Psalms 119
1 ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled 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 who search his testimonies: that seek him with their 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 Thou hast commanded thy commandments to be kept most diligently.
Thou, hast commanded thy precepts, that they should be diligently kept.
5 O! that my ways may be directed to keep thy justifications.
Oh would that my ways might be settled! that I might keep thy statutes.
6 Then shall I not be confounded, when I shall look into all thy commandments.
Then, shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned the judgments of thy justice.
I will thank thee with uprightness of heart, when I have learned thy righteous regulations.
8 I will keep thy justifications: O! do not thou utterly forsake me.
Thy statutes, will I keep, Do not thou forsake me utterly.
9 BETH. By what doth a young man correct his way? by observing thy 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 sought after thee: let me not stray from thy commandments.
With all my heart, have I sought thee, Suffer me not to be led astray from thy commandments.
11 Thy words have I hidden in my heart, that I may not sin against thee.
In my heart, have I treasured what thou hast said, to the end I may not sin against thee.
12 Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy justifications.
Blessed art thou, O Yahweh—Teach me thy statutes.
13 With my lips I have pronounced all the judgments of thy mouth.
With my lips, have I recounted All the regulations of thy mouth.
14 I have been delighted in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches.
In the way of thy testimonies, have I rejoiced, Like as over all riches.
15 I will meditate on thy commandments: and I will consider thy ways.
In thy precepts, will I meditate, that I may discern thy paths.
16 I will think of thy justifications: I will not forget thy words.
In thy statutes, will I find my dear delight, I will not forget thy word.
17 GIMEL. Give bountifully to thy servant, enliven me: and I shall keep thy words.
[GIMEL.] Bestow thy bounties upon thy servant—let me live, That I may observe thy word.
18 Open thou my eyes: and I will consider the wondrous things of thy law.
Unveil thou mine eyes, that I may discern Wondrous things out of thy law.
19 I am a sojourner on the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
A sojourner, am, I, in the earth, Do not hide from me, thy commandments.
20 My soul hath coveted to long for thy justifications, at all times.
My soul is crushed with longing for thy just decisions at all times.
21 Thou hast rebuked the proud: they are cursed who decline from thy commandments.
Thou hast rebuked the proud as accursed, who stray from thy commandments.
22 Remove from reproach and contempt: because I have sought after thy testimonies.
Roll from off me, reproach and contempt, For, thy testimonies, have I observed.
23 For princes sat, and spoke against me: but thy servant was employed in thy justifications.
Even rulers have taken their seat, against me, have talked, Thy servant, will still meditate in thy statutes.
24 For thy testimonies are my (meditation) and thy justifications my counsel.
Yea, thy testimonies, are my dear delight, My counsellors.
25 DALETH. My soul hath cleaved to the pavement: quicken thou me according to thy word.
[DALETH.] My soul, cleaveth to the dust, Give me life, according to thy word.
26 I have declared my ways, and thou hast heard me: teach me thy justifications.
My ways, I recounted, and thou didst answer me, Teach me thy statutes.
27 Make me to understand the way of thy justifications: and I shall be exercised in thy wondrous works.
The way of thy precepts, cause thou me to understand, and I will indeed meditate in thy wonders.
28 My soul hath slumbered through heaviness: strengthen thou me in thy words.
My soul weepeth itself away, for grief, Confirm thou me, according to thy word.
29 Remove from me the way of iniquity: and out of thy law have mercy on me.
The way of falsehood, take thou from me, and, with thy law, O favour me.
30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments I have not forgotten.
The way of faithfulness, have I chosen, Thy regulations, have I deemed right.
31 I have stuck to thy 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 have run the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart.
The way of thy commandments, will I run, for thou wilt 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.
[HE.] Point out to me, O Yahweh, the way of thy statutes, that I may observe it unto 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 observe thy law, that I may keep it with a whole heart.
35 Lead me into the path of thy commandments; for this same I have desired.
Guide me in the path of thy commandments, for, therein, do I find pleasure.
36 Incline my heart into thy testimonies and not to covetousness.
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not unto unjust gain.
37 Turn away my eyes that they may not behold vanity: quicken me in thy way.
Turn away mine eyes, from beholding vanity, In thy way, give me life.
38 Establish thy word to thy servant, in thy fear.
Establish, unto thy servant, thy word, which pertaineth to the reverence of thee.
39 Turn away my reproach, which I have apprehended: for thy judgments are delightful.
Cause to pass away my reproach, that I have feared, for, thy regulations, are good.
