Psalms 119
1 Alleluia. Blessed are the blameless in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
[ALEPH] O the blessedness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the Law of YHWH,
2 Blessed are they that search out his testimonies: they will diligently seek him with the whole heart.
O the blessedness of those keeping His testimonies, They seek Him with the whole heart.
3 For they that work iniquity have not walked in his ways.
Indeed, they have not done iniquity, They have walked in His ways.
4 Thou hast commanded [us] diligently to keep thy precepts.
You have commanded us to diligently keep Your precepts,
5 O that my ways were directed to keep thine ordinances.
O that my ways were prepared to keep Your statutes,
6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to all thy commandments.
Then I am not ashamed In my looking to all Your commands.
7 I will give thee thanks with uprightness of heart, when I have learnt the judgments of thy righteousness.
I confess You with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Your righteousness.
8 I will keep thine ordinances: O forsake me not greatly.
I keep Your statutes, do not utterly leave me!
9 Wherewith shall a young man direct his way? by keeping thy words.
[BETH] With what does a young man purify his path? To observe—according to Your word.
10 With my whole heart have I diligently sought thee: cast me not away from thy commandments.
I have sought You with all my heart, Do not let me err from Your commands.
11 I have hidden thine oracles in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.
I have hid Your saying in my heart, That I do not sin before You.
12 Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thine ordinances.
Blessed [are] You, O YHWH, teach me Your statutes.
13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Your mouth.
14 I have delighted in the way of thy testimonies, [as much] as in all riches.
I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As over all wealth.
15 I will meditate on thy commandments, and consider thy ways.
I meditate on Your precepts, And I attentively behold Your paths.
16 I will meditate on thine ordinances: I will not forget thy words.
I delight myself in Your statutes, I do not forget Your word.
17 Render a recompense to thy servant: [so] shall I live, and keep thy words.
[GIMEL] Confer benefits on Your servant, I live, and I keep Your word.
18 Unveil thou mine eyes, and I shall perceive wondrous things of thy law.
Uncover my eyes, and I behold wonders out of Your law.
19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
I [am] a sojourner on earth, Do not hide Your commands from me.
20 My soul has longed exceedingly for thy judgments at all times.
My soul has broken for desire To Your judgments at all times.
21 Thou has rebuked the proud: cursed are they that turn aside from thy commandments.
You have rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Your commands.
22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have sought out thy testimonies.
Remove reproach and contempt from me, For I have kept Your testimonies.
23 For princes sat and spoke against me: but thy servant was meditating on thine ordinances.
Princes also sat—they spoke against me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes,
24 For thy testimonies are my (meditation) and thine ordinances are my counsellors.
Your testimonies [are] also my delight, The men of my counsel!
25 My soul has cleaved to the ground; quicken thou me according to thy word.
[DALETH] My soul has cleaved to the dust, Quicken me according to Your word.
26 I declared my ways, and thou didst hear me: teach me thine ordinances.
I have recounted my ways, And You answer me, teach me Your statutes,
27 Instruct me in the way of thine ordinances; and I will meditate on thy wondrous works.
Cause me to understand the way of Your precepts, And I meditate on Your wonders.
28 My soul has slumbered for sorrow; strengthen thou me with thy words.
My soul has dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Your word.
29 Remove from me the way of iniquity; and be merciful to me by thy law.
Turn aside the way of falsehood from me And favor me with Your law.
30 I have chosen the way of truth; and have not forgotten thy judgments.
I have chosen the way of faithfulness, I have compared Your judgments,
31 I have cleaved to thy testimonies, O Lord; put me not to shame.
I have adhered to Your testimonies, O YHWH, do not put me to shame.
32 I ran the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart.
I run the way of Your commands, For You enlarge my heart!
33 Teach me, O Lord, the way of thine ordinances, and I will seek it out continually.
[HE] Show me, O YHWH, the way of Your statutes, And I keep it—[to] the end.
34 Instruct me, and I will search out thy law, and will keep it with my whole heart.
Cause me to understand, and I keep Your law, And observe it with the whole heart.
35 Guide me in the path of thy commandments; for I have delighted in it.
Cause me to tread in the path of Your commands, For I have delighted in it.
36 Incline mine heart to thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
Incline my heart to Your testimonies, And not to dishonest gain.
