Psalms 119
1 Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.
ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled 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 who search his testimonies: that seek him with their 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 thy commandments to be kept most diligently.
5 Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!
O! that my ways may be directed to keep thy justifications.
6 Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.
Then shall I not be confounded, when I shall look into all thy commandments.
7 I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.
I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned the judgments of thy justice.
8 I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.
I will keep thy justifications: O! do not thou utterly forsake me.
9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.
BETH. By what doth a young man correct his way? by observing 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 sought after thee: let me not stray from thy commandments.
11 I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
Thy words have I hidden in my heart, that I may not sin against thee.
12 Blessed are You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy justifications.
13 With my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth.
With my lips I have pronounced all the judgments of thy mouth.
14 I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches.
I have been delighted in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches.
15 I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways.
I will meditate on thy commandments: and I will consider thy ways.
16 I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
I will think of thy justifications: I will not forget thy words.
17 Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word.
GIMEL. Give bountifully to thy servant, enliven me: and I shall keep thy words.
18 Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.
Open thou my eyes: and I will consider the wondrous things of thy law.
19 I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.
I am a sojourner on the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
20 My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.
My soul hath coveted to long for thy justifications, at all times.
21 You rebuke the arrogant— the cursed who stray from Your commandments.
Thou hast rebuked the proud: they are cursed who decline from thy commandments.
22 Remove my scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.
Remove from reproach and contempt: because I have sought after 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 employed in thy justifications.
24 Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.
For thy testimonies are my (meditation) and thy justifications my counsel.
25 My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.
DALETH. My soul hath cleaved to the pavement: quicken thou me according to thy word.
26 I recounted my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes.
I have declared my ways, and thou hast heard me: teach me thy justifications.
27 Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders.
Make me to understand the way of thy justifications: and I shall be exercised in thy wondrous works.
28 My soul melts with sorrow; strengthen me according to Your word.
My soul hath slumbered through heaviness: strengthen thou me in thy words.
29 Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.
Remove from me the way of iniquity: and out of thy law have mercy on me.
30 I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.
I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments I have not forgotten.
31 I cling to Your testimonies, O LORD; let me not be put to shame.
I have stuck 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 have run 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.
HE. Set before me for a law the way of thy justifications, O Lord: and I will always seek after it.
34 Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
Give me understanding, and I will search thy law; and I will keep it with my whole heart.
35 Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.
Lead me into the path of thy commandments; for this same I have desired.
36 Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
Incline my heart into thy testimonies and not to covetousness.
37 Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
Turn away my eyes that they may not behold vanity: quicken me in thy way.
38 Establish Your word to Your servant, to produce reverence for You.
Establish thy word to thy servant, in thy fear.
39 Turn away the disgrace I dread, for Your judgments are good.
Turn away my reproach, which I have apprehended: for thy judgments are delightful.
40 How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.
Behold I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy justice.
41 May Your loving devotion come to me, O LORD, Your salvation, according to Your promise.
VAU. Let thy mercy also come upon me, O Lord: thy salvation according to thy word.
42 Then I can answer him who taunts, for I trust in Your word.
So shall I answer them that reproach me in any thing; that 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 thou the word of truth utterly out of my mouth: for in thy words have I hoped exceedingly.
44 I will always obey Your law, forever and ever.
So shall I always keep thy law, for ever and ever.
45 And I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts.
And I walked at large: because I have sought after 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 I was not ashamed.
47 I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
I meditated also on thy commandments, which I loved.
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 was exercised in thy justifications.
49 Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope.
ZAIN. Be thou mindful of thy word to thy servant, in which thou hast given me hope.
50 This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life.
This hath comforted me in my humiliation: because thy word hath enlivened me.
51 The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.
The proud did iniquitously altogether: but I declined not from thy law.
52 I remember Your judgments of old, O LORD, and in them I find comfort.
I remembered, O Lord, thy judgments of old: and I was comforted.
53 Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law.
A fainting hath taken hold of me, because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
54 Your statutes are songs to me in the house of my pilgrimage.
Thy justifications were the subject of my song, in the place of my pilgrimage.
55 In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.
In the night I have remembered thy name, O Lord: and have kept thy law.
56 This is my practice, for I obey Your precepts.
This happened to me: because I sought after thy justifications.
