Psalms 119
1 Aleph Happy are those who do what is right, who follow what the Lord says.
ALEPH. Blessed are those that are vpright in their way, and walke in the Lawe of the Lord.
2 Happy are those who keep his commandments, who sincerely want to follow him.
Blessed are they that keepe his testimonies, and seeke him with their whole heart.
3 They don't do what's wrong; they walk in his ways.
Surely they woorke none iniquitie, but walke in his waies.
4 You have ordered us to follow your instructions carefully.
Thou hast commanded to keepe thy precepts diligently.
5 May I be reliable in the way I keep your rules!
Oh that my waies were directed to keepe thy statutes!
6 Then I won't be ashamed when I compare what I do to what you have said.
Then should I not be confounded, when I haue respect vnto all thy commandements.
7 I will praise you sincerely as I learn from you the right way to live.
I will praise thee with an vpright heart, when I shall learne the iudgements of thy righteousnesse.
8 I will observe your laws. Please never give up on me!
I will keepe thy statutes: forsake mee not ouerlong.
9 Beth How does a young person remain pure? By following what you say.
BETH. Wherewith shall a yong man redresse his waie? in taking heede thereto according to thy woorde.
10 I worship you sincerely; please don't let me stray from your commands.
With my whole heart haue I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandements.
11 I keep what you say in mind so I won't sin against you.
I haue hid thy promise in mine heart, that I might not sinne against thee.
12 Thank you Lord! Teach me what to do!
Blessed art thou, O Lord: teache mee thy statutes.
13 I repeat out loud your instructions.
With my lippes haue I declared all the iudgements of thy mouth.
14 I enjoy your laws more than having plenty of money.
I haue had as great delight in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches.
15 I will think deeply about your teachings, and reflect on your ways.
I will meditate in thy precepts, and consider thy waies.
16 I will take pleasure in following your directions; I won't forget what you say.
I will delite in thy statutes, and I will not forget thy worde.
17 Gimel Be kind to your servant so I can live and follow what you teach.
GIMEL. Be beneficiall vnto thy seruant, that I may liue and keepe thy woorde.
18 Open my eyes so I may discover wonderful things in your law.
Open mine eies, that I may see the wonders of thy Lawe.
19 I'm only here for a short time—don't let me miss what you have to say.
I am a stranger vpon earth: hide not thy commandements from me.
20 I'm always so keen to know your instructions.
Mine heart breaketh for the desire to thy iudgements alway.
21 You reprimand those who are arrogant; those who don't follow your commandments are cursed.
Thou hast destroied the proud: cursed are they that doe erre from thy commandements.
22 Don't let me be scorned and insulted, for I have kept your laws.
Remoue from mee shame and contempt: for I haue kept thy testimonies.
23 Even leaders sit down together and slander me, but I, your servant, will think seriously about your instructions.
Princes also did sit, and speake against me: but thy seruant did meditate in thy statutes.
24 Your laws make me happy—they are my wise advisors.
Also thy testimonies are my delite, and my counsellers.
25 I'm dying here, lying in the dust. Keep me alive as you promised.
DALETH. My soule cleaueth to the dust: quicken me according to thy worde.
26 I explained my situation to you, and you answered me. Teach me to follow your directions.
I haue declared my waies, and thou heardest me: teache me thy statutes.
27 Help me understand what your laws mean, and I will meditate on the wonderful things you do.
Make me to vnderstand ye way of thy precepts, and I will meditate in thy wondrous workes.
28 I'm weeping because I'm so sad; please encourage me as you promised.
My soule melteth for heauinesse: raise mee vp according vnto thy worde.
29 Stop me fooling myself; kindly teach me your law.
Take from mee the way of lying, and graunt me graciously thy Lawe.
30 I have chosen to trust in you. I always pay attention to what you say.
I haue chosen the way of trueth, and thy iudgements haue I laied before me.
31 I hold on to your teachings, Lord. Don't let me be ridiculed.
I haue cleaued to thy testimonies, O Lord: confound me not.
