Psalms 119
1 ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled 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 who search his testimonies: that seek him with their 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 thy commandments to be kept most diligently.
You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.
5 O! that my ways may be directed to keep thy justifications.
Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!
6 Then shall I not be confounded, when I shall look into all thy commandments.
Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.
7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned the judgments of thy justice.
I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.
8 I will keep thy justifications: O! do not thou utterly forsake me.
I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.
9 BETH. By what doth a young man correct his way? by observing 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 sought after thee: let me not stray from thy commandments.
With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.
11 Thy words have I hidden in my heart, that I may 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 thy justifications.
Blessed are You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
13 With my lips I have pronounced all the judgments of thy mouth.
With my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth.
14 I have been delighted in the way of thy testimonies, 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 I will consider thy ways.
I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways.
16 I will think of thy justifications: I will not forget thy words.
I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
17 GIMEL. Give bountifully to thy servant, enliven me: and I shall keep thy words.
Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word.
18 Open thou my eyes: and I will consider the wondrous things of thy law.
Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.
19 I am a sojourner on 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 hath coveted to long for thy justifications, at all times.
My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.
21 Thou hast rebuked the proud: they are cursed who decline from thy commandments.
You rebuke the arrogant— the cursed who stray from Your commandments.
22 Remove from reproach and contempt: because I have sought after 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 employed in thy justifications.
Though rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
24 For thy testimonies are my (meditation) and thy justifications my counsel.
Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.
25 DALETH. My soul hath cleaved to the pavement: quicken thou me according to thy word.
My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.
26 I have declared my ways, and thou hast heard me: teach me thy justifications.
I recounted my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes.
27 Make me to understand the way of thy justifications: and I shall be exercised in thy wondrous works.
Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders.
28 My soul hath slumbered through heaviness: strengthen thou me in thy words.
My soul melts with sorrow; strengthen me according to Your word.
29 Remove from me the way of iniquity: and out of thy law have mercy on me.
Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.
30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments I have not forgotten.
I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.
31 I have stuck 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 have run 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 HE. Set before me for a law the way of thy justifications, O Lord: and I will always seek after it.
Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end.
34 Give me understanding, and I will search thy law; and I will keep it with my whole heart.
Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
35 Lead me into the path of thy commandments; for this same I have desired.
Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.
36 Incline my heart into thy testimonies and not to covetousness.
Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
37 Turn away my eyes that they may not behold vanity: quicken me in thy way.
Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
38 Establish thy word to thy servant, in thy fear.
Establish Your word to Your servant, to produce reverence for You.
39 Turn away my reproach, which I have apprehended: for thy judgments are delightful.
Turn away the disgrace I dread, for Your judgments are good.
40 Behold I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy justice.
How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.
41 VAU. Let thy mercy also come upon me, O Lord: thy salvation according to thy word.
May Your loving devotion come to me, O LORD, Your salvation, according to Your promise.
42 So shall I answer them that reproach me in any thing; that I have trusted in thy words.
Then I can answer him who taunts, for I trust in Your word.
43 And take not thou the word of truth utterly out of my mouth: for in thy words have I hoped exceedingly.
Never take Your word of truth from my mouth, for I hope in Your judgments.
44 So shall I always keep thy law, for ever and ever.
I will always obey Your law, forever and ever.
45 And I walked at large: because I have sought after thy commandments.
And I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts.
46 And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings: and I was not ashamed.
I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.
47 I meditated also on thy commandments, which I loved.
I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
48 And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments, which I loved: and I was exercised in thy justifications.
I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.
49 ZAIN. Be thou mindful of thy word to thy servant, in which thou hast given me hope.
Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope.
50 This hath comforted me in my humiliation: because thy word hath enlivened me.
This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life.
51 The proud did iniquitously altogether: but I declined not from thy law.
The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.
52 I remembered, O Lord, thy judgments of old: and I was comforted.
I remember Your judgments of old, O LORD, and in them I find comfort.
53 A fainting hath taken hold of me, because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law.
54 Thy justifications were the subject of my song, in the place of my pilgrimage.
Your statutes are songs to me in the house of my pilgrimage.
55 In the night I have remembered thy name, O Lord: and have kept thy law.
In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.
56 This happened to me: because I sought after thy justifications.
This is my practice, for I obey Your precepts.
