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