Latest / Pastor John Piper's answers / Psalm_119
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- 0:03Speaker 1: Psalm one hundred nineteen. Blest are those whose ways are blameless,
- 0:08Speaker 1: who walk according to Yahweh's law. Blest are those who
- 0:12Speaker 1: keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole hearts. Yes,
- 0:15Speaker 1: they do nothing wrong, they walk in his ways. You
- 0:19Speaker 1: have commanded your precepts that we should fully obey them.
- 0:23Speaker 1: Oh that my ways were steadfast. To obey your statutes,
- 0:27Speaker 1: then I would and be put to shame. When I
- 0:29Speaker 1: consider all of your commandments, I will give thanks to
- 0:32Speaker 1: you with uprightness of heart. When I learn your righteous judgments,
- 0:36Speaker 1: I will observe your statutes. Don't utterly forsake me. How
- 0:41Speaker 1: can a young man keep his way pure by living
- 0:44Speaker 1: according to your word? With my whole heart, I have
- 0:47Speaker 1: sought you. Don't let me wander from your commandments. I
- 0:51Speaker 1: have hidden your word in my heart that I might
- 0:53Speaker 1: not sin against you. Blest are you, Yahweh teach me
- 0:57Speaker 1: your statutes with my lips. I have declared all the
- 1:00Speaker 1: ordinances of your mouth. I have rejoiced in the way
- 1:03Speaker 1: of your testimonies as much as in all riches. I
- 1:06Speaker 1: will meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. I
- 1:10Speaker 1: will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget
- 1:13Speaker 1: your word. Do good to your servant. I will live,
- 1:18Speaker 1: and I will obey your word. Open my eyes that
- 1:21Speaker 1: I may see wondrous things. Out of your law. I
- 1:23Speaker 1: am a stranger on the earth. Don't hide your commandments
- 1:27Speaker 1: from me. My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances.
- 1:31Speaker 1: At all times you have rebuked the proud who are cursed,
- 1:34Speaker 1: who wander from your commandments. Take reproach and contempt away
- 1:38Speaker 1: from me, for I have kept your statutes, though princes
- 1:42Speaker 1: sit and slander me. Your servant will meditate on your statutes. Indeed,
- 1:46Speaker 1: your statutes are my delight and my counselors. My soul
- 1:51Speaker 1: is laid low in the dust. Revived me according to
- 1:54Speaker 1: your word. I declared my ways, and you answered me.
- 1:58Speaker 1: Teach me your statutes. Let me understand the teaching of
- 2:01Speaker 1: your precepts. Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.
- 2:05Speaker 1: My soul is weary with sorrow. Strengthen me according to
- 2:09Speaker 1: your word. Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant
- 2:12Speaker 1: me your law graciously. I have chosen the way of truth.
- 2:16Speaker 1: I have set my heart on your law. I cling
- 2:18Speaker 1: to your statutes. Yahweh, don't let me be put to shame.
- 2:22Speaker 1: I run in the path of your commandments, for you
- 2:25Speaker 1: have set my heart free. Teach me Yahweh, the way
- 2:29Speaker 1: of your statutes. I will keep them to the end.
- 2:32Speaker 1: Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes,
- 2:34Speaker 1: I will obey it with my whole heart. Direct me
- 2:37Speaker 1: in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them.
- 2:41Speaker 1: Turn my heart towards your statutes, not towards selfish gain.
- 2:45Speaker 1: Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive
- 2:49Speaker 1: me in your ways. Fulfill your promise to your servant
- 2:52Speaker 1: that you may be feared. Take away my disgrace that
- 2:55Speaker 1: I dread. For your ordinances are good. Behold, I long
- 2:59Speaker 1: for your precepts. Revive me in your righteousness. Let your
- 3:04Speaker 1: loving kindness also come to me. Yahweh, your salvation according
- 3:08Speaker 1: to your word, So I will have an answer for
- 3:10Speaker 1: him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word.
- 3:14Speaker 1: Don't snatch the word of truth out of my mouth.