57 HETH. O Lord, my portion, I have said, I would keep the law.
The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.
58 I entreated thy face with all my heart: have mercy on me according to thy word.
I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise.
59 I have thought on my ways: and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.
60 I am ready, and am not troubled: that I may keep thy commandments.
I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.
61 The cords of the wicked have encompassed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law.
62 I rose at midnight to give praise to thee; for the judgments of thy justification.
At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments.
63 I am a partaker with all them that fear thee, and that keep thy commandments.
I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.
64 The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy justifications.
The earth is filled with Your loving devotion, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
65 TETH. Thou hast done well with thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word.
You are good to Your servant, O LORD, according to Your word.
66 Teach me goodness and discipline and knowledge; for I have believed thy commandments.
Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.
67 Before I was humbled I offended; therefore have I kept thy word.
Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.
68 Thou art good; and in thy goodness teach me thy justifications.
You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.
69 The iniquity of the proud hath been multiplied over me: but I will seek thy commandments with my whole heart.
Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.
70 Their heart is 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 humbled me, that I may learn thy justifications.
It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
72 The law of thy mouth is good to me, above thousands of gold and silver.
The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
73 JOD. Thy hands have made me and formed me: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments.
Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
74 They that fear thee shall see me, and shall be glad: because I have greatly 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 equity: and in thy truth thou hast humbled me.
I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
76 O! let thy mercy be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
May Your loving devotion comfort me, I pray, according to Your promise to Your servant.
77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, and I shall 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, because they have done unjustly towards me: but I will be employed in thy commandments.
May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.
79 Let them that fear thee turn to me and they that know thy testimonies.
May those who fear You turn to me, those who know Your testimonies.
80 Let my heart be undefiled in thy justifications, that I may not be confounded.
May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.
81 CAPH. My soul hath fainted after thy salvation: and in thy word I have very much hoped.
My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
82 My eyes have failed 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 like a bottle in the frost: I have not forgotten thy justifications.
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 on them that persecute me?
How many days must Your servant wait? When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?
85 The wicked have told me fables: but not as thy law.
The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.
86 All thy statutes are truth: they have persecuted me unjustly, do thou help me.
All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!
87 They had almost made an end of me upon earth: but I have not forsaken thy commandments.
They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts.
88 Quicken thou me according to thy mercy: and I shall keep the testimonies of thy mouth.
Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth.
89 LAMED. For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven.
Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.
90 Thy truth unto all generations: thou hast founded the earth, and it continueth.
Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.
91 By thy ordinance the day goeth on: for all things serve thee.
Your ordinances stand to this day, for all things are servants to You.
92 Unless thy law had been my (meditation) I had then perhaps perished in my abjection.
If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
93 Thy justifications I will never forget: for by them thou hast given me life.
I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.
94 I am thine, save thou me: for I have sought thy justifications.
I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I have understood thy testimonies.
The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.
96 I have seen an end to all persecution: thy commandment is exceeding broad.
I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.
97 MEM. O how have I 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 Through thy commandment, thou hast made me wiser than my enemies: for it is ever with me.
Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.
99 I have understood more than all my teachers: because thy testimonies are my (meditation)
I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my (meditation)
100 I have had understanding above ancients: because I have sought thy commandments.
I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.
101 I have restrained my feet from every evil way: that I may 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, because thou hast set me a law.
I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me.
103 How sweet are thy words to my palate! more than honey to my mouth.
How sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in my mouth!
104 By thy commandments I have had understanding: therefore have I hated every way of iniquity.
I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.
105 NUN. Thy word 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 am determined to keep the judgments of thy justice.
I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
107 I have been humbled, O Lord, exceedingly: quicken thou me according to thy word.
I am severely afflicted, O LORD; revive me through Your word.
108 The free offerings of my mouth make acceptable, O Lord: 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 my 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 have laid a snare for me: but I have not erred from thy precepts.
The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.
111 I have purchased thy testimonies for an inheritance for ever: because they are a joy to my heart.
Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to do thy justifications for ever, for the reward.
I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, even to the very end.
113 SAMECH. I have hated the unjust: and have loved thy law.
The double-minded I despise, but Your law I love.
114 Thou art my helper and my protector: and in thy word I have greatly hoped.
You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.
115 Depart from me, ye malignant: and I will search 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 I shall live: and let me not be confounded in 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 always on thy justifications.
Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes.
118 Thou hast despised all them that fall off from thy judgments; for their thought is unjust.
You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.
119 I have accounted all the sinners of the earth prevaricators: therefore have I loved thy testimonies.
All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.
120 Pierce thou 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 AIN. I have done judgment and justice: give me not up to them that slander me.
I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 Uphold thy servant unto good: let not the proud calumniate me.
Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
123 My eyes have fainted after thy salvation: and for the word of thy justice.
My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.
124 Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy: and teach me thy justifications.
Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion, and teach me Your statutes.
125 I am thy servant: give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.
I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.
126 It is time, O Lord, to do: they have dissipated thy law.
It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.
127 Therefore have I loved thy commandments above gold and the topaz.
Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
128 Therefore was I directed to all thy commandments: I have hated all wicked ways.
Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.
129 PHE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul hath sought them.
Wonderful are Your testimonies; therefore I obey them.
130 The declaration of thy words giveth light: and giveth understanding to little ones.
The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.
131 I opened my mouth and panted: because I longed for thy commandments.
I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.
132 Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me, according to the judgment of them that love thy name.
Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name.
133 Direct my steps according to thy word: and let no iniquity have dominion over me.
Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
134 Redeem me from the calumnies of men: that I may keep thy commandments.
Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts.
135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thy justifications.
Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.
136 My eyes have sent forth springs of water: because they have not kept thy law.
My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
137 SADE. Thou art just, O Lord: and thy judgment is right.
Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.
138 Thou hast commanded justice thy testimonies: and thy truth exceedingly.
The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful.
139 My zeal hath made me pine away: because my enemies forgot thy words.
My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.
140 Thy word is exceedingly refined: and thy servant hath loved it.
Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.
141 I am very young and despised; but I forgot not thy justifications.
I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.
142 Thy justice is justice for ever: and thy law is the truth.
Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.
143 Trouble and anguish have found me: thy commandments are my (meditation)
Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.
144 Thy testimonies are justice for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.
Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
145 COPH. I cried with my whole heart, hear me, O Lord: I will seek thy justifications.
I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes.
146 I cried unto thee, save me: that I may keep thy commandments.
I call to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies.
147 I prevented the dawning of the day, and cried: because in thy words I very much hoped.
I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
148 My eyes to thee have prevented the morning: that I might meditate on thy words.
My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word.
149 Hear thou my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy: and quicken me according to thy mercy.
Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion; give me life according to Your justice.
150 They that persecute me have drawn nigh to iniquity; but they are gone far off from the 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 from the beginning concerning thy testimonies: that thou hast founded them for ever.
Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You have established them forever.
153 RES. See my humiliation and deliver me: for I have not forgotten the law.
Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law.
154 Judge my judgment and redeem me: quicken thou me for thy word’s sake.
Defend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word.
155 Salvation is far from sinners; because they have not sought thy justifications.
Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes.
156 Many, O Lord, are thy mercies: 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 afflict 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 the transgressors, and I pined away; because they kept not thy word.
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 thou 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: all the judgments of thy justice are for ever.
The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.
161 SIN. Princes have persecuted me without cause: and my heart hath been in awe of thy words.
Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.
162 I will rejoice at thy words, as one that hath found great spoil.
I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil.
163 I have hated and abhorred iniquity; but I have loved thy law.
I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.
164 Seven times a day I have given praise to thee, for the judgments of thy justice.
Seven times a day I praise You for Your righteous judgments.
165 Much peace have they that love thy law, and to them there is no stumbling block.
Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your instruction; nothing can make them stumble.
166 I looked to thy salvation, O Lord: and I loved thy commandments.
I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, and I carry out Your commandments.
167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies: and hath loved them exceedingly.
I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly.
168 I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies: because all my ways are in thy sight.
I obey Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You.
169 TAU. Let my supplication, O Lord, come near in thy sight: give me understanding according to thy word.
May my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.
170 Let my request come in before thee; deliver thou me according to thy word.
May my plea come before You; rescue me according to Your promise.
171 My lips shall utter a hymn, when thou shalt teach me thy justifications.
My lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes.
172 My tongue shall pronounce thy word: because all thy commandments are justice.
My tongue sings of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.
173 Let thy hand be with me to save me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.
174 I have longed for 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 sheep that is lost: seek thy servant, because I have not forgotten thy commandments.
I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
