1 אַשְׁרֵיH835 תְמִֽימֵיH8549 דָרֶךְH1870 הַֽהֹלְכִיםH1980 בְּתוֹרַתH8451 יְהוָֽהH3068
2 אַשְׁרֵיH835 נֹצְרֵיH5341 עֵדֹתָיוH5713 בְּכָלH3605 לֵבH3820 יִדְרְשֽׁוּהוּH1875
3 אַףH637 לֹֽאH3808 פָעֲלוּH6466 עַוְלָהH5766 בִּדְרָכָיוH1870 הָלָֽכוּH1980
4 אַתָּהH859 צִוִּיתָהH6680 פִקֻּדֶיךָH6490 לִשְׁמֹרH8104 מְאֹֽדH3966
5 אַחֲלַיH305 יִכֹּנוּH3559 דְרָכָיH1870 לִשְׁמֹרH8104 חֻקֶּֽיךָH2706
6 אָזH227 לֹאH3808 אֵבוֹשׁH954 בְּהַבִּיטִיH5027 אֶלH413 כָּלH3605 מִצְוֺתֶֽיךָH4687
7 אוֹדְךָH3034 בְּיֹשֶׁרH3476 לֵבָבH3824 בְּלָמְדִיH3925 מִשְׁפְּטֵיH4941 צִדְקֶֽךָH6664
8 אֶתH853 חֻקֶּיךָH2706 אֶשְׁמֹרH8104 אַֽלH408 תַּעַזְבֵנִיH5800 עַדH5704 מְאֹֽדH3966
9 בַּמֶּהH4100 יְזַכֶּהH2135 נַּעַרH5288 אֶתH853 אָרְחוֹH734 לִשְׁמֹרH8104 כִּדְבָרֶֽךָH1697
10 בְּכָלH3605 לִבִּיH3820 דְרַשְׁתִּיךָH1875 אַלH408 תַּשְׁגֵּנִיH7686 מִמִּצְוֺתֶֽיךָH4687
11 בְּלִבִּיH3820 צָפַנְתִּיH6845 אִמְרָתֶךָH565 לְמַעַןH4616 לֹאH3808 אֶֽחֱטָאH2398 לָֽךְH0
12 בָּרוּךְH1288 אַתָּהH859 יְהוָהH3068 לַמְּדֵנִיH3925 חֻקֶּֽיךָH2706
13 בִּשְׂפָתַיH8193 סִפַּרְתִּיH5608 כֹּלH3605 מִשְׁפְּטֵיH4941 פִֽיךָH6310
14 בְּדֶרֶךְH1870 עֵדְוֺתֶיךָH5715 שַׂשְׂתִּיH7797 כְּעַלH5921 כָּלH3605 הֽוֹןH1952
15 בְּפִקֻּדֶיךָH6490 אָשִׂיחָהH7878 וְאַבִּיטָהH5027 אֹרְחֹתֶֽיךָH734
16 בְּחֻקֹּתֶיךָH2708 אֶֽשְׁתַּעֲשָׁעH8173 לֹאH3808 אֶשְׁכַּחH7911 דְּבָרֶֽךָH1697
17 גְּמֹלH1580 עַֽלH5921 עַבְדְּךָH5650 אֶֽחְיֶהH2421 וְאֶשְׁמְרָהH8104 דְבָרֶֽךָH1697
18 גַּלH1540 עֵינַיH5869 וְאַבִּיטָהH5027 נִפְלָאוֹתH6381 מִתּוֹרָתֶֽךָH8451
19 גֵּרH1616 אָנֹכִיH595 בָאָרֶץH776 אַלH408 תַּסְתֵּרH5641 מִמֶּנִּיH4480 מִצְוֺתֶֽיךָH4687
20 גָּרְסָהH1638 נַפְשִׁיH5315 לְתַאֲבָהH8375 אֶֽלH413 מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָH4941 בְכָלH3605 עֵֽתH6256
21 גָּעַרְתָּH1605 זֵדִיםH2086 אֲרוּרִיםH779 הַשֹּׁגִיםH7686 מִמִּצְוֺתֶֽיךָH4687
22 גַּלH1556 מֵֽעָלַיH5921 חֶרְפָּהH2781 וָבוּזH937 כִּיH3588 עֵדֹתֶיךָH5713 נָצָֽרְתִּיH5341
23 גַּםH1571 יָֽשְׁבוּH3427 שָׂרִיםH8269 בִּיH0 נִדְבָּרוּH1696 עַבְדְּךָH5650 יָשִׂיחַH7878 בְּחֻקֶּֽיךָH2706
24 גַּֽםH1571 עֵדֹתֶיךָH5713 שַׁעֲשֻׁעָיH8191 אַנְשֵׁיH582 עֲצָתִֽיH6098
25 דָּֽבְקָהH1692 לֶעָפָרH6083 נַפְשִׁיH5315 חַיֵּנִיH2421 כִּדְבָרֶֽךָH1697
26 דְּרָכַיH1870 סִפַּרְתִּיH5608 וַֽתַּעֲנֵנִיH6030 לַמְּדֵנִיH3925 חֻקֶּֽיךָH2706
27 דֶּֽרֶךְH1870 פִּקּוּדֶיךָH6490 הֲבִינֵנִיH995 וְאָשִׂיחָהH7878 בְּנִפְלְאוֹתֶֽיךָH6381
28 דָּלְפָהH1811 נַפְשִׁיH5315 מִתּוּגָהH8424 קַיְּמֵנִיH6965 כִּדְבָרֶֽךָH1697
29 דֶּֽרֶךְH1870 שֶׁקֶרH8267 הָסֵרH5493 מִמֶּנִּיH4480 וְֽתוֹרָתְךָH8451 חָנֵּֽנִיH2603
30 דֶּֽרֶךְH1870 אֱמוּנָהH530 בָחָרְתִּיH977 מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָH4941 שִׁוִּֽיתִיH7737
31 דָּבַקְתִּיH1692 בְעֵֽדְוֺתֶיךָH5715 יְהוָהH3068 אַלH408 תְּבִישֵֽׁנִיH954
32 דֶּֽרֶךְH1870 מִצְוֺתֶיךָH4687 אָרוּץH7323 כִּיH3588 תַרְחִיבH7337 לִבִּֽיH3820
33 הוֹרֵנִיH3384 יְהוָהH3068 דֶּרֶךְH1870 חֻקֶּיךָH2706 וְאֶצְּרֶנָּהH5341 עֵֽקֶבH6118
34 הֲבִינֵנִיH995 וְאֶצְּרָהH5341 תֽוֹרָתֶךָH8451 וְאֶשְׁמְרֶנָּהH8104 בְכָלH3605 לֵֽבH3820
35 הַדְרִיכֵנִיH1869 בִּנְתִיבH5410 מִצְוֺתֶיךָH4687 כִּיH3588 בוֹH0 חָפָֽצְתִּיH2654
36 הַטH5186 לִבִּיH3820 אֶלH413 עֵדְוֺתֶיךָH5715 וְאַלH408 אֶלH413 בָּֽצַעH1215
37 הַעֲבֵרH5674 עֵינַיH5869 מֵרְאוֹתH7200 שָׁוְאH7723 בִּדְרָכֶךָH1870 חַיֵּֽנִיH2421
38 הָקֵםH6965 לְעַבְדְּךָH5650 אִמְרָתֶךָH565 אֲשֶׁרH834 לְיִרְאָתֶֽךָH3374
39 הַעֲבֵרH5674 חֶרְפָּתִיH2781 אֲשֶׁרH834 יָגֹרְתִּיH3025 כִּיH3588 מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָH4941 טוֹבִֽיםH2896
40 הִנֵּהH2009 תָּאַבְתִּיH8373 לְפִקֻּדֶיךָH6490 בְּצִדְקָתְךָH6666 חַיֵּֽנִיH2421
41 וִֽיבֹאֻנִיH935 חֲסָדֶךָH2617 יְהוָהH3068 תְּשֽׁוּעָתְךָH8668 כְּאִמְרָתֶֽךָH565
42 וְאֶֽעֱנֶהH6030 חֹרְפִיH2778 דָבָרH1697 כִּֽיH3588 בָטַחְתִּיH982 בִּדְבָרֶֽךָH1697
43 וְֽאַלH408 תַּצֵּלH5337 מִפִּיH6310 דְבַרH1697 אֱמֶתH571 עַדH5704 מְאֹדH3966 כִּיH3588 לְמִשְׁפָּטֶךָH4941 יִחָֽלְתִּיH3176
