Psalms 119
1 Alleluia. Blessed are the blameless in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
[ALEPH.] How happy the men of blameless life, who walk in the law of Yahweh.
2 Blessed are they that search out his testimonies: they will diligently seek him with the whole heart.
How happy they who observe his testimonies, with a whole heart, they seek him.
3 For they that work iniquity have not walked in his ways.
Yea, they have not wrought perversity, In his ways, have they walked.
4 You have commanded [us] diligently to keep your precepts.
Thou, hast commanded thy precepts, that they should be diligently kept.
5 O that my ways were directed to keep your ordinances.
Oh would that my ways might be settled! that I might keep thy statutes.
6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to all your commandments.
Then, shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
7 I will give you thanks with uprightness of heart, when I have learnt the judgements of your righteousness.
I will thank thee with uprightness of heart, when I have learned thy righteous regulations.
8 I will keep your ordinances: O forsake me not greatly.
Thy statutes, will I keep, Do not thou forsake me utterly.
9 Wherewith shall a young man direct his way? by keeping your words.
[BETH.] Wherewithal can a young man keep pure his way? By taking heed, according to thy word.
10 With my whole heart have I diligently sought you: cast me not away from your commandments.
With all my heart, have I sought thee, Suffer me not to be led astray from thy commandments.
11 I have hidden your oracles in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
In my heart, have I treasured what thou hast said, to the end I may not sin against thee.
12 Blessed are you, O Lord: teach me your ordinances.
Blessed art thou, O Yahweh—Teach me thy statutes.
13 With my lips have I declared all the judgements of your mouth.
With my lips, have I recounted All the regulations of thy mouth.
14 I have delighted in the way of your testimonies, [as much] as in all riches.
In the way of thy testimonies, have I rejoiced, Like as over all riches.
15 I will meditate on your commandments, and consider your ways.
In thy precepts, will I meditate, that I may discern thy paths.
16 I will meditate on your ordinances: I will not forget your words.
In thy statutes, will I find my dear delight, I will not forget thy word.
17 Render a recompense to your servant: [so] shall I live, and keep your words.
[GIMEL.] Bestow thy bounties upon thy servant—let me live, That I may observe thy word.
18 Unveil you mine eyes, and I shall perceive wondrous things of your law.
Unveil thou mine eyes, that I may discern Wondrous things out of thy law.
19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not your commandments from me.
A sojourner, am, I, in the earth, Do not hide from me, thy commandments.
20 My soul has longed exceedingly for your judgements at all times.
My soul is crushed with longing for thy just decisions at all times.
21 You have rebuked the proud: cursed are they that turn aside from your commandments.
Thou hast rebuked the proud as accursed, who stray from thy commandments.
22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have sought out your testimonies.
Roll from off me, reproach and contempt, For, thy testimonies, have I observed.
23 For princes sat and spoke against me: but your servant was meditating on your ordinances.
Even rulers have taken their seat, against me, have talked, Thy servant, will still meditate in thy statutes.
24 For your testimonies are my (meditation) and your ordinances are my counsellors.
Yea, thy testimonies, are my dear delight, My counsellors.
25 My soul has cleaved to the ground; quicken you me according to your word.
[DALETH.] My soul, cleaveth to the dust, Give me life, according to thy word.
26 I declared my ways, and you did hear me: teach me your ordinances.
My ways, I recounted, and thou didst answer me, Teach me thy statutes.
27 Instruct me in the way of your ordinances; and I will meditate on your wondrous works.
The way of thy precepts, cause thou me to understand, and I will indeed meditate in thy wonders.
28 My soul has slumbered for sorrow; strengthen you me with your words.
My soul weepeth itself away, for grief, Confirm thou me, according to thy word.
29 Remove from me the way of iniquity; and be merciful to me by your law.
The way of falsehood, take thou from me, and, with thy law, O favour me.
30 I have chosen the way of truth; and have not forgotten your judgements.
The way of faithfulness, have I chosen, Thy regulations, have I deemed right.
31 I have cleaved to your testimonies, O Lord; put me not to shame.
I have kept close to thy testimonies, O Yahweh! do not put me to shame.
