Psalms 119
1 ALEPH. Blessed are those that are vpright in their way, and walke in the Lawe of the Lord.
Alleluia. Blessed are the blameless in the way, 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 they that search out his testimonies: they will diligently seek him with the whole heart.
3 Surely they woorke none iniquitie, but walke in his waies.
For they that work iniquity have not walked in his ways.
4 Thou hast commanded to keepe thy precepts diligently.
You have commanded [us] diligently to keep your precepts.
5 Oh that my waies were directed to keepe thy statutes!
O that my ways were directed to keep your ordinances.
6 Then should I not be confounded, when I haue respect vnto all thy commandements.
Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to all your commandments.
7 I will praise thee with an vpright heart, when I shall learne the iudgements of thy righteousnesse.
I will give you thanks with uprightness of heart, when I have learned the judgments of your righteousness.
8 I will keepe thy statutes: forsake mee not ouerlong.
I will keep your ordinances: O forsake me not greatly.
9 BETH. Wherewith shall a yong man redresse his waie? in taking heede thereto according to thy woorde.
Wherewith shall a young man direct his way? by keeping your words.
10 With my whole heart haue I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandements.
With my whole heart have I diligently sought you: cast me not away from your commandments.
11 I haue hid thy promise in mine heart, that I might not sinne against thee.
I have hidden your oracles 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 ordinances.
13 With my lippes haue I declared all the iudgements of thy mouth.
With my lips have I declared all the judgments of your mouth.
14 I haue had as great delight in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches.
I have delighted 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 commandments, and consider your ways.
16 I will delite in thy statutes, and I will not forget thy worde.
I will meditate on your ordinances: I will not forget your words.
17 GIMEL. Be beneficiall vnto thy seruant, that I may liue and keepe thy woorde.
Render a recompense to your servant: [so] shall I live, and keep your words.
18 Open mine eies, that I may see the wonders of thy Lawe.
Unveil you mine eyes, and I shall perceive wondrous things of your law.
19 I am a stranger vpon earth: hide not thy commandements from me.
I am a stranger in the earth: hide not your commandments from me.
20 Mine heart breaketh for the desire to thy iudgements alway.
My soul has longed exceedingly for your judgments at all times.
21 Thou hast destroied the proud: cursed are they that doe erre from thy commandements.
You have rebuked the proud: cursed are they that turn aside from your commandments.
22 Remoue from mee shame and contempt: for I haue kept thy testimonies.
Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have sought out your testimonies.
23 Princes also did sit, and speake against me: but thy seruant did meditate in thy statutes.
For princes sat and spoke against me: but your servant was meditating on your ordinances.
24 Also thy testimonies are my delite, and my counsellers.
For your testimonies are my (meditation) and your ordinances are my counselors.
25 DALETH. My soule cleaueth to the dust: quicken me according to thy worde.
My soul has cleaved to the ground; quicken you me according to your word.
26 I haue declared my waies, and thou heardest me: teache me thy statutes.
I declared my ways, and you did hear me: teach me your ordinances.
27 Make me to vnderstand ye way of thy precepts, and I will meditate in thy wondrous workes.
Instruct me in the way of your ordinances; and I will meditate on your wondrous works.
28 My soule melteth for heauinesse: raise mee vp according vnto thy worde.
My soul has slumbered for sorrow; strengthen you me with your words.
29 Take from mee the way of lying, and graunt me graciously thy Lawe.
Remove from me the way of iniquity; and be merciful to me by 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; and have not forgotten your judgments.
31 I haue cleaued to thy testimonies, O Lord: confound me not.
I have cleaved to your testimonies, O Lord; put me not to shame.
32 I will runne the way of thy commandements, when thou shalt enlarge mine heart.
I ran the way of your commandments, when you did 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 ordinances, and I will seek it out continually.
34 Giue mee vnderstanding, and I will keepe thy Law: yea, I wil keepe it with my whole heart.
Instruct me, and I will search out your law, and will keep it with my whole heart.
35 Direct mee in the path of thy commandements: for therein is my delite.
Guide me in the path of your commandments; for I have delighted in it.
36 Incline mine heart vnto thy testimonies, and not to couetousnesse.
Incline mine heart to your testimonies, and not to covetousness.
37 Turne away mine eies from regarding vanitie, and quicken me in thy way.
Turn away mine eyes that I may not behold vanity: quicken you me in your way.
38 Stablish thy promise to thy seruaunt, because he feareth thee.
Confirm your oracle to your servant, that he may fear you.
39 Take away my rebuke that I feare: for thy iudgements are good.
Take away my reproach which I have feared: for your judgments are good.