40 Behold I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy justice.
Lo! I have longed for thy precepts, In thy righteousness, give me life.
41 VAU. Let thy mercy also come upon me, O Lord: thy salvation according to thy word.
[WAW.] And let thy lovingkindness reach me, O Yahweh, thy salvation, according to thy word.
42 So shall I answer them that reproach me in any thing; that I have trusted in thy words.
So shall I have something to answer him that reproacheth me, That I have trusted in thy word.
43 And take not thou the word of truth utterly out of my mouth: for in thy words have I hoped exceedingly.
And do not snatch away from my mouth the word of truth in any wise, because, for thy regulation, have I waited.
44 So shall I always keep thy law, for ever and ever.
That I may keep thy law continually, to times age-abiding and beyond.
45 And I walked at large: because I have sought after thy commandments.
That I may walk to and fro in a large place, because, thy precepts, have I sought.
46 And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings: and I was not ashamed.
That I may speak of thy testimonies before kings, and not be ashamed.
47 I meditated also on thy commandments, which I loved.
That I may find dear delight in thy commandments, which I have loved.
48 And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments, which I loved: and I was exercised in thy justifications.
That I may lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and may meditate in thy statutes.
49 ZAIN. Be thou mindful of thy word to thy servant, in which thou hast given me hope.
[ZAYIN.] Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which 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 mine affliction, that, thy word, hath given me life.
51 The proud did iniquitously altogether: but I declined not from thy law.
Insolent men, have derided me exceedingly, From thy law, have I not swerved.
52 I remembered, O Lord, thy judgments of old: and I was comforted.
I have remembered thy regulations, [which have come down] from age-past times, O Yahweh, and have consoled myself.
53 A fainting hath taken hold of me, because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
A raging heat, hath seized me, by reason of the lawless, who forsake thy law.
54 Thy justifications were the subject of my song, in the place of my pilgrimage.
Songs, have thy statutes become to me, in my house of sojourn.
55 In the night I have remembered thy name, O Lord: and have kept thy law.
I have remembered, in the night, thy Name, O Yahweh, and have kept thy law.
56 This happened to me: because I sought after thy justifications.
This, have I had, because, thy precepts, have I observed.
57 HETH. O Lord, my portion, I have said, I would keep the law.
[HETH.] My portion, is Yahweh, I have promised that I would keep thy words.
58 I entreated thy face with all my heart: have mercy on me according to thy word.
I have sought the smile of thy face with all my heart, Show me favour, according to thy word.
59 I have thought on my ways: and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
I have thought upon my ways, and have turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
60 I am ready, and am not troubled: that I may keep thy commandments.
I have hastened, and not delayed, to keep thy commandments.
61 The cords of the wicked have encompassed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
The meshes of the lawless, have surrounded me, Thy law, have I not forgotten.
62 I rose at midnight to give praise to thee; for the judgments of thy justification.
At midnight, I arise to give thanks unto thee, For thy righteous regulations.
63 I am a partaker with all them that fear thee, and that keep thy commandments.
Companion, am I, to all who revere thee, and to them who keep thy precepts.
64 The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy justifications.
Of thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, the earth, is full, Thy statutes, teach thou me.
65 TETH. Thou hast done well with thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word.
[TETH.] Well, hast thou dealt with thy servant, O Yahweh, according to thy word.
66 Teach me goodness and discipline and knowledge; for I have believed thy commandments.
Good judgment and knowledge, teach thou me, For, in thy commandments, have I trusted.
67 Before I was humbled I offended; therefore have I kept thy word.
Before I was afflicted, I myself was going astray, but, now, thy word, have I kept.
68 Thou art good; and in thy goodness teach me thy justifications.
Good, thou art, and doing good, 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.
Insolent men have plastered falsehood over me, I, with a whole heart, will observe thy precepts.
70 Their heart is curdled like milk: but I have meditated on thy law.
Gross, like fat, is their heart, I, in thy law, have found dear delight.
71 It is good for me that thou hast humbled me, that I may learn thy justifications.
It is, well for me, that I was afflicted, That I might learn thy statutes.
72 The law of thy mouth is good to me, above thousands of gold and silver.
Better to me, is the law of thy mouth, 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.
[YODH.] Thine own hands, have made me, and formed 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 revere thee, shall see me and rejoice, that, for thy word, I waited.
