Psalms 119
1 Alleluia. Blessed are the immaculate in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
ALEPH. Blessed are the perfect in the way, who walk in the law of Jehovah.
2 Blessed are those who examine his testimonies. They seek him with their whole heart.
Blessed are they that observe his testimonies, that seek him with the whole heart;
3 For those who work iniquity have not walked in his ways.
Who also do no unrighteousness: they walk in his ways.
4 You have ordered your commandments to be kept most diligently.
Thou hast enjoined thy precepts, to be kept diligently.
5 I wish that my ways may be directed so as to keep your justifications.
Oh that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
6 Then I will not be confounded, when I will look into all your commandments.
Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
7 I will confess to you with honesty of heart. In this way, I have learned the judgments of your justice.
I will give thee thanks with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
8 I will keep your justifications. Do not utterly abandon me.
I will keep thy statutes: forsake me not utterly.
9 By what does an adolescent correct his way? By keeping to your words.
BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his path? by taking heed according to thy word.
10 With my whole heart, I have sought you. Do not let me be driven away from your commandments.
With my whole heart have I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandments.
11 I have hidden your eloquence in my heart, so that I may not sin against you.
Thy word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.
12 Blessed are you, O Lord. Teach me your justifications.
Blessed art thou, Jehovah! teach me thy statutes.
13 With my lips, I have pronounced all the judgments of your mouth.
With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
14 I have been delighted in the way of your testimonies, as if in all riches.
I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as [much as] in all wealth.
15 I will be trained in your commandments, and I will consider your ways.
I will meditate upon thy precepts, and have respect unto thy paths.
16 I will meditate on your justifications. I will not forget your words.
I delight myself in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word.
17 Repay your servant, revive me; and I will keep your words.
GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant [and] I shall live; and I will keep thy word.
18 Reveal to my eyes, and I will consider the wonders of your law.
Open mine eyes, and I shall behold wondrous things out of thy law.
19 I am a sojourner on the earth. Do not hide your commandments from me.
I am a stranger in the land; hide not thy commandments from me.
20 My soul has longed to desire your justifications at all times.
My soul breaketh for longing after thy judgments at all times.
21 You have rebuked the arrogant. Those who decline from your commandments are accursed.
Thou hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, who wander from thy commandments.
22 Take me away from disgrace and contempt, for I have sought your testimonies.
Roll off from me reproach and contempt; for I observe thy testimonies.
23 For even the leaders sat and spoke against me. But your servant has been trained in your justifications.
Princes also did sit [and] talk together against me: thy servant doth meditate in thy statutes.
24 For your testimonies are also my (meditation) and your justifications are my counsel.
Thy testimonies also are my delight [and] my counsellors.
25 My soul has adhered to the pavement. Revive me according to your word.
DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken me according to thy word.
26 I have declared my ways, and you have heeded me. Teach me your justifications.
I have declared my ways, and thou hast answered me: teach me thy statutes.
27 Instruct me in the way of your justifications, and I will be trained in your wonders.
Make me to understand the way of thy precepts, and I will meditate upon thy wondrous works.
28 My soul has slumbered because of weariness. Confirm me in your words.
My soul melteth for sadness: strengthen me according to thy word.
29 Remove the way of iniquity from me, and have mercy on me by your law.
Remove from me the way of falsehood, and graciously grant me thy law.
30 I have chosen the way of truth. I have not forgotten your judgments.
I have chosen the way of faithfulness; thy judgments have I set [before me].
31 I have adhered to your testimonies, O Lord. Do not be willing to confound me.
I cleave unto thy testimonies; Jehovah, let me not be ashamed.
32 I have run by way of your commandments, when you enlarged my heart.
I will run the way of thy commandments when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
33 O Lord, place the law before me, the way of your justifications, and I will always inquire into it.
HE. Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes, and I will observe it [unto] the end.
34 Give me understanding, and I will examine your law. And I will keep it with my whole heart.
Give me understanding, and I will observe thy law; and I will keep it with [my] whole heart.
35 Lead me according to the path of your commandments, for I have desired this.
Make me to walk in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
36 Bend my heart with your testimonies, and not with avarice.
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to gain.
