Psalm 119:49-104

Jubilee Bible 2000

ZAIN.

⁴⁹ ¶ Remember the word unto thy slave, in which thou hast caused me to wait.

⁵⁰ ¶ This is my comfort in my affliction; for thy spoken word has caused me to live.

⁵¹ ¶ The proud have had me greatly in derision; yet I have not deviated from thy law.

⁵² ¶ I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD, and have consoled myself.

⁵³ ¶ Horror has taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

⁵⁴ ¶ Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

⁵⁵ ¶ I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.

⁵⁶ This I had, because I kept thy precepts.

CHETH.

⁵⁷ ¶ My portion, O LORD, I have said, will be to keep thy words.

⁵⁸ ¶ I intreated thy presence with my whole heart; be merciful unto me according to thy word.

⁵⁹ ¶ I considered my ways and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

⁶⁰ I made haste and did not delay to keep thy commandments.

⁶¹ ¶ The company of the wicked have robbed me, but I have not forgotten thy law.

⁶² ¶ At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of the judgments of thy righteousness.

⁶³ ¶ I am a companion of all those that fear thee and of those that keep thy precepts.

⁶⁴ ¶ The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy and teaches me thy statutes.

TETH.

⁶⁵ ¶ Thou hast dealt well with thy slave, O LORD, according unto thy word,

⁶⁶ which teaches me discernment and knowledge, for I have believed thy commandments.

⁶⁷ ¶ Before I was humbled, I went into error, but now I keep thy spoken word.

⁶⁸ ¶ Thou art good and doest good; teach me thy statutes.

⁶⁹ ¶ The proud have forged a lie against me, but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

⁷⁰ Their heart became fat like grease, but I delight in thy law.

⁷¹ ¶ It was good for me that I have been humbled, that I might learn thy statutes.

⁷² ¶ The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.

JOD.

⁷³ ¶ Thy hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding, and I shall learn thy commandments.

⁷⁴ ¶ Those that fear thee will be glad when they see me because I have waited on thy word.

⁷⁵ ¶ I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.

⁷⁶ ¶ Let, I pray thee, thy mercy be for my comfort, according to thy spoken word unto thy slave.

⁷⁷ Let thy mercy come unto me, that I may live, for thy law is my delight.

⁷⁸ ¶ Let the proud be ashamed, for they dealt perversely with me without a cause, but I will meditate in thy precepts.

⁷⁹ Let those that fear thee turn unto me and those that have known thy testimonies.

⁸⁰ ¶ Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes that I not be ashamed.

CAPH.

⁸¹ ¶ My soul faints with desire for thy salvation as I await thy word.

⁸² Mine eyes fail for thy spoken word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

⁸³ ¶ For I am become like a wine skin in the smoke; yet I have not forgotten thy statutes.

⁸⁴ ¶ How many are the days of thy slave? When wilt thou execute judgment on those that persecute me?

⁸⁵ ¶ The proud have dug pits for me, but they do not proceed according to thy law.

⁸⁶ All thy commandments are of the same truth; they persecute me wrongfully; help me.

⁸⁷ They have almost consumed me upon earth, but I have not forsaken thy precepts.

⁸⁸ ¶ Cause me to live according to thy mercy, so I shall keep the testimony of thy mouth.

LAMED.

⁸⁹ ¶ For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in the heavens.

⁹⁰ Thy truth is from generation to generation; thou hast established the earth, and it perseveres.

⁹¹ They persevere unto this day by thy ordinance; for they are all thy slaves.

⁹² ¶ Unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in my affliction.

⁹³ ¶ I will never forget thy precepts; for with them thou hast caused me to live.

⁹⁴ ¶ I am thine, keep me; for I have sought thy precepts.

⁹⁵ ¶ The wicked have waited for me to destroy me, but I will consider thy testimonies.

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

MEM.

⁹⁷ ¶ O how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

⁹⁸ ¶ Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies, for they are eternal unto me.

⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers, for thy testimonies have been my meditation.

¹⁰⁰ I understand more than the elders because I keep thy precepts.

¹⁰¹ ¶ I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

¹⁰² ¶ I have not departed from thy judgments, for thou hast taught me.

¹⁰³ ¶ How sweet have been thy spoken words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

¹⁰⁴ Through thy precepts I have obtained understanding; therefore I have hated every false way.

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