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Topic:psalms Chapter 119 Study
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Psalms 119
Bishops' Bible
1Aleph. Blessed are those that be perfect in the way: walkyng in the lawe of God.
2Blessed are they that kepe his testimonies: they seke hym with their whole heart.
3Truely they walke in his wayes: who do no wickednesse.
4Thou hast geuen charge: that we shoulde diligently kepe thy commaundementes.
5I wishe that my wayes were directed: for to kepe thy statutes.
6I shall take then no shame: when I haue regarde vnto all thy commaundementes.
7I wyll confesse it vnto thee with an vpryght heart: when I shall haue learned the iudgementes of thy ryghteousnesse.
8I wyll kepe thy statutes: wherfore forsake me not for any long tyme.
9Beth Wherby shall a young man refourme his way: euen in guiding it accordyng to thy worde.
10I haue sought thee with my whole heart: suffer me not to swarue from thy commaundementes.
11I haue hyd thy wordes within my heart: for this ende, that I shoulde not sinne agaynst thee.
12Blessed art thou O God: teache me thy statutes.
13I haue declared with my lyppes: all the iudgementes of thy mouth.
14I am delighted in the way of thy testimonies: as in all maner of riches.
15I wyll study thy commaundementes: and I wyll consider thy wayes.
16My delyght shalbe in thy statutes: and I wyll not forget thy worde.
17Gimel Rewarde thy seruaunt, let me lyue: and I wyll kepe thy worde.
18Open thou myne eyes: and I will beholde the wonderous thynges of thy lawe.
19I am a straunger vpon earth: hyde not thy commaundementes from me.
20My soule faynteth: for the very feruent desire that it hath alwaye vnto thy iudgementes.
21Thou hast rebuked those that be proude and cursed: who do erre from thy commaundementes.
22Withdrawe from me reproche and contempt: for that I haue kept thy testimonies.
23Yea princes dyd syt and speake agaynst me: but thy seruaunt did geue hym selfe to the meditation of thy statutes.
24Yea thy testimonies are my delyght: and my counsaylers.
25Daleth My soule cleaueth to the dust: reuiue thou me accordyng to thy worde.
26I haue made a declaration to thee of my wayes, and thou heardest me: O teache me thy statutes.
27Make me to vnderstande the way of thy commaundementes: and I wyll geue my selfe to the meditation of thy wonderous workes.
28My soule melteth away for very heauinesse: comfort thou me accordyng to thy worde.
29Take from me the way of falshood: & witsafe me worthy to haue thy lawe.
30I haue chosen the way of trueth: & I haue layde thy iudgementes before me.
31I haue stuck fast vnto thy testimonies: O God confounde me not.
32I wyll runne the way of thy commaundementes: when thou shalt set my heart at libertie.
33He Teache me O God the way of thy statutes: and I wyll kepe it vnto the ende.
34Geue me vnderstanding, & I wil kepe thy law: yea I wyll kepe it with my whole heart.
35Leade me in the path of thy comaundementes: for therin is my delyght.
36Encline myne heart vnto thy testimonies: and not to couetousnesse.
37Turne away myne eyes, lest they beholde vanitie: cause me to lyue in thy way.
38Make thy worde more euident vnto thy seruaunt: who is geuen to thy feare.
39Take away the reproche that I am afraide of: for thy iudgemetes are good.
40Behold I haue coueted after thy commaundementes: cause me to lyue in thy ryghteousnesse.
41Vau Let thy louing mercie also come vnto me O God: euen thy saluation, accordyng to thy worde.
42And I shall aunswere to hym that layeth thy worde to me for a reproche: for in thy worde I haue put my trust.
43Take not the worde of trueth vtterly out of my mouth: for my hope is in thy iudgementes.
44And I wyll alway kepe thy lawe: yea for euer and euer.
45And I wyll walke in a large scope: for I seke thy commaundementes.
