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O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"O the happiness of those keeping His testimonies, With the whole heart they seek Him."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Yea, they have not done iniquity, In His ways they have walked."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Thou hast commanded us Thy precepts to keep diligently,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"O that my ways were prepared to keep Thy statutes,"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Then I am not ashamed In my looking unto all Thy commands."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"I confess Thee with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Thy righteousness."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Thy statutes I keep, leave me not utterly!"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Beth. With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe — according to Thy word."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Blessed art Thou, O Jehovah, teach me Thy statutes."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Thy mouth."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"In the way of Thy testimonies I have joyed, As over all wealth."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"In Thy precepts I meditate, And I behold attentively Thy paths."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Gimel. Confer benefits on Thy servant, I live, and I keep Thy word."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Uncover mine eyes, and I behold wonders out of Thy law."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"A sojourner I am on earth, Hide not from me Thy commands."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Broken hath my soul for desire Unto Thy judgments at all times."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Thou hast rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Thy commands."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Remove from me reproach and contempt, For Thy testimonies I have kept."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Princes also sat — against me they spoke, Thy servant doth meditate in Thy statutes,"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Thy testimonies also are my delight, The men of my counsel!"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Daleth. Cleaved to the dust hath my soul, Quicken me according to Thy word."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"My ways I have recounted, And Thou answerest me, teach me Thy statutes,"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"The way of Thy precepts cause me to understand, And I meditate in Thy wonders."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"My soul hath dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Thy word."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"The way of falsehood turn aside from me And with Thy law favour me."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"The way of faithfulness I have chosen, Thy judgments I have compared,"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"I have adhered to Thy testimonies, O Jehovah, put me not to shame."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"The way of Thy commands I run, For Thou dost enlarge my heart!"},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"He. Show me, O Jehovah, the way of Thy statutes, And I keep it — to the end."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Cause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the whole heart."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"Cause me to tread in the path of Thy commands, For in it I have delighted."},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, And not unto dishonest gain."},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me."},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"Establish to Thy servant Thy saying, That is concerning Thy fear."},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Thy judgments are good."},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"Lo, I have longed for Thy precepts, In Thy righteousness quicken Thou me,"},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"Waw. And meet me doth Thy kindness, O Jehovah, Thy salvation according to Thy saying."},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For I have trusted in Thy word."},{"verseNumber":43,"text":"And Thou takest not utterly away From my mouth the word of truth, Because for Thy judgment I have hoped."},{"verseNumber":44,"text":"And I keep Thy law continually, To the age and for ever."