44 וְאֶשְׁמְרָהH8104 תוֹרָתְךָH8451 תָמִידH8548 לְעוֹלָםH5769 וָעֶֽדH5703
45 וְאֶתְהַלְּכָהH1980 בָרְחָבָהH7342 כִּיH3588 פִקֻּדֶיךָH6490 דָרָֽשְׁתִּיH1875
46 וַאֲדַבְּרָהH1696 בְעֵדֹתֶיךָH5713 נֶגֶדH5048 מְלָכִיםH4428 וְלֹאH3808 אֵבֽוֹשׁH954
47 וְאֶשְׁתַּֽעֲשַׁעH8173 בְּמִצְוֺתֶיךָH4687 אֲשֶׁרH834 אָהָֽבְתִּיH157
48 וְאֶשָּֽׂאH5375 כַפַּיH3709 אֶֽלH413 מִצְוֺתֶיךָH4687 אֲשֶׁרH834 אָהָבְתִּיH157 וְאָשִׂיחָהH7878 בְחֻקֶּֽיךָH2706
49 זְכֹרH2142 דָּבָרH1697 לְעַבְדֶּךָH5650 עַלH5921 אֲשֶׁרH834 יִֽחַלְתָּֽנִיH3176
50 זֹאתH2063 נֶחָמָתִיH5165 בְעָנְיִיH6040 כִּיH3588 אִמְרָתְךָH565 חִיָּֽתְנִיH2421
51 זֵדִיםH2086 הֱלִיצֻנִיH3887 עַדH5704 מְאֹדH3966 מִתּֽוֹרָתְךָH8451 לֹאH3808 נָטִֽיתִיH5186
52 זָכַרְתִּיH2142 מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָH4941 מֵעוֹלָםH5769 יְהוָהH3068 וָֽאֶתְנֶחָֽםH5162
53 זַלְעָפָהH2152 אֲחָזַתְנִיH270 מֵרְשָׁעִיםH7563 עֹזְבֵיH5800 תּוֹרָתֶֽךָH8451
54 זְמִרוֹתH2158 הָֽיוּH1961 לִיH0 חֻקֶּיךָH2706 בְּבֵיתH1004 מְגוּרָֽיH4033
55 זָכַרְתִּיH2142 בַלַּיְלָהH3915 שִׁמְךָH8034 יְהוָהH3068 וָֽאֶשְׁמְרָהH8104 תּוֹרָתֶֽךָH8451
56 זֹאתH2063 הָֽיְתָהH1961 לִּיH0 כִּיH3588 פִקֻּדֶיךָH6490 נָצָֽרְתִּיH5341
57 חֶלְקִיH2506 יְהוָהH3068 אָמַרְתִּיH559 לִשְׁמֹרH8104 דְּבָרֶֽיךָH1697
58 חִלִּיתִיH2470 פָנֶיךָH6440 בְכָלH3605 לֵבH3820 חָנֵּנִיH2603 כְּאִמְרָתֶֽךָH565
59 חִשַּׁבְתִּיH2803 דְרָכָיH1870 וָאָשִׁיבָהH7725 רַגְלַיH7272 אֶלH413 עֵדֹתֶֽיךָH5713
60 חַשְׁתִּיH2363 וְלֹאH3808 הִתְמַהְמָהְתִּיH4102 לִשְׁמֹרH8104 מִצְוֺתֶֽיךָH4687
61 חֶבְלֵיH2256 רְשָׁעִיםH7563 עִוְּדֻנִיH5749 תּֽוֹרָתְךָH8451 לֹאH3808 שָׁכָֽחְתִּיH7911
62 חֲצֽוֹתH2676 לַיְלָהH3915 אָקוּםH6965 לְהוֹדוֹתH3034 לָךְH0 עַלH5921 מִשְׁפְּטֵיH4941 צִדְקֶֽךָH6664
63 חָבֵרH2270 אָנִיH589 לְכָלH3605 אֲשֶׁרH834 יְרֵאוּךָH3372 וּלְשֹׁמְרֵיH8104 פִּקּוּדֶֽיךָH6490
64 חַסְדְּךָH2617 יְהוָהH3068 מָלְאָהH4390 הָאָרֶץH776 חֻקֶּיךָH2706 לַמְּדֵֽנִיH3925
65 טוֹבH2896 עָשִׂיתָH6213 עִֽםH5973 עַבְדְּךָH5650 יְהוָהH3068 כִּדְבָרֶֽךָH1697
66 טוּבH2898 טַעַםH2940 וָדַעַתH1847 לַמְּדֵנִיH3925 כִּיH3588 בְמִצְוֺתֶיךָH4687 הֶאֱמָֽנְתִּיH539
67 טֶרֶםH2962 אֶעֱנֶהH6031 אֲנִיH589 שֹׁגֵגH7683 וְעַתָּהH6258 אִמְרָתְךָH565 שָׁמָֽרְתִּיH8104
68 טוֹבH2896 אַתָּהH859 וּמֵטִיבH2895 לַמְּדֵנִיH3925 חֻקֶּֽיךָH2706
69 טָפְלוּH2950 עָלַיH5921 שֶׁקֶרH8267 זֵדִיםH2086 אֲנִיH589 בְּכָלH3605 לֵבH3820 אֱצֹּרH5341 פִּקּוּדֶֽיךָH6490
70 טָפַשׁH2954 כַּחֵלֶבH2459 לִבָּםH3820 אֲנִיH589 תּוֹרָתְךָH8451 שִֽׁעֲשָֽׁעְתִּיH8173
71 טֽוֹבH2896 לִיH0 כִֽיH3588 עֻנֵּיתִיH6031 לְמַעַןH4616 אֶלְמַדH3925 חֻקֶּֽיךָH2706
72 טֽוֹבH2896 לִיH0 תֽוֹרַתH8451 פִּיךָH6310 מֵאַלְפֵיH505 זָהָבH2091 וָכָֽסֶףH3701
73 יָדֶיךָH3027 עָשׂוּנִיH6213 וַֽיְכוֹנְנוּנִיH3559 הֲבִינֵנִיH995 וְאֶלְמְדָהH3925 מִצְוֺתֶֽיךָH4687
74 יְרֵאֶיךָH3373 יִרְאוּנִיH7200 וְיִשְׂמָחוּH8055 כִּיH3588 לִדְבָרְךָH1697 יִחָֽלְתִּיH3176
75 יָדַעְתִּיH3045 יְהוָהH3068 כִּיH3588 צֶדֶקH6664 מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָH4941 וֶאֱמוּנָהH530 עִנִּיתָֽנִיH6031
76 יְהִיH1961 נָאH4994 חַסְדְּךָH2617 לְנַחֲמֵנִיH5162 כְּאִמְרָתְךָH565 לְעַבְדֶּֽךָH5650
77 יְבֹאוּנִיH935 רַחֲמֶיךָH7356 וְאֶֽחְיֶהH2421 כִּיH3588 תֽוֹרָתְךָH8451 שַֽׁעֲשֻׁעָֽיH8191
78 יֵבֹשׁוּH954 זֵדִיםH2086 כִּיH3588 שֶׁקֶרH8267 עִוְּתוּנִיH5791 אֲנִיH589 אָשִׂיחַH7878 בְּפִקּוּדֶֽיךָH6490
79 יָשׁוּבוּH7725 לִיH0 יְרֵאֶיךָH3373 וידעוH3045 וְיֹדְעֵיH3045 עֵדֹתֶֽיךָH5713
80 יְהִֽיH1961 לִבִּיH3820 תָמִיםH8549 בְּחֻקֶּיךָH2706 לְמַעַןH4616 לֹאH3808 אֵבֽוֹשׁH954
81 כָּלְתָהH3615 לִתְשׁוּעָתְךָH8668 נַפְשִׁיH5315 לִדְבָרְךָH1697 יִחָֽלְתִּיH3176
82 כָּלוּH3615 עֵינַיH5869 לְאִמְרָתֶךָH565 לֵאמֹרH559 מָתַיH4970 תְּֽנַחֲמֵֽנִיH5162
83 כִּֽיH3588 הָיִיתִיH1961 כְּנֹאדH4997 בְּקִיטוֹרH7008 חֻקֶּיךָH2706 לֹאH3808 שָׁכָֽחְתִּיH7911
84 כַּמָּהH4100 יְמֵֽיH3117 עַבְדֶּךָH5650 מָתַיH4970 תַּעֲשֶׂהH6213 בְרֹדְפַיH7291 מִשְׁפָּֽטH4941
