From Gary... Something to think about...

Something to think about...

Please click on the link which I entitled:"Something to think about".  Early on in my life, I learned that I was "average".  Just another kid with a story to tell, quite ordinary in almost everything.  Then, I began to dream of possibilities and somehow became different.  Over time, this led to creativity and that served me well in the chemical laboratories that were to be my home away from home for decades.  Life is a progression.  We start out knowing virtually nothing (except perhaps how to suck or smile- things like that). Then over the years of primary and secondary education we develop into logical thinking beings (maybe).  By the time we complete college, we may have developed the ability for critical thinking; maybe.  Sooner or later though, we will come to the realization that we can't know everything about even just one field of study. That doesn't mean we aren't intelligent; it just means we have limitations.  And that little concept is what the video is about.  If we are fortunate enough to be introspective, then we will turn outward for answers and listen when we encounter truth.  Hopefully, we will absorb it and grow to realize that our shortcomings ARE OUR GREATEST BLESSINGS.  At this point, it would be a good time to review the passages from the Bible and look for a pattern to it AND a point...

Proverbs, Chapter 12
 15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
but he who is wise listens to counsel.

Proverbs, Chapter 1
7 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge;
but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.


Matthew, Chapter 7
21  Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.   22  Many will tell me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?’   23  Then I will tell them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.’ 

  24  “Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.   25  The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn’t fall, for it was founded on the rock.   26  Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn’t do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.  27  The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.”


1 Corinthians, Chapter 1

18 For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are saved it is the power of God.  19 For it is written, 
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing.”

  20  Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the lawyer of this world? Hasn’t God made foolish the wisdom of this world?  21 For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom didn’t know God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe.  22 For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,  23 but we preach Christ crucified; a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to Greeks,  24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.  25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.  26 For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble; 27 but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;  28 and God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that are not, that he might bring to nothing the things that are:  29 that no flesh should boast before God.  30 But of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:  31 that, according as it is written, “He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.”
Simple thought here: since our knowledge and wisdom is limited, why not listen to what is not hindered by such limitations and grow.  God knows more that we can possibly imagine- so why not listen???  Remember the message of the video?  Consider this... in the body of knowledge that you DO NOT HAVE, just might be a truth that will lead to an eternal blessing.  God sent Jesus to teach us what we need to know.... don't you think it is about time you listened???

From Jim McGuiggan... Matthew 8:20: Foxes, birds and Jesus

Matthew 8:20: Foxes, birds and Jesus

Jesus said, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” Matthew 8:20 

Matthew is centrally about God’s kingdom authority as expressed in Jesus Christ and this remark made to a biblical lawyer (scribe) seems to be a warning to the man, seems to be calling him to a radical lifestyle or commitment. He may have been “a disciple” in some sense of the word (8:21 says “another” disciple) but in any case, it would appear that Jesus was saying to him, “Do you know what it is you’re wanting to get in on?” 

But was the Master speaking of literal homelessness? He’d have been welcomed in his mother’s home or with Peter, Lazarus and his sisters. Perhaps it isn’t physical issues he has in mind. For all the homes that were open to him and would have welcomed him to have their beds, there was an aloneness about Jesus that couldn’t be changed. For all the rich truth that the Incarnation teaches us Jesus didn’t fit in our society. In his song Vincent,Don McClean said of the famous painter, “this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you.” If this was ever true of anyone it was true of Jesus Christ. The fox trotted his way home to a warm lair and his pups and birds winged their way home to nests they had built for themselves and their families—they had their place, they belonged; Jesus did not belong! 

P. T Forsyth has taught us that for all the joy he found in life, doing his Father’s will, Jesus must always have lived in profound separation. The only living being in a world that had died in sin, the only one left standing when Sin was done ravaging and reaping. Alone—though never alone for he always did those things that pleased his Father. 

Did the Torah teacher note the authority of Jesus; had he taken notice of the healings and the jaw-dropping power and would he have agreed with Nicodemus that nobody could do these things unless God was with him? Did he sense that this was the beginning of the divine revolution and that now was the time to get into the circle of the Master’s disciples? And if he did, knowing that the Messiah had come to rescue Israel and restore their place of blessedness with God was he wanting to find a home, a place, security and acceptance? Did he seem to see all that promised in the young teacher? 

To embrace Jesus as Master that our marriages might be made better, that our commerce might prosper, that our living quarters might be bettered, that we will be treated with more respect—what do you make of that? 

It’s said that in light of the gold and silver of one of the fabulous buildings a Pope’s said to Aquinas, “We can no longer say as Peter did to the lame man, ‘Silver and gold have I none’.” Aquinas was said to have quietly responded, “Neither can we say, ‘such as I have I give you, rise and walk’.” 

Should we say that the days of foxes, birds, holes and nests are long gone? Is Christ now welcome in the world? Is he now at home? Does he want to be at home in a world like this? I don’t doubt that kingdom authority is still invested in him but since I believe that Matthew tells Jesus’ story in a way that has the character of Philippians 2:5-11, have things really changed? Some things have changed—obviously—but has the character of Jesus changed simply because he's King of Kings and Lord of Lords?  

Does he not to this very day choose to live in this world in the lives of those who are happy for foxes and little birds but who now and then are jealous of them because somehow they feel homeless?

©2004 Jim McGuiggan. All materials are free to be copied and used as long as money is not being made.

Many thanks to brother Ed Healy, for allowing me to post from his website, the abiding word.com.

From Ben Fronczek.... Angels Among Us

Angels Among Us

Acts 12   (By Ben Fronczek)

Since the beginning of the year we’ve been looking at the book of Acts. As I read Chapter 12 this past week something  peaked my interest. Read the following:

Acts 12:1-19   “It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them.  He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.  When he saw that this pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This happened during the Feast of Unleavened Bread. After arresting him, he put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out for public trial after the Passover.

So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.

The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance. Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. “Quick, get up!” he said, and the chains fell off Peter’s wrists.

Then the angel said to him, “Put on your clothes and sandals.” And Peter did so. “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me,” the angel told him. Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision. They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went through it. When they had walked the length of one street, suddenly the angel left him.

Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know without a doubt that the Lord sent his angel and rescued me from Herod’s clutches and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”

When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying. Peter knocked at the outer entrance, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer the door. When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed she ran back without opening it and exclaimed, “Peter is at the door!”

“You’re out of your mind,” they told her. When she kept insisting that it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”

But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished. Peter motioned with his hand for them to be quiet and described how the Lord had brought him out of prison. “Tell James and the brothers about this,” he said, and then he left for another place.

In the morning, there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter. After Herod had a thorough search made for him and did not find him, he cross-examined the guards and ordered that they be executed.” (NIV)

As the persecution against Christianity and the church spread, we read here that James is killed with the sword. After seeing how much this pleased the Jews Herod had Peter arrested. He may have thought he was next. But the Lord had a different plan. And so He sends an angel to Peter in prison, and we see him miraculously saved. What an amazing story.

Now what excited me this week and what I want to talk about is the reality of angels among us.  Angels are incredible beings; and for many of us mysterious. There are many people who quite literally do not believe in such mystical beings, but I do. As a matter of fact Angels are mentioned about 273 times in the Bible; 108 times in the Old Testament, and 165 times in the New Testament. So I would say that the mere number of references here indicate that these spiritual beings play a major role in carrying out God’s plans, and He wants us to know a little bit about them. .

As I began to research the topic of angels, I was almost overwhelmed with the information and stories that are out there; especially stories of angelic encounters.  I believe with all my heart that there are millions of angels at God’s command and ready to help and serve us.

Hebrews 1:14 refers to angels as, “ministering spirits.” They do not possess physical bodies like ours. They can seemingly take on the form of a physical body when God appoints them to special task. As far as we know they don’t reproduce, nor do they get married. (Mark 12:25).

There are many accounts of angels in the Bible. The Bible contains story after story of how God’s angels have interacted with man.  Just to mention a few:

In Genesis 18, we read about how the angels come to Abraham and how God used His angels to save Lot (Abraham’s nephew) before bringing judgment upon the wicked people of Sodom and Gomorrah.

In Daniel 6, we read the story of how God sent His angel to shut the mouths of the lions when Daniel was put into the lions den.

In Luke 1, we read the story of the angel Gabriel who appeared to Zacharias, father of John the Baptist, telling him that his wife, Elizabeth, would bare him a son and that he would be the forerunner of the coming Messiah.

Gabriel would appear again in Luke 1  to the Virgin Mary with an important message for not only her, but for all mankind; that she was going to conceive and bring forth a son, He would be the Messiah, and He would reign over the house of Jacob forever; and of his kingdom would never end.

In Matthew 1, an angel appeared to, Joseph assuring him that Mary was with child through God and not through another man.

In Luke 2, God sent His heavenly messengers to deliver the news to the shepherds in the fields near Bethlehem that the Messiah, who had been prophesied in the Old Testament, had been born.

After Jesus died on the cross of Calvary, as His body lay in the tomb, and it was an angel of God that rolled away the huge stone guarding the entrance to the tomb for the disciple’s sake.

Here in Acts 12 we find the Apostle Peter, laying bound in shackles, in prison, awaiting execution. and an angel appeared. No bars or iron door prevented him from entering. The angel appeared unto Peter in the prison cell, shook him awake, and told him to prepare to escape.

