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Apoteichisis

The Old Testament

Psalms 118

ΨΑΛΜΟΙ · 118

Brenton 118:1

Alleluia. Blessed are the blameless in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.

Brenton 118:2

Blessed are they that search out his testimonies: they will diligently seek him with the whole heart.

Brenton 118:3

For they that work iniquity have not walked in his ways.

Brenton 118:4

Thou hast commanded us diligently to keep thy precepts.

Brenton 118:5

O that my ways were directed to keep thine ordinances.

Brenton 118:6

Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to all thy commandments.

Brenton 118:7

I will give thee thanks with uprightness of heart, when I have learnt the judgments of thy righteousness.

Brenton 118:8

I will keep thine ordinances: O forsake me not greatly.

Brenton 118:9

Wherewith shall a young man direct his way? by keeping thy words.

Brenton 118:10

With my whole heart have I diligently sought thee: cast me not away from thy commandments.

Brenton 118:11

I have hidden thine oracles in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.

Brenton 118:12

Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thine ordinances.

Brenton 118:13

With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.

Brenton 118:14

I have delighted in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.

Brenton 118:15

I will meditate on thy commandments, and consider thy ways.

Brenton 118:16

I will meditate on thine ordinances: I will not forget thy words.

Brenton 118:17

Render a recompence to thy servant: so shall I live, and keep thy words.

Brenton 118:18

Unveil thou mine eyes, and I shall perceive wondrous things out of thy law.

Brenton 118:19

I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

Brenton 118:20

My soul has longed exceedingly for thy judgments at all times.

Brenton 118:21

Thou hast rebuked the proud: cursed are they that turn aside from thy commandments.

Brenton 118:22

Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have sought out thy testimonies.

Brenton 118:23

For princes sat and spoke against me: but thy servant was meditating on thine ordinances.

Brenton 118:24

For thy testimonies are my meditation, and thine ordinances are my counsellors.

Brenton 118:25

My soul has cleaved to the ground; quicken thou me according to thy word.

Brenton 118:26

I declared my ways, and thou didst hear me; teach me thine ordinances.

Brenton 118:27

Instruct me in the way of thine ordinances; and I will meditate on thy wondrous works.

Brenton 118:28

My soul has slumbered for sorrow; strengthen thou me with thy words.

Brenton 118:29

Remove from me the way of iniquity; and be merciful to me by thy law.

Source notes (1)
  • q. d. in teaching me thy law.
Brenton 118:30

I have chosen the way of truth; and have not forgotten thy judgments.

Brenton 118:31

I have cleaved to thy testimonies, O Lord; put me not to shame.

Brenton 118:32

I ran the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart.

Brenton 118:33

Teach me, O Lord, the way of thine ordinances, and I will seek it out continually.

Source notes (1)
  • sc. as a lawgiver.
Brenton 118:34

Instruct me, and I will search out thy law, and will keep it with my whole heart.

Brenton 118:35

Guide me in the path of thy commandments; for I have delighted in it.

Brenton 118:36

Incline mine heart to thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

Brenton 118:37

Turn away mine eyes that I may not behold vanity: quicken thou me in thy way.

Brenton 118:38

Confirm thine oracle to thy servant, that he may fear thee.

Brenton 118:39

Take away my reproach which I have feared: for thy judgments are good.

Brenton 118:40

Behold, I have desired thy commandments: quicken me in thy righteousness.

Brenton 118:41

And let thy mercy come upon me, O Lord; even thy salvation, according to thy word.

Brenton 118:42

And so I shall render an answer to them that reproach me: for I have trusted in thy words.

Brenton 118:43

And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.

Brenton 118:44

So shall I keep thy law continually, for ever and ever.

Brenton 118:45

I walked also at large: for I sought out thy commandments.

Brenton 118:46

And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings, and was not ashamed.

Brenton 118:47

And I meditated on thy commandments, which I loved exceedingly.

Source notes (1)
  • Or, exercised myself in.
Brenton 118:48

And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments which I loved; and I meditated in thine ordinances.

Brenton 118:49

Remember thy words to thy servant, wherein thou hast made me hope.

Brenton 118:50

This has comforted me in mine affliction: for thine oracle has quickened me.

Brenton 118:51

The proud have transgressed exceedingly; but I swerved not from thy law.

Brenton 118:52

I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord; and was comforted.

Brenton 118:53

Despair took hold upon me, because of the sinners who forsake thy law.

Brenton 118:54

Thine ordinances were my songs in the place of my sojourning.

Brenton 118:55

I remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night, and kept thy law.

Brenton 118:56

This I had, because I diligently sought thine ordinances.

Brenton 118:57

Thou art my portion, O Lord: I said that I would keep thy law.

Brenton 118:58

I besought thy favour with my whole heart: have mercy upon me according to thy word.

Source notes (1)
  • Gr. presence, or, countenance.
Brenton 118:59

I thought on thy ways, and turned my feet to thy testimonies.

Brenton 118:60

I prepared myself, (and was not terrified,) to keep thy commandments.

