+ ¹²⁶It is time for Jehovah to work: they have made void thy law.+ ¹²⁷Therefore I love thy commandments above gold, yea, above fine gold.+ ¹²⁸Therefore I regard all [thy] precepts concerning all things to be right: I hate every false path.+

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PE

¹²⁹PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul observe them.+ ¹³⁰The entrance of thy words giveth light, giving understanding unto the simple.+ ¹³¹I opened my mouth wide and panted; for I longed for thy commandments.+ ¹³²Turn unto me, and be gracious unto me, as thou art wont to do unto those that love thy name.+ ¹³³Establish my steps in thy *word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.+ ¹³⁴Deliver me from the oppression of man; and I will keep thy precepts.+ ¹³⁵Make thy face to shine upon thy servant, and teach me thy statutes.+ ¹³⁶Mine eyes run down with streams of water, because they keep not thy law.+

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TZADE

¹³⁷TZADE. Righteous art thou, Jehovah, and upright are thy judgments.+ ¹³⁸Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness and exceeding faithfulness.+ ¹³⁹My zeal destroyeth me, because mine oppressors have forgotten thy words.+ ¹⁴⁰Thy *word is exceeding pure, and thy servant loveth it.+ ¹⁴¹I am little and despised: thy precepts have I not forgotten.+ ¹⁴²Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is truth.+ ¹⁴³Trouble and anguish have taken hold upon me: thy commandments are my delights.+ ¹⁴⁴The righteousness of thy testimonies is for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.+

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KOPH

¹⁴⁵KOPH. I have called with [my] whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah: I will observe thy statutes.+ ¹⁴⁶I call upon thee; save me, and I will keep thy testimonies.+ ¹⁴⁷I anticipate the morning-dawn and I cry: I hope in thy word.+ ¹⁴⁸Mine eyes anticipate the night-watches, that I may meditate in thy *word.+ ¹⁴⁹Hear my voice according to thy loving-kindness: O Jehovah, quicken me according to thy judgment.+ ¹⁵⁰They have drawn nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.+ ¹⁵¹Thou, Jehovah, art near, and all thy commandments are truth.+ ¹⁵²From thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.+

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RESH

¹⁵³RESH. See mine affliction, and deliver me; for I have not forgotten thy law.+ ¹⁵⁴Plead my cause, and redeem me: quicken me according to thy *word.+ ¹⁵⁵Salvation is far from the wicked; for they seek not thy statutes.+ ¹⁵⁶Many are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah; quicken me according to thy judgments.+ ¹⁵⁷Many are my persecutors and mine oppressors; I have not declined from thy testimonies.+ ¹⁵⁸I beheld them that deal treacherously, and was grieved; because they kept not thy *word.+ ¹⁵⁹See how I have loved thy precepts: quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy loving-kindness.+ ¹⁶⁰The sum of thy word is truth, and every righteous judgment of thine is for ever.+

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SIN and SHIN

¹⁶¹SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.+ ¹⁶²I have joy in thy *word, as one that findeth great spoil.+ ¹⁶³I hate and abhor falsehood; thy law do I love.+ ¹⁶⁴Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.+ ¹⁶⁵Great peace have they that love thy law, and nothing doth stumble them.+ ¹⁶⁶I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah, and have done thy commandments.+ ¹⁶⁷My soul hath kept thy testimonies, and I love them exceedingly.+ ¹⁶⁸I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies; for all my ways are before thee.+

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TAW

¹⁶⁹TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, Jehovah: give me understanding according to thy word.+ ¹⁷⁰Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy *word.+ ¹⁷¹My lips shall pour forth praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes.+ ¹⁷²My tongue shall speak aloud of thy *word; for all thy commandments are righteousness.+ ¹⁷³Let thy hand be for my help; for I have chosen thy precepts.+ ¹⁷⁴I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah, and thy law is my delight.+ ¹⁷⁵Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.+ ¹⁷⁶I have gone astray like a lost sheep: seek thy servant; for I have not forgotten thy commandments.+