40 Beholde, I desire thy commandements: quicken me in thy righteousnesse,
Behold, I have desired your commandments: quicken me in your righteousness.
41 VAV. And let thy louing kindnesse come vnto me, O Lord, and thy saluation according to thy promise.
And let your mercy come upon me, O Lord; [even] your salvation, according to your word.
42 So shall I make answere vnto my blasphemers: for I trust in thy woorde.
And [so] I shall render an answer to them that reproach me: for I have trusted in your words.
43 And take not the woorde of trueth vtterly out of my mouth: for I waite for thy iudgements.
And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in your judgments. So shall I keep your law continually, for ever and ever.
44 So shall I alway keepe thy Lawe for euer and euer.
45 And I will walke at libertie: for I seeke thy precepts.
I walked also at large: for I sought out your commandments.
46 I will speake also of thy testimonies before Kings, and will not be ashamed.
And I spoke of your testimonies before kings, and was not ashamed.
47 And my delite shalbe in thy commandements, which I haue loued.
And I meditated on your commandments, which I loved exceedingly.
48 Mine handes also will I lift vp vnto thy commandements, which I haue loued, and I will meditate in thy statutes.
And I lifted up my hands to your commandments which I loved; and I meditated in your ordinances.
49 ZAIN. Remember the promise made to thy seruant, wherein thou hast caused me to trust.
Remember your words to your servant, wherein you have made me hope.
50 It is my comfort in my trouble: for thy promise hath quickened me.
This has comforted me in mine affliction: for your oracle has quickened me.
51 The proude haue had me exceedingly in derision: yet haue I not declined from thy Lawe.
The proud have transgressed exceedingly; but I swerved not from your law.
52 I remembred thy iudgements of olde, O Lord, and haue bene comforted.
I remembered your judgments of old, O Lord; and was comforted.
53 Feare is come vpon mee for the wicked, that forsake thy Lawe.
Despair took hold upon me, because of the sinners who forsake your law.
54 Thy statutes haue beene my songes in the house of my pilgrimage.
Your ordinances were my songs in the place of my sojourning.
55 I haue remembred thy Name, O Lord, in the night, and haue kept thy Lawe.
I remembered your name, O Lord, in the night, and kept your law.
56 This I had because I kept thy precepts.
This I had, because I diligently sought your ordinances.
57 CHETH. O Lord, that art my portion, I haue determined to keepe thy wordes.
You are my portion, O Lord: I said that I would keep your law.
58 I made my supplication in thy presence with my whole heart: be mercifull vnto me according to thy promise.
I implored your favor with my whole heart: have mercy upon me according to your word.
59 I haue considered my waies, and turned my feete into thy testimonies.
I thought on your ways, and turned my feet to your testimonies.
60 I made haste and delaied not to keepe thy commandements.
I prepared myself, (and was not terrified, ) to keep your commandments.
61 The bandes of the wicked haue robbed me: but I haue not forgotten thy Lawe.
The snares of sinners entangled me: but I forgot not your law.
62 At midnight will I rise to giue thanks vnto thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.
At midnight I arose, to give thanks to you for the judgments of your righteousness.
63 I am companion of all them that feare thee, and keepe thy precepts.
I am a companion of all them that fear you, and of them that keep your commandments.
64 The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercie: teache me thy statutes.
O Lord, the earth is full of your mercy: teach me your ordinances.
65 TETH. O Lord, thou hast delt graciously with thy seruant according vnto thy woorde.
You have wrought kindly with your servant, o Lord, according to your word.
66 Teach me good iudgement and knowledge: for I haue beleeued thy commandements.
Teach me kindness, and instruction, and knowledge: for I have believed your commandments.
67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray: but nowe I keepe thy woorde.
Before I was afflicted, I transgressed; therefore have I kept your word.
68 Thou art good and gracious: teach me thy statutes.
Good are you, O Lord; therefore in your goodness teach me your ordinances.
69 The proud haue imagined a lie against me: but I wil keepe thy precepts with my whole heart.
The injustice of the proud has been multiplied against me: but I will search out your commandments with all my heart.
70 Their heart is fatte as grease: but my delite is in thy Lawe.
Their heart has been curdled like milk; but I have meditated on your law.
71 It is good for me that I haue beene afflicted, that I may learne thy statutes.
[It is] good for me that you have afflicted me; that I might learn your ordinances.
72 The Lawe of thy mouth is better vnto me, then thousands of golde and siluer.
The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands 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: instruct me, that I may learn your commandments.
74 So they that feare thee, seeing mee shall reioyce, because I haue trusted in thy worde.
They that fear you will see me and rejoice: for I have hoped in your words.