As a light shone through the darkness of the prison, Peter’s chains fell off and he followed the angel out of the prison and into safety.  What a mighty deliverance God achieved through His angel.  These are just a few of the many stories we find in scripture.

Amazing stories of angelic encounters are still taking place today. The internet is just loaded with stories of angelic encounters. Here are a few for you to look at:

Deathbed Angels     BY  JENNIFER R.
I’m a nurse, and primarily work private duty, which means I get hired by families through a nurses registry to care for their family member or loved one. I care for patients 95 percent of the time in their homes. Many cases are hospice cases, and I go in knowing that my job is to keep my patient comfortable and their family at ease, knowing everything is okay.

I was on a case in June in Redding, Connecticut. I was caring for a man who was 91 and dying. I was lucky enough to spend some time with him before he started his path to heaven. His path was hard, for him and his family. Around the 8th day, I was mentally and physically beat. I work the 12-hour overnight shift, and spent plenty of time alone with my patient, counting his respirations, waiting for his last breath, letting him know it was okay to let go.

On evening around 10:30 p.m., the family was all asleep, my patient in his hospital bed, his wife in hers, and I was at his side. There was a mirror on the wall across from the bed, and I saw what seemed to be an image, a face. I looked harder since the room was dark, with only a faint light coming from the bathroom. The image became more and more clear. I looked behind me, around me, and nothing was there that could be reflecting the image in the mirror. Then, what I can only describe as a smoke, or mist, began to flow from the mirror.

At this point I’m frozen, unable to take my eyes away. Within this mist, I start to see what I can only describe as pockets of energy, some just round, others actually taking the shape of people. As these entered the room, they scattered throughout the home, and tiny little flashes of white and gold light flickered when these energies came close to each other.

I was so confused and convinced my mind was playing tricks and so I walked out on to the patio to get some air. Once outside, I slowly took some deep breaths and tried to shake it off, telling myself I was dreaming. As I turned around, I saw the flickering of lights still going strong in the house. This went on all night, until the family started to wake. I was so nervous to say anything, especially to the nurse coming in to relieve me. We had worked together many times before, and I was sure she would think I had gone crazy if I told her what I saw.

I finally decided to tell her, and told her of my story soon after she arrived. Her eyes filled up with tears, and she told me of a prayer she had prayed all day for our patient. At the end of each prayer she would add, “…please send the angels” for him.   ”They answered my prayer!” she rejoiced!    I gently grabbed her arms, and cried, “Why didn’t you warn me?”

It was then that I realized I had seen angels that night. My life has been truly blessed by this experience and since then have seen angels with two more patients. I was always skeptical when I heard other nurses tell of similar things that they experienced. I know now wholeheartedly that it was real. I will never doubt again. If I never see angels again, I will never forget when I did

Angels Among Us by Rick Kallstrom
Don, Tim and Jim were college students from the Midwestern United States and they all attended the same university in Connecticut.  It was Christmas break time, 1983, and they were all looking forward to going home for the holidays. One came from Fort Wayne, Indiana while the other two were from Chicago, Illinois.

As they traveled by automobile on their way home they finally reached Indiana. They were now only two hours from Don’s home in Fort Wayne. The weather outside was bone-chilling cold and the ground was covered with heavy snow from a recent blizzard. The radio station they were listening to on the car radio was repeatedly giving weather updates and warnings advising travelers not to drive.

The wind chill factor had reached a record-setting 80 degrees below zero! To get stuck outside in this weather would be life-threatening. Travel was slow but they finally arrived safely at Don’s home in Fort Wayne. Because of the severe weather, Don’s parents invited Tim and Jim to spend the night before proceeding on to their own homes in Chicago.

They wanted the boys to wait until the weather improved and it was safe to drive again, but these college students were anxious to get home for the holidays to their families in Chicago. After all, it was Christmas Eve and they had only four more hours of driving to reach their destination.

They sincerely thanked Don’s parents for their generous offer but decided to brave the cold and snow and head home. After leaving Don’s house, Tim and Jim continued on their way home. They had traveled approximately 30 minutes and had finally reached the access road that would lead them to the toll expressway.

Tim’s automobile had done well in the bitter cold, but now it was beginning to sputter and lose power. The access road they were traveling was eleven miles long and it had been built along a hillside. It was a higher road then the rest. They were able to look out the car windows and see the many roads below, but they saw no other cars traveling that night. There were no houses within miles. 

They assumed that other travelers had heeded the weather warnings and made the smart choice to not travel on such a dangerous night.  Tim’s automobile continued to lose more and more power – and then with one final sputter and moan, the engine completely stopped. They were stuck in the middle of nowhere on the frozen road.

Soon the inside of the car became freezing cold. No other cars were anywhere to be seen. To leave the vehicle and attempt to walk to safety would likely mean death. No one could survive more than a couple of minutes outside in these record cold temperatures. Their feet were getting so cold and their bodies were becoming numb.

They didn’t know what to do, so in desperation, Tim began to pray. “Dear God, You are the only one who can help us now. Please help us dear God, please help us!”  Within moments, from out of nowhere, lights appeared shining brightly through their windows. How was this possible? They hadn’t seen anyone coming and they had been watching closely for any sign of life at all.

A big, strong-looking man approached their car and knocked on the window. “Need a tow fellas?” he asked. Excitedly and with a sense of great relief the two boys climbed into the warm cab of the tow truck. From the cab the boys used the driver’s truck phone and telephoned Don’s house. They would be spending the night after all! However, they would need some additional money to pay the driver who had rescued them. Don’s parents said they would be happy to help.

The tow-truck driver drove through Fort Wayne and back into the neighborhood where Don lived. They thanked the driver for rescuing them and asked him to wait just a moment while they went inside to borrow the money to pay him.

They jumped out of the truck and ran into Don’s house. Don handed them the money they had asked to borrow and immediately hurried back outside, grateful to pay the driver, but the tow truck was gone!

Don and his parents joined them outside, also wanting to thank the driver. The boy’s car was there, but there was no sign of the tow truck or its driver, nor was there any sign of a tow truck having ever been down that road.

Neither Don nor his family had heard any sound when they had arrived, even though they had been listening for them. There were no tire tracks anywhere on the snow-covered road. There was no tow bill, no tow truck driver, no farewell, and no taillights that could be seen off in the distance. There was no evidence anywhere that any vehicle had even been down that road!

The boys had no explanation other than that the tow truck driver was an angel sent by God to answer their prayer.

There are quite literally 1000’s of stories like these where people are convinced that they encountered an angel.
So I ask you  – do you believe in the existence of angels? Surely I do, because the Bible says that there ARE angels; and I believe the Bible to be the true Word of God. Even though I have never seen one, I personally believe that God’s angels have protected me more than once.

So what can we gain from this information and knowledge of Angels?

#1) The existence of angels should remind us that the unseen realm is real. Just like the Sadducees in Jesus’ day who didn’t believe that there is a resurrection, or Angels, or spirits, (Acts 23: 8), many today deny the reality of anything they cannot see. But the biblical teachings concerning the existence of angels, are a constant reminder to us that there is an unseen realm that is real. If you remember the story, in 2 Kings 6:16-17, it is only when the Lord opened the eyes of Elisha’s servant to the reality of the invisible world that the servant saw that the mountains were full of angels and chariots of fire round about .

An unbelieving world may dismiss talk of angels as mere superstition, but Scripture offers these stories as insights and proof for us this unseen realm is real.  Even today, these encounters, these stories about individuals who see angels, also help reinforce the fact that there are many things that our  eyes just can’t see, especially God’s eternal spiritual realm.

#2) Understanding who and what angels are, and how great they are should also help us to appreciate how much God truly loves us as humans. As one takes the time to read and study scripture, God sets a plan in motion to save us from our sin, but not Angels when they rebelled.  In doing so, God has declared us His sons and daughters. Angels cannot make that claim. As great as they are, (and they are awesome and great) only we are created in God’s own image. We just stand in such a privileged position.

#3) The angels can also be a great example for us by showing us how obedient and worshipful they are. In heaven, God’s will is immediately, joyfully carried out without question. Their delight is to be God’s humble servants, each faithfully performing their assigned tasks, whether great or small. Our desire and prayer should be that we should be as loyal and serve God with such enthusiasm.

We also see how angels readily worship our God. Just to mention one of many examples, in Revelation 5:11-12, John records this, “Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand…” And what were they doing? Worshiping and praising our Lord!

I can’t help but believe angels find their highest joy in praising God; and if that is so, should we not delight in worshiping  and praising God each day?

#4) We should also be more aware of angels in our daily lives. Scripture makes it clear that God wants us to be aware of their existence and some of their activity.

When we worship together,  we are not only joining in with a great company of believers across this planet, worshipping our Lord together, we are also worship together with a multitude of unseen angels.. (I believe there are some with us here today!)

Though we do not ordinarily see or hear evidence of this heavenly worship, it can certainly enrich our sense of reverence for God and bolster our own worship if we appreciate the fact that angels are probably joining in with us as we worship our God.

#5. Moreover, we should also be aware that Angels are watching over us. They see how obedient or disobedient we are to God throughout the day. Even if we think our sins are done in secret and bring grief and no one else (except, of course, God himself), we should be sobered by the fact that perhaps many, many angels witness our disobedience and are also grieved by what we do or don’t do.

