Psalm 119
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ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.

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blessed

Psalm 1:1-3 Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, …

Psalm 32:1,2 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered…

Psalm 112:1 Praise you the LORD. Blessed is the man that fears the LORD, that …

Psalm 128:1 Blessed is every one that fears the LORD; that walks in his ways.

Matthew 5:3-12 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven…

Luke 11:28 But he said, Yes rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, …

John 13:17 If you know these things, happy are you if you do them.

James 1:25 But whoever looks into the perfect law of liberty, and continues …

Revelation 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right …

undefiled, or, perfect, or sincere

2 Kings 20:3 I beseech you, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before you …

2 Chronicles 31:20,21 And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and worked that which …

Job 1:1,8 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man …

John 1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, Behold an Israelite …

Acts 24:16 And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void …

2 Corinthians 1:12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that …

Titus 2:11,12 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men…

walk

Ezekiel 11:20 That they may walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do …

Hosea 14:9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he …

Luke 1:6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments …

1 Thessalonians 4:1,2 Furthermore then we beseech you, brothers, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus…

Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.

shall

Psalm 25:7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according …

Psalm 34:11 Come, you children, listen to me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

Job 1:5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that …

Job 13:26 For you write bitter things against me, and make me to possess the …

Proverbs 1:4,10 To give subtlety to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion…

Proverbs 4:1,10-17 Hear, you children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know …

Proverbs 5:7 Hear me now therefore, O you children, and depart not from the words …

Proverbs 6:20 My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not the law of your mother:

Proverbs 7:7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a …

Ecclesiastes 11:9,10 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth; and let your heart cheer you …

Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, while the evil …

Luke 15:13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and …

2 Timothy 2:22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, …

Titus 2:4-6 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, …

by taking

Psalm 119:11,97-105 Your word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against you…

Psalm 1:1-3 Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, …

Psalm 19:7-11 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony …

Psalm 78:4-8 We will not hide them from their children, showing to the generation …

Deuteronomy 6:6-9 And these words, which I command you this day, shall be in your heart…

Deuteronomy 17:18 And it shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom…

Joshua 1:7 Only be you strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do …

John 15:3 Now you are clean through the word which I have spoken to you.

2 Timothy 3:15-17 And that from a child you have known the holy scriptures…

James 1:21-25 Why lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and …

With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

my whole

Psalm 119:2,34,58,69 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with …

Psalm 78:37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they steadfast …

1 Samuel 7:3 And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If you do return …

2 Chronicles 15:15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their …

Jeremiah 3:10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned …

Hosea 10:2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall …

Zephaniah 1:5,6 And them that worship the host of heaven on the housetops; and them …

Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and …

Colossians 3:22 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; …

1 John 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If …

O let me

Psalm 119:21,118,133,176 You have rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from your …

Psalm 23:3 He restores my soul: he leads me in the paths of righteousness for …

Psalm 125:5 As for such as turn aside to their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead …

Psalm 143:8-10 Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning; for in you …

Proverbs 2:13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

Proverbs 21:16 The man that wanders out of the way of understanding shall remain …

Isaiah 35:8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called …

Ezekiel 34:6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill: …

2 Peter 2:15-22 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following …

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.

rebuked

Psalm 119:78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without …

Psalm 138:6 Though the LORD be high, yet has he respect to the lowly: but the …

Exodus 10:3 And Moses and Aaron came in to Pharaoh, and said to him, Thus said …

Exodus 18:11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing …

Job 40:11,12 Cast abroad the rage of your wrath: and behold every one that is …

Isaiah 2:11,12 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men …

Isaiah 10:12 Why it shall come to pass, that when the Lord has performed his whole …

Ezekiel 28:2-10 Son of man, say to the prince of Tyrus, Thus said the Lord GOD; Because …

Daniel 4:37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, …

Daniel 5:22-24 And you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though …

Malachi 4:1 For, behold, the day comes, that shall burn as an oven; and all the …

Luke 14:11 For whoever exalts himself shall be abased; and he that humbles himself …

Luke 18:14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than …

James 4:6 But he gives more grace. Why he said, God resists the proud, but …

1 Peter 5:5 Likewise, you younger, submit yourselves to the elder. Yes, all of …

cursed

Psalm 119:10,110,118 With my whole heart have I sought you: O let me not wander from your …