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 righteousness, and [that] you in truthfulness have afflicted me.
76 I pray thee that thy mercie may comfort me according to thy promise vnto thy seruant.
Let, I pray you, your mercy be to comfort me, according to your word to your servant.
77 Let thy tender mercies come vnto me, that I may liue: for thy Lawe is my delite.
Let your compassions come to me, that I may live: for your law is my (meditation)
78 Let the proude be ashamed: for they haue dealt wickedly and falsely with me: but I meditate in thy precepts.
Let the proud be ashamed; for they transgressed against me unjustly: but I will meditate in your commandments.
79 Let such as feare thee turne vnto me, and they that knowe thy testimonies.
Let those that fear you, and those that know your testimonies, turn to me.
80 Let mine heart bee vpright in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.
Let mine heart be blameless in your ordinances, that I may not be ashamed.
81 CAPH. My soule fainteth for thy saluation: yet I waite for thy worde.
My soul faints for your salvation: I have hoped in your words.
82 Mine eyes faile for thy promise, saying, when wilt thou comfort me?
Mine eyes failed [in waiting] for your word, saying, When will you comfort me?
83 For I am like a bottell in the smoke: yet doe I not forget thy statutes.
For I am become as a bottle in the frost: [yet] I have not forgotten your ordinances.
84 Howe many are the dayes of thy seruant? When wilt thou execute iudgement on them that persecute me?
How many are the days of your servant? when will you execute judgment for me on them that persecute me?
85 The proude haue digged pittes for mee, which is not after thy Lawe.
Transgressors told me [idle tales]; but not according to your law, O Lord.
86 All thy commandements are true: they persecute me falsely: helpe me.
All your commandments are truth; they persecuted me unjustly; help you me.
87 They had almost consumed me vpon the earth: but I forsooke not thy precepts.
They nearly made an end of me in the earth; but I forsook not your commandments.
88 Quicken me according to thy louing kindnes: so shall I keepe the testimony of thy mouth.
Quicken me according to your mercy; so shall I keep the testimonies of your mouth.
89 LAMED. O Lord, thy worde endureth for euer in heauen.
Your word, O Lord, abides in heaven for ever.
90 Thy trueth is from generation to generation: thou hast layed the foundation of the earth, and it abideth.
Your truth [endures] to all generations; you have founded the earth, and it abides.
91 They continue euen to this day by thine ordinances: for all are thy seruants.
The day continues by your arrangement; for all things are your servants.
92 Except thy Lawe had bene my delite, I should now haue perished in mine affliction.
Were it not that your law is my (meditation) then I should have perished in mine affliction.
93 I wil neuer forget thy precepts: for by them thou hast quickened me.
I will never forget your ordinances; for with them you have quickened me.
94 I am thine, saue me: for I haue sought thy precepts.
I am your, save me; for I have sought out your ordinances.
95 The wicked haue waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
Sinners laid wait for me to destroy me; [but] I understood your testimonies.
96 I haue seene an ende of all perfection: but thy commandement is exceeding large.
have seen an end of all perfection; [but] your commandment is very broad.
97 MEM. Oh howe loue I thy Lawe! it is my meditation continually.
How I have loved your law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day.
98 By thy commandements thou hast made mee wiser then mine enemies: for they are euer with mee.
You have made me wiser than mine enemies [in] your commandment; for it is mine for ever.
99 I haue had more vnderstading then all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my (meditation)
I have more understanding than all my teachers; for your testimonies are my medication.
100 I vnderstoode more then the ancient, because I kept thy precepts.
I understand more that the aged; because I have sought out your commandments.
101 I haue refrained my feete from euery euil way, that I might keepe thy word.
I have kept back my feet from every evil way, that I might keep your words.
102 I haue not declined from thy iudgements: for thou didest teach me.
I have not declined from your judgments; for you have instructed me.
103 Howe sweete are thy promises vnto my mouth! yea, more then hony vnto my mouth.
How sweet are your oracles to my throat! more so than honey to my mouth!
104 By thy precepts I haue gotten vnderstanding: therefore I hate all the wayes of falshoode.
I gain understanding by your commandments: therefore I have hated every way of unrighteousness.
105 NUN. Thy worde is a lanterne vnto my feete, and a light vnto my path.
Your law is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths.
106 I haue sworne and will performe it, that I will keepe thy righteous iudgements.
I have sworn and determined to keep the judgments of your righteousness.
107 I am very sore afflicted: O Lord, quicken me according to thy word.
I have been very greatly afflicted, O Lord: quicken me, according to your word.
