Psalms 119
1 ALEPH Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the LORD’s law.
[ALEPH] O the blessedness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the Law of YHWH,
2 Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.
O the blessedness of those keeping His testimonies, They seek Him with the whole heart.
3 Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways.
Indeed, they have not done iniquity, They have walked in His ways.
4 You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them.
You have commanded us to diligently keep Your precepts,
5 Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!
O that my ways were prepared to keep Your statutes,
6 Then I would not be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments.
Then I am not ashamed In my looking to all Your commands.
7 I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments.
I confess You with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Your righteousness.
8 I will observe your statutes. Do not utterly forsake me. BETH
I keep Your statutes, do not utterly leave me!
9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.
[BETH] With what does a young man purify his path? To observe—according to Your word.
10 With my whole heart I have sought you. Do not let me wander from your commandments.
I have sought You with all my heart, Do not let me err from Your commands.
11 I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
I have hid Your saying in my heart, That I do not sin before You.
12 Blessed are you, LORD. Teach me your statutes.
Blessed [are] You, O YHWH, teach me Your statutes.
13 With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.
With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Your mouth.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.
I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As over all wealth.
15 I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways.
I meditate on Your precepts, And I attentively behold Your paths.
16 I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word. GIMEL
I delight myself in Your statutes, I do not forget Your word.
17 Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word.
[GIMEL] Confer benefits on Your servant, I live, and I keep Your word.
18 Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.
Uncover my eyes, and I behold wonders out of Your law.
19 I am a stranger on the earth. Do not hide your commandments from me.
I [am] a sojourner on earth, Do not hide Your commands from me.
20 My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
My soul has broken for desire To Your judgments at all times.
21 You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments.
You have rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Your commands.
22 Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes.
Remove reproach and contempt from me, For I have kept Your testimonies.
23 Though princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate on your statutes.
Princes also sat—they spoke against me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes,
24 Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors. DALETH
Your testimonies [are] also my delight, The men of my counsel!
25 My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word!
[DALETH] My soul has cleaved to the dust, Quicken me according to Your word.
26 I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes.
I have recounted my ways, And You answer me, teach me Your statutes,
27 Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.
Cause me to understand the way of Your precepts, And I meditate on Your wonders.
28 My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.
My soul has dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Your word.
29 Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously!
Turn aside the way of falsehood from me And favor me with Your law.
30 I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me.
I have chosen the way of faithfulness, I have compared Your judgments,
31 I cling to your statutes, LORD. Do not let me be disappointed.
I have adhered to Your testimonies, O YHWH, do not put me to shame.
32 I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free. HE
I run the way of Your commands, For You enlarge my heart!
33 Teach me, LORD, the way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end.
[HE] Show me, O YHWH, the way of Your statutes, And I keep it—[to] the end.
34 Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.
Cause me to understand, and I keep Your law, And observe it with the whole heart.
35 Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them.
Cause me to tread in the path of Your commands, For I have delighted in it.
36 Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.
Incline my heart to Your testimonies, And not to dishonest gain.
37 Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
Remove my eyes from seeing vanity, Quicken me in Your way.
38 Fulfill your promise to your servant, that you may be feared.
Establish Your saying to Your servant, That [is] concerning Your fear.
39 Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good.
Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Your judgments [are] good.
40 Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness. VAV
Behold, I have longed for Your precepts, Quicken me in Your righteousness,
41 Let your loving kindness also come to me, LORD, your salvation, according to your word.
[WAW] And Your kindness meets me, O YHWH, Your salvation according to Your saying.
42 So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word.
And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For I have trusted in Your word.
43 Do not snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, for I put my hope in your ordinances.
And You do not utterly take away The word of truth from my mouth, Because I have hoped for Your judgment.
44 So I will obey your law continually, forever and ever.
And I keep Your law continually, For all time and forever.
45 I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts.
And I habitually walk in a broad place, For I have sought Your precepts.
46 I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed.
And I speak of Your testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed.
