Bible In A Year

¹> Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, Who walk according to Yahweh's law.

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

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

⁴You have commanded your precepts, That we should fully obey them.

⁵Oh that my ways were steadfast To obey your statutes!

⁶Then I wouldn't be disappointed, When I consider all of your commandments.

⁷I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, When I learn your righteous judgments.

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

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

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

¹¹I have hidden your word in my heart, That I might not sin against you.

¹²Blessed are you, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes.

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

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

¹⁵I will meditate on your precepts, And consider your ways.

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

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

¹⁸Open my eyes, That I may see wondrous things out of your law.

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

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

²¹You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, Who wander from your commandments.

²²Take reproach and contempt away from me, For I have kept your statutes.

²³Though princes sit and slander me, Your servant will meditate on your statutes.

²⁴Indeed your statutes are my delight, And my counselors.

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

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

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

²⁸My soul is weary with sorrow: Strengthen me according to your word.

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

³⁰I have chosen the way of truth. I have set my heart on your law.

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

³²I run in the path of your commandments, For you have set my heart free.

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

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

³⁵Direct me in the path of your commandments, For I delight in them.

³⁶Turn my heart toward your statutes, Not toward selfish gain.

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

³⁸Fulfill your promise to your servant, That you may be feared.

³⁹Take away my disgrace that I dread, For your ordinances are good.

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

⁴¹Let your loving kindness also come to me, Yahweh, Your salvation, according to your word.

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

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

⁴⁴So I will obey your law continually, Forever and ever.

⁴⁵I will walk in liberty, For I have sought your precepts.

⁴⁶I will also speak of your statutes before kings, And will not be disappointed.

⁴⁷I will delight myself in your commandments, Because I love them.

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

⁴⁹Remember your word to your servant, Because you gave me hope.

⁵⁰This is my comfort in my affliction, For your word has revived me.

⁵¹The arrogant mock me excessively, But I don't swerve from your law.

⁵²I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh, And have comforted myself.

⁵³Indignation has taken hold on me, Because of the wicked who forsake your law.

⁵⁴Your statutes have been my songs, In the house where I live.

⁵⁵I have remembered your name, Yahweh, in the night, And I obey your law.

⁵⁶This is my way, That I keep your precepts.

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

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

⁵⁹I considered my ways, And turned my steps to your statutes.

⁶⁰I will hurry, and not delay, To obey your commandments.

⁶¹The ropes of the wicked bind me, But I won't forget your law.

⁶²At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, Because of your righteous ordinances.

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

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

⁶⁵Do good to your servant, According to your word, Yahweh.

⁶⁶Teach me good judgment and knowledge, For I believe in your commandments.

⁶⁷Before I was afflicted, I went astray; But now I observe your word.

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

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

⁷⁰Their heart is as callous as the fat, But I delight in your law.

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

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

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

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

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

⁷⁶Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, According to your word to your servant.

⁷⁷Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; For your law is my delight.

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

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

⁸⁰Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, That I may not be disappointed.

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

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

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

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

⁸⁵The proud have dug pits for me, Contrary to your law.

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

⁸⁷They had almost wiped me from the earth, But I didn't forsake your precepts.

⁸⁸Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, So I will obey the statutes of your mouth.

⁸⁹Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever.

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

⁹¹Your laws remain to this day, For all things serve you.

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

⁹³I will never forget your precepts, For with them, you have revived me.

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

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

⁹⁶I have seen a limit to all perfection, But your commands are boundless.

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

⁹⁸Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, For your commandments are always with me.

⁹⁹I have more understanding than all my teachers, For your testimonies are my meditation.

¹⁰⁰I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept your precepts.

¹⁰¹I have kept my feet from every evil way, That I might observe your word.

¹⁰²I have not turned aside from your ordinances, For you have taught me.

¹⁰³How sweet are your promises to my taste, More than honey to my mouth!

¹⁰⁴Through your precepts, I get understanding; Therefore I hate every false way.

¹⁰⁵Your word is a lamp to my feet, And a light for my path.

¹⁰⁶I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will obey your righteous ordinances.

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

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

¹⁰⁹My soul is continually in my hand, Yet I won't forget your law.

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

¹¹¹I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, For they are the joy of my heart.

¹¹²I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, Even to the end.

¹¹³I hate double-minded men, But I love your law.

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

¹¹⁵Depart from me, you evildoers, That I may keep the commandments of my God.

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

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

¹¹⁸You reject all those who stray from your statutes, For their deceit is in vain.

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

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

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

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

¹²³My eyes fail looking for your salvation, For your righteous word.

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

¹²⁵I am your servant. Give me understanding, That I may know your testimonies.

¹²⁶It is time to act, Yahweh, For they break your law.

¹²⁷Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, Yes, more than pure gold.