108 O Lord, I beseeche thee accept the free offerings of my mouth, and teach mee thy iudgements.
Accept, I pray you, O Lord, the free will offerings of my mouth, and teach me your judgments.
109 My soule is continually in mine hande: yet doe I not forget thy Lawe.
My soul is continually in your hands; and I have not forgotten your law.
110 The wicked haue layed a snare for mee: but I swarued not from thy precepts.
Sinners spread a snare for me; but I erred not from your commandments.
111 Thy testimonies haue I taken as an heritage for euer: for they are the ioy of mine heart.
I have inherited your testimonies for ever; 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 ordinances for ever, in return [for your mercies].
113 SAMECH. I hate vaine inuentions: but thy Lawe doe I loue.
I have hated transgressors; but I have loved your law.
114 Thou art my refuge and shield, and I trust in thy worde.
You are my helper and my supporter; I have hoped in your words.
115 Away from mee, yee wicked: for I will keepe the commandements of my God.
Depart from me, you evil-doers; for I will search out the commandments of my God.
116 Stablish me according to thy promise, that I may liue, and disappoint me not of mine hope.
Uphold me according to your word, and quicken me; and make me not ashamed of my expectation.
117 Stay thou mee, and I shall be safe, and I will delite continually in thy statutes.
Help me, and I shall be saved; and I will meditate in your ordinances continually.
118 Thou hast troden downe all them that depart from thy statutes: for their deceit is vaine.
You have brought to nothing all that depart from your ordinances; for their inward thought is unrighteous.
119 Thou hast taken away all ye wicked of the earth like drosse: therefore I loue thy testimonies.
I have reckoned all the sinners of the earth as transgressors; therefore have I loved your testimonies.
120 My flesh trembleth for feare of thee, and I am afraide of thy iudgements.
Penetrate my flesh with your fear; for I am afraid of your judgments.
121 AIN. I haue executed iudgement and iustice: leaue me not to mine oppressours.
I have done judgment and justice; deliver me not up to them that injure me.
122 Answere for thy seruant in that, which is good, and let not the proude oppresse me.
Receive your servant for good: let not the proud accuse me falsely.
123 Mine eyes haue failed in waiting for thy saluation, and for thy iust promise.
Mine eyes have failed for your salvation, and for the word of your righteousness.
124 Deale with thy seruant according to thy mercie, and teache me thy statutes.
Deal with your servant according to your mercy, and teach me your ordinances.
125 I am thy seruant: graunt mee therefore vnderstanding, that I may knowe thy testimonies.
I am your servant; instruct me, and I shall 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 work: they have utterly broken your law.
127 Therefore loue I thy commandements aboue golde, yea, aboue most fine golde.
Therefore have I loved your commandments more than gold, or the topaz.
128 Therefore I esteeme all thy precepts most iust, and hate all false wayes.
Therefore I directed myself [according] to all your commandments: I have hated every unjust way.
129 PE. Thy testimonies are wonderfull: therefore doeth my soule keepe them.
Your testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul has sought them out.
130 The entrance into thy wordes sheweth light, and giueth vnderstanding to the simple.
The manifestation of your words will enlighten, and instruct the simple.
131 I opened my mouth and panted, because I loued thy commandements.
I opened my mouth, and drew breath: for I earnestly longed after your commandments.
132 Looke vpon mee and bee mercifull vnto me, as thou vsest to doe vnto those that loue thy Name.
Look upon me and have mercy upon me, after the manner of them that love your name.
133 Direct my steppes in thy worde, and let none iniquitie haue dominion ouer me.
Order my steps according to your word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Deliuer mee from the oppression of men, and I will keepe thy precepts.
Deliver me from the false accusation of men: so will I keep your commandments.
135 Shew the light of thy countenance vpon thy seruant, and teache me thy statutes.
Cause your face to shine upon your servant: and teach me your ordinances.
136 Mine eyes gush out with riuers of water, because they keepe not thy Lawe.
Mine eyes have been bathed in streams of water, because I kept not your law.
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.
You has commanded righteousness and perfect truth, [as] your testimonies.
139 My zeale hath euen consumed mee, because mine enemies haue forgotten thy wordes.
Your zeal has quite wasted me: because mine enemies have forgotten your words.
140 Thy word is prooued most pure, and thy seruant loueth it.
Your word [has been] very fully tried; and your servant loves it.
141 I am small and despised: yet do I not forget thy precepts.
I am young and despised: [yet] I have not forgotten your ordinances.
142 Thy righteousnesse is an euerlasting righteousnes, and thy Lawe is trueth.
Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your law is truth.