Deuteronomy 27:15-26 Cursed be the man that makes any graven or molten image, an abomination …

Deuteronomy 28:15 But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen to the voice of …

Deuteronomy 30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have …

Nehemiah 9:16,29 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, …

Isaiah 42:24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the …

Isaiah 43:28 Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have …

Jeremiah 41:9-11,16 Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, …

Galatians 3:13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse …

Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellers.
DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word.
So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.

so shall. The language of this verse is very emphatic. Perfect obedience will constitute a large proportion of heavenly happiness to all eternity; and the nearer we approach to it on earth, the more we anticipate the felicity of heaven.

keep

Psalm 119:33,34 Teach me, O LORD, the way of your statutes; and I shall keep it to the end…

Revelation 7:15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and …

Revelation 22:11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, …

And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
CHETH. Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.
I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.
TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.
Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.
Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.

like a bottle in the smoke. As the bottles in the East are made of skin, it is evident that one of these hung up in the smoke must soon be parched, shrivelled up, lose all its strength, and become unsightly and useless. Thus the Psalmist appeared to himself to have become useless and despicable, through and exhausted state of his body and mind, by long bodily afflictions and mental distress.

Psalm 22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue sticks to …

Psalm 102:3,4 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth…

Job 30:30 My skin is black on me, and my bones are burned with heat.

yet do I

Psalm 119:16,61,176 I will delight myself in your statutes: I will not forget your word…

How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.

the proud. This metaphor is taken from the mode in which wild beasts are caught in the East; deep pits are dug in the earth, and slightly covered over with reeds, turf, etc., so as not to be discerned from the solid ground; and the animals attempting to walk over them, the surface breaks, they fall in, and are taken alive. Thus the Psalmist's enemies employed craft as well as power in order to effect his ruin.

Psalm 119:78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without …

Psalm 7:15 He made a pit, and dig it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

Psalm 35:7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which …

Psalm 36:11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of …

Proverbs 16:27 An ungodly man digs up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

Jeremiah 18:20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dig a pit for my …

which

Psalm 58:1,2 Do you indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do you judge uprightly, …

All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.
Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.
Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.

I have seen. That is, I have seen that all human wisdom or knowledge, however extensive, noble, and excellent, has it sounds, and limits, and end; but Thy law, a transcript of Thine own mind, is infinite, and extends to eternity.

Psalm 39:5,6 Behold, you have made my days as an handbreadth; and my age is as …

1 Samuel 9:2 And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly…

1 Samuel 17:8,49-51 And he stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, …

1 Samuel 31:4,5 Then said Saul to his armor bearer, Draw your sword, and thrust me …

2 Samuel 14:25 But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom …

2 Samuel 16:23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counceled in those days, …

2 Samuel 17:23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled …

2 Samuel 18:14,17 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with you. And he took three …

Ecclesiastes 1:2,3 Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity…

Ecclesiastes 2:11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had worked, and on the …

Ecclesiastes 7:20 For there is not a just man on earth, that does good, and sins not.

Ecclesiastes 12:8 Vanity of vanities, said the preacher; all is vanity.

Matthew 5:18 For truly I say to you, Till heaven and earth pass, one stroke or …

Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

but thy

Psalm 19:7,8 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony …

Matthew 5:28 But I say to you, That whoever looks on a woman to lust after her …

Matthew 22:37-40 Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your …

Mark 12:29-34 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, …

Romans 7:7-12,14 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. No, I had not …

Hebrews 4:12,13 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any …

MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.
SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.
Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.
Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
TZADDI. Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
KOPH. I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.
I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.
They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.
Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.
Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.
Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.
Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.

seven times. That is, probably many times, or frequently, as the term seven frequently denotes; but Rabbi Solomon says that this is to be understood literally; for they praised God twice in the morning before reading the decalogue, and once after; twice in the evening before the same reading, and twice after; making in the whole seven times.

Psalm 119:62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you because of your righteous …

Psalm 55:17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and …

because

Psalm 48:11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because …

Psalm 97:8 Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because …

Revelation 19:2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for he has judged the great …

Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.
TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.
Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.
My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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