Psalms 119
1 Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.
Alleluia. Blessed are the blameless in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
2 Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.
Blessed are they that search out his testimonies: they will diligently seek him with the whole heart.
3 They do no iniquity; they walk in His ways.
For they that work iniquity have not walked in his ways.
4 You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.
Thou hast commanded [us] diligently to keep thy precepts.
5 Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!
O that my ways were directed to keep thine ordinances.
6 Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.
Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to all thy commandments.
7 I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.
I will give thee thanks with uprightness of heart, when I have learnt the judgments of thy righteousness.
8 I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.
I will keep thine ordinances: O forsake me not greatly.
9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.
Wherewith shall a young man direct his way? by keeping thy words.
10 With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.
With my whole heart have I diligently sought thee: cast me not away from thy commandments.
11 I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
I have hidden thine oracles in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.
12 Blessed are You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thine ordinances.
13 With my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth.
With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
14 I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches.
I have delighted in the way of thy testimonies, [as much] as in all riches.
15 I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways.
I will meditate on thy commandments, and consider thy ways.
16 I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
I will meditate on thine ordinances: I will not forget thy words.
17 Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word.
Render a recompense to thy servant: [so] shall I live, and keep thy words.
18 Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.
Unveil thou mine eyes, and I shall perceive wondrous things of thy law.
19 I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.
I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
20 My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.
My soul has longed exceedingly for thy judgments at all times.
21 You rebuke the arrogant— the cursed who stray from Your commandments.
Thou has rebuked the proud: cursed are they that turn aside from thy commandments.
22 Remove my scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.
Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have sought out thy testimonies.
23 Though rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
For princes sat and spoke against me: but thy servant was meditating on thine ordinances.
24 Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.
For thy testimonies are my (meditation) and thine ordinances are my counsellors.
25 My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.
My soul has cleaved to the ground; quicken thou me according to thy word.
26 I recounted my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes.
I declared my ways, and thou didst hear me: teach me thine ordinances.
27 Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders.
Instruct me in the way of thine ordinances; and I will meditate on thy wondrous works.
28 My soul melts with sorrow; strengthen me according to Your word.
My soul has slumbered for sorrow; strengthen thou me with thy words.
29 Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.
Remove from me the way of iniquity; and be merciful to me by thy law.
30 I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.
I have chosen the way of truth; and have not forgotten thy judgments.
31 I cling to Your testimonies, O LORD; let me not be put to shame.
I have cleaved to thy testimonies, O Lord; put me not to shame.
32 I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.
I ran the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart.
33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end.
Teach me, O Lord, the way of thine ordinances, and I will seek it out continually.
34 Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
Instruct me, and I will search out thy law, and will keep it with my whole heart.
35 Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.
Guide me in the path of thy commandments; for I have delighted in it.
36 Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
Incline mine heart to thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
37 Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
Turn away mine eyes that I may not behold vanity: quicken thou me in thy way.
38 Establish Your word to Your servant, to produce reverence for You.
Confirm thine oracle to thy servant, that he may fear thee.
39 Turn away the disgrace I dread, for Your judgments are good.
Take away my reproach which I have feared: for thy judgments are good.
40 How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.
Behold, I have desired thy commandments: quicken me in thy righteousness.
41 May Your loving devotion come to me, O LORD, Your salvation, according to Your promise.
And let thy mercy come upon me, O Lord; [even] thy salvation, according to thy word.
42 Then I can answer him who taunts, for I trust in Your word.
And [so] I shall render an answer to them that reproach me: for I have trusted in thy words.
43 Never take Your word of truth from my mouth, for I hope in Your judgments.
And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments. So shall I keep thy law continually, for ever and ever.
44 I will always obey Your law, forever and ever.
45 And I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts.
I walked also at large: for I sought out thy commandments.
46 I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.
And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings, and was not ashamed.
47 I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
And I meditated on thy commandments, which I loved exceedingly.
48 I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.
And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments which I loved; and I meditated in thine ordinances.
49 Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope.
Remember thy words to thy servant, wherein thou hast made me hope.
50 This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life.
This has comforted me in mine affliction: for thine oracle has quickened me.
51 The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.
The proud have transgressed exceedingly; but I swerved not from thy law.
52 I remember Your judgments of old, O LORD, and in them I find comfort.
I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord; and was comforted.
53 Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law.
Despair took hold upon me, because of the sinners who forsake thy law.
54 Your statutes are songs to me in the house of my pilgrimage.
Thine ordinances were my songs in the place of my sojourning.
55 In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.
I remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night, and kept thy law.
56 This is my practice, for I obey Your precepts.
This I had, because I diligently sought thine ordinances.
57 The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.
Thou art my portion, O Lord: I said that I would keep thy law.
58 I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise.
I besought thy favour with my whole heart: have mercy upon me according to thy word.
59 I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.
I thought on thy ways, and turned my feet to thy testimonies.
