Psalms 119
1 ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
Happy are they who are upright in their way, Who walk in the law of the LORD!
2 Blessed are they who search his testimonies: that seek him with their whole heart.
Happy are they who observe his ordinances, And seek him with their whole heart;
3 For they that work iniquity, have not walked in his ways.
Who also do no iniquity, But walk in his ways!
4 Thou hast commanded thy commandments to be kept most diligently.
Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
5 O! that my ways may be directed to keep thy justifications.
O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
6 Then shall I not be confounded, when I shall look into all thy commandments.
Then shall I not be put to shame, When I have respect to all thy commandments.
7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned the judgments of thy justice.
I will praise thee in uprightness of heart, When I shall have learned thy righteous laws.
8 I will keep thy justifications: O! do not thou utterly forsake me.
I will keep thy statutes; Do not utterly forsake me!
9 BETH. By what doth a young man correct his way? by observing thy words.
How shall a young man keep his way pure? By taking heed to it according to thy word.
10 With my whole heart have I sought after thee: let me not stray from thy commandments.
With my whole heart have I sought thee; O let me not wander from thy commandments!
11 Thy words have I hidden in my heart, that I may not sin against thee.
Thy word have I hid in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.
12 Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy justifications.
Blessed be thou, O LORD! O teach me thy statutes!
13 With my lips I have pronounced all the judgments of thy mouth.
With my lips do I declare All the precepts of thy mouth.
14 I have been delighted in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches.
In the way of thine ordinances I rejoice As much as in all riches.
15 I will meditate on thy commandments: and I will consider thy ways.
I meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.
16 I will think of thy justifications: I will not forget thy words.
I delight myself in thy statutes; I do not forget thy word.
17 GIMEL. Give bountifully to thy servant, enliven me: and I shall keep thy words.
Deal kindly with thy servant, that I may live, And have regard to thy word!
18 Open thou my eyes: and I will consider the wondrous things of thy law.
Open thou mine eyes, That I may behold wondrous things out of thy law!
19 I am a sojourner on the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
I am a stranger in the earth; O hide not thy precepts from me!
20 My soul hath coveted to long for thy justifications, at all times.
My soul breaketh within me, On account of longing for thy judgments at all times.
21 Thou hast rebuked the proud: they are cursed who decline from thy commandments.
Thou rebukest the proud, the accursed, Who wander from thy commandments.
22 Remove from reproach and contempt: because I have sought after thy testimonies.
Remove from me reproach and contempt, For I have kept thine ordinances!
23 For princes sat, and spoke against me: but thy servant was employed in thy justifications.
Princes sit and speak against me, But thy servant meditateth on thy statutes.
24 For thy testimonies are my (meditation) and thy justifications my counsel.
Thine ordinances are my delight; Yea, they are my counsellors.
25 DALETH. My soul hath cleaved to the pavement: quicken thou me according to thy word.
My soul cleaveth to the dust; O revive me, according to thy word!
26 I have declared my ways, and thou hast heard me: teach me thy justifications.
I have declared my ways, and thou hast heard me; Teach me thy statutes!
27 Make me to understand the way of thy justifications: and I shall be exercised in thy wondrous works.
Make me to understand the way of thy precepts! So will I meditate upon thy wonders.
28 My soul hath slumbered through heaviness: strengthen thou me in thy words.
My soul weepeth for trouble; O lift me up according to thy promise!
29 Remove from me the way of iniquity: and out of thy law have mercy on me.
Remove from me the way of falsehood, And graciously grant me thy law!
30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments I have not forgotten.
I have chosen the way of truth, And set thy statutes before me.
31 I have stuck to thy testimonies, O Lord: put me not to shame.
I cleave to thine ordinances; 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 will run in the way of thy commandments, When thou shalt 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 thy statutes, That I may keep it 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 keep thy law; That I may observe it with my whole heart!
35 Lead me into the path of thy commandments; for this same I have desired.
Cause me to tread in the path of thy commandments, For in it I have my delight.
36 Incline my heart into thy testimonies and not to covetousness.
Incline my heart to thine ordinances, And not to the love of gain!
37 Turn away my eyes that they may not behold vanity: quicken me in thy way.
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy law!
