Psalms for the week of 6/21-6/27: WISDOM PSALMS

Psalm 1

BOOK ONE

The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked

Blessed is the man [a]
who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
²but his delight is in the law [b] of the LORD,
and on his law he meditates day and night.

³He is like a tree
planted by streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its leaf does not wither.
In all that he does, he prospers. ⁴The wicked are not so,
but are like chaff that the wind drives away.

⁵Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
⁶for the LORD knows the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 1:1 The singular Hebrew word for man (ish) is used here to portray a representative example of a godly person;
2. Psalm 1:2 Or instruction

Psalm 19

The Law of the LORD Is Perfect

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

¹ The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above[a] proclaims his handiwork.
²Day to day pours out speech,
and night to night reveals knowledge.
³There is no speech, nor are there words,
whose voice is not heard.
⁴ Their voice[b] goes out through all the earth,
and their words to the end of the world.
In them he has set a tent for the sun,
⁵ which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber,
and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.
⁶Its rising is from the end of the heavens,
and its circuit to the end of them,
and there is nothing hidden from its heat.

⁷ The law of the LORD is perfect,[c]
reviving the soul;
the testimony of the LORD is sure,
making wise the simple;
⁸ the precepts of the LORD are right,
rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the LORD is pure,
enlightening the eyes;
⁹the fear of the LORD is clean,
enduring forever;
the rules[d] of the LORD are true,
and righteous altogether.
¹⁰More to be desired are they than gold,
even much fine gold;
sweeter also than honey
and drippings of the honeycomb.
¹¹Moreover, by them is your servant warned;
in keeping them there is great reward.

¹² Who can discern his errors?
Declare me innocent from hidden faults.
¹³ Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins;
let them not have dominion over me!
Then I shall be blameless,
and innocent of great transgression.

¹⁴Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in your sight,
O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 19:1 Hebrew the expanse; compare Genesis 1:6-8
2. Psalm 19:4 Or Their measuring line
3. Psalm 19:7 Or blameless
4. Psalm 19:9 Or just decrees

Psalm 73

BOOK THREE

God Is My Strength and Portion Forever

A Psalm of Asaph.

¹Truly God is good to Israel,
to those who are pure in heart.
²But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled,
my steps had nearly slipped.
³ For I was envious of the arrogant
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

⁴For they have no pangs until death;
their bodies are fat and sleek.
⁵They are not in trouble as others are;
they are not stricken like the rest of mankind.
⁶Therefore pride is their necklace;
violence covers them as a garment.
⁷Their eyes swell out through fatness;
their hearts overflow with follies.
⁸They scoff and speak with malice;
loftily they threaten oppression.
⁹They set their mouths against the heavens,
and their tongue struts through the earth.
¹⁰Therefore his people turn back to them,
and find no fault in them.[a]
¹¹And they say, "How can God know?
Is there knowledge in the Most High?"
¹²Behold, these are the wicked;
always at ease, they increase in riches.
¹³All in vain have I kept my heart clean
and washed my hands in innocence.
¹⁴For all the day long I have been stricken
and rebuked every morning.
¹⁵If I had said, "I will speak thus,"
I would have betrayed the generation of your children.

¹⁶But when I thought how to understand this,
it seemed to me a wearisome task,
¹⁷until I went into the sanctuary of God;
then I discerned their end.

¹⁸Truly you set them in slippery places;
you make them fall to ruin.
¹⁹How they are destroyed in a moment,
swept away utterly by terrors!
²⁰Like a dream when one awakes,
O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.
²¹When my soul was embittered,
when I was pricked in heart,
²²I was brutish and ignorant;
I was like a beast toward you.

²³Nevertheless, I am continually with you;
you hold my right hand.
²⁴You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will receive me to glory.
²⁵ Whom have I in heaven but you?
And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
²⁶ My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength[b] of my heart and my portion forever.

²⁷For behold, those who are far from you shall perish;
you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you.
²⁸But for me it is good to be near God;
I have made the Lord GOD my refuge,
that I may tell of all your works.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 73:10 Probable reading; Hebrew the waters of a full cup are drained by them
2. Psalm 73:26 Hebrew rock

Psalm 78

Tell the Coming Generation

A Maskil(a) of Asaph.