37 Turn away mine eyes that I may not behold vanity: quicken thou me in thy way.
Remove my eyes from seeing vanity, Quicken me in Your way.
38 Confirm thine oracle to thy servant, that he may fear thee.
Establish Your saying to Your servant, That [is] concerning Your fear.
39 Take away my reproach which I have feared: for thy judgments are good.
Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Your judgments [are] good.
40 Behold, I have desired thy commandments: quicken me in thy righteousness.
Behold, I have longed for Your precepts, Quicken me in Your righteousness,
41 And let thy mercy come upon me, O Lord; [even] thy salvation, according to thy word.
[WAW] And Your kindness meets me, O YHWH, Your salvation according to Your saying.
42 And [so] I shall render an answer to them that reproach me: for I have trusted in thy words.
And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For I have trusted 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.
And You do not utterly take away The word of truth from my mouth, Because I have hoped for Your judgment.
And I keep Your law continually, For all time and forever.
45 I walked also at large: for I sought out thy commandments.
And I habitually walk in a broad place, For I have sought Your precepts.
46 And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings, and was not ashamed.
And I speak of Your testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed.
47 And I meditated on thy commandments, which I loved exceedingly.
And I delight myself in Your commands, That I have loved,
48 And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments which I loved; and I meditated in thine ordinances.
And I lift up my hands to Your commands, That I have loved, And I meditate on Your statutes!
49 Remember thy words to thy servant, wherein thou hast made me hope.
[ZAYIN] Remember the word to Your servant, On which You have caused me to hope.
50 This has comforted me in mine affliction: for thine oracle has quickened me.
This [is] my comfort in my affliction, That Your saying has quickened me.
51 The proud have transgressed exceedingly; but I swerved not from thy law.
The proud have utterly scorned me, I have not turned aside from Your law.
52 I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord; and was comforted.
I remembered Your judgments of old, O YHWH, And I comfort myself.
53 Despair took hold upon me, because of the sinners who forsake thy law.
Horror has seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Your law.
54 Thine ordinances were my songs in the place of my sojourning.
Your statutes have been songs to me, In the house of my sojournings.
55 I remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night, and kept thy law.
I have remembered Your Name in the night, O YHWH, And I keep Your law.
56 This I had, because I diligently sought thine ordinances.
This has been to me, That I have kept Your precepts!
57 Thou art my portion, O Lord: I said that I would keep thy law.
[HETH] YHWH [is] my portion; I have said I would keep Your words,
58 I besought thy favour with my whole heart: have mercy upon me according to thy word.
I appeased Your face with the whole heart, Favor me according to Your saying.
59 I thought on thy ways, and turned my feet to thy testimonies.
I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet to Your testimonies.
60 I prepared myself, (and was not terrified, ) to keep thy commandments.
I have made haste, And did not delay, to keep Your commands.
61 The snares of sinners entangled me: but I forgot not thy law.
Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, I have not forgotten Your law.
62 At midnight I arose, to give thanks to thee for the judgments of thy righteousness.
At midnight I rise to give thanks to You, For the judgments of Your righteousness.
63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy commandments.
I [am] a companion to all who fear You, And to those keeping Your precepts.
64 O Lord, the earth is full of thy mercy: teach me thine ordinances.
Of Your kindness, O YHWH, the earth is full, Teach me Your statutes!
65 Thou hast wrought kindly with thy servant, o Lord, according to thy word.
[TETH] You did good with Your servant, O YHWH, According to Your word.
66 Teach me kindness, and instruction, and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
Teach me the goodness of reason and knowledge, For I have believed in Your commands.
67 Before I was afflicted, I transgressed; therefore have I kept thy word.
Before I am afflicted, I am erring, And now I have kept Your saying.
68 Good art thou, O Lord; therefore in thy goodness teach me thine ordinances.
You [are] good, and doing 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.
The proud have forged falsehood against me, I keep Your precepts with the whole heart.
70 Their heart has been curdled like milk; but I have meditated on thy law.
Their heart has been thick as fat, I have delighted in Your law.
71 [It is] good for me that thou hast afflicted me; that I might learn thine ordinances.
[It is] good for me that I have been 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 of Your mouth [is] better to me Than thousands of gold and silver!
73 Thy hands have made me, and fashioned me: instruct me, that I may learn thy commandments.
[YOD] Your hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Your commands.
