Psalms 119
1 Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.
[Aleph.] O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah,
2 Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.
O the happiness of those keeping His testimonies, With the whole heart they seek Him.
3 They do no iniquity; they walk in His ways.
Yea, they have not done iniquity, In His ways they have walked.
4 You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.
Thou hast commanded us Thy precepts to keep diligently,
5 Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!
O that my ways were prepared to keep Thy statutes,
6 Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.
Then I am not ashamed In my looking unto all Thy commands.
7 I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.
I confess Thee with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Thy righteousness.
8 I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.
Thy statutes I keep, leave me not utterly!
9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.
[Beth.] With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe — according to Thy word.
10 With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.
With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands.
11 I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.
12 Blessed are You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
Blessed [art] Thou, O Jehovah, teach me Thy statutes.
13 With my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth.
With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Thy mouth.
14 I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches.
In the way of Thy testimonies I have joyed, As over all wealth.
15 I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways.
In Thy precepts I meditate, And I behold attentively Thy paths.
16 I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word.
17 Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word.
[Gimel.] Confer benefits on Thy servant, I live, and I keep Thy word.
18 Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.
Uncover mine eyes, and I behold wonders out of Thy law.
19 I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.
A sojourner I [am] on earth, Hide not from me Thy commands.
20 My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.
Broken hath my soul for desire Unto Thy judgments at all times.
21 You rebuke the arrogant— the cursed who stray from Your commandments.
Thou hast rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Thy commands.
22 Remove my scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.
Remove from me reproach and contempt, For Thy testimonies I have kept.
23 Though rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
Princes also sat — against me they spoke, Thy servant doth meditate in Thy statutes,
24 Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.
Thy testimonies also [are] my delight, The men of my counsel!
25 My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.
[Daleth.] Cleaved to the dust hath my soul, Quicken me according to Thy word.
26 I recounted my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes.
My ways I have recounted, And Thou answerest me, teach me Thy statutes,
27 Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders.
The way of Thy precepts cause me to understand, And I meditate in Thy wonders.
28 My soul melts with sorrow; strengthen me according to Your word.
My soul hath dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Thy word.
29 Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.
The way of falsehood turn aside from me And with Thy law favour me.
30 I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.
The way of faithfulness I have chosen, Thy judgments I have compared,
31 I cling to Your testimonies, O LORD; let me not be put to shame.
I have adhered to Thy testimonies, O Jehovah, put me not to shame.
32 I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.
The way of Thy commands I run, For Thou dost enlarge my heart!
33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end.
[He.] Show me, O Jehovah, the way of Thy statutes, And I keep it — [to] the end.
34 Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
Cause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the 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 commands, For in it I have delighted.
36 Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, And not unto dishonest gain.
37 Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me.
38 Establish Your word to Your servant, to produce reverence for You.
Establish to Thy servant Thy saying, That [is] concerning Thy fear.
39 Turn away the disgrace I dread, for Your judgments are good.
Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Thy judgments [are] good.
40 How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.
Lo, I have longed for Thy precepts, In Thy righteousness quicken Thou me,
41 May Your loving devotion come to me, O LORD, Your salvation, according to Your promise.
[Waw.] And meet me doth Thy kindness, O Jehovah, Thy salvation according to Thy saying.
42 Then I can answer him who taunts, for I trust in Your word.
And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For I have trusted in Thy word.
43 Never take Your word of truth from my mouth, for I hope in Your judgments.
And Thou takest not utterly away From my mouth the word of truth, Because for Thy judgment I have hoped.
44 I will always obey Your law, forever and ever.
And I keep Thy law continually, To the age and for ever.
45 And I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts.
And I walk habitually in a broad place, For Thy precepts I have sought.
46 I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.
And I speak of Thy testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed.
47 I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved,
48 I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.
And I lift up my hands unto Thy commands, That I have loved, And I do meditate on Thy statutes!
49 Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope.
[Zain.] Remember the word to Thy servant, On which 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 mine affliction, That Thy saying hath quickened me.
51 The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.
The proud have utterly scorned me, From Thy law I have not turned aside.
52 I remember Your judgments of old, O LORD, and in them I find comfort.
I remembered Thy judgments of old, O Jehovah, And I comfort myself.
53 Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law.
Horror hath seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Thy law.
54 Your statutes are songs to me in the house of my pilgrimage.
Songs have been to me Thy statutes, In the house of my sojournings.
55 In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.
I have remembered in the night Thy name, O Jehovah, And I do keep Thy law.
56 This is my practice, for I obey Your precepts.
This hath been to me, That Thy precepts I have kept!
57 The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.
[Cheth.] My portion [is] Jehovah; I have said — to keep Thy words,
58 I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise.
I appeased Thy face with the whole heart, Favour me according to Thy saying.
59 I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.
I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies.
60 I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.
I have made haste, And delayed not, to keep Thy commands.
61 Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law.
Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, Thy law I have not forgotten.
62 At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments.
At midnight I rise 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.