Brenton 118:61

The snares of sinners entangled me: but I forgot not thy law.

Brenton 118:62

At midnight I arose, to give thanks to thee for the judgments of thy righteousness.

Brenton 118:63

I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy commandments.

Brenton 118:64

O Lord, the earth is full of thy mercy: teach me thine ordinances.

Brenton 118:65

Thou hast wrought kindly with thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word.

Brenton 118:66

Teach me kindness, and instruction, and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.

Brenton 118:67

Before I was afflicted, I transgressed; therefore have I kept thy word.

Brenton 118:68

Good art thou, O Lord; therefore in thy goodness teach me thine ordinances.

Brenton 118:69

The injustice of the proud has been multiplied against me: but I will search out thy commandments with all my heart.

Brenton 118:70

Their heart has been curdled like milk; but I have meditated on thy law.

Brenton 118:71

It is good for me that thou hast afflicted me; that I might learn thine ordinances.

Brenton 118:72

The law of thy mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver.

Brenton 118:73

Thy hands have made me, and fashioned me: instruct me, that I may learn thy commandments.

Brenton 118:74

They that fear thee will see me and rejoice: for I have hoped in thy words.

Brenton 118:75

I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are righteousness, and that thou in truthfulness hast afflicted me.

Brenton 118:76

Let, I pray thee, thy mercy be to comfort me, according to thy word to thy servant.

Brenton 118:77

Let thy compassions come to me, that I may live: for thy law is my meditation.

Brenton 118:78

Let the proud be ashamed; for they transgressed against me unjustly: but I will meditate in thy commandments.

Brenton 118:79

Let those that fear thee, and those that know thy testimonies, turn to me.

Brenton 118:80

Let mine heart be blameless in thine ordinances, that I may not be ashamed.

Brenton 118:81

My soul faints for thy salvation: I have hoped in thy words.

Brenton 118:82

Mine eyes failed in waiting for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

Brenton 118:83

For I am become as a bottle in the frost: yet I have not forgotten thine ordinances.

Brenton 118:84

How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment for me on them that persecute me?

Brenton 118:85

Transgressors told me idle tales; but not according to thy law, O Lord.

Brenton 118:86

All thy commandments are truth; they persecuted me unjustly; help thou me.

Brenton 118:87

They nearly made an end of me in the earth; but I forsook not thy commandments.

Brenton 118:88

Quicken me according to thy mercy; so shall I keep the testimonies of thy mouth.

Brenton 118:89

Thy word, O Lord, abides in heaven for ever.

Brenton 118:90

Thy truth endures to all generations; thou hast founded the earth, and it abides.

Brenton 118:91

The day continues by thy arrangement; for all things are thy servants.

Brenton 118:92

Were it not that thy law is my meditation, then I should have perished in mine affliction.

Brenton 118:93

I will never forget thine ordinances; for with them thou hast quickened me.

Brenton 118:94

I am thine, save me; for I have sought out thine ordinances.

Brenton 118:95

Sinners laid wait for me to destroy me; but I understood thy testimonies.

Brenton 118:96

I have seen an end of all perfection; but thy commandment is very broad.

Brenton 118:97

How I have loved thy law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day.

Brenton 118:98

Thou hast made me wiser than mine enemies in thy commandment; for it is mine for ever.

Brenton 118:99

I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my meditation.

Brenton 118:100

I understand more than the aged; because I have sought out thy commandments.

Brenton 118:101

I have kept back my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy words.

Brenton 118:102

I have not declined from thy judgments; for thou hast instructed me.

Source notes (1)
  • That is, as a lawgiver.
Brenton 118:103

How sweet are thine oracles to my throat! more so than honey to my mouth!

Brenton 118:104

I gain understanding by thy commandments: therefore I have hated every way of unrighteousness.

Brenton 118:105

Thy law is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths.

Brenton 118:106

I have sworn and determined to keep the judgments of thy righteousness.

Brenton 118:107

I have been very greatly afflicted, O Lord: quicken me, according to thy word.

Brenton 118:108

Accept, I pray thee, O Lord, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, and teach me thy judgments.

Brenton 118:109

My soul is continually in thine hands; and I have not forgotten thy law.

Source notes (1)
  • Heb. and Alex. my.
Brenton 118:110

Sinners spread a snare for me; but I erred not from thy commandments.

Brenton 118:111

I have inherited thy testimonies for ever; for they are the joy of my heart.

Brenton 118:112

I have inclined my heart to perform thine ordinances for ever, in return for thy mercies.

Source notes (1)
  • See Heb.
Brenton 118:113

I have hated transgressors; but I have loved thy law.

Brenton 118:114

Thou art my helper and my supporter; I have hoped in thy words.

Brenton 118:115

Depart from me, ye evil-doers; for I will search out the commandments of my God.

Brenton 118:116

Uphold me according to thy word, and quicken me; and make me not ashamed of my expectation.

Brenton 118:117

Help me, and I shall be saved; and I will meditate in thine ordinances continually.