38 Establish thy word to thy servant, in thy fear.
Fulfill to thy servant thy promise, Which thou hast made to him who feareth thee!
39 Turn away my reproach, which I have apprehended: for thy judgments are delightful.
Turn away the reproach which I fear; For thy judgments are good.
40 Behold I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy justice.
Behold, I have longed for thy precepts; O quicken thou me in thy righteousness!
41 VAU. Let thy mercy also come upon me, O Lord: thy salvation according to thy word.
Let thy mercies come to me, O LORD! And thy help according to thy promise!
42 So shall I answer them that reproach me in any thing; that I have trusted in thy words.
So shall I be able to answer him that reproacheth me; For I trust in thy promise.
43 And take not thou the word of truth utterly out of my mouth: for in thy words have I hoped exceedingly.
O take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth! For I trust in thy judgments.
44 So shall I always keep thy law, for ever and ever.
So shall I keep thy law continually, For ever and ever.
45 And I walked at large: because I have sought after thy commandments.
I shall walk in a wide path; For I seek thy precepts.
46 And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings: and I was not ashamed.
I will speak of thine ordinances before kings, And will not be ashamed.
47 I meditated also on thy commandments, which I loved.
I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I love;
48 And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments, which I loved: and I was exercised in thy justifications.
I will lift up my hands to thy precepts, which I love; I will meditate on thy statutes.
49 ZAIN. Be thou mindful of thy word to thy servant, in which thou hast given me hope.
Remember thy promise to thy servant, Because thou hast caused me to hope!
50 This hath comforted me in my humiliation: because thy word hath enlivened me.
This is my comfort in my affliction; For thy promise reviveth me.
51 The proud did iniquitously altogether: but I declined not from thy law.
The proud have had me greatly in derision; Yet have I not swerved from thy law.
52 I remembered, O Lord, thy judgments of old: and I was comforted.
I remember thy judgments of old, O LORD! And I comfort myself.
53 A fainting hath taken hold of me, because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
Indignation burneth within me, On account of the wicked who forsake thy law.
54 Thy justifications were the subject of my song, in the place of my pilgrimage.
Thy statutes have been my song 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 think of thy name, And keep thy law!
56 This happened to me: because I sought after thy justifications.
This have I as my own, That I keep thy precepts.
57 HETH. O Lord, my portion, I have said, I would keep the law.
Thou art my portion, O LORD! I have resolved that I will keep thy precepts.
58 I entreated thy face with all my heart: have mercy on me according to thy word.
I have sought thy favor with my whole heart; Be gracious unto me according to thy promise!
59 I have thought on my ways: and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
I think on my ways, And turn my feet to thy statutes;
60 I am ready, and am not troubled: that I may keep thy commandments.
I make haste, and delay not, To keep thy commandments.
61 The cords of the wicked have encompassed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
The snares of the wicked surround me; Yet do I not forget thy law.
62 I rose at midnight to give praise to thee; for the judgments of thy justification.
At midnight I rise to give thanks to thee On account of thy righteous judgments.
63 I am a partaker with all them that fear thee, and that keep thy commandments.
I am the companion of all who fear thee, And who obey thy precepts.
64 The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy justifications.
The earth, O LORD! is full of thy goodness; O teach me thy statutes!
65 TETH. Thou hast done well with thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word.
Thou dost bless thy servant, O LORD! According to thy promise!
66 Teach me goodness and discipline and knowledge; for I have believed thy commandments.
Teach me sound judgment and knowledge! For I have faith in thy 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 thy word.
68 Thou art good; and in thy goodness teach me thy justifications.
Thou art good and doest good; O teach me thy statutes!
69 The iniquity of the proud hath been multiplied over me: but I will seek thy commandments with my whole heart.
The proud forge lies against me, But I keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
70 Their heart is curdled like milk: but I have meditated on thy law.
Their heart is senseless like fat; But I delight in thy law.
71 It is good for me that thou hast humbled me, that I may learn thy justifications.
It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn thy statutes.
72 The law of thy mouth is good to me, above thousands of gold and silver.
The law of thy mouth is better to me Than thousands of gold and silver.
73 JOD. Thy hands have made me and formed me: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments.
Thy hands have made and fashioned me; Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments!