85 כָּֽרוּH3738 לִיH0 זֵדִיםH2086 שִׁיחוֹתH7882 אֲשֶׁרH834 לֹאH3808 כְתוֹרָתֶֽךָH8451
86 כָּלH3605 מִצְוֺתֶיךָH4687 אֱמוּנָהH530 שֶׁקֶרH8267 רְדָפוּנִיH7291 עָזְרֵֽנִיH5826
87 כִּמְעַטH4592 כִּלּוּנִיH3615 בָאָרֶץH776 וַאֲנִיH589 לֹאH3808 עָזַבְתִּיH5800 פִקֻּודֶֽיךָH6490
88 כְּחַסְדְּךָH2617 חַיֵּנִיH2421 וְאֶשְׁמְרָהH8104 עֵדוּתH5715 פִּֽיךָH6310
89 לְעוֹלָםH5769 יְהוָהH3068 דְּבָרְךָH1697 נִצָּבH5324 בַּשָּׁמָֽיִםH8064
90 לְדֹרH1755 וָדֹרH1755 אֱמֽוּנָתֶךָH530 כּוֹנַנְתָּH3559 אֶרֶץH776 וַֽתַּעֲמֹֽדH5975
91 לְֽמִשְׁפָּטֶיךָH4941 עָמְדוּH5975 הַיּוֹםH3117 כִּיH3588 הַכֹּלH3605 עֲבָדֶֽיךָH5650
92 לוּלֵיH3884 תוֹרָתְךָH8451 שַׁעֲשֻׁעָיH8191 אָזH227 אָבַדְתִּיH6 בְעָנְיִֽיH6040
93 לְעוֹלָםH5769 לֹאH3808 אֶשְׁכַּחH7911 פִּקּוּדֶיךָH6490 כִּיH3588 בָםH0 חִיִּיתָֽנִיH2421
94 לְֽךָH0 אֲנִיH589 הוֹשִׁיעֵנִיH3467 כִּיH3588 פִקּוּדֶיךָH6490 דָרָֽשְׁתִּיH1875
95 לִיH0 קִוּוּH6960 רְשָׁעִיםH7563 לְאַבְּדֵנִיH6 עֵדֹתֶיךָH5713 אֶתְבּוֹנָֽןH995
96 לְֽכָלH3605 תִּכְלָהH8502 רָאִיתִיH7200 קֵץH7093 רְחָבָהH7342 מִצְוָתְךָH4687 מְאֹֽדH3966
97 מָֽהH4100 אָהַבְתִּיH157 תוֹרָתֶךָH8451 כָּלH3605 הַיּוֹםH3117 הִיאH1931 שִׂיחָתִֽיH7881
98 מֵאֹיְבַיH341 תְּחַכְּמֵנִיH2449 מִצְוֺתֶךָH4687 כִּיH3588 לְעוֹלָםH5769 הִיאH1931 לִֽיH0
99 מִכָּלH3605 מְלַמְּדַיH3925 הִשְׂכַּלְתִּיH7919 כִּיH3588 עֵדְוֺתֶיךָH5715 שִׂיחָהH7881 לִֽֿיH0
100 מִזְּקֵנִיםH2205 אֶתְבּוֹנָןH995 כִּיH3588 פִקּוּדֶיךָH6490 נָצָֽרְתִּיH5341
101 מִכָּלH3605 אֹרַחH734 רָעH7451 כָּלִאתִיH3607 רַגְלָיH7272 לְמַעַןH4616 אֶשְׁמֹרH8104 דְּבָרֶֽךָH1697
102 מִמִּשְׁפָּטֶיךָH4941 לֹאH3808 סָרְתִּיH5493 כִּֽיH3588 אַתָּהH859 הוֹרֵתָֽנִיH3384
103 מַהH4100 נִּמְלְצוּH4452 לְחִכִּיH2441 אִמְרָתֶךָH565 מִדְּבַשׁH1706 לְפִֽיH6310
104 מִפִּקּוּדֶיךָH6490 אֶתְבּוֹנָןH995 עַלH5921 כֵּןH3651 שָׂנֵאתִיH8130 כָּלH3605 אֹרַחH734 שָֽׁקֶרH8267
105 נֵרH5216 לְרַגְלִיH7272 דְבָרֶךָH1697 וְאוֹרH216 לִנְתִיבָתִֽיH5410
106 נִשְׁבַּעְתִּיH7650 וָאֲקַיֵּמָהH6965 לִשְׁמֹרH8104 מִשְׁפְּטֵיH4941 צִדְקֶֽךָH6664
107 נַעֲנֵיתִיH6031 עַדH5704 מְאֹדH3966 יְהוָהH3068 חַיֵּנִיH2421 כִדְבָרֶֽךָH1697
108 נִדְבוֹתH5071 פִּיH6310 רְצֵהH7521 נָאH4994 יְהוָהH3068 וּֽמִשְׁפָּטֶיךָH4941 לַמְּדֵֽנִיH3925
109 נַפְשִׁיH5315 בְכַפִּיH3709 תָמִידH8548 וְתֽוֹרָתְךָH8451 לֹאH3808 שָׁכָֽחְתִּיH7911
110 נָתְנוּH5414 רְשָׁעִיםH7563 פַּחH6341 לִיH0 וּמִפִּקּוּדֶיךָH6490 לֹאH3808 תָעִֽיתִיH8582
111 נָחַלְתִּיH5157 עֵדְוֺתֶיךָH5715 לְעוֹלָםH5769 כִּֽיH3588 שְׂשׂוֹןH8342 לִבִּיH3820 הֵֽמָּהH1992
112 נָטִיתִיH5186 לִבִּיH3820 לַעֲשׂוֹתH6213 חֻקֶּיךָH2706 לְעוֹלָםH5769 עֵֽקֶבH6118
113 סֵעֲפִיםH5588 שָׂנֵאתִיH8130 וְֽתוֹרָתְךָH8451 אָהָֽבְתִּיH157
114 סִתְרִיH5643 וּמָגִנִּיH4043 אָתָּהH859 לִדְבָרְךָH1697 יִחָֽלְתִּיH3176
115 סֽוּרוּH5493 מִמֶּנִּיH4480 מְרֵעִיםH7489 וְאֶצְּרָהH5341 מִצְוֺתH4687 אֱלֹהָֽיH430
116 סָמְכֵנִיH5564 כְאִמְרָתְךָH565 וְאֶֽחְיֶהH2421 וְאַלH408 תְּבִישֵׁנִיH954 מִשִּׂבְרִֽיH7664
117 סְעָדֵנִיH5582 וְאִוָּשֵׁעָהH3467 וְאֶשְׁעָהH8159 בְחֻקֶּיךָH2706 תָמִֽידH8548
118 סָלִיתָH5541 כָּלH3605 שׁוֹגִיםH7686 מֵחֻקֶּיךָH2706 כִּיH3588 שֶׁקֶרH8267 תַּרְמִיתָֽםH8649
119 סִגִיםH5509 הִשְׁבַּתָּH7673 כָלH3605 רִשְׁעֵיH7563 אָרֶץH776 לָכֵןH3651 אָהַבְתִּיH157 עֵדֹתֶֽיךָH5713
120 סָמַרH5568 מִפַּחְדְּךָH6343 בְשָׂרִיH1320 וּֽמִמִּשְׁפָּטֶיךָH4941 יָרֵֽאתִיH3372
121 עָשִׂיתִיH6213 מִשְׁפָּטH4941 וָצֶדֶקH6664 בַּלH1077 תַּנִּיחֵנִיH3240 לְעֹֽשְׁקָֽיH6231
122 עֲרֹבH6148 עַבְדְּךָH5650 לְטוֹבH2896 אַֽלH408 יַעַשְׁקֻנִיH6231 זֵדִֽיםH2086
123 עֵינַיH5869 כָּלוּH3615 לִֽישׁוּעָתֶךָH3444 וּלְאִמְרַתH565 צִדְקֶֽךָH6664
124 עֲשֵׂהH6213 עִםH5973 עַבְדְּךָH5650 כְחַסְדֶּךָH2617 וְחֻקֶּיךָH2706 לַמְּדֵֽנִיH3925
125 עַבְדְּךָH5650 אָנִיH589 הֲבִינֵנִיH995 וְאֵדְעָהH3045 עֵדֹתֶֽיךָH5713
126 עֵתH6256 לַעֲשׂוֹתH6213 לַיהוָהH3068 הֵפֵרוּH6565 תּוֹרָתֶֽךָH8451
127 עַלH5921 כֵּןH3651 אָהַבְתִּיH157 מִצְוֺתֶיךָH4687 מִזָּהָבH2091 וּמִפָּֽזH6337
