Psalm 119:37-56

Amplified Bible

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Turn my eyes away from vanity [all those worldly, meaningless things that distract—let Your priorities be mine],
And restore me [with renewed energy] in Your ways.
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Establish Your word and confirm Your promise to Your servant,
As that which produces [awe-inspired] reverence for You.^(A)
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Turn away my reproach which I dread,
For Your ordinances are good.
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I long for Your precepts;
Renew me through Your righteousness.

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May Your lovingkindness also come to me, O Lord,
Your salvation according to Your promise;
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So I will have an answer for the one who taunts me,
For I trust [completely] in Your word [and its reliability].
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And do not take the word of truth utterly out of my mouth,
For I wait for Your ordinances.
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I will keep Your law continually,
Forever and ever [writing Your precepts on my heart].
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And I will walk at liberty,
For I seek and deeply long for Your precepts.
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I will also speak of Your testimonies before kings
And shall not be ashamed.^(B)
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For I shall delight in Your commandments,
Which I love.
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And I shall lift up my hands to Your commandments,
Which I love;
And I will meditate on Your statutes.

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Remember [always] the word and promise to Your servant,
In which You have made me hope.
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This is my comfort in my affliction,
That Your word has revived me and given me life.^(C)
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The arrogant utterly ridicule me,
Yet I do not turn away from Your law.
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I have remembered [carefully] Your ancient ordinances, O Lord,
And I have taken comfort.
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Burning indignation has seized me because of the wicked,
Who ^[a]reject Your law.
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Your statutes are my songs
In the house of my pilgrimage.
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O Lord, I remember Your name in the night,
And keep Your law.
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This has become mine [as the gift of Your grace],
That I observe Your precepts [accepting them with loving obedience].