74 They that fear thee will see me and rejoice: for I have hoped in thy words.
Those fearing You see me and rejoice, Because I have hoped for Your word.
75 I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are righteousness, and [that] thou in truthfulness hast afflicted me.
I have known, O YHWH, That Your judgments [are] righteous, And [in] faithfulness You have afflicted me.
76 Let, I pray thee, thy mercy be to comfort me, according to thy word to thy servant.
Please let Your kindness be to comfort me, According to Your saying to Your servant.
77 Let thy compassions come to me, that I may live: for thy law is my (meditation)
Your mercies meet me, and I 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.
The proud are ashamed, For [with] falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate on Your precepts.
79 Let those that fear thee, and those that know thy testimonies, turn to me.
Those fearing You turn back to me, And those knowing Your testimonies.
80 Let mine heart be blameless in thine ordinances, that I may not be ashamed.
My heart is perfect in Your statutes, So that I am not ashamed.
81 My soul faints for thy salvation: I have hoped in thy words.
[KAPH] My soul has been consumed for Your salvation, I have hoped for Your word.
82 Mine eyes failed [in waiting] for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
My eyes have been consumed for Your word, Saying, “When does it comfort me?”
83 For I am become as a bottle in the frost: [yet] I have not forgotten thine ordinances.
For I have been as a bottle in smoke, I have not forgotten 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 [are] the days of Your servant? When do You execute judgment Against my pursuers?
85 Transgressors told me [idle tales]; but not according to thy law, O Lord.
The proud have dug pits for me, That [are] not according to Your law.
86 All thy commandments are truth; they persecuted me unjustly; help thou me.
All Your commands [are] faithfulness, They have pursued me [with] falsehood, Help me.
87 They nearly made an end of me in the earth; but I forsook not thy commandments.
They have almost consumed me on earth, And I have not forsaken Your precepts.
88 Quicken me according to thy mercy; so shall I keep the testimonies of thy mouth.
Quicken me according to Your kindness, And I keep the Testimony of Your mouth!
89 Thy word, O Lord, abides in heaven for ever.
[LAMED] For all time, O YHWH, Your word is set up in the heavens.
90 Thy truth [endures] to all generations; thou hast founded the earth, and it abides.
Your faithfulness from generation to generation, You established earth, and it stands.
91 The day continues by thy arrangement; for all things are thy servants.
According to Your ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole—Your servants.
92 Were it not that thy law is my (meditation) then I should have perished in mine affliction.
Unless Your law [were] my delights, Then had I perished in my affliction.
93 I will never forget thine ordinances; for with them thou hast quickened me.
I do not forget Your precepts for all time, For You have quickened me by them.
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.
Your wicked waited for me to destroy me, I understand Your testimonies.
96 have seen an end of all perfection; [but] thy commandment is very broad.
I have seen an end of all perfection, Your command [is] exceedingly broad!
97 How I have loved thy law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day.
[MEM] O how I have loved Your law! It [is] my meditation all the day.
98 Thou hast made me wiser than mine enemies [in] thy commandment; for it is mine for ever.
Your command makes me wiser than my enemies, For it [is] before me for all time.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my medication.
I have acted wisely above all my teachers. For Your testimonies [are] my (meditation)
100 I understand more that the aged; because I have sought out thy commandments.
Above elderly—I understand more, For I have kept Your precepts.
101 I have kept back my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy words.
I restrained my feet from every evil path, So that I keep Your word.
102 I have not declined from thy judgments; for thou hast instructed me.
I did not turn aside from Your judgments, For You have directed me.
103 How sweet are thine oracles to my throat! more so than honey to my mouth!
How sweet Your saying has been to my palate, Above honey to my mouth.
104 I gain understanding by thy commandments: therefore I have hated every way of unrighteousness.
I have understanding from Your precepts, Therefore I have hated every false path!
105 Thy law is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths.
[NUN] Your word [is] a lamp to my foot, And a light to my path.
106 I have sworn and determined to keep the judgments of thy righteousness.
I have sworn, and I confirm, To keep the judgments of Your righteousness.
107 I have been very greatly afflicted, O Lord: quicken me, according to thy word.
I have been afflicted very much, O YHWH, quicken me, according to Your word.
108 Accept, I pray thee, O Lord, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, and teach me thy judgments.
Please accept [the] free-will offerings of my mouth, O YHWH, And teach me Your judgments.