128 עַלH5921 כֵּןH3651 כָּלH3605 פִּקּוּדֵיH6490 כֹלH3605 יִשָּׁרְתִּיH3474 כָּלH3605 אֹרַחH734 שֶׁקֶרH8267 שָׂנֵֽאתִיH8130
129 פְּלָאוֹתH6382 עֵדְוֺתֶיךָH5715 עַלH5921 כֵּןH3651 נְצָרָתַםH5341 נַפְשִֽׁיH5315
130 פֵּתַחH6608 דְּבָרֶיךָH1697 יָאִירH215 מֵבִיןH995 פְּתָיִֽיםH6612
131 פִּֽיH6310 פָעַרְתִּיH6473 וָאֶשְׁאָפָהH7602 כִּיH3588 לְמִצְוֺתֶיךָH4687 יָאָֽבְתִּיH2968
132 פְּנֵהH6437 אֵלַיH413 וְחָנֵּנִיH2603 כְּמִשְׁפָּטH4941 לְאֹהֲבֵיH157 שְׁמֶֽךָH8034
133 פְּעָמַיH6471 הָכֵןH3559 בְּאִמְרָתֶךָH565 וְֽאַלH408 תַּשְׁלֶטH7980 בִּיH0 כָלH3605 אָֽוֶןH205
134 פְּדֵנִיH6299 מֵעֹשֶׁקH6233 אָדָםH120 וְאֶשְׁמְרָהH8104 פִּקּוּדֶֽיךָH6490
135 פָּנֶיךָH6440 הָאֵרH215 בְּעַבְדֶּךָH5650 וְלַמְּדֵנִיH3925 אֶתH853 חֻקֶּֽיךָH2706
136 פַּלְגֵיH6388 מַיִםH4325 יָרְדוּH3381 עֵינָיH5869 עַלH5921 לֹאH3808 שָׁמְרוּH8104 תוֹרָתֶֽךָH8451
137 צַדִּיקH6662 אַתָּהH859 יְהוָהH3068 וְיָשָׁרH3477 מִשְׁפָּטֶֽיךָH4941
138 צִוִּיתָH6680 צֶדֶקH6664 עֵדֹתֶיךָH5713 וֶֽאֱמוּנָהH530 מְאֹֽדH3966
139 צִמְּתַתְנִיH6789 קִנְאָתִיH7068 כִּֽיH3588 שָׁכְחוּH7911 דְבָרֶיךָH1697 צָרָֽיH6862
140 צְרוּפָהH6884 אִמְרָתְךָH565 מְאֹדH3966 וְֽעַבְדְּךָH5650 אֲהֵבָֽהּH157
141 צָעִירH6810 אָנֹכִיH595 וְנִבְזֶהH959 פִּקֻּדֶיךָH6490 לֹאH3808 שָׁכָֽחְתִּיH7911
142 צִדְקָתְךָH6666 צֶדֶקH6664 לְעוֹלָםH5769 וְֽתוֹרָתְךָH8451 אֱמֶֽתH571
143 צַרH6862 וּמָצוֹקH4689 מְצָאוּנִיH4672 מִצְוֺתֶיךָH4687 שַׁעֲשֻׁעָֽיH8191
144 צֶדֶקH6664 עֵדְוֺתֶיךָH5715 לְעוֹלָםH5769 הֲבִינֵנִיH995 וְאֶחְיֶֽהH2421
145 קָרָאתִיH7121 בְכָלH3605 לֵבH3820 עֲנֵנִיH6030 יְהוָהH3068 חֻקֶּיךָH2706 אֶצֹּֽרָהH5341
146 קְרָאתִיךָH7121 הוֹשִׁיעֵנִיH3467 וְאֶשְׁמְרָהH8104 עֵדֹתֶֽיךָH5713
147 קִדַּמְתִּיH6923 בַנֶּשֶׁףH5399 וָאֲשַׁוֵּעָהH7768 לדבריךH1697 לִדְבָרְךָH1697 יִחָֽלְתִּיH3176
148 קִדְּמוּH6923 עֵינַיH5869 אַשְׁמֻרוֹתH821 לָשִׂיחַH7878 בְּאִמְרָתֶֽךָH565
149 קוֹלִיH6963 שִׁמְעָהH8085 כְחַסְדֶּךָH2617 יְהוָהH3068 כְּֽמִשְׁפָּטֶךָH4941 חַיֵּֽנִיH2421
150 קָרְבוּH7126 רֹדְפֵיH7291 זִמָּהH2154 מִתּוֹרָתְךָH8451 רָחָֽקוּH7368
151 קָרוֹבH7138 אַתָּהH859 יְהוָהH3068 וְֽכָלH3605 מִצְוֺתֶיךָH4687 אֱמֶֽתH571
152 קֶדֶםH6924 יָדַעְתִּיH3045 מֵעֵדֹתֶיךָH5713 כִּיH3588 לְעוֹלָםH5769 יְסַדְתָּֽםH3245
153 רְאֵֽהH7200 עָנְיִיH6040 וְחַלְּצֵנִיH2502 כִּיH3588 תֽוֹרָתְךָH8451 לֹאH3808 שָׁכָֽחְתִּיH7911
154 רִיבָהH7378 רִיבִיH7379 וּגְאָלֵנִיH1350 לְאִמְרָתְךָH565 חַיֵּֽנִיH2421
155 רָחוֹקH7350 מֵרְשָׁעִיםH7563 יְשׁוּעָהH3444 כִּֽיH3588 חֻקֶּיךָH2706 לֹאH3808 דָרָֽשׁוּH1875
156 רַחֲמֶיךָH7356 רַבִּיםH7227 יְהוָהH3068 כְּֽמִשְׁפָּטֶיךָH4941 חַיֵּֽנִיH2421
157 רַבִּיםH7227 רֹדְפַיH7291 וְצָרָיH6862 מֵעֵדְוֺתֶיךָH5715 לֹאH3808 נָטִֽיתִיH5186
158 רָאִיתִיH7200 בֹגְדִיםH898 וָֽאֶתְקוֹטָטָהH6962 אֲשֶׁרH834 אִמְרָתְךָH565 לֹאH3808 שָׁמָֽרוּH8104
159 רְאֵהH7200 כִּיH3588 פִקּוּדֶיךָH6490 אָהָבְתִּיH157 יְהוָהH3068 כְּֽחַסְדְּךָH2617 חַיֵּֽנִיH2421
160 רֹאשׁH7218 דְּבָרְךָH1697 אֱמֶתH571 וּלְעוֹלָםH5769 כָּלH3605 מִשְׁפַּטH4941 צִדְקֶֽךָH6664
161 שָׂרִיםH8269 רְדָפוּנִיH7291 חִנָּםH2600 ומדבריךH1697 וּמִדְּבָרְךָH1697 פָּחַדH6342 לִבִּֽיH3820
162 שָׂשׂH7797 אָנֹכִֽיH595 עַלH5921 אִמְרָתֶךָH565 כְּמוֹצֵאH4672 שָׁלָלH7998 רָֽבH7227
163 שֶׁקֶרH8267 שָׂנֵאתִיH8130 וַאֲתַעֵבָהH8581 תּוֹרָתְךָH8451 אָהָֽבְתִּיH157
164 שֶׁבַעH7651 בַּיּוֹםH3117 הִלַּלְתִּיךָH1984 עַלH5921 מִשְׁפְּטֵיH4941 צִדְקֶֽךָH6664
165 שָׁלוֹםH7965 רָבH7227 לְאֹהֲבֵיH157 תוֹרָתֶךָH8451 וְאֵֽיןH369 לָמוֹH0 מִכְשֽׁוֹלH4383
166 שִׂבַּרְתִּיH7663 לִֽישׁוּעָתְךָH3444 יְהוָהH3068 וּֽמִצְוֺתֶיךָH4687 עָשִֽׂיתִיH6213
167 שָֽׁמְרָהH8104 נַפְשִׁיH5315 עֵדֹתֶיךָH5713 וָאֹהֲבֵםH157 מְאֹֽדH3966
168 שָׁמַרְתִּיH8104 פִקּוּדֶיךָH6490 וְעֵדֹתֶיךָH5713 כִּיH3588 כָלH3605 דְּרָכַיH1870 נֶגְדֶּֽךָH5048
169 תִּקְרַבH7126 רִנָּתִיH7440 לְפָנֶיךָH6440 יְהוָהH3068 כִּדְבָרְךָH1697 הֲבִינֵֽנִיH995
170 תָּבוֹאH935 תְּחִנָּתִיH8467 לְפָנֶיךָH6440 כְּאִמְרָתְךָH565 הַצִּילֵֽנִיH5337
