Psalms 119
1 Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.
Happy are they who are upright in their way, Who walk in the law of the LORD!
2 Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.
Happy are they who observe his ordinances, And seek him with their whole heart;
3 They do no iniquity; they walk in His ways.
Who also do no iniquity, But walk in his ways!
4 You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.
Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
5 Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!
O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
6 Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.
Then shall I not be put to shame, 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 praise thee in uprightness of heart, When I shall have learned thy righteous laws.
8 I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.
I will keep thy statutes; Do not utterly forsake me!
9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.
How shall a young man keep his way pure? By taking heed to it according to thy word.
10 With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.
With my whole heart have I sought thee; O let me not wander from thy commandments!
11 I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
Thy word have I hid in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.
12 Blessed are You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
Blessed be thou, O LORD! O teach me thy statutes!
13 With my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth.
With my lips do I declare All the precepts of thy mouth.
14 I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches.
In the way of thine ordinances I rejoice As much as in all riches.
15 I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways.
I meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.
16 I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
I delight myself in thy statutes; I do not forget thy word.
17 Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word.
Deal kindly with thy servant, that I may live, And have regard to thy word!
18 Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.
Open thou mine eyes, That I may behold wondrous things out 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; O hide not thy precepts from me!
20 My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.
My soul breaketh within me, On account of longing for thy judgments at all times.
21 You rebuke the arrogant— the cursed who stray from Your commandments.
Thou rebukest the proud, the accursed, Who wander from thy commandments.
22 Remove my scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.
Remove from me reproach and contempt, For I have kept thine ordinances!
23 Though rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
Princes sit and speak against me, But thy servant meditateth on thy statutes.
24 Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.
Thine ordinances are my delight; Yea, they are my counsellors.
25 My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.
My soul cleaveth to the dust; O revive 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 statutes!
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 precepts! So will I meditate upon thy wonders.
28 My soul melts with sorrow; strengthen me according to Your word.
My soul weepeth for trouble; O lift me up according to thy promise!
29 Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.
Remove from me the way of falsehood, And graciously grant me 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 set thy statutes before me.
31 I cling to Your testimonies, O LORD; let me not be put to shame.
I cleave to thine ordinances; O LORD! let me not be put to shame!
32 I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.
I will run in the way of thy commandments, When thou shalt 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 thy statutes, That I may keep it to the end!
34 Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
Give me understanding, that I may keep thy law; That I may observe it with my whole heart!
35 Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.
Cause me to tread in the path of thy commandments, For in it I have my delight.
36 Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
Incline my heart to thine ordinances, And not to the love of gain!
37 Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy law!
38 Establish Your word to Your servant, to produce reverence for You.
Fulfill to thy servant thy promise, Which thou hast made to him who feareth thee!
39 Turn away the disgrace I dread, for Your judgments are good.
Turn away the reproach which I fear; For thy judgments are good.
40 How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.
Behold, I have longed for thy precepts; O quicken thou me in thy righteousness!
41 May Your loving devotion come to me, O LORD, Your salvation, according to Your promise.
Let thy mercies come to me, O LORD! And thy help according to thy promise!
42 Then I can answer him who taunts, for I trust in Your word.
So shall I be able to answer him that reproacheth me; For I trust in thy promise.
43 Never take Your word of truth from my mouth, for I hope in Your judgments.
O take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth! For I trust in thy judgments.
44 I will always obey Your law, forever and ever.
So shall I keep thy law continually, For ever and ever.
45 And I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts.
I shall walk in a wide path; For I seek thy precepts.
46 I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.
I will speak of thine ordinances before kings, And will not be ashamed.
47 I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I love;
48 I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.
I will lift up my hands to thy precepts, which I love; I will meditate on thy statutes.
49 Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope.
Remember thy promise to thy servant, Because thou hast caused me to hope!
50 This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life.
This is my comfort in my affliction; For thy promise reviveth me.
51 The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.
The proud have had me greatly in derision; Yet have I not swerved from thy law.
52 I remember Your judgments of old, O LORD, and in them I find comfort.
I remember thy judgments of old, O LORD! And I comfort myself.
53 Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law.
Indignation burneth within me, On account of the wicked who forsake thy law.
54 Your statutes are songs to me in the house of my pilgrimage.
Thy statutes have been my song In the house of my pilgrimage.
55 In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.
In the night, O LORD! I think of thy name, And keep thy law!
56 This is my practice, for I obey Your precepts.
This have I as my own, That I keep thy precepts.
57 The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.
Thou art my portion, O LORD! I have resolved that I will keep thy precepts.
58 I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise.
I have sought thy favor with my whole heart; Be gracious unto me according to thy promise!