37 Turn my eyes away, lest they see what is vain. Revive me in your way.
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; quicken me in thy way.
38 Station your eloquence with your servant, along with your fear.
Establish thy word unto thy servant, who is [devoted] to thy fear.
39 Cut off my disgrace, which I have taken up, for your judgments are delightful.
Turn away my reproach which I fear; for thy judgments are good.
40 Behold, I have longed for your commandments. Revive me in your fairness.
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
41 And let your mercy overwhelm me, O Lord: your salvation according to your eloquence.
VAU. And let thy loving-kindness come unto me, O Jehovah, — thy salvation according to thy word.
42 And I will respond to those who reproach me by word, for I have hoped in your words.
So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me; for I confide in thy word.
43 And do not utterly take away the word of truth from my mouth. For in your judgments, I have hoped beyond hope.
And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; because I have hoped in thy judgments.
44 And I will always keep your law, in this age and forever and ever.
Then will I keep thy law continually, for ever and ever;
45 And I have wandered far and wide, because I was seeking your commandments.
And I will walk at liberty, for I have sought thy precepts;
46 And I spoke of your testimonies in the sight of kings, and I was not confounded.
And I will speak of thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed;
47 And I meditated on your commandments, which I loved.
And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved;
48 And I lifted up my hands to your commandments, which I loved. And I was trained in your justifications.
And I will lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and I will meditate in thy statutes.
49 Be mindful of your word to your servant, by which you have given me hope.
ZAIN. Remember the word for thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
50 This has consoled me in my humiliation, for your word has revived me.
This is my comfort in mine affliction; for thy word hath quickened me.
51 The arrogant act altogether iniquitously, but I have not turned aside from your law.
The proud have derided me beyond measure: I have not declined from thy law.
52 I called to mind your judgments of antiquity, O Lord, and I was consoled.
I remembered thy judgments of old, O Jehovah, and have comforted myself.
53 Faintness has taken hold of me, because of the sinners, those who abandon your law.
Burning indignation hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked who forsake thy law.
54 Your justifications were the subject of my worthy singing, in the place of my pilgrimage.
Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
55 During the night, I remembered your name, O Lord, and I kept your law.
I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, and have kept thy law.
56 This has happened to me because I sought your justifications.
This I have had, because I have observed thy precepts.
57 O Lord, my portion, I have said that I would keep your law.
CHETH. My portion, O Jehovah, I have said, is to keep thy words.
58 I have beseeched your face with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.
I have sought thy favour with [my] whole heart: be gracious unto me according to thy word.
59 I have considered my ways, and I have turned my feet toward your testimonies.
I have thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
60 I have been prepared, and I have not been disturbed, so that I may keep your commandments.
I have made haste, and not delayed, to keep thy commandments.
61 The ropes of the impious have encircled me, and I have not forgotten your law.
The bands of the wicked have wrapped me round: I have not forgotten thy law.
62 I arose in the middle of the night to confess to you, over the judgments of your justification.
At midnight I rise up to give thanks unto thee, because of thy righteous judgments.
63 I am a partaker with all those who fear you and who keep your commandments.
I am the companion of all that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
64 The earth, O Lord, is full of your mercy. Teach me your justifications.
The earth, O Jehovah, is full of thy loving-kindness: teach me thy statutes.
65 You have done well with your servant, O Lord, according to your word.
TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Jehovah, according to thy word.
66 Teach me goodness and discipline and knowledge, for I have trusted your commandments.
Teach me good discernment and knowledge; for I have believed in thy commandments.
67 Before I was humbled, I committed offenses; because of this, I have kept to your word.
Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep thy word.
68 You are good, so in your goodness teach me your justifications.
Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
69 The iniquity of the arrogant has been multiplied over me. Yet I will examine your commandments with all my heart.
The proud have forged falsehood against me: I will observe thy precepts with [my] whole heart.
70 Their heart has been curdled like milk. Truly, I have meditated on your law.
Their heart is as fat as grease: as for me, I delight in thy law.
71 It is good for me that you humbled me, so that I may learn your justifications.
It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes.