},{"verseNumber":45,"text":"And I walk habitually in a broad place, For Thy precepts I have sought."},{"verseNumber":46,"text":"And I speak of Thy testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed."},{"verseNumber":47,"text":"And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved,"},{"verseNumber":48,"text":"And I lift up my hands unto Thy commands, That I have loved, And I do meditate on Thy statutes!"},{"verseNumber":49,"text":"Zain. Remember the word to Thy servant, On which Thou hast caused me to hope."},{"verseNumber":50,"text":"This is my comfort in mine affliction, That Thy saying hath quickened me."},{"verseNumber":51,"text":"The proud have utterly scorned me, From Thy law I have not turned aside."},{"verseNumber":52,"text":"I remembered Thy judgments of old, O Jehovah, And I comfort myself."},{"verseNumber":53,"text":"Horror hath seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Thy law."},{"verseNumber":54,"text":"Songs have been to me Thy statutes, In the house of my sojournings."},{"verseNumber":55,"text":"I have remembered in the night Thy name, O Jehovah, And I do keep Thy law."},{"verseNumber":56,"text":"This hath been to me, That Thy precepts I have kept!"},{"verseNumber":57,"text":"Cheth. My portion is Jehovah; I have said — to keep Thy words,"},{"verseNumber":58,"text":"I appeased Thy face with the whole heart, Favour me according to Thy saying."},{"verseNumber":59,"text":"I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies."},{"verseNumber":60,"text":"I have made haste, And delayed not, to keep Thy commands."},{"verseNumber":61,"text":"Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, Thy law I have not forgotten."},{"verseNumber":62,"text":"At midnight I rise to give thanks to Thee, For the judgments of Thy righteousness."},{"verseNumber":63,"text":"A companion I am to all who fear Thee, And to those keeping Thy precepts."},{"verseNumber":64,"text":"Of Thy kindness, O Jehovah, the earth is full, Thy statutes teach Thou me!"},{"verseNumber":65,"text":"Teth. Good Thou didst with Thy servant, O Jehovah, According to Thy word."},{"verseNumber":66,"text":"The goodness of reason and knowledge teach me, For in Thy commands I have believed."},{"verseNumber":67,"text":"Before I am afflicted, I — I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept."},{"verseNumber":68,"text":"Good Thou art, and doing good, Teach me Thy statutes."},{"verseNumber":69,"text":"Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts."},{"verseNumber":70,"text":"Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I — in Thy law I have delighted."},{"verseNumber":71,"text":"Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes."},{"verseNumber":72,"text":"Better to me is the law of Thy mouth Than thousands of gold and silver!"},{"verseNumber":73,"text":"Yod. Thy hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Thy commands."},{"verseNumber":74,"text":"Those fearing Thee see me and rejoice, Because for Thy word I have hoped."},{"verseNumber":75,"text":"I have known, O Jehovah, That righteous are Thy judgments, And in faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me."},{"verseNumber":76,"text":"Let, I pray Thee, Thy kindness be to comfort me, According to Thy saying to Thy servant."},{"verseNumber":77,"text":"Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law is my delight."},{"verseNumber":78,"text":"Ashamed are the proud, For with falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate in Thy precepts."},{"verseNumber":79,"text":"Those fearing Thee turn back to me, And those knowing Thy testimonies."},{"verseNumber":80,"text":"My heart is perfect in Thy statutes, So that I am not ashamed."},{"verseNumber":81,"text":"Kaph. Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped."},{"verseNumber":82,"text":"Consumed have been mine eyes for Thy word, Saying, 'When doth it comfort me?'"},{"verseNumber":83,"text":"For I have been as a bottle in smoke, Thy statutes I have not forgotten."},{"verseNumber":84,"text":"How many are the days of Thy servant? When dost Thou execute Against my pursuers judgment?"},{"verseNumber":85,"text":"The proud have digged for me pits, That are not according to Thy law."},{"verseNumber":86,"text":"All Thy commands are faithfulness, With falsehood they have pursued me, Help Thou me."},{"verseNumber":87,"text":"Almost consumed me on earth have they, And I — I have not forsaken Thy precepts."},{"verseNumber":88,"text":"According to Thy kindness quicken Thou me, And I keep the testimony of Thy mouth!"},{"verseNumber":89,"text":"Lamed. To the age, O Jehovah, Thy word is set up in the heavens."