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1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1 How blessed are those whose life is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD! |
2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2How blessed are those who observe his decrees, who seek him with all of their heart, |
3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3who practice no evil while they walk in his ways. |
4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4You have commanded concerning your precepts, that they be guarded with diligence. |
5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Oh, that my ways were steadfast, so I may keep your statutes. |
6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Then I will not be ashamed, since my eyes will be fixed on all of your commands. |
7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7I will praise you with an upright heart, as I learn your righteous decrees. |
8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8I will keep your statutes; do not ever abandon me. |
9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9How can a young man keep his behavior pure? By guarding it in accordance with your word. |
10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10I have sought you with all of my heart; do not let me drift away from your commands. |
11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11I have stored what you have said in my heart, so I won't sin against you. |
12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Blessed are you, LORD! Teach me your statutes. |
13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13I have spoken with my lips about all your decrees that you have announced. |
14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14I find joy in the path of your decrees, as if I owned all kinds of riches. |
15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15I will meditate on your precepts, and I will respect your ways. |
16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16I am delighted with your statutes; I will not forget your word. |
17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Deal kindly with your servant so I may live and keep your word. |
18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Open my eyes so that I will observe amazing things from your instruction. |
19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Since I am a stranger on the earth, do not hide your commands from me. |
20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20My soul is consumed with longing for your decrees at all times. |
21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21You rebuke the accursed ones, who wander from your commands. |
22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Remove scorn and disrespect from me, for I observe your decrees. |
23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Though nobles take their seat and gossip about me, your servant will meditate on your statutes. |
24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24I take joy in your decrees, for they are my counselors. |
25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25My soul clings to the dust; revive me according to your word. |
26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26I have talked about my ways, and you have answered me; Teach me your statutes. |
27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Help me understand how your precepts function, and I will meditate on your wondrous acts. |
28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28I weep because of sorrow; fortify me according to your word. |
29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29Remove false paths from me; and graciously give me your instruction. |
30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30I have chosen the faithful way; I have firmly placed your ordinances before me. |
31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31I cling to your decrees; LORD, do not put me to shame. |
32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32I eagerly race along the way of your commands, for you enable me to do so. |
33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33Teach me, LORD, about the way of your statutes, and I will observe them without fail. |
34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34Give me understanding and I will observe your instruction. I will keep it with all of my heart. |
35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35Help me live my life by your commands, because my joy is in them. |
36[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 36Turn my heart to your decrees and away from unjust gain. |
37[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 37Turn my eyes away from gazing at worthless things, and revive me by your ways. |
38[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 38Confirm your promise to your servant, which is for those who fear you. |
39[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 39Turn away the shame that I dread, because your ordinances are good. |
40[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 40Look, I long for your precepts; revive me through your righteousness. |
41[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 41May your gracious love come to me, LORD, your salvation, just as you said. |
42[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 42Then I can answer the one who insults me, for I place my trust in your word. |
43[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 43Never take your truthful words from me, For I wait for your ordinances. |
44[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 44Then I will always keep your Law, forever and ever, |
45[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 45I will walk in liberty, for I seek your precepts. |
46[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 46Then I will speak of your decrees before kings and not be ashamed. |
47[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 47I will take delight in your commands, which I love. |
48[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 48I will lift up my hands to your commands, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes. |
49[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 49Remember what you said to your servant, by which you caused me to hope. |
50[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 50This is what comforts me in my troubles: that what you say revives me. |
51[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 51Even though the arrogant utterly deride me, I do not turn away from your instruction. |
52[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 52I have remembered your ancient ordinances, LORD, and I take comfort in them. |
53[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 53I burn with indignation because of the wicked who forsake your instruction. |
54[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 54Your statutes are my songs, no matter where I make my home. |
55[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 55In the night I remember your name, LORD, and keep your instruction. |
56[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 56I have made it my personal responsibility to keep your precepts. |
57[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 57The LORD is my inheritance; I have given my promise to keep your word. |
58[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 58I have sought your favor with all of my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise. |
59[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 59I examined my lifestyle and set my feet in the direction of your decrees. |
60[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 60I hurried and did not procrastinate to keep your commands. |
61[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 61Though the ropes of the wicked have ensnared me, I have not forgotten your instruction. |
