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Psalms 119

The longest chapter in the Bible is an acrostic of 22 stanzas, each beginning with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Nearly every verse speaks of God's word, using words like law, precepts and statutes, and the writer asks to understand it, keep it and be revived by it.

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Key verses

  • Verse 11Keeping God's word in the heart guards against sin.
  • Verse 105God's word lights the next step.
  • Verse 130Even the simple gain understanding from God's word.

Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.SelectedPsalms 119:1Ask

Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.SelectedPsalms 119:2Ask

They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.SelectedPsalms 119:3Ask

Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.SelectedPsalms 119:4Ask

O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!SelectedPsalms 119:5Ask

Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.SelectedPsalms 119:6Ask

I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.SelectedPsalms 119:7Ask

I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.SelectedPsalms 119:8Ask

Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.SelectedPsalms 119:9Ask

With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.SelectedPsalms 119:10Ask

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.SelectedPsalms 119:11Ask

Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.SelectedPsalms 119:12Ask

With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.SelectedPsalms 119:13Ask

I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.SelectedPsalms 119:14Ask

I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.SelectedPsalms 119:15Ask

I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.SelectedPsalms 119:16Ask

Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.SelectedPsalms 119:17Ask

Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.SelectedPsalms 119:18Ask

I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.SelectedPsalms 119:19Ask

My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.SelectedPsalms 119:20Ask

Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.SelectedPsalms 119:21Ask

Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.SelectedPsalms 119:22Ask

Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.SelectedPsalms 119:23Ask

Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.SelectedPsalms 119:24Ask

My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.SelectedPsalms 119:25Ask

I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.SelectedPsalms 119:26Ask

Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.SelectedPsalms 119:27Ask

My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.SelectedPsalms 119:28Ask

Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.SelectedPsalms 119:29Ask

I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.SelectedPsalms 119:30Ask

I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.SelectedPsalms 119:31Ask

I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.SelectedPsalms 119:32Ask

Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.SelectedPsalms 119:33Ask

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.SelectedPsalms 119:34Ask

Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.SelectedPsalms 119:35Ask

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.SelectedPsalms 119:36Ask

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.SelectedPsalms 119:37Ask

Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.SelectedPsalms 119:38Ask

Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.SelectedPsalms 119:39Ask

Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.SelectedPsalms 119:40Ask

Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word.SelectedPsalms 119:41Ask

So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.SelectedPsalms 119:42Ask

And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.SelectedPsalms 119:43Ask

So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.SelectedPsalms 119:44Ask

And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.SelectedPsalms 119:45Ask

I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.SelectedPsalms 119:46Ask

And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.SelectedPsalms 119:47Ask

My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.SelectedPsalms 119:48Ask

Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.SelectedPsalms 119:49Ask

This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.SelectedPsalms 119:50Ask

The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.SelectedPsalms 119:51Ask

I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.SelectedPsalms 119:52Ask

Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.SelectedPsalms 119:53Ask

Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.SelectedPsalms 119:54Ask

I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.SelectedPsalms 119:55Ask

This I had, because I kept thy precepts.SelectedPsalms 119:56Ask

Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.SelectedPsalms 119:57Ask

I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.SelectedPsalms 119:58Ask

I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.SelectedPsalms 119:59Ask

I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.SelectedPsalms 119:60Ask

The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.SelectedPsalms 119:61Ask

At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.SelectedPsalms 119:62Ask

I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.SelectedPsalms 119:63Ask

The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.SelectedPsalms 119:64Ask

Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.SelectedPsalms 119:65Ask

Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.SelectedPsalms 119:66Ask

Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.SelectedPsalms 119:67Ask

Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.SelectedPsalms 119:68Ask

The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.SelectedPsalms 119:69Ask

Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.SelectedPsalms 119:70Ask

It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.SelectedPsalms 119:71Ask

The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.SelectedPsalms 119:72Ask

Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.SelectedPsalms 119:73Ask

They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.SelectedPsalms 119:74Ask

I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.SelectedPsalms 119:75Ask

Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.SelectedPsalms 119:76Ask

Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.SelectedPsalms 119:77Ask

Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.SelectedPsalms 119:78Ask

Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.SelectedPsalms 119:79Ask

Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.SelectedPsalms 119:80Ask

My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.SelectedPsalms 119:81Ask

Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?SelectedPsalms 119:82Ask

For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.SelectedPsalms 119:83Ask

