Psalm 119:73-88

Amplified Bible

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Your hands have made me and established me;
Give me understanding and a teachable heart, that I may learn Your commandments.
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May those who [reverently] fear You see me and be glad,
Because I wait for Your word.
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I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are fair,
And that in faithfulness You have disciplined me.^(A)
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O may Your lovingkindness and graciousness comfort me,
According to Your word (promise) to Your servant.
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Let Your compassion come to me that I may live,
For Your law is my delight.
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Let the arrogant be ashamed and humiliated, for they sabotage me with a lie;
But I will meditate on Your precepts.
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May those who fear You [with submissive wonder] turn to me,
Even those who have known Your testimonies.
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May my heart be blameless in Your statutes,
So that I will not be ashamed.

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My soul languishes and grows weak for Your salvation;
I wait for Your word.
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My eyes fail [with longing, watching] for [the fulfillment of] Your promise,
Saying, “When will You comfort me?”
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For I have become like a wineskin [blackened and shriveled] in the smoke [in which it hangs],
Yet I do not forget Your statutes.
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How many are the days of Your servant [which he must endure]?
When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?^(B)
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The arrogant (godless) have dug pits for me,
Men who do not conform to Your law.
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All Your commandments are faithful and trustworthy.
They have persecuted me with a lie; help me [Lord]!
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They had almost destroyed me on earth,
But as for me, I did not ^[a]turn away from Your precepts.
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According to Your steadfast love refresh me and give me life,
So that I may keep and obey the testimony of Your mouth.