¹ Give ear, O my people, to my teaching;
incline your ears to the words of my mouth!
² I will open my mouth in a parable;
I will utter dark sayings from of old,
³things that we have heard and known,
that our fathers have told us.
⁴We will not hide them from their children,
but tell to the coming generation
the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might,
and the wonders that he has done.

⁵He established a testimony in Jacob
and appointed a law in Israel,
which he commanded our fathers
to teach to their children,
⁶that the next generation might know them,
the children yet unborn,
and arise and tell them to their children,
⁷so that they should set their hope in God
and not forget the works of God,
but keep his commandments;
⁸and that they should not be like their fathers,
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation whose heart was not steadfast,
whose spirit was not faithful to God.

⁹The Ephraimites, armed with[b] the bow,
turned back on the day of battle.
¹⁰They did not keep God’s covenant,
but refused to walk according to his law.
¹¹They forgot his works
and the wonders that he had shown them.
¹²In the sight of their fathers he performed wonders
in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan.
¹³He divided the sea and let them pass through it,
and made the waters stand like a heap.
¹⁴ In the daytime he led them with a cloud,
and all the night with a fiery light.
¹⁵He split rocks in the wilderness
and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.
¹⁶He made streams come out of the rock
and caused waters to flow down like rivers.

¹⁷Yet they sinned still more against him,
rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
¹⁸They tested God in their heart
by demanding the food they craved.
¹⁹They spoke against God, saying,
"Can God spread a table in the wilderness?
²⁰ He struck the rock so that water gushed out
and streams overflowed.
Can he also give bread
or provide meat for his people?"

²¹Therefore, when the LORD heard, he was full of wrath;
a fire was kindled against Jacob;
his anger rose against Israel,
²²because they did not believe in God
and did not trust his saving power.
²³Yet he commanded the skies above
and opened the doors of heaven,
²⁴and he rained down on them manna to eat
and gave them the grain of heaven.
²⁵Man ate of the bread of the angels;
he sent them food in abundance.
²⁶He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens,
and by his power he led out the south wind;
²⁷he rained meat on them like dust,
winged birds like the sand of the seas;
²⁸he let them fall in the midst of their camp,
all around their dwellings.
²⁹And they ate and were well filled,
for he gave them what they craved.
³⁰But before they had satisfied their craving,
while the food was still in their mouths,
³¹the anger of God rose against them,
and he killed the strongest of them
and laid low the young men of Israel.

³²In spite of all this, they still sinned;
despite his wonders, they did not believe.
³³So he made their days vanish like[c] a breath,[d]
and their years in terror.
³⁴When he killed them, they sought him;
they repented and sought God earnestly.
³⁵They remembered that God was their rock,
the Most High God their redeemer.
³⁶But they flattered him with their mouths;
they lied to him with their tongues.
³⁷Their heart was not steadfast toward him;
they were not faithful to his covenant.
³⁸Yet he, being compassionate,
atoned for their iniquity
and did not destroy them;
he restrained his anger often
and did not stir up all his wrath.
³⁹He remembered that they were but flesh,
a wind that passes and comes not again.
⁴⁰How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness
and grieved him in the desert!
⁴¹They tested God again and again
and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
⁴²They did not remember his power[e]
or the day when he redeemed them from the foe,
⁴³ when he performed his signs in Egypt
and his marvels in the fields of Zoan.
⁴⁴He turned their rivers to blood,
so that they could not drink of their streams.
⁴⁵He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them,
and frogs, which destroyed them.
⁴⁶He gave their crops to the destroying locust
and the fruit of their labor to the locust.
⁴⁷He destroyed their vines with hail
and their sycamores with frost.
⁴⁸He gave over their cattle to the hail
and their flocks to thunderbolts.
⁴⁹He let loose on them his burning anger,
wrath, indignation, and distress,
a company of destroying angels.
⁵⁰He made a path for his anger;
he did not spare them from death,
but gave their lives over to the plague.
⁵¹He struck down every firstborn in Egypt,
the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of Ham.
⁵²Then he led out his people like sheep
and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
⁵³ He led them in safety, so that they were not afraid,
but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
⁵⁴And he brought them to his holy land,
to the mountain which his right hand had won.
⁵⁵He drove out nations before them;
he apportioned them for a possession
and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