Brenton 118:118

Thou hast brought to nought all that depart from thine ordinances; for their inward thought is unrighteous.

Brenton 118:119

I have reckoned all the sinners of the earth as transgressors; therefore have I loved thy testimonies.

Brenton 118:120

Penetrate my flesh with thy fear; for I am afraid of thy judgments.

Brenton 118:121

I have done judgment and justice; deliver me not up to them that injure me.

Brenton 118:122

Receive thy servant for good: let not the proud accuse me falsely.

Brenton 118:123

Mine eyes have failed for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.

Brenton 118:124

Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy, and teach me thine ordinances.

Brenton 118:125

I am thy servant; instruct me, and I shall know thy testimonies.

Brenton 118:126

It is time for the Lord to work: they have utterly broken thy law.

Brenton 118:127

Therefore have I loved thy commandments more than gold, or the topaz.

Brenton 118:128

Therefore I directed myself according to all thy commandments: I have hated every unjust way.

Brenton 118:129

Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul has sought them out.

Brenton 118:130

The manifestation of thy words will enlighten, and instruct the simple.

Brenton 118:131

I opened my mouth, and drew breath: for I earnestly longed after thy commandments.

Brenton 118:132

Look upon me and have mercy upon me, after the manner of them that love thy name.

Brenton 118:133

Order my steps according to thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

Brenton 118:134

Deliver me from the false accusation of men: so will I keep thy commandments.

Brenton 118:135

Cause thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thine ordinances.

Brenton 118:136

Mine eyes have been bathed in streams of water, because I kept not thy law.

Brenton 118:137

Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments.

Brenton 118:138

Thou hast commanded righteousness and perfect truth, as thy testimonies.

Brenton 118:139

Thy zeal has quite wasted me: because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.

Brenton 118:140

Thy word has been very fully tried; and thy servant loves it.

Brenton 118:141

I am young and despised: yet I have not forgotten thine ordinances.

Brenton 118:142

Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is truth.

Brenton 118:143

Afflictions and distresses found me: but thy commandments were my meditation.

Brenton 118:144

Thy testimonies are an everlasting righteousness: instruct me, and I shall live.

Brenton 118:145

I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord: I will search out thine ordinances.

Brenton 118:146

I cried to thee; save me, and I will keep thy testimonies.

Brenton 118:147

I arose before the dawn, and cried: I hoped in thy words.

Brenton 118:148

Mine eyes prevented the dawn, that I might meditate on thine oracles.

Brenton 118:149

Hear my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy; quicken me according to thy judgment.

Brenton 118:150

They have drawn nigh who persecuted me unlawfully; and they are far removed from thy law.

Brenton 118:151

Thou art near, O Lord; and all thy ways are truth.

Source notes (1)
  • Alex. ἐντολαί, commands.
Brenton 118:152

I have known of old concerning thy testimonies, that thou hast founded them for ever.

Source notes (1)
  • Gr. of.
Brenton 118:153

Look upon mine affliction, and rescue me; for I have not forgotten thy law.

Brenton 118:154

Plead my cause, and ransom me: quicken me because of thy word.

Brenton 118:155

Salvation is far from sinners: for they have not searched out thine ordinances.

Brenton 118:156

Thy mercies, O Lord, are many: quicken me according to thy judgment.

Brenton 118:157

Many are they that persecute me and oppress me: but I have not declined from thy testimonies.

Brenton 118:158

I beheld men acting foolishly, and I pined away; for they kept not thine oracles.

Brenton 118:159

Behold, I have loved thy commandments, O Lord: quicken me in thy mercy.

Brenton 118:160

The beginning of thy words is truth; and all the judgments of thy righteousness endure for ever.

Brenton 118:161

Princes persecuted me without a cause, but my heart feared because of thy words.

Brenton 118:162

I will exult because of thine oracles, as one that finds much spoil.

Brenton 118:163

I hate and abhor unrighteousness; but I love thy law.

Brenton 118:164

Seven times in a day have I praised thee because of the judgments of thy righteousness.

Brenton 118:165

Great peace have they that love thy law: and there is no stumbling-block to them.

Brenton 118:166

I waited for thy salvation, O Lord, and have loved thy commandments.

Brenton 118:167

My soul has kept thy testimonies, and loved them exceedingly.

Brenton 118:168

I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies; for all my ways are before thee, O Lord.

Brenton 118:169

Let my supplication come near before thee, O Lord; instruct me according to thine oracle.

Brenton 118:170

Let my petition come in before thee, O Lord; deliver me according to thine oracle.

Brenton 118:171

Let my lips utter a hymn, when thou shalt have taught me thine ordinances.

Brenton 118:172

Let my tongue utter thine oracles; for all thy commandments are righteous.

Brenton 118:173

Let thine hand be prompt to save me; for I have chosen thy commandments.

Brenton 118:174

I have longed after thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my meditation.

Brenton 118:175

My soul shall live, and shall praise thee; and thy judgments shall help me.

Brenton 118:176

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I have not forgotten thy commandments.

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