Psalms 119:9 Cross References - Rotherham

⁹ [BETH.] Wherewithal can a young man keep pure his way? By taking heed, according to thy word.

⁶ so shall these words, which I, am commanding thee today, be upon thy heart; ⁷ and thou shalt impress them upon thy sons, and shalt speak of them,––when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up; ⁸ and thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand,––and they shall serve for bands, between thine eyes; ⁹ and thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and within thy gates.

¹⁸ But it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, then shall he write for himself a copy of this law upon a scroll, out of [that which is] before the priests, the Levites:

⁷ Only be very firm and bold, taking heed to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded thee, do not turn aside therefrom, to the right hand or to the left,––that thou mayest prosper, whithersoever thou goest.

¹⁶ Now, therefore, O Yahweh––God of Israel, keep thou, for thy servant David my father, that which thou didst promise him, saying, There shall not be cut off to thee a man, from before me, to sit upon the throne of Israel, if only, thy sons take heed to their way, to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.

⁵ And so it was, when the days of the banquet came round, that Job sent and hallowed them, and rising early in the morning offered ascending–sacrifices according to the number of them all; for Job said, Peradventure my sons have sinned, and have cursed God in their hearts. Thus and thus, was Job wont to do all the days.

²⁶ For thou writest, against me, bitter things, and dost make me inherit the iniquities of my youth;

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¶ How happy the man, who hath not walked in the counsel of the lawless,––and, in the way of sinners, hath not stood, and, in the seat of scoffers, hath not sat; ² But, in the law of Yahweh, is his delight,––and, in his law, doth he talk with himself day and night. ³ So doth he become like a tree planted by streams of waters,––that yieldeth, its fruit, in its season, whose leaf, also doth not wither, and, whatsoever he doeth, prospereth.

⁷ The, law of Yahweh, is complete, Bringing back the soul, The, testimony of Yahweh, is confirmed, Making wise the simple; ⁸ The precepts of Yahweh, are right, Rejoicing the heart, The, commandment of Yahweh, is pure, Enlightening the eyes; ⁹ The, reverence of Yahweh, is clean, Enduring evermore,––The, decisions of Yahweh, are faithful, They are righteous, altogether: ¹⁰ More desirable, than gold, yea than much fine gold, Sweeter, also than honey, or than droppings from the comb. ¹¹ Even thine own servant, taketh warning by them, In the keeping of them, great is the reward.

⁷ The sins of my youth, and my transgressions, do not thou call to mind,––According to thine own lovingkindness, remember thou me, for the sake of thine own goodness, O Yahweh.

¹¹ Come, ye children! hearken unto me, The reverence of Yahweh, will I teach you.

⁴ We will not withhold [them] from their children, To a later generation, recounting the praises of Yahweh, Even his might and his wonders which he wrought; ⁵ When he set up a testimony in Jacob, And, a law, appointed in Israel,––Which he commanded our fathers, That they might make them known to their children; ⁶ To the end, A later generation might come to know, Children who should be born, Who should arise, and recount [them] to their children; ⁷ That they might set, in Elohim, their confidence,––And not forget the doings of El, But, his commandments, might observe; ⁸ And not become, like their fathers, a generation stubborn and rebellious,––A generation that fixed not their heart, Neither was their spirit, faithful with GOD.

¹¹ In my heart, have I treasured what thou hast said, to the end I may not sin against thee.

⁹⁷ [MEM.] Oh how I love thy law! All the day, is it my meditation.
⁹⁸ Beyond mine enemies, will thy commandment make me wise, for, age–abidingly, shall it be mine. ⁹⁹ Beyond all my teachers, have I shown discretion, for, thy testimonies, are my meditation. ¹⁰⁰ Beyond the elders, will I show understanding, for, thy precepts, have I observed.
¹⁰¹ From every way of wickedness, have I withheld my feet, that I might keep thy word.
¹⁰² From thy regulations, have I not turned aside, for, thou, hast directed me.
¹⁰³ How smooth to my palate is thy speech, More than honey, to my mouth. ¹⁰⁴ Out of thy precepts, will I get understanding, For this cause, do I hate every false way.
¹⁰⁵ [NUN.] A lamp to my feet, is thy word, and a light to my path.

⁴ For giving To the simple shrewdness, To the young man, knowledge and discretion.

¹⁰ My son, if sinners entice thee, do not consent.

¹ Hear, ye sons, the correction of a father, and attend, that ye may know understanding.

¹⁰ Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and they will multiply to thee the years of life. ¹¹ In the way of wisdom, have I taught thee, I have guided thee in tracks of uprightness. ¹² When thou walkest, thy step shall not be hemmed in, and, if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. ¹³ Take fast hold of correction, let her not go,––keep her, for, she, is thy life.
¹⁴ Upon the path of the lawless, do not thou enter, and do not advance in the way of the wicked: ¹⁵ Avoid it, do not pass thereon––turn from it, and depart. ¹⁶ For they sleep not, unless they can do mischief,––They rob themselves of their sleep, if they cannot cause someone to stumble, ¹⁷ For they consume bread gotten by lawlessness, and, wine obtained by violence, they drink.