57 The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.
HETH. O Lord, my portion, I have said, I would keep the law.
58 I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise.
I entreated thy face with all my heart: have mercy on me according to thy word.
59 I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.
I have thought on my ways: and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
60 I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.
I am ready, and am not troubled: that I may keep thy commandments.
61 Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law.
The cords of the wicked have encompassed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
62 At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments.
I rose at midnight to give praise to thee; for the judgments of thy justification.
63 I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.
I am a partaker with all them that fear thee, and that keep thy commandments.
64 The earth is filled with Your loving devotion, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy justifications.
65 You are good to Your servant, O LORD, according to Your word.
TETH. Thou hast done well with thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word.
66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.
Teach me goodness and discipline 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 humbled I offended; therefore have I kept thy word.
68 You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.
Thou art good; and in thy goodness teach me thy justifications.
69 Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.
The iniquity of the proud hath been multiplied over me: but I will seek thy commandments with my whole heart.
70 Their hearts are hard and callous, but I delight in Your law.
Their heart is 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 humbled me, that I may learn thy justifications.
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 good to me, above thousands of gold and silver.
73 Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
JOD. Thy hands have made me and formed me: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments.
74 May those who fear You see me and rejoice, for I have hoped in Your word.
They that fear thee shall see me, and shall be glad: because I have greatly 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 equity: and in thy truth thou hast humbled me.
76 May Your loving devotion comfort me, I pray, according to Your promise to Your servant.
O! let thy mercy be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
77 May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, and I shall 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, because they have done unjustly towards me: but I will be employed in thy commandments.
79 May those who fear You turn to me, those who know Your testimonies.
Let them that fear thee turn to me and they that know thy testimonies.
80 May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.
Let my heart be undefiled in thy justifications, that I may not be confounded.
81 My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
CAPH. My soul hath fainted after thy salvation: and in thy word I have very much hoped.
82 My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”
My eyes have failed 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 like a bottle in the frost: I have not forgotten thy justifications.
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 on them that persecute me?
85 The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.
The wicked have told me fables: but not as thy law.
86 All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!
All thy statutes are truth: they have persecuted me unjustly, do thou help me.
87 They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts.
They had almost made an end of me upon earth: but I have not forsaken thy commandments.
88 Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth.
Quicken thou me according to thy mercy: and I shall keep the testimonies of thy mouth.
89 Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.
LAMED. For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven.
90 Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.
Thy truth unto all generations: thou hast founded the earth, and it continueth.
91 Your ordinances stand to this day, for all things are servants to You.
By thy ordinance the day goeth on: for all things serve thee.
92 If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
Unless thy law had been my (meditation) I had then perhaps perished in my abjection.
93 I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.
Thy justifications I will never forget: for by them thou hast given me life.
94 I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
I am thine, save thou me: for I have sought thy justifications.
95 The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I have understood thy testimonies.
96 I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.
I have seen an end to all persecution: thy commandment is exceeding broad.
97 Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my (meditation)
MEM. O how have I 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.
Through thy commandment, thou hast made me wiser than my enemies: for it is ever with me.
99 I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my (meditation)
I have understood more than all my teachers: because thy testimonies are my (meditation)
100 I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.
I have had understanding above ancients: because I have sought thy commandments.
101 I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.
I have restrained my feet from every evil way: that I may keep thy words.
102 I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me.
I have not declined from thy judgments, because thou hast set me a law.
103 How sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in my mouth!
How sweet are thy words to my palate! more than honey to my mouth.
104 I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.
By thy commandments I have had understanding: therefore have I hated every way of iniquity.
105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
NUN. Thy word 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 am determined to keep the judgments of thy justice.
107 I am severely afflicted, O LORD; revive me through Your word.
I have been humbled, O Lord, exceedingly: quicken thou me according to thy word.
108 Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me Your judgments.
The free offerings of my mouth make acceptable, O Lord: 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 my 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 have laid a snare for me: but I have not erred from thy precepts.
111 Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
I have purchased thy testimonies for an inheritance for ever: because they are a joy to my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, even to the very end.
I have inclined my heart to do thy justifications for ever, for the reward.
113 The double-minded I despise, but Your law I love.
SAMECH. I have hated the unjust: and 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 protector: and in thy word I have greatly hoped.
