Psalm 119:49-72

Legacy Standard Bible

⁴⁹ Remember the word to Your slave,
^[a]In which You have made me wait.
⁵⁰ This is my ^(A)comfort in my affliction,
That Your word has ^[b]revived me.
⁵¹ The arrogant ^(B)utterly scoff at me,
Yet I do not ^(C)turn aside from Your law.
⁵² I have ^(D)remembered Your judgments from ^[c]of old, O Yahweh,
And comfort myself.
⁵³ Burning ^(E)indignation has seized me because of the wicked,
Who ^(F)forsake Your law.
⁵⁴ Your statutes have become my songs
In the house of my ^(G)sojourning.
⁵⁵ I ^(H)remember ^(I)in the night Your name, O Yahweh,
So I keep Your law.
⁵⁶ This has become mine,
^[d]That I ^(J)observe Your precepts.

⁵⁷ Yahweh is my ^(K)portion;
I have ^[e]promised to ^(L)keep Your words.
⁵⁸ I have ^(M)sought to please Your face ^(N)with all my heart;
^(O)Be gracious to me ^(P)according to Your ^[f]word.
⁵⁹ I ^(Q)thought upon my ways
And I turned my feet to Your testimonies.
⁶⁰ I hastened and did not delay
To keep Your commandments.
⁶¹ The ^(R)cords of the wicked have encircled me,
But I have ^(S)not forgotten Your law.
⁶² At ^(T)midnight I shall rise to give thanks to You
Because of Your ^(U)righteous judgments.
⁶³ I am a ^(V)companion of all those who ^[g]fear You,
And of those who keep Your precepts.
^64 (W)The earth, O Yahweh, is full of Your lovingkindness;
^(X)Teach me Your statutes.

⁶⁵ You have dealt well with Your slave,
O Yahweh, according to Your word.
⁶⁶ Teach me good ^[h](Y)discernment and knowledge,
For I believe in Your commandments.
^67 (Z)Before I was afflicted I went astray,
But now I keep Your word.
⁶⁸ You are ^(AA)good and ^(AB)do good;
^(AC)Teach me Your statutes.
⁶⁹ The arrogant have ^(AD)smeared me with lying;
With all my heart I will ^(AE)observe Your precepts.
⁷⁰ Their heart is ^[i](AF)covered with fat,
But I ^(AG)delight in Your law.
⁷¹ It is ^(AH)good for me that I was afflicted,
That I may learn Your statutes.
⁷² The ^(AI)law of Your mouth is better to me
Than thousands of gold and silver pieces.