72 The law of your mouth is good for me, beyond thousands of gold and silver pieces.
The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
73 Your hands have created me and formed me. Give me understanding, and I will learn your commandments.
YOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments.
74 Those who fear you will see me, and they will rejoice. For I have greatly hoped in your words.
They that fear thee will see me, and rejoice; because I have hoped in thy word.
75 I know, O Lord, that your judgments are fairness. And in your truth, you have humbled me.
I know, Jehovah, that thy Judgments are righteousness, and that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
76 Let it be your mercy that consoles me, according to your eloquence to your servant.
Oh let thy loving-kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
77 Let your compassion draw near to me, and I will live. For your law is my (meditation)
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight.
78 Let the arrogant be confounded, for unjustly they have done iniquity to me. But I will be trained in your commandments.
Let the proud be ashamed; for they have acted perversely towards me with falsehood: as for me, I meditate in thy precepts.
79 Let those who fear you turn to me, along with those who know your testimonies.
Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that know thy testimonies.
80 Let my heart be immaculate in your justifications, so that I may not be confounded.
Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.
81 My soul has faltered in your salvation, yet in your word, I have hoped beyond hope.
CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; I hope in thy word.
82 My eyes have failed in your eloquence, saying, “When will you console me?”
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
83 For I have become like a wineskin in the frost. I have not forgotten your justifications.
For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; I do not forget thy statutes.
84 How many are the days of your servant? When will you bring judgment against those who persecute me?
How many shall be the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
85 The iniquitous have spoken fables to me. But these are unlike your law.
The proud have digged pits for me, which is not according to thy law.
86 All your commandments are truth. They have been persecuting me unjustly: assist me.
All thy commandments are faithfulness. They persecute me wrongfully: help thou me.
87 They have nearly consumed me on earth. Yet I have not forsaken your commandments.
They had almost consumed me upon the earth; but as for me, I forsook not thy precepts.
88 Revive me according to your mercy. And I will keep the testimonies of your mouth.
Quicken me according to thy loving-kindness, and I will keep the testimony of thy mouth.
89 O Lord, your word remains firm in heaven, for all eternity.
LAMED. For ever, O Jehovah, thy word is settled in the heavens.
90 Your truth is from generation to generation. You have founded the earth, and it remains firm.
Thy faithfulness is from generation to generation: thou hast established the earth, and it standeth.
91 By your ordinance, the day perseveres. For all things are in service to you.
By thine ordinances they stand this day; for all things are thy servants.
92 If your law had not been my (meditation) then perhaps I would have perished in my humiliation.
Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
93 I will not forget your justifications, for eternity. For by them, you have enlivened me.
I will never forget thy precepts; for by them thou hast quickened me.
94 I am yours. Accomplish my salvation. For I have inquired into your justifications.
I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
95 The sinners have waited for me, in order to destroy me. I have understood your testimonies.
The wicked have awaited me to destroy me; [but] I attend unto thy testimonies.
96 I have seen the end of the consummation of all things. Your commandment is exceedingly broad.
I have seen an end of all perfection: thy commandment is exceeding broad.
97 How have I loved your law, O Lord? It is my meditation all day long.
MEM. Oh how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
98 By your commandment, you have made me able to see far, beyond my enemies. For it is with me for eternity.
Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me.
99 I have understood beyond all my teachers. For your testimonies are my (meditation)
I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my (meditation)
100 I have understood beyond the elders. For I have searched your commandments.
I understand more than the aged, because I have observed thy precepts.
101 I have prohibited my feet from every evil way, so that I may keep your words.
I have refrained my feet from every evil path, that I might keep thy word.
102 I have not declined from your judgments, because you have stationed a law for me.
I have not departed from thy judgments; for it is thou that hast taught me.
103 How sweet is your eloquence to my palate, more so than honey to my mouth!
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! more than honey to my mouth!
104 I obtained understanding by your commandments. Because of this, I have hated every way of iniquity.
From thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false path.
105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my paths.
NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
106 I have sworn it, and so I am determined to keep the judgments of your justice.
I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
107 I have been altogether humbled, Lord. Revive me according to your word.
I am afflicted very much; O Jehovah, quicken me according to thy word.