46I wyll also speake of thy testimonies before kinges: & I will not be ashamed.
47And my delyght shalbe in thy commaundementes: which I haue loued.
48And I wyll lyft vp my handes vnto thy commaundementes which I haue loued: & my study shalbe in thy statutes.
49Zain Be myndfull of thy promise made vnto thy seruaunt: wherin thou hast caused me to put my trust.
50That same is my comfort in my affliction: for thy worde maketh me to lyue.
51The proude haue had me exceedingly in derision: yet I haue not shrinked from thy lawe.
52For I called to remembraunce thy iudgementes from the begynnyng of the worlde O God: and so I comforted my selfe.
53An extreme vnnaturall heat hath assayled me, because of the vngodly: who transgresse thy lawe.
54Thy statutes haue ben my songes: in the house of my pilgrimages.
55I haue thought vpon thy name O God in the nyght season: and I haue kept thy lawe.
56This came to passe for me: because I kept thy commaundementes.
57Heth Thou art my portion O God: I haue purposed to kepe thy lawe.
58I made myne humble petition to thy face with my whole heart: be mercifull vnto me according vnto thy word.
59I haue considered mine owne wayes: and I haue turned my feete vnto thy testimonies.
60I made haste and I made no delay: for to kepe thy commaundementes.
61The vngodly haue tangled me in their snares: but I haue not forgotten thy lawe.
62I wyll ryse at midnight to confesse me vnto thee: because of thy ryghteous iudgementes.
63I am a companion of all them that feare thee: and kepe thy commaundementes.
64The earth O God is replenished with thy louyng kyndnesse: O teache me thy statutes.
65Teth O God thou hast dealt gratiouslye with thy seruaunt: according vnto thy worde.
66Learne me the good taste & cunning: for I haue beleued thy commaundementes.
67Before I felt affliction I swarued out of the way: but nowe I kepe thy word.
68Thou art good and beneficiall: teache me thy statutes.
69The proude haue forged a false tale agaynst me: but I wyll kepe thy commaundementes with my whole heart.
70Their heart is as fat as brawne: but my delyght hath ben in thy lawe.
71It is good for me that I am brought into miserie: by that meanes I shall learne thy statutes.
72The lawe of thy mouth is dearer vnto me: then thousandes of golde & siluer.
73Iod Thy handes haue made me and fashioned me: geue me vnderstanding, and I will learne thy comaundementes.
74They that feare thee, shall see me, & reioyce: because I haue geuen earnest attendaunce vnto thy worde.
75I know O God that thy iudgementes are iustice: and that thou hast caused me ryghtfully to be afflicted.
76I beseche thee let thy louing kindnesse be a meanes to comfort me: accordyng to thy worde spoken vnto thy seruaunt.
77Let thy pitifull mercies come vnto me, that I may lyue: for thy lawe is my delyght.
78Let the proude be confounded, for they haue falsly reported me: but I wyll study thy commaundementes.
79Let such as feare thee and knowe thy testimonies: returne vnto me.
80Let myne heart be perfectly set in thy statutes: that I be not ashamed.
81Caph My soule hath faynted after thy saluation: I geue earnest attedaunce vnto thy worde.
82Myne eyes haue faynted after thy worde: whylest I say, when wilt thou comfort me.
83For I am become like a bottel hanged in the smoke: yet I do not forget thy statutes.
84Howe many are the dayes of thy seruaunt? when wilt thou geue iudgement agaynst them that persecute me?
85The proude haue digged pittes for me: which is a thing not done accordyng to thy lawe.
86All thy commaundementes are the trueth it selfe: they wrongfully persecute me, O be thou my ayde.
87They had almost made an ende of me vpon the earth: but I forsoke not thy commaundementes.
88Make me to lyue accordyng to thy pietie: and I wyll kepe the testimonies of thy mouth.
89Lamed O God: thy worde endureth for euer in heauen.