62[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 62At midnight I will get up to thank you for your righteous ordinances. |
63[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 63I am united with all who fear you, and with everyone who keeps your precepts. |
64[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 64LORD, the earth overflows with your gracious love! Teach me your statutes. |
65[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 65LORD, you have dealt well with your servant, according to your word. |
66[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 66Teach me both knowledge and appropriate discretion, because I believe in your commands. |
67[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 67Before I was humbled, I wandered away, but now I observe your words. |
68[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 68LORD, you are good , and do what is good; teach me your statutes. |
69[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 69The arrogant have accused me falsely; but I will observe your precepts wholeheartedly. |
70[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 70Their minds are clogged as with greasy fat, but I find joy in your instruction. |
71[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 71It was for my good that I was humbled; so that I would learn your statutes. |
72[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 72Instruction that comes from you is better for me than thousands of gold and silver coins. |
73[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 73Your hands made and formed me; give me understanding, that I may learn your commands. |
74[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 74May those who fear you see me and be glad, for I have hoped in your word. |
75[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 75I know, LORD, that your decrees are just, and that you have rightfully humbled me. |
76[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 76May your gracious love comfort me in accordance with your promise to your servant. |
77[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 77May your mercies come to me that I may live, for your instruction is my delight. |
78[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 78May the arrogant become ashamed, because they have subverted me with deceit; as for me, I will meditate on your precepts. |
79[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 79May those who fear you turn to me, along with those who know your decrees. |
80[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 80May my heart be blameless with respect to your statutes so that I may not become ashamed. |
81[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 81I long for your deliverance; I have looked to your word, placing my hope in it. |
82[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 82My eyes grow weary with respect to what you have promised— I keep asking, "When will you comfort me?" |
83[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 83Though I have become like a water skin dried by smoke, I have not forgotten your statutes. |
84[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 84How many days must your servant endure this? When will you judge those who persecute me? |
85[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 85The arrogant have dug pitfalls for me disobeying your instruction. |
86[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 86All of your commands are reliable. I am persecuted without cause—help me! |
87[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 87Though the arrogant nearly destroyed me on earth, I did not abandon your precepts. |
88[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 88Revive me according to your gracious love; and I will keep the decrees that you have proclaimed. |
89[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 89Your word is forever, LORD; it is firmly established in heaven. |
90[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 90Your faithfulness continues from generation to generation. You established the earth, and it stands firm. |
91[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 91To this day they stand by means of your rulings, for all things serve you. |
92[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 92Had your instruction not been my pleasure, I would have died in my affliction. |
93[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 93I will never forget your precepts, for you have revived me with them. |
94[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 94I am yours, so save me, since I have sought your precepts. |
95[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 95The wicked lay in wait to destroy me, while I ponder your decrees. |
96[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 96I have observed that all things have their limit, but your commandment is very broad. |
97[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 97How I love your instruction! Every day it is my meditation. |
98[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 98Your commands make me wiser than my adversaries, since they are always with me. |
99[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 99I am more insightful than my teachers, because your decrees are my meditations. |
100[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 100I have more common sense than the elders, for I observe your precepts. |
101[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 101I keep away from every evil choice so that I may keep your word. |
102[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 102I do not avoid your judgments, for you pointed them out to me. |
103[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 103How pleasing is what you have to say to me— tasting better than honey. |
104[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 104I obtain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every false way. |
105[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 105Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light for my pathway. |
106[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 106I have given my word and affirmed it, to keep your righteous judgments. |
107[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 107I am severely afflicted. Revive me, LORD, according to your word. |
108[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 108LORD, please accept my voluntary offerings of praise, and teach me your judgments. |
109[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 109Though I constantly take my life in my hands, I do not forget your instruction. |
110[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 110Though the wicked lay a trap for me, I haven't wandered away from your precepts. |
111[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 111I have inherited your decrees forever, because they are the joy of my heart. |
112[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 112As a result, I am determined to carry out your statutes forever. |
113[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 113I despise the double-minded, but I love your instruction. |
114[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 114You are my fortress and shield; I hope in your word. |
115[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 115Leave me, you who practice evil, that I may observe the commands of my God. |
116[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 116Sustain me, God, as you have promised, and I will live. Do not let me be ashamed of my hope. |
117[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 117Support me, that I may be saved, and I will carry out your statutes consistently. |
118[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 118You reject all who wander from your statutes, since their deceitfulness is vain. |