109 My soul is continually in thine hands; and I have not forgotten thy law.
My soul [is] in my hand continually, And I have not forgotten Your law.
110 Sinners spread a snare for me; but I erred not from thy commandments.
The wicked have laid a snare for me, And I did not wander from your precepts.
111 I have inherited thy testimonies for ever; for they are the joy of my heart.
I have inherited Your testimonies for all time, 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 do Your statutes, for all time—[to] the end!
113 I have hated transgressors; but I have loved thy law.
[SAMEKH] I have hated doubting ones, And I have loved Your law.
114 Thou art my helper and my supporter; I have hoped in thy words.
You [are] my hiding place and my shield, I have hoped for Your word.
115 Depart from me, ye evil-doers; for I will search out the commandments of my God.
Turn aside from me, you evildoers, And I keep the commands of my God.
116 Uphold me according to thy word, and quicken me; and make me not ashamed of my expectation.
Sustain me according to Your saying, And I live, and You do not put me to shame because of my hope.
117 Help me, and I shall be saved; and I will meditate in thine ordinances continually.
Support me, and I am saved, And I look on Your statutes continually.
118 Thou hast brought to nought all that depart from thine ordinances; for their inward thought is unrighteous.
You have trodden down All going astray from Your statutes, For their deceit [is] falsehood.
119 I have reckoned all the sinners of the earth as transgressors; therefore have I loved thy testimonies.
Dross! You have caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Your testimonies.
120 Penetrate my flesh with thy fear; for I am afraid of thy judgments.
My flesh has trembled from Your fear, And I have been afraid from Your judgments!
121 I have done judgment and justice; deliver me not up to them that injure me.
[AYIN] I have done judgment and righteousness, Do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 Receive thy servant for good: let not the proud accuse me falsely.
Make Your servant sure for good, Do not let the proud oppress me.
123 Mine eyes have failed for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
My eyes have been consumed for Your salvation. And for the saying of Your righteousness.
124 Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy, and teach me thine ordinances.
Do with Your servant according to Your kindness. And teach me Your statutes.
125 I am thy servant; instruct me, and I shall know thy testimonies.
I [am] Your servant—cause me to understand, And I know Your testimonies.
126 [It is] time for the Lord to work: they have utterly broken thy law.
Time for YHWH to work! They have made Your law void.
127 Therefore have I loved thy commandments more than gold, or the topaz.
Therefore I have loved Your commands Above gold—even fine gold.
128 Therefore I directed myself [according] to all thy commandments: I have hated every unjust way.
Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, I have hated every path of falsehood!
129 Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul has sought them out.
[PE] Your testimonies [are] wonderful, Therefore my soul has kept them.
130 The manifestation of thy words will enlighten, and instruct the simple.
The opening of Your words enlightens, Instructing the simple.
131 I opened my mouth, and drew breath: for I earnestly longed after thy commandments.
I have opened my mouth, indeed, I pant, For I have longed for Your commands.
132 Look upon me and have mercy upon me, after the manner of them that love thy name.
Look to me, and favor me, As customary to those loving Your Name.
133 Order my steps according to thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Establish my steps by Your saying, And any iniquity does not rule over me.
134 Deliver me from the false accusation of men: so will I keep thy commandments.
Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Your precepts,
135 Cause thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thine ordinances.
Cause Your face to shine on Your servant, And teach me Your statutes.
136 Mine eyes have been bathed in streams of water, because I kept not thy law.
Streams of waters have come down my eyes, Because they have not kept Your law!
137 Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments.
[TSADE] You [are] righteous, O YHWH, And Your judgments [are] upright.
138 Thou has commanded righteousness and perfect truth, [as] thy testimonies.
You have appointed Your testimonies, Righteous and exceedingly faithful,
139 Thy zeal has quite wasted me: because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
My zeal has cut me off, For my adversaries forgot Your words.
140 Thy word [has been] very fully tried; and thy servant loves it.
Your saying [is] tried exceedingly, And Your servant has loved it.
141 I am young and despised: [yet] I have not forgotten thine ordinances.
I [am] small, and despised, I have not forgotten Your precepts.
142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is truth.
Your righteousness [is] righteousness for all time, And Your law [is] truth.
