Through My Bible – October 03

Psalm 119:49-80 (EHV)



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⁴⁹ Remember your word to your servant,

because you have given me hope.

⁵⁰ This is my comfort in my suffering:

that your saying gives me life.

⁵¹ The arrogant mock me constantly,

but I do not fall away from your law.

⁵² I remember your judgments from of old, Lord,

and I comfort myself with them.

⁵³ Indignation grips me because of the wicked, who forsake your laws.

⁵⁴ Your statutes are songs for me in the house where I am staying.

⁵⁵ I remember your name during the night, O Lord,

and I will keep your laws.

⁵⁶ This I have done: I guard your precepts.

⁵⁷ You are my portion, O Lord.

I said I would keep your words.

⁵⁸ I have sought your favor with all my heart.

Be gracious to me according to your sayings.

⁵⁹ I have considered my ways, ^[1]

and I have turned my feet to your testimonies.

⁶⁰ I will hurry. I will not delay.

I will keep your commandments.

⁶¹ The ropes of the wicked bind me,

but I do not forget your law.

⁶² At midnight I rise to give you thanks for your righteous judgments.

⁶³ I am a companion to all who fear you,

that is, to all who keep your precepts.

⁶⁴ Your mercy, Lord, fills the earth.

Teach me your statutes.

⁶⁵ You have done good for your servant, O Lord,

    according to your words.

⁶⁶ Teach me good judgment and knowledge,

for I believe in your commandments.

⁶⁷ Before I was afflicted I strayed,

but now I keep your saying.

⁶⁸ You are good, and you do good.

Teach me your statutes.

⁶⁹ The arrogant have smeared me with lies.

I guard your precepts with all my heart.

⁷⁰ Their calloused hearts ^[2] feel nothing,

but I delight in your law.

⁷¹ It was good for me that I was afflicted,

so that I might learn your statutes.

⁷² Better for me is the law from your mouth

    than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.

⁷³ Your hands made me and established me.

Give me understanding.

Then I will learn your commandments.

⁷⁴ May those who fear you see me and rejoice,

because I wait confidently for your word.

⁷⁵ I know, Lord, that your judgments are righteous.

In faithfulness you have afflicted me.

⁷⁶ Please let your mercy be my comfort,

    according to your saying to your servant.

⁷⁷ Let your abundant compassion come to me that I may live,

because your law is my delight.

⁷⁸ Let the arrogant be put to shame,

because they have wronged me with lies.

As for me, I will meditate on your precepts.

⁷⁹ Let those who fear you turn to me,

and those who know your testimonies.

⁸⁰ Let my heart be blameless regarding your statutes,

so that I may not be put to shame.

Footnotes

1. Psalm 119:59 In these and other verses of the psalm it is sometimes uncertain whether the Hebrew verb forms refer to past a