<TITLE>1. Verses 1-51</TITLE>1. Blessed [are] the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
2. Blessed [are] they that keep his testimonies, [and that] seek him with the whole heart.
3. They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
4. Thou hast commanded [us] to keep thy precepts diligently.
5. O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
6. Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
7. I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
8. I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
9. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed [thereto] according to thy word.
10. With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
11. Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
12. Blessed [art] thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
13. With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
14. I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as [much as] in all riches.
15. I will meditate in 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, and keep thy word.
18. Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
19. I [am] a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
20. My soul breaketh for the longing [that it hath] unto thy judgments at all times.
21. Thou hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
22. Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
23. Princes also did sit [and] speak against me: [but] thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
24. Thy testimonies also [are] my delight [and] my counsellors.
25. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
26. I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
27. Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
28. My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
29. Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
30. I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid [before me].
31. I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
32. I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
33. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it [unto] the end.
34. Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with [my] whole heart.
35. Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
36. Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
37. Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; [and] quicken thou me in thy way.
38. Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who [is devoted] to thy fear.
39. Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments [are] good.
40. Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
41. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, [even] thy salvation, according to thy word.
42. So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
43. And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
44. So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
45. And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
46. I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
47. And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
48. My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
49. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
50. This [is] my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
51. The proud have had me greatly in derision: [yet] have I not declined from thy law.


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