On the other hand, when we are discouraged and think that our faithful obedience to God goes unseen,  if we are encouraged by no one, you can be comforted by the fact that many angels witness the good you are doing and perhaps the long struggle you endure because you love Jesus.

Sometimes angels may even appear to us in secret. We read, “do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unaware” Heb 13:2 Gen. 18:2-5 & 19:1-3

If anything, this should encourage us to minister to the needs of those we do not know who seek our help. Someday in heaven you just might meet that angel who you helped when he appeared disguised as a human being in distress here on earth.

#6. And last of all, if you are suddenly delivered from danger, distress, or an accident, it just might be an angel sent from God to help you and you should be thankful. (Dan. 6:22; Acts 5:19-20, 12:7-11; Matt. 4:11, Ps. 91:11-12).  We should thank God for His mercy and His help and the angels among us!

Conclusion

This has only been a brief study of angel but what I want you to see is the fact that we are part of something far greater than anyone of us can see. And, that you are loved by God. Battles are being fought for us that we cannot even see. His angels stand ready at His command to help us and guard us from seen and unseen dangers.

Next time you hear someone say to you, I think my guardian angel helped me today, offer up God a special prayer of thanks, that He does care that much for us, that we have those periodic reminders that there is a wonderful spiritual realm, a heavenly realm that just lies beyond our vision. And I pray that you will walk by faith, and not by sight this day and every.

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From Gary... Bible Reading and Study September 30

Bible Reading and Study    

September 30

The World English Bible

Sept. 30

Psalms 118-120

Psa 118:1 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

Psa 118:2 Let Israel now say that his loving kindness endures forever.

Psa 118:3 Let the house of Aaron now say that his loving kindness endures forever.

Psa 118:4 Now let those who fear Yahweh say that his loving kindness endures forever.

Psa 118:5 Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom.

Psa 118:6 Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

Psa 118:7 Yahweh is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me.

Psa 118:8 It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man.

Psa 118:9 It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in princes.

Psa 118:10 All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of Yahweh, I cut them off.

Psa 118:11 They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In the name of Yahweh I indeed cut them off.

Psa 118:12 They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In the name of Yahweh I cut them off.

Psa 118:13 You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, but Yahweh helped me.

Psa 118:14 Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation.

Psa 118:15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. "The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly.

Psa 118:16 The right hand of Yahweh is exalted! The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly!"

Psa 118:17 I will not die, but live, and declare Yah's works.

Psa 118:18 Yah has punished me severely, but he has not given me over to death.

Psa 118:19 Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to Yah.

Psa 118:20 This is the gate of Yahweh; the righteous will enter into it.

Psa 118:21 I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me, and have become my salvation.

Psa 118:22 The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner.

Psa 118:23 This is Yahweh's doing. It is marvelous in our eyes.

Psa 118:24 This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!

Psa 118:25 Save us now, we beg you, Yahweh! Yahweh, we beg you, send prosperity now.

Psa 118:26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of Yahweh! We have blessed you out of the house of Yahweh.

Psa 118:27 Yahweh is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.

Psa 118:28 You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God, I will exalt you.

Psa 118:29 Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

Psa 119:1 Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh's law.

Psa 119:2 Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.

Psa 119:3 Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways.

Psa 119:4 You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them.

Psa 119:5 Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!

Psa 119:6 Then I wouldn't be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments.

Psa 119:7 I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments.

Psa 119:8 I will observe your statutes. Don't utterly forsake me.

Psa 119:9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.

Psa 119:10 With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don't let me wander from your commandments.

Psa 119:11 I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

Psa 119:12 Blessed are you, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes.

Psa 119:13 With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.

Psa 119:14 I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.

Psa 119:15 I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways.

Psa 119:16 I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word.

Psa 119:17 Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word.

Psa 119:18 Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.

Psa 119:19 I am a stranger on the earth. Don't hide your commandments from me.

Psa 119:20 My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.

Psa 119:21 You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments.

Psa 119:22 Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes.

Psa 119:23 Though princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate on your statutes.

Psa 119:24 Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors.

Psa 119:25 My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word!

Psa 119:26 I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes.

Psa 119:27 Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.

Psa 119:28 My soul is weary with sorrow: strengthen me according to your word.

Psa 119:29 Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously!

Psa 119:30 I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me.

Psa 119:31 I cling to your statutes, Yahweh. Don't let me be disappointed.

Psa 119:32 I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free.

Psa 119:33 Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end.

Psa 119:34 Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.

Psa 119:35 Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them.

Psa 119:36 Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.

Psa 119:37 Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.

Psa 119:38 Fulfill your promise to your servant, that you may be feared.

Psa 119:39 Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good.

Psa 119:40 Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness.

Psa 119:41 Let your loving kindness also come to me, Yahweh, your salvation, according to your word.

Psa 119:42 So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word.

Psa 119:43 Don't snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, for I put my hope in your ordinances.

Psa 119:44 So I will obey your law continually, forever and ever.

Psa 119:45 I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts.

Psa 119:46 I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed.

Psa 119:47 I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.

Psa 119:48 I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes.

Psa 119:49 Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope.

Psa 119:50 This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me.

Psa 119:51 The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don't swerve from your law.

Psa 119:52 I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh, and have comforted myself.

Psa 119:53 Indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked who forsake your law.

Psa 119:54 Your statutes have been my songs, in the house where I live.

Psa 119:55 I have remembered your name, Yahweh, in the night, and I obey your law.

Psa 119:56 This is my way, that I keep your precepts.

Psa 119:57 Yahweh is my portion. I promised to obey your words.

Psa 119:58 I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.

Psa 119:59 I considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes.

Psa 119:60 I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments.

Psa 119:61 The ropes of the wicked bind me, but I won't forget your law.

Psa 119:62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances.

Psa 119:63 I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.

Psa 119:64 The earth is full of your loving kindness, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes.

Psa 119:65 Do good to your servant, according to your word, Yahweh.

Psa 119:66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.

Psa 119:67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.

Psa 119:68 You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes.

Psa 119:69 The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.

Psa 119:70 Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law.

Psa 119:71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes.

Psa 119:72 The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.

Psa 119:73 Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.

Psa 119:74 Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.

Psa 119:75 Yahweh, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

Psa 119:76 Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.

Psa 119:77 Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight.

Psa 119:78 Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.

Psa 119:79 Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.

Psa 119:80 Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be disappointed.

Psa 119:81 My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.

Psa 119:82 My eyes fail for your word. I say, "When will you comfort me?"

Psa 119:83 For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don't forget your statutes.

Psa 119:84 How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?

Psa 119:85 The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law.

Psa 119:86 All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!

Psa 119:87 They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn't forsake your precepts.

Psa 119:88 Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth.

Psa 119:89 Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever.

Psa 119:90 Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.

Psa 119:91 Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you.

Psa 119:92 Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

Psa 119:93 I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me.

Psa 119:94 I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.

Psa 119:95 The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.

Psa 119:96 I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless.

Psa 119:97 How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.

Psa 119:98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.

Psa 119:99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.

Psa 119:100 I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.

Psa 119:101 I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.

Psa 119:102 I have not turned aside from your ordinances, for you have taught me.

Psa 119:103 How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!

Psa 119:104 Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.

Psa 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

Psa 119:106 I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.

Psa 119:107 I am afflicted very much. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your word.

Psa 119:108 Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. Yahweh, teach me your ordinances.

Psa 119:109 My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won't forget your law.

Psa 119:110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven't gone astray from your precepts.

Psa 119:111 I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

Psa 119:112 I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end.

Psa 119:113 I hate double-minded men, but I love your law.

Psa 119:114 You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.

Psa 119:115 Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.

Psa 119:116 Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.

Psa 119:117 Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.

Psa 119:118 You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain.

Psa 119:119 You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies.

Psa 119:120 My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments.

Psa 119:121 I have done what is just and righteous. Don't leave me to my oppressors.

Psa 119:122 Ensure your servant's well-being. Don't let the proud oppress me.

Psa 119:123 My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.

Psa 119:124 Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.

Psa 119:125 I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.

Psa 119:126 It is time to act, Yahweh, for they break your law.

Psa 119:127 Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.

Psa 119:128 Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way.

Psa 119:129 Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them.

Psa 119:130 The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.

Psa 119:131 I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments.

Psa 119:132 Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.

Psa 119:133 Establish my footsteps in your word. Don't let any iniquity have dominion over me.

Psa 119:134 Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts.

Psa 119:135 Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.

Psa 119:136 Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don't observe your law.

Psa 119:137 You are righteous, Yahweh. Your judgments are upright.

Psa 119:138 You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.

Psa 119:139 My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.

Psa 119:140 Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.

Psa 119:141 I am small and despised. I don't forget your precepts.

Psa 119:142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.

Psa 119:143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.

Psa 119:144 Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.

Psa 119:145 I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will keep your statutes.

Psa 119:146 I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes.

Psa 119:147 I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.

Psa 119:148 My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on your word.

Psa 119:149 Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your ordinances.

Psa 119:150 They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law.

Psa 119:151 You are near, Yahweh. All your commandments are truth.

Psa 119:152 Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever.

Psa 119:153 Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don't forget your law.

Psa 119:154 Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.

Psa 119:155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don't seek your statutes.