171 תַּבַּעְנָהH5042 שְׂפָתַיH8193 תְּהִלָּהH8416 כִּיH3588 תְלַמְּדֵנִיH3925 חֻקֶּֽיךָH2706
172 תַּעַןH6030 לְשׁוֹנִיH3956 אִמְרָתֶךָH565 כִּיH3588 כָלH3605 מִצְוֺתֶיךָH4687 צֶּֽדֶקH6664
173 תְּהִֽיH1961 יָדְךָH3027 לְעָזְרֵנִיH5826 כִּיH3588 פִקּוּדֶיךָH6490 בָחָֽרְתִּיH977
174 תָּאַבְתִּיH8373 לִֽישׁוּעָתְךָH3444 יְהוָהH3068 וְתֽוֹרָתְךָH8451 שַׁעֲשֻׁעָֽיH8191
175 תְּֽחִיH2421 נַפְשִׁיH5315 וּֽתְהַֽלְלֶךָּH1984 וּֽמִשְׁפָּטֶךָH4941 יַעֲזְרֻֽנִיH5826
176 תָּעִיתִיH8582 כְּשֶׂהH7716 אֹבֵדH6 בַּקֵּשׁH1245 עַבְדֶּךָH5650 כִּיH3588 מִצְוֺתֶיךָH4687 לֹאH3808 שָׁכָֽחְתִּיH7911
Matthew Henry - Concise Commentary 1 This psalm may be considered as the statement of a believer's experience. As far as our views, desires, and affections agree with what is here expressed, they come from the influences of the Holy Spirit, and no further. The pardoning mercy of God in Christ, is the only source of a sinner's happiness. And those are most happy, who are preserved most free from the defilement of sin, who simply believe God's testimonies, and depend on his promises. If the heart be divided between him and the world, it is evil. But the saints carefully avoid all sin; they are conscious of much evil that clogs them in the ways of God, but not of that wickedness which draws them out of those ways. The tempter would make men think they are at them out of those ways. The tempter would make men think they are at liberty to follow the word of God or not, as they please. But the desire and prayer of a good man agree with the will and command of God. If a man expects by obedience in one thing to purchase indulgence for disobedience in others, his hypocrisy will be detected; if he is not ashamed in this world, everlasting shame will be his portion. The psalmist coveted to learn the laws of God, to give God the glory. And believers see that if God forsakes them, the temper will be too hard for them.
9 To original corruption all have added actual sin. The ruin of the young is either living by no rule at all, or choosing false rules: let them walk by Scripture rules. To doubt of our own wisdom and strength, and to depend upon God, proves the purpose of holiness is sincere. God's word is treasure worth laying up, and there is no laying it up safe but in our hearts, that we may oppose God's precepts to the dominion of sin, his promises to its allurements, and his threatenings to its violence. Let this be our plea with Him to teach us his statutes, that, being partakers of his holiness, we may also partake of his blessedness. And those whose hearts are fed with the bread of life, should with their lips feed many. In the way of God's commandments there is the unsearchable riches of Christ. But we do not meditate on God's precepts to good purpose, unless our good thoughts produce good works. I will not only think of thy statutes, but do them with delight. And it will be well to try the sincerity of our obedience by tracing the spring of it; the reality of our love by cheerfulness in appointed duties.
17 If God deals in strict justice with us, we all perish. We ought to spend our lives in his service; we shall find true life in keeping his word. Those that would see the wondrous things of God's law and gospel, must beg him to give them understanding, by the light of his Spirit. Believers feel themselves strangers on earth; they fear missing their way, and losing comfort by erring from God's commandments. Every sanctified soul hungers after the word of God, as food which there is no living without. There is something of pride at the bottom of every wilful sin. God can silence lying lips; reproach and contempt may humble and do us good, and then they shall be removed. Do we find the weight of the cross is above that we are able to bear? He that bore it for us will enable us to bear it; upheld by him we cannot sink. It is sad when those who should protect the innocent, are their betrayers. The psalmist went on in duty, and he found comfort in the word of God. The comforts of the word of God are most pleasant to a gracious soul, when other comforts are made bitter; and those that would have God's testimonies to be their delight, must be advised by them. May the Lord direct us in exercising repentance of sin, and faith in Christ.