119[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 119You remove all the wicked of the earth like dross; therefore I love your decrees. |
120[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 120My flesh trembles out of fear of you, and I am in awe of your judgments. |
121[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 121I have acted with justice and righteousness; do not abandon me to my oppressors. |
122[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 122Back up your servant in a positive way; do not let the arrogant oppress me. |
123[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 123My eyes fail as I look for your salvation and for your righteous promise. |
124[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 124Act toward your servant consistent with your gracious love, and teach me your statutes. |
125[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 125Since I am your servant, give me understanding, so I will know your decrees. |
126[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 126It is time for the LORD to act, since they have violated your instruction. |
127[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 127I truly love your commands more than gold, including fine gold. |
128[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 128I truly consider all of your precepts—all of them—to be just, while I despise every false way. |
129[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 129Your decrees are wonderful— that's why I observe them. |
130[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 130The disclosure of your words illuminates, providing understanding to the simple. |
131[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 131I open my mouth and pant as I long for your commands. |
132[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 132Turn in my direction and show mercy to me, as you have decreed regarding those who love your name. |
133[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 133Direct my footsteps by your promise, and do not let any kind of iniquity rule over me. |
134[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 134Deliver me from human oppression and I will keep your precepts. |
135[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 135Show favor to your servant, and teach me your statutes. |
136[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 136My eyes shed rivers of tears, when others do not obey your instruction. |
137[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 137LORD, you are righteous, and your judgments are right. |
138[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 138You have ordered your decrees to us rightly, and they are very faithful. |
139[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 139My zeal consumes me because my enemies forget your words. |
140[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 140Your word is very pure, and your servant loves it. |
141[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 141Though I may be small and despised, I do not neglect your precepts. |
142[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 142Your righteousness is an eternal righteousness, and your instruction is true. |
143[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 143Though trouble and anguish overwhelm me, your commands remain my delight. |
144[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 144Your righteous decrees are eternal; give me understanding, and I will live. |
145[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 145I have cried out with all of my heart. Answer me, LORD! I will observe your statutes. |
146[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 146I have called out to you, "Save me, so I may keep your decrees." |
147[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 147I get up before dawn and cry for help; I place my hope in your word. |
148[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 148I look forward to the night watches, when I may meditate on what you have said. |
149[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 149Hear my voice according to your gracious love. LORD, revive me in keeping with your justice. |
150[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 150Those who pursue wickedness draw near; they remain far from your instruction. |
151[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 151You are near, LORD, and all of your commands are true. |
152[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 152I discovered long ago about your decrees that you have confirmed them forever. |
153[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 153Look on my misery, and rescue me, for I do not ignore your instruction. |
154[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 154Defend my case and redeem me; revive me according to your promise. |
155[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 155Deliverance remains remote from the wicked, for they do not seek your statutes. |
156[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 156Your mercies are magnificent, LORD; revive me according to your judgments. |
157[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 157Though my persecutors and adversaries are numerous, I do not turn aside from your decrees. |
158[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 158I watch the treacherous, and despise them, because they do not do what you have said. |
159[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 159Look how I love your precepts, LORD; revive me according to your gracious love. |
160[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 160The sum of your word is truth, and each righteous ordinance of yours is everlasting. |
161[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 161Though nobles persecute me for no reason, my heart stands in awe of your words. |
162[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 162I find joy at what you have said like one who has discovered a great treasure. |
163[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 163I despise and hate falsehood, but I love your instruction. |
164[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 164I praise you seven times a day because of your righteous ordinances. |
165[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 165Great peace belongs to those who love your instruction, and nothing makes them stumble. |
166[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 166I am looking in hope for your deliverance, LORD, as I carry out your commands. |
167[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 167My soul treasures your decrees, and I love them deeply. |
168[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 168I keep your precepts and your decrees because all of my ways are before you. |
169[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 169May my cry arise before you, LORD; give me understanding according to your word. |
170[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 170Let my request come before you; deliver me, as you have promised. |
171[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 171May my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes. |
172[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 172May my tongue sing about your promise, for all of your commands are right. |
173[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 173May your hand stand ready to assist me, for I have chosen your precepts. |
174[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 174I am longing for your deliverance, LORD, and your instruction is my joy. |
175[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 175Let me live, and I will praise you; let your ordinances help me. |
176[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 176I have wandered away like a lost sheep; come find your servant, for I do not forget your commands. |
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