59 I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.
I think on my ways, And turn my feet to thy statutes;
60 I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.
I make haste, and delay not, To keep thy commandments.
61 Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law.
The snares of the wicked surround me; Yet do I not forget thy law.
62 At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments.
At midnight I rise to give thanks to thee On account of thy righteous judgments.
63 I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.
I am the companion of all who fear thee, And who obey thy precepts.
64 The earth is filled with Your loving devotion, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
The earth, O LORD! is full of thy goodness; O teach me thy statutes!
65 You are good to Your servant, O LORD, according to Your word.
Thou dost bless thy servant, O LORD! According to thy promise!
66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.
Teach me sound judgment and knowledge! For I have faith in thy commandments.
67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.
Before I was afflicted, I went astray; But now I keep thy word.
68 You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.
Thou art good and doest good; O teach me thy statutes!
69 Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.
The proud forge lies against me, But I keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
70 Their hearts are hard and callous, but I delight in Your law.
Their heart is senseless like fat; But I delight in thy law.
71 It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn thy statutes.
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 and fashioned me; Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments!
74 May those who fear You see me and rejoice, for I have hoped in Your word.
They who fear thee shall see me and rejoice, Because I trust in thy word.
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 right, And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
76 May Your loving devotion comfort me, I pray, according to Your promise to Your servant.
O let thy loving-kindness be my comfort, According to thy promise to thy servant!
77 May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.
Let thy tender mercies come to me, that I may live! For thy law is my delight.
78 May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.
May the proud be put to shame, who wrong me without cause! But I will meditate on thy precepts.
79 May those who fear You turn to me, those who know Your testimonies.
Let those who fear thee turn unto me, And they that know thine ordinances!
80 May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.
May my heart be perfect in thy statutes, That I may not be put to shame!
81 My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
My soul fainteth for thy salvation; In thy promise do I trust.
82 My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”
Mine eyes fail with looking for thy promise; When. say I, wilt thou comfort me?
83 Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
Yea, I am become like a bottle in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.
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 upon my persecutors?
85 The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.
The proud have digged pits for me; They who do not regard thy law.
86 All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!
All thy commandments are faithful; They persecute me without cause; help thou me!
87 They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts.
They had almost consumed me from the earth; But I forsook not thy precepts.
88 Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth.
Quicken me according to thy loving-kindness, That I may keep the law of thy mouth!
89 Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.
Thy word, O LORD! abideth for ever, Being established like the heavens;
90 Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.
Thy faithfulness endureth to all generations. Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
91 Your ordinances stand to this day, for all things are servants to You.
They continue to this day according to their ordinances; For they are all subject to thee.
92 If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
Had not thy law been my delight, I should have perished in my affliction.
93 I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.
I will never forget thy precepts; For by them thou revivest me.
94 I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
I am thine, help me! For I seek thy precepts.
95 The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.
The wicked lie in wait to destroy me; But I will have regard to thine ordinances.
96 I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.
I have seen an end of all perfection; But thy law is exceeding broad.
97 Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my (meditation)
O how I love thy law! It is my daily (meditation)
98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.
Thou hast made me wiser than my enemies by thy precepts; For they are ever before me.
99 I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my (meditation)
I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thine ordinances are my (meditation)
100 I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.
I have more wisdom than the ancients, Because I keep thy precepts.
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 might keep thy word.
102 I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me.
I depart not from thy statutes, For thou teachest me!
103 How sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in my mouth!
How sweet are thy words to my taste; Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.
From thy precepts I learn wisdom; Therefore do I hate every false way.
105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
Thy word is a lamp to my feet, And a light to my path.
106 I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
I have sworn, and I will perform it, That I will keep thy righteous statutes.
107 I am severely afflicted, O LORD; revive me through Your word.
I am exceedingly afflicted; Revive me, O LORD! according to thy word!
108 Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me Your judgments.
Accept, O LORD! the free-will offering of my mouth, And teach me thy statutes!
109 I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law.
My life is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law.
110 The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.
The wicked lay snares for me, Yet do I not go astray from thy precepts.
111 Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
I have made thine ordinances my possession 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 thy statutes, Always, —even to the end.
113 The double-minded I despise, but Your law I love.
I hate impious men, And thy law I do love.
114 You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.
Thou art my hiding-place and my shield; In thy word I put my trust!
115 Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
Depart from me, ye evil-doers! For I will keep 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 promise, that I may live; And let me not be ashamed of my hope!
117 Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes.
Do thou hold me up, and I shall be safe, And I will have respect to thy statutes continually!
118 You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.
Thou castest off all who depart from thy laws; For their deceit is vain.