⁵⁶Yet they tested and rebelled against the Most High God
and did not keep his testimonies,
⁵⁷but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers;
they twisted like a deceitful bow.
⁵⁸For they provoked him to anger with their high places;
they moved him to jealousy with their idols.
⁵⁹When God heard, he was full of wrath,
and he utterly rejected Israel.
⁶⁰He forsook his dwelling at Shiloh,
the tent where he dwelt among mankind,
⁶¹and delivered his power to captivity,
his glory to the hand of the foe.
⁶²He gave his people over to the sword
and vented his wrath on his heritage.
⁶³Fire devoured their young men,
and their young women had no marriage song.
⁶⁴Their priests fell by the sword,
and their widows made no lamentation.
⁶⁵Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,
like a strong man shouting because of wine.
⁶⁶And he put his adversaries to rout;
he put them to everlasting shame.

⁶⁷He rejected the tent of Joseph;
he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
⁶⁸but he chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion, which he loves.
⁶⁹He built his sanctuary like the high heavens,
like the earth, which he has founded forever.
⁷⁰He chose David his servant
and took him from the sheepfolds;
⁷¹from following the nursing ewes he brought him
to shepherd Jacob his people,
Israel his inheritance.
⁷²With upright heart he shepherded them
and guided them with his skillful hand.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 78:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
2. Psalm 78:9 Hebrew armed and shooting
3. Psalm 78:33 Hebrew in
4. Psalm 78:33 Or vapor
5. Psalm 78:42 Hebrew hand

Psalm 119

Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

Aleph

¹[a] Blessed are those whose way is blameless,
who walk in the law of the LORD!
²Blessed are those who keep his^D testimonies,
who seek him with their whole heart,
³who also do no wrong,
but walk in his ways!
⁴You have commanded your precepts
to be kept diligently.
⁵Oh that my ways may be steadfast
in keeping your statutes!
⁶ Then I shall not be put to shame,
having my eyes fixed on all your commandments.
⁷I will praise you with an upright heart,
when I learn your righteous rules.[b]
⁸I will keep your statutes;
do not utterly forsake me!

Beth

⁹How can a young man keep his way pure?
By guarding it according to your word.
¹⁰ With my whole heart I seek you;
let me not wander from your commandments!
¹¹I have stored up your word in my heart,
that I might not sin against you.
¹²Blessed are you, O LORD;
teach me your statutes!
¹³With my lips I declare
all the rules[c] of your mouth.
¹⁴In the way of your testimonies I delight
as much as in all riches.
¹⁵I will meditate on your precepts
and fix my eyes on your ways.
¹⁶I will delight in your statutes;
I will not forget your word.

Gimel

¹⁷ Deal bountifully with your servant,
that I may live and keep your word.
¹⁸Open my eyes, that I may behold
wondrous things out of your law.
¹⁹I am a sojourner on the earth;
hide not your commandments from me!
²⁰My soul is consumed with longing
for your rules[d] at all times.
²¹You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones,
who wander from your commandments.
²²Take away from me scorn and contempt,
for I have kept your testimonies.
²³Even though princes sit plotting against me,
your servant will meditate on your statutes.
²⁴Your testimonies are my delight;
they are my counselors.

Daleth

²⁵ My soul clings to the dust;
give me life according to your word!
²⁶When I told of my ways, you answered me;
teach me your statutes!
²⁷ Make me understand the way of your precepts,
and I will meditate on your wondrous works.
²⁸ My soul melts away for sorrow;
strengthen me according to your word!
²⁹Put false ways far from me
and graciously teach me your law!
³⁰I have chosen the way of faithfulness;
I set your rules before me.
³¹I cling to your testimonies, O LORD;
let me not be put to shame!
³²I will run in the way of your commandments
when you enlarge my heart![e]

He

³³ Teach me, O LORD, the way of your statutes;
and I will keep it to the end.[f]
³⁴ Give me understanding, that I may keep your law
and observe it with my whole heart.
³⁵ Lead me in the path of your commandments,
for I delight in it.
³⁶ Incline my heart to your testimonies,
and not to selfish gain!
³⁷ Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things;
and give me life in your ways.
³⁸ Confirm to your servant your promise,
that you may be feared.
³⁹Turn away the reproach that I dread,
for your rules are good.
⁴⁰Behold, I long for your precepts;
in your righteousness give me life!