Psa 119:156 Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh. Revive me according to your ordinances.

Psa 119:157 Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven't swerved from your testimonies.

Psa 119:158 I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don't observe your word.

Psa 119:159 Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your loving kindness.

Psa 119:160 All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.

Psa 119:161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.

Psa 119:162 I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great spoil.

Psa 119:163 I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.

Psa 119:164 Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.

Psa 119:165 Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.

Psa 119:166 I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh. I have done your commandments.

Psa 119:167 My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly.

Psa 119:168 I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you.

Psa 119:169 Let my cry come before you, Yahweh. Give me understanding according to your word.

Psa 119:170 Let my supplication come before you. Deliver me according to your word.

Psa 119:171 Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes.

Psa 119:172 Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are righteousness.

Psa 119:173 Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.

Psa 119:174 I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my delight.

Psa 119:175 Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me.

Psa 119:176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don't forget your commandments.

Psa 120:1 In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. He answered me.

Psa 120:2 Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

Psa 120:3 What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue?

Psa 120:4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

Psa 120:5 Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

Psa 120:6 My soul has had her dwelling too long with him who hates peace.

Psa 120:7 I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war. 

 

The Composite Bible

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Young's Literal Translation

The Composite Bible is a effort to understand the Bible by considering it from different perspectives and different levels of literalcy. First, read the World English Bible (the least literal-black text) for comprehension of the text. Next, read both the World English Bible with the Darby Translation (more literal-blue text)to make comparisons and lastly, read all three versions (Young's is the most literal translation- red text) at one time to obtain an overview of the text. Doing this will make you think about what the Scriptures are actually saying and avoid reading in a superficial manner.

Psalms

 

Psalms 118 1

Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, For his lovingkindness endures forever.

Give ye thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever.

Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age [is] His kindness.

Psalms 118 2

Let Israel now say That his lovingkindness endures forever.

Oh let Israel say, that his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever.

I pray you, let Israel say, That, to the age [is] His kindness.

Psalms 118 3

Let the house of Aaron now say That his lovingkindness endures forever.

Oh let the house of Aaron say, that his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever.

I pray you, let the house of Aaron say, That, to the age [is] His kindness.

Psalms 118 4

Now let those who fear Yahweh say That his lovingkindness endures forever.

Oh let them that fear Jehovah say, that his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever.

I pray you, let those fearing Jehovah say, That, to the age [is] His kindness.

Psalms 118 5

Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom.

I called upon Jah in distress; Jah answered me [and set me] in a large place.

From the straitness I called Jah, Jah answered me in a broad place.

Psalms 118 6

Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

Jehovah is for me, I will not fear; what can man do unto me?

Jehovah [is] for me, I do not fear what man doth to me.

Psalms 118 7

Yahweh is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I will look in triumph at those who

hate me.

Jehovah is for me among them that help me; and I shall see [my desire] upon them that

hate me.

Jehovah [is] for me among my helpers, And I -- I look on those hating me.

Psalms 118 8

It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, Than to put confidence in man.

It is better to trust in Jehovah than to put confidence in man;

Better to take refuge in Jehovah than to trust in man,

Psalms 118 9

It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, Than to put confidence in princes.

It is better to trust in Jehovah than to put confidence in nobles.

Better to take refuge in Jehovah, Than to trust in princes.

Psalms 118 10

All the nations surrounded me, But in the name of Yahweh, I cut them off.

All nations encompassed me; but in the name of Jehovah have I destroyed them.

All nations have compassed me about, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off.

Psalms 118 11

They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In the name of Yahweh I indeed cut them off.

They encompassed me, yea, encompassed me; but in the name of Jehovah have I destroyed them.

They have compassed me about, Yea, they have compassed me about, In the name of

Jehovah I surely cut them off.

Psalms 118 12

They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In the name of Yahweh I cut them off.

They encompassed me like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name

of Jehovah have I destroyed them.

They compassed me about as bees, They have been extinguished as a fire of thorns,

In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off.

Psalms 118 13

You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, But Yahweh helped me.

Thou hast thrust hard at me that I might fall; but Jehovah helped me.

Thou hast sorely thrust me to fall, And Jehovah hath helped me.

Psalms 118 14

Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation.

My strength and song is Jah, and he is become my salvation.

My strength and song [is] Jah, And He is to me for salvation.

Psalms 118 15

The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. "The right hand of

Yahweh does valiantly.

The voice of triumph and salvation is in the tents of the righteous: the right hand of

Jehovah doeth valiantly;

A voice of singing and salvation, [Is] in the tents of the righteous, The right hand

of Jehovah is doing valiantly.

Psalms 118 16

The right hand of Yahweh is exalted! The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly!"

The right hand of Jehovah is exalted, the right hand of Jehovah doeth valiantly.

The right hand of Jehovah is exalted, The right hand of Jehovah is doing valiantly.

Psalms 118 17

I will not die, but live, And declare Yah`s works.

I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of Jah.

I do not die, but live, And recount the works of Jah,

Psalms 118 18

Yah has punished me severely, But he has not given me over to death.

Jah hath chastened me sore; but he hath not given me over unto death.

Jah hath sorely chastened me, And to death hath not given me up.

Psalms 118 19

Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to Yah.

Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will enter into them; Jah will I praise.

Open ye to me gates of righteousness, I enter into them -- I thank Jah.

Psalms 118 20

This is the gate of Yahweh; The righteous will enter into it.

This is the gate of Jehovah: the righteous shall enter therein.

This [is] the gate to Jehovah, The righteous enter into it.

Psalms 118 21

I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me, And have become my salvation.

I will give thee thanks, for thou hast answered me, and art become my salvation.

I thank Thee, for Thou hast answered me, And art to me for salvation.

Psalms 118 22

The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner.

[The] stone which the builders rejected hath become the head of the corner:

A stone the builders refused Hath become head of a corner.

Psalms 118 23

This is Yahweh`s doing. It is marvelous in our eyes.

This is of Jehovah; it is wonderful in our eyes.

From Jehovah hath this been, It [is] wonderful in our eyes,

Psalms 118 24

This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!

This is the day that Jehovah hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

This [is] the day Jehovah hath made, We rejoice and are glad in it.

Psalms 118 25

Save us now, we beg you, Yahweh; Yahweh, we beg you, now send prosperity.

Oh save, Jehovah, I beseech thee; Jehovah, I beseech thee, oh send prosperity!

I beseech Thee, O Jehovah, save, I pray Thee, I beseech Thee, O Jehovah, prosper, I

pray Thee.

Psalms 118 26

Blessed is he who comes in the name of Yahweh! We have blessed you out of the house of

Yahweh.

Blessed be he that cometh in the name of Jehovah. We have blessed you out of the house of Jehovah.

Blessed [is] he who is coming In the name of Jehovah, We blessed you from the

house of Jehovah,

Psalms 118 27

Yahweh is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.

Jehovah is ·God, and he hath given us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, -- up to the

horns of the altar.

God [is] Jehovah, and He giveth to us light, Direct ye the festal-sacrifice with

cords, Unto the horns of the altar.

Psalms 118 28

You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God, I will exalt you.

Thou art my ·God, and I will give thee thanks; my God, I will exalt thee.

My God Thou [art], and I confess Thee, My God, I exalt Thee.

Psalms 118 29

Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, For his lovingkindness endures forever. 

 Psalm 119

ALEPH

Give ye thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever.

Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age, [is] His kindness!

Psalms 119 1

Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, Who walk according to the law of Yahweh.

ALEPH. Blessed are the perfect in the way, who walk in the law of Jehovah.

[Aleph.] O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law

of Jehovah,

Psalms 119 2

Blessed are those who keep his statutes, Who seek him with their whole heart.

Blessed are they that observe his testimonies, that seek him with the whole heart;

O the happiness of those keeping His testimonies, With the whole heart they seek

Him.

Psalms 119 3

Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways.

Who also do no unrighteousness: they walk in his ways.

Yea, they have not done iniquity, In His ways they have walked.

Psalms 119 4

You have commanded your precepts, That we should fully obey them.

Thou hast enjoined thy precepts, to be kept diligently.

Thou hast commanded us Thy precepts to keep diligently,

Psalms 119 5

Oh that my ways were steadfast To obey your statutes!

Oh that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

O that my ways were prepared to keep Thy statutes,

Psalms 119 6

Then I wouldn`t be put to shame, When I consider all of your commandments.

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

Then I am not ashamed In my looking unto all Thy commands.

Psalms 119 7

I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, When I learn your righteous judgments.

I will give thee thanks with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous

judgments.

I confess Thee with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Thy

righteousness.

Psalms 119 8

I will observe your statutes. Don`t utterly forsake me. BEIT

I will keep thy statutes: forsake me not utterly.

Thy statutes I keep, leave me not utterly!

Psalms 119 9

How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.

BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his path? by taking heed according to thy

word.

[Beth.] With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe -- according to

Thy word.

Psalms 119 10

With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don`t let me wander from your commandments.

With my whole heart have I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandments.

With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands.

Psalms 119 11

I have hidden your word in my heart, That I might not sin against you.

Thy ·word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.

In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.

Psalms 119 12

Blessed are you, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes.

Blessed art thou, Jehovah! teach me thy statutes.

Blessed [art] Thou, O Jehovah, teach me Thy statutes.

