Berean Standard Bible

Psalms 119:1-16

1BlessedH835 1 are those whose wayH1870 is blamelessH8549,who walkH1980 in the LawH8451 of the LORDH3068.2BlessedH835 are those who keepH5341 His testimoniesH5713and seek HimH1875 with allH3605 their heartH3820.3TheyH637 doH6466 noH3808 iniquityH5766;they walkH1980 in His waysH1870.4YouH859 have ordainedH6680 Your preceptsH6490,that we should keep themH8104 diligentlyH3966.5Oh, thatH305 my waysH1870 were committedH3559to keepingH8104 Your statutesH2706!6ThenH227 I would notH3808 be ashamedH954when I considerH5027 allH3605 Your commandmentsH4687.7I will praise YouH3034 with an uprightH3476 heartH3824when I learnH3925 Your righteousH6664 judgmentsH4941.8 I will keepH8104 Your statutesH2706;do notH408 utterlyH5704 H3966 forsake meH5800.

9HowH4100 can a young manH5288 keep his wayH734 pureH2135?By guarding itH8104 according to Your wordH1697.10With allH3605 my heartH3820 I have sought YouH1875;do notH408 let me strayH7686 from Your commandmentsH4687.11I have hiddenH6845 Your wordH565 in my heartH3820thatH4616 I might notH3808 sinH2398 against You.12Blessed areH1288 YouH859, O LORDH3068;teach meH3925 Your statutesH2706.13With my lipsH8193 I proclaimH5608allH3605 the judgmentsH4941 of Your mouthH6310.14I rejoiceH7797 in the wayH1870 of Your testimoniesH5715as much as inH5921 allH3605 richesH1952.15I will meditateH7878 on Your preceptsH6490and regardH5027 Your waysH734.16I will delightH8173 in Your statutesH2708;I will notH3808 forgetH7911 Your wordH1697.

Notes

1. Psalms 119:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem of twenty-two stanzas, following the letters of the Hebrew alphabet; within a stanza, each verse begins with the same Hebrew letter. ↩