1 How blessed are those whose way is without blame, who walk in the LORD's law!
2 How blessed are those who guard his testimonies, who seek him with all their heart!
3 They do no wrong; they walk in his ways.
4 You have laid down your precepts, to be kept with all care.
5 If only my ways were firm in keeping your statutes!
6 Then I would not be ashamed, as I fix my eyes on all your commandments.
7 I will thank you with an honest heart as I learn your righteous judgments.
8 Your statutes I will keep; do not abandon me completely.
9 How will a young man keep his course clean? By guarding it as your word directs.
10 With all my heart I have sought you; let me not wander from your commandments.
11 I have treasured your word in my heart so that I will not sin against you.
12 Blessed are you, LORD; teach me your statutes.
13 With my lips I recount all the judgments you have spoken.
14 I rejoice in the way of your testimonies as much as in all wealth.
15 I will ponder your precepts and keep my eyes on your paths.
16 In your statutes I will find delight; I will not forget your word.
17 Be good to your servant, so that I may live and keep your word.
18 Uncover my eyes, so that I may see wonderful things from your law.
19 I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide your commandments from me.
20 My soul is worn out with longing for your judgments at every moment.
21 You rebuke the arrogant, accursed ones who wander from your commandments.
22 Take scorn and contempt off me, for I have kept your testimonies.
23 Though rulers sit and talk together against me, your servant ponders your statutes.
24 Yes, your testimonies are my delight; they are my advisers.
25 My soul lies in the dust; give me life according to your word.
26 I recounted my ways and you answered me; teach me your statutes.
27 Help me grasp the way of your precepts, and I will ponder your wonders.
28 My soul drips away with grief; make me strong according to your word.
29 Keep the false way far from me, and be gracious to me with your law.
30 The way of faithfulness I have chosen; your judgments I have placed before me.
31 I hold fast to your testimonies; LORD, do not let me be ashamed.
32 I run in the way of your commandments, for you widen my heart.
33 Teach me, LORD, the way of your statutes, and I will keep it to the end.
34 Give me insight, and I will observe your law and keep it with all my heart.
35 Guide me along the path of your commandments, for in it I take delight.
36 Bend my heart toward your testimonies and not toward greed.
37 Turn my eyes from gazing at what is worthless; give me life in your ways.
38 Fulfill your word to your servant, which leads to the fear of you.
39 Remove the disgrace I dread, for your judgments are good.
40 Look, I long for your precepts; in your righteousness give me life.
41 May your acts of steadfast love reach me, LORD, your salvation as you have spoken;
42 then I will have a word to answer the one who taunts me, for I trust in your word.
43 Do not snatch the word of truth entirely from my mouth, for I have put my hope in your judgments.
44 I will keep your law always, forever and ever.
45 I will walk about in freedom, for I have searched out your precepts.
46 I will speak of your testimonies before kings and not be ashamed.
47 I will find my delight in your commandments, which I love.
48 I will raise my hands to your commandments, which I love, and I will ponder your statutes.
49 Remember your word to your servant, by which you have given me hope.
50 This is my comfort in my affliction: your word has given me life.
51 The arrogant mock me without restraint, yet I have not swerved from your law.
52 I remember your judgments of long ago, LORD, and I find comfort.
53 Burning anger grips me because of the wicked who abandon your law.
54 Your statutes have been my songs in the house where I sojourn.
55 In the night I remember your name, LORD, and I keep your law.
56 This has been my lot: I have kept your precepts.
57 The LORD is my portion; I have said I will keep your words.
58 I have sought your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise.
59 I thought about my ways and turned my feet back to your testimonies.
60 I hastened and did not linger in keeping your commandments.
61 The ropes of the wicked are wound around me, yet I have not forgotten your law.
62 In the middle of the night I get up to thank you for your righteous judgments.
63 I am a friend to all who fear you, to those who keep your precepts.
64 Your steadfast love, LORD, fills the earth; teach me your statutes.
65 You have done good to your servant, LORD, as your word said.
66 Teach me good discernment and knowledge, for I trust your commandments.
67 Before I was afflicted I was straying, but now I keep your word.
68 You are good, and you do good; teach me your statutes.
69 The arrogant have plastered me with lies, but with all my heart I keep your precepts.
70 Their heart is dull as fat, but I delight in your law.
71 It was good for me to be afflicted, so that I could learn your statutes.
72 The law from your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
73 Your hands made me and formed me; give me insight so that I may learn your commandments.
74 May those who fear you see me and be glad, for I have hoped in your word.
75 I know, LORD, that your judgments are right, and that you afflicted me in faithfulness.
76 Please let your steadfast love be my comfort, as you promised your servant.
77 Let your compassion come to me so that I may live, for your law is my delight.
78 May the arrogant be ashamed, for they have wronged me with lies; but I will ponder your precepts.
79 May those who fear you turn to me, those who know your testimonies.
80 May my heart be whole in your statutes, so that I will not be ashamed.
81 My soul wastes away for your salvation; I hope in your word.
82 My eyes are worn out looking for your word; I ask, "When will you comfort me?"
83 Though I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, I have not forgotten your statutes.
84 How many are your servant's days? When will you bring judgment on those who hound me?
85 The arrogant have dug pits for me; they do not follow your law.
86 All your commandments are trustworthy; they hound me with lies—help me!
87 They nearly finished me off on earth, but I did not forsake your precepts.
88 Give me life in keeping with your steadfast love, and I will keep the testimony from your mouth.
89 Your word, LORD, stands forever, fixed in the heavens.
90 Your faithfulness lasts from generation to generation; you set the earth in place, and it stands.
91 By your ordinances they stand today, for everything serves you.
92 Had your law not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
93 I will never forget your precepts, for through them you have given me life.
94 I belong to you; save me, for I have searched out your precepts.
95 The wicked wait to destroy me, but I give heed to your testimonies.
96 I have seen an end to every perfection, but your commandment is boundless.
97 How I love your law! All day long it is what I ponder.
98 Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is always with me.
