< Psalms 119 >

1 ALEPH. Blessed are those that are vpright in their way, and walke in the Lawe of the Lord.
Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.
2 Blessed are they that keepe his testimonies, and seeke him with their whole heart.
Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.
3 Surely they woorke none iniquitie, but walke in his waies.
They do no iniquity; they walk in His ways.
4 Thou hast commanded to keepe thy precepts diligently.
You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.
5 Oh that my waies were directed to keepe thy statutes!
Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!
6 Then should I not be confounded, when I haue respect vnto all thy commandements.
Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.
7 I will praise thee with an vpright heart, when I shall learne the iudgements of thy righteousnesse.
I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.
8 I will keepe thy statutes: forsake mee not ouerlong.
I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.
9 BETH. Wherewith shall a yong man redresse his waie? in taking heede thereto according to thy woorde.
How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.
10 With my whole heart haue I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandements.
With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.
11 I haue hid thy promise in mine heart, that I might not sinne against thee.
I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
12 Blessed art thou, O Lord: teache mee thy statutes.
Blessed are You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
13 With my lippes haue I declared all the iudgements of thy mouth.
With my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth.
14 I haue had as great delight 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 in thy precepts, and consider thy waies.
I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways.
16 I will delite in thy statutes, and I will not forget thy worde.
I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
17 GIMEL. Be beneficiall vnto thy seruant, that I may liue and keepe thy woorde.
Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word.
18 Open mine eies, that I may see the wonders of thy Lawe.
Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.
19 I am a stranger vpon earth: hide not thy commandements from me.
I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.
20 Mine heart breaketh for the desire to thy iudgements alway.
My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.
21 Thou hast destroied the proud: cursed are they that doe erre from thy commandements.
You rebuke the arrogant— the cursed who stray from Your commandments.
22 Remoue from mee shame and contempt: for I haue kept thy testimonies.
Remove my scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.
23 Princes also did sit, and speake against me: but thy seruant did meditate in thy statutes.
Though rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
24 Also thy testimonies are my delite, and my counsellers.
Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.
25 DALETH. My soule cleaueth to the dust: quicken me according to thy worde.
My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.
26 I haue declared my waies, and thou heardest me: teache me thy statutes.
I recounted my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes.
27 Make me to vnderstand ye way of thy precepts, and I will meditate in thy wondrous workes.
Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders.
28 My soule melteth for heauinesse: raise mee vp according vnto thy worde.
My soul melts with sorrow; strengthen me according to Your word.
29 Take from mee the way of lying, and graunt me graciously thy Lawe.
Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.
30 I haue chosen the way of trueth, and thy iudgements haue I laied before me.
I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.
31 I haue cleaued to thy testimonies, O Lord: confound me not.
I cling to Your testimonies, O LORD; let me not be put to shame.
32 I will runne the way of thy commandements, when thou shalt enlarge mine heart.
I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.
33 HE. Teach mee, O Lord, the way of thy statutes, and I will keepe it vnto the ende.
Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end.
34 Giue mee vnderstanding, and I will keepe thy Law: yea, I wil keepe it with my whole heart.
Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
35 Direct mee in the path of thy commandements: for therein is my delite.
Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.
36 Incline mine heart vnto thy testimonies, and not to couetousnesse.
Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
37 Turne away mine eies from regarding vanitie, and quicken me in thy way.
Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
38 Stablish thy promise to thy seruaunt, because he feareth thee.
Establish Your word to Your servant, to produce reverence for You.
39 Take away my rebuke that I feare: for thy iudgements are good.
Turn away the disgrace I dread, for Your judgments are good.
40 Beholde, I desire thy commandements: quicken me in thy righteousnesse,
How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.
41 VAV. And let thy louing kindnesse come vnto me, O Lord, and thy saluation according to thy promise.
May Your loving devotion come to me, O LORD, Your salvation, according to Your promise.
42 So shall I make answere vnto my blasphemers: for I trust in thy woorde.
Then I can answer him who taunts, for I trust in Your word.
43 And take not the woorde of trueth vtterly out of my mouth: for I waite for thy iudgements.
Never take Your word of truth from my mouth, for I hope in Your judgments.
44 So shall I alway keepe thy Lawe for euer and euer.
I will always obey Your law, forever and ever.