32 I run to follow your commands, for you have expanded my mind!
I will runne the way of thy commandements, when thou shalt enlarge mine heart.
33 He Teach me the meaning of your laws, and I will always keep them.
HE. Teach mee, O Lord, the way of thy statutes, and I will keepe it vnto the ende.
34 Help me to understand so I can be totally committed to doing what you want.
Giue mee vnderstanding, and I will keepe thy Law: yea, I wil keepe it with my whole heart.
35 Lead me to follow your commands, for this is what I love to do
Direct mee in the path of thy commandements: for therein is my delite.
36 Help me to concentrate on what you say rather than on making a profit.
Incline mine heart vnto thy testimonies, and not to couetousnesse.
37 Don't let me focus on things that are worthless. Help me live in your ways.
Turne away mine eies from regarding vanitie, and quicken me in thy way.
38 Please keep your promise to me, your servant, that you made to those who worship you.
Stablish thy promise to thy seruaunt, because he feareth thee.
39 Take away the shame I dread, for your law is good.
Take away my rebuke that I feare: for thy iudgements are good.
40 I always want to do what you say. Please let me live, for you do what is right.
Beholde, I desire thy commandements: quicken me in thy righteousnesse,
41 Waw Lord, please love me with your trustworthy love; please give me the salvation you promised.
VAV. And let thy louing kindnesse come vnto me, O Lord, and thy saluation according to thy promise.
42 Then I can reply to those who mock me, for I trust what you say.
So shall I make answere vnto my blasphemers: for I trust in thy woorde.
43 Don't ever prevent me from being able to speak your words of truth, for I place my complete confidence in your just judgments.
And take not the woorde of trueth vtterly out of my mouth: for I waite for thy iudgements.
44 I will continue to follow your teachings, forever and ever.
So shall I alway keepe thy Lawe for euer and euer.
45 I shall live in freedom, for I have committed myself to obeying you.
And I will walke at libertie: for I seeke thy precepts.
46 I will instruct kings about your laws—I won't be embarrassed.
I will speake also of thy testimonies before Kings, and will not be ashamed.
47 I'm so happy for your instructions. I love them!
And my delite shalbe in thy commandements, which I haue loued.
48 I lift up my hands in prayer, honoring your commandments. I will think deeply about all you say.
Mine handes also will I lift vp vnto thy commandements, which I haue loued, and I will meditate in thy statutes.
49 Zayin Remember your promise to me, your servant. It's my only hope.
ZAIN. Remember the promise made to thy seruant, wherein thou hast caused me to trust.
50 This is what brings me encouragement in my misery—your promise keeps me going!
It is my comfort in my trouble: for thy promise hath quickened me.
51 Arrogant people mock me terribly, but I don't give up on your teachings.
The proude haue had me exceedingly in derision: yet haue I not declined from thy Lawe.
52 I think about the instructions you gave long ago, Lord, and they reassure me.
I remembred thy iudgements of olde, O Lord, and haue bene comforted.
53 I am angry with the wicked because they have rejected your law.
Feare is come vpon mee for the wicked, that forsake thy Lawe.
54 Your instructions have been music to my ears wherever I have lived.
Thy statutes haue beene my songes in the house of my pilgrimage.
55 At night I think about the kind of person you are, Lord, and do what you say.
I haue remembred thy Name, O Lord, in the night, and haue kept thy Lawe.
56 For this is how I live my life—by following your principles.
This I had because I kept thy precepts.
57 Heth Lord, you are mine! I have promised to do as you say.
CHETH. O Lord, that art my portion, I haue determined to keepe thy wordes.
58 My whole being wants your blessing—please be kind to me, as you have promised!
I made my supplication in thy presence with my whole heart: be mercifull vnto me according to thy promise.
59 As I think about my life, I turn to follow what you have said.
I haue considered my waies, and turned my feete into thy testimonies.
60 I hurry to keep your commandments without delay
I made haste and delaied not to keepe thy commandements.
61 Even though wicked people try to tie me up, I won't forget your instructions.
The bandes of the wicked haue robbed me: but I haue not forgotten thy Lawe.