Waw

⁴¹Let your steadfast love come to me, O LORD,
your salvation according to your promise;
⁴²then shall I have an answer for him who taunts me,
for I trust in your word.
⁴³And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth,
for my hope is in your rules.
⁴⁴I will keep your law continually,
forever and ever,
⁴⁵and I shall walk in a wide place,
for I have sought your precepts.
⁴⁶I will also speak of your testimonies before kings
and shall not be put to shame,
⁴⁷for I find my delight in your commandments,
which I love.
⁴⁸I will lift up my hands toward your commandments, which I love,
and I will meditate on your statutes.

Zayin

⁴⁹Remember your word to your servant,
in which you have made me hope.
⁵⁰This is my comfort in my affliction,
that your promise gives me life.
⁵¹The insolent utterly deride me,
but I do not turn away from your law.
⁵²When I think of your rules from of old,
I take comfort, O LORD.
⁵³ Hot indignation seizes me because of the wicked,
who forsake your law.
⁵⁴Your statutes have been my songs
in the house of my sojourning.
⁵⁵I remember your name in the night, O LORD,
and keep your law.
⁵⁶This blessing has fallen to me,
that I have kept your precepts.

Heth

⁵⁷ The LORD is my portion;
I promise to keep your words.
⁵⁸I entreat your favor with all my heart;
be gracious to me according to your promise.
⁵⁹When I think on my ways,
I turn my feet to your testimonies;
⁶⁰I hasten and do not delay
to keep your commandments.
⁶¹Though the cords of the wicked ensnare me,
I do not forget your law.
⁶²At midnight I rise to praise you,
because of your righteous rules.
⁶³ I am a companion of all who fear you,
of those who keep your precepts.
⁶⁴ The earth, O LORD, is full of your steadfast love;
teach me your statutes!

Teth

⁶⁵You have dealt well with your servant,
O LORD, according to your word.
⁶⁶Teach me good judgment and knowledge,
for I believe in your commandments.
⁶⁷ Before I was afflicted I went astray,
but now I keep your word.
⁶⁸ You are good and do good;
teach me your statutes.
⁶⁹ The insolent smear me with lies,
but with my whole heart I keep your precepts;
⁷⁰their heart is unfeeling like fat,
but I delight in your law.
⁷¹It is good for me that I was afflicted,
that I might learn your statutes.
⁷² The law of your mouth is better to me
than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

Yodh

⁷³ Your hands have made and fashioned me;
give me understanding that I may learn your commandments.
⁷⁴Those who fear you shall see me and rejoice,
because I have hoped in your word.
⁷⁵I know, O LORD, that your rules are righteous,
and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
⁷⁶Let your steadfast love comfort me
according to your promise to your servant.
⁷⁷Let your mercy come to me, that I may live;
for your law is my delight.
⁷⁸Let the insolent be put to shame,
because they have wronged me with falsehood;
as for me, I will meditate on your precepts.
⁷⁹Let those who fear you turn to me,
that they may know your testimonies.
⁸⁰May my heart be blameless in your statutes,
that I may not be put to shame!

Kaph

⁸¹My soul longs for your salvation;
I hope in your word.
⁸²My eyes long for your promise;
I ask, "When will you comfort me?"
⁸³For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke,
yet I have not forgotten your statutes.
⁸⁴ How long must your servant endure?[g]
When will you judge those who persecute me?
⁸⁵ The insolent have dug pitfalls for me;
they do not live according to your law.
⁸⁶All your commandments are sure;
they persecute me with falsehood; help me!
⁸⁷They have almost made an end of me on earth,
but I have not forsaken your precepts.
⁸⁸In your steadfast love give me life,
that I may keep the testimonies of your mouth.

Lamedh

⁸⁹Forever, O LORD, your word
is firmly fixed in the heavens.
⁹⁰Your faithfulness endures to all generations;
you have established the earth, and it stands fast.
⁹¹By your appointment they stand this day,
for all things are your servants.
⁹²If your law had not been my delight,
I would have perished in my affliction.
⁹³I will never forget your precepts,
for by them you have given me life.
⁹⁴I am yours; save me,
for I have sought your precepts.
⁹⁵The wicked lie in wait to destroy me,
but I consider your testimonies.
⁹⁶I have seen a limit to all perfection,
but your commandment is exceedingly broad.

