Psalm 119:145-176

Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

Qoph

145
With my s whole heart I cry; answer me, O Lord!
I will t keep your statutes.
 146 I call to you; save me,
that I may observe your testimonies.
 147 I rise before u dawn and cry for help;
I v hope in your words.
 148 My eyes are awake before w the watches of the night,
that I may meditate on your promise.
 149 Hear my voice according to your steadfast love;
O Lord, x according to your justice y give me life.
 150 They draw near who persecute me with evil purpose;
they are far from your law.
 151 But z you are near, O Lord,
and all your commandments are a true.
 152 Long have I known from your testimonies
that you have b founded them forever.

Resh

153
Look on my c affliction and deliver me,
for d I do not forget your law.
 154 e Plead my cause and redeem me;
f give me life according to your promise!
 155 g Salvation is far from the wicked,
h for they do not seek your statutes.
 156 i Great is your mercy, O Lord;
f give me life according to your rules.
 157 j Many are my persecutors and my adversaries,
but I do not k swerve from your testimonies.
 158 I look at l the faithless with m disgust,
because they do not keep your commands.
 159 Consider how I n love your precepts!
f Give me life according to your steadfast love.
 160 o The sum of your word is p truth,
and every one of your q righteous rules endures forever.

Sin and Shin

161
r Princes persecute me s without cause,
but my heart t stands in awe of your words.
 162 I t rejoice at your word
like one who u finds great spoil.
 163 I hate and abhor falsehood,
but I love v your law.
 164 Seven times a day I praise you
for your q righteous rules.
 165 Great w peace have those who love your law;
x nothing can make them stumble.
 166 I y hope for your salvation, O Lord,
and I do your commandments.
 167 My soul keeps your testimonies;
I v love them exceedingly.
 168 I keep your precepts and testimonies,
z for all my ways are before you.

Taw

169
Let my a cry come before you, O Lord;
b give me understanding c according to your word!
 170 Let my plea come before you;
d deliver me according to your word.
 171 My lips will e pour forth praise,
for you f teach me your statutes.
 172 My tongue will sing of your word,
for g all your commandments are right.
 173 Let your hand be ready to help me,
for I have h chosen your precepts.
 174 I i long for your salvation, O Lord,
and your law is my j delight.
 175 Let my soul live and praise you,
and let your rules help me.
 176 I have k gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant,
for I do not l forget your commandments.