75 I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are equity: and in thy truth thou hast humbled me.
I know, O Yahweh, that righteous are thy regulations, and, in faithfulness, didst thou afflict me.
76 O! let thy mercy be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
Let thy lovingkindness, I beseech thee, serve to comfort me, according to thy word to thy servant.
77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, and I shall live: for thy 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, because they have done unjustly towards me: but I will be employed in thy 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 them that fear thee turn to me and they that know thy testimonies.
Let them who revere thee, turn unto me, even they who know thy testimonies.
80 Let my heart be undefiled in thy justifications, that I may not be confounded.
Let my heart be thorough in thy statutes, that I may not be ashamed.
81 CAPH. My soul hath fainted after thy salvation: and in thy word I have very much hoped.
[KAPH.] My soul, hath languished for thy salvation, For thy word, have I hoped.
82 My eyes have failed for thy word, saying: When wilt thou comfort me?
Mine eyes have failed for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
83 For I am become like a bottle in the frost: I have not forgotten thy justifications.
Though I have been like a wine-skin in the smoke, thy statutes, have I not forgotten.
84 How many are the days of thy servant: when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
How few are the days of thy servant! When wilt thou execute sentence on my persecutors?
85 The wicked have told me fables: but not as thy law.
Insolent men digged for me pits, men who are not according to thy law.
86 All thy statutes are truth: they have persecuted me unjustly, do thou help me.
All thy commandments, are faithful, With falsehood, have they persecuted me, O help me!
87 They had almost made an end of me upon earth: but I have not forsaken thy commandments.
A little more, and they had consumed me in the earth, but, I, forsake not thy precepts.
88 Quicken thou me according to thy mercy: and I shall keep the testimonies of thy mouth.
According to thy lovingkindness, give thou me life, so will I keep the testimonies of thy mouth.
89 LAMED. For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven.
[LAMED.] Age-abidingly, O Yahweh, hath thy word been set up in the heavens.
90 Thy truth unto all generations: thou hast founded the earth, and it continueth.
To generation after generation, is thy faithfulness, Thou hast established the earth, and it standeth.
91 By thy ordinance the day goeth on: for all things serve thee.
By thy regulations, do they stand to-day, for, all, are thy servants.
92 Unless thy law had been my (meditation) I had then perhaps perished in my abjection.
Had not thy law been my dear delight, then, had I perished in mine affliction.
93 Thy justifications I will never forget: for by them thou hast given me life.
Unto times age-abiding, will I not forget thy precepts, For, by them, hast thou given me life.
94 I am thine, save thou me: for I have sought thy justifications.
Thine, am I, —oh save me! For, thy precepts, have I sought.
95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I have understood thy testimonies.
For me, have the lawless waited, to destroy me, Thy testimonies, will I diligently consider.
96 I have seen an end to all persecution: thy commandment is exceeding broad.
To all perfection, have I seen an end, Broad is thy commandment, exceedingly.
97 MEM. O how have I loved thy 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 Through thy commandment, thou hast made me wiser than my enemies: for it is ever with me.
Beyond mine enemies, will thy commandment make me wise, for, age-abidingly, shall it be mine.
99 I have understood more than all my teachers: because thy testimonies are my (meditation)
Beyond all my teachers, have I shown discretion, for, thy testimonies, are my (meditation)
100 I have had understanding above ancients: because I have sought thy commandments.
Beyond the elders, will I show understanding, for, thy precepts, have I observed.
101 I have restrained my feet from every evil way: that I may keep thy words.
From every way of wickedness, have I withheld my feet, that I might keep thy word.
102 I have not declined from thy judgments, because thou hast set me a law.
From thy regulations, have I not turned aside, for, thou, hast directed me.
103 How sweet are thy words to my palate! more than honey to my mouth.
How smooth to my palate is thy speech, More than honey, to my mouth.
104 By thy commandments I have had understanding: therefore have I hated every way of iniquity.
Out of thy precepts, will I get understanding, For this cause, do I hate every false way.
105 NUN. Thy word 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 am determined to keep the judgments of thy justice.
I sware, and have fulfilled, To keep thy righteous regulations.
107 I have been humbled, O Lord, exceedingly: quicken thou me according to thy word.
I have been afflicted exceedingly, —O Yahweh, give me life according to thy word.
108 The free offerings of my mouth make acceptable, O Lord: and teach me thy judgments.
The freewill offerings of my mouth, accept, I pray thee, O Yahweh, And, thy regulations, teach thou me.