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

¹²⁹Your testimonies are wonderful, Therefore my soul keeps them.

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

¹³¹I opened my mouth wide and panted, For I longed for your commandments.

¹³²Turn to me, and have mercy on me, As you always do to those who love your name.

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

¹³⁴Redeem me from the oppression of man, So I will observe your precepts.

¹³⁵Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.

¹³⁶Streams of tears run down my eyes, Because they don't observe your law.

¹³⁷You are righteous, Yahweh. Your judgments are upright.

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

¹³⁹My zeal wears me out, Because my enemies ignore your words.

¹⁴⁰Your promises have been thoroughly tested, And your servant loves them.

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

¹⁴²Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁴⁸My eyes stay open through the night watches, That I might meditate on your word.

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

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

¹⁵¹You are near, Yahweh. All your commandments are truth.

¹⁵²Of old I have known from your testimonies, That you have founded them forever.

¹⁵³Consider my affliction, and deliver me, For I don't forget your law.

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

¹⁵⁵Salvation is far from the wicked, For they don't seek your statutes.

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

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

¹⁵⁸I look at the faithless with loathing, Because they don't observe your word.

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

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

¹⁶¹Princes have persecuted me without a cause, But my heart stands in awe of your words.

¹⁶²I rejoice at your word, As one who finds great spoil.

¹⁶³I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.

¹⁶⁴Seven times a day, I praise you, Because of your righteous ordinances.

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

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

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

¹⁶⁸I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, For all my ways are before you.

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

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

¹⁷¹Let my lips utter praise, For you teach me your statutes.

¹⁷²Let my tongue sing of your word, For all your commandments are righteousness.

¹⁷³Let your hand be ready to help me, For I have chosen your precepts.

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

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

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

¹Ho, everyone who thirsts, come you to the waters, and he who has no money; come you, buy, and eat; yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. ²Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which doesn't satisfy? listen diligently to me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. ³Turn your ear, and come to me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. ⁴Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples. ⁵Behold, you shall call a nation that you don't know; and a nation that didn't know you shall run to you, because of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you. ⁶Seek you Yahweh while he may be found; call you on him while he is near: ⁷let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. ⁸For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says Yahweh. ⁹For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. ¹⁰For as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky, and doesn't return there, but waters the earth, and makes it bring forth and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater; ¹¹so shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. ¹²For you shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields shall clap their hands. ¹³Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree; and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to Yahweh for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

¹Thus says Yahweh, Keep you justice, and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. ²Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast; who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil. ³Neither let the foreigner, who has joined himself to Yahweh, speak, saying, Yahweh will surely separate me from his people; neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. ⁴For thus says Yahweh of the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast my covenant: ⁵To them will I give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. ⁶Also the foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh, to minister to him, and to love the name of Yahweh, to be his servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and holds fast my covenant; ⁷even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples. ⁸The Lord Yahweh, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says, Yet will I gather [others] to him, besides his own who are gathered. ⁹All you animals of the field, come to devour, [yes], all you animals in the forest. ¹⁰His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they can't bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber. ¹¹Yes, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds who can't understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter. ¹²Come you, [say they], I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, [a day] great beyond measure.

¹The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come]. ²He enters into peace; they rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness. ³But draw near here, you sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the prostitute. ⁴Against whom do you sport yourselves? against whom make you a wide mouth, and put out the tongue? Aren't you children of disobedience, a seed of falsehood, ⁵you who inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; who kill the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? ⁶Among the smooth [stones] of the valley is your portion; they, they are your lot; even to them have you poured a drink-offering, you have offered an offering. Shall I be appeased for these things? ⁷On a high and lofty mountain have you set your bed; there also you went up to offer sacrifice. ⁸Behind the doors and the posts have you set up your memorial: for you have uncovered [yourself] to another than me, and are gone up; you have enlarged your bed, and made you a covenant with them: you loved their bed where you saw it. ⁹You went to the king with oil, and did increase your perfumes, and did send your ambassadors far off, and did debase yourself even to Sheol. ¹⁰You were wearied with the length of your way; yet you didn't say, It is in vain: you found a reviving of your strength; therefore you weren't faint. ¹¹Of whom have you been afraid and in fear, that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven't I held my peace even of long time, and you don't fear me? ¹²I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they shall not profit you. ¹³When you cry, let those who you have gathered deliver you; but the wind shall take them, a breath shall carry them all away: but he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain. ¹⁴He will say, Cast up, cast up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people. ¹⁵For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite. ¹⁶For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls who I have made. ¹⁷For the iniquity of his covetousness was I angry, and struck him; I hid [my face] and was angry; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart. ¹⁸I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners. ¹⁹I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near, says Yahweh; and I will heal him. ²⁰But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can't rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt. ²¹There is no peace, says my God, to the wicked.