45 And I will walke at libertie: for I seeke thy precepts.
And I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts.
46 I will speake also of thy testimonies before Kings, and will not be ashamed.
I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.
47 And my delite shalbe in thy commandements, which I haue loued.
I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
48 Mine handes also will I lift vp vnto thy commandements, which I haue loued, and I will meditate in thy statutes.
I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.
49 ZAIN. Remember the promise made to thy seruant, wherein thou hast caused me to trust.
Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope.
50 It is my comfort in my trouble: for thy promise hath quickened me.
This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life.
51 The proude haue had me exceedingly in derision: yet haue I not declined from thy Lawe.
The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.
52 I remembred thy iudgements of olde, O Lord, and haue bene comforted.
I remember Your judgments of old, O LORD, and in them I find comfort.
53 Feare is come vpon mee for the wicked, that forsake thy Lawe.
Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law.
54 Thy statutes haue beene my songes in the house of my pilgrimage.
Your statutes are songs to me in the house of my pilgrimage.
55 I haue remembred thy Name, O Lord, in the night, and haue kept thy Lawe.
In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.
56 This I had because I kept thy precepts.
This is my practice, for I obey Your precepts.
57 CHETH. O Lord, that art my portion, I haue determined to keepe thy wordes.
The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.
58 I made my supplication in thy presence with my whole heart: be mercifull vnto me according to thy promise.
I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise.
59 I haue considered my waies, and turned my feete into thy testimonies.
I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.
60 I made haste and delaied not to keepe thy commandements.
I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.
61 The bandes of the wicked haue robbed me: but I haue not forgotten thy Lawe.
Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law.
62 At midnight will I rise to giue thanks vnto thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.
At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments.
63 I am companion of all them that feare thee, and keepe thy precepts.
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 mercie: teache me thy statutes.
The earth is filled with Your loving devotion, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
65 TETH. O Lord, thou hast delt graciously with thy seruant according vnto thy woorde.
You are good to Your servant, O LORD, according to Your word.
66 Teach me good iudgement and knowledge: for I haue beleeued thy commandements.
Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.
67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray: but nowe I keepe thy woorde.
Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.
68 Thou art good and gracious: teach me thy statutes.
You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.
69 The proud haue imagined a lie against me: but I wil keepe thy precepts with my whole heart.
Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.
70 Their heart is fatte as grease: but my delite is in thy Lawe.
Their hearts are hard and callous, but I delight in Your law.
71 It is good for me that I haue beene afflicted, that I may learne thy statutes.
It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
72 The Lawe of thy mouth is better vnto me, then thousands of golde and siluer.
The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
73 IOD. Thine hands haue made me and fashioned me: giue mee vnderstanding therefore, that I may learne thy commandements.
Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
74 So they that feare thee, seeing mee shall reioyce, because I haue trusted in thy worde.
May those who fear You see me and rejoice, for I have hoped in Your word.
75 I knowe, O Lord, that thy iudgements are right, and that thou hast afflicted me iustly.
I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
76 I pray thee that thy mercie may comfort me according to thy promise vnto thy seruant.
May Your loving devotion comfort me, I pray, according to Your promise to Your servant.
77 Let thy tender mercies come vnto me, that I may liue: for thy Lawe is my delite.
May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.
78 Let the proude be ashamed: for they haue dealt wickedly and falsely with me: but I meditate in thy precepts.
May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.
79 Let such as feare thee turne vnto me, and they that knowe thy testimonies.
May those who fear You turn to me, those who know Your testimonies.
80 Let mine heart bee vpright in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.
May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.
81 CAPH. My soule fainteth for thy saluation: yet I waite for thy worde.
My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
82 Mine eyes faile for thy promise, saying, when wilt thou comfort me?
My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”
83 For I am like a bottell in the smoke: yet doe I not forget thy statutes.
Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
84 Howe many are the dayes of thy seruant? When wilt thou execute iudgement on them that persecute me?
How many days must Your servant wait? When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?
85 The proude haue digged pittes for mee, which is not after thy Lawe.
The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.
86 All thy commandements are true: they persecute me falsely: helpe me.
All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!
87 They had almost consumed me vpon the earth: but I forsooke not thy precepts.
They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts.