143 Afflictions and distresses found me: [but] thy commandments [were] my (meditation)
Adversity and distress have found me, Your commands [are] my delights.
144 Thy testimonies [are] an everlasting righteousness: instruct me, and I shall live.
The righteousness of Your testimonies [Is] to cause me to understand, and I live!
145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord: I will search out thine ordinances.
[QOF] I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O YHWH, I keep Your statutes,
146 I cried to thee; save me, and I will keep thy testimonies.
I have called You, save me, And I keep Your testimonies.
147 I arose before the dawn, and cried: I hoped in thy words.
I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, I have hoped for Your word.
148 Mine eyes prevented the dawn, that I might meditate on thine oracles.
My eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate on Your saying.
149 Hear my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy; quicken me according to thy judgment.
Hear my voice, according to Your kindness, YHWH, quicken me according to Your judgment.
150 They have drawn nigh who persecuted me unlawfully; and they are far removed from thy law.
My wicked pursuers have been near, They have been far off from Your law.
151 Thou art near, O Lord; and all thy ways are truth.
You [are] near, O YHWH, And all Your commands [are] truth.
152 I have known of old concerning thy testimonies, that thou hast founded them for ever.
I have known Your testimonies of old, That You have founded them for all time!
153 Look upon mine affliction, and rescue me; for I have not forgotten thy law.
[RESH] See my affliction, and deliver me, For I have not forgotten Your law.
154 Plead my cause, and ransom me: quicken me because of thy word.
Plead my plea, and redeem me, Quicken me according to Your saying.
155 Salvation is far from sinners: for they have not searched out thine ordinances.
Salvation [is] far from the wicked, For they have not sought Your statutes.
156 Thy mercies, O Lord, are many: quicken me according to thy judgment.
Your mercies [are] many, O YHWH, Quicken me according to Your judgments.
157 Many are they that persecute me and oppress me: [but] I have not declined from thy testimonies.
My pursuers and adversaries are many, I have not turned aside from Your testimonies.
158 I beheld men acting foolishly, and I pined away; for they kept not thine oracles.
I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because they have not kept Your saying.
159 Behold, I have loved thy commandments, O Lord: quicken me in thy mercy.
See, for I have loved Your precepts, YHWH, quicken me according to Your kindness.
160 The beginning of thy words is truth; and all the judgments of thy righteousness [endure] for ever.
The sum of Your word [is] truth, And every judgment of Your righteousness [is] for all time!
161 Princes persecuted me without a cause, but my heart feared because of thy words.
[SHIN] Princes have pursued me without cause, And my heart was afraid because of Your words.
162 I will exult because of thine oracles, as one that finds much spoil.
I rejoice concerning Your saying, As one finding abundant spoil.
163 I hate and abhor unrighteousness; but I love thy law.
I have hated falsehood, indeed I detest [it], I have loved Your law.
164 Seven times in a day have I praised thee because of the judgments of thy righteousness.
Seven [times] in a day I have praised You, Because of the judgments of Your righteousness.
165 Great peace have they that love thy law: and there is no stumbling-block to them.
Those loving Your law have abundant peace, And they have no stumbling-block.
166 I waited for thy salvation, O Lord, and have loved thy commandments.
I have waited for Your salvation, O YHWH, And I have done Your commands.
167 My soul has kept thy testimonies, and loved them exceedingly.
My soul has kept Your testimonies, And I love them exceedingly.
168 I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies; for all my ways are before thee, O Lord.
I have kept 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.
[TAW] My loud cry comes near before You, O YHWH; Cause me to understand according to Your word.
170 Let my petition come in before thee, O Lord; deliver me according to thine oracle.
My supplication comes in before You, Deliver me according to Your saying.
171 Let my lips utter a hymn, when thou shalt have taught me thine ordinances.
My lips utter 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 saying, For all Your commands [are] righteous.
173 Let thine hand be [prompt] to save me; for I have chosen thy commandments.
Your hand is for a help to me, For I have chosen Your commands.
174 I have longed after thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my (meditation)
I have longed for Your salvation, O YHWH, And Your law [is] my delight.
175 My soul shall live, and shall praise thee; and thy judgments shall help me.
My soul lives, and it praises You, And Your judgments help me.
176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I have not forgotten thy commandments.
I wandered as a lost sheep, [so] seek Your servant, For I have not forgotten Your precepts!