Psalms 119 13

With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.

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

With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Thy mouth.

Psalms 119 14

I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, As much as in all riches.

I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as [much as] in all wealth.

In the way of Thy testimonies I have joyed, As over all wealth.

Psalms 119 15

I will meditate on your precepts, And consider your ways.

I will meditate upon thy precepts, and have respect unto thy paths.

In Thy precepts I meditate, And I behold attentively Thy paths.

Psalms 119 16

I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word. GIMEL

I delight myself in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word.

In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word.

Psalms 119 17

Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word.

GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant [and] I shall live; and I will keep thy word.

[Gimel.] Confer benefits on Thy servant, I live, and I keep Thy word.

Psalms 119 18

Open my eyes, That I may see wondrous things out of your law.

Open mine eyes, and I shall behold wondrous things out of thy law.

Uncover mine eyes, and I behold wonders out of Thy law.

Psalms 119 19

I am a stranger on the earth. Don`t hide your commandments from me.

I am a stranger in the land; hide not thy commandments from me.

A sojourner I [am] on earth, Hide not from me Thy commands.

Psalms 119 20

My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.

My soul breaketh for longing after thy judgments at all times.

Broken hath my soul for desire Unto Thy judgments at all times.

Psalms 119 21

You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, Who wander from your commandments.

Thou hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, who wander from thy commandments.

Thou hast rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Thy commands.

Psalms 119 22

Take reproach and contempt away from me, For I have kept your statutes.

Roll off from me reproach and contempt; for I observe thy testimonies.

Remove from me reproach and contempt, For Thy testimonies I have kept.

Psalms 119 23

Though princes sit and slander me, Your servant will meditate on your statutes.

Princes also did sit [and] talk together against me: thy servant doth meditate in thy

statutes.

Princes also sat -- against me they spoke, Thy servant doth meditate in Thy

statutes,

Psalms 119 24

Indeed your statutes are my delight, And my counselors. DALED

Thy testimonies also are my delight [and] my counsellors.

Thy testimonies also [are] my delight, The men of my counsel!

Psalms 119 25

My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word!

DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken me according to thy word.

[Daleth.] Cleaved to the dust hath my soul, Quicken me according to Thy word.

Psalms 119 26

I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes.

I have declared my ways, and thou hast answered me: teach me thy statutes.

My ways I have recounted, And Thou answerest me, teach me Thy statutes,

Psalms 119 27

Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous

works.

Make me to understand the way of thy precepts, and I will meditate upon thy wondrous

works.

The way of Thy precepts cause me to understand, And I meditate in Thy wonders.

Psalms 119 28

My soul is weary with sorrow. Strengthen me according to your word.

My soul melteth for sadness: strengthen me according to thy word.

My soul hath dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Thy word.

Psalms 119 29

Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously!

Remove from me the way of falsehood, and graciously grant me thy law.

The way of falsehood turn aside from me And with Thy law favour me.

Psalms 119 30

I have chosen the way of truth. I have set my heart on your law.

I have chosen the way of faithfulness; thy judgments have I set [before me].

The way of faithfulness I have chosen, Thy judgments I have compared,

Psalms 119 31

I cling to your statutes, Yahweh. Don`t let me be put to shame.

I cleave unto thy testimonies; Jehovah, let me not be ashamed.

I have adhered to Thy testimonies, O Jehovah, put me not to shame.

Psalms 119 32

I run in the path of your commandments, For you have set my heart free. HEY

I will run the way of thy commandments when thou shalt enlarge my heart.

The way of Thy commands I run, For Thou dost enlarge my heart!

Psalms 119 33

Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end.

HE. Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes, and I will observe it [unto] the end.

[He.] Show me, O Jehovah, the way of Thy statutes, And I keep it -- [to] the end.

Psalms 119 34

Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.

Give me understanding, and I will observe thy law; and I will keep it with [my] whole

heart.

Cause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the whole heart.

Psalms 119 35

Direct me in the path of your commandments, For I delight in them.

Make me to walk in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.

Cause me to tread in the path of Thy commands, For in it I have delighted.

Psalms 119 36

Turn my heart toward your statutes, Not toward selfish gain.

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to gain.

Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, And not unto dishonest gain.

Psalms 119 37

Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; quicken me in thy way.

Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me.

Psalms 119 38

Fulfill your promise to your servant, That you may be feared.

Establish thy ·word unto thy servant, who is [devoted] to thy fear.

Establish to Thy servant Thy saying, That [is] concerning Thy fear.

Psalms 119 39

Take away my disgrace that I dread, For your ordinances are good.

Turn away my reproach which I fear; for thy judgments are good.

Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Thy judgments [are] good.

Psalms 119 40

Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness. WAW

Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.

Lo, I have longed for Thy precepts, In Thy righteousness quicken Thou me,

Psalms 119 41

Let your lovingkindness also come to me, Yahweh, Your salvation, according to your  word.

VAU. And let thy loving-kindness come unto me, O Jehovah, -- thy salvation according to

thy ·word.

[Waw.] And meet me doth Thy kindness, O Jehovah, Thy salvation according to Thy

saying.

Psalms 119 42

So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, For I trust in your word.

So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me; for I confide in thy word.

And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For I have trusted in Thy word.

Psalms 119 43

Don`t snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, For I put my hope in your ordinances.

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

judgments.

And Thou takest not utterly away From my mouth the word of truth, Because for

Thy judgment I have hoped.

Psalms 119 44

So I will obey your law continually, Forever and ever.

Then will I keep thy law continually, for ever and ever;

And I keep Thy law continually, To the age and for ever.

Psalms 119 45

I will walk in liberty, For I have sought your precepts.

And I will walk at liberty, for I have sought thy precepts;

And I walk habitually in a broad place, For Thy precepts I have sought.

Psalms 119 46

I will also speak of your statutes before kings, And will not be put to shame.

And I will speak of thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed;

And I speak of Thy testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed.

Psalms 119 47

I will delight myself in your commandments, Because I love them.

And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved;

And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved,

Psalms 119 48

I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes.

ZAYIN

And I will lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and I will

meditate in thy statutes.

And I lift up my hands unto Thy commands, That I have loved, And I do meditate on

Thy statutes!

Psalms 119 49

Remember your word to your servant, Because you gave me hope.

ZAIN. Remember the word for thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.

[Zain.] Remember the word to Thy servant, On which Thou hast caused me to hope.

Psalms 119 50

This is my comfort in my affliction, For your word has revived me.

This is my comfort in mine affliction; for thy ·word hath quickened me.

This [is] my comfort in mine affliction, That Thy saying hath quickened me.

Psalms 119 51

The arrogant mock me excessively, But I don`t swerve from your law.

The proud have derided me beyond measure: I have not declined from thy law.

The proud have utterly scorned me, From Thy law I have not turned aside.

Psalms 119 52

I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh, And have comforted myself.

I remembered thy judgments of old, O Jehovah, and have comforted myself.

I remembered Thy judgments of old, O Jehovah, And I comfort myself.

Psalms 119 53

Indignation has taken hold on me, Because of the wicked who forsake your law.

Burning indignation hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked who forsake thy law.

Horror hath seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Thy law.

Psalms 119 54

Your statutes have been my songs, In the house where I live.

Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

Songs have been to me Thy statutes, In the house of my sojournings.

Psalms 119 55

I have remembered your name, Yahweh, in the night, And I obey your law.

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

I have remembered in the night Thy name, O Jehovah, And I do keep Thy law.

Psalms 119 56

This is my way, That I keep your precepts. CHET

This I have had, because I have observed thy precepts.

This hath been to me, That Thy precepts I have kept!

Psalms 119 57

Yahweh is my portion. I promised to obey your words.

CHETH. My portion, O Jehovah, I have said, is to keep thy words.

[Cheth.] My portion [is] Jehovah; I have said -- to keep Thy words,

Psalms 119 58

I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.

I have sought thy favour with [my] whole heart: be gracious unto me according to thy

·word.

I appeased Thy face with the whole heart, Favour me according to Thy saying.

Psalms 119 59

I considered my ways, And turned my steps to your statutes.

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

I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies.

Psalms 119 60

I will hurry, and not delay, To obey your commandments.

I have made haste, and not delayed, to keep thy commandments.

I have made haste, And delayed not, to keep Thy commands.

Psalms 119 61

The ropes of the wicked bind me, But I won`t forget your law.

The bands of the wicked have wrapped me round: I have not forgotten thy law.

Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, Thy law I have not forgotten.

Psalms 119 62

At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, Because of your righteous ordinances.

At midnight I rise up to give thanks unto thee, because of thy righteous judgments.

At midnight I rise to give thanks to Thee, For the judgments of Thy righteousness.

Psalms 119 63

I am a friend of all those who fear you, Of those who observe your precepts.

I am the companion of all that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.

A companion I [am] to all who fear Thee, And to those keeping Thy precepts.

Psalms 119 64

The earth is full of your lovingkindness, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes. TET

The earth, O Jehovah, is full of thy loving-kindness: teach me thy statutes.

Of Thy kindness, O Jehovah, the earth is full, Thy statutes teach Thou me!

Psalms 119 65

Do good to your servant, According to your word, Yahweh.

TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Jehovah, according to thy word.