25 While the souls of the children of this world cleave to the earth as their portion, the children of light are greatly burdened, because of the remains of carnal affections in their hearts. It is unspeakable comfort to a gracious soul, to think with what tenderness all its complaints are received by a gracious God. We can talk of the wonders of redeeming love, when we understand the way of God's precepts, and walk in that way. The penitent melts in sorrow for sin: even the patient spirit may melt in the sense of affliction, it is then its interest to pour out its soul before God. The way of lying means all false ways by which men deceive themselves and others, or are deceived by Satan and his instruments. Those who know and love the law of the Lord, desire to know it more, and love it better. The way of serious godliness is the way of truth; the only true way to happiness: we must always have actual regard to it. Those who stick to the word of God, may in faith expect and pray for acceptance with God. Lord, never leave me to do that by which I shall shame myself, and do not thou reject my services. Those that are going to heaven, should still press forward. God, by his Spirit, enlarges the hearts of his people when he gives them wisdom. The believer prays to be set free from sin.
33 Teach me thy statutes, not the mere words, but the way of applying them to myself. God, by his Spirit, gives a right understanding. But the Spirit of revelation in the word will not suffice, unless we have the Spirit of wisdom in the heart. God puts his Spirit within us, causing us to walk in his statutes. The sin here prayed against is covetousness. Those that would have the love of God rooted in them, must get the love of the world rooted out; for the friendship of the world is enmity with God. Quicken me in thy way; to redeem time, and to do every duty with liveliness of spirit. Beholding vanity deadens us, and slackens our pace; a traveller must not stand gazing upon every object that presents itself to his view. The promises of God's word greatly relate to the preservation of the true believer. When Satan has drawn a child of God into worldly compliances, he will reproach him with the falls into which he led him. Victory must come from the cross of Christ. When we enjoy the sweetness of God's precepts, it will make us long for more acquaintance with them. And where God has wrought to will, he will work to do.
41 Lord, I have by faith thy mercies in view; let me by prayer prevail to obtain them. And when the salvation of the saints is completed, it will plainly appear that it was not in vain to trust in God's word. We need to pray that we may never be afraid or ashamed to own God's truths and ways before men. And the psalmist resolves to keep God's law, in a constant course of obedience, without backsliding. The service of sin is slavery; the service of God is liberty. There is no full happiness, or perfect liberty, but in keeping God's law. We must never be ashamed or afraid to own our religion. The more delight we take in the service of God, the nearer we come to perfection. Not only consent to his law as good, but take pleasure in it as good for us. Let me put forth all the strength I have, to do it. Something of this mind of Christ is in every true disciple.