62 I get up in the middle of the night to thank you for your good laws.
At midnight will I rise to giue thanks vnto thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.
63 I identify with all those who follow you, those who do what you tell them.
I am companion of all them that feare thee, and keepe thy precepts.
64 Lord, you love everyone on earth; please teach me what to do.
The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercie: teache me thy statutes.
65 Teth Lord, you have been so good to me, your servant, as you have promised.
TETH. O Lord, thou hast delt graciously with thy seruant according vnto thy woorde.
66 Now teach me wise judgment and discernment because I believe in your instructions.
Teach me good iudgement and knowledge: for I haue beleeued thy commandements.
67 Previously I was suffering, wandering away from you, but now I do what you say.
Before I was afflicted, I went astray: but nowe I keepe thy woorde.
68 Since you are good, everything you do is good. Teach me your ways.
Thou art good and gracious: teach me thy statutes.
69 Arrogant people smear my reputation with lies; but I whole-heartedly follow your commands.
The proud haue imagined a lie against me: but I wil keepe thy precepts with my whole heart.
70 They are cold and unfeeling, but I love your law.
Their heart is fatte as grease: but my delite is in thy Lawe.
71 The suffering I went through was good for me, so I could think about what you have stipulated.
It is good for me that I haue beene afflicted, that I may learne thy statutes.
72 What you tell me to do is worth more to me than much gold and silver.
The Lawe of thy mouth is better vnto me, then thousands of golde and siluer.
73 Yodh You created me and made me what I am; help me to learn and better understand your commandments.
IOD. Thine hands haue made me and fashioned me: giue mee vnderstanding therefore, that I may learne thy commandements.
74 May those who worship you be happy when they see me, for I place my confidence in your word.
So they that feare thee, seeing mee shall reioyce, because I haue trusted in thy worde.
75 Lord, I know that what you decide is right; you brought me down in order to help me because you are trustworthy.
I knowe, O Lord, that thy iudgements are right, and that thou hast afflicted me iustly.
76 May your trustworthy love comfort me as your promised me, your servant.
I pray thee that thy mercie may comfort me according to thy promise vnto thy seruant.
77 Be compassionate to me so I may live, for I love your teachings.
Let thy tender mercies come vnto me, that I may liue: for thy Lawe is my delite.
78 Bring down those proud people who wronged me with their lies. I will spend time thinking about your instructions.
Let the proude be ashamed: for they haue dealt wickedly and falsely with me: but I meditate in thy precepts.
79 Let those who follow you turn to me, those who understand your laws.
Let such as feare thee turne vnto me, and they that knowe thy testimonies.
80 May I be innocent in the way I keep your rules so that I won't be ashamed.
Let mine heart bee vpright in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.
81 Kaph I'm exhausted waiting for you to save me, but my hope is in your word.
CAPH. My soule fainteth for thy saluation: yet I waite for thy worde.
82 I strain my eyes looking for you to keep your promises, asking “When will you comfort me?”
Mine eyes faile for thy promise, saying, when wilt thou comfort me?
83 I've become like a wineskin that's been shriveled up by smoke, but I have not forgotten to do as you say.
For I am like a bottell in the smoke: yet doe I not forget thy statutes.
84 How long do I have to wait before you punish my persecutors?
Howe many are the dayes of thy seruant? When wilt thou execute iudgement on them that persecute me?
85 These arrogant people have dug pits to trap me, these people who don't care anything about your law.
The proude haue digged pittes for mee, which is not after thy Lawe.
86 All your commands are trustworthy. Help me against these people who persecute me with their lies!
All thy commandements are true: they persecute me falsely: helpe me.
87 They have almost killed me, but I have not given up on what you say.
They had almost consumed me vpon the earth: but I forsooke not thy precepts.
88 Since you love me with your trustworthy love, don't let me die, so I can go on following the instructions you have given.
Quicken me according to thy louing kindnes: so shall I keepe the testimony of thy mouth.
89 Lamedh Your word, Lord, lasts forever. It stands firm in the heavens.
LAMED. O Lord, thy worde endureth for euer in heauen.
