Psalm 119:1-24

American Standard Version

119 Blessed are they that are ^[a]perfect in the way,
Who walk in the law of Jehovah.
² Blessed are they that keep his testimonies,
That seek him with the whole heart.
³ Yea, they do no unrighteousness;
They walk in his ways.
⁴ Thou hast commanded us thy precepts,
That we should observe them diligently.
⁵ Oh that my ways were established
To observe thy statutes!
⁶ Then shall I not be put to shame,
When I have respect unto all thy commandments.
⁷ I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart,
When I learn thy righteous judgments.
⁸ I will observe thy statutes:
Oh forsake me not utterly.

⁹ Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way?
By taking heed thereto according to thy word.
¹⁰ With my whole heart have I sought thee:
Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.
¹¹ Thy word have I laid up in my heart,
That I might not sin against thee.
¹² Blessed art thou, O Jehovah:
Teach me thy statutes.
¹³ With my lips have I declared
All the ordinances of thy mouth.
¹⁴ I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies,
As much as in all riches.
¹⁵ I will meditate on thy precepts,
And have respect unto thy ways.
¹⁶ I will delight myself in thy statutes:
I will not forget thy word.

¹⁷ Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live;
So will I observe thy word.
¹⁸ Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold
Wondrous things out of thy law.
¹⁹ I am a sojourner in the earth:
Hide not thy commandments from me.
²⁰ My soul breaketh for the longing
That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times.
²¹ Thou hast rebuked the proud ^[b]that are cursed,
That do wander from thy commandments.
²² Take away from me reproach and contempt;
For I have kept thy testimonies.
²³ Princes also sat and talked against me;
But thy servant did meditate on thy statutes.
²⁴ Thy testimonies also are my delight
And ^[c]my counsellors.