32 I ran the way of your commandments, when you did enlarge my heart.
The way of thy commandments, will I run, for thou wilt enlarge my heart.
33 Teach me, O Lord, the way of your ordinances, and I will seek it out continually.
[HE.] Point out to me, O Yahweh, the way of thy statutes, that I may observe it unto the end.
34 Instruct me, and I will search out your law, and will keep it with my whole heart.
Give me understanding, that I may observe thy law, that I may keep it with a whole heart.
35 Guide me in the path of your commandments; for I have delighted in it.
Guide me in the path of thy commandments, for, therein, do I find pleasure.
36 Incline mine heart to your testimonies, and not to covetousness.
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not unto unjust gain.
37 Turn away mine eyes that I may not behold vanity: quicken you me in your way.
Turn away mine eyes, from beholding vanity, In thy way, give me life.
38 Confirm your oracle to your servant, that he may fear you.
Establish, unto thy servant, thy word, which pertaineth to the reverence of thee.
39 Take away my reproach which I have feared: for your judgements are good.
Cause to pass away my reproach, that I have feared, for, thy regulations, are good.
40 Behold, I have desired your commandments: quicken me in your righteousness.
Lo! I have longed for thy precepts, In thy righteousness, give me life.
41 And let your mercy come upon me, O Lord; [even] your salvation, according to your word.
[WAW.] And let thy lovingkindness reach me, O Yahweh, thy salvation, according to thy word.
42 And [so] I shall render an answer to them that reproach me: for I have trusted in your words.
So shall I have something to answer him that reproacheth me, That I have trusted in thy word.
43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in your judgements. So shall I keep your law continually, for ever and ever.
And do not snatch away from my mouth the word of truth in any wise, because, for thy regulation, have I waited.
That I may keep thy law continually, to times age-abiding and beyond.
45 I walked also at large: for I sought out your commandments.
That I may walk to and fro in a large place, because, thy precepts, have I sought.
46 And I spoke of your testimonies before kings, and was not ashamed.
That I may speak of thy testimonies before kings, and not be ashamed.
47 And I meditated on your commandments, which I loved exceedingly.
That I may find dear delight in thy commandments, which I have loved.
48 And I lifted up my hands to your commandments which I loved; and I meditated in your ordinances.
That I may lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and may meditate in thy statutes.
49 Remember your words to your servant, wherein you have made me hope.
[ZAYIN.] Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
50 This has comforted me in mine affliction: for your oracle has quickened me.
This, is my comfort in mine affliction, that, thy word, hath given me life.
51 The proud have transgressed exceedingly; but I swerved not from your law.
Insolent men, have derided me exceedingly, From thy law, have I not swerved.
52 I remembered your judgements of old, O Lord; and was comforted.
I have remembered thy regulations, [which have come down] from age-past times, O Yahweh, and have consoled myself.
53 Despair took hold upon me, because of the sinners who forsake your law.
A raging heat, hath seized me, by reason of the lawless, who forsake thy law.
54 Your ordinances were my songs in the place of my sojourning.
Songs, have thy statutes become to me, in my house of sojourn.
55 I remembered your name, O Lord, in the night, and kept your law.
I have remembered, in the night, thy Name, O Yahweh, and have kept thy law.
56 This I had, because I diligently sought your ordinances.
This, have I had, because, thy precepts, have I observed.
57 You are my portion, O Lord: I said that I would keep your law.
[HETH.] My portion, is Yahweh, I have promised that I would keep thy words.
58 I implored your favour with my whole heart: have mercy upon me according to your word.
I have sought the smile of thy face with all my heart, Show me favour, according to thy word.
59 I thought on your ways, and turned my feet to your testimonies.
I have thought upon my ways, and have turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
60 I prepared myself, (and was not terrified, ) to keep your commandments.
I have hastened, and not delayed, to keep thy commandments.
61 The snares of sinners entangled me: but I forgot not your law.
The meshes of the lawless, have surrounded me, Thy law, have I not forgotten.
62 At midnight I arose, to give thanks to you for the judgements of your righteousness.
At midnight, I arise to give thanks unto thee, For thy righteous regulations.