- 3:16Speaker 1: For I put my hope in your ordinances. So I
- 3:19Speaker 1: will obey your law continually, forever and ever. I will
- 3:23Speaker 1: walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts. I
- 3:26Speaker 1: will also speak of your statues before kings and will
- 3:29Speaker 1: not be put to shame. I will delight myself in
- 3:32Speaker 1: your commandments because I love them. I reach out my
- 3:35Speaker 1: hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate
- 3:39Speaker 1: on your statutes. Remember your word to your servant, because
- 3:43Speaker 1: you gave me hope. This is my comfort in my affliction,
- 3:47Speaker 1: for your word has revived me. The arrogant mocked me excessively.
- 3:51Speaker 1: But I don't swerve from your law. I remember your
- 3:54Speaker 1: ordinances of old Yahweh, and have comforted myself. Indignation has
- 3:59Speaker 1: taken hold on me because of the wicked who forsake
- 4:01Speaker 1: your law. Your statutes have been my songs in the
- 4:05Speaker 1: house where I live. I have remembered your name Yahweh
- 4:08Speaker 1: in the night, and I obey your law. This is
- 4:11Speaker 1: my way that I keep your precepts. Yahweh, is my portion.
- 4:16Speaker 1: I promise to obey your words. I sought your favor
- 4:20Speaker 1: with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to
- 4:23Speaker 1: your word. I considered my ways and turned my steps
- 4:26Speaker 1: to your statutes. I will hurry and not delay to
- 4:29Speaker 1: obey your commandments. The ropes of the wicked bind me,
- 4:33Speaker 1: but I won't forget your law. At midnight, I will
- 4:36Speaker 1: rise to give thanks to you because of your righteous ordinances.
- 4:40Speaker 1: I am a friend of those who fear you, of
- 4:42Speaker 1: those who observe your precepts. The earth is full of
- 4:45Speaker 1: your loving kindness. Yahweh. Teach me your statutes. Do good
- 4:50Speaker 1: to your servant according to your word. Yahweh. Teach me
- 4:53Speaker 1: good judgment and knowledge. For I believe in your commandments.
- 4:57Speaker 1: Before I was afflicted, I went astray. But now I
- 5:00Speaker 1: observe your word. You are good and do good. Teach
- 5:04Speaker 1: me your statutes. The proud have smeared a lie upon me.
- 5:07Speaker 1: With my whole heart. I will keep your precepts. Their
- 5:11Speaker 1: heart is as callous as the fact. But I delight
- 5:14Speaker 1: in your law. It is good for me that I
- 5:16Speaker 1: have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes. The
- 5:20Speaker 1: law of your mouth is better to me than thousands
- 5:22Speaker 1: of pieces of gold and silver. Your hands have made
- 5:26Speaker 1: me informed me. Give me understanding that I may learn
- 5:29Speaker 1: your commandments. Those who fear you will see me and
- 5:32Speaker 1: be glad because I have put my hope in your word. Yahweh.
- 5:37Speaker 1: I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness
- 5:40Speaker 1: you have afflicted me. Please let your loving kindness be
- 5:43Speaker 1: for my comfort. According to your word to your servant,
- 5:47Speaker 1: Let your tender mercies come to me that I may live.
- 5:50Speaker 1: For your law is my delight. Let the proud be
- 5:53Speaker 1: put to shame, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I
- 5:56Speaker 1: will meditate on your precepts. Let those who fear you
- 5:59Speaker 1: turn to me. They will know your statutes. Let my
- 6:03Speaker 1: heart be blameless towards your decrees, that I may not
- 6:06Speaker 1: be put to shame. My soul faints for your salvation.
- 6:11Speaker 1: I hope in your word. My eyes fail for your word,
- 6:14Speaker 1: I say, when will you comfort me? For I have
- 6:17Speaker 1: become like a wine skin in the smoke. I don't
- 6:20Speaker 1: forget your statutes. How many are the days of your servants?
- 6:24Speaker 1: When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?
- 6:28Speaker 1: The prow have dug pits for me contrary to your law.