143 Trouble and anguish are come vpon me: yet are thy commandements my delite.
Afflictions and distresses found me: [but] your commandments [were] my (meditation)
144 The righteousnes of thy testimonies is euerlasting: graunt me vnderstanding, and I shall liue.
Your testimonies [are] an everlasting righteousness: instruct me, and I shall live.
145 KOPH. I haue cried with my whole heart: heare me, O Lord, and I will keepe thy statutes.
I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord: I will search out your ordinances.
146 I called vpon thee: saue mee, and I will keepe thy testimonies.
I cried to you; save me, and I will keep your testimonies.
147 I preuented the morning light, and cried: for I waited on thy word.
I arose before the dawn, and cried: I hoped in your words.
148 Mine eyes preuent the night watches to meditate in thy word.
Mine eyes prevented the dawn, that I might meditate on your oracles.
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 mercy; quicken me according to your judgment.
150 They drawe neere, that follow after malice, and are farre from thy Lawe.
They have drawn near who persecuted me unlawfully; and they are far removed from your law.
151 Thou art neere, O Lord: for all thy commandements are true.
You are near, O Lord; and all your ways are truth.
152 I haue knowen long since by thy testimonies, that thou hast established them for euer.
I have known of old concerning your testimonies, that you have founded them for ever.
153 RESH. Beholde mine affliction, and deliuer mee: for I haue not forgotten thy Lawe.
Look upon mine affliction, and rescue me; for I have not forgotten your law.
154 Pleade my cause, and deliuer me: quicken me according vnto thy word.
Plead my cause, and ransom me: quicken me because of your word.
155 Saluation is farre from the wicked, because they seeke not thy statutes.
Salvation is far from sinners: for they have not searched out your ordinances.
156 Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to thy iudgements.
Your mercies, O Lord, are many: quicken me according to your judgment.
157 My persecutours and mine oppressours are many: yet doe I not swarue from thy testimonies.
Many are they that persecute me and oppress me: [but] I have not declined from your testimonies.
158 I saw the transgressours and was grieued, because they kept not thy worde.
I saw men acting foolishly, and I pined away; for they kept not your oracles.
159 Consider, O Lord, how I loue thy preceptes: quicken mee according to thy louing kindenesse.
Behold, I have loved your commandments, O Lord: quicken me in your mercy.
160 The beginning of thy worde is trueth, and all the iudgements of thy righteousnesse endure for euer.
The beginning of your words is truth; and all the judgments of your righteousness [endure] for ever.
161 SCHIN. Princes haue persecuted mee without cause, but mine heart stood in awe of thy wordes.
Princes persecuted me without a cause, but my heart feared because of your words.
162 I reioyce at thy worde, as one that findeth a great spoyle.
I will exult because of your oracles, as one that finds much spoil.
163 I hate falshoode and abhorre it, but thy Lawe doe I loue.
I hate and abhor unrighteousness; but I love your law.
164 Seuen times a day doe I praise thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.
Seven times in a day have I praised you because of the judgments of your righteousness.
165 They that loue thy Law, shall haue great prosperitie, and they shall haue none hurt.
Great peace have they that love your law: and there is no stumbling block to them.
166 Lord, I haue trusted in thy saluation, and haue done thy commandements.
I waited for your salvation, O Lord, and have loved your commandments.
167 My soule hath kept thy testimonies: for I loue them exceedingly.
My soul has kept your testimonies, and loved them exceedingly.
168 I haue kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my wayes are before thee.
I have kept your commandments and your testimonies; for all my ways are before you, O Lord.
169 TAV. Let my complaint come before thee, O Lord, and giue me vnderstanding, according vnto thy worde.
Let my supplication come near before you, o Lord; instruct me according to your oracle.
170 Let my supplication come before thee, and deliuer me according to thy promise.
Let my petition come in before you, O Lord; deliver me according to your oracle.
171 My lippes shall speake praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
Let my lips utter a hymn, when you shall have taught me your ordinances.
172 My tongue shall intreate of thy word: for all thy commandements are righteous.
Let my tongue utter your oracles; for all your commandments are righteous.
173 Let thine hand helpe me: for I haue chosen thy precepts.
Let your hand be [prompt] to save me; for I have chosen your commandments.
174 I haue longed for thy saluation, O Lord, and thy Lawe is my delite.
I have longed after your salvation, O Lord; and your law is my (meditation)
175 Let my soule liue, and it shall praise thee, and thy iudgements shall helpe me.
My soul shall live, and shall praise you; and your judgments shall help me.
176 I haue gone astraye like a lost sheepe: seeke thy seruant, for I doe not forget thy commandements.
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant; for I have not forgotten your commandments.