63 I am a companion of all them that fear you, and of them that keep your commandments.
Companion, am I, to all who revere thee, and to them who keep thy precepts.
64 O Lord, the earth is full of your mercy: teach me your ordinances.
Of thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, the earth, is full, Thy statutes, teach thou me.
65 You have wrought kindly with your servant, o Lord, according to your word.
[TETH.] Well, hast thou dealt with thy servant, O Yahweh, according to thy word.
66 Teach me kindness, and instruction, and knowledge: for I have believed your commandments.
Good judgment and knowledge, teach thou me, For, in thy commandments, have I trusted.
67 Before I was afflicted, I transgressed; therefore have I kept your word.
Before I was afflicted, I myself was going astray, but, now, thy word, have I kept.
68 Good are you, O Lord; therefore in your goodness teach me your ordinances.
Good, thou art, and doing good, Teach me thy statutes.
69 The injustice of the proud has been multiplied against me: but I will search out your commandments with all my heart.
Insolent men have plastered falsehood over me, I, with a whole heart, will observe thy precepts.
70 Their heart has been curdled like milk; but I have meditated on your law.
Gross, like fat, is their heart, I, in thy law, have found dear delight.
71 [It is] good for me that you have afflicted me; that I might learn your ordinances.
It is, well for me, that I was afflicted, That I might learn thy statutes.
72 The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands 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: instruct me, that I may learn your commandments.
[YODH.] Thine own hands, have made me, and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
74 They that fear you will see me and rejoice: for I have hoped in your words.
They who revere thee, shall see me and rejoice, that, for thy word, I waited.
75 I know, O Lord, that your judgements are righteousness, and [that] you in truthfulness have afflicted me.
I know, O Yahweh, that righteous are thy regulations, and, in faithfulness, didst thou afflict me.
76 Let, I pray you, your mercy be to comfort me, according to your word to your servant.
Let thy lovingkindness, I beseech thee, serve to comfort me, according to thy word to thy servant.
77 Let your compassions come to me, that I may live: for your law is my (meditation)
Let thy compassions reach me, that I may live, for, thy law, is my dear delight.
78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they transgressed against me unjustly: but I will meditate in your commandments.
Let insolent men, be ashamed, because, by means of falsehood, they have dealt with me perversely, I, will meditate in thy precepts.
79 Let those that fear you, and those that know your testimonies, turn to me.
Let them who revere thee, turn unto me, even they who know thy testimonies.
80 Let mine heart be blameless in your ordinances, that I may not be ashamed.
Let my heart be thorough in thy statutes, that I may not be ashamed.
81 My soul faints for your salvation: I have hoped in your words.
[KAPH.] My soul, hath languished for thy salvation, For thy word, have I hoped.
82 Mine eyes failed [in waiting] for your word, saying, When will you comfort me?
Mine eyes have failed for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
83 For I am become as a bottle in the frost: [yet] I have not forgotten your ordinances.
Though I have been like a wine-skin in the smoke, thy statutes, have I not forgotten.
84 How many are the days of your servant? when will you execute judgement for me on them that persecute me?
How few are the days of thy servant! When wilt thou execute sentence on my persecutors?
85 Transgressors told me [idle tales]; but not according to your law, O Lord.
Insolent men digged for me pits, men who are not according to thy law.
86 All your commandments are truth; they persecuted me unjustly; help you me.
All thy commandments, are faithful, With falsehood, have they persecuted me, O help me!
87 They nearly made an end of me in the earth; but I forsook not your commandments.
A little more, and they had consumed me in the earth, but, I, forsake not thy precepts.
88 Quicken me according to your mercy; so shall I keep the testimonies of your mouth.
According to thy lovingkindness, give thou me life, so will I keep the testimonies of thy mouth.
89 Your word, O Lord, abides in heaven for ever.
[LAMED.] Age-abidingly, O Yahweh, hath thy word been set up in the heavens.
90 Your truth [endures] to all generations; you have founded the earth, and it abides.
To generation after generation, is thy faithfulness, Thou hast established the earth, and it standeth.