- 6:32Speaker 1: All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully
- 6:36Speaker 1: help me. They had almost wiped me from the earth,
- 6:39Speaker 1: But I didn't forsake your precepts. Preserve my life according
- 6:43Speaker 1: to your loving kindness. So I will obey the statutes
- 6:46Speaker 1: of your mouth. Gyway, Your word is settled in heaven forever.
- 6:52Speaker 1: Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth,
- 6:56Speaker 1: and it remains. Your laws remain to this day, for
- 6:59Speaker 1: all things serve you. Unless your law had been my delight,
- 7:03Speaker 1: I would have perished in my affliction. I will never
- 7:06Speaker 1: forget your precepts, for with them you have revived me.
- 7:09Speaker 1: I am yours. Save me. For I have sought your precepts.
- 7:13Speaker 1: The wicked have waited for me to destroy me. I
- 7:16Speaker 1: will consider your statutes. I have seen a limit to
- 7:19Speaker 1: all perfection, But your commands are boundless. How I love
- 7:24Speaker 1: your law. It is my meditation all day. Your commandments
- 7:28Speaker 1: make me wiser than my enemies, For your commandments are
- 7:31Speaker 1: always with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers,
- 7:36Speaker 1: for your testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than
- 7:40Speaker 1: the aged because I have kept your precepts. I have
- 7:43Speaker 1: kept my feet from every evil way that I might
- 7:46Speaker 1: observe your word. I have not turned aside from your ordinances.
- 7:50Speaker 1: For you have taught me how sweet are your promises
- 7:53Speaker 1: to my taste, more than honey to my mouth. Through
- 7:56Speaker 1: your precepts, I get understanding. Therefore I hate every false way.
- 8:03Speaker 1: Your word is a lamp to my feet and a
- 8:05Speaker 1: light for my path. I have sworn and have confirmed
- 8:08Speaker 1: it that I will obey your righteous ordinances. I am
- 8:11Speaker 1: afflicted very much. Revivee me, Yahweh, according to your word. Accept.
- 8:17Speaker 1: I beg you the willing offerings of my mouth. Yahweh.
- 8:20Speaker 1: Teach me your ordinances. My soul is continually in my hand.
- 8:24Speaker 1: Yet I won't forget your law. The wicked have laid
- 8:27Speaker 1: a snare for me. Yet I haven't gone astray from
- 8:30Speaker 1: your precepts. I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever,
- 8:34Speaker 1: for they are the joy of my heart. I have
- 8:37Speaker 1: set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to
- 8:40Speaker 1: the end. I hate double minded men, but I love
- 8:44Speaker 1: your law. You are my hiding place and my shield.
- 8:47Speaker 1: I hope in your word depart from me, you evil doers,
- 8:51Speaker 1: that I may keep the commandments of my God. Of
- 8:54Speaker 1: hold me according to your word, that I may live.
- 8:56Speaker 1: Let me not be ashamed of my hope. Hold me up,
- 9:00Speaker 1: and I will be safe and will have respect for
- 9:02Speaker 1: your statutes. Continually, you reject all those who stray from
- 9:06Speaker 1: your statutes for their deceit is in vain. You put
- 9:09Speaker 1: away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore,
- 9:13Speaker 1: I love your testimonies. My flesh trembles for fear of you.
- 9:17Speaker 1: I am afraid of your judgments. I have done what
- 9:20Speaker 1: is just and righteous. Don't leave me to my oppressors.
- 9:23Speaker 1: Ensure your servants well being. Don't let the proud oppress me.
- 9:28Speaker 1: My eyes fail looking for your salvation for your righteous word.
- 9:33Speaker 1: Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach
- 9:36Speaker 1: me your statutes. I am your servants. Give me understanding
- 9:40Speaker 1: that I may know your testimonies. It is time to
- 9:43Speaker 1: act Yah, wait for they break your law. Therefore, I
- 9:46Speaker 1: love your commandments more than gold, Yes, more than pure gold.
- 9:50Speaker 1: Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right.
- 9:53Speaker 1: I hate every false way. Your testimonies are wonderful. Therefore
- 9:59Speaker 1: my so oh Oh keeps them. The entrance of your
- 10:02Speaker 1: words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple. I
- 10:06Speaker 1: opened my mouth wide and panted for I longed for
- 10:09Speaker 1: your commandments. Turn to me and have mercy on me,
- 10:13Speaker 1: as you always do to those who love your name.