109 My soul is continually in my hands: and I have not forgotten thy law.
My life, is in my hand continually, Yet, thy law, have I not forgotten.
110 Sinners have laid a snare for me: but I have not erred from thy precepts.
The lawless have set a snare for me, Yet, from thy precepts, have I not strayed.
111 I have purchased thy testimonies for an inheritance for ever: because they are a joy to 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 do thy justifications for ever, for the reward.
I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes, Age-abidingly, to the end.
113 SAMECH. I have hated the unjust: and have loved thy law.
[SAMECH.] Half-hearted ones, do I hate, but, thy law, do I love.
114 Thou art my helper and my protector: and in thy word I have greatly hoped.
My hiding-place and my buckler, thou art, For thy word, have I waited.
115 Depart from me, ye malignant: and I will search 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 thy word, and I shall live: and let me not be confounded in 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 always on thy justifications.
Sustain me, that I may be saved, and may find dear delight in thy statutes continually.
118 Thou hast despised all them that fall off from thy judgments; for their thought is unjust.
Thou hast made light of all who stray from thy statutes, for their fraud is, falsehood.
119 I have accounted all the sinners of the earth prevaricators: therefore have I loved thy testimonies.
Dross, have I accounted all the lawless of the earth, therefore do I love thy testimonies.
120 Pierce thou my flesh with thy fear: for I am afraid of thy judgments.
My flesh, bristled up from dread of thee, and, of thy regulations, stand I in fear.
121 AIN. I have done judgment and justice: give me not up to them that slander me.
[AYIN.] I have done justice and righteousness, —Do not leave me to mine oppressors.
122 Uphold thy servant unto good: let not the proud calumniate me.
Be thou surety for thy servant for good, Let not insolent men oppress me.
123 My eyes have fainted after thy salvation: and for the word of thy justice.
Mine eyes, have become dim for thy salvation, and for thy righteous word.
124 Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy: and teach me thy justifications.
Deal with thy servant according to thy lovingkindness, and, thy statutes, teach thou me.
125 I am thy servant: give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.
Thy servant, I am—give me understanding, so shall I get to know thy testimonies.
126 It is time, O Lord, to do: they have dissipated thy law.
It is time that Yahweh should work, They have frustrated thy law!
127 Therefore have I loved thy commandments above gold and the topaz.
For this cause, do I love thy commandments, More than gold, yea than fine gold!
128 Therefore was I directed to all thy commandments: I have hated all wicked ways.
For this cause, all thy precepts concerning all things, I deem right, Every way of falsehood, I hate.
129 PHE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul hath sought them.
[PE.] Wonderful are thy testimonies, For this cause, hath my soul observed them.
130 The declaration of thy words giveth light: and giveth understanding to little ones.
The opening of thy words, sheddeth light, Giving understanding to the simple.
131 I opened my mouth and panted: because I longed for thy commandments.
My mouth, have I opened wide, and panted, because, for thy commandments, have I longed.
132 Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me, according to the judgment of them that love thy name.
Turn thyself unto me, and show me favour, —As is befitting, to the lovers of thy Name.
133 Direct my steps according to thy word: and let no iniquity have dominion over me.
My steps, direct thou by thy word, and let no iniquity, have dominion over me.
134 Redeem me from the calumnies of men: that I may keep thy commandments.
Set me free from the oppression of man, so will I keep thy precepts.
135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thy justifications.
Thy face, light thou up on thy servant, and teach me thy statutes.
136 My eyes have sent forth springs of water: because they have not kept thy law.
Streams of water, have run down mine eyes, because men have not kept thy law.
137 SADE. Thou art just, O Lord: and thy judgment is right.
[ZADHE.] Righteous art thou, O Yahweh, —and, equitable, are thy regulations.
138 Thou hast commanded justice thy testimonies: and thy truth exceedingly.
Thou hast righteously commanded thy testimonies, yea in great faithfulness.
139 My zeal hath made me pine away: because my enemies forgot thy words.
My zeal, hath put an end to me, for mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.
140 Thy word is exceedingly refined: and thy servant hath loved it.
Refined is thy word, to the uttermost, and, thy servant loveth it.
141 I am very young and despised; but I forgot not thy justifications.
Small, am I, and despised, Thy precepts, have I not forgotten.
142 Thy justice is justice for ever: and thy law is the truth.
Thy righteousness, is righteous to times age-abiding, and, thy law, is truth.
