Delight in God’s Word
17 ג Gimel
18
Open my eyes so that I may contemplate
wonderful things from Your instruction.
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20
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22
23
24
wonderful things from Your instruction.
25 ד Dalet
26
27
28
29
Keep me from the way of deceit
and graciously give me Your instruction.
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32
and graciously give me Your instruction.
49 ז Zayin
Remember Your word to Your servant;
You have given me hope through it.
50
51
52 You have given me hope through it.
Lord, I remember Your judgments from long ago
and find comfort.
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54
55
56
and find comfort.
73 י Yod
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75
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May Your faithful love comfort me
as You promised Your servant.
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79 as You promised Your servant.
Let those who fear You,
those who know Your decrees, turn to me.
80
those who know Your decrees, turn to me.
81 כ Kaf
82
83
Though I have become like a wineskin dried by smoke,
I do not forget Your statutes.
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85
86
87 I do not forget Your statutes.
They almost ended my life on earth,
but I did not abandon Your precepts.
88 but I did not abandon Your precepts.
Give me life in accordance with Your faithful love,
and I will obey the decree You have spoken.
and I will obey the decree You have spoken.
89 ל Lamed
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91
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94
95
96
I have seen a limit to all perfection,
but Your command is without limit.
but Your command is without limit.
145 ק Qof
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147
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149
In keeping with Your faithful love, hear my voice.
Lord, give me life in keeping with Your justice.(GC)
150
151
152
Lord, give me life in keeping with Your justice.(GC)
Footnotes:
a.
Psalm 119:1: The stanzas of this poem form an acrostic.
b.
Psalm 119:9: Or keeping it according to Your
c.
Psalm 119:28: Or I weep
d.
Psalm 119:32: Lit You enlarge my heart
e.
Psalm 119:33: Lit way
f.
Psalm 119:33: Or will keep it as my reward
g.
Psalm 119:37: Some Hb mss, Tg read word
h.
Psalm 119:54: Lit song in the house of my sojourning
i.
Psalm 119:57: Lit You are my portion, Lord
j.
Psalm 119:109: Lit in my hand
k.
Psalm 119:112: Or statutes; the reward is eternal
l.
Psalm 119:119: Some Hb mss, DSS, LXX, Aq, Sym, Jer read All the wicked of the earth You count as
m.
Psalm 119:120: Lit My flesh shudders
n.
Psalm 119:128: Lit I therefore follow carefully
o.
Psalm 119:150: Some Hb mss, LXX, Sym, Jer read who maliciously persecute me
Cross references:
D.
Psalm 119:2:
Deuteronomy 4:29; Deuteronomy 10:12; Deuteronomy 11:13; Deuteronomy 13:3; Deuteronomy 30:2
K.
Psalm 119:9:
Psalm 12:6; Psalm 19:9-10; Psalm 119:140; Proverbs 20:11; Proverbs 30:5; Philippians 4:8
O.
Psalm 119:12:
Psalm 119:26; Psalm 119:64; Psalm 119:108; Psalm 119:124; Psalm 119:135; Psalm 119:171
Q.
Psalm 119:14:
Psalm 119:111; Psalm 119:162; Proverbs 3:13-15; Proverbs 8:10; Proverbs 8:11; Proverbs 8:18; Proverbs 8:19
T.
Psalm 119:16:
Psalm 1:2; Psalm 119:24; Psalm 119:47; Psalm 119:70; Psalm 119:77; Psalm 119:92; Psalm 119:143; Psalm 119:174
AD.
Psalm 119:25:
Psalm 44:25
AE.
Psalm 119:25:
Psalm 119:37; Psalm 119:40; Psalm 119:88; Psalm 119:93; Psalm 119:107; Psalm 119:149; Psalm 119:154; Psalm 119:156; Psalm 119:159
AF.
Psalm 119:26:
Psalm 25:4; Psalm 86:11; Psalm 119:12; Psalm 119:26; Psalm 119:64; Psalm 119:68; Psalm 119:124; Psalm 119:135; Psalm 119:171
AH.
Psalm 119:28:
1 Peter 5:10
AI.
Psalm 119:30:
Psalm 16:8
AP.
Psalm 119:35:
Psalm 119:16
AQ.
Psalm 119:36:
1 Kings 8:58
AS.
Psalm 119:37:
Isaiah 33:15
AT.
Psalm 119:37:
Psalm 119:25
AV.
Psalm 119:39:
Psalm 119:22
AW.
Psalm 119:40:
Psalm 119:20
AX.
Psalm 119:41:
Psalm 119:77
BB.
Psalm 119:44:
Psalm 119:33
BG.
Psalm 119:48:
Psalm 63:4
BH.
Psalm 119:48:
Psalm 119:15
BI.
Psalm 119:50:
Romans 15:4
BL.
Psalm 119:53:
Psalm 89:30
BM.
Psalm 119:55:
Psalm 63:6
BP.
Psalm 119:57:
Psalm 16:5
BQ.
Psalm 119:58:
1 Kings 13:6
BS.
Psalm 119:59:
Luke 15:17
BV.
Psalm 119:62:
Psalm 119:55
BW.
Psalm 119:62:
Psalm 119:7
BX.
Psalm 119:63:
Psalm 101:6
BY.
Psalm 119:64:
Psalm 33:5
BZ.
Psalm 119:64:
Psalm 119:12
CD.
Psalm 119:68:
Psalm 125:4
CF.
Psalm 119:69:
Psalm 119:56
CG.
Psalm 119:70:
Psalm 17:10
CH.
Psalm 119:70:
Psalm 119:16
CL.
Psalm 119:73:
Psalm 119:34
CN.
Psalm 119:74:
Psalm 119:43
CP.
Psalm 119:77:
Psalm 119:41
CQ.
Psalm 119:77:
Psalm 119:16
CS.
Psalm 119:80:
Psalm 119:1
CT.
Psalm 119:81:
Psalm 84:2
CU.
Psalm 119:81:
Psalm 119:43
DH.
Psalm 119:94:
Psalm 119:45
DI.
Psalm 119:95:
Psalm 40:14
DM.
Psalm 119:99:
Psalm 119:15
DN.
Psalm 119:100:
Job 32:7-9
EG.
Psalm 119:114:
Genesis 15:1; Deuteronomy 33:29; Psalm 3:3; Psalm 28:7; Psalm 115:9-11; Psalm 144:2; Proverbs 2:7
EK.
Psalm 119:116:
Psalm 54:4
ES.
Psalm 119:121:
Job 29:14
FA.
Psalm 119:128:
Psalm 19:8
FF.
Psalm 119:130:
Psalm 19:7
FG.
Psalm 119:131:
Psalm 42:1
FH.
Psalm 119:132:
Psalm 25:16
FI.
Psalm 119:133:
Psalm 17:5
FT.
Psalm 119:141:
Psalm 22:6
FX.
Psalm 119:144:
Psalm 19:9
FZ.
Psalm 119:146:
Psalm 3:7
GA.
Psalm 119:147:
Psalm 5:3
GJ.
Psalm 119:154:
Psalm 35:1
GM.
Psalm 119:157:
Psalm 7:1
HI.
Psalm 119:172:
Psalm 51:14