20 My heart is breaking with the longing that it has for Your ordinances and judg- ments at all times. 21 You rebuke the proud and arrogant, the accursed ones, who err and wander from Your commandments. 22 Take away from me reproach and contempt, for I keep Your testimonies. 23 Princes also sat and talked against me, but Your servant meditated on Your statutes. 24 Your testimonies also are my delight and my counselors. 25 My earthly life cleaves to the dust; revive and stimulate me according to Your word! [Ps. 143:11.] 26 I have declared my ways and opened my griefs to You, and You listened to me; teach me Your statutes. 27 Make me understand the way of Your precepts; so shall I meditate on and talk of Your wondrous works. [Ps. 145:5, 6.] 28 My life dissolves and weeps itself away for heaviness; raise me up and strengthen me according to [the promises of] Your word. 29 Remove from me the way of false- hood and unfaithfulness [to You], and gra- ciously impart Yourlaw to me. 30 I have chosen the way of truth and faithfulness; Your ordinances have I set before me. 31 I cleave to Your testimonies; 0 Lord, put me not to shame 32 I will [not merely walk, but] run the way of Your commandments, when You give me a heart that is willing. 33 Teach me, 0 Lord, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep it to the end [steadfastly]. 34 Give me understanding, that I may keep Your law; yes, I will observe it with my whole heart. [Prov. 2:6; James 1:5.] 35 Make me go in the path of Your com- mandments, for in them do I delight. 36 Incline my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetousness (robbery, sensu- ality, unworthy riches). [Ezek. 33:31; Mark 7:21, 22; I Tim. 6:10; Heb. 13:5.] 37 Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity (idols and idolatry); and restore me to vigorous life and health in Your ways. 38 Establish Your word and confirm Your promise to Your servant, which is for those who reverently fear and devotedly worship You. [Deut. 10:12; Ps. 96:9.] 39 Turn away my reproach which I fear and dread, for Your ordinances are good. 40 Behold, I long for Your precepts; in Your righteousness give me renewed life. 41 Let Your mercy and loving-kindness come also to me, 0 Lord, even Your sal- vation according to Your promise; 42 Then shall I have an answer for those who taunt and reproach me, for I lean on, rely on, and trust in Your word. 43 And take not the word of truth utter- ly out of my mouth, for I hope in Your ordinances. 44 I will keep Your law continually, for- ever and ever [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it]. 45 And I will walk at liberty and at ease, for I have sought and inquired for [and desperately required] Your precepts. 46 I will speak of Your testimonies also before kings and will not be put to shame. [Ps. 138:1; Matt. 10:18, 19; Acts 26:1, 2.] 47 For I will delight myself in Your com- mandments, which I love. 48 My hands also will I lift up [in fervent supplication] to Your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on Your statutes. 49 Remember [fervently] the word and promise to Your servant, in which You have caused me to hope. 50 This is my comfort and consolation in my affliction: that Your-word has revived me and given me life. [Rom. 15:4.] 51 The proud have had me greatly in derision, yet have I not declined in my interest in or turned aside from Your law. 52 When 1 have [earnestly] recalled Your ordinances from of old, 0 Lord, I have taken comfort. 53 Burning indignation, terror, and sad- ness seize upon me because of the wicked, who forsake Your law. 54 Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. 55 I have [earnestly] remembered Your name, 0 Lord, in the night, and I have observed Your law. 56 This I have had [as the gift of Your grace and as my reward]: that I have kept Your precepts [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. 57 You are my portion, 0 Lord; I have promised to keep Your words. 58 I entreated Your favor with my whole heart; be merciful and gracious to me ac- cording to Your promise. 59 I considered my ways; I turned my feet to [obey] Your testimonies. 60 I made haste and delayed not to keep Your commandments. 61 Though the cords of the wicked have enclosed and ensnared me, I have not for- gotten Your law. 62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You because of Your righteous ordi- nances. 63 I am a companion of all those who fear, revere, and worship You, and of those who observe and give heed to Your precepts. 64 The earth, 0 Lord, is full of Your mercy and loving-kindness; teach me Your statutes. 65 You have dealt well with Your ser- vant, 0 Lord, according to Your promise. 66 Teach me good judgment, wise and right discernment, and knowledge, for I have believed (trusted, relied on, and clung to) Your commandments. 67 Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now Your word do 1 keep [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it]. 