Psalm 119:1-176 VOICE

[1] Happy are the people who walk with integrity, who live according to the teachings of the Eternal. [2] Happy are the people who keep His decrees, who pursue Him wholeheartedly. [3] These are people who do nothing wrong; they do what it takes to follow His ways. [4] You have given us Your precepts so we would be careful about keeping them. [5] Oh, that every part of my life would remain in line with what You require! [6] Then I would feel no shame when I fix my eyes upon Your commands. [7] With a pure heart, I will give thanks to You when I hear about Your just and fair rulings. [8] I will live within Your limits; do not abandon me completely! [9] How can a young person remain pure? Only by living according to Your word. [10] I have pursued You with my whole heart; do not let me stray from Your commands. [11] Deep within me I have hidden Your word so that I will never sin against You. [12] You are blessed, O Eternal One; instruct me in what You require. [13] My lips have told how You have delivered all Your wise rulings. [14] I have celebrated Your testimonies as though rejoicing over an immeasurable fortune. [15] I will fix my mind on Your instructions and my eyes on Your path. [16] I will find joy in Your ordinances; I will remember Your word forever. [17] Treat Your servant well, Lord, so that I may live and remain faithful to Your word. [18] Let me see clearly so that I may take in the amazing things coming from Your law. [19] I am a sojourner in the world; do not keep Your commands hidden from me. [20] My soul aches from craving Your wise rulings day and night. [21] You rebuke those who are proud, and those who stray from Your commands are cursed. [22] Free me from the contempt and disdain of others because I keep Your decrees. [23] Even though powerful princes conspire against me, I fix my mind on what You require. [24] Yes, Your testimonies are my joy; they are like the friends I seek for counsel. [25] My very being clings to the dust; preserve my life, in keeping with Your word. [26] I have admitted my ways are wrong, and You responded; now help me learn what You require. [27] Compel me to grasp the way of Your statutes so I will fix my mind on Your wonderful works. [28] My soul weeps, and trouble weighs me down; give me strength so I can stand according to Your word. [29] Eliminate faithlessness You find in my step, be gracious, and give me Your guidance. [30] I have decided to take the path of faith; I have focused my eyes on Your regulations. [31] I cling to Your decrees; O Eternal One, do not let me face disgrace! [32] I will chase after Your commandments because You will expand my understanding. [33] O Eternal One, show me how to live according to Your statutes, and I will keep them always. [34] Grant me understanding so that I can keep Your law and keep it wholeheartedly. [35] Guide me to walk in the way You commanded because I take joy in it. [36] Turn my head and my heart to Your decrees and not to sinful gain. [37] Keep my eyes from gazing upon worthless things, and give me true life according to Your plans. [38] Verify Your word to Your servant, which will lead me to worship You. [39] Take away the scorn that I dread because Your actions are just and good. [40] Look and see-I long for Your guidance; restore me in Your righteousness. [41] May Your unfailing love find me, O Eternal One. Keep Your promise, and save me; [42] When that happens, I will have a good response for anyone who taunts me because I have faith in Your word. [43] Do not take Your message of truth from my mouth because I wait and rely on Your just decisions. [44] Therefore I will follow Your teachings, forever and ever. [45] And I will live a life of freedom because I pursue Your precepts. [46] I will even testify of Your decrees before royalty and will not be humiliated. [47] I will find my joy in Your commands, which I love, [48] And I will raise my hands to Your commands, which I love, and I will fix my mind on what You require. [49] Do not forget Your promise to Your servant; through it You have given me hope. [50] This brings me solace in the midst of my troubles: that Your word has revived me. [51] Those who are proud cruelly ridicule me, but I keep to the steady path of Your teachings. [52] I have considered Your ancient rulings, O Eternal One, and their memory brings me comfort. [53] Burning anger rises in me, has me in its grip because the unrighteous abandon Your teachings. [54] As I journey through this life, Your statutes are my song. [55] O Eternal One, through the night, I stop to recall Your name. That's how I live according to Your teachings. [56] This has become my practice: to keep Your ordinances. [57] The Eternal One is mine. He's all I need. I have promised to keep Your words. [58] I sought Your blessing wholeheartedly. Show grace to me as You promised. [59] I carefully charted out my paths to align my steps with Your decrees. [60] I did not procrastinate and hurried to follow Your commands. [61] The wicked have entangled me in their nets, but I have not forgotten Your teaching. [62] In the middle of the night, I wake to thank You because Your