[Teth.] Good Thou didst with Thy servant, O Jehovah, According to Thy word.

Psalms 119 66

Teach me good judgment and knowledge, For I believe in your commandments.

Teach me good discernment and knowledge; for I have believed in thy commandments.

The goodness of reason and knowledge teach me, For in Thy commands I have believed.

Psalms 119 67

Before I was afflicted, I went astray; But now I observe your word.

Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep thy ·word.

Before I am afflicted, I -- I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept.

Psalms 119 68

You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes.

Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.

Good Thou [art], and doing good, Teach me Thy statutes.

Psalms 119 69

The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.

The proud have forged falsehood against me: I will observe thy precepts with [my] whole

heart.

Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy

precepts.

Psalms 119 70

Their heart is as callous as the fat, But I delight in your law.

Their heart is as fat as grease: as for me, I delight in thy law.

Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I -- in Thy law I have delighted.

Psalms 119 71

It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I may learn your statutes.

It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes.

Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes.

Psalms 119 72

The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. YUD

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

Better to me [is] the law of Thy mouth Than thousands of gold and silver!

Psalms 119 73

Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your

commandments.

YOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, and I will learn

thy commandments.

[Yod.] Thy hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn

Thy commands.

Psalms 119 74

Those who fear you will see me and be glad, Because I have put my hope in your word.

They that fear thee will see me, and rejoice; because I have hoped in thy word.

Those fearing Thee see me and rejoice, Because for Thy word I have hoped.

Psalms 119 75

Yahweh, I know that your judgments are righteous, That in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

I know, Jehovah, that thy Judgments are righteousness, and that in faithfulness thou hast

afflicted me.

I have known, O Jehovah, That righteous [are] Thy judgments, And [in] faithfulness

Thou hast afflicted me.

Psalms 119 76

Please let your lovingkindness be for my comfort, According to your word to your servant.

Oh let thy loving-kindness be for my comfort, according to thy ·word unto thy servant.

Let, I pray Thee, Thy kindness be to comfort me, According to Thy saying to Thy

servant.

Psalms 119 77

Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; For your law is my delight.

Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight.

Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law [is] my delight.

Psalms 119 78

Let the proud be put to shame, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.

Let the proud be ashamed; for they have acted perversely towards me with falsehood: as

for me, I meditate in thy precepts.

Ashamed are the proud, For [with] falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I

meditate in Thy precepts.

Psalms 119 79

Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.

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

Those fearing Thee turn back to me, And those knowing Thy testimonies.

Psalms 119 80

Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, That I may not be put to shame. KAF

Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.

My heart is perfect in Thy statutes, So that I am not ashamed.

Psalms 119 81

My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.

CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; I hope in thy word.

[Kaph.] Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped.

Psalms 119 82

My eyes fail for your word. I say, "When will you comfort me?"

Mine eyes fail for thy ·word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

Consumed have been mine eyes for Thy word, Saying, `When doth it comfort me?`

Psalms 119 83

For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don`t forget your statutes.

For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; I do not forget thy statutes.

For I have been as a bottle in smoke, Thy statutes I have not forgotten.

Psalms 119 84

How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who

persecute me?

How many shall be the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them

that persecute me?

How many [are] the days of Thy servant? When dost Thou execute Against my

pursuers judgment?

Psalms 119 85

The proud have dug pits for me, Contrary to your law.

The proud have digged pits for me, which is not according to thy law.

The proud have digged for me pits, That [are] not according to Thy law.

Psalms 119 86

All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!

All thy commandments are faithfulness. They persecute me wrongfully: help thou me.

All Thy commands [are] faithfulness, [With] falsehood they have pursued me, Help

Thou me.

Psalms 119 87

They had almost wiped me from the earth, But I didn`t forsake your precepts.

They had almost consumed me upon the earth; but as for me, I forsook not thy precepts.

Almost consumed me on earth have they, And I -- I have not forsaken Thy precepts.

Psalms 119 88

Preserve my life according to your lovingkindness, So I will obey the statutes of your mouth.

LAMED

Quicken me according to thy loving-kindness, and I will keep the testimony of thy mouth.

According to Thy kindness quicken Thou me, And I keep the testimony of Thy

mouth!

Psalms 119 89

Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever.

LAMED. For ever, O Jehovah, thy word is settled in the heavens.

[Lamed.] To the age, O Jehovah, Thy word is set up in the heavens.

Psalms 119 90

Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.

Thy faithfulness is from generation to generation: thou hast established the earth, and it

standeth.

To all generations Thy faithfulness, Thou didst establish earth, and it standeth.

Psalms 119 91

Your laws remain to this day, For all things serve you.

By thine ordinances they stand this day; for all things are thy servants.

According to Thine ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole [are] Thy

servants.

Psalms 119 92

Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

Unless Thy law [were] my delights, Then had I perished in mine affliction.

Psalms 119 93

I will never forget your precepts, For with them, you have revived me.

I will never forget thy precepts; for by them thou hast quickened me.

To the age I forget not Thy precepts, For by them Thou hast quickened me.

Psalms 119 94

I am yours. Save me, For I have sought your precepts.

I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.

I [am] Thine, save Thou me, For Thy precepts I have sought.

Psalms 119 95

The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.

The wicked have awaited me to destroy me; [but] I attend unto thy testimonies.

Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand.

Psalms 119 96

I have seen a limit to all perfection, But your commands are boundless. MEM

I have seen an end of all perfection: thy commandment is exceeding broad.

Of all perfection I have seen an end, Broad [is] Thy command -- exceedingly!

Psalms 119 97

How love I your law! It is my meditation all day.

MEM. Oh how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

[Mem.] O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it [is] my meditation.

Psalms 119 98

Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, For your commandments are always with me.

Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me.

Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it [is] before me to the age.

Psalms 119 99

I have more understanding than all my teachers, For your testimonies are my meditation.

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

Above all my teachers I have acted wisely. For Thy testimonies [are] my meditation.

Psalms 119 100

I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept your precepts.

I understand more than the aged, because I have observed thy precepts.

Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept.

Psalms 119 101

I have kept my feet from every evil way, That I might observe your word.

I have refrained my feet from every evil path, that I might keep thy word.

From every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word.

Psalms 119 102

I have not turned aside from your ordinances, For you have taught me.

I have not departed from thy judgments; for it is thou that hast taught me.

From Thy judgments I turned not aside, For Thou -- Thou hast directed me.

Psalms 119 103

How sweet are your promises to my taste, More than honey to my mouth!

How sweet are thy ·words unto my taste! more than honey to my mouth!

How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth.

Psalms 119 104

Through your precepts, I get understanding; Therefore I hate every false way. NUN

From thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false path.

From Thy precepts I have understanding, Therefore I have hated every false path!

Psalms 119 105

Your word is a lamp to my feet, And a light for my path.

NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

[Nun.] A lamp to my foot [is] Thy word, And a light to my path.

Psalms 119 106

I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will obey your righteous ordinances.

I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

I have sworn, and I confirm [it], To keep the judgments of Thy righteousness.

Psalms 119 107

I am afflicted very much. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your word.

I am afflicted very much; O Jehovah, quicken me according to thy word.

I have been afflicted very much, O Jehovah, quicken me, according to Thy word.

Psalms 119 108

Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. Yahweh, teach me your ordinances.

Accept, I beseech thee, Jehovah, the voluntary-offerings of my mouth, and teach me thy

judgments.

Free-will-offerings of my mouth, Accept, I pray Thee, O Jehovah, And Thy

judgments teach Thou me.

Psalms 119 109

My soul is continually in my hand, Yet I won`t forget your law.

My life is continually in my hand; but I do not forget thy law.

My soul [is] in my hand continually, And Thy law I have not forgotten.

Psalms 119 110

The wicked have laid a snare for me, Yet I haven`t gone astray from your precepts.

The wicked have laid a snare for me; but I have not wandered from thy precepts.

The wicked have laid a snare for me, And from thy precepts I wandered not.

Psalms 119 111

I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, For they are the joy of my heart.

Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart [are] they.

Psalms 119 112

I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, Even to the end. SAMEKH

I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes for ever, unto the end.

I have inclined my heart To do Thy statutes, to the age -- [to] the end!

Psalms 119 113

I hate double-minded men, But I love your law.

SAMECH. The double-minded have I hated; but thy law do I love.

[Samech.] Doubting ones I have hated, And Thy law I have loved.

Psalms 119 114

You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.

Thou art my hiding-place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

My hiding place and my shield [art] Thou, For Thy word I have hoped.

Psalms 119 115

Depart from me, you evildoers, That I may keep the commandments of my God.

Depart from me, ye evil-doers; and I will observe the commandments of my God.

Turn aside from me, ye evil-doers, And I keep the commands of my God.

Psalms 119 116

Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.

Uphold me according to thy ·word, that I may live; and let me not be ashamed of my  hope.

Sustain me according to Thy saying, And I live, and Thou puttest me not to shame

Because of my hope.

Psalms 119 117

Hold me up, and I will be safe, And will have respect for your statutes continually.

Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe; and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.

Support Thou me, and I am saved, And I look on Thy statutes continually.

Psalms 119 118

You reject all those who stray from your statutes, For their deceit is in vain.

Thou hast set at nought all them that wander from thy statutes; for their deceit is

falsehood.

Thou hast trodden down All going astray from Thy statutes, For falsehood [is]

their deceit.