90Thy trueth appeareth to euery generation: thou hast layde the foundation of the earth, and it shall continue.
91All thynges continue this day accordyng to thine ordinaunce: for all thinges be thy seruauntes.
92If my delight had not ben in thy lawe: I shoulde haue perished in myne affliction.
93I wyll neuer forget thy commaundementes: for through them thou hast reuiued me.
94I am thine, saue me: for I haue diligently studied thy commaundementes ouer.
95When the vngodly layde wayte for me to destroy me: I endeuoured my selfe to vnderstande thy testimonies.
96I see an ende of euery thing be it neuer so perfect: but thy commaundement is exceedyng large.
97Mem Howe greatly do I loue thy lawe? my study is all the day long in it.
98Thou hast made me wyser then myne enemies through thy commaundementes: for they are euer with me.
99I am able to geue better instruction then all they that were my teachers: for thy testimonies are my study.
100I am made to vnderstande more then the aged can: because I kept thy commaundementes.
101I haue rstrayned my feete from euery euyll way: that I may kepe thy worde.
102I haue not shrinked from thy iudgementes: for thou didst teache me.
103Howe sweete are thy wordes vnto my throte: truely they be sweeter then hony is to my mouth.
104Through thy commaundementes I get vnderstandyng: therfore I hate all wayes of falshood.
105Nun Thy worde is a candell vnto my feete: and a lyght vnto my pathes.
106I haue made an oth (which I wil ratifie) for to kepe thy iuste iudgementes.
107I am troubled aboue measure: quicken me O God accordyng vnto thy worde.
108Let the freewyll offerynges of my mouth please thee O God: and teache me thy iudgementes.
109My soule is alway in my hande: yet I do not forget thy lawe.
110The vngodly haue layde a snare for me: but yet I swarued not from thy commaundementes.
111I haue claymed thy testimonies as myne heritage for euer: for they are the very ioy of myne heart.
112I haue applyed myne heart for to fulfyll thy statutes: euen to the worldes ende.
113Samech I hate hygh subtile deuices: and I do loue thy lawe.
114Thou art my refuge and my shield: I geue earnest attendaunce vnto thy worde.
115Auoyde from me ye malicious persons: and I wyll kepe the commaundementes of my Lorde.
116Strengthen me in thy worde and I shall lyue: and make me not ashamed of my hope.
117Holde thou me vp and I shalbe safe: and I will loke gladly vpon thy statutes alwayes.
118Thou hast troden vnder foote all them that go astray from thy statutes: for their crafty deuice is but falshood.
119Thou hast dispatched out of the way all the vngodly of the earth lyke drosse: therfore I loue thy testimonies.
120My fleshe trembleth for feare of thee: and I am afrayde of thy iudgementes.
121Ain I haue executed iudgement and iustice: wherfore leaue me not to such as do offer me wrong.
122For thy owne goodnesse sake take thy seruaunt vnto thy protection: let not the proude oppresse me with wrong.
123Myne eyes haue faynted with lokyng for thy saluation: and for the worde of thy ryghteousnesse.
124Deale with thy seruaunt accordyng vnto thy owne louyng kyndnesse: and teache me thy statutes.
125I am thy seruaunt, graunt me vnderstandyng: that I may knowe thy testimonies.
126It is tyme for me to do for Gods cause: for they haue brought thy lawe almost to nothyng.
127Therfore I loue thy commaundementes: aboue golde and precious stone.
128Therfore I take all thy commaundementes euery one of them to be ryght: & I vtterly hate all wayes of falshood.
129Pe Thy testimonies contayne wonderfull thinges: therfore doth my soule kepe them.
130The first entering of thy wordes will illuminate: geuyng vnderstanding euen vnto the simple.
131I opened my mouth and panted: for I bare a great affection to thy commaundementes.
132Loke thou vpon me and be mercifull vnto me: as thou vsest to do vnto those that loue thy name.