},{"verseNumber":90,"text":"To all generations Thy faithfulness, Thou didst establish earth, and it standeth."},{"verseNumber":91,"text":"According to Thine ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole are Thy servants."},{"verseNumber":92,"text":"Unless Thy law were my delights, Then had I perished in mine affliction."},{"verseNumber":93,"text":"To the age I forget not Thy precepts, For by them Thou hast quickened me."},{"verseNumber":94,"text":"I am Thine, save Thou me, For Thy precepts I have sought."},{"verseNumber":95,"text":"Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand."},{"verseNumber":96,"text":"Of all perfection I have seen an end, Broad is Thy command — exceedingly!"},{"verseNumber":97,"text":"Mem. O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it is my meditation."},{"verseNumber":98,"text":"Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it is before me to the age."},{"verseNumber":99,"text":"Above all my teachers I have acted wisely. For Thy testimonies are my meditation."},{"verseNumber":100,"text":"Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept."},{"verseNumber":101,"text":"From every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word."},{"verseNumber":102,"text":"From Thy judgments I turned not aside, For Thou — Thou hast directed me."},{"verseNumber":103,"text":"How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth."},{"verseNumber":104,"text":"From Thy precepts I have understanding, Therefore I have hated every false path!"},{"verseNumber":105,"text":"Nun. A lamp to my foot is Thy word, And a light to my path."},{"verseNumber":106,"text":"I have sworn, and I confirm it, To keep the judgments of Thy righteousness."},{"verseNumber":107,"text":"I have been afflicted very much, O Jehovah, quicken me, according to Thy word."},{"verseNumber":108,"text":"Free-will-offerings of my mouth, Accept, I pray Thee, O Jehovah, And Thy judgments teach Thou me."},{"verseNumber":109,"text":"My soul is in my hand continually, And Thy law I have not forgotten."},{"verseNumber":110,"text":"The wicked have laid a snare for me, And from thy precepts I wandered not."},{"verseNumber":111,"text":"I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart are they."},{"verseNumber":112,"text":"I have inclined my heart To do Thy statutes, to the age — to the end!"},{"verseNumber":113,"text":"Samech. Doubting ones I have hated, And Thy law I have loved."},{"verseNumber":114,"text":"My hiding place and my shield art Thou, For Thy word I have hoped."},{"verseNumber":115,"text":"Turn aside from me, ye evil-doers, And I keep the commands of my God."},{"verseNumber":116,"text":"Sustain me according to Thy saying, And I live, and Thou puttest me not to shame Because of my hope."},{"verseNumber":117,"text":"Support Thou me, and I am saved, And I look on Thy statutes continually."},{"verseNumber":118,"text":"Thou hast trodden down All going astray from Thy statutes, For falsehood is their deceit."},{"verseNumber":119,"text":"Dross! Thou hast caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Thy testimonies."},{"verseNumber":120,"text":"Trembled from Thy fear hath my flesh, And from Thy judgments I have been afraid!"},{"verseNumber":121,"text":"Ain. I have done judgment and righteousness, Leave me not to mine oppressors."},{"verseNumber":122,"text":"Make sure Thy servant for good, Let not the proud oppress me."},{"verseNumber":123,"text":"Mine eyes have been consumed for Thy salvation. And for the saying of Thy righteousness."},{"verseNumber":124,"text":"Do with Thy servant according to Thy kindness. And Thy statutes teach Thou me."},{"verseNumber":125,"text":"Thy servant am I — cause me to understand, And I know Thy testimonies."},{"verseNumber":126,"text":"Time for Jehovah to work! they have made void Thy law."},{"verseNumber":127,"text":"Therefore I have loved Thy commands Above gold — even fine gold."},{"verseNumber":128,"text":"Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, Every path of falsehood I have hated!"},{"verseNumber":129,"text":"Pe. Wonderful are Thy testimonies, Therefore hath my soul kept them."},{"verseNumber":130,"text":"The opening of Thy words enlighteneth, Instructing the simple."},{"verseNumber":131,"text":"My mouth I have opened, yea, I pant, For, for Thy commands I have longed."},{"verseNumber":132,"text":"Look unto me, and favour me, As customary to those loving Thy name."},{"verseNumber":133,"text":"My steps establish by Thy saying, And any iniquity doth not rule over me."},{"verseNumber":134,"text":"Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Thy precepts,"},{"verseNumber":135,"text":"Thy face cause to shine on Thy servant, And teach me Thy statutes."