68 You are good and kind and do good; teach me Your statutes. 69 The arrogant and godless have put together a lie against me, but I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart. 70 Their hearts are as fat as grease [their minds are dull and brutal], but I de- light in Your law. 71 It is good for me that 1 have been afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes. 72 The law from Your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces. 73 Your hands have made me, cunningly fashioned and established me; give me un- derstanding, that I may leam Your com- mandments. 74 Those who reverently and worship- fully fear You will see me and be glad, because I have hoped in Your word and tarried for it. 75 I know, 0 Lord, that Your judg- ments are right and righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me. [Heb. 12:10.] 76 Let, I pray You, Your merciful kind- ness and steadfast love be for my comfort, according to Your promise to Your ser- vant. 77 Let Your tender mercy and loving- kindness come to me that I may Bve, for Your law is my delight! 78 Let the proud be put to shame, for they dealt perversely with me without a cause; but I will meditate on Your pre- cepts. 79 Let those who reverently and wor- shipfully fear You turn to me, and those who have known Your testimonies. 80 Let my heart be sound (sincere and wholehearted and blameless) in Your stat- utes, that I may not be put to shame. 81 My soul languishes and grows faint for Your salvation, but I hope in Your word. 82 My eyes fail, watching for [the fulfill- ment of) Your promise. I say. When will You comfort me? 83 For I have become like a bottle [a wineskin blackened and shriveled] in the smoke [in which it hangs], yet do I not forget Your statutes. 84 How many are the days of Your ser- vant [which he must endure]? When will You judge those who pursue and perse- cute me [Rev. 6:10.1 85 The godless and arrogant have dug pitfalls for me, men who do not conform to Your law. 86 All Your commandments are faithful and sure. [The godless] pursue and per- secute me with falsehood; help me [Lord]! 87 They had almost consumed me upon earth, but I forsook not Your precepts. 88 According to Your steadfast love give life to me; then I will keep the testi- mony of Your mouth [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it]. 89 Forever, Oh Lord, Your word is set- tled in heaven [stands firm as the heav- ens]. [Ps. 89:2; Matt. 24:34, 35; I Pet. 1:25.] 90 Your faithfulness is from generation to generation; You have established the earth, and it stands fast. 91 All [the whole universe] are Your servants; therefore they continue this day according to Your ordinances. Oer. 33:25.] 92 Unless Your law had been my de- light, I would have perished in my afflic- tion. 93 I will never forget Your precepts. [how can I?] for it is by them You have quickened me (granted me life). 94 I am Yours, therefore save me [Your own]; for I have sought (inquired of and for) Your precepts and required them [as my urgent need]. [Ps. 42:1.] 95 The wicked wait for me to destroy me, but I will consider Your testimonies. 96 I have seen that everything [human] has its limits and end [no matter how ex- tensive, noble, and excellent]; but Your commandment is exceedingly broad and extends without limits [into eternity]. [Rom. 3:10-19.] 97 0h, how love I Your law! It is my meditation all the day. [Ps. 1:2.] 98 You, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies, for (Your words] are ever before me. 99 I have better understanding and deeper insight than all my teachers, be- cause Your testimonies are my medita- tion. (11 Tim. 3:15.) 100 I understand more than the aged. because I keep Your precepts [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. 101 I have restrained my feet from ev- ery evil way, that I might keep Your word [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it]. (Prov. 1:15.) 102 I have not turned aside from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me. 103 How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! (Ps. 19:10; Prov. 8:11.) 104 Through Your precepts I get under- standing; therefore I hate every false way. 105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. (Prov. 6:23.) 106I have sworn [an oath) and have confirmed it, that I will keep Your righ- teous ordinances (hearing, receiving, lov- ing, and obeying them). (Neh. 10:29.) 107 I am sorely afflicted; renew and quicken me [give me life), 0 Lord, accord- ing to Your word! 108 Accept, I beseech You, the freewill offerings of my mouth, 0 Lord, and teach me Your ordinances. (Hos. 14:2; Heb. 13:15.) 109 My life is continually in my hand, yet I do not forget Your law. ll0 The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I do not stray from Your precepts. lll Your testimonies have I taken as a heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart. (Deut. 33:4.)
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