{"id":2572,"date":"2021-09-28T15:20:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T20:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=2572"},"modified":"2021-09-28T15:21:32","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T20:21:32","slug":"psalm-119","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/bible\/psalm-119\/","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 119"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aleph\">\u05d0<\/a>: Aleph. Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk&nbsp;according to the law of the&nbsp;Lord. Blessed&nbsp;are those who keep his statutes and seek him&nbsp;with all their heart. They do no wrong, but follow his ways. #Psa119:<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aleph\">\u05d0<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beth_(letter)\">\u05d1<\/a>: Beth. How shall a young man keep your way? By following your word. Blessed are you, O Lord, teach me your statutes. I will not forget your word. #Psa119:<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beth_(letter)\">\u05d1<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gimel\">\u05d2<\/a>: Gimel. Be good to your servant, that I may live and keep your word. Open my eyes, that I may behold the wonders of your law. I am a stranger in the earth: do not hide your commandments from me, my delight and counsel. #Psa119:<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gimel\">\u05d2<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dalet\">\u05d3<\/a>: Daleth. I lay in the dust; strengthen me with your word. Keep me from lying, for I have chosen the way of truth. #Psa119:<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dalet\">\u05d3<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/He_(letter)\">\u05d4<\/a>: He. Teach me, O Lord, your statutes, so that I shall keep them always. Make me go in the path of your commandments, and turn my eyes from vanity. #Psa119:<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/He_(letter)\">\u05d4<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Waw_(letter)\">\u05d5<\/a>: Vau. Let your mercies and salvation come to me according to your word. I will speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be ashamed. #Psa119:<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Waw_(letter)\">\u05d5<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zayin\">\u05d6<\/a>: Zain. Remember your word to your servant, which gives me hope. This is my comfort in my affliction. Though the proud deride me, I have kept your law. #Psa119:<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zayin\">\u05d6<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heth\">\u05d7<\/a>: Cheth. You are my portion of inheritance, O Lord: I will keep your words. The wicked have robbed me, but I have not forgotten your law. #Psa119:<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heth\">\u05d7<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Teth\">\u05d8<\/a>: Teth. Teach me good judgment and knowledge, O Lord, for I have kept your commandments. Before I was afflicted and went astray. It is good that I was afflicted, that I might learn your statutes. Your law is better than gold and silver.&nbsp; #Psa119:<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Teth\">\u05d8<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yodh\">\u05d9<\/a>: Jod. Your hands have made me and fashioned me so that I may learn your commandments. Let your tender mercies come to me that I may live. For your law is my delight.&nbsp; #Psa119:<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yodh\">\u05d9<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kaph\">\u05db<\/a>: Caph. My soul faints for your salvation, but I hope in your word. I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, yet I do not forget your decrees. The proud persecute me and dig pits for me, but I have not forsook your precepts. #Psa119:<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kaph\">\u05db<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lamedh\">\u05dc<\/a>: Lamech. Your word stands forever in heaven, O Lord. I will never forget your precepts, though the wicked wait to destroy me. Your law is my delight. #Psa119:<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lamedh\">\u05dc<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mem\">\u05de<\/a>: Mem.&nbsp; O how I love your law! I meditate on it all the day. Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies. How sweet are your words, sweeter than honey. #Psa119:<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mem\">\u05de<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nun_(letter)\">\u05e0<\/a>: Nun. Your word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. The wicked have laid a snare for me, but I have not strayed from your precepts. #Psa119:<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nun_(letter)\">\u05e0<\/a><\/li><li>&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mem\">\u05dd<\/a>: Samech. I hate vain thoughts, but love the law. Thou art my shelter and shield. Depart from me, ye evildoers. You put away the wicked like dross. #Psa119:<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mem\">\u05dd<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ayin\">\u05e2<\/a>: Ain. I have what is right and just; do not let the proud oppress me. Give me understanding that I may know your testimonies. #Psa119:<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ayin\">\u05e2<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pe_(Semitic_letter)\">\u05e4<\/a>: Pe. Your statutes are wonderful, so my soul keeps them. Deliver me from the oppression of man: so I will keep your decrees.&nbsp; Rivers of tears run down my eyes because they do not keep the law. #Psa119:<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pe_(Semitic_letter)\">\u05e4<\/a><\/li><li>&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tsade\">\u05e6<\/a>: Tzaddi.&nbsp; You are righteous, O Lord, and your judgments are right. Your word is pure: therefore your servant loves it. Your commandments are my delight. #Psa119:<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tsade\">\u05e6<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Qoph\">\u05e7<\/a>: Koph. I called with my whole heart, O Lord, and I will keep your statutes. Hear my voice and preserve my life according to your loving kindness and statutes. You are near, O Lord, and your commands are true. #Psa119:<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Qoph\">\u05e7<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Resh\">\u05e8<\/a>:Resh. Deliver me from my affliction, and quicken me by your word. Many are my enemies. Your word is true from the beginning, and your judgments endure forever. #Psa119:<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Resh\">\u05e8<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shin_(letter)\">\u05e9<\/a>: Schin. Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of your word. Seven times a day do I praise you. I obey your statutes and have kept your precepts. #Psa119:<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shin_(letter)\">\u05e9<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taw\">\u05ea<\/a>: Tau. May my cry come before you, O Lord: give me understanding. May my lips overflow with praise, may my tongue sing of your word. I long for your salvation. I have strayed like a lost sheep. #Psa119: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taw\">\u05ea<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u05d0: Aleph. Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk&nbsp;according to the law of the&nbsp;Lord. Blessed&nbsp;are those who keep his statutes and seek him&nbsp;with all their heart. They do no wrong, but follow his ways. #Psa119:\u05d0 \u05d1: Beth. How shall a young man keep your way? By following your word. 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