91 The day continues by your arrangement; for all things are your servants.
By thy regulations, do they stand to-day, for, all, are thy servants.
92 Were it not that your law is my (meditation) then I should have perished in mine affliction.
Had not thy law been my dear delight, then, had I perished in mine affliction.
93 I will never forget your ordinances; for with them you have quickened me.
Unto times age-abiding, will I not forget thy precepts, For, by them, hast thou given me life.
94 I am your, save me; for I have sought out your ordinances.
Thine, am I, —oh save me! For, thy precepts, have I sought.
95 Sinners laid wait for me to destroy me; [but] I understood your testimonies.
For me, have the lawless waited, to destroy me, Thy testimonies, will I diligently consider.
96 have seen an end of all perfection; [but] your commandment is very broad.
To all perfection, have I seen an end, Broad is thy commandment, exceedingly.
97 How I have loved your law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day.
[MEM.] Oh how I love thy law! All the day, is it my (meditation)
98 You have made me wiser than mine enemies [in] your commandment; for it is mine for ever.
Beyond mine enemies, will thy commandment make me wise, for, age-abidingly, shall it be mine.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers; for your testimonies are my medication.
Beyond all my teachers, have I shown discretion, for, thy testimonies, are my (meditation)
100 I understand more that the aged; because I have sought out your commandments.
Beyond the elders, will I show understanding, for, thy precepts, have I observed.
101 I have kept back my feet from every evil way, that I might keep your words.
From every way of wickedness, have I withheld my feet, that I might keep thy word.
102 I have not declined from your judgements; for you have instructed me.
From thy regulations, have I not turned aside, for, thou, hast directed me.
103 How sweet are your oracles to my throat! more so than honey to my mouth!
How smooth to my palate is thy speech, More than honey, to my mouth.
104 I gain understanding by your commandments: therefore I have hated every way of unrighteousness.
Out of thy precepts, will I get understanding, For this cause, do I hate every false way.
105 Your law is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths.
[NUN.] A lamp to my feet, is thy word, and a light to my path.
106 I have sworn and determined to keep the judgements of your righteousness.
I sware, and have fulfilled, To keep thy righteous regulations.
107 I have been very greatly afflicted, O Lord: quicken me, according to your word.
I have been afflicted exceedingly, —O Yahweh, give me life according to thy word.
108 Accept, I pray you, O Lord, the free will offerings of my mouth, and teach me your judgements.
The freewill offerings of my mouth, accept, I pray thee, O Yahweh, And, thy regulations, teach thou me.
109 My soul is continually in your hands; and I have not forgotten your law.
My life, is in my hand continually, Yet, thy law, have I not forgotten.
110 Sinners spread a snare for me; but I erred not from your commandments.
The lawless have set a snare for me, Yet, from thy precepts, have I not strayed.
111 I have inherited your testimonies for ever; for they are the joy of my heart.
As an inheritance have I taken thy testimonies unto times age-abiding, for, the joy of my heart, they are.
112 I have inclined my heart to perform your ordinances for ever, in return [for your mercies].
I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes, Age-abidingly, to the end.
113 I have hated transgressors; but I have loved your law.
[SAMECH.] Half-hearted ones, do I hate, but, thy law, do I love.
114 You are my helper and my supporter; I have hoped in your words.
My hiding-place and my buckler, thou art, For thy word, have I waited.
115 Depart from me, you evil-doers; for I will search out the commandments of my God.
Depart from me, ye evil-doers, —that I may observe the commandments of my God.
116 Uphold me according to your word, and quicken me; and make me not ashamed of my expectation.
Uphold me according to thy word, that I may live, and do not shame me out of my hope!
117 Help me, and I shall be saved; and I will meditate in your ordinances continually.
Sustain me, that I may be saved, and may find dear delight in thy statutes continually.
118 You have brought to nothing all that depart from your ordinances; for their inward thought is unrighteous.
Thou hast made light of all who stray from thy statutes, for their fraud is, falsehood.
119 I have reckoned all the sinners of the earth as transgressors; therefore have I loved your testimonies.
Dross, have I accounted all the lawless of the earth, therefore do I love thy testimonies.
