The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

I have not turned aside from thine ordinances; 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.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.

I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will observe thy righteous ordinances.

I am afflicted very much: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according unto thy word.

Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, O Jehovah, And teach me thine ordinances.

My soul is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law.

The wicked have laid a snare for me; Yet have I not gone astray from thy precepts.

Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; For they are the rejoicing of my heart.

I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes For ever, even unto the end.

I hate them that are of a double mind; But thy law do I love.

Thou art my hiding-place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

Depart from me, ye evil-doers, That I may 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 shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.

Thou hast set at nought 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.

I have done justice and righteousness: 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 thy righteous word.

Deal with thy servant according unto thy lovingkindness, And teach me thy statutes.

I am thy servant; give me understanding, That I may know thy testimonies.

It is time for Jehovah 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.

Thy testimonies are wonderful; Therefore doth my soul keep them.

The opening of thy words giveth light; It giveth understanding unto the simple.

I opened wide my mouth, and panted; For I longed for thy commandments.

Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me, As thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.

Establish my footsteps in thy word; And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

Redeem me from the oppression of man: So will I observe thy precepts.

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; And teach me thy statutes.

Streams of water run down mine eyes, Because they observe not thy law.

Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, And upright are thy judgments.

Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness And very faithfulness.

My zeal hath consumed me, Because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.

Thy word is very pure; Therefore thy servant loveth it.

I am small and despised; [Yet] do I not forget thy precepts.

Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; [Yet] thy commandments are my delight.

Thy testimonies are righteous for ever: Give me understanding, and I shall live.

I have called with my whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah: I will keep thy statutes.

I have called unto thee; save me, And I shall observe thy testimonies.

I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy words.

Mine eyes anticipated the night-watches, That I might meditate on thy word.

Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thine ordinances.

They draw nigh that follow after wickedness; They are far from thy law.

Thou art nigh, O Jehovah; And all thy commandments are truth.

Of old have I known from thy testimonies, That thou hast founded them for ever.

Consider mine affliction, and deliver me; For I do not forget thy law.

Plead thou my cause, and redeem 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 Jehovah: Quicken me according to thine ordinances.

Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; [Yet] have I not swerved from thy testimonies.

I beheld the treacherous, and was grieved, Because they observe not thy word.

Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.

The sum of thy word is truth; And every one of thy righteous ordinances [endureth] for ever.

Princes have persecuted me without a cause; But my heart standeth in awe of thy words.

I rejoice at thy word, As one that findeth great spoil.

I hate and abhor falsehood; [But] thy law do I love.

Seven times a day do I praise thee, Because of thy righteous ordinances.

Great peace have they that love thy law; And they have no occasion of stumbling.

I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah, And have done thy commandments.

My soul hath observed thy testimonies; And I love them exceedingly.

I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; For all my ways are before thee.

Let my cry come near before thee, O Jehovah: Give me understanding according to thy word.

Let my supplication come before thee: Deliver me according to thy word.

Let my lips utter praise; For thou teachest me thy statutes.

Let my tongue sing of thy word; For all thy commandments are righteousness.

Let thy hand be ready to help me; For I have chosen thy precepts.

I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah; And thy law is my delight.

Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; And let thine ordinances help me.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; For I do not forget thy commandments.

A Song of Ascents. In my distress I cried unto Jehovah, And he answered me.

Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, [And] from a deceitful tongue.

What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, Thou deceitful tongue?

Sharp arrows of the mighty, With coals of juniper.

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

My soul hath long had her dwelling With him that hateth peace.

I am [for] peace: But when I speak, they are for war.

A Song of Ascents. I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come?

My help [cometh] from Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber.

Behold, he that keepeth Israel Will neither slumber nor sleep.

Jehovah is thy keeper: Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand.

The sun shall not smite thee by day, Nor the moon by night.

Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul.

Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in From this time forth and for evermore.

A Song of Ascents; of David. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go unto the house of Jehovah.

Our feet are standing Within thy gates, O Jerusalem,

Jerusalem, that art builded As a city that is compact together;

Whither the tribes go up, even the tribes of Jehovah, [For] an ordinance for Israel, To give thanks unto the name of Jehovah.

For there are set thrones for judgment, The thrones of the house of David.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: They shall prosper that love thee.

Peace be within thy walls, And prosperity within thy palaces.

For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.

For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God I will seek thy good.

A Song of Ascents. Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that sittest in the heavens.