143 Trouble and anguish have found me: thy commandments are my (meditation)
Straitness and distress, have befallen me, Thy commandments, are my dear delights.
144 Thy testimonies are justice for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.
Righteous are thy testimonies, unto times age-abiding, Give me understanding, that I may live.
145 COPH. I cried with my whole heart, hear me, O Lord: I will seek thy justifications.
[KOPH.] I have cried out with all my heart, answer me, O Yahweh; Thy statutes, will I observe.
146 I cried unto thee, save me: that I may keep thy commandments.
I have cried out unto thee, oh save me, That I may keep thy testimonies.
147 I prevented the dawning of the day, and cried: because in thy words I very much hoped.
I forestalled the twilight, and cried for help, For thy word, I waited.
148 My eyes to thee have prevented the morning: that I might meditate on thy words.
Mine eyes forestalled the night-watches, To meditate in thy word.
149 Hear thou my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy: and quicken me according to thy mercy.
My voice, O hear, according to thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh! according to thy wont, give me life.
150 They that persecute me have drawn nigh to iniquity; but they are gone far off from the law.
They have drawn near, who pursue villainy, From thy law, have they gone far away.
151 Thou art near, O Lord: and all thy ways are truth.
Near art thou, O Yahweh, 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, from thy testimonies, That, to times age-abiding, thou didst establish them.
153 RES. See my humiliation and deliver me: for I have not forgotten the law.
[RESH.] Behold mine affliction, and rescue me, For, thy law, have I not forgotten.
154 Judge my judgment and redeem me: quicken thou me for thy word’s sake.
Plead my cause, and redeem me, By thy word, give me life
155 Salvation is far from sinners; because they have not sought thy justifications.
Far from the lawless, is salvation, For, thy statutes, have they not sought.
156 Many, O Lord, are thy mercies: quicken me according to thy judgment.
Thy compassions, are great, O Yahweh, According to thy regulations, give me life.
157 Many are they that persecute me, and afflict me; but I have not declined from thy testimonies.
Many, are my persecutors and mine adversaries, From thy testimonies, have I not swerved.
158 I beheld the transgressors, and I pined away; because they kept not thy word.
I have seen traitors, and felt loathing, Because, thy word, they kept not.
159 Behold I have loved thy commandments, O Lord; quicken me thou in thy mercy.
See thou that, thy precepts, I have loved, O Yahweh, according to thy lovingkindness, give me life.
160 The beginning of thy words is truth: all the judgments of thy justice are for ever.
The sum of thy word, is truth, and, age-abiding, is every one of thy righteous regulations.
161 SIN. Princes have persecuted me without cause: and my heart hath been in awe of thy words.
[SHIN.] Rulers, have persecuted me, without cause, But, of thy word, hath my heart stood in awe.
162 I will rejoice at thy words, as one that hath found great spoil.
Joyful am I over thy word, Like the finder of spoil in abundance.
163 I have hated and abhorred iniquity; but I have loved thy law.
Falsehood, I hate and abhor, Thy law, do I love.
164 Seven times a day I have given praise to thee, for the judgments of thy justice.
Seven times in the day, have I praised thee, For thy righteous regulations.
165 Much peace have they that love thy law, and to them there is no stumbling block.
Blessing in abundance, have the lovers of thy law, and nothing to make them stumble.
166 I looked to thy salvation, O Lord: and I loved thy commandments.
I have looked for thy salvation, O Yahweh, and, thy commandments, have I done.
167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies: and hath loved them exceedingly.
My soul hath kept thy testimonies, yea I have loved them greatly.
168 I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies: because all my ways are in thy sight.
I have kept thy precepts, and thy testimonies, 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.
[TAU] Let my shouting come near before thee, O Yahweh, According to thy word, give me understanding.
170 Let my request come in before thee; deliver thou me according to thy word.
Let my supplication come in before thee, According to thy word, deliver me.
171 My lips shall utter a hymn, when thou shalt teach me thy justifications.
My lips, shall pour out, praise, When thou shalt teach me thy statutes.
172 My tongue shall pronounce thy word: because all thy commandments are justice.
My tongue, shall respond, with thy word, For, all thy commandments, are righteous.
173 Let thy hand be with me to save me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
Be thy hand ready to help me, For, thy statutes, have I chosen.
174 I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy 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 thee: and thy judgments 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 sheep that is lost: seek thy servant, because I have not forgotten thy commandments.
I have strayed like a wandering sheep, O seek thy servant, For, thy commandments, have I not forgotten.