133Direct my steppes in thy worde: and so shall no wickednesse haue dominion ouer me.
134Redeeme me from the fraudulent dealyng of men: and I wyll kepe thy commaundementes.
135Make the lyght of thy countenaunce shyne vpon thy seruaunt: and teache me thy statutes.
136Ryuers of waters gushe out of myne eyes: because men kepe not thy lawe.
137Sade O God: thou art iust and vpryght in thy iudgementes.
138Thou hast commaunded the iustice and the veritie of thy testimonies: to be obserued very strayghtly.
139My zeale hath consumed me: because myne aduersaries haue forgotten thy wordes.
140Thy worde is purified to the vttermost: and thy seruaunt loueth it.
141I am small and of no reputation: yet I do not forget thy comaundementes.
142Thy ryghteousnesse is an euerlastyng righteousnesse: & thy lawe is the trueth.
143Trouble and griefe haue taken holde vpon me: yet thy commaundementes be my delyght.
144The righteousnesse of thy testimonies is euerlastyng: make me to vnderstande them and I shall lyue.
145Coph I haue called with my whole heart, heare me O God: I wyll kepe thy statutes.
146I haue called vpon thee, saue me: and I wyll kepe thy testimonies.
147I haue preuented other in the dawnyng of the day, and I cryed vnto thee: for I geue earnest attendaunce vnto thy wordes.
148Myne eyes haue preuented the nyght watches: that my study might be wholy in thy wordes.
149Heare my voyce accordyng to thy louing kindnesse: make me to lyue O God after thy iudgementes.
150They that mynde to do an act of mischiefenesse, do drawe nye vnto me: they are farre from thy lawe.
151But thou art nye at hande O God: and all thy comaundementes be trueth.
152As concernyng thy testimonies: I haue knowen long since that thou hast made them to last for euer.
153Resh Beholde myne affliction & deliuer me: for I haue not forgotten thy lawe.
154Defende thou my cause & redeeme me: make me to lyue accordyng vnto thy worde.
155Saluation is farre from the vngodly: for they study not thy statutes.
156Thy mercies be manifolde O God: make me to liue accordyng to thy iudgementes.
157There be many that do persecute me and be myne aduersaries: yet I do not swarue from thy testimonies.
158I sawe transgressours, and I was greeued at the heart: because they kept not thy lawe.
159Beholde howe I loue thy commaundementes: quicken me O God accordyng to thy louyng kindnesse.
160The beginning of thy word is trueth: and all the iudgementes of thy ryghteousnesse endure for euermore.
161Shin Princes haue persecuted me without a cause: but my heart hath stoode in awe of thy wordes.
162I am as glad of thy worde: as he that fyndeth a great bootie.
163That which is false I hate and abhorre: but thy lawe I do loue.
164I do prayse thee seuen tymes euery day: for loue of the iudgementes of thy iustice.
165They that loue thy lawe shall haue great prosperitie: and nothyng shall offende them.
166Lorde, I haue wayted after thy saluation: and I haue done thy commaundementes.
167My soule hath kept thy testimonies: and I haue loued them exceedyngly.
168I haue kept thy commaundementes and testimonies: for all my wayes are before thee.
169Tau Let my crye O God approche neare vnto thy face: make me to vnderstande euery thyng accordyng vnto thy worde.
170Let my supplication come before thee: deliuer me accordyng to thy worde.
171My lippes shall powre out thy prayse: when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
172My tongue shall syng of thy worde: for all thy commaundementes are ryghteousnesse.
173Let thyne hande be redie for to ayde me: for I haue chosen thy commaundementes.
174I haue longed for thy saluation O God: and thy lawe is my whole delight
175Let my soule lyue, and it shall prayse thee: and thy iudgementes shalbe an ayde vnto me.
176I haue gone astray lyke a lost sheepe: oh seke out thy seruaunt, for I haue not forgotten thy commaundementes.