Psalm 119-19-72

¹⁹ I am a stranger in the earth;
Do not hide Your commandments from me.
²⁰ My soul is crushed with longing
After Your ordinances at all times.
²¹ You rebuke the arrogant, the cursed,
Who wander from Your commandments.
²² Take away reproach and contempt from me,
For I observe Your testimonies.
²³ Even though princes sit and talk against me,
Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
²⁴ Your testimonies also are my delight;
They are ^]my counselors.

²⁵ My soul cleaves to the dust;
Revive me according to Your word.
²⁶ I have told of my ways, and You have answered me;
Teach me Your statutes.
²⁷ Make me understand the way of Your precepts,
So I will meditate on Your wonders.
²⁸ My soul weeps because of grief;
Strengthen me according to Your word.
²⁹ Remove the false way from me,
And graciously grant me Your law.
³⁰ I have chosen the faithful way;
I have placed Your ordinances before me.
³¹ I cling to Your testimonies;
O Lord, do not put me to shame!
³² I shall run the way of Your commandments,
For You will enlarge my heart.

³³ Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes,
And I shall observe it to the end.
³⁴ Give me understanding, that I may observe Your law
And keep it with all my heart.
³⁵ Make me walk in the path of Your commandments,
For I delight in it.
³⁶ Incline my heart to Your testimonies
And not to dishonest gain.
³⁷ Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity,
And revive me in Your ways.
³⁸ Establish Your word to Your servant,
As that which produces reverence for You.
³⁹ Turn away my reproach which I dread,
For Your ordinances are good.
⁴⁰ Behold, I long for Your precepts;
Revive me through Your righteousness.

⁴¹ May Your lovingkindnesses also come to me, O Lord,
Your salvation according to Your word;
⁴² So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me,
For I trust in Your word.
⁴³ And do not take the word of truth utterly out of my mouth,
For I wait for Your ordinances.
⁴⁴ So I will keep Your law continually,
Forever and ever.
⁴⁵ And I will walk at liberty,
For I seek Your precepts.
⁴⁶ I will also speak of Your testimonies before kings
And shall not be ashamed.
⁴⁷ I shall delight in Your commandments,
Which I love.
⁴⁸ And I shall lift up my hands to Your commandments,
Which I love;
And I will meditate on Your statutes.

⁴⁹ Remember the word to Your servant,
In which You have made me hope.
⁵⁰ This is my comfort in my affliction,
That Your word has revived me.
⁵¹ The arrogant utterly deride me,
Yet I do not turn aside from Your law.
⁵² I have remembered Your ordinances from of old, O Lord,
And comfort myself.
⁵³ Burning indignation has seized me because of the wicked,
Who forsake Your law.
⁵⁴ Your statutes are my songs
In the house of my pilgrimage.
⁵⁵ O Lord, I remember Your name in the night,
And keep Your law.
⁵⁶ This has become mine,
That I observe Your precepts.

⁵⁷ The Lord is my portion;
I have promised to keep Your words.
⁵⁸ I sought Your favor with all my heart;
Be gracious to me according to Your word.
⁵⁹ I considered my ways
And turned my feet to Your testimonies.
⁶⁰ I hastened and did not delay
To keep Your commandments.
⁶¹ The cords of the wicked have encircled me,
But I have not forgotten Your law.
⁶² At midnight I shall rise to give thanks to You
Because of Your righteous ordinances.
⁶³ I am a companion of all those who fear You,
And of those who keep Your precepts.
⁶⁴ The earth is full of Your lovingkindness, O Lord;
Teach me Your statutes.

⁶⁵ You have dealt well with Your servant,
O Lord, according to Your word.
⁶⁶ Teach me good discernment and knowledge,
For I believe in Your commandments.
⁶⁷ Before I was afflicted I went astray,
But now I keep Your word.
⁶⁸ You are good and do good;
Teach me Your statutes.
⁶⁹ The arrogant have forged a lie against me;
With all my heart I will observe Your precepts.
⁷⁰ Their heart is covered with fat,
But I delight in Your law.
⁷¹ It is good for me that I was afflicted,
That I may learn Your statutes.
⁷² The law of Your mouth is better to me
Than thousands of gold and silver pieces.