< Psalms 119 >

1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
[Aleph.] O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah,
2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
O the happiness of those keeping His testimonies, With the whole heart they seek Him.
3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
Yea, they have not done iniquity, In His ways they have walked.
4 You have commanded us to keep your precepts diligently.
Thou hast commanded us Thy precepts to keep diligently,
5 O that my ways were directed to keep your statutes!
O that my ways were prepared to keep Thy statutes,
6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all your commandments.
Then I am not ashamed In my looking unto all Thy commands.
7 I will praise you with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned your righteous judgments.
I confess Thee with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Thy righteousness.
8 I will keep your statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
Thy statutes I keep, leave me not utterly!
9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to your word.
[Beth.] With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe — according to Thy word.
10 With my whole heart have I sought you: O let me not wander from your commandments.
With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands.
11 Your word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against you.
In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.
12 Blessed are you, O LORD: teach me your statutes.
Blessed [art] Thou, O Jehovah, teach me Thy statutes.
13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of your mouth.
With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Thy mouth.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.
In the way of Thy testimonies I have joyed, As over all wealth.
15 I will meditate in your precepts, and have respect unto your ways.
In Thy precepts I meditate, And I behold attentively Thy paths.
16 I will delight myself in your statutes: I will not forget your word.
In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word.
17 Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live, and keep your word.
[Gimel.] Confer benefits on Thy servant, I live, and I keep Thy word.
18 Open you mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.
Uncover mine eyes, and I behold wonders out of Thy law.
19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not your commandments from me.
A sojourner I [am] on earth, Hide not from me Thy commands.
20 My soul breaks for the longing that it has unto your judgments at all times.
Broken hath my soul for desire Unto Thy judgments at all times.
21 You have rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do go astray from your commandments.
Thou hast rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Thy commands.
22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept your testimonies.
Remove from me reproach and contempt, For Thy testimonies I have kept.
23 Princes also did sit and speak against me: but your servant did meditate in your statutes.
Princes also sat — against me they spoke, Thy servant doth meditate in Thy statutes,
24 Your testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
Thy testimonies also [are] my delight, The men of my counsel!
25 My soul cleaves unto the dust: you restore life in me according to your word.
[Daleth.] Cleaved to the dust hath my soul, Quicken me according to Thy word.
26 I have declared my ways, and you heard me: teach me your statutes.
My ways I have recounted, And Thou answerest me, teach me Thy statutes,
27 Make me to understand the way of your precepts: so shall I talk of your wondrous works.
The way of Thy precepts cause me to understand, And I meditate in Thy wonders.
28 My soul melts for heaviness: strengthen you me according unto your word.
My soul hath dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Thy word.
29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me your law graciously.
The way of falsehood turn aside from me And with Thy law favour me.
30 I have chosen the way of truth: your judgments have I laid before me.
The way of faithfulness I have chosen, Thy judgments I have compared,
31 I have stuck unto your testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
I have adhered to Thy testimonies, O Jehovah, put me not to shame.
32 I will run the way of your commandments, when you shall enlarge my heart.
The way of Thy commands I run, For Thou dost enlarge my heart!
33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of your statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
[He.] Show me, O Jehovah, the way of Thy statutes, And I keep it — [to] the end.
34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep your law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Cause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the whole heart.
35 Make me to go in the path of your commandments; for therein do I delight.
Cause me to tread in the path of Thy commands, For in it I have delighted.
36 Incline my heart unto your testimonies, and not to covetousness.
Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, And not unto dishonest gain.
37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and you restore life in me in your way.
Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me.
38 Establish your word unto your servant, who is devoted to your fear.
Establish to Thy servant Thy saying, That [is] concerning Thy fear.
39 Turn away my reproach which I fear: for your judgments are good.
Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Thy judgments [are] good.
40 Behold, I have longed after your precepts: restore life in me in your righteousness.
Lo, I have longed for Thy precepts, In Thy righteousness quicken Thou me,
41 Let your mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even your salvation, according to your word.
[Waw.] And meet me doth Thy kindness, O Jehovah, Thy salvation according to Thy saying.
42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproaches me: for I trust in your word.
And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For I have trusted in Thy word.
43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in your judgments.
And Thou takest not utterly away From my mouth the word of truth, Because for Thy judgment I have hoped.
44 So shall I keep your law continually for ever and ever.
And I keep Thy law continually, To the age and for ever.
45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek your precepts.
And I walk habitually in a broad place, For Thy precepts I have sought.
46 I will speak of your testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
And I speak of Thy testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed.
47 And I will delight myself in your commandments, which I have loved.
And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved,
48 My hands also will I lift up unto your commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in your statutes.
And I lift up my hands unto Thy commands, That I have loved, And I do meditate on Thy statutes!
49 Remember the word unto your servant, upon which you have caused me to hope.
[Zain.] Remember the word to Thy servant, On which Thou hast caused me to hope.
50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for your word has quickened me.
This [is] my comfort in mine affliction, That Thy saying hath quickened me.
51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from your law.
The proud have utterly scorned me, From Thy law I have not turned aside.
52 I remembered your judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
I remembered Thy judgments of old, O Jehovah, And I comfort myself.
53 Horror has taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake your law.
Horror hath seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Thy law.
54 Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
Songs have been to me Thy statutes, In the house of my sojournings.
55 I have remembered your name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept your law.
I have remembered in the night Thy name, O Jehovah, And I do keep Thy law.
56 This I had, because I kept your precepts.
This hath been to me, That Thy precepts I have kept!
57 You are my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep your words.
[Cheth.] My portion [is] Jehovah; I have said — to keep Thy words,
58 I implored your favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to your word.
I appeased Thy face with the whole heart, Favour me according to Thy saying.
59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto your testimonies.
I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies.
60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep your commandments.
I have made haste, And delayed not, to keep Thy commands.
61 The