Psalms 119:71-126

It is good for me that I was afflicted, so that I may learn Your decrees. The Torah from Your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces. Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding that I may learn Your mitzvot. Those in awe of You see me and rejoice, because I put my hope in Your word. I know, ADONAI, Your judgments are just. In faithfulness You have afflicted me. May Your lovingkindness comfort me, according to Your promise to Your servant. Let Your tender mercies reach me, Let me live, for Your Torah is my delight. May the proud be put to shame for wronging me with a lie, but I will meditate on Your precepts. Let those in awe of You return to me— those who know Your testimonies. My heart will have integrity in following Your decrees, so that I would not be ashamed. My soul faints with longing for Your salvation, but I still hope in Your word. My eyes are worn out longing for Your promise, saying, “When will You comfort me?” Though I became like a wineskin dried in smoke, I do not forget Your decrees. How many are the days of Your servant? When will You execute judgment on my persecutors? The proud have dug pits for me— that is not in accord with Your Torah! All Your mitzvot are faithful. They persecute me with a lie—help me! They almost finished me off on earth. But I—I will not forsake Your precepts. Revive me with Your lovingkindness, so I may keep Your mouth’s testimony. Forever, ADONAI, Your word stands firm in the heavens. Your faithfulness endures from generation to generation. You established the earth, and it stands. Your judgments stand today, for all things are Your servants. If Your Torah had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. I will never forget Your precepts. For with them You have kept me alive. I am Yours, save me! For I have sought out Your precepts. The wicked wait for me to destroy me. But I will study Your testimonies. I have seen a limit to all perfection, yet Your commandment is boundless. O how I love Your Torah! It is my meditation all day. Your mitzvot make me wiser than my enemies —for they are mine forever. I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation. I have gained more understanding than all my elders, for I have kept Your precepts. I kept my feet from every evil way, in order to follow Your word. I do not turn away from Your rulings, for You Yourself have taught me. How sweet is Your word to my taste— yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth! From Your precepts I get discernment, therefore I hate every false way. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. I have sworn and confirmed to observe Your righteous rulings. I am severely afflicted. Keep me alive, ADONAI, according to Your word. Please accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, ADONAI, and teach me Your rulings. My soul is continually in danger, yet I have not forgotten Your Torah. The wicked have set a snare for me, yet I did not stray from Your precepts. Your testimonies I have as a heritage forever, for they are my heart’s joy. I turned my heart to do Your decrees, forever, to the very end. I hate double-minded ones, but Your Torah I love. You are my hiding place and my shield —in Your word I hope. Away from me, evildoers, so I may keep the mitzvot of my God! Sustain me according to Your word, so I may live, and let me not be ashamed of my hope. Support me and I will be saved, and study Your decrees continually. You despise all who wander from Your decrees, for their deceitfulness is in vain. All the wicked of the earth You remove like dross. Therefore I love Your testimonies. My flesh shudders for fear of You, and I am in awe of Your judgments. I did what is just and right. Do not leave me to my oppressors. Guarantee Your servant’s well-being. Do not let arrogant ones oppress me. My eyes fail, longing for Your salvation and for Your righteous word. Deal with Your servant as befits Your lovingkindness, and teach me Your statutes. I am Your servant, give me discernment, so I may understand Your testimonies. It is time for ADONAI to act— they have violated Your Torah!

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