},{"verseNumber":136,"text":"Rivulets of waters have come down mine eyes, Because they have not kept Thy law!"},{"verseNumber":137,"text":"Tzade. Righteous art Thou, O Jehovah, And upright are Thy judgments."},{"verseNumber":138,"text":"Thou hast appointed Thy testimonies, Righteous and exceeding faithful,"},{"verseNumber":139,"text":"Cut me off hath my zeal, For mine adversaries forgot Thy words."},{"verseNumber":140,"text":"Tried is thy saying exceedingly, And Thy servant hath loved it."},{"verseNumber":141,"text":"Small I am, and despised, Thy precepts I have not forgotten."},{"verseNumber":142,"text":"Thy righteousness is righteousness to the age, And Thy law is truth."},{"verseNumber":143,"text":"Adversity and distress have found me, Thy commands are my delights."},{"verseNumber":144,"text":"The righteousness of Thy testimonies is to Cause me to understand, and I live!"},{"verseNumber":145,"text":"Koph. I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O Jehovah, Thy statutes I keep,"},{"verseNumber":146,"text":"I have called Thee, save Thou me, And I do keep Thy testimonies."},{"verseNumber":147,"text":"I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, For Thy word I have hoped."},{"verseNumber":148,"text":"Mine eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate in Thy saying."},{"verseNumber":149,"text":"My voice hear, according to Thy kindness, Jehovah, according to Thy judgment quicken me."},{"verseNumber":150,"text":"Near have been my wicked pursuers, From Thy law they have been far off."},{"verseNumber":151,"text":"Near art Thou, O Jehovah, And all Thy commands are truth."},{"verseNumber":152,"text":"Of old I have known Thy testimonies, That to the age Thou hast founded them!"},{"verseNumber":153,"text":"Resh. See my affliction, and deliver Thou me, For Thy law I have not forgotten."},{"verseNumber":154,"text":"Plead my plea, and redeem me, According to Thy saying quicken me."},{"verseNumber":155,"text":"Far from the wicked is salvation, For Thy statutes they have not sought."},{"verseNumber":156,"text":"Thy mercies are many, O Jehovah, According to Thy judgments quicken me."},{"verseNumber":157,"text":"Many are my pursuers, and adversaries, From Thy testimonies I have not turned aside."},{"verseNumber":158,"text":"I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because Thy saying they have not kept."},{"verseNumber":159,"text":"See, for thy precepts I have loved, Jehovah, According to Thy kindness quicken me."},{"verseNumber":160,"text":"The sum of Thy word is truth, And to the age is every judgment of Thy righteousness!"},{"verseNumber":161,"text":"Shin. Princes have pursued me without cause, And because of Thy words was my heart afraid."},{"verseNumber":162,"text":"I do rejoice concerning Thy saying, As one finding abundant spoil."},{"verseNumber":163,"text":"Falsehood I have hated, yea I abominate it, Thy law I have loved."},{"verseNumber":164,"text":"Seven times in a day I have praised Thee, Because of the judgments of Thy righteousness."},{"verseNumber":165,"text":"Abundant peace have those loving Thy law, And they have no stumbling-block."},{"verseNumber":166,"text":"I have waited for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy commands I have done."},{"verseNumber":167,"text":"Kept hath my soul Thy testimonies, And I do love them exceedingly."},{"verseNumber":168,"text":"I have kept Thy precepts and Thy testimonies, For all my ways are before Thee!"},{"verseNumber":169,"text":"Taw. My loud cry cometh near before Thee, O Jehovah; According to Thy word cause me to understand."},{"verseNumber":170,"text":"My supplication cometh in before Thee, According to Thy saying deliver Thou me."},{"verseNumber":171,"text":"My lips do utter praise, For Thou dost teach me Thy statutes."},{"verseNumber":172,"text":"My tongue doth sing of Thy saying, For all Thy commands are righteous."},{"verseNumber":173,"text":"Thy hand is for a help to me, For Thy commands I have chosen."},{"verseNumber":174,"text":"I have longed for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy law is my delight."},{"verseNumber":175,"text":"My soul liveth, and it doth praise Thee, And Thy judgments do help me."},{"verseNumber":176,"text":"I wandered as a lost sheep, seek Thy servant, For Thy precepts I have not forgotten!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 119 (YLT)","markdown":"[Psalms 119](https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/119)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/119 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}