Psalms 119 119

You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies.

Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth [like] dross; therefore I love thy

testimonies.

Dross! Thou hast caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have

loved Thy testimonies.

Psalms 119 120

My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments. AYIN

My flesh shuddereth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

Trembled from Thy fear hath my flesh, And from Thy judgments I have been afraid!

Psalms 119 121

I have done what is just and righteous. Don`t leave me to my oppressors.

AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.

[Ain.] I have done judgment and righteousness, Leave me not to mine oppressors.

Psalms 119 122

Ensure your servant`s well-being. Don`t let the proud oppress me.

Be surety for thy servant for good; let not the proud oppress me.

Make sure Thy servant for good, Let not the proud oppress me.

Psalms 119 123

My eyes fail looking for your salvation, For your righteous word.

Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the ·word of thy righteousness.

Mine eyes have been consumed for Thy salvation. And for the saying of Thy

righteousness.

Psalms 119 124

Deal with your servant according to your lovingkindness. Teach me your statutes.

Deal with thy servant according to thy loving-kindness, and teach me thy statutes.

Do with Thy servant according to Thy kindness. And Thy statutes teach Thou me.

Psalms 119 125

I am your servant. Give me understanding, That I may know your testimonies.

I am thy servant; give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.

Thy servant [am] I -- cause me to understand, And I know Thy testimonies.

Psalms 119 126

It is time to act, Yahweh, For they break your law.

It is time for Jehovah to work: they have made void thy law.

Time for Jehovah to work! they have made void Thy law.

Psalms 119 127

Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, Yes, more than pure gold.

Therefore I love thy commandments above gold, yea, above fine gold.

Therefore I have loved Thy commands Above gold -- even fine gold.

Psalms 119 128

Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way. PEY

Therefore I regard all [thy] precepts concerning all things to be right: I hate every false

path.

Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, Every path of

falsehood I have hated!

Psalms 119 129

Your testimonies are wonderful, Therefore my soul keeps them.

PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul observe them.

[Pe.] Wonderful [are] Thy testimonies, Therefore hath my soul kept them.

Psalms 119 130

The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.

The entrance of thy words giveth light, giving understanding unto the simple.

The opening of Thy words enlighteneth, Instructing the simple.

Psalms 119 131

I opened my mouth wide and panted, For I longed for your commandments.

I opened my mouth wide and panted; for I longed for thy commandments.

My mouth I have opened, yea, I pant, For, for Thy commands I have longed.

Psalms 119 132

Turn to me, and have mercy on me, As you always do to those who love your name.

Turn unto me, and be gracious unto me, as thou art wont to do unto those that love thy

name.

Look unto me, and favour me, As customary to those loving Thy name.

Psalms 119 133

Establish my footsteps in your word. Don`t let any iniquity have dominion over me.

Establish my steps in thy ·word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

My steps establish by Thy saying, And any iniquity doth not rule over me.

Psalms 119 134

Redeem me from the oppression of man, So I will observe your precepts.

Deliver me from the oppression of man; and I will keep thy precepts.

Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Thy precepts,

Psalms 119 135

Make your face to shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant, and teach me thy statutes.

Thy face cause to shine on Thy servant, And teach me Thy statutes.

Psalms 119 136

Streams of tears run down my eyes, Because they don`t observe your law. TZADI

Mine eyes run down with streams of water, because they keep not thy law.

Rivulets of waters have come down mine eyes, Because they have not kept Thy law!

Psalms 119 137

You are righteous, Yahweh. your judgments are upright.

TZADE. Righteous art thou, Jehovah, and upright are thy judgments.

[Tzade.] Righteous [art] Thou, O Jehovah, And upright [are] Thy judgments.

Psalms 119 138

You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.

Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness and exceeding faithfulness.

Thou hast appointed Thy testimonies, Righteous and exceeding faithful,

Psalms 119 139

My zeal wears me out, Because my enemies ignore your words.

My zeal destroyeth me, because mine oppressors have forgotten thy words.

Cut me off hath my zeal, For mine adversaries forgot Thy words.

Psalms 119 140

Your promises have been thoroughly tested, And your servant loves them.

Thy ·word is exceeding pure, and thy servant loveth it.

Tried [is] thy saying exceedingly, And Thy servant hath loved it.

Psalms 119 141

I am small and despised. I don`t forget your precepts.

I am little and despised: thy precepts have I not forgotten.

Small I [am], and despised, Thy precepts I have not forgotten.

Psalms 119 142

Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.

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

Thy righteousness [is] righteousness to the age, And Thy law [is] truth.

Psalms 119 143

Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.

Trouble and anguish have taken hold upon me: thy commandments are my delights.

Adversity and distress have found me, Thy commands [are] my delights.

Psalms 119 144

Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. KUF

The righteousness of thy testimonies is for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.

The righteousness of Thy testimonies [is] to Cause me to understand, and I live!

Psalms 119 145

I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will keep your statutes.

KOPH. I have called with [my] whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah: I will observe thy

statutes.

[Koph.] I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O Jehovah, Thy statutes I keep,

Psalms 119 146

I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes.

I call upon thee; save me, and I will keep thy testimonies.

I have called Thee, save Thou me, And I do keep Thy testimonies.

Psalms 119 147

I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.

I anticipate the morning-dawn and I cry: I hope in thy word.

I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, For Thy word I have hoped.

Psalms 119 148

My eyes stay open through the night watches, That I might meditate on your word.

Mine eyes anticipate the night-watches, that I may meditate in thy ·word.

Mine eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate in Thy saying.

Psalms 119 149

Hear my voice according to your lovingkindness. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your

ordinances.

Hear my voice according to thy loving-kindness: O Jehovah, quicken me according to thy

judgment.

My voice hear, according to Thy kindness, Jehovah, according to Thy judgment

quicken me.

Psalms 119 150

They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law.

They have drawn nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.

Near have been my wicked pursuers, From Thy law they have been far off.

Psalms 119 151

You are near, Yahweh. All your commandments are truth.

Thou, Jehovah, art near, and all thy commandments are truth.

Near [art] Thou, O Jehovah, And all Thy commands [are] truth.

Psalms 119 152

Of old I have known from your testimonies, That you have founded them forever. RESH

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

Of old I have known Thy testimonies, That to the age Thou hast founded them!

Psalms 119 153

Consider my affliction, and deliver me, For I don`t forget your law.

RESH. See mine affliction, and deliver me; for I have not forgotten thy law.

[Resh.] See my affliction, and deliver Thou me, For Thy law I have not forgotten.

Psalms 119 154

Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.

Plead my cause, and redeem me: quicken me according to thy ·word.

Plead my plea, and redeem me, According to Thy saying quicken me.

Psalms 119 155

Salvation is far from the wicked, For they don`t seek your statutes.

Salvation is far from the wicked; for they seek not thy statutes.

Far from the wicked [is] salvation, For Thy statutes they have not sought.

Psalms 119 156

Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh. Revive me according to your ordinances.

Many are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah; quicken me according to thy judgments.

Thy mercies [are] many, O Jehovah, According to Thy judgments quicken me.

Psalms 119 157

Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven`t swerved from your testimonies.

Many are my persecutors and mine oppressors; I have not declined from thy testimonies.

Many [are] my pursuers, and adversaries, From Thy testimonies I have not turned aside.

Psalms 119 158

I look at the faithless with loathing, Because they don`t observe your word.

I beheld them that deal treacherously, and was grieved; because they kept not thy ·word.

I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because Thy saying they have not kept.

Psalms 119 159

Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your lovingkindness.

See how I have loved thy precepts: quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy loving-kindness.

See, for thy precepts I have loved, Jehovah, According to Thy kindness quicken me.

Psalms 119 160

All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. 

SIN AND SHIN

The sum of thy word is truth, and every righteous judgment of thine is for ever.

The sum of Thy word [is] truth, And to the age [is] every judgment of Thy

righteousness!

Psalms 119 161

Princes have persecuted me without a cause, But my heart stands in awe of your words.

SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart standeth in awe of thy

word.

[Shin.] Princes have pursued me without cause, And because of Thy words was my

heart afraid.

Psalms 119 162

I rejoice at your word, As one who finds great spoil.

I have joy in thy ·word, as one that findeth great spoil.

I do rejoice concerning Thy saying, As one finding abundant spoil.

Psalms 119 163

I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.

I hate and abhor falsehood; thy law do I love.

Falsehood I have hated, yea I abominate [it], Thy law I have loved.

Psalms 119 164

Seven times a day, I praise you, Because of your righteous ordinances.

Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.

Seven [times] in a day I have praised Thee, Because of the judgments of Thy

righteousness.

Psalms 119 165

Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.

Great peace have they that love thy law, and nothing doth stumble them.

Abundant peace have those loving Thy law, And they have no stumbling-block.

Psalms 119 166

I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh. I have done your commandments.

I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah, and have done thy commandments.

I have waited for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy commands I have done.

Psalms 119 167

My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly.

My soul hath kept thy testimonies, and I love them exceedingly.

Kept hath my soul Thy testimonies, And I do love them exceedingly.

Psalms 119 168

I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, For all my ways are before you. TAV

I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies; for all my ways are before thee.

I have kept Thy precepts and Thy testimonies, For all my ways are before Thee!