108 Make the willing offerings of my mouth well pleasing, Lord, and teach me your judgments.
Accept, I beseech thee, Jehovah, the voluntary-offerings of my mouth, and teach me thy judgments.
109 My soul is always in my hands, and I have not forgotten your law.
My life is continually in my hand; but I do not forget thy law.
110 Sinners have set a snare for me, yet I have not strayed from your commandments.
The wicked have laid a snare for me; but I have not wandered from thy precepts.
111 I have acquired your testimonies as an inheritance unto eternity, because they are the exultation of my heart.
Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to do your justifications for eternity, as a recompense.
I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes for ever, unto the end.
113 I have hated the iniquitous, and I have loved your law.
SAMECH. The double-minded have I hated; but thy law do I love.
114 You are my helper and my supporter. And in your word, I have greatly hoped.
Thou art my hiding-place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
115 Turn away from me, you malignant ones. And I will examine the commandments of my God.
Depart from me, ye evil-doers; and I will observe the commandments of my God.
116 Uphold me according to your eloquence, and I will live. And let me not be confounded in my expectation.
Uphold me according to thy word, that I may live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117 Help me, and I will be saved. And I will meditate always on your justifications.
Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe; and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
118 You have despised all those who fell away from your judgments. For their intention is unjust.
Thou hast set at nought all them that wander from thy statutes; for their deceit is falsehood.
119 I have considered all the sinners of the earth to be transgressors. Therefore, I have loved your testimonies.
Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth [like] dross; therefore I love thy testimonies.
120 Pierce my flesh with your fear, for I am afraid of your judgments.
My flesh shuddereth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
121 I have accomplished judgment and justice. Do not hand me over to those who slander me.
AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
122 Uphold your servant in what is good. And do not allow the arrogant to slander me.
Be surety for thy servant for good; let not the proud oppress me.
123 My eyes have failed in your salvation and in the eloquence of your justice.
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
124 Deal with your servant according to your mercy, and teach me your justifications.
Deal with thy servant according to thy loving-kindness, and teach me thy statutes.
125 I am your servant. Give me understanding, so that I may know your testimonies.
I am thy servant; give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.
126 It is time to act, O Lord. They have dissipated your law.
It is time for Jehovah to work: they have made void thy law.
127 Therefore, I have loved your commandments beyond gold and topaz.
Therefore I love thy commandments above gold, yea, above fine gold.
128 Because of this, I was directed toward all your commandments. I held hatred for every iniquitous way.
Therefore I regard all [thy] precepts concerning all things to be right: I hate every false path.
129 Your testimonies are wonderful. Therefore, my soul has been examined by them.
PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul observe them.
130 The declaration of your words illuminates, and it gives understanding to little ones.
The entrance of thy words giveth light, giving understanding unto the simple.
131 I opened my mouth and drew breath, for I desired your commandments.
I opened my mouth wide and panted; for I longed for thy commandments.
132 Gaze upon me and be merciful to me, according to the judgment of those who love your name.
Turn unto me, and be gracious unto me, as thou art wont to do unto those that love thy name.
133 Direct my steps according to your eloquence, and let no injustice rule over me.
Establish my steps in thy word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Redeem me from the slanders of men, so that I may keep your commandments.
Deliver me from the oppression of man; and I will keep thy precepts.
135 Make your face shine upon your servant, and teach me your justifications.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant, and teach me thy statutes.
136 My eyes have gushed like springs of water, because they have not kept your law.
Mine eyes run down with streams of water, because they keep not thy law.
137 You are just, O Lord, and your judgment is right.
TZADE. Righteous art thou, Jehovah, and upright are thy judgments.
138 You have commanded justice: your testimonies and your truth even more so.
Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness and exceeding faithfulness.
139 My zeal has caused me to pine away, because my enemies have forgotten your words.
My zeal destroyeth me, because mine oppressors have forgotten thy words.
140 Your eloquence has been greatly enflamed, and your servant has loved it.
Thy word is exceeding pure, and thy servant loveth it.
141 I am young and treated with contempt. But I have not forgotten your justifications.
I am little and despised: thy precepts have I not forgotten.
142 Your justice is justice for all eternity, and your law is truth.
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is truth.
