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Blessed are they that are perfect in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, that seek him with the whole heart."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Yea, they do no unrighteousness; they walk in his ways."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Thou hast commanded us thy precepts, that we should observe them diligently."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Oh that my ways were established to observe thy statutes!"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart, when I learn thy righteous judgments."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"I will observe thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Thy word have I laid up in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live; so will I observe thy word."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"I am a sojourner in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do wander from thy commandments."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Take away from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Princes also sat and talked against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"I declared my ways, and thou answeredst me: teach me thy statutes."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I meditate of thy wondrous works."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Remove from me the way of falsehood: and grant me thy law graciously."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"I have chosen the way of faithfulness: thy judgments have I set before me."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"I cleave unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight."},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness."},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, and quicken me in thy ways."},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"Confirm thy word unto thy servant, which belongeth unto the fear of thee."},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"Turn away my reproach whereof I am afraid; for thy judgments are good."},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness."},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"VAU. Let thy mercies also come unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word."},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"So shall I have an answer for him that reproacheth me; for I trust in thy word."},{"verseNumber":43,"text":"And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments."},{"verseNumber":44,"text":"So shall I observe thy law continually for ever and ever."},{"verseNumber":45,"text":"And I will walk at liberty; for I have sought thy precepts."},{"verseNumber":46,"text":"I will also speak of thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed."},{"verseNumber":47,"text":"And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved."},{"verseNumber":48,"text":"I will lift up my hands also unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes."},{"verseNumber":49,"text":"ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, because thou hast made me to hope."},{"verseNumber":50,"text":"This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me."},{"verseNumber":51,"text":"The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not swerved from thy law."},{"verseNumber":52,"text":"I have remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD, and have comforted myself."},{"verseNumber":53,"text":"Hot indignation hath taken hold upon me, because of the wicked that forsake thy law."},{"verseNumber":54,"text":"Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage."},{"verseNumber":55,"text":"I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have observed thy law."},{"verseNumber":56,"text":"This I have had, because I kept thy precepts."},{"verseNumber":57,"text":"CHETH. The LORD is my portion: I have said that I would observe thy words."},{"verseNumber":58,"text":"I entreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word."},{"verseNumber":59,"text":"I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies."},{"verseNumber":60,"text":"I made haste, and delayed not, to observe thy commandments."},{"verseNumber":61,"text":"The cords of the wicked have wrapped me round; but I have not forgotten thy law."},{"verseNumber":62,"text":"At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments."},{"verseNumber":63,"text":"I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that observe thy precepts."},{"verseNumber":64,"text":"The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes."},{"verseNumber":65,"text":"TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word."},{"verseNumber":66,"text":"Teach me good judgment and knowledge; for I have believed in thy commandments."},{"verseNumber":67,"text":"Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now I observe thy word."},{"verseNumber":68,"text":"Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes."},{"verseNumber":69,"text":"The proud have forged a lie against me: with my whole heart will I keep thy precepts."},{"verseNumber":70,"text":"Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law."},{"verseNumber":71,"text":"It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes."},{"verseNumber":72,"text":"The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver."},{"verseNumber":73,"text":"JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments."},{"verseNumber":74,"text":"They that fear thee shall see me and be glad; because I have hoped in thy word."},{"verseNumber":75,"text":"I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me."},{"verseNumber":76,"text":"Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant."},{"verseNumber":77,"text":"Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight."},{"verseNumber":78,"text":"Let the proud be ashamed; for they have overthrown me wrongfully: but I will meditate in thy precepts."},{"verseNumber":79,"text":"Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and they shall know thy testimonies."},{"verseNumber":80,"text":"Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed."},{"verseNumber":81,"text":"CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word."},{"verseNumber":82,"text":"Mine eyes fail for thy word, while I say, When wilt thou comfort me?"},{"verseNumber":83,"text":"For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes."},{"verseNumber":84,"text":"How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?"},{"verseNumber":85,"text":"The proud have digged pits for me, who are not after thy law."},{"verseNumber":86,"text":"All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me."},{"verseNumber":87,"text":"They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts."},{"verseNumber":88,"text":"Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I observe the testimony of thy mouth."},{"verseNumber":89,"text":"LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven."},{"verseNumber":90,"text":"Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth."},{"verseNumber":91,"text":"They abide this day according to thine ordinances; for all things are thy servants."},{"verseNumber":92,"text":"Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction."},{"verseNumber":93,"text":"I will never forget thy precepts; for with them thou hast quickened me."},{"verseNumber":94,"text":"I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts."},{"verseNumber":95,"text":"The wicked have waited for me to destroy me; but I will consider thy testimonies."},{"verseNumber":96,"text":"I have seen an end of all perfection; but thy commandment is exceeding broad."},{"verseNumber":97,"text":"MEM. Oh how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day."},{"verseNumber":98,"text":"Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me."