Psalms 119 169

Let my cry come before you, Yahweh. Give me understanding according to your word.

TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, Jehovah: give me understanding according to thy

word.

[Taw.] My loud cry cometh near before Thee, O Jehovah; According to Thy word

cause me to understand.

Psalms 119 170

Let my supplication come before you. Deliver me according to your word.

Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy ·word.

My supplication cometh in before Thee, According to Thy saying deliver Thou me.

Psalms 119 171

Let my lips utter praise, For you teach me your statutes.

My lips shall pour forth praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

My lips do utter praise, For Thou dost teach me Thy statutes.

Psalms 119 172

Let my tongue sing of your word, For all your commandments are righteousness.

My tongue shall speak aloud of thy ·word; for all thy commandments are righteousness.

My tongue doth sing of Thy saying, For all Thy commands [are] righteous.

Psalms 119 173

Let your hand be ready to help me, For I have chosen your precepts.

Let thy hand be for my help; for I have chosen thy precepts.

Thy hand is for a help to me, For Thy commands I have chosen.

Psalms 119 174

I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my delight.

I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah, and thy law is my delight.

I have longed for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy law [is] my delight.

Psalms 119 175

Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me.

Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.

My soul liveth, and it doth praise Thee, And Thy judgments do help me.

Psalms 119 176

I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don`t forget your commandments.

Psalm 120 A Song of Ascents.

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

commandments.

I wandered as a lost sheep, seek Thy servant, For Thy precepts I have not forgotten!

Psalms 120 1

In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. He answered me.

{A Song of degrees.} In my trouble I called unto Jehovah, and he answered me.

A Song of the Ascents. Unto Jehovah in my distress I have called, And He answereth

me.

Psalms 120 2

Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, From a deceitful tongue.

Jehovah, deliver my soul from the lying lip, from the deceitful tongue.

O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!

Psalms 120 3

What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, You deceitful tongue?

What shall be given unto thee, what shall be added unto thee, thou deceitful tongue?

What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!

Psalms 120 4

Sharp arrows of the mighty, With coals of juniper.

Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with burning coals of broom-wood.

Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with broom-coals.

Psalms 120 5

Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

Wo to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.

Psalms 120 6

My soul has had her dwelling too long With him who hates peace.

My soul hath long dwelt with them that hate peace.

Too much hath my soul dwelt with him who is hating peace.

Psalms 120 7

I am for peace, But when I speak, they are for war. Psalm 121 A Song of Ascents.

I [am for] peace; but when I speak, *they* [are] for war.

I [am] peace, and when I speak they [are] for war!

 Study Questions

What phrase is repeated in 118:10-12

The rejected stone became _______________? 118:22

Who is blessed? 119:1-2

Where is the word hid? 119:11

How is the law to be kept? 119:34

When is the LORD remembered? 119:55

Why is affliction good? 119:71

What is the Psalmist's delight? 119:77

How long is God faithful? 119:99

What is sweeter than honey? 119:103

The judgements of the LORD are_______? 119:137

The commandments of the LORD are______________? 119:151

The heart should stand in awe of ______________? 119:161

How often does the Psalmist praise God? 119:164

 The World English Bible

Sept. 30

2 Corinthians 10

2Co 10:1 Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ; I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you.

2Co 10:2 Yes, I beg you that I may not, when present, show courage with the confidence with which I intend to be bold against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.

2Co 10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we don't wage war according to the flesh;

2Co 10:4 for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,

2Co 10:5 throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

2Co 10:6 and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience will be made full.

2Co 10:7 Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ's, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ's, so also we are Christ's.

2Co 10:8 For though I should boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down) I will not be disappointed,

2Co 10:9 that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.

2Co 10:10 For, "His letters," they say, "are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised."

2Co 10:11 Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present.

2Co 10:12 For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

2Co 10:13 But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.

2Co 10:14 For we don't stretch ourselves too much, as though we didn't reach to you. For we came even as far as to you with the Good News of Christ,

2Co 10:15 not boasting beyond proper limits in other men's labors, but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged by you in our sphere of influence,

2Co 10:16 so as to preach the Good News even to the parts beyond you, not to boast in what someone else has already done.

2Co 10:17 But "he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."

2Co 10:18 For it isn't he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends. 

 

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2 Corinthians

 

2 Corinthians 10 1

Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ; I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you.

But I myself, Paul, entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of the Christ, who, as to

appearance, [when present] [am] mean among you, but absent am bold towards you;

And I, Paul, myself, do call upon you -- through the meekness and gentleness of the

Christ -- who in presence, indeed [am] humble among you, and being absent, have

courage toward you,

2 Corinthians 10 2

Yes, I beg you, that I may not, when present, show courage with the confidence with which I count to be bold against some, who count of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

but I beseech that present I may not be bold with the confidence with which I think to be

daring towards some who think of us as walking according to flesh.

and I beseech [you], that, being present, I may not have courage, with the

confidence with which I reckon to be bold against certain reckoning us as

walking according to the flesh;

2 Corinthians 10 3

For though we walk in the flesh, we don`t wage war according to the flesh;

For walking in flesh, we do not war according to flesh.

for walking in the flesh, not according to the flesh do we war,

2 Corinthians 10 4

for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,

For the arms of our warfare [are] not fleshly, but powerful according to God to [the]

overthrow of strongholds;

for the weapons of our warfare [are] not fleshly, but powerful to God for bringing

down of strongholds,

2 Corinthians 10 5

throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

overthrowing reasonings and every high thing that lifts itself up against the knowledge

of God, and leading captive every thought into the obedience of the Christ;

reasonings bringing down, and every high thing lifted up against the knowledge

of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of the Christ,

2 Corinthians 10 6

and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience will be made full.

and having in readiness to avenge all disobedience when your obedience shall have been

fulfilled.

and being in readiness to avenge every disobedience, whenever your obedience

may be fulfilled.

2 Corinthians 10 7

Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ`s, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ`s, so also we are Christ`s.

Do ye look at what concerns appearance? If any one has confidence in himself that he is of

Christ, let him think this again in himself, that even as he [is] of Christ, so also [are] we.

The things in presence do ye see? if any one hath trusted in himself to be Christ`s,

this let him reckon again from himself, that according as he is Christ`s, so also

we [are] Christ`s;

2 Corinthians 10 8

For though I should boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down) I will not be put to shame,

For and if I should boast even somewhat more abundantly of our authority, which the

Lord has given [to us] for building up and not for your overthrowing, I shall not be put to

shame;

for even if also anything more abundantly I shall boast concerning our authority,

that the Lord gave us for building up, and not for casting you down, I shall not be ashamed;

2 Corinthians 10 9

that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.

that I may not seem as if I was frightening you by letters:

that I may not seem as if I would terrify you through the letters,

2 Corinthians 10 10

For, "His letters," they say, "are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised.

because his letters, he says, [are] weighty and strong, but his presence in the body weak,

and his speech naught.

`because the letters indeed -- saith one -- [are] weighty and strong, and the bodily

presence weak, and the speech despicable.`

2 Corinthians 10 11

Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present.

Let such a one think this, that such as we are in word by letters [when] absent, such also

present in deed.

This one -- let him reckon thus: that such as we are in word, through letters,

being absent, such also, being present, [we are] in deed.

2 Corinthians 10 12

For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend

themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing

themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with some who commend

themselves; but these, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves

with themselves, are not intelligent.

For we do not make bold to rank or to compare ourselves with certain of those

commending themselves, but they, among themselves measuring themselves, and

comparing themselves with themselves, are not wise,

2 Corinthians 10 13

But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God

appointed to us, which reach even to you.

Now *we* will not boast out of measure, but according to the measure of the rule which

the God of measure has apportioned to us, to reach to you also.

and we in regard to the unmeasured things will not boast ourselves, but after the

measure of the line that the God of measure did appoint to us -- to reach even unto you;

2 Corinthians 10 14

For we don`t stretch ourselves too much, as though we didn`t reach to you. For we came even as far as to you in the gospel of Christ,

For we do not, as not reaching to you, overstretch ourselves, (for we have come to you also in the glad tidings of the Christ;)

for not as not reaching to you do we stretch ourselves overmuch, for even unto you

did we come in the good news of the Christ,

2 Corinthians 10 15

not boasting beyond proper limits in other men`s labors, but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be magnified in you according to our boundaries to abundance,

not boasting out of measure in other people`s labours, but having hope, your faith

increasing, to be enlarged amongst you, according to our rule, yet more abundantly

not boasting of the things not measured, in other men`s labours, and having hope

-- your faith increasing -- in you to be enlarged, according to our line -- into

abundance,

2 Corinthians 10 16

so as to preach the gospel even to the parts beyond you, not to boast in what someone else has already done.

to announce the glad tidings to that [which is] beyond you, not to be boasting in

another`s rule of things made ready to hand.

in the [places] beyond you to proclaim good news, not in another`s line in regard

to the things made ready, to boast;

2 Corinthians 10 17

But "he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."

But he that boasts, let him boast in the Lord.

and he who is boasting -- in the Lord let him boast;

2 Corinthians 10 18

For it isn`t he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.

For not *he* that commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends.

for not he who is commending himself is approved, but he whom the Lord doth

commend.

 

Study Questions

How are we not wise? 10:12

Who is approved?