49 Those that make God's promises their portion, may with humble boldness make them their plea. He that by his Spirit works faith in us, will work for us. The word of God speaks comfort in affliction. If, through grace, it makes us holy, there is enough in it to make us easy, in all conditions. Let us be certain we have the Divine law for what we believe, and then let not scoffers prevail upon us to decline from it. God's judgments of old comfort and encourage us, for he is still the same. Sin is horrible in the eyes of all that are sanctified. Ere long the believer will be absent from the body, and present with the Lord. In the mean time, the statutes of the Lord supply subjects for grateful praise. In the season of affliction, and in the silent hours of the night, he remembers the name of the Lord, and is stirred up to keep the law. All who have made religion the first thing, will own that they have been unspeakable gainers by it.
57 True believers take the Lord for the portion of their inheritance, and nothing less will satisfy them. The psalmist prayed with his whole heart, knowing how to value the blessing he prayed for: he desired the mercy promised, and depended on the promise for it. He turned from by-paths, and returned to God's testimonies. He delayed not. It behoves sinners to hasten to escape; and the believer will be equally in haste to glorify God. No care or grief should take away God's word out of our minds, or hinder the comfort it bestows. There is no situation on earth in which a believer has not cause to be thankful. Let us feel ashamed that others are more willing to keep from sleep to spend the time in sinful pleasures, than we are to praise God. And we should be more earnest in prayer, that our hearts may be filled with his mercy, grace, and peace.
65 However God has dealt with us, he has dealt with us better than we deserve; and all in love, and for our good. Many have knowledge, but little judgment; those who have both, are fortified against the snares of Satan, and furnished for the service of God. We are most apt to wander from God, when we are easy in the world. We should leave our concerns to the disposal of God, seeing we know not what is good for us. Lord, thou art our bountiful Benefactor; incline our hearts to faith and obedience. The psalmist will go on in his duty with constancy and resolution. The proud are full of the world, and its wealth and pleasures; these make them senseless, secure, and stupid. God visits his people with affliction, that they may learn his statutes. Not only God's promises, but even his law, his percepts, though hard to ungodly men, are desirable, and profitable, because they lead us with safety and delight unto eternal life.
73 God made us to serve him, and enjoy him; but by sin we have made ourselves unfit to serve him, and to enjoy him. We ought, therefore, continually to beseech him, by his Holy Spirit, to give us understanding. The comforts some have in God, should be matter of joy to others. But it is easy to own, that God's judgments are right, until it comes to be our own case. All supports under affliction must come from mercy and compassion. The mercies of God are tender mercies; the mercies of a father, the compassion of a mother to her son. They come to us when we are not able to go to them. Causeless reproach does not hurt, and should not move us. The psalmist could go on in the way of his duty, and find comfort in it. He valued the good will of saints, and was desirous to keep up his communion with them. Soundness of heart signifies sincerity in dependence on God, and devotedness to him.
81 The psalmist sought deliverance from his sins, his foes, and his fears. Hope deferred made him faint; his eyes failed by looking out for this expected salvation. But when the eyes fail, yet faith must not. His affliction was great. He was become like a leathern bottle, which, if hung up in the smoke, is dried and shrivelled up. We must ever be mindful of God's statutes. The days of the believer's mourning shall be ended; they are but for a moment, compared with eternal happiness. His enemies used craft as well as power for his ruin, in contempt of the law of God. The commandments of God are true and faithful guides in the path of peace and safety. We may best expect help from God when, like our Master, we do well and suffer for it. Wicked men may almost consume the believer upon earth, but he would sooner forsake all than forsake the word of the Lord. We should depend upon the grace of God for strength to do every good work. The surest token of God's good-will toward us, is his good work in us.
89 The settling of God's word in heaven, is opposed to the changes and revolutions of the earth. And the engagements of God's covenant are established more firmly than the earth itself. All the creatures answer the ends of their creation: shall man, who alone is endued with reason, be the only unprofitable burden of the earth? We may make the Bible a pleasant companion at any time. But the word, without the grace of God, would not quicken us. See the best help for bad memories, namely, good affections; and though the exact words be lost, if the meaning remain, that is well. I am thine, not my own, not the world's; save me from sin, save me from ruin. The Lord will keep the man in peace, whose mind is stayed on him. It is poor perfection which one sees and end of. Such are all things in this world, which pass for perfections. The glory of man is but as the flower of the grass. The psalmist had seen the fulness of the word of God, and its sufficiency. The word of the Lord reaches to all cases, to all times. It will take us from all confidence in man, or in our own wisdom, strength, and righteousness. Thus shall we seek comfort and happiness from Christ alone.
97 What we love, we love to think of. All true wisdom is from God. A good man carries his Bible with him, if not in his hands, yet in his head and in his heart. By meditation on God's testimonies we understand more than our teachers, when we understand our own hearts. The written word is a more sure guide to heaven, than all the fathers, the teachers, and ancients of the church. We cannot, with any comfort or boldness, attend God in holy duties, while under guilt, or in any by-way. It was Divine grace in his heart, that enabled the psalmist to receive these instructions. The soul has its tastes as well as the body. Our relish for the word of God will be greatest, when that for the world and the flesh is least. The way of sin is a wrong way; and the more understanding we get by the precepts of God, the more rooted will be our hatred of sin; and the more ready we are in the Scriptures, the better furnished we are with answers to temptation.
105 The word of God directs us in our work and way, and a dark place indeed the world would be without it. The commandment is a lamp kept burning with the oil of the Spirit, as a light to direct us in the choice of our way, and the steps we take in that way. The keeping of God's commands here meant, was that of a sinner under a dispensation of mercy, of a believer having part in the covenant of grace. The psalmist is often afflicted; but with longing desires to become more holy, offers up daily prayers for quickening grace. We cannot offer any thing to God, that he will accept but what he is pleased to teach us to do. To have our soul or life continually in our hands, implies constant danger of life; yet he did not forget God's promises nor his precepts. Numberless are the snares laid by the wicked; and happy is that servant of God, whom they have not caused to err from his Master's precepts. Heavenly treasures are a heritage for ever; all the saints accept them as such, therefore they can be content with little of this world. We must look for comfort only in the way of duty, and that duty must be done. A good man, by the grace of God, brings his heart to his work, then it is done well.
113 Here is a dread of the risings of sin, and the first beginnings of it. The more we love the law of God, the more watchful we shall be, lest vain thoughts draw us from what we love. Would we make progress in keeping God's commands, we must be separate from evil-doers. The believer could not live without the grace of God; but, supported by his hand, his spiritual life shall be maintained. Our holy security is grounded on Divine supports. All departure from God's statutes is error, and will prove fatal. Their cunning is falsehood. There is a day coming which will put the wicked into everlasting fire, the fit place for the dross. See what comes of sin Surely we who fall so low in devout affections, should fear, lest a promise being left us of entering into heavenly rest, any of us should be found to come short of it,
Hebre 4:1.
