118:148. My eyes to thee have prevented the morning: that I might
meditate on thy words.
118:149. Hear thou my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy: and
quicken me according to thy judgment.
118:150. They that persecute me have drawn nigh to iniquity; but they
are gone far off from thy law.
118:151. Thou art near, O Lord: and all thy ways are truth.
118:152. I have known from the beginning concerning thy testimonies:
that thou hast founded them for ever.
RES.
118:153. See my humiliation and deliver me for I have not forgotten thy
law.
118:154. Judge my judgment and redeem me: quicken thou me for thy
word's sake.
118:155. Salvation is far from sinners; because they have not sought
thy justifications.
118:156. Many, O Lord, are thy mercies: quicken me according to thy
judgment.
118:157. Many are they that persecute me and afflict me; but I have not
declined from thy testimonies.
118:158. I beheld the transgressors, and pined away; because they kept
not thy word.
118:159. Behold I have loved thy commandments, O Lord; quicken me thou
in thy mercy.
118:160. The beginning of thy words is truth: all the judgments of thy
justice are for ever.
SIN.
118:161. Princes have persecuted me without cause: and my heart hath
been in awe of thy words.
118:162. I will rejoice at thy words, as one that hath found great
spoil.
118:163. I have hated and abhorred iniquity; but I have loved thy law.
118:164. Seven times a day I have given praise to thee, for the
judgments of thy justice.
118:165. Much peace have they that love thy law, and to them there is
no stumbling. block.
118:166. I looked for thy salvation, O Lord: and I loved thy
commandments.
118:167. My soul hath kept thy testimonies and hath loved them
exceedingly.
118:168. I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies: because all
my ways are in thy sight.
TAU.
118:169. Let my supplication, O Lord, come near in thy sight: give me
understanding according to thy word.
118:170. Let my request come in before thee; deliver thou me according
to thy word.
118:171. My lips shall utter a hymn, when thou shalt teach me thy
justifications.
118:172. My tongue shall pronounce thy word: because all thy
commandments are justice.
118:173. Let thy hand be with me to save me; for I have chosen thy
precepts.
118:174. I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my
meditation.
118:175. My soul shall live and shall praise thee: and thy judgments
shall help me.
118:176. I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost: seek thy
servant, because I have not forgotten thy commandments.
Psalms Chapter 119
Ad Dominum.
A prayer in tribulation.
A gradual canticle.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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