},{"verseNumber":99,"text":"I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my meditation."},{"verseNumber":100,"text":"I understand more than the aged, because I have kept thy precepts."},{"verseNumber":101,"text":"I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might observe thy word."},{"verseNumber":102,"text":"I have not turned aside from thy judgments; for thou hast taught me."},{"verseNumber":103,"text":"How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!"},{"verseNumber":104,"text":"Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way."},{"verseNumber":105,"text":"NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and light unto my path,"},{"verseNumber":106,"text":"I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will observe thy righteous judgments."},{"verseNumber":107,"text":"I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word."},{"verseNumber":108,"text":"Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments."},{"verseNumber":109,"text":"My soul is continually in my hand; yet do I not forget thy law."},{"verseNumber":110,"text":"The wicked have laid a snare for me; yet went I not astray from thy precepts."},{"verseNumber":111,"text":"Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart."},{"verseNumber":112,"text":"I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes, for ever, even unto the end."},{"verseNumber":113,"text":"SAMACH. I hate them that are of a double mind; but thy law do I love."},{"verseNumber":114,"text":"Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word."},{"verseNumber":115,"text":"Depart from me, ye evil-doers; that I may keep the commandments of my God."},{"verseNumber":116,"text":"Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope."},{"verseNumber":117,"text":"Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, and shall have respect unto thy statutes continually."},{"verseNumber":118,"text":"Thou hast set at nought all them that err from thy statutes; for their deceit is falsehood."},{"verseNumber":119,"text":"Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies."},{"verseNumber":120,"text":"My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments."},{"verseNumber":121,"text":"AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors."},{"verseNumber":122,"text":"Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me."},{"verseNumber":123,"text":"Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for thy righteous word."},{"verseNumber":124,"text":"Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes."},{"verseNumber":125,"text":"I am thy servant, give me understanding; that I may know thy testimonies."},{"verseNumber":126,"text":"It is time for the LORD to work; for they have made void thy law."},{"verseNumber":127,"text":"Therefore I love thy commandments above gold, yea, above fine gold."},{"verseNumber":128,"text":"Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way."},{"verseNumber":129,"text":"PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them."},{"verseNumber":130,"text":"The opening of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple."},{"verseNumber":131,"text":"I opened wide my mouth, and panted; for I longed for thy commandments."},{"verseNumber":132,"text":"Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name."},{"verseNumber":133,"text":"Order my footsteps in thy word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me."},{"verseNumber":134,"text":"Redeem me from the oppression of man: so will I observe thy precepts."},{"verseNumber":135,"text":"Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes."},{"verseNumber":136,"text":"Mine eyes run down with rivers of water, because they observe not thy law."},{"verseNumber":137,"text":"TZADE. Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments."},{"verseNumber":138,"text":"Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness and very faithfulness."},{"verseNumber":139,"text":"My zeal hath consumed me, because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words."},{"verseNumber":140,"text":"Thy word is very pure; therefore thy servant loveth it."},{"verseNumber":141,"text":"I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts."},{"verseNumber":142,"text":"Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is truth."},{"verseNumber":143,"text":"Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delight."},{"verseNumber":144,"text":"Thy testimonies are righteous for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live."},{"verseNumber":145,"text":"KOPH. I have called with my whole heart; answer me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes."},{"verseNumber":146,"text":"I have called unto thee; save me, and I shall observe thy testimonies."},{"verseNumber":147,"text":"I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy words."},{"verseNumber":148,"text":"Mine eyes prevented the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word."},{"verseNumber":149,"text":"Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy judgments."},{"verseNumber":150,"text":"They draw nigh that follow after wickedness; they are far from thy law."},{"verseNumber":151,"text":"Thou art nigh, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth."},{"verseNumber":152,"text":"Of old have I known from thy testimonies, that thou hast founded them for ever."},{"verseNumber":153,"text":"RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me; for I do not forget thy law."},{"verseNumber":154,"text":"Plead thou my cause, and redeem me: quicken me according to thy word."},{"verseNumber":155,"text":"Salvation is far from the wicked; for they seek not thy statutes."},{"verseNumber":156,"text":"Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments."},{"verseNumber":157,"text":"Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; yet have I not swerved from they testimonies."},{"verseNumber":158,"text":"I beheld the treacherous dealers, and was grieved; because they observed not thy word."},{"verseNumber":159,"text":"Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness."},{"verseNumber":160,"text":"The sum of thy word is truth; and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever."},{"verseNumber":161,"text":"SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart standeth in awe of thy words."},{"verseNumber":162,"text":"I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil."},{"verseNumber":163,"text":"I hate and abhor falsehood; but thy law do I love."},{"verseNumber":164,"text":"Seven times a day do I praise thee, because of thy righteous judgments."},{"verseNumber":165,"text":"Great peace have they which love thy law; and they have none occasion of stumbling."},{"verseNumber":166,"text":"I have hoped for thy salvation, O LORD, and have done thy commandments."},{"verseNumber":167,"text":"My soul hath observed thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly."},{"verseNumber":168,"text":"I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; for all my ways are before thee."},{"verseNumber":169,"text":"TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word."},{"verseNumber":170,"text":"Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word."},{"verseNumber":171,"text":"Let my lips utter praise; for thou teachest me thy statutes."},{"verseNumber":172,"text":"Let my tongue sing of thy word; for all thy commandments are righteousness."},{"verseNumber":173,"text":"Let thine hand be ready to help me; for I have chosen thy precepts."},{"verseNumber":174,"text":"I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight."},{"verseNumber":175,"text":"Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me."},{"verseNumber":176,"text":"I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 119 (ERV)","markdown":"[Psalms 119](https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/119)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/119 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}