47 I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.
And I delight myself in Your commands, That I have loved,
48 I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes. ZAYIN
And I lift up my hands to Your commands, That I have loved, And I meditate on Your statutes!
49 Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope.
[ZAYIN] Remember the word to Your servant, On which You have caused me to hope.
50 This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me.
This [is] my comfort in my affliction, That Your saying has quickened me.
51 The arrogant mock me excessively, but I do not swerve from your law.
The proud have utterly scorned me, I have not turned aside from Your law.
52 I remember your ordinances of old, LORD, and have comforted myself.
I remembered Your judgments of old, O YHWH, And I comfort myself.
53 Indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked who forsake your law.
Horror has seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Your law.
54 Your statutes have been my songs in the house where I live.
Your statutes have been songs to me, In the house of my sojournings.
55 I have remembered your name, LORD, in the night, and I obey your law.
I have remembered Your Name in the night, O YHWH, And I keep Your law.
56 This is my way, that I keep your precepts. HETH
This has been to me, That I have kept Your precepts!
57 The LORD is my portion. I promised to obey your words.
[HETH] YHWH [is] my portion; I have said I would keep Your words,
58 I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.
I appeased Your face with the whole heart, Favor me according to Your saying.
59 I considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes.
I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet to Your testimonies.
60 I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments.
I have made haste, And did not delay, to keep Your commands.
61 The ropes of the wicked bind me, but I will not forget your law.
Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, I have not forgotten Your law.
62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances.
At midnight I rise to give thanks to You, For the judgments of Your righteousness.
63 I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.
I [am] a companion to all who fear You, And to those keeping Your precepts.
64 The earth is full of your loving kindness, LORD. Teach me your statutes. TETH
Of Your kindness, O YHWH, the earth is full, Teach me Your statutes!
65 You have treated your servant well, according to your word, LORD.
[TETH] You did good with Your servant, O YHWH, According to Your word.
66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.
Teach me the goodness of reason and knowledge, For I have believed in Your commands.
67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.
Before I am afflicted, I am erring, And now I have kept Your saying.
68 You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes.
You [are] good, and doing good, Teach me Your statutes.
69 The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.
The proud have forged falsehood against me, I keep Your precepts with the whole heart.
70 Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law.
Their heart has been thick as fat, I have delighted in Your law.
71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes.
[It is] good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Your statutes.
72 The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. YODH
The Law of Your mouth [is] better to me Than thousands of gold and silver!
73 Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
[YOD] Your hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Your commands.
74 Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.
Those fearing You see me and rejoice, Because I have hoped for Your word.
75 LORD, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
I have known, O YHWH, That Your judgments [are] righteous, And [in] faithfulness You have afflicted me.
76 Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.
Please let Your kindness be to comfort me, According to Your saying to Your servant.
77 Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight.
Your mercies meet me, and I live, For Your law [is] my delight.
78 Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.
The proud are ashamed, For [with] falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate on Your precepts.
79 Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.
Those fearing You turn back to me, And those knowing Your testimonies.
80 Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be disappointed. KAPF
My heart is perfect in Your statutes, So that I am not ashamed.
81 My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.
[KAPH] My soul has been consumed for Your salvation, I have hoped for Your word.
82 My eyes fail for your word. I say, “When will you comfort me?”
My eyes have been consumed for Your word, Saying, “When does it comfort me?”
83 For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I do not forget your statutes.
For I have been as a bottle in smoke, I have not forgotten Your statutes.
84 How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?
How many [are] the days of Your servant? When do You execute judgment Against my pursuers?
85 The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law.
The proud have dug pits for me, That [are] not according to Your law.
86 All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!
All Your commands [are] faithfulness, They have pursued me [with] falsehood, Help me.
87 They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I did not forsake your precepts.
They have almost consumed me on earth, And I have not forsaken Your precepts.
88 Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth. LAMEDH
Quicken me according to Your kindness, And I keep the Testimony of Your mouth!
89 LORD, your word is settled in heaven forever.
[LAMED] For all time, O YHWH, Your word is set up in the heavens.
