The Koine Bible

Alleluia, Aleph. Blessed are the blameless in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.

Blessed are those who search out his testimonies; with all their heart they shall seek him

For those who work lawlessness have not walked in his ways.

You have commanded your commandments to be kept very diligently.

Oh that my ways might be directed to keep your ordinances!

Then I shall surely not be put to shame, when I look upon all your commandments

I will give thanks to you, O Lord, in uprightness of heart, when I have learned the judgments of your righteousness.

I will keep your ordinances; do not utterly forsake me.

Beth. How shall the younger man set straight his way? In keeping thy words.

With my whole heart I sought you; do not thrust me away from your commandments.

In my heart I have hidden your sayings, so that I might not sin against you.

Blessed are you, O Lord; teach me your statutes.

With my lips I declared all the judgments of your mouth

In the way of your testimonies I was delighted as upon all wealth

In your commandments I will meditate, and I will consider your ways.

I will meditate on your ordinances; I will not forget your words.

Deal bountifully with your servant; I shall live, and I will keep your words.

Open my eyes, and I will understand your marvelous things from your law.

I am a sojourner in the land; do not hide your commandments from me.

My soul has longed to desire your judgments at all time

You rebuked the proud; cursed are those who turn aside from your commandments

Remove from me reproach and contempt, because I have sought out your testimonies.

For rulers also sat and spoke against me, but your servant meditated on your statutes.

For even your testimonies are my meditation, and my counsels are your ordinances.

My soul has clung to the dust; make me live according to your word.

I declared my ways, and you heard me; teach me your ordinances.

Make me understand the way of your statutes, and I will meditate on your wondrous works.

My soul has dropped away because of dejection; establish me in your words.

Remove from me the way of unrighteousness, and by your law have mercy on me.

I have chosen the way of truth; I have not forgotten your judgments.

I have cleaved to your testimonies, O Lord; do not put me to shame.

I ran the way of your commandments when you enlarged my heart.

Teach me, Lord, the way of your ordinances, and I will seek it continually

Give me understanding, and I will search out your law and will keep it with my whole heart

Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I have desired it

Incline my heart to your testimonies and not to covetousness

Turn away my eyes from not seeing vanity in your way; make me live

Confirm to your servant your word for your fear

Take away my reproach, which I suspected, for your judgments are good.

Behold, I have desired your commandments in your righteousness; make me live.

Let your mercy also come upon me, O Lord, your salvation according to your word

and I shall answer those who reproach me with a word, because I have hoped in your words

And do not take away from my mouth a word of truth altogether, because I have hoped upon your judgments.

And I will keep your law continually, forever and ever

And I was walking in an open place, because I sought out your commandments.

And I spoke of your testimonies before kings, and I was not ashamed.

And I meditated in your commandments, which I loved exceedingly.

And I lifted up my hands to your commandments, which I loved, and I meditated on your ordinances.

Remember your word to your servant, on which you caused me to hope.

This has comforted me in my humiliation, because your word has made me alive

The proud acted lawlessly exceedingly, but I did not turn aside from your law.

I remembered your judgments from of old, O Lord, and I was comforted.

Indignation seized me because of sinners, those who forsake your law

Your statutes were songs to me in the place of my sojourning.

I remembered your name in the night, O Lord, and I kept your law.

This became for me, because I sought out your ordinances.

O LORD, my portion; I have said to keep your law.

I sought your face with all my heart; have mercy on me according to your word.

I considered your ways, and I turned my feet to your testimonies.

I was prepared, and I was not troubled, to keep your commandments

The cords of sinners have entangled me, and I did not forget your law.

At midnight I used to rise to give thanks to you for the judgments of your righteousness

I am a companion of all those who fear you and those who keep your commandments

The earth is full of your mercy, Lord; teach me your ordinances.

You have dealt well with your servant, O Lord, according to your word.

Teach me goodness and discipline and knowledge, because I have believed your commandments.

Before I was humbled, I went astray; therefore I kept your word.

You are good, Lord, and in your goodness teach me your ordinances.

The injustice of the proud has multiplied against me, but I will search out your commandments with all my heart.

Their heart was congealed like milk, but I meditated on your law.

It is good for me that you humbled me, so that I might learn your ordinances.

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

Your hands made me and fashioned me; give me understanding, and I will learn your commandments.

Those fearing you will see me and will be glad, because I have hoped in your words.

I have known, O Lord, that your judgments are righteousness, and in truth you humbled me.

Let your mercy be, indeed, for comforting me, according to your saying to your servant.

Let your compassions come to me, and I shall live, for your law is my meditation.

Let the proud be put to shame, because they have acted lawlessly against me unjustly; but I will meditate on your commandments.

Let those who fear you and those who know your testimonies turn to me

Let my heart become blameless in your ordinances, so that I may not be put to shame

My soul fails for your salvation, and in your word I have hoped

My eyes have failed for your saying, saying, When will you comfort me?

For I have become like a wineskin in the frost; I have not forgotten your ordinances.

How many are the days of your servant? When will you make judgment for me from those who pursue me?

The lawless told me of worthless talk, but not as your law, O Lord

All your commandments are truth; they persecuted me unjustly; help me.

They had almost made an end of me on the earth, but I did not forsake your commandments.

According to your mercy, make me live, and I will keep the testimonies of your mouth.

For ever, Lord, your word remains in heaven.