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 119:2
    Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart.
    Psalms 119:10
    With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments!
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 119:22
    Take away from me scorn and contempt, for I have kept your testimonies.
    Psalms 119:33
    Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes; and I will keep it to the end.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 5:3
    O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 119:74
    Those who fear you shall see me and rejoice, because I have hoped in your word.
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 42:8
    By day the Lord commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 119:156
    Great is your mercy, O Lord ; give me life according to your rules.
    Psalms 119:40
    Behold, I long for your precepts; in your righteousness give me life!
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 119:25
    My soul clings to the dust; give me life according to your word!
    Psalms 71:20
    You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again.
  8. Cross References
    Psalms 145:18
    The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
  9. Cross References
    Psalms 119:142
    Your righteousness is righteous forever, and your law is true.
  10. Cross References
    Psalms 119:89
    Forever, O Lord, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens.
    Psalms 119:160
    The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.
    Matthew 5:18
    For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.
  11. Cross References
    Job 36:15
    He delivers the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ear by adversity.
  12. Cross References
    Psalms 119:83
    For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, yet I have not forgotten your statutes.
  13. Cross References
    Psalms 35:1
    Contend, O Lord, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me!
  14. Cross References
    Psalms 119:25
    My soul clings to the dust; give me life according to your word!
  15. Cross References
    Job 5:4
    His children are far from safety; they are crushed in the gate, and there is no one to deliver them.
  16. Cross References
    Psalms 119:150
    They draw near who persecute me with evil purpose; they are far from your law.
  17. Cross References
    2 Samuel 24:14
    Then David said to Gad, "I am in great distress. Let us fall into the hand of the Lord, for his mercy is great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.
  18. Cross References
    Psalms 119:154
    Plead my cause and redeem me; give me life according to your promise!
  19. Cross References
    Psalms 3:1 - 2
    O Lord, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me.
  20. Cross References
    Psalms 119:51
    The insolent utterly deride me, but I do not turn away from your law.
  21. Cross References
    Jeremiah 3:20
    Surely, as a treacherous wife leaves her husband, so have you been treacherous to me, O house of Israel, declares the Lord.'
  22. Cross References
    Psalms 139:21
    Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord ? And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?
    Psalms 119:136
    My eyes shed streams of tears, because people do not keep your law.
  23. Cross References
    Psalms 119:97
    Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.
  24. Cross References
    Psalms 119:154
    Plead my cause and redeem me; give me life according to your promise!
  25. Cross References
    Psalms 139:17
    How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!
  26. Cross References
    Psalms 119:142
    Your righteousness is righteous forever, and your law is true.
    Psalms 119:172
    My tongue will sing of your word, for all your commandments are right.
  27. Cross References
    Psalms 119:7
    I will praise you with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous rules.
  28. Cross References
    Psalms 119:23
    Even though princes sit plotting against me, your servant will meditate on your statutes.
    1 Samuel 24:11
    See, my father, see the corner of your robe in my hand. For by the fact that I cut off the corner of your robe and did not kill you, you may know and see that there is no wrong or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, though you hunt my life to take it.
    1 Samuel 26:18
    And he said, "Why does my lord pursue after his servant? For what have I done? What evil is on my hands?
  29. Cross References
    Psalms 69:4
    More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; mighty are those who would destroy me, those who attack me with lies. What I did not steal must I now restore?
  30. Cross References
    Psalms 2:11
    Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
  31. Cross References
    Psalms 119:161
    Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.
  32. Cross References
    1 Samuel 30:16
    And when he had taken him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the land, eating and drinking and dancing, because of all the great spoil they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.
    Isaiah 9:3
    You have multiplied the nation; you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest, as they are glad when they divide the spoil.
    Matthew 13:44
    The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
  33. Cross References
    Psalms 119:97
    Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.
  34. Cross References
    Psalms 119:160
    The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.
  35. Cross References
    Psalms 37:11
    But the meek shall inherit the land and delight themselves in abundant peace.
    Psalms 37:37
    Mark the blameless and behold the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.
    Proverbs 3:2
    For length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you.
  36. Cross References
    Proverbs 3:23
    Then you will walk on your way securely, and your foot will not stumble.
    1 John 2:10
    Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling.
    Matthew 13:41
    The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers.
  37. Cross References
    Psalms 119:174
    I long for your salvation, O Lord, and your law is my delight.
    Genesis 49:18
    I wait for your salvation, O Lord.
  38. Cross References
    Psalms 119:163
    I hate and abhor falsehood, but I love your law.
  39. Cross References
    Psalms 139:3
    You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways.
    Proverbs 5:21
    For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he ponders all his paths.
  40. Cross References
    Psalms 119:145
    With my whole heart I cry; answer me, O Lord! I will keep your statutes.
  41. Cross References
    Psalms 119:34
    Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart.
  42. Cross References
    Psalms 119:65
    You have dealt well with your servant, O Lord, according to your word.
  43. Cross References
    Psalms 119:41
    Let your steadfast love come to me, O Lord, your salvation according to your promise.
  44. Cross References
    Psalms 145:7
    They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.
  45. Cross References
    Psalms 119:12
    Blessed are you, O Lord ; teach me your statutes!
  46. Cross References
    Psalms 119:160
    The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.
  47. Cross References
    Joshua 24:22
    Then Joshua said to the people, "You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the Lord, to serve him." And they said, "We are witnesses.
    Proverbs 1:29
    Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord.
  48. Cross References
    Psalms 119:20
    My soul is consumed with longing for your rules at all times.
  49. Cross References
    Psalms 119:24
    Your testimonies are my delight; they are my counselors.
  50. Cross References
    Isaiah 53:6
    All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned - every one - to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
    1 Peter 2:25
    For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
    Matthew 18:12
    What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray?
    Luke 15:4
    What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
  51. Cross References
    Psalms 119:83
    For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, yet I have not forgotten your statutes.
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