Psalm 119:9-32

Authorized (King James) Version

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.