74 They that fear thee shall see me, and shall be glad: because I have greatly hoped in thy words.
They who fear thee shall see me and rejoice, Because I trust in thy word.
75 I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are equity: and in thy truth thou hast humbled me.
I know, O LORD! that thy judgments are right, And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
76 O! let thy mercy be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
O let thy loving-kindness be my comfort, According to thy promise to thy servant!
77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, and I shall live: for thy law is my (meditation)
Let thy tender mercies come to me, that I may live! For thy 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 proud be put to shame, who wrong me without cause! But I will meditate on thy precepts.
79 Let them that fear thee turn to me and they that know thy testimonies.
Let those who fear thee turn unto me, And they that know thine ordinances!
80 Let my heart be undefiled in thy justifications, that I may not be confounded.
May my heart be perfect in thy 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 fainteth for thy salvation; In thy promise do I trust.
82 My eyes have failed for thy word, saying: When wilt thou comfort me?
Mine eyes fail with looking for thy promise; When. say I, wilt thou comfort me?
83 For I am become like a bottle in the frost: I have not forgotten thy justifications.
Yea, I am become like a bottle in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.
84 How many are the days of thy servant: when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou execute judgment upon my persecutors?
85 The wicked have told me fables: but not as thy law.
The proud have digged pits for me; They who do not regard thy law.
86 All thy statutes are truth: they have persecuted me unjustly, do thou help me.
All thy commandments are faithful; They persecute me without cause; help thou me!
87 They had almost made an end of me upon earth: but I have not forsaken thy commandments.
They had almost consumed me from the earth; But I forsook not thy precepts.
88 Quicken thou me according to thy mercy: and I shall keep the testimonies of thy mouth.
Quicken me according to thy loving-kindness, That I may keep the law of thy mouth!
89 LAMED. For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven.
Thy word, O LORD! abideth for ever, Being established like the heavens;
90 Thy truth unto all generations: thou hast founded the earth, and it continueth.
Thy faithfulness endureth to all generations. Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
91 By thy ordinance the day goeth on: for all things serve thee.
They continue to this day according to their ordinances; For they are all subject to thee.
92 Unless thy law had been my (meditation) I had then perhaps perished in my abjection.
Had not thy law been my delight, I should have perished in my affliction.
93 Thy justifications I will never forget: for by them thou hast given me life.
I will never forget thy precepts; For by them thou revivest me.
94 I am thine, save thou me: for I have sought thy justifications.
I am thine, help me! For I seek thy precepts.
95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I have understood thy testimonies.
The wicked lie in wait to destroy me; But I will have regard to thine ordinances.
96 I have seen an end to all persecution: thy commandment is exceeding broad.
I have seen an end of all perfection; But thy law is exceeding broad.
97 MEM. O how have I loved thy law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day.
O how I love thy law! It is my daily (meditation)
98 Through thy commandment, thou hast made me wiser than my enemies: for it is ever with me.
Thou hast made me wiser than my enemies by thy precepts; For they are ever before me.
99 I have understood more than all my teachers: because thy testimonies are my (meditation)
I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thine ordinances are my (meditation)
100 I have had understanding above ancients: because I have sought thy commandments.
I have more wisdom than the ancients, Because I keep thy precepts.
101 I have restrained my feet from every evil way: that I may keep thy words.
I have restrained my feet from every evil way, That I might keep thy word.
102 I have not declined from thy judgments, because thou hast set me a law.
I depart not from thy statutes, For thou teachest me!
103 How sweet are thy words to my palate! more than honey to my mouth.
How sweet are thy words to my taste; Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 By thy commandments I have had understanding: therefore have I hated every way of iniquity.
From thy precepts I learn wisdom; Therefore do I hate every false way.
105 NUN. Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths.
Thy 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 I will perform it, That I will keep thy righteous statutes.
107 I have been humbled, O Lord, exceedingly: quicken thou me according to thy word.
I am exceedingly afflicted; Revive me, O LORD! according to thy word!
108 The free offerings of my mouth make acceptable, O Lord: and teach me thy judgments.
Accept, O LORD! the free-will offering of my mouth, And teach me thy statutes!
109 My soul is continually in my hands: and I have not forgotten thy law.
My life is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law.
110 Sinners have laid a snare for me: but I have not erred from thy precepts.
The wicked lay snares for me, Yet do I not go astray from thy precepts.