A companion I [am] to all who fear Thee, And to those keeping Thy precepts.
64 The earth is filled with Your loving devotion, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
Of Thy kindness, O Jehovah, the earth is full, Thy statutes teach Thou me!
65 You are good to Your servant, O LORD, according to Your word.
[Teth.] Good Thou didst with Thy servant, O Jehovah, According to Thy word.
66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.
The goodness of reason and knowledge teach me, For in Thy commands I have believed.
67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.
Before I am afflicted, I — I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept.
68 You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.
Good Thou [art], and doing good, Teach me Thy statutes.
69 Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.
Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts.
70 Their hearts are hard and callous, but I delight in Your law.
Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I — in Thy law I have delighted.
71 It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
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.
Better to me [is] the law of Thy mouth Than thousands of gold and silver!
73 Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
[Yod.] Thy hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Thy commands.
74 May those who fear You see me and rejoice, for I have hoped in Your word.
Those fearing Thee see me and rejoice, Because for Thy word I have hoped.
75 I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
I have known, O Jehovah, That righteous [are] Thy judgments, And [in] faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me.
76 May Your loving devotion comfort me, I pray, according to Your promise to Your servant.
Let, I pray Thee, Thy kindness be to comfort me, According to Thy saying to Thy servant.
77 May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.
Meet me do Thy mercies, and I 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.
Ashamed are the proud, For [with] falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate in Thy precepts.
79 May those who fear You turn to me, those who know Your testimonies.
Those fearing Thee turn back to me, And those knowing Thy testimonies.
80 May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.
My heart is perfect in Thy statutes, So that I am not ashamed.
81 My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
[Kaph.] Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped.
82 My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”
Consumed have been mine eyes for Thy word, Saying, 'When doth it comfort me?'
83 Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
For I have been as a bottle in smoke, Thy statutes I have not forgotten.
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 dost Thou execute Against my pursuers judgment?
85 The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.
The proud have digged for me pits, That [are] not according to Thy law.
86 All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!
All Thy commands [are] faithfulness, [With] falsehood they have pursued me, Help Thou me.
87 They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts.
Almost consumed me on earth have they, And I — I have not forsaken Thy precepts.
88 Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth.
According to Thy kindness quicken Thou me, And I keep the testimony of Thy mouth!
89 Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.
[Lamed.] To the age, O Jehovah, Thy word is set up in the heavens.
90 Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.
To all generations Thy faithfulness, Thou didst establish earth, and it standeth.
91 Your ordinances stand to this day, for all things are servants to You.
According to Thine ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole [are] Thy servants.
92 If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
Unless Thy law [were] my delights, Then had I perished in mine affliction.
93 I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.
To the age I forget not Thy precepts, For by them Thou hast quickened me.
94 I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
I [am] Thine, save Thou me, For Thy precepts I have sought.
95 The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.
Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand.
96 I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.
Of all perfection I have seen an end, Broad [is] Thy command — exceedingly!
97 Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my (meditation)
[Mem.] O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it [is] my (meditation)
98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.
Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it [is] before me to the age.
99 I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my (meditation)
Above all my teachers I have acted wisely. For Thy testimonies [are] my (meditation)
100 I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.
Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept.
101 I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.
From every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word.
102 I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me.
From Thy judgments I turned not aside, For Thou — Thou hast directed me.
103 How sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in my mouth!
How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth.
104 I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.
From Thy precepts I have understanding, Therefore I have hated every false path!
105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
[Nun.] A lamp to my foot [is] Thy word, And a light to my path.
106 I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
I have sworn, and I confirm [it], To keep the judgments of Thy righteousness.
107 I am severely afflicted, O LORD; revive me through Your word.
I have been afflicted very much, O Jehovah, quicken me, according to Thy word.
108 Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me Your judgments.
Free-will-offerings of my mouth, Accept, I pray Thee, O Jehovah, And Thy judgments teach Thou me.
109 I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law.
My soul [is] in my hand continually, And Thy law I have not forgotten.
110 The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.
The wicked have laid a snare for me, And from thy precepts I wandered not.
111 Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart [are] they.
112 I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, even to the very end.
I have inclined my heart To do Thy statutes, to the age — [to] the end!
113 The double-minded I despise, but Your law I love.
[Samech.] Doubting ones I have hated, And Thy law I have loved.
114 You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.
My hiding place and my shield [art] Thou, For Thy word I have hoped.
115 Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
Turn aside from me, ye evil-doers, And I keep the commands of my God.
116 Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Sustain me according to Thy saying, And I live, and Thou puttest me not to shame Because of my hope.
117 Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes.
Support Thou me, and I am saved, And I look on Thy statutes continually.
118 You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.
Thou hast trodden down All going astray from Thy statutes, For falsehood [is] their deceit.
119 All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.
Dross! Thou hast caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Thy testimonies.
120 My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
Trembled from Thy fear hath my flesh, And from Thy judgments I have been afraid!
121 I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.
[Ain.] I have done judgment and righteousness, Leave me not to mine oppressors.