121 Happy is the man, who, acting upon gospel principles, does justice to all around. Christ our Surety, having paid our debt and ransom, secures all the blessings of salvation to every true believer. The psalmist expects the word of God's righteousness, and no other salvation than what is secured by that word, which cannot fall to the ground. We deserve no favour form God; we are most easy when we cast ourselves upon God's mercy, and refer ourselves to it. If any man resolve to do God's will as his servant, he shall be made to know his testimonies. We must do what we can for the support of religion, and, after all, must beg of God to take the work into his own hands. It is hypocrisy to say we love God's commandments more than our worldly interests. The way of sin is a false way, being directly contrary to God's precepts, which are right: those that love and esteem God's law, hate sin, and will not be reconciled to it.
129 The wonders of redeeming love will fix the heart in adoration of them. The Scriptures show us what we were, what we are, and what we shall be. They show us the mercy and the justice of the Lord, the joys of heaven, and the pains of hell. Thus they give to the simple, in a few days, understanding of those matters, which philosophers for ages sought in vain. The believer, wearied with the cares of life and his conflicts with sin, pants for the consolations conveyed to him by means of the sacred word. And every one may pray, Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name. We must beg that the Holy Spirit would order our steps. The dominion of sin is to be dreaded and prayed against by every one. The oppression of men is often more than flesh and blood can bear; and He who knoweth our frame, will not refuse to remove it in answer to the prayers of his people. Whatever obscurity may appear as to the faith of the Old Testament believers, their confidence at the throne of grace can only be explained by their having obtained more distinct views of gospel privileges, through the sacrifices and services of their law, than is generally imagined. Go to the same place, plead the name and merits of Jesus, and you will not, you cannot plead in vain. Commonly, where there is a gracious heart, there is a weeping eye. Accept, O Lord, the tears our blessed Redeemer shed in the days of his flesh, for us who should weep for our brethren or ourselves.
137 God never did, and never can do wrong to any. The promises are faithfully performed by Him that made them. Zeal against sin should constrain us to do what we can against it, at least to do more in religion ourselves. Our love to the word of God is evidence of our love to God, because it is designed to make us partake his holiness. Men's real excellency always makes them low in their own eyes. When we are small and despised, we have the more need to remember God's precepts, that we may have them to support us. The law of God is the truth, the standard of holiness, the rule of happiness; but the obedience of Christ alone justifies the believer. Sorrows are often the lot of saints in this vale of tears; they are in heaviness through manifold temptations. There are delights in the word of God, which the saints often most sweetly enjoy when in trouble and anguish. This is life eternal, to know God and Jesus Christ whom he has sent,
John 17:3. May we live the life of faith and grace here, and be removed to the life of glory hereafter.
145 Supplications with the whole heart are presented only by those who desire God's salvation, and who love his commandments. Whither should the child go but to his father? Save me from my sins, my corruptions, my temptations, all the hinderances in my way, that I may keep thy testimonies. Christians who enjoy health, should not suffer the early hours of the morning to glide away unimproved. Hope in God's word encourages us to continue in prayer. It is better to take time from sleep, than not to find time for prayer. We have access to God at all hours; and if our first thoughts in the morning are of God, they will help to keep us in his fear all the day long. Make me lively and cheerful. God knows what we need and what is good for us, and will quicken us. If we are employed in God's service, we need not fear those who try to set themselves as far as they can out of the reach of the convictions and commands of his law. When trouble is near, God is near. He is never far to seek. All his commandments are truth. And God's promises will be performed. All that ever trusted in God have found him faithful.
153 The closer we cleave to the word of God, both as our rule and as our stay, the more assurance we have of deliverance. Christ is the Advocate of his people, their Redeemer. Those who were quickened by his Spirit and grace, when they were dead in trespasses and sins, often need to have the work of grace revived in them, according to the word of promise. The wicked not only do not God's statutes, but they do not even seek them. They flatter themselves that they are going to heaven; but the longer they persist in sin, the further it is from them. God's mercies are tender; they are a fountain that can never be exhausted. The psalmist begs for God's reviving, quickening grace. A man, steady in the way of his duty, though he may have many enemies, needs to fear none. Those that hate sin truly, hate it as sin, as a transgression of the law of God, and a breaking of his word. Our obedience is only pleasing to God, and pleasant to ourselves, when it comes from a principle of love. All, in every age, who receive God's word in faith and love, find every saying in it faithful.
161 Those whose hearts stand in awe of God's word, will rather endure the wrath of man, than break the law of God. By the word of God we are unspeakable gainers. Every man hates to have a lie told him, but we should more hate telling a lie; by the latter we give an affront to God. The more we see the beauty of truth, the more we shall see the hateful deformity of a lie. We are to praise God even for afflictions; through grace we get good from them. Those that love the world have great vexation, for it does not answer what they expect; those that love God's word have great peace, for it outdoes what they expect. Those in whom this holy love reigns, will not perplex themselves with needless scruples, or take offence at their brethren. A good hope of salvation will engage the heart in doing the commandments. And our love to the word of God must subdue our lusts, and root out carnal affections: we must make heart work of it, or we make nothing of it. We must keep the commandments of God by obedience to them, and his promises by reliance on them. God's eye is on us at all times; this should make us very careful to keep his commandments.
169 The psalmist desired grace and strength to lift up his prayers, and that the Lord would receive and notice them. He desired to know more of God in Christ; to know more of the doctrines of the word, and the duties of religion. He had a deep sense of unworthiness, and holy fear that his prayer should not come before God; Lord, what I pray for is, what thou hast promised. We have learned nothing to purpose, if we have not learned to praise God. We should always make the word of God the rule of our discourse, so as never to transgress it by sinful speaking, or sinful silence. His own hands are not sufficient, nor can any creature lend him help; therefore he looks up to God, that the hand that had made him may help him. He had made religion his deliberate choice. There is an eternal salvation all the saints long for, and therefore they pray that God would help their way to it. Let thy judgments help me; let all ordinances and all providences, (both are God's judgments,) further me in glorifying God; let them help me for that work. He often looks back with shame and gratitude to his lost estate. He still prays for the tender care of Him who purchased his flock with his own blood, that he may receive from him the gift of eternal life. Seek me, that is, Find me; for God never seeks in vain. Turn me, and I shall be turned. Let this psalm be a touchstone by which to try our hearts, and our lives. Do our hearts, cleansed in Christ's blood, make these prayers, resolutions and confessions our own? Is God's word the standard of our faith, and the law of our practice? Do we use it as pleas with Christ for what we need? Happy those who live in such delightful exercises.