New English Translation

Psalms 119:17-34 New English Translation (NET)

17. Be kind to your servant!Then I will live and keep your instructions.

18. Open my eyes so I can truly seethe marvelous things in your law!

19. I am like a foreigner in this land.Do not hide your commands from me!

20. I desperately long to knowyour regulations at all times.

21. You reprimand arrogant people.Those who stray from your commands are doomed.

22. Spare me shame and humiliation,for I observe your rules.

23. Though rulers plot and slander me,your servant meditates on your statutes.

24. Yes, I find delight in your rules;they give me guidance.ד (Dalet)

25. I collapse in the dirt.Revive me with your word!

26. I told you about my ways and you answered me.Teach me your statutes!

27. Help me to understand what your precepts mean!Then I can meditate on your marvelous teachings.

28. I collapse from grief.Sustain me by your word!

29. Remove me from the path of deceit!Graciously give me your law!

30. I choose the path of faithfulness;I am committed to your regulations.

31. I hold fast to your rules.O Lord, do not let me be ashamed!

32. I run along the path of your commands,for you enable me to do so.ה (He)

33. Teach me, O Lord, the lifestyle prescribed by your statutes,so that I might observe it continually.

34. Give me understanding so that I might observe your law,and keep it with all my heart.