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Ezra Chapter 119

1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the

2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him

3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.

4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.

5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy

7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have

8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.

9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed

10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander

11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against

12 Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.

13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.

14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in

15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy

16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy

17 Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep

18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of

19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from

20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy

21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from

22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy

23 Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did

24 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.

25 My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to

26 I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy

27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk

28 My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according

29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law

30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid

31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.

32 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge

33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it

34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall

35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I

36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me

38 Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.

39 Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.

40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy

41 Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation,

42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me:

43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I

44 So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.

45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.

46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not

47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have

48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I

49 Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused

50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath

51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not

52 I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted

53 Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that

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

56 This I had, because I kept thy precepts.

57 Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy

58 I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me

59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

61 The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not

62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy

63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that

64 The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.

65 Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto

66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy

67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy

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

70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.

71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might

72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold

73 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding,

74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I

75 I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in

76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort,

77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy

78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me

79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have

80 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.

81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.

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

83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget

84 How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute

85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.

86 All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me

87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy

88 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the

89 For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.

90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established

91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all

92 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have

93 I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast

94 I am thine, save me: for I have sought thy precepts.

95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will

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

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

99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy

100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy

101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might

102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught

103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey

104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate

105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy

107 I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto

108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O

109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy

110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy

111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they

112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even

113 I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.

114 Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

115 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments

116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me

117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect

118 Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes:

119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross:

120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy

121 I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine

122 Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress

123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy

124 Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me

125 I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy

126 It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void

127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine

128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to

129 Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep

130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth

131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy

132 Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to

133 Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have

134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy

135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy

136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy

137 Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.

138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and

139 My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten

140 Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.

141 I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.

142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law

143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy

144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me

145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy

146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.

147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in

148 Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in

149 Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD,

150 They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from

151 Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.

152 Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast

153 Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget

154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy

155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy

156 Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to

157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline

158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept

159 Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD,

160 Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy

161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart

162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.

163 I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.

164 Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous

165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall

166 LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy

167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them

168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways

169 Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me

170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to

171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy

172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments

173 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.

174 I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my

175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy

176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I