90 Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.
Your faithfulness from generation to generation, You established earth, and it stands.
91 Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you.
According to Your ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole—Your servants.
92 Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
Unless Your law [were] my delights, Then had I perished in my affliction.
93 I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me.
I do not forget Your precepts for all time, For You have quickened me by them.
94 I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.
I [am] Yours, save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
95 The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.
Your wicked waited for me to destroy me, I understand Your testimonies.
96 I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless. MEM
I have seen an end of all perfection, Your command [is] exceedingly broad!
97 How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.
[MEM] O how I have loved Your law! It [is] my meditation all the day.
98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.
Your command makes me wiser than my enemies, For it [is] before me for all time.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my (meditation)
I have acted wisely above all my teachers. For Your testimonies [are] my (meditation)
100 I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.
Above elderly—I understand more, For I have kept Your precepts.
101 I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.
I restrained my feet from every evil path, So that I keep Your word.
102 I have not turned away from your ordinances, for you have taught me.
I did not turn aside from Your judgments, For You have directed me.
103 How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!
How sweet Your saying has been to my palate, Above honey to my mouth.
104 Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. NUN
I have understanding from Your precepts, Therefore I have hated every false path!
105 Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.
[NUN] Your word [is] a lamp to my foot, And a light to my path.
106 I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.
I have sworn, and I confirm, To keep the judgments of Your righteousness.
107 I am afflicted very much. Revive me, LORD, according to your word.
I have been afflicted very much, O YHWH, quicken me, according to Your word.
108 Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. LORD, teach me your ordinances.
Please accept [the] free-will offerings of my mouth, O YHWH, And teach me Your judgments.
109 My soul is continually in my hand, yet I will not forget your law.
My soul [is] in my hand continually, And I have not forgotten Your law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I have not gone astray from your precepts.
The wicked have laid a snare for me, And I did not wander from your precepts.
111 I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
I have inherited Your testimonies for all time, For they [are] the joy of my heart.
112 I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end. SAMEKH
I have inclined my heart To do Your statutes, for all time—[to] the end!
113 I hate double-minded men, but I love your law.
[SAMEKH] I have hated doubting ones, And I have loved Your law.
114 You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.
You [are] my hiding place and my shield, I have hoped for Your word.
115 Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.
Turn aside from me, you evildoers, And I keep the commands of my God.
116 Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Sustain me according to Your saying, And I live, and You do not put me to shame because of my hope.
117 Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.
Support me, and I am saved, And I look on Your statutes continually.
118 You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain.
You have trodden down All going astray from Your statutes, For their deceit [is] falsehood.
119 You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies.
Dross! You have caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Your testimonies.
120 My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments. AYIN
My flesh has trembled from Your fear, And I have been afraid from Your judgments!
121 I have done what is just and righteous. Do not leave me to my oppressors.
[AYIN] I have done judgment and righteousness, Do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 Ensure your servant’s well-being. Do not let the proud oppress me.
Make Your servant sure for good, Do not let the proud oppress me.
123 My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.
My eyes have been consumed for Your salvation. And for the saying of Your righteousness.
124 Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.
Do with Your servant according to Your kindness. And teach me Your statutes.
125 I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.
I [am] Your servant—cause me to understand, And I know Your testimonies.
126 It is time to act, LORD, for they break your law.
Time for YHWH to work! They have made Your law void.
127 Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.
Therefore I have loved Your commands Above gold—even fine gold.
128 Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way. PE
Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, I have hated every path of falsehood!
129 Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them.
[PE] Your testimonies [are] wonderful, Therefore my soul has kept them.
130 The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.
The opening of Your words enlightens, Instructing the simple.
131 I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments.
I have opened my mouth, indeed, I pant, For I have longed for Your commands.
132 Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.
Look to me, and favor me, As customary to those loving Your Name.
133 Establish my footsteps in your word. Do not let any iniquity have dominion over me.
Establish my steps by Your saying, And any iniquity does not rule over me.
134 Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts.
Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Your precepts,
135 Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.