111 I have purchased thy testimonies for an inheritance for ever: because they are a joy to my heart.
I have made thine ordinances my possession for ever; 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 thy statutes, Always, —even to the end.
113 SAMECH. I have hated the unjust: and have loved thy law.
I hate impious men, And thy law I do love.
114 Thou art my helper and my protector: and in thy word I have greatly hoped.
Thou art my hiding-place and my shield; In thy word I put my trust!
115 Depart from me, ye malignant: and I will search the commandments of my God.
Depart from me, ye evil-doers! For I will keep 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.
Uphold me according to thy promise, that I may live; And let me not be ashamed of my hope!
117 Help me, and I shall be saved: and I will meditate always on thy justifications.
Do thou hold me up, and I shall be safe, And I will have respect to thy statutes continually!
118 Thou hast despised all them that fall off from thy judgments; for their thought is unjust.
Thou castest off all who depart from thy laws; For their deceit is vain.
119 I have accounted all the sinners of the earth prevaricators: therefore have I loved thy testimonies.
Thou throwest away all the wicked of the earth, like dross; Therefore I love thine ordinances.
120 Pierce thou my flesh with thy fear: for I am afraid of thy judgments.
My flesh trembleth through fear of thee, And I am afraid of thy judgments.
121 AIN. I have done judgment and justice: give me not up to them that slander me.
I have done justice and equity; O leave me not to mine oppressors.
122 Uphold thy servant unto good: let not the proud calumniate me.
Be surety for thy servant for good; Let not the proud oppress me!
123 My eyes have fainted after thy salvation: and for the word of thy justice.
Mine eyes fail with looking for thy help, And for thy righteous promise.
124 Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy: and teach me thy justifications.
Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy, And teach me thy statutes!
125 I am thy servant: give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.
I am thy servant; give me understanding, That I may know thine ordinances!
126 It is time, O Lord, to do: they have dissipated thy law.
It is time for thee, O LORD! to act; For men have made void thy law.
127 Therefore have I loved thy commandments above gold and the topaz.
Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; Yea, above fine gold.
128 Therefore was I directed to all thy commandments: I have hated all wicked ways.
Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; I hate every false way.
129 PHE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul hath sought them.
Wonderful are thine ordinances; Therefore do I observe them.
130 The declaration of thy words giveth light: and giveth understanding to little ones.
The communication of thy precepts giveth light; It giveth understanding to the simple.
131 I opened my mouth and panted: because I longed for thy commandments.
I open my mouth and pant: For I long for thy commandments.
132 Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me, according to the judgment of them that love thy name.
Look thou upon me, and be gracious to me, As is just to those who love thy name!
133 Direct my steps according to thy word: and let no iniquity have dominion over me.
Establish my footsteps in thy word, And let no iniquity have dominion over me!
134 Redeem me from the calumnies of men: that I may keep thy commandments.
Redeem me from the oppression of men, So will I keep thy precepts!
135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thy justifications.
Let thy face shine on thy servant, And teach me thy statutes!
136 My eyes have sent forth springs of water: because they have not kept thy law.
Rivers of water run down mine eyes, Because men keep not thy law.
137 SADE. Thou art just, O Lord: and thy judgment is right.
Righteous art thou, O LORD! And just are thy judgments!
138 Thou hast commanded justice thy testimonies: and thy truth exceedingly.
Just are the ordinances which thou hast ordained, And altogether righteous.
139 My zeal hath made me pine away: because my enemies forgot thy words.
My zeal consumeth me, Because my enemies forget thy word.
140 Thy word is exceedingly refined: and thy servant hath loved it.
Thy word is very pure, Therefore thy servant loveth it.
141 I am very young and despised; but I forgot not thy justifications.
Of mean condition am I, and despised; Yet do I not forget thy precepts.
142 Thy justice is justice for ever: and thy law is the truth.
Thy righteousness is everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.
143 Trouble and anguish have found me: thy commandments are my (meditation)
Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me, But thy laws are my delight.
144 Thy testimonies are justice for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.
The justice of thine ordinances is everlasting; Give me understanding, and I shall live!
145 COPH. I cried with my whole heart, hear me, O Lord: I will seek thy justifications.
I cry to thee with my whole heart; Hear me, O LORD! that I may keep thy statutes.