90 Your faithfulness lasts for all generations, as permanent as the earth you created.
Thy trueth is from generation to generation: thou hast layed the foundation of the earth, and it abideth.
91 Your judgments stand—they are as true today as ever—for everything serves your will.
They continue euen to this day by thine ordinances: for all are thy seruants.
92 If I didn't love your teachings, my suffering would have killed me.
Except thy Lawe had bene my delite, I should now haue perished in mine affliction.
93 I will never forget your instructions, for through them you give me life.
I wil neuer forget thy precepts: for by them thou hast quickened me.
94 I belong to you, so please save me! I am committed to following your rules.
I am thine, saue me: for I haue sought thy precepts.
95 Even though wicked people are waiting to ambush and kill me, I will focus my mind on what you say.
The wicked haue waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
96 I recognize that human perfection has its limits, but your law is limitless.
I haue seene an ende of all perfection: but thy commandement is exceeding large.
97 Mem I really love your law! I meditate on it all day long.
MEM. Oh howe loue I thy Lawe! it is my meditation continually.
98 Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for I'm always thinking about your instructions.
By thy commandements thou hast made mee wiser then mine enemies: for they are euer with mee.
99 In fact I have a better insight than all of my teachers because I spend time concentrating on what you say.
I haue had more vnderstading then all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my (meditation)
100 I even understand more than the elders because I follow your directions.
I vnderstoode more then the ancient, because I kept thy precepts.
101 I avoid any course of action that leads to evil, because I want to remain faithful to your word.
I haue refrained my feete from euery euil way, that I might keepe thy word.
102 I have not disregarded your instructions because you yourself taught me what to do.
I haue not declined from thy iudgements: for thou didest teach me.
103 Your words taste so sweet to me! They are sweeter than honey to my mouth.
Howe sweete are thy promises vnto my mouth! yea, more then hony vnto my mouth.
104 I gain understanding from what you say, so I hate any way of life that's just a lie.
By thy precepts I haue gotten vnderstanding: therefore I hate all the wayes of falshoode.
105 Nun Your word is a lamp that shows me where to walk, it's a light for my path.
NUN. Thy worde is a lanterne vnto my feete, and a light vnto my path.
106 I've made a promise, and I will keep it: I will keep your rules that are always right!
I haue sworne and will performe it, that I will keepe thy righteous iudgements.
107 Lord, I'm really suffering! Please let me live, as you have promised.
I am very sore afflicted: O Lord, quicken me according to thy word.
108 Lord, please accept my offerings of praise that I freely give you. Teach me your rules.
O Lord, I beseeche thee accept the free offerings of my mouth, and teach mee thy iudgements.
109 My life is always at risk, but I will not forget your law.
My soule is continually in mine hande: yet doe I not forget thy Lawe.
110 Wicked people have set a trap for me, but I will not stray from your commandments.
The wicked haue layed a snare for mee: but I swarued not from thy precepts.
111 I will always hold on to what you say for your words make me really happy,
Thy testimonies haue I taken as an heritage for euer: for they are the ioy of mine heart.
112 I have made up my mind to follow your instructions to the very end.
I haue applied mine heart to fulfill thy statutes alway, euen vnto the ende.
113 Samekh I hate people who are two-faced, but I love your law.
SAMECH. I hate vaine inuentions: but thy Lawe doe I loue.
114 You keep me safe and you defend me, your word gives me reason to hope.
Thou art my refuge and shield, and I trust in thy worde.
115 Leave me alone, you evil people, and let me keep the commandments of my God.
Away from mee, yee wicked: for I will keepe the commandements of my God.
116 Support me, Lord, as you promised, so I can live. Don't let my hope turn into discouragement.
Stablish me according to thy promise, that I may liue, and disappoint me not of mine hope.
117 Support me, so I can be saved and always pay attention to your instructions.
Stay thou mee, and I shall be safe, and I will delite continually in thy statutes.
118 You reject all those who don't follow your instructions—they're fooling themselves by living a lie.
Thou hast troden downe all them that depart from thy statutes: for their deceit is vaine.