143 Tribulation and anguish have found me. Your commandments are my (meditation)
Trouble and anguish have taken hold upon me: thy commandments are my delights.
144 Your testimonies are fairness unto eternity. Give me understanding, and I will live.
The righteousness of thy testimonies is for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.
145 I cried out with my whole heart. Heed me, O Lord. I will ask for your justifications.
KOPH. I have called with [my] whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah: I will observe thy statutes.
146 I cried out to you. Save me, so that I may keep your commandments.
I call upon thee; save me, and I will keep thy testimonies.
147 I arrived first in maturity, and so I cried out. For in your words, I have hoped beyond hope.
I anticipate the morning-dawn and I cry: I hope in thy word.
148 My eyes preceded the dawn for you, so that I might meditate on your eloquence.
Mine eyes anticipate the night-watches, that I may meditate in thy word.
149 Hear my voice according to your mercy, O Lord. And revive me according to your judgment.
Hear my voice according to thy loving-kindness: O Jehovah, quicken me according to thy judgment.
150 Those who persecute me have drawn near to iniquity, but they have been brought far from your law.
They have drawn nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.
151 You are near, O Lord, and all your ways are truth.
Thou, Jehovah, art near, and all thy commandments are truth.
152 I have known from the beginning about your testimonies. For you founded them in eternity.
From thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
153 See my humiliation and rescue me, for I have not forgotten your law.
RESH. See mine affliction, and deliver me; for I have not forgotten thy law.
154 Judge my judgment and redeem me. Revive me because of your eloquence.
Plead my cause, and redeem me: quicken me according to thy word.
155 Salvation is far from sinners, because they have not inquired about your justifications.
Salvation is far from the wicked; for they seek not thy statutes.
156 Many are your mercies, O Lord. Enliven me according to your judgment.
Many are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah; quicken me according to thy judgments.
157 Many are those who persecute me and who trouble me. I have not turned away from your testimonies.
Many are my persecutors and mine oppressors; I have not declined from thy testimonies.
158 I saw the prevaricators, and I pine away. For they have not kept your word.
I beheld them that deal treacherously, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
159 O Lord, see how I have loved your commandments. Revive me in your mercy.
See how I have loved thy precepts: quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy loving-kindness.
160 The beginning of your words is truth. All the judgments of your justice are for eternity.
The sum of thy word is truth, and every righteous judgment of thine is for ever.
161 The leaders have persecuted me without cause. And my heart has been awed by your words.
SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
162 I will rejoice over your eloquence, like one who has found many spoils.
I have joy in thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
163 I have held hatred for iniquity, and I have abhorred it. Yet I have loved your law.
I hate and abhor falsehood; thy law do I love.
164 Seven times a day, I uttered praise to you about the judgments of your justice.
Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.
165 Those who love your law have great peace, and there is no scandal for them.
Great peace have they that love thy law, and nothing doth stumble them.
166 I have waited for your salvation, O Lord. And I have loved your commandments.
I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah, and have done thy commandments.
167 My soul has kept to your testimonies and has loved them exceedingly.
My soul hath kept thy testimonies, and I love them exceedingly.
168 I have served your commandments and your testimonies. For all my ways are before your sight.
I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies; for all my ways are before thee.
169 O Lord, let my supplication draw near in your sight. Grant understanding to me according to your eloquence.
TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, Jehovah: give me understanding according to thy word.
170 Let my petition enter before you. Rescue me according to your word.
Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.
171 A hymn will burst forth from my lips, when you will teach me your justifications.
My lips shall pour forth praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
172 My tongue will pronounce your eloquence. For all your commandments are fairness.
My tongue shall speak aloud of thy word; for all thy commandments are righteousness.
173 Let it be your hand that saves me. For I have chosen your commandments.
Let thy hand be for my help; for I have chosen thy precepts.
174 O Lord, I have longed for your salvation, and your law is my (meditation)
I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah, and thy law is my delight.
175 My soul will live and will praise you, and your judgments will assist me.
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
176 I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost. Seek out your servant, for I have not forgotten your commandments.
I have gone astray like a lost sheep: seek thy servant; for I have not forgotten thy commandments.