120 Penetrate my flesh with your fear; for I am afraid of your judgements.
My flesh, bristled up from dread of thee, and, of thy regulations, stand I in fear.
121 I have done judgement and justice; deliver me not up to them that injure me.
[AYIN.] I have done justice and righteousness, —Do not leave me to mine oppressors.
122 Receive your servant for good: let not the proud accuse me falsely.
Be thou surety for thy servant for good, Let not insolent men oppress me.
123 Mine eyes have failed for your salvation, and for the word of your righteousness.
Mine eyes, have become dim for thy salvation, and for thy righteous word.
124 Deal with your servant according to your mercy, and teach me your ordinances.
Deal with thy servant according to thy lovingkindness, and, thy statutes, teach thou me.
125 I am your servant; instruct me, and I shall know your testimonies.
Thy servant, I am—give me understanding, so shall I get to know thy testimonies.
126 [It is] time for the Lord to work: they have utterly broken your law.
It is time that Yahweh should work, They have frustrated thy law!
127 Therefore have I loved your commandments more than gold, or the topaz.
For this cause, do I love thy commandments, More than gold, yea than fine gold!
128 Therefore I directed myself [according] to all your commandments: I have hated every unjust way.
For this cause, all thy precepts concerning all things, I deem right, Every way of falsehood, I hate.
129 Your testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul has sought them out.
[PE.] Wonderful are thy testimonies, For this cause, hath my soul observed them.
130 The manifestation of your words will enlighten, and instruct the simple.
The opening of thy words, sheddeth light, Giving understanding to the simple.
131 I opened my mouth, and drew breath: for I earnestly longed after your commandments.
My mouth, have I opened wide, and panted, because, for thy commandments, have I longed.
132 Look upon me and have mercy upon me, after the manner of them that love your name.
Turn thyself unto me, and show me favour, —As is befitting, to the lovers of thy Name.
133 Order my steps according to your word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
My steps, direct thou by thy word, and let no iniquity, have dominion over me.
134 Deliver me from the false accusation of men: so will I keep your commandments.
Set me free from the oppression of man, so will I keep thy precepts.
135 Cause your face to shine upon your servant: and teach me your ordinances.
Thy face, light thou up on thy servant, and teach me thy statutes.
136 Mine eyes have been bathed in streams of water, because I kept not your law.
Streams of water, have run down mine eyes, because men have not kept thy law.
137 Righteous are you, O Lord, and upright are your judgements.
[ZADHE.] Righteous art thou, O Yahweh, —and, equitable, are thy regulations.
138 You has commanded righteousness and perfect truth, [as] your testimonies.
Thou hast righteously commanded thy testimonies, yea in great faithfulness.
139 Your zeal has quite wasted me: because mine enemies have forgotten your words.
My zeal, hath put an end to me, for mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.
140 Your word [has been] very fully tried; and your servant loves it.
Refined is thy word, to the uttermost, and, thy servant loveth it.
141 I am young and despised: [yet] I have not forgotten your ordinances.
Small, am I, and despised, Thy precepts, have I not forgotten.
142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your law is truth.
Thy righteousness, is righteous to times age-abiding, and, thy law, is truth.
143 Afflictions and distresses found me: [but] your commandments [were] my (meditation)
Straitness and distress, have befallen me, Thy commandments, are my dear delights.
144 Your testimonies [are] an everlasting righteousness: instruct me, and I shall live.
Righteous are thy testimonies, unto times age-abiding, Give me understanding, that I may live.
145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord: I will search out your ordinances.
[KOPH.] I have cried out with all my heart, answer me, O Yahweh; Thy statutes, will I observe.
146 I cried to you; save me, and I will keep your testimonies.
I have cried out unto thee, oh save me, That I may keep thy testimonies.
147 I arose before the dawn, and cried: I hoped in your words.
I forestalled the twilight, and cried for help, For thy word, I waited.
148 Mine eyes prevented the dawn, that I might meditate on your oracles.
Mine eyes forestalled the night-watches, To meditate in thy word.