99 I have more insight than all who teach me, because your testimonies are what I ponder.
100 I discern more than the elders, for I have kept your precepts.
101 I have kept my feet from every evil road so that I may keep your word.
102 I have not departed from your judgments, for you are the one who has taught me.
103 How pleasant your word is to my palate, more than honey to my mouth!
104 I gain discernment from your precepts; that is why I hate every road of falsehood.
105 Your word is a lamp for my foot and a light for my path.
106 I have sworn an oath and will carry it out: to keep your righteous judgments.
107 I am deeply afflicted; LORD, give me life according to your word.
108 LORD, please accept the willing offerings of my mouth, and teach me your judgments.
109 My life is always in my hands, yet I do not forget your law.
110 The wicked have set a trap for me, but I have not wandered from your precepts.
111 Your testimonies are my inheritance forever; they are the joy of my heart.
112 I have set my heart on doing your statutes, forever, to the very end.
113 I hate those who are divided in heart, but your law I love.
114 You are my shelter and my shield; I put my hope in your word.
115 Get away from me, you evildoers, so that I may keep the commandments of my God.
116 Sustain me as you have promised, and I will live; do not let me be ashamed of my hope.
117 Support me, and I will be safe and will always look to your statutes.
118 You spurn all who wander from your statutes, for their deceit is a lie.
119 You remove all the wicked of the earth like dross; that is why I love your testimonies.
120 My flesh shudders in dread of you; I stand in fear of your judgments.
121 I have done what is just and right; do not abandon me to my oppressors.
122 Guarantee your servant's welfare; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
123 My eyes are worn out looking for your salvation and for your righteous word.
124 Treat your servant according to your steadfast love, and teach me your statutes.
125 I am your servant; give me insight so that I may know your testimonies.
126 It is time for the LORD to act; they have broken your law.
127 That is why I love your commandments more than gold, more than pure gold.
128 That is why I consider all your precepts right in every matter; I hate every road of falsehood.
129 Your testimonies are wonderful; that is why my soul keeps them.
130 The opening of your words sheds light; it gives insight to the simple.
131 I open my mouth and pant, because I long for your commandments.
132 Turn toward me and be gracious to me, as you do for those who love your name.
133 Make my steps firm by your word, and let no evil rule over me.
134 Ransom me from the oppression of men, so that I may keep your precepts.
135 Let your face shine on your servant, and teach me your statutes.
136 My eyes pour down streams of water because your law is not kept.
137 You are righteous, LORD, and your judgments are right.
138 You have laid down your testimonies in righteousness and in great faithfulness.
139 My zeal wears me out, because my enemies forget your words.
140 Your word is well tested, and your servant loves it.
141 I am small and looked down on, yet I have not forgotten your precepts.
142 Your righteousness is righteous forever, and your law is truth.
143 Distress and hardship have come upon me, yet your commandments are my delight.
144 Your testimonies are right forever; give me insight, and I will live.
145 I call out with all my heart; answer me, LORD; I will keep your statutes.
146 I call out to you; save me, and I will keep your testimonies.
147 Before dawn I rise and cry for help; I have put my hope in your word.
148 My eyes are open before the night watches, so I can ponder your word.
149 Hear my voice in keeping with your steadfast love; LORD, give me life in keeping with your judgments.
150 Those who chase after wickedness come near; they are far from your law.
151 Yet you are near, LORD, and all your commandments are true.
152 From long ago I have known from your testimonies that you established them forever.
153 See my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten your law.
154 Take up my case and redeem me; give me life according to your word.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked, because they have not sought your statutes.
156 Your mercies are many, LORD; give me life in keeping with your judgments.
157 Many hound me and oppose me, yet I have not turned from your testimonies.
158 I see the faithless and am disgusted, for they do not keep your word.
159 See how I love your precepts! LORD, give me life according to your steadfast love.
160 The whole of your word is truth, and every righteous judgment of yours lasts forever.
161 Rulers hound me without cause, but my heart trembles at your word.
162 I rejoice over your word like one who takes much plunder.
163 Falsehood I hate and detest; your law I love.
164 Seven times each day I praise you because of your righteous judgments.
165 Those who love your law have great peace; nothing causes them to stumble.
166 I wait for your salvation, LORD, and I carry out your commandments.
167 My soul keeps your testimonies, and I love them very much.
168 I keep your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways lie open before you.
169 May my cry reach your presence, LORD; give me insight according to your word.
170 May my plea come before you; rescue me according to your promise.
171 Let my lips overflow with praise, for you teach me your statutes.
172 Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are right.
173 Let your hand be there to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
174 I long for your salvation, LORD; your law is my delight.
175 Let my soul live so that it may praise you, and may your judgments help me.
176 I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek your servant, for I have not forgotten your commandments.