60 I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.
I prepared myself, (and was not terrified, ) to keep thy commandments.
61 Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law.
The snares of sinners entangled me: but I forgot not thy law.
62 At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments.
At midnight I arose, to give thanks to thee for the judgments of thy righteousness.
63 I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.
I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy commandments.
64 The earth is filled with Your loving devotion, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
O Lord, the earth is full of thy mercy: teach me thine ordinances.
65 You are good to Your servant, O LORD, according to Your word.
Thou hast wrought kindly with thy servant, o Lord, according to thy word.
66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.
Teach me kindness, and instruction, and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.
Before I was afflicted, I transgressed; therefore have I kept thy word.
68 You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.
Good art thou, O Lord; therefore in thy goodness teach me thine ordinances.
69 Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.
The injustice of the proud has been multiplied against me: but I will search out thy commandments with all my heart.
70 Their hearts are hard and callous, but I delight in Your law.
Their heart has been curdled like milk; but I have meditated on thy law.
71 It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
[It is] good for me that thou hast afflicted me; that I might learn thine ordinances.
72 The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
The law of thy mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver.
73 Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
Thy hands have made me, and fashioned me: instruct me, that I may learn thy commandments.
74 May those who fear You see me and rejoice, for I have hoped in Your word.
They that fear thee will see me and rejoice: for I have hoped in thy words.
75 I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are righteousness, and [that] thou in truthfulness hast afflicted me.
76 May Your loving devotion comfort me, I pray, according to Your promise to Your servant.
Let, I pray thee, thy mercy be to comfort me, according to thy word to thy servant.
77 May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.
Let thy compassions come to me, that I may live: for thy law is my (meditation)
78 May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.
Let the proud be ashamed; for they transgressed against me unjustly: but I will meditate in thy commandments.
79 May those who fear You turn to me, those who know Your testimonies.
Let those that fear thee, and those that know thy testimonies, turn to me.
80 May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.
Let mine heart be blameless in thine ordinances, that I may not be ashamed.
81 My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
My soul faints for thy salvation: I have hoped in thy words.
82 My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”
Mine eyes failed [in waiting] for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
83 Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
For I am become as a bottle in the frost: [yet] I have not forgotten thine ordinances.
84 How many days must Your servant wait? When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?
How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment for me on them that persecute me?
85 The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.
Transgressors told me [idle tales]; but not according to thy law, O Lord.
86 All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!
All thy commandments are truth; they persecuted me unjustly; help thou me.
87 They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts.
They nearly made an end of me in the earth; but I forsook not thy commandments.
88 Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth.
Quicken me according to thy mercy; so shall I keep the testimonies of thy mouth.
89 Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.
Thy word, O Lord, abides in heaven for ever.
90 Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.
Thy truth [endures] to all generations; thou hast founded the earth, and it abides.
91 Your ordinances stand to this day, for all things are servants to You.
The day continues by thy arrangement; for all things are thy servants.
92 If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
Were it not that thy law is my (meditation) then I should have perished in mine affliction.
93 I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.
I will never forget thine ordinances; for with them thou hast quickened me.
94 I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
I am thine, save me; for I have sought out thine ordinances.
95 The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.
Sinners laid wait for me to destroy me; [but] I understood thy testimonies.
96 I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.
have seen an end of all perfection; [but] thy commandment is very broad.
97 Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my (meditation)
How I have loved thy law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day.
98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.
Thou hast made me wiser than mine enemies [in] thy commandment; for it is mine for ever.
99 I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my (meditation)
I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my medication.
100 I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.
I understand more that the aged; because I have sought out thy commandments.
101 I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.
I have kept back my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy words.
102 I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me.
I have not declined from thy judgments; for thou hast instructed me.
103 How sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in my mouth!
How sweet are thine oracles to my throat! more so than honey to my mouth!
104 I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.
I gain understanding by thy commandments: therefore I have hated every way of unrighteousness.
105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
Thy law is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths.
106 I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
I have sworn and determined to keep the judgments of thy righteousness.
107 I am severely afflicted, O LORD; revive me through Your word.
I have been very greatly afflicted, O Lord: quicken me, according to thy word.
108 Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me Your judgments.
Accept, I pray thee, O Lord, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, and teach me thy judgments.
109 I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law.
My soul is continually in thine hands; and I have not forgotten thy law.
110 The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.
Sinners spread a snare for me; but I erred not from thy commandments.
111 Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
I have inherited thy testimonies for ever; for they are the joy of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, even to the very end.
I have inclined my heart to perform thine ordinances for ever, in return [for thy mercies].
113 The double-minded I despise, but Your law I love.
I have hated transgressors; but I have loved thy law.
114 You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.
Thou art my helper and my supporter; I have hoped in thy words.
115 Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
Depart from me, ye evil-doers; for I will search out the commandments of my God.
116 Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Uphold me according to thy word, and quicken me; and make me not ashamed of my expectation.
117 Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes.