149 Hear my voice, O Lord, according to your mercy; quicken me according to your judgement.
My voice, O hear, according to thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh! according to thy wont, give me life.
150 They have drawn near who persecuted me unlawfully; and they are far removed from your law.
They have drawn near, who pursue villainy, From thy law, have they gone far away.
151 You are near, O Lord; and all your ways are truth.
Near art thou, O Yahweh, and, all thy commandments, are truth.
152 I have known of old concerning your testimonies, that you have founded them for ever.
Long, have I known, from thy testimonies, That, to times age-abiding, thou didst establish them.
153 Look upon mine affliction, and rescue me; for I have not forgotten your law.
[RESH.] Behold mine affliction, and rescue me, For, thy law, have I not forgotten.
154 Plead my cause, and ransom me: quicken me because of your word.
Plead my cause, and redeem me, By thy word, give me life
155 Salvation is far from sinners: for they have not searched out your ordinances.
Far from the lawless, is salvation, For, thy statutes, have they not sought.
156 Your mercies, O Lord, are many: quicken me according to your judgement.
Thy compassions, are great, O Yahweh, According to thy regulations, give me life.
157 Many are they that persecute me and oppress me: [but] I have not declined from your testimonies.
Many, are my persecutors and mine adversaries, From thy testimonies, have I not swerved.
158 I saw men acting foolishly, and I pined away; for they kept not your oracles.
I have seen traitors, and felt loathing, Because, thy word, they kept not.
159 Behold, I have loved your commandments, O Lord: quicken me in your mercy.
See thou that, thy precepts, I have loved, O Yahweh, according to thy lovingkindness, give me life.
160 The beginning of your words is truth; and all the judgements of your righteousness [endure] for ever.
The sum of thy word, is truth, and, age-abiding, is every one of thy righteous regulations.
161 Princes persecuted me without a cause, but my heart feared because of your words.
[SHIN.] Rulers, have persecuted me, without cause, But, of thy word, hath my heart stood in awe.
162 I will exult because of your oracles, as one that finds much spoil.
Joyful am I over thy word, Like the finder of spoil in abundance.
163 I hate and abhor unrighteousness; but I love your law.
Falsehood, I hate and abhor, Thy law, do I love.
164 Seven times in a day have I praised you because of the judgements of your righteousness.
Seven times in the day, have I praised thee, For thy righteous regulations.
165 Great peace have they that love your law: and there is no stumbling block to them.
Blessing in abundance, have the lovers of thy law, and nothing to make them stumble.
166 I waited for your salvation, O Lord, and have loved your commandments.
I have looked for thy salvation, O Yahweh, and, thy commandments, have I done.
167 My soul has kept your testimonies, and loved them exceedingly.
My soul hath kept thy testimonies, yea I have loved them greatly.
168 I have kept your commandments and your testimonies; for all my ways are before you, O Lord.
I have kept thy precepts, and thy testimonies, For, all my ways, are before thee.
169 Let my supplication come near before you, o Lord; instruct me according to your oracle.
[TAU] Let my shouting come near before thee, O Yahweh, According to thy word, give me understanding.
170 Let my petition come in before you, O Lord; deliver me according to your oracle.
Let my supplication come in before thee, According to thy word, deliver me.
171 Let my lips utter a hymn, when you shall have taught me your ordinances.
My lips, shall pour out, praise, When thou shalt teach me thy statutes.
172 Let my tongue utter your oracles; for all your commandments are righteous.
My tongue, shall respond, with thy word, For, all thy commandments, are righteous.
173 Let your hand be [prompt] to save me; for I have chosen your commandments.
Be thy hand ready to help me, For, thy statutes, have I chosen.
174 I have longed after your salvation, O Lord; and your law is my (meditation)
I have longed for thy salvation, O Yahweh, and, thy law, is my dear delight.
175 My soul shall live, and shall praise you; and your judgements shall help me.
Let my soul live, that it may praise thee, So shall thy regulation help me.
176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant; for I have not forgotten your commandments.
I have strayed like a wandering sheep, O seek thy servant, For, thy commandments, have I not forgotten.