122 Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
Make sure 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 have been consumed for Thy salvation. And for the saying of Thy righteousness.
124 Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion, and teach me Your statutes.
Do with Thy servant according to Thy kindness. And Thy statutes teach Thou me.
125 I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.
Thy servant [am] I — cause me to understand, And I know Thy testimonies.
126 It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.
Time for Jehovah to work! they have made void Thy law.
127 Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
Therefore I have loved Thy commands Above gold — even fine gold.
128 Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.
Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, Every path of falsehood I have hated!
129 Wonderful are Your testimonies; therefore I obey them.
[Pe.] Wonderful [are] Thy testimonies, Therefore hath my soul kept them.
130 The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.
The opening of Thy words enlighteneth, Instructing the simple.
131 I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.
My mouth I have opened, yea, I pant, For, for Thy commands I have longed.
132 Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name.
Look unto me, and favour me, As customary to those loving Thy name.
133 Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
My steps establish by Thy saying, And any iniquity doth not rule over me.
134 Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts.
Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Thy precepts,
135 Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.
Thy face cause to shine on Thy servant, And teach me Thy statutes.
136 My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
Rivulets of waters have come down mine eyes, Because they have not kept Thy law!
137 Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.
[Tzade.] Righteous [art] Thou, O Jehovah, And upright [are] Thy judgments.
138 The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful.
Thou hast appointed Thy testimonies, Righteous and exceeding faithful,
139 My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.
Cut me off hath my zeal, For mine adversaries forgot Thy words.
140 Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.
Tried [is] thy saying exceedingly, And Thy servant hath loved it.
141 I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.
Small I [am], and despised, Thy precepts I have not forgotten.
142 Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.
Thy righteousness [is] righteousness to the age, And Thy law [is] truth.
143 Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.
Adversity and distress have found me, Thy commands [are] my delights.
144 Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
The righteousness of Thy testimonies [is] to Cause me to understand, and I live!
145 I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes.
[Koph.] I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O Jehovah, Thy statutes I keep,
146 I call to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies.
I have called Thee, save Thou me, And I do keep Thy testimonies.
147 I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, For Thy word I have hoped.
148 My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word.
Mine eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate in Thy saying.
149 Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion; give me life according to Your justice.
My voice hear, according to Thy kindness, Jehovah, according to Thy judgment quicken me.
150 Those who follow after wickedness draw near; they are far from Your law.
Near have been my wicked pursuers, From Thy law they have been far off.
151 You are near, O LORD, and all Your commandments are true.
Near [art] Thou, O Jehovah, And all Thy commands [are] truth.
152 Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You have established them forever.
Of old I have known Thy testimonies, That to the age Thou hast founded them!
153 Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law.
[Resh.] See my affliction, and deliver Thou me, For Thy law I have not forgotten.
154 Defend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word.
Plead my plea, and redeem me, According to Thy saying quicken me.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes.
Far from the wicked [is] salvation, For Thy statutes they have not sought.
156 Great are Your mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your ordinances.
Thy mercies [are] many, O Jehovah, According to Thy judgments quicken me.
157 Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.
Many [are] my pursuers, and adversaries, From Thy testimonies I have not turned aside.
158 I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.
I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because Thy saying they have not kept.
159 Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.
See, for thy precepts I have loved, Jehovah, According to Thy kindness quicken me.
160 The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.
The sum of Thy word [is] truth, And to the age [is] every judgment of Thy righteousness!
161 Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.
[Shin.] Princes have pursued me without cause, And because of Thy words was my heart afraid.
162 I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil.
I do rejoice concerning Thy saying, As one finding abundant spoil.
163 I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.
Falsehood I have hated, yea I abominate [it], Thy law I have loved.
164 Seven times a day I praise You for Your righteous judgments.
Seven [times] in a day I have praised Thee, Because of the judgments of Thy righteousness.
165 Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your instruction; nothing can make them stumble.
Abundant peace have those loving Thy law, And they have no stumbling-block.
166 I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, and I carry out Your commandments.
I have waited for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy commands I have done.
167 I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly.
Kept hath my soul Thy testimonies, And I do love them exceedingly.
168 I obey Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You.
I have kept Thy precepts and Thy testimonies, For all my ways are before Thee!
169 May my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.
[Taw.] My loud cry cometh near before Thee, O Jehovah; According to Thy word cause me to understand.
170 May my plea come before You; rescue me according to Your promise.
My supplication cometh in before Thee, According to Thy saying deliver Thou me.
171 My lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes.
My lips do utter praise, For Thou dost teach me Thy statutes.
172 My tongue sings of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.
My tongue doth sing of Thy saying, For all Thy commands [are] righteous.
173 May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.
Thy hand is for a help to me, For Thy commands I have chosen.
174 I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.
I have longed for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy law [is] my delight.
175 Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me.
My soul liveth, and it doth praise Thee, And Thy judgments do help me.
176 I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
I wandered as a lost sheep, seek Thy servant, For Thy precepts I have not forgotten!