88 Quicken me according to thy louing kindnes: so shall I keepe the testimony of thy mouth.
Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth.
89 LAMED. O Lord, thy worde endureth for euer in heauen.
Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.
90 Thy trueth is from generation to generation: thou hast layed the foundation of the earth, and it abideth.
Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.
91 They continue euen to this day by thine ordinances: for all are thy seruants.
Your ordinances stand to this day, for all things are servants to You.
92 Except thy Lawe had bene my delite, I should now haue perished in mine affliction.
If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
93 I wil neuer forget thy precepts: for by them thou hast quickened me.
I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.
94 I am thine, saue me: for I haue sought thy precepts.
I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
95 The wicked haue waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.
96 I haue seene an ende of all perfection: but thy commandement is exceeding large.
I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.
97 MEM. Oh howe loue I thy Lawe! it is my meditation continually.
Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my (meditation)
98 By thy commandements thou hast made mee wiser then mine enemies: for they are euer with mee.
Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.
99 I haue had more vnderstading then all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my (meditation)
I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my (meditation)
100 I vnderstoode more then the ancient, because I kept thy precepts.
I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.
101 I haue refrained my feete from euery euil way, that I might keepe thy word.
I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.
102 I haue not declined from thy iudgements: for thou didest teach me.
I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me.
103 Howe sweete are thy promises vnto my mouth! yea, more then hony vnto my mouth.
How sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in my mouth!
104 By thy precepts I haue gotten vnderstanding: therefore I hate all the wayes of falshoode.
I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.
105 NUN. Thy worde is a lanterne vnto my feete, and a light vnto my path.
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
106 I haue sworne and will performe it, that I will keepe thy righteous iudgements.
I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
107 I am very sore afflicted: O Lord, quicken me according to thy word.
I am severely afflicted, O LORD; revive me through Your word.
108 O Lord, I beseeche thee accept the free offerings of my mouth, and teach mee thy iudgements.
Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me Your judgments.
109 My soule is continually in mine hande: yet doe I not forget thy Lawe.
I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law.
110 The wicked haue layed a snare for mee: but I swarued not from thy precepts.
The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.
111 Thy testimonies haue I taken as an heritage for euer: for they are the ioy of mine heart.
Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
112 I haue applied mine heart to fulfill thy statutes alway, euen vnto the ende.
I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, even to the very end.
113 SAMECH. I hate vaine inuentions: but thy Lawe doe I loue.
The double-minded I despise, but Your law I love.
114 Thou art my refuge and shield, and I trust in thy worde.
You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.
115 Away from mee, yee wicked: for I will keepe the commandements of my God.
Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
116 Stablish me according to thy promise, that I may liue, and disappoint me not of mine hope.
Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117 Stay thou mee, and I shall be safe, and I will delite continually in thy statutes.
Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes.
118 Thou hast troden downe all them that depart from thy statutes: for their deceit is vaine.
You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.
119 Thou hast taken away all ye wicked of the earth like drosse: therefore I loue thy testimonies.
All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.
120 My flesh trembleth for feare of thee, and I am afraide of thy iudgements.
My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
121 AIN. I haue executed iudgement and iustice: leaue me not to mine oppressours.
I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 Answere for thy seruant in that, which is good, and let not the proude oppresse me.
Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
123 Mine eyes haue failed in waiting for thy saluation, and for thy iust promise.
My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.
124 Deale with thy seruant according to thy mercie, and teache me thy statutes.
Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion, and teach me Your statutes.
125 I am thy seruant: graunt mee therefore vnderstanding, that I may knowe thy testimonies.
I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.
126 It is time for thee Lord to worke: for they haue destroyed thy Lawe.
It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.
127 Therefore loue I thy commandements aboue golde, yea, aboue most fine golde.
Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
128 Therefore I esteeme all thy precepts most iust, and hate all false wayes.
Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.
129 PE. Thy testimonies are wonderfull: therefore doeth my soule keepe them.
Wonderful are Your testimonies; therefore I obey them.
130 The entrance into thy wordes sheweth light, and giueth vnderstanding to the simple.
The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.
131 I opened my mouth and panted, because I loued thy commandements.
I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.
132 Looke vpon mee and bee mercifull vnto me, as thou vsest to doe vnto those that loue thy Name.
Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name.