115 Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
Depart from me, ye malignant: and I will search 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 I shall live: and let me not be confounded in 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 always on thy justifications.
118 You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.
Thou hast despised all them that fall off from thy judgments; for their thought is unjust.
119 All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.
I have accounted all the sinners of the earth prevaricators: therefore have I loved thy testimonies.
120 My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
Pierce thou 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.
AIN. I have done judgment and justice: give me not up to them that slander me.
122 Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
Uphold thy servant unto good: let not the proud calumniate me.
123 My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.
My eyes have fainted after thy salvation: and for the word of thy justice.
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 thy justifications.
125 I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.
I am thy servant: give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.
126 It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.
It is time, O Lord, to do: they have dissipated thy law.
127 Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
Therefore have I loved thy commandments above gold and the topaz.
128 Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.
Therefore was I directed to all thy commandments: I have hated all wicked ways.
129 Wonderful are Your testimonies; therefore I obey them.
PHE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul hath sought them.
130 The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.
The declaration of thy words giveth light: and giveth understanding to little ones.
131 I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.
I opened my mouth and panted: because I longed for thy commandments.
132 Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name.
Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me, according to the judgment of them that love thy name.
133 Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
Direct my steps according to thy word: and let no iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts.
Redeem me from the calumnies of men: that I may keep thy commandments.
135 Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thy justifications.
136 My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
My eyes have sent forth springs of water: because they have not kept thy law.
137 Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.
SADE. Thou art just, O Lord: and thy judgment is right.
138 The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful.
Thou hast commanded justice thy testimonies: and thy truth exceedingly.
139 My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.
My zeal hath made me pine away: because my enemies forgot thy words.
140 Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.
Thy word is exceedingly refined: and thy servant hath loved it.
141 I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.
I am very young and despised; but I forgot not thy justifications.
142 Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.
Thy justice is justice for ever: and thy law is the truth.
143 Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.
Trouble and anguish have found me: thy commandments are my (meditation)
144 Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
Thy testimonies are justice for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.
145 I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes.
COPH. I cried with my whole heart, hear me, O Lord: I will seek thy justifications.
146 I call to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies.
I cried unto thee, save me: that I may keep thy commandments.
147 I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
I prevented the dawning of the day, and cried: because in thy words I very much hoped.
148 My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word.
My eyes to thee have prevented the morning: that I might meditate on thy words.
149 Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion; give me life according to Your justice.
Hear thou my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy: and quicken me according to thy mercy.
150 Those who follow after wickedness draw near; they are far from Your law.
They that persecute me have drawn nigh to iniquity; but they are gone far off from the 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 from the beginning 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.
RES. See my humiliation and deliver me: for I have not forgotten the law.
154 Defend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word.
Judge my judgment and redeem me: quicken thou me for thy word’s sake.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes.
Salvation is far from sinners; because they have not sought thy justifications.
156 Great are Your mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your ordinances.
Many, O Lord, are thy mercies: 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 afflict 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 the transgressors, and I pined away; because they kept not thy word.
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 thou 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: all the judgments of thy justice are for ever.
161 Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.
SIN. Princes have persecuted me without cause: and my heart hath been in awe of thy words.
162 I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil.
I will rejoice at thy words, as one that hath found great spoil.
163 I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.
I have hated and abhorred iniquity; but I have loved thy law.
164 Seven times a day I praise You for Your righteous judgments.
Seven times a day I have given praise to thee, for the judgments of thy justice.
165 Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your instruction; nothing can make them stumble.
Much peace have they that love thy law, and to them there is no stumbling block.
166 I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, and I carry out Your commandments.
I looked to thy salvation, O Lord: and I loved thy commandments.
167 I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly.
My soul hath kept thy testimonies: and hath 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: because all my ways are in thy sight.
169 May my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.
TAU. Let my supplication, O Lord, come near in thy sight: give me understanding according to thy word.
170 May my plea come before You; rescue me according to Your promise.
Let my request come in before thee; deliver thou me according to thy word.
171 My lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes.
My lips shall utter a hymn, when thou shalt teach me thy justifications.
172 My tongue sings of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.
My tongue shall pronounce thy word: because all thy commandments are justice.
173 May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.
Let thy hand be with me to save me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
174 I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.
I have longed for 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 sheep that is lost: seek thy servant, because I have not forgotten thy commandments.