Your truth is for generation and generation; you founded the earth, and it remains

By your ordinance the day continues, because all things are your servants.

If your law had not been my meditation, then I would have perished in my humiliation

I will never forget your ordinances forever, because in them you made me live, O Lord

I am yours; save me, because I have sought out your statutes.

Sinners waited for me, to destroy me; I understood your testimonies.

Of every completion I have seen an end; your commandment is exceedingly broad.

How I have loved your law, O Lord; all the day it is my meditation.

Above my enemies you have made me wise by your commandment, for it is to me forever

I have understood more than all my teachers, because your testimonies are my meditation.

I understand more than the elders, because I have sought out your commandments.

From every evil way I restrained my feet, so that I might keep your words

I have not turned aside from your judgments, because you gave me law.

How sweet are your sayings to my throat, more than honey and the honeycomb to my mouth.

From your commandments I understood; therefore I hated every way of unrighteousness, because you laid down law for me

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my paths.

I have sworn and I have set myself to keep the judgments of your righteousness

I was brought very low; O Lord, make me live according to your word.

Let the freewill offerings of my mouth be well-pleasing, indeed, O Lord, and teach me your judgments.

My soul is in my hands continually, and I have not forgotten your law.

Sinners laid a snare for me, and I did not stray from your commandments.

I have inherited your testimonies forever, because they are the gladness of my heart.

I have inclined my heart to do your ordinances forever, because of recompense

I hate lawless men, and I loved your law.

You are my helper and my protector; I have hoped in your word.

Depart from me, you who are doing evil, and I will search out the commandments of my God.

Uphold me according to your word, and I shall live, and do not put me to shame from my expectation.

Help me and I shall be saved, and I will meditate on your ordinances continually.

You have rejected all those who turn away from your ordinances, because their thought is unjust.

I counted all the sinners of the earth as transgressors; therefore I have loved your testimonies continually

Pierce my flesh with your fear, for I have feared your judgments.

I have done judgment and righteousness; do not hand me over to those who wrong me.

Take up your servant for good; let not the proud slander me.

My eyes have failed for your salvation and for the oracle of your righteousness

Deal with your servant according to your mercy, and teach me your ordinances.

I am your servant; give me understanding, and I will know your testimonies.

It is time for the Lord to act; they have scattered your law.

Therefore I have loved your commandments above gold and topaz

Therefore I held straight to all your commandments; every unjust way I hated.

Your testimonies are wondrous; for this reason my soul has searched them out.

The unfolding of your words will give light and will give understanding to little ones.

I opened my mouth and drew breath, because I longed for your commandments.

Look upon me and have mercy on me according to the judgment of those who love your name

Direct my steps according to your saying, and let not all lawlessness have dominion over me.

Redeem me from the false accusation of men, and I will keep your commandments.

Cause your face to shine upon your servant, and teach me your ordinances.

My eyes have gone down as streams of waters because they did not keep your law

Righteous are you, O Lord, and upright is your judgment.

You have commanded your testimonies in righteousness and very much in truth

Zeal for your house has consumed me, because my enemies have forgotten your words.

Your word is very refined, and your servant has loved it greatly.

I am young and despised; I have not forgotten your ordinances.

Your righteousness is righteousness forever, and your law is truth.

Affliction and distress found me; your commandments are my meditation.

Your testimonies are righteousness forever; give me understanding, and I shall live.

I cried out with my whole heart; answer me, O Lord; I will seek your ordinances.

I have cried to you; save me, and I will keep your testimonies.

I rose before dawn and cried out; in your words I hoped

My eyes anticipated the dawn, to meditate on your sayings.

Hear my voice, O Lord; according to your mercy, according to your judgment, give me life.

They drew near, those who pursue me with lawlessness, but they have been far from your law.

You are near, O Lord, and all your commandments are truth.

From the beginning I knew from your testimonies that you have founded them forever

Look upon my humiliation and deliver me, because I have not forgotten your law.

Judge my cause and redeem me; preserve me by your word.

Salvation is far from sinners, because they did not seek your ordinances.

Your mercies are many, O Lord; according to your judgment give me life.

Many are those who persecute me and oppress me; from your testimonies I have not turned aside.

I saw those who acted faithlessly and was pining away, because they did not keep your sayings.

See that I have loved your commandments, O Lord; in your mercy give me life.

The beginning of your words is truth, and all the judgments of your righteousness are for ever.

Princes have persecuted me without cause, and my heart has been afraid of your words.

I will rejoice over your sayings as one finding many spoils

I have hated injustice and abhorred it, but your law I have loved.

Seven times a day I praised you because of the judgments of your righteousness

Great peace have those who love your law, and there is no stumbling block for them.

I have waited for your salvation, O Lord, and I have loved your commandments.

My soul has kept your testimonies, and has loved them exceedingly.

I have kept your commandments and your testimonies, because all my ways are before you, O Lord.

Let my petition draw near before you, O Lord; according to your oracle give me understanding.

Let my petition come in before you according to your word; deliver me.

Let my lips pour forth a hymn when you teach me your ordinances

Let my tongue speak your saying, for all your commandments are righteousness.

Let your hand become for saving me, because I have chosen your commandments.

I have longed for your salvation, O Lord, and your law is my meditation.

Let my soul live, and it will praise you, and your judgments will help me.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant, for I have not forgotten your commandments.