May my prayer come before you;
    turn your ear to my cry.

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Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;

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May my prayer be set before you like incense;(A)
    may the lifting up of my hands(B) be like the evening sacrifice.(C)

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Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

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Turn your eyes from me;
    they overwhelm me.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
    descending from Gilead.(A)

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Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.

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111 Your statutes are my heritage forever;
    they are the joy of my heart.(A)

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111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

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112 My heart is set(A) on keeping your decrees
    to the very end.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 119:112 Or decrees / for their enduring reward

112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.

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31 My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before(A) you to hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. Their mouths speak of love, but their hearts are greedy(B) for unjust gain.(C)

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31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.

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Psalm 63[a]

A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.

You, God, are my God,
    earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,(A)
    my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
    where there is no water.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 63:1 In Hebrew texts 63:1-11 is numbered 63:2-12.

63 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

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But as for me, I am poor and needy;(A)
    come quickly to me,(B) O God.
You are my help(C) and my deliverer;(D)
    Lord, do not delay.(E)

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But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying.

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From birth(A) I have relied on you;
    you brought me forth from my mother’s womb.(B)
    I will ever praise(C) you.

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By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.

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15 He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.(A)

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15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

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96 To all perfection I see a limit,
    but your commands are boundless.(A)

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96 I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.

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143 Trouble and distress have come upon me,
    but your commands give me delight.(A)

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143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.

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86 All your commands are trustworthy;(A)
    help me,(B) for I am being persecuted(C) without cause.(D)

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86 All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.

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