Help me, and I shall be saved; and I will meditate in thine ordinances continually.
118 You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.
Thou hast brought to nought all that depart from thine ordinances; for their inward thought is unrighteous.
119 All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.
I have reckoned all the sinners of the earth as transgressors; therefore have I loved thy testimonies.
120 My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
Penetrate my flesh with thy fear; for I am afraid of thy judgments.
121 I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.
I have done judgment and justice; deliver me not up to them that injure me.
122 Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
Receive thy servant for good: let not the proud accuse me falsely.
123 My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.
Mine eyes have failed for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
124 Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion, and teach me Your statutes.
Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy, and teach me thine ordinances.
125 I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.
I am thy servant; instruct me, and I shall know thy testimonies.
126 It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.
[It is] time for the Lord to work: they have utterly broken thy law.
127 Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
Therefore have I loved thy commandments more than gold, or the topaz.
128 Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.
Therefore I directed myself [according] to all thy commandments: I have hated every unjust way.
129 Wonderful are Your testimonies; therefore I obey them.
Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul has sought them out.
130 The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.
The manifestation of thy words will enlighten, and instruct the simple.
131 I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.
I opened my mouth, and drew breath: for I earnestly longed after thy commandments.
132 Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name.
Look upon me and have mercy upon me, after the manner of them that love thy name.
133 Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
Order my steps according to thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts.
Deliver me from the false accusation of men: so will I keep thy commandments.
135 Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.
Cause thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thine ordinances.
136 My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
Mine eyes have been bathed in streams of water, because I kept not thy law.
137 Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.
Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments.
138 The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful.
Thou has commanded righteousness and perfect truth, [as] thy testimonies.
139 My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.
Thy zeal has quite wasted me: because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
140 Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.
Thy word [has been] very fully tried; and thy servant loves it.
141 I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.
I am young and despised: [yet] I have not forgotten thine ordinances.
142 Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is truth.
143 Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.
Afflictions and distresses found me: [but] thy commandments [were] my (meditation)
144 Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
Thy testimonies [are] an everlasting righteousness: instruct me, and I shall live.
145 I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes.
I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord: I will search out thine ordinances.
146 I call to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies.
I cried to thee; save me, and I will keep thy testimonies.
147 I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
I arose before the dawn, and cried: I hoped in thy words.
148 My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word.
Mine eyes prevented the dawn, that I might meditate on thine oracles.
149 Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion; give me life according to Your justice.
Hear my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy; quicken me according to thy judgment.
150 Those who follow after wickedness draw near; they are far from Your law.
They have drawn nigh who persecuted me unlawfully; and they are far removed from thy law.
151 You are near, O LORD, and all Your commandments are true.
Thou art near, O Lord; and all thy ways are truth.
152 Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You have established them forever.
I have known of old concerning thy testimonies, that thou hast founded them for ever.
153 Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law.
Look upon mine affliction, and rescue me; for I have not forgotten thy law.
154 Defend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word.
Plead my cause, and ransom me: quicken me because of thy word.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes.
Salvation is far from sinners: for they have not searched out thine ordinances.
156 Great are Your mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your ordinances.
Thy mercies, O Lord, are many: quicken me according to thy judgment.
157 Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.
Many are they that persecute me and oppress me: [but] I have not declined from thy testimonies.
158 I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.
I beheld men acting foolishly, and I pined away; for they kept not thine oracles.
159 Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.
Behold, I have loved thy commandments, O Lord: quicken me in thy mercy.
160 The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.
The beginning of thy words is truth; and all the judgments of thy righteousness [endure] for ever.
161 Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.
Princes persecuted me without a cause, but my heart feared because of thy words.
162 I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil.
I will exult because of thine oracles, as one that finds much spoil.
163 I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.
I hate and abhor unrighteousness; but I love thy law.
164 Seven times a day I praise You for Your righteous judgments.
Seven times in a day have I praised thee because of the judgments of thy righteousness.
165 Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your instruction; nothing can make them stumble.
Great peace have they that love thy law: and there is no stumbling-block to them.
166 I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, and I carry out Your commandments.
I waited for thy salvation, O Lord, and have loved thy commandments.
167 I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly.
My soul has kept thy testimonies, and loved them exceedingly.
168 I obey Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You.
I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies; for all my ways are before thee, O Lord.
169 May my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.
Let my supplication come near before thee, o Lord; instruct me according to thine oracle.
170 May my plea come before You; rescue me according to Your promise.
Let my petition come in before thee, O Lord; deliver me according to thine oracle.
171 My lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes.
Let my lips utter a hymn, when thou shalt have taught me thine ordinances.
172 My tongue sings of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.
Let my tongue utter thine oracles; for all thy commandments are righteous.
173 May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.
Let thine hand be [prompt] to save me; for I have chosen thy commandments.
174 I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.
I have longed after thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my (meditation)
175 Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me.
My soul shall live, and shall praise thee; and thy judgments shall help me.
176 I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I have not forgotten thy commandments.