rulings are just and right. [63] I am a friend of anyone who fears You and of those who follow Your precepts. [64] The earth is filled with Your unfailing love, O Eternal One; teach me to observe what You require. [65] You have handled Your servant well, O Eternal One, as You promised. [66] Help me to learn good judgment and knowledge because I believe Your commandments. [67] Before I had trouble, I strayed from the true path, the path of righteousness, but now I live according to Your word. [68] You are truly good, and Your acts are too; teach me what You require. [69] The proud smear me with their lies; I will keep Your instructions wholeheartedly. [70] Their hearts are dull and callous; I am delighted to study Your teaching. [71] It is a good thing that I was humbled because it helped me learn Your limits. [72] Your teachings are more valuable to me than a fortune in gold and silver. [73] Your strong hands formed me and established me; give me understanding so I can learn Your commands. [74] Let those who fear You see me and rejoice because I hope in Your word. [75] I know, O Eternal One, Your rulings are right, and when You humbled me, You did so out of faithfulness. [76] Now let Your unfailing love be my comfort, in keeping with Your promise to Your servant. [77] Shower me with Your compassion so that I may live because I find great joy in Your law. [78] Let the proud be humiliated, for they sabotage me with a lie; still I will fix my mind on Your directives. [79] Let those who fear You and know Your testimonies come back and find me. [80] Let my heart be whole, my record according to what You require so that I will not be humiliated. [81] My soul is exhausted awaiting Your rescue yet I keep hoping in Your word. [82] My eyes are strained as I look for what You promised, saying, "When will You come to comfort me?" [83] Even though I have shriveled up like a wineskin left in the smoke, I still remember what You require. [84] How long must Your servant wait? When will You carry out justice and punish those who persecute me? [85] Those proud souls do not live according to Your commands, and they have dug pits to entrap me. [86] Indeed, all Your commands are trustworthy, but my enemies have harassed me with their lies; help me! [87] They have nearly ended my life on earth, but as for me, I never abandoned Your statutes. [88] According to Your unfailing love, spare my life so that I can live according to the decrees of Your mouth. [89] Forever, O Eternal One, Your word stands in heaven, firm and resolute. [90] Your faithfulness endures to every generation; You founded the earth, and it remains. [91] Everything remains today in keeping with Your laws, for all things exist to serve You. [92] If I had not found joy in Your guidance, then I would have died from my misery. [93] I will never forget Your precepts, for through them You have given me life. [94] I belong to You, Lord; save me because I have taken care to live by Your principles. [95] The wicked lie in wait, anxious to kill me; I will set my mind on Your statutes. [96] I have seen the limit of all perfection, but Your commands are all-encompassing. [97] Oh, how I love Your law! I fix my mind on it all day long. [98] Your commands make me wiser than my enemies because they are always with me. [99] I have more discernment than all my teachers because I study and meditate on Your testimonies. [100] I comprehend more than those who are my elders because I have kept Your precepts. [101] I have kept my feet from walking the paths of evil so that I may live according to Your word. [102] I have not neglected Your lessons, for You, God, have been my teacher. [103] Your words are sweet to my taste! Yes, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth! [104] I gain understanding from Your instructions; that's why I hate every deceitful path. [105] Your word is a lamp for my steps; it lights the path before me. [106] I have taken an oath and confirmed it: I pledge to do what You say is right and just. [107] I have suffered terribly, O Eternal One; give me the life You promised. [108] Please accept the words I offer willingly, O Eternal One, and instruct me in the ways of Your justice. [109] My soul is continually in danger, but I do not forget Your teachings. [110] The wicked have laid a trap for me, but I have not drifted away from Your instructions. [111] Your decrees are forever mine, for they bring joy to my life. [112] I have committed myself to do what You require forever and ever, to the very end. [113] I despise those who waver back and forth, but I love Your teachings. [114] You are my hiding place and my shield of protection; I hope in Your word. [115] Away from me, reprobates! I am committed to observing the commands of my God. [116] Support me in keeping with Your promise, O God, so that I may live; do not let my hope turn into shame. [117] Help me so that I will be safe, and I will respect Your laws continually. [118] You have rejected all those who stray from Your commands because their fraudulent lifestyles are cunning and empty. [119] You have discarded all the wicked from the land, skimmed them off like dross; that's