- 10:16Speaker 1: Establish my footsteps and your word. Don't let any iniquity
- 10:19Speaker 1: have dominion over me. Redeem me from the oppression of man.
- 10:23Speaker 1: So I will observe your precepts. Make your face, shine
- 10:27Speaker 1: on your servant. Teach me your statutes. Streams of tears
- 10:31Speaker 1: rundell my eyes because they don't observe your law. You
- 10:36Speaker 1: are righteous, Shahweh. Your judgments are upright. You have commended
- 10:40Speaker 1: your statutes and righteousness. They are fully trustworthy. My zeal
- 10:44Speaker 1: wears me out because my enemies ignore your words. Your
- 10:48Speaker 1: promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
- 10:53Speaker 1: I am small and despised. I don't forget your precepts.
- 10:56Speaker 1: Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law law is truth.
- 11:01Speaker 1: Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments
- 11:04Speaker 1: are my delight. Your testimonies are righteous. Forever. Give me
- 11:08Speaker 1: understanding that I may live. I have called with my
- 11:12Speaker 1: whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh. I will keep your statutes.
- 11:15Speaker 1: I have called to you save me. I will obey
- 11:18Speaker 1: your statutes. I rise before dawn and cry for help.
- 11:22Speaker 1: I put my hope in your words. My eyes stay
- 11:25Speaker 1: open through the night watches that I might meditate on
- 11:28Speaker 1: your word. Hear my voice. According to your loving kindness,
- 11:32Speaker 1: revive me, Yahweh. According to your ordinances. They draw near
- 11:36Speaker 1: who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law
- 11:40Speaker 1: you are near, Yahweh. All your commandments are truth of old.
- 11:44Speaker 1: I have known from your testimonies that you have founded them. Forever,
- 11:49Speaker 1: consider my affliction and deliver me. For I don't forget
- 11:52Speaker 1: your law. Plead my cause and redeem me. Revive me
- 11:56Speaker 1: according to your promise. Salvation is far from the wicked,
- 12:00Speaker 1: for they don't seek your statutes. Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh.
- 12:04Speaker 1: Revive me according to your ordinances. Many are my persecutors
- 12:09Speaker 1: and my adversaries. I haven't swerved from your testimonies. I
- 12:13Speaker 1: look at the faithless with loathing because they don't observe
- 12:16Speaker 1: your word. Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, Yahweh.
- 12:20Speaker 1: According to your loving kindness, all of your words are truth.
- 12:24Speaker 1: Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. Princes have
- 12:30Speaker 1: persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in
- 12:33Speaker 1: awe of your words. I rejoice at your word as
- 12:36Speaker 1: one who finds great spoil. I hate in a poor falsehood.
- 12:40Speaker 1: I love your law seven times a day. I praise
- 12:44Speaker 1: you because of your righteous ordinances. Those who love your
- 12:47Speaker 1: law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble. I
- 12:51Speaker 1: have hoped for your salvation. Yahweh, I have done your commandments.
- 12:56Speaker 1: My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly.
- 13:00Speaker 1: I have observed your precepts and your testimonies. For all
- 13:03Speaker 1: my ways are before you. Let my cry come before you, Yahweh.
- 13:09Speaker 1: Give me understanding according to your word. Let my supplication
- 13:13Speaker 1: come before you. Deliver me according to your word. Let
- 13:16Speaker 1: my lips utter praise for you. Teach me your statutes.
- 13:20Speaker 1: Let my tongue sing of your word. For all your
- 13:22Speaker 1: commandments are righteousness. Let your hand be ready to help me.
- 13:26Speaker 1: For I have chosen your precepts. I have longed for
- 13:30Speaker 1: your salvation. Yahweh. Your law is my delight. Let my
- 13:33Speaker 1: soul live that I may praise you. That your ordinances
- 13:36Speaker 1: help me. I have gone astray like a lost sheep.
- 13:40Speaker 1: Seek your servant, for I don't forget your commandments.