⁷ Now, therefore, ye sons, hearken unto me, and do not turn away from the sayings of my mouth. ⁸ Keep far from her thy way, and do not go near the opening of her house: ⁹ Lest thou give, to other men, thy vigour, and thy years, to him that is cruel: ¹⁰ Lest strange men, be well fed, by thy strength, and, thy toils, be in the house of the alien. ¹¹ So shalt thou grieve in thy latter end, in the failing of thy flesh and of thy healthy condition; ¹² And thou shalt say––How I hated correction! and, reproof, my heart disdained; ¹³ Neither hearkened I to the voice of my teachers, nor, to my instructors, inclined I mine ear: ¹⁴ Soon was I in all evil, in the midst of convocation and assembly.
¹⁵ Drink thou water out of thine own cistern, and flowing streams out of the midst of thine own well. ¹⁶ Let not thy fountains, flow over, abroad, in the streets, dividings of waters: ¹⁷ Let them be for thyself, alone, and not for strangers with thee. ¹⁸ Let thy well–spring be blessed,––and get thy joy from the wife of thy youth:–– ¹⁹ A loving hind! a graceful doe! let, her bosom, content thee at all times, and, in her love, mayst thou stray evermore. ²⁰ Wherefore, then, shouldst thou stray, my son, with a strange woman? or embrace the bosom of a woman unknown? ²¹ For, before the eyes of Yahweh, are the ways of a man,––and, all his tracks, doth he consider: ²² His own iniquities, shall entrap him with the lawless, and, by the cords of his own sin, shall he be seized. ²³ He, shall die, for lack of discipline, and, by the abounding of his perversity, shall he be lost.

²⁰ Observe thou, my son, the commandment of thy father, and do not decline from the instruction of thy mother: ²¹ Bind them upon thy heart continually, fasten them upon thy neck; ²² When thou walkest abroad, it shall guide thee, when thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee, when thou wakest, it shall speak to thee: ²³ For, a lamp, is the commandment, and, the instruction, a light, and, the way of life, are the reproofs of correction: ²⁴ To keep thee from the wicked woman, from the flattery of the tongue of her that is a stranger. ²⁵ Do not covet her beauty, in thy heart, neither let her take thee, by her eyelashes; ²⁶ Because, for the sake of an impure woman, [a man may be brought] even to a cake of bread,––and, a man’s wife, for a precious soul, may hunt! ²⁷ Can a man snatch up fire in his bosom, and, his clothes, not be burned? ²⁸ Or can a man walk upon hot coals, and, his feet, not be burned? ²⁹ So, he that goeth in unto his neighbour’s wife, no man shall be guiltless who toucheth her! ³⁰ Men despise not a thief, when he stealeth, to satisfy his appetite, because he is famished; ³¹ Yet, if found, he must pay back sevenfold, All the substance of his house, must he give: ³² He that committeth adultery with a woman, lacketh sense, A destroyer of his own life, is he that doeth it; ³³ Smiting and shame, shall he find, and, his reproach, shall not be wiped out; ³⁴ For, jealousy, is the rage of a man, nor will he spare, in the day of avenging; ³⁵ He will not look, at any ransom, neither will he consent, though thou increase the bribe.

⁷ And saw among the simple ones, discerned among the youths, A young man lacking sense;

⁹ Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart gladden thee in the days of thine early manhood, and walk thou––in the ways of thine own heart, and in that which is seen by thine own eyes,––yet know, that, for all these things, will God bring thee into judgment.

¹³ And, after not many days, the younger son, gathering all together, left home for a country far away, and, there, squandered his substance with riotous living.

³ Already, ye, are, pure, because of the word which I have spoken unto you:

²² But, from the youthful covetings, flee! and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, along with them who call upon the Lord out of a pure heart.

¹⁵ And that, from a babe, those sacred letters, thou hast known which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through the faith which is in Christ Jesus: ¹⁶ Every scripture, [is] God–breathed, and profitable––unto teaching, unto conviction, unto correction, unto the discipline that is in righteousness,–– ¹⁷ In order that, ready, may be the man, of God, unto every good work, being well–prepared.

⁴ That they may constrain the young women to be, lovers of their husbands, lovers of their children, ⁵ soberminded, chaste, workers at home, good, submitting themselves to their own husbands,––that, the word of God, be not defamed; ⁶ The younger men, in the same way, exhort thou to be sober–minded:

²¹ Wherefore, putting away all filthiness and overflow of baseness, in meekness, welcome ye the word fitted for inward growth, which is able to save your souls: ²² Become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only––reasoning yourselves astray; ²³ Because, if any is, a word–hearer, and not a doer, the same, is like unto a man observing his natural face in a mirror,–– ²⁴ For he observed himself, and is gone away, and, straightway, it hath escaped him,––what manner of man, he was! ²⁵ But, he that hath obtained a nearer view into the perfect law of liberty, and hath taken up his abode by it, becoming––not a forgetful hearer, but a work doer, the same, happy in his doing, shall be.