why I love Your testimonies. [120] My body shakes because of my fear of You, and I am in awe of Your wise rulings. [121] I have lived with fairness and integrity; do not leave me at the mercy of my tormenters. [122] Provide security and protection for Your servant's welfare; do not let the proud oppress me. [123] My eyes are strained as I look for Your salvation and for Your righteous promise to be fulfilled. [124] Treat Your servant in a manner that shows Your unfailing love, and help me to learn Your decrees. [125] I am Your servant; impart to me understanding so that I may fully grasp the depths of Your statutes. [126] It is time for the Eternal to step in and do something because some have broken Your law. [127] Indeed, I love Your commands more than gold, even more than the highest quality gold. [128] It's true that I regard all Your guidance to be correct and good; I despise every deceptive path. [129] Your decrees inspire wonder; because of that, my soul desires to keep them. [130] When Your words are unveiled, light shines forth; they bring understanding to the simple. [131] My desire for Your commands left me waiting, open-mouthed and panting. [132] Acknowledge me and show me Your grace as is Your habit toward all those who love Your name. [133] Guide my steps in the ways of Your word, and do not let any sin control me. [134] Rescue me from the torment of my human oppressors so that I may live according Your decrees. [135] Let Your face shine upon Your servant, and help me to learn what You require. [136] My eyes shed rivers of tears whenever people fail to keep Your teaching. [137] You are good and just, O Eternal One, and Your rulings are right. [138] You have set out Your decrees in justice, and they can be trusted. [139] I am overwhelmed by my passion because my enemies have forgotten Your words. [140] Your promise is tested and true; that's why Your servant loves it. [141] I may be insignificant to some and hated by others, but at least I do not forget Your precepts. [142] Your righteousness will last forever, and Your law is truth. [143] Trouble and distress have overtaken me, but Your commandments bring me great joy. [144] Your decrees are right and true forever; grant me understanding so that I may live. [145] I called to You wholeheartedly: "Answer me, O Eternal One!" I will respect, I will follow Your statutes. [146] I cried out to You: "Rescue me, and I will live according to Your decrees." [147] I wake before the dawn and call for help; I hope in Your words. [148] My eyes do not shut before each watch of the night so that I can fix my mind on Your word. [149] Listen to my voice, in keeping with Your unfailing love. Preserve my life, O Eternal One, according to Your just rulings. [150] Those who wish me harm are moving closer to me; they are far away from Your teaching. [151] But You are near me, O Eternal One, and all You have commanded is true. [152] I learned a long time ago that You established Your decrees to last forever. [153] Give attention to my misery and rescue me because I have not forgotten Your teaching. [154] Fight for me, and set me free; give me life in keeping with Your promise. [155] Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not live in pursuit of Your precepts. [156] Your mercies are tender and great, O Eternal One; grant me life in keeping with Your ordinances. [157] I have many oppressors and foes; still I do not swerve from Your decrees. [158] I observe the faithless and detest them because they turn away from Your word. [159] Reflect, O God, on how I love Your precepts; give me life, O Eternal One, in keeping with Your unfailing love. [160] The entirety of Your word is truth, and every one of Your right rulings will surely last forever. [161] Princes persecute me without reason, but my heart remains true and is awed by Your words. [162] I celebrate because of Your promise, like someone who discovers great treasure. [163] I despise and abhor lies, but I love Your law. [164] Seven times every day I praise You because of Your right rulings. [165] Those who love Your law have an abundance of peace, and nothing along their paths can cause them to stumble. [166] I wait for Your salvation, O Eternal One, and I live out Your commands. [167] My soul is faithful to Your decrees, and my love for them is extraordinary. [168] I live according to Your precepts and decrees because everything I do is right before Your eyes. [169] Let my cry come before You, O Eternal One. Grant me understanding in keeping with Your word. [170] Let my plea come before You; liberate me in keeping with Your word. [171] Praise will pour from my lips because You help me learn what You require. [172] My tongue will sing of Your word because every command of Yours is right. [173] Let Your hand be poised to help me because I have chosen to live by Your precepts. [174] I long for Your salvation, O Eternal One. Meanwhile, Your teaching brings me great joy. [175] Let my soul live on so that I may praise You, and let Your precepts guide me. [176] I have wandered down the wrong path like a lost sheep; come find me, Your servant, because I do not forget Your commands.