146 I cried unto thee, save me: that I may keep thy commandments.
I cry unto thee; save me, And I will observe thine ordinances.
147 I prevented the dawning of the day, and cried: because in thy words I very much hoped.
I come before the dawn with my prayer; I trust in thy promise!
148 My eyes to thee have prevented the morning: that I might meditate on thy words.
My eyes anticipate the night-watches, That I may meditate upon thy promise.
149 Hear thou my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy: and quicken me according to thy mercy.
Hear my voice according to thy loving-kindness; O LORD! revive me according to thy mercy!
150 They that persecute me have drawn nigh to iniquity; but they are gone far off from the law.
Near are they whose aim is mischief; They are far from thy law;
151 Thou art near, O Lord: and all thy ways are truth.
Yet thou art near, O LORD! And all thy commandments are truth!
152 I have known from the beginning concerning thy testimonies: that thou hast founded them for ever.
Long have I known concerning thine ordinances, That thou hast founded them for ever.
153 RES. See my humiliation and deliver me: for I have not forgotten the law.
Look upon my affliction, and deliver me! For I do not forget thy law.
154 Judge my judgment and redeem me: quicken thou me for thy word’s sake.
Maintain my cause, and redeem me; Revive me according to thy promise!
155 Salvation is far from sinners; because they have not sought thy justifications.
Salvation is far from the wicked, Because they seek not thy statutes.
156 Many, O Lord, are thy mercies: quicken me according to thy judgment.
Great is thy compassion, O LORD! Revive thou me according to thine equity!
157 Many are they that persecute me, and afflict me; but I have not declined from thy testimonies.
Many are my persecutors and my enemies, Yet do I not depart from thine ordinances.
158 I beheld the transgressors, and I pined away; because they kept not thy word.
I behold the transgressors, and am grieved Because they regard not thy word.
159 Behold I have loved thy commandments, O Lord; quicken me thou in thy mercy.
Behold, how I love thy precepts! O LORD! revive me according to thy loving-kindness!
160 The beginning of thy words is truth: all the judgments of thy justice are for ever.
The whole of thy word is truth, And all thy righteous judgments endure for ever.
161 SIN. Princes have persecuted me without cause: and my heart hath been in awe of thy words.
Princes have persecuted me without cause; But my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
162 I will rejoice at thy words, as one that hath found great spoil.
I rejoice in thy word, As one that hath found great spoil.
163 I have hated and abhorred iniquity; but I have loved thy law.
I hate and abhor lying, And thy law do I love.
164 Seven times a day I have given praise to thee, for the judgments of thy justice.
Seven times a day do I praise thee On account of thy righteous judgments.
165 Much peace have they that love thy law, and to them there is no stumbling block.
Great peace have they who love thy law, And no evil shall befall them.
166 I looked to thy salvation, O Lord: and I loved thy commandments.
O LORD! I wait for thy salvation, And keep thy commandments!
167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies: and hath loved them exceedingly.
My soul observeth thine ordinances, And loveth them exceedingly.
168 I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies: because all my ways are in thy sight.
I keep thy precepts and thine ordinances; For all my ways are before thee.
169 TAU. Let my supplication, O Lord, come near in thy sight: give me understanding according to thy word.
Let my prayer come near before thee, O LORD! According to thy promise, give me understanding!
170 Let my request come in before thee; deliver thou me according to thy word.
Let my supplication come before thee; O deliver me according to thy promise!
171 My lips shall utter a hymn, when thou shalt teach me thy justifications.
My lips shall pour forth praise; For thou teachest me thy statutes.
172 My tongue shall pronounce thy word: because all thy commandments are justice.
My tongue shall sing of thy word; For all thy commandments are right.
173 Let thy hand be with me to save me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
Let thy hand be my help; For I have chosen thy precepts!
174 I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my (meditation)
I long for thy salvation, O LORD! And thy law is my delight!
175 My soul shall live and shall praise thee: and thy judgments shall help me.
Let me live, and I will praise thee; Let thy judgments help me!
176 I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost: seek thy servant, because I have not forgotten thy commandments.
I wander like a lost sheep; seek thy servant, For I do not forget thy commandments!
