Psalm 119:49-72

The Voice

Zayin

⁴⁹Do not forget Your promise to Your servant;
    through it You have given me hope.
⁵⁰This brings me solace in the midst of my troubles:
    that Your word has revived me.
⁵¹Those who are proud cruelly ridicule me,
    but I keep to the steady path of Your teachings.
⁵²I have considered Your ancient rulings, O Eternal One,
    and their memory brings me comfort.
⁵³Burning anger rises in me, has me in its grip
    because the unrighteous abandon Your teachings.
⁵⁴As I journey through this life,
    Your statutes are my song.
⁵⁵O Eternal One, through the night, I stop to recall Your name.
    That’s how I live according to Your teachings.
⁵⁶This has become my practice:
    to keep Your ordinances.

Heth

⁵⁷The Eternal One is mine. He’s all I need.
    I have promised to keep Your words.
⁵⁸I sought Your blessing wholeheartedly.
    Show grace to me as You promised.
⁵⁹I carefully charted out my paths
    to align my steps with Your decrees.
⁶⁰I did not procrastinate and hurried
    to follow Your commands.
⁶¹The wicked have entangled me in their nets,
    but I have not forgotten Your teaching.
⁶²In the middle of the night, I wake to thank You
    because Your rulings are just and right.
⁶³I am a friend of anyone who fears You
    and of those who follow Your precepts.
⁶⁴The earth is filled with Your unfailing love, O Eternal One;
    teach me to observe what You require.

Teth

⁶⁵You have handled Your servant well,
    O Eternal One, as You promised.
⁶⁶Help me to learn good judgment and knowledge
    because I believe Your commandments.
⁶⁷Before I had trouble, I strayed from the true path, the path of righteousness,
    but now I live according to Your word.
⁶⁸You are truly good, and Your acts are too;
    teach me what You require.
⁶⁹The proud smear me with their lies;
    I will keep Your instructions wholeheartedly.
⁷⁰Their hearts are dull and callous;
    I am delighted to study Your teaching.
⁷¹It is a good thing that I was humbled
    because it helped me learn Your limits.
⁷²Your teachings are more valuable to me
    than a fortune in gold and silver.