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title: "Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "James Anderson"
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# Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5

*John Calvin, tr. James Anderson*

Calvin on the Psalms, volume 5 of 5.

## 134. Psalm 119 · 1 of 5

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[¶0] א [Aleph.]

[¶1] 1 א Blessed are those who are upright in their way, Walking in the law of Jehovah.

[¶2] 2 א Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, Who with their whole heart seek him.

[¶3] 3 א, Surely they do not work iniquity, Who in his ways do walk.

[¶4] 4 א Thou hast commanded That thy statutes be kept carefully.

[¶5] 5 א O that my ways may be directed To the keeping of thy statutes!

[¶6] 6 א Then shall I not be ashamed, When I shall have been attentive to all thy commandments.

[¶7] 7 א I will celebrate thee with uprightness of heart, When I shall have learned the judgments of thy righteousness.

[¶8] 8 א, Thy statutes I will keep: Do not thou forsake me very far.

[¶9] ב [Beth.]

[¶10] 9 ב By what [means] shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to thy word.

[¶11] 10 ב With my whole heart have I sought thee; Let me not go astray from thy commandments.

[¶12] 11 ב In my heart I have hidden thy word, That I might not sin against thee.

[¶13] 12 ב Blessed art thou, O Jehovah! Teach me thy statutes.

[¶14] 13 ב With my lips have I declared All the judgments of thy mouth.

[¶15] 14 ב In the way of thy testimonies I have taken delight, As much as in all riches.

[¶16] 15 ב Upon thy statutes will I meditate, And I will consider thy paths.

[¶17] 16 ב In thy commandments will I delight myself; I will not forget thy words.

[¶18] ג [Gimel.]

[¶19] 17 ג Do good to thy servant, And I shall live and keep thy word.

[¶20] 18 ג Open mine eyes, And I shall behold the wonders of thy law.

[¶21] 19 ג I am a stranger on the earth: Hide not from me thy commandments.

[¶22] 20 ג Broken is my soul with the desire it hath To thy judgments at all times.

[¶23] 21 ג Thou hast destroyed the proud ones; Cursed are those who decline from thy commandments.

[¶24] 22 ג Remove from me reproach and contempt; For thy testimonies I have kept.

[¶25] 23 ג Princes also have sat, against me they have spoken: Thy servant meditated upon thy statutes.

[¶26] 24 ג Also thy testimonies are my delights, The men of my counsel.

[¶27] ד [Daleth.]

[¶28] 25 ד Cleave to the dust doth my soul: Quicken me according to thy word.

[¶29] 26 ד I have declared my ways, and thou hast answered me: Teach me thy statutes.

[¶30] 27 ד The way of thy commandments make me to understand, And I will meditate upon thy wonders.

[¶31] 28 ד Drop away doth my soul for grief: Raise me up according to thy word.

[¶32] 29 ד The way of falsehood remove from me, And thy law grant me graciously.

[¶33] 30 ד The way of truth I have chosen; Thy judgments I have set before me.

[¶34] 31 ד I have cleaved to thy testimonies, O Jehovah Let me not be put to shame.

[¶35] 32 ד The way of thy statutes I will run, When thou shalt have enlarged my heart.

[¶36] ה [He.]

[¶37] 33 ה Teach me, O Jehovah! the way of thy statutes, And I will keep it unto the end.

[¶38] 34 ה Make me to understand, and I will observe thy law, And keep it with my whole heart.

[¶39] 35 ה Direct me in the way of thy statutes; For in it is my delight.

[¶40] 36 ה Incline my heart to thy testimonies, And not to covetousness.

[¶41] 37 ה Turn away my eyes from seeing vanity; In thy way quicken me.

[¶42] 38 ה Confirm to thy servant thy word, Who to thy fear is devoted

[¶43] 39 ה Remove my reproach which I have dreaded, For thy judgments are good.

[¶44] 40 ה Behold! I have longed after thy commandments: In thy righteousness quicken me.