How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?SelectedPsalms 119:84Ask

The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.SelectedPsalms 119:85Ask

All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.SelectedPsalms 119:86Ask

They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.SelectedPsalms 119:87Ask

Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.SelectedPsalms 119:88Ask

For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.SelectedPsalms 119:89Ask

Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.SelectedPsalms 119:90Ask

They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.SelectedPsalms 119:91Ask

Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.SelectedPsalms 119:92Ask

I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.SelectedPsalms 119:93Ask

I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.SelectedPsalms 119:94Ask

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.SelectedPsalms 119:95Ask

I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.SelectedPsalms 119:96Ask

O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.SelectedPsalms 119:97Ask

Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.SelectedPsalms 119:98Ask

I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.SelectedPsalms 119:99Ask

I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.SelectedPsalms 119:100Ask

I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.SelectedPsalms 119:101Ask

I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.SelectedPsalms 119:102Ask

How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!SelectedPsalms 119:103Ask

Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.SelectedPsalms 119:104Ask

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.SelectedPsalms 119:105Ask

I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.SelectedPsalms 119:106Ask

I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.SelectedPsalms 119:107Ask

Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.SelectedPsalms 119:108Ask

My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.SelectedPsalms 119:109Ask

The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.SelectedPsalms 119:110Ask

Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.SelectedPsalms 119:111Ask

I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.SelectedPsalms 119:112Ask

I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.SelectedPsalms 119:113Ask

Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.SelectedPsalms 119:114Ask

Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.SelectedPsalms 119:115Ask

Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.SelectedPsalms 119:116Ask

Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.SelectedPsalms 119:117Ask

Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.SelectedPsalms 119:118Ask

Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.SelectedPsalms 119:119Ask

My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.SelectedPsalms 119:120Ask

I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.SelectedPsalms 119:121Ask

Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.SelectedPsalms 119:122Ask

Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.SelectedPsalms 119:123Ask

Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.SelectedPsalms 119:124Ask

I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.SelectedPsalms 119:125Ask

It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.SelectedPsalms 119:126Ask

Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.SelectedPsalms 119:127Ask

Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.SelectedPsalms 119:128Ask

Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.SelectedPsalms 119:129Ask

The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.SelectedPsalms 119:130Ask

I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.SelectedPsalms 119:131Ask

Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.SelectedPsalms 119:132Ask

Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.SelectedPsalms 119:133Ask

Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.SelectedPsalms 119:134Ask

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.SelectedPsalms 119:135Ask

Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.SelectedPsalms 119:136Ask

Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.SelectedPsalms 119:137Ask

Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.SelectedPsalms 119:138Ask

My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.SelectedPsalms 119:139Ask

Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.SelectedPsalms 119:140Ask

I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.SelectedPsalms 119:141Ask

Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.SelectedPsalms 119:142Ask

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.SelectedPsalms 119:143Ask

The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.SelectedPsalms 119:144Ask

I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.SelectedPsalms 119:145Ask

I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.SelectedPsalms 119:146Ask

I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.SelectedPsalms 119:147Ask

Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.SelectedPsalms 119:148Ask

Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.SelectedPsalms 119:149Ask

They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.SelectedPsalms 119:150Ask

Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.SelectedPsalms 119:151Ask

Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.SelectedPsalms 119:152Ask

Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.SelectedPsalms 119:153Ask

Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.SelectedPsalms 119:154Ask

Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.SelectedPsalms 119:155Ask

Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.SelectedPsalms 119:156Ask

Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.SelectedPsalms 119:157Ask

I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.SelectedPsalms 119:158Ask

Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.SelectedPsalms 119:159Ask

Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.SelectedPsalms 119:160Ask

Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.SelectedPsalms 119:161Ask

I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.SelectedPsalms 119:162Ask

I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.SelectedPsalms 119:163Ask

Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.SelectedPsalms 119:164Ask

Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.SelectedPsalms 119:165Ask

LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.SelectedPsalms 119:166Ask

My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.SelectedPsalms 119:167Ask

I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.SelectedPsalms 119:168Ask

Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.SelectedPsalms 119:169Ask

Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.SelectedPsalms 119:170Ask

My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.SelectedPsalms 119:171Ask

My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.SelectedPsalms 119:172Ask

Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.SelectedPsalms 119:173Ask

I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.SelectedPsalms 119:174Ask

Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.SelectedPsalms 119:175Ask

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.SelectedPsalms 119:176Ask

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