Psalm 119:5-16
New International Version
5 Oh, that my ways were steadfast
in obeying your decrees!(A)
6 Then I would not be put to shame(B)
when I consider all your commands.(C)
7 I will praise you with an upright heart
as I learn your righteous laws.(D)
8 I will obey your decrees;
do not utterly forsake me.(E)
ב Beth
9 How can a young person stay on the path of purity?(F)
By living according to your word.(G)
10 I seek you with all my heart;(H)
do not let me stray from your commands.(I)
11 I have hidden your word in my heart(J)
that I might not sin(K) against you.
12 Praise be(L) to you, Lord;
teach me(M) your decrees.(N)
13 With my lips I recount
all the laws that come from your mouth.(O)
14 I rejoice in following your statutes(P)
as one rejoices in great riches.
15 I meditate on your precepts(Q)
and consider your ways.
16 I delight(R) in your decrees;
I will not neglect your word.
Psalm 119:5-16
King James Version
5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
12 Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy statutes.
13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
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