119 All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.
Thou throwest away all the wicked of the earth, like dross; Therefore I love thine ordinances.
120 My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
My flesh trembleth through fear of thee, And 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 justice and equity; O leave me not to mine oppressors.
122 Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
Be surety for thy servant for good; Let not the proud oppress me!
123 My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.
Mine eyes fail with looking for thy help, And for thy righteous promise.
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 statutes!
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 thine ordinances!
126 It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.
It is time for thee, O LORD! to act; For men have made void thy law.
127 Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; Yea, above fine gold.
128 Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.
Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; I hate every false way.
129 Wonderful are Your testimonies; therefore I obey them.
Wonderful are thine ordinances; Therefore do I observe them.
130 The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.
The communication of thy precepts giveth light; It giveth understanding to the simple.
131 I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.
I open my mouth and pant: For I long 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 be gracious to me, As is just to those who love thy name!
133 Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
Establish my footsteps in 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 oppression of men, So will I keep thy precepts!
135 Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.
Let thy face shine on thy servant, And teach me thy statutes!
136 My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
Rivers of water run down mine eyes, Because men keep not thy law.
137 Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.
Righteous art thou, O LORD! And just are thy judgments!
138 The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful.
Just are the ordinances which thou hast ordained, And altogether righteous.
139 My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.
My zeal consumeth me, Because my enemies forget thy word.
140 Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.
Thy word is very pure, Therefore thy servant loveth it.
141 I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.
Of mean condition am I, and despised; Yet do I not forget thy precepts.
142 Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.
Thy righteousness is everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.
143 Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.
Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me, But thy laws are my delight.
144 Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
The justice of thine ordinances is everlasting; Give me understanding, and I shall live!
145 I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes.
I cry to thee with my whole heart; Hear me, O LORD! that I may keep thy statutes.
146 I call to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies.
I cry unto thee; save me, And I will observe thine ordinances.
147 I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
I come before the dawn with my prayer; I trust in thy promise!
148 My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word.
My eyes anticipate the night-watches, That I may meditate upon thy promise.
149 Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion; give me life according to Your justice.
Hear my voice according to thy loving-kindness; O LORD! revive me according to thy mercy!
150 Those who follow after wickedness draw near; they are far from Your law.
Near are they whose aim is mischief; They are far from thy law;
151 You are near, O LORD, and all Your commandments are true.
Yet thou art near, O LORD! And all thy commandments are truth!
152 Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You have established them forever.
Long have I known concerning thine ordinances, That thou hast founded them for ever.
153 Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law.
Look upon my affliction, and deliver me! For I do not forget thy law.
154 Defend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word.
Maintain my cause, and redeem me; Revive me according to thy promise!
155 Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes.
Salvation is far from the wicked, Because they seek not thy statutes.
156 Great are Your mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your ordinances.
Great is thy compassion, O LORD! Revive thou me according to thine equity!
157 Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.
Many are my persecutors and my enemies, Yet do I not depart from thine ordinances.
158 I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.
I behold the transgressors, and am grieved Because they regard not thy word.
159 Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.
Behold, how I love thy precepts! O LORD! revive me according to thy loving-kindness!
160 The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.
The whole of thy word is truth, And all thy righteous judgments endure for ever.
161 Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.
Princes have persecuted me without cause; But my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
162 I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil.
I rejoice in thy word, As one that hath found great spoil.
163 I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.
I hate and abhor lying, And thy law do I love.
164 Seven times a day I praise You for Your righteous judgments.
Seven times a day do I praise thee On account of thy righteous judgments.
165 Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your instruction; nothing can make them stumble.
Great peace have they who love thy law, And no evil shall befall them.
166 I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, and I carry out Your commandments.
O LORD! I wait for thy salvation, And keep thy commandments!
167 I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly.
My soul observeth thine ordinances, And loveth them exceedingly.
168 I obey Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You.
I keep thy precepts and thine ordinances; For all my ways are before thee.
169 May my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.
Let my prayer come near before thee, O LORD! According to thy promise, give me understanding!
170 May my plea come before You; rescue me according to Your promise.
Let my supplication come before thee; O deliver me according to thy promise!
171 My lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes.
My lips shall pour forth praise; For thou teachest me thy statutes.
172 My tongue sings of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.
My tongue shall sing of thy word; For all thy commandments are right.
173 May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.
Let thy hand be my help; For I have chosen thy precepts!
174 I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.
I long for thy salvation, O LORD! And thy law is my delight!
175 Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me.
Let me live, and I will praise thee; Let thy judgments help me!
176 I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
I wander like a lost sheep; seek thy servant, For I do not forget thy commandments!