Cause Your face to shine on Your servant, And teach me Your statutes.
136 Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they do not observe your law. TZADHE
Streams of waters have come down my eyes, Because they have not kept Your law!
137 You are righteous, LORD. Your judgments are upright.
[TSADE] You [are] righteous, O YHWH, And Your judgments [are] upright.
138 You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.
You have appointed Your testimonies, Righteous and exceedingly faithful,
139 My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.
My zeal has cut me off, For my adversaries forgot Your words.
140 Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
Your saying [is] tried exceedingly, And Your servant has loved it.
141 I am small and despised. I do not forget your precepts.
I [am] small, and despised, I have not forgotten Your precepts.
142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.
Your righteousness [is] righteousness for all time, And Your law [is] truth.
143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.
Adversity and distress have found me, Your commands [are] my delights.
144 Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. QOPH
The righteousness of Your testimonies [Is] to cause me to understand, and I live!
145 I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, LORD! I will keep your statutes.
[QOF] I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O YHWH, I keep Your statutes,
146 I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes.
I have called You, save me, And I keep Your testimonies.
147 I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.
I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, I have hoped for Your word.
148 My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on your word.
My eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate on Your saying.
149 Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, LORD, according to your ordinances.
Hear my voice, according to Your kindness, YHWH, quicken me according to Your judgment.
150 They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law.
My wicked pursuers have been near, They have been far off from Your law.
151 You are near, LORD. All your commandments are truth.
You [are] near, O YHWH, And all Your commands [are] truth.
152 Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever. RESH
I have known Your testimonies of old, That You have founded them for all time!
153 Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I do not forget your law.
[RESH] See my affliction, and deliver me, For I have not forgotten Your law.
154 Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.
Plead my plea, and redeem me, Quicken me according to Your saying.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek your statutes.
Salvation [is] far from the wicked, For they have not sought Your statutes.
156 Great are your tender mercies, LORD. Revive me according to your ordinances.
Your mercies [are] many, O YHWH, Quicken me according to Your judgments.
157 Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I have not swerved from your testimonies.
My pursuers and adversaries are many, I have not turned aside from Your testimonies.
158 I look at the faithless with loathing, because they do not observe your word.
I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because they have not kept Your saying.
159 Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, LORD, according to your loving kindness.
See, for I have loved Your precepts, YHWH, quicken me according to Your kindness.
160 All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. SIN AND SHIN
The sum of Your word [is] truth, And every judgment of Your righteousness [is] for all time!
161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.
[SHIN] Princes have pursued me without cause, And my heart was afraid because of Your words.
162 I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.
I rejoice concerning Your saying, As one finding abundant spoil.
163 I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.
I have hated falsehood, indeed I detest [it], I have loved Your law.
164 Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.
Seven [times] in a day I have praised You, Because of the judgments of Your righteousness.
165 Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.
Those loving Your law have abundant peace, And they have no stumbling-block.
166 I have hoped for your salvation, LORD. I have done your commandments.
I have waited for Your salvation, O YHWH, And I have done Your commands.
167 My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly.
My soul has kept Your testimonies, And I love them exceedingly.
168 I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you. TAV
I have kept Your precepts and Your testimonies, For all my ways are before You!
169 Let my cry come before you, LORD. Give me understanding according to your word.
[TAW] My loud cry comes near before You, O YHWH; Cause me to understand according to Your word.
170 Let my supplication come before you. Deliver me according to your word.
My supplication comes in before You, Deliver me according to Your saying.
171 Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes.
My lips utter praise, For You teach me Your statutes.
172 Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are righteousness.
My tongue sings of Your saying, For all Your commands [are] righteous.
173 Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
Your hand is for a help to me, For I have chosen Your commands.
174 I have longed for your salvation, LORD. Your law is my delight.
I have longed for Your salvation, O YHWH, And Your law [is] my delight.
175 Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me.
My soul lives, and it praises You, And Your judgments help me.
176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I do not forget your commandments.
I wandered as a lost sheep, [so] seek Your servant, For I have not forgotten Your precepts!