133 Direct my steppes in thy worde, and let none iniquitie haue dominion ouer me.
Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
134 Deliuer mee from the oppression of men, and I will keepe thy precepts.
Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts.
135 Shew the light of thy countenance vpon thy seruant, and teache me thy statutes.
Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.
136 Mine eyes gush out with riuers of water, because they keepe not thy Lawe.
My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
137 TSADDI. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and iust are thy iudgements.
Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.
138 Thou hast commanded iustice by thy testimonies and trueth especially.
The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful.
139 My zeale hath euen consumed mee, because mine enemies haue forgotten thy wordes.
My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.
140 Thy word is prooued most pure, and thy seruant loueth it.
Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.
141 I am small and despised: yet do I not forget thy precepts.
I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.
142 Thy righteousnesse is an euerlasting righteousnes, and thy Lawe is trueth.
Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.
143 Trouble and anguish are come vpon me: yet are thy commandements my delite.
Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.
144 The righteousnes of thy testimonies is euerlasting: graunt me vnderstanding, and I shall liue.
Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
145 KOPH. I haue cried with my whole heart: heare me, O Lord, and I will keepe thy statutes.
I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes.
146 I called vpon thee: saue mee, and I will keepe thy testimonies.
I call to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies.
147 I preuented the morning light, and cried: for I waited on thy word.
I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
148 Mine eyes preuent the night watches to meditate in thy word.
My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word.
149 Heare my voyce according to thy louing kindenesse: O Lord, quicken me according to thy iudgement.
Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion; give me life according to Your justice.
150 They drawe neere, that follow after malice, and are farre from thy Lawe.
Those who follow after wickedness draw near; they are far from Your law.
151 Thou art neere, O Lord: for all thy commandements are true.
You are near, O LORD, and all Your commandments are true.
152 I haue knowen long since by thy testimonies, that thou hast established them for euer.
Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You have established them forever.
153 RESH. Beholde mine affliction, and deliuer mee: for I haue not forgotten thy Lawe.
Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law.
154 Pleade my cause, and deliuer me: quicken me according vnto thy word.
Defend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word.
155 Saluation is farre from the wicked, because they seeke not thy statutes.
Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes.
156 Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to thy iudgements.
Great are Your mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your ordinances.
157 My persecutours and mine oppressours are many: yet doe I not swarue from thy testimonies.
Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.
158 I saw the transgressours and was grieued, because they kept not thy worde.
I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.
159 Consider, O Lord, how I loue thy preceptes: quicken mee according to thy louing kindenesse.
Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.
160 The beginning of thy worde is trueth, and all the iudgements of thy righteousnesse endure for euer.
The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.
161 SCHIN. Princes haue persecuted mee without cause, but mine heart stood in awe of thy wordes.
Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.
162 I reioyce at thy worde, as one that findeth a great spoyle.
I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil.
163 I hate falshoode and abhorre it, but thy Lawe doe I loue.
I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.
164 Seuen times a day doe I praise thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.
Seven times a day I praise You for Your righteous judgments.
165 They that loue thy Law, shall haue great prosperitie, and they shall haue none hurt.
Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your instruction; nothing can make them stumble.
166 Lord, I haue trusted in thy saluation, and haue done thy commandements.
I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, and I carry out Your commandments.
167 My soule hath kept thy testimonies: for I loue them exceedingly.
I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly.
168 I haue kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my wayes are before thee.
I obey Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You.
169 TAV. Let my complaint come before thee, O Lord, and giue me vnderstanding, according vnto thy worde.
May my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.
170 Let my supplication come before thee, and deliuer me according to thy promise.
May my plea come before You; rescue me according to Your promise.
171 My lippes shall speake praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
My lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes.
172 My tongue shall intreate of thy word: for all thy commandements are righteous.
My tongue sings of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.
173 Let thine hand helpe me: for I haue chosen thy precepts.
May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.
174 I haue longed for thy saluation, O Lord, and thy Lawe is my delite.
I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.
175 Let my soule liue, and it shall praise thee, and thy iudgements shall helpe me.
Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me.
176 I haue gone astraye like a lost sheepe: seeke thy seruant, for I doe not forget thy commandements.
I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.

< Psalms 119 >