119 You treat the wicked people on earth as something worthless to be discarded; therefore I love your laws.
Thou hast taken away all ye wicked of the earth like drosse: therefore I loue thy testimonies.
120 I have goose bumps thinking of you—I'm in awe! I'm scared of your judgments!
My flesh trembleth for feare of thee, and I am afraide of thy iudgements.
121 Ayin I have done what's fair and right, so please don't abandon me to my enemies.
AIN. I haue executed iudgement and iustice: leaue me not to mine oppressours.
122 Please promise you'll take care of me, your servant. Don't let these arrogant people mistreat me.
Answere for thy seruant in that, which is good, and let not the proude oppresse me.
123 I strain my eyes looking for your salvation, watching for you to fulfill your promise to make everything good.
Mine eyes haue failed in waiting for thy saluation, and for thy iust promise.
124 Please treat me, your servant, according to your trustworthy love. Teach me what you want me to do.
Deale with thy seruant according to thy mercie, and teache me thy statutes.
125 I am your servant. Please give me discernment so I can understand your instructions.
I am thy seruant: graunt mee therefore vnderstanding, that I may knowe thy testimonies.
126 Lord, it's time for you to act, for these people have broken your laws.
It is time for thee Lord to worke: for they haue destroyed thy Lawe.
127 This is why I love your commandments more than gold, more than the finest gold.
Therefore loue I thy commandements aboue golde, yea, aboue most fine golde.
128 All of your rules are right in every way, and so I hate any way of life that's just a lie.
Therefore I esteeme all thy precepts most iust, and hate all false wayes.
129 Pe Your laws are truly wonderful—that's why I keep them!
PE. Thy testimonies are wonderfull: therefore doeth my soule keepe them.
130 Studying your words brings light so that even the uneducated can understand.
The entrance into thy wordes sheweth light, and giueth vnderstanding to the simple.
131 With keen desire I long for what you have to say.
I opened my mouth and panted, because I loued thy commandements.
132 Please pay attention to me and be kind to me, as you are with those who love you.
Looke vpon mee and bee mercifull vnto me, as thou vsest to doe vnto those that loue thy Name.
133 Tell me by your word the way I should go, and don't let any kind of evil control me.
Direct my steppes in thy worde, and let none iniquitie haue dominion ouer me.
134 Save me from cruel people so I can follow your instructions.
Deliuer mee from the oppression of men, and I will keepe thy precepts.
135 Please look favorably on me, your servant, teach me what I should do.
Shew the light of thy countenance vpon thy seruant, and teache me thy statutes.
136 My tears stream down as I weep for those who don't keep your law.
Mine eyes gush out with riuers of water, because they keepe not thy Lawe.
137 Tsadhe Lord, you are right, and what you decide is just!
TSADDI. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and iust are thy iudgements.
138 You have given your instructions which are fair and totally trustworthy.
Thou hast commanded iustice by thy testimonies and trueth especially.
139 My devotion is burning me up inside because my enemies ignore your words.
My zeale hath euen consumed mee, because mine enemies haue forgotten thy wordes.
140 Your promises have been proved true, and that's why I, your servant, love them.
Thy word is prooued most pure, and thy seruant loueth it.
141 I may be unimportant and looked down on, but I don't forget your commandments.
I am small and despised: yet do I not forget thy precepts.
142 Your goodness and justice last forever; and your law is the truth.
Thy righteousnesse is an euerlasting righteousnes, and thy Lawe is trueth.
143 When I have problems and sadness, your commands make me happy.
Trouble and anguish are come vpon me: yet are thy commandements my delite.
144 Your laws are always right; help me to understand what they mean so I can live.
The righteousnes of thy testimonies is euerlasting: graunt me vnderstanding, and I shall liue.
145 Qoph My whole being is crying out! Lord, please answer me! I will follow your instructions.
KOPH. I haue cried with my whole heart: heare me, O Lord, and I will keepe thy statutes.
146 I pray to you, asking, “Please save me!” so I can do what you say.
I called vpon thee: saue mee, and I will keepe thy testimonies.