Mem

⁹⁷Oh how I love your law!
It is my meditation all the day.
⁹⁸Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies,
for it is ever with me.
⁹⁹I have more understanding than all my teachers,
for your testimonies are my meditation.
¹⁰⁰I understand more than the aged,[h]
for I keep your precepts.
¹⁰¹I hold back my feet from every evil way,
in order to keep your word.
¹⁰²I do not turn aside from your rules,
for you have taught me.
¹⁰³How sweet are your words to my taste,
sweeter than honey to my mouth!
¹⁰⁴Through your precepts I get understanding;
therefore I hate every false way.

Nun

¹⁰⁵ Your word is a lamp to my feet
and a light to my path.
¹⁰⁶I have sworn an oath and confirmed it,
to keep your righteous rules.
¹⁰⁷I am severely afflicted;
give me life, O LORD, according to your word!
¹⁰⁸Accept my freewill offerings of praise, O LORD,
and teach me your rules.
¹⁰⁹I hold my life in my hand continually,
but I do not forget your law.
¹¹⁰The wicked have laid a snare for me,
but I do not stray from your precepts.
¹¹¹Your testimonies are my heritage forever,
for they are the joy of my heart.
¹¹²I incline my heart to perform your statutes
forever, to the end.[i]

Samekh

¹¹³I hate the double-minded,
but I love your law.
¹¹⁴You are my hiding place and my shield;
I hope in your word.
¹¹⁵ Depart from me, you evildoers,
that I may keep the commandments of my God.
¹¹⁶Uphold me according to your promise, that I may live,
and let me not be put to shame in my hope!
¹¹⁷ Hold me up, that I may be safe
and have regard for your statutes continually!
¹¹⁸You spurn all who go astray from your statutes,
for their cunning is in vain.
¹¹⁹All the wicked of the earth you discard like dross,
therefore I love your testimonies.
¹²⁰My flesh trembles for fear of you,
and I am afraid of your judgments.

Ayin

¹²¹I have done what is just and right;
do not leave me to my oppressors.
¹²²Give your servant a pledge of good;
let not the insolent oppress me.
¹²³My eyes long for your salvation
and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise.
¹²⁴Deal with your servant according to your steadfast love,
and teach me your statutes.
¹²⁵I am your servant; give me understanding,
that I may know your testimonies!
¹²⁶It is time for the LORD to act,
for your law has been broken.
¹²⁷Therefore I love your commandments
above gold, above fine gold.
¹²⁸Therefore I consider all your precepts to be right;
I hate every false way.

Pe

¹²⁹Your testimonies are wonderful;
therefore my soul keeps them.
¹³⁰The unfolding of your words gives light;
it imparts understanding to the simple.
¹³¹I open my mouth and pant,
because I long for your commandments.
¹³² Turn to me and be gracious to me,
as is your way with those who love your name.
¹³³ Keep steady my steps according to your promise,
and let no iniquity get dominion over me.
¹³⁴ Redeem me from man’s oppression,
that I may keep your precepts.
¹³⁵ Make your face shine upon your servant,
and teach me your statutes.
¹³⁶My eyes shed streams of tears,
because people do not keep your law.

Tsadhe

¹³⁷ Righteous are you, O LORD,
and right are your rules.
¹³⁸You have appointed your testimonies in righteousness
and in all faithfulness.
¹³⁹My zeal consumes me,
because my foes forget your words.
¹⁴⁰Your promise is well tried,
and your servant loves it.
¹⁴¹I am small and despised,
yet I do not forget your precepts.
¹⁴²Your righteousness is righteous forever,
and your law is true.
¹⁴³Trouble and anguish have found me out,
but your commandments are my delight.
¹⁴⁴Your testimonies are righteous forever;
give me understanding that I may live.

Qoph

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

Resh

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

Sin and Shin

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

Taw

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

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 119:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem of twenty-two stanzas, following the letters of the Hebrew alphabet; within a stanza, each verse begins with the same Hebrew letter
2. Psalm 119:7 Or your just and righteous decrees; also verses 62, 106, 160, 164
3. Psalm 119:13 Or all the just decrees
4. Psalm 119:20 Or your just decrees; also verses 30, 39, 43, 52, 75, 102, 108, 137, 156, 175
5. Psalm 119:32 Or for you set my heart free
6. Psalm 119:33 Or keep it as my reward
7. Psalm 119:84 Hebrew How many are the days of your servant?
8. Psalm 119:100 Or the elders
9. Psalm 119:112 Or statutes; the reward is eternal