Blessed are those whose ways are blameless
Psalms
1 This psalm contains various prayers, praises and professions of obedience, 2 Aleph, 9 Beth, 17 Gimel, 25 Daleth, 33 He, 41 Waw, 49 Zayin, 57 Heth, 65 Teth, 73 Yodh, 81 Kaph, 89 Lamedh, 97 Mem, 105 Nun, 113 Samekh, 121 Ayin, 129 Pe, 137 Tsadhe, 145 Qoph, 153 Resh, 161 Sin and Shin, 169 Taw
Deu 4:292 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
Rom 7:16-17;1 Joh 3:9 3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
4 ¶ Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
2 Cor 3:5;Rom 7:22-23;Jer 31:33 5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
Job 22:26;1 Joh 2:28 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.
Pro 1:4;Pro 1:10 9 ¶ BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
2 Chr 15:1510 ¶ With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
Luk 2:1911 ¶ 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.
Psa 1:215 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 ¶ GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.
Eph 1:1718 ¶ Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
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.
Psa 143:1125 ¶ DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
1 Kin 8:36;Psa 27:11 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.
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.
2 Cor 6:11;Isa 60:5;1 Kin 4:29 32 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
Mat 10:22;Rev 2:26 33 ¶ HE. Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
Pro 2:6;Jam 1:5 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.
Heb 13:5;1 Tim 6:10;Luk 12:15 36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
2 Sam 7:2538 ¶ 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 ¶ VAU. 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.
1 Pet 2:16;Jam 1:25;Gal 5:13 45 ¶ And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
Act 26:1-2;Mat 10:18 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 ¶ ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
Psa 27:13;Jer 15:16;Rom 5:3-5 50 ¶ This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
Job 23:11;Jer 20:7 51 ¶ The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
52 ¶ I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord; and have comforted myself.
Ezr 9:353 ¶ Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
54 ¶ Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
Psa 63:655 ¶ I have remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night, and have kept thy law.
56 This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
Lam 3:24;Jer 10:16;Psa 16:5 57 ¶ CHETH. Thou art my portion, O Lord: I have said that I would keep thy words.
Job 11:1958 ¶ I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.
60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
61 ¶ The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
Act 16:2562 ¶ At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
63 ¶ I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
Psa 33:564 ¶ The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.
65 ¶ TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Lord, according unto thy word.
66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
Job 13:469 ¶ The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
Act 28:2770 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
Heb 12:1071 ¶ It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Job 10:8;Psa 100:3 73 ¶ JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
Psa 34:274 ¶ They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
Psa 89:30-33;Heb 12:10 75 ¶ I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
76 ¶ Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
Psa 25:378 ¶ Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.
Joh 1:47;Pro 4:23;2 Chr 15:7 80 ¶ Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
Psa 42:1-2;Psa 73:26 81 ¶ CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
Psa 69:382 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
Job 30:3083 ¶ For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
Rev 6:10;Psa 7:6;Psa 39:4 84 ¶ How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
Psa 35:785 ¶ The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
Psa 7:1-5;Psa 35:19 86 All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.
88 ¶ Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
1 Pet 1:25;Mat 5:18 89 ¶ LAMED. For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.
90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
Gen 8:22;Psa 148:6;Jer 33:25 91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.
Rom 15:492 ¶ Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
93 ¶ I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
95 ¶ The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
Psa 1:297 ¶ MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
Deu 4:6,8;Isa 48:17 98 ¶ Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
2 Tim 3:1599 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
102 ¶ I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
105 ¶ NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Neh 10:29106 ¶ I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
107 ¶ I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O Lord, according unto thy word.
Hos 14:2;Heb 13:15 108 ¶ Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, and teach me thy judgments.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
Deu 33:4111 ¶ Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.
113 ¶ SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.
Psa 32:7114 ¶ Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
Rom 9:33;Rom 5:5;Psa 25:2 116 ¶ Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Psa 71:6;Joh 10:28;Rom 14:4 117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
118 ¶ Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
Eze 22:18119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
Hab 3:16120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
121 ¶ AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
Heb 7:22122 Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
123 ¶ Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
124 ¶ Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
125 I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
126 ¶ It is time for thee, Lord, to work: for they have made void thy law.
128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
129 ¶ PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
Psa 19:7;Pro 1:4;2 Pet 1:19 130 ¶ The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
131 ¶ I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
Psa 106:4;1 Sam 1:11;Exo 4:31 132 ¶ Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
Rom 6:12133 ¶ Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Luk 1:74134 ¶ Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
Psa 4:6135 ¶ Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
Jer 9:1136 ¶ Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
139 ¶ My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
140 ¶ Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
Psa 19:9;Joh 17:17;Eph 1:13 142 ¶ Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
143 ¶ Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
145 ¶ KOPH. I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord: I will keep thy statutes.
146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
147 ¶ I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
149 ¶ Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O Lord, quicken me according to thy judgment.
150 ¶ They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.
Psa 145:18151 Thou art near, O Lord; and all thy commandments are truth.
Luk 21:33152 ¶ Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
Lam 5:1153 ¶ RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.
1 Sam 24:15;Psa 35:1;Mic 7:9 154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
156 ¶ Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to thy judgments.
157 ¶ Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
158 ¶ I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
159 ¶ Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O Lord, according to thy lovingkindness.
160 ¶ Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
1 Sam 24:11161 ¶ SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
162 ¶ I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
163 ¶ I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
164 ¶ Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.
166 ¶ Lord, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
167 ¶ My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
Pro 5:21;Job 34:21 168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.
169 ¶ TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O Lord: give me understanding according to thy word.
170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.
171 ¶ My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
172 ¶ My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
174 I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my delight.
175 ¶ Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
Isa 53:6;Luk 15:4;1 Pet 2:25 176 ¶ I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.