147 I get up before dawn, and call out to you for help and put my hope in your word.
I preuented the morning light, and cried: for I waited on thy word.
148 During the night I stay awake, meditating on your word.
Mine eyes preuent the night watches to meditate in thy word.
149 Listen to what I have to say, Lord, because of your trustworthy love. Keep me alive, Lord, because you always do what's right.
Heare my voyce according to thy louing kindenesse: O Lord, quicken me according to thy iudgement.
150 Evil people come running to attack me—they totally disregard your law.
They drawe neere, that follow after malice, and are farre from thy Lawe.
151 But you, Lord, are close beside me; all your commandments are true.
Thou art neere, O Lord: for all thy commandements are true.
152 Long ago I realized that your laws will last forever.
I haue knowen long since by thy testimonies, that thou hast established them for euer.
153 Resh Please look at my suffering and save me! I have not forgotten your teachings.
RESH. Beholde mine affliction, and deliuer mee: for I haue not forgotten thy Lawe.
154 Plead my case, and save me as you promised! Let me live!
Pleade my cause, and deliuer me: quicken me according vnto thy word.
155 Wicked people can't be saved, because they don't care about what you say.
Saluation is farre from the wicked, because they seeke not thy statutes.
156 Lord, your mercy is so great! Because you are always fair, please let me live!
Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to thy iudgements.
157 Despite the many people who persecute and mistreat me, I have not strayed from your laws.
My persecutours and mine oppressours are many: yet doe I not swarue from thy testimonies.
158 Watching these unfaithful people disgusts me because they take no notice of your word.
I saw the transgressours and was grieued, because they kept not thy worde.
159 See how much I love your commandments, Lord. Please let me live because of your trustworthy love.
Consider, O Lord, how I loue thy preceptes: quicken mee according to thy louing kindenesse.
160 Your word can be summed up in one word: truth! All of your just laws will last forever.
The beginning of thy worde is trueth, and all the iudgements of thy righteousnesse endure for euer.
161 Shin Leaders persecute me for no reason, but I am in awe only of your word.
SCHIN. Princes haue persecuted mee without cause, but mine heart stood in awe of thy wordes.
162 Your word makes me so happy—I'm like someone who discovers immense treasure.
I reioyce at thy worde, as one that findeth a great spoyle.
163 I hate and detest lies, but I love your teachings.
I hate falshoode and abhorre it, but thy Lawe doe I loue.
164 I praise you seven times a day because your laws are good.
Seuen times a day doe I praise thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.
165 Those who love your teachings have wonderful peace and nothing trips them up.
They that loue thy Law, shall haue great prosperitie, and they shall haue none hurt.
166 Lord, I look forward to your salvation. I keep your commandments.
Lord, I haue trusted in thy saluation, and haue done thy commandements.
167 I obey your laws and love them very much.
My soule hath kept thy testimonies: for I loue them exceedingly.
168 I keep your commandments and laws because you see everything I do.
I haue kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my wayes are before thee.
169 Taw Lord, please listen to my sad cry; help me to understand, as you promised.
TAV. Let my complaint come before thee, O Lord, and giue me vnderstanding, according vnto thy worde.
170 Please hear what I have to say to you, and save me, as you promised.
Let my supplication come before thee, and deliuer me according to thy promise.
171 Let me pour out my words of praise, for you teach me what to do.
My lippes shall speake praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
172 I will sing about your word, for all your commandments are right.
My tongue shall intreate of thy word: for all thy commandements are righteous.
173 Please be ready to help me, for I have chosen to follow your instructions.
Let thine hand helpe me: for I haue chosen thy precepts.
174 I long for your salvation, Lord; your teachings make me happy.
I haue longed for thy saluation, O Lord, and thy Lawe is my delite.
175 May I live my life in praise to you, and may your instructions help me.
Let my soule liue, and it shall praise thee, and thy iudgements shall helpe me.
176 I have wandered away like a lost sheep, so please come looking for me, for I have not forgotten your commandments.
I haue gone astraye like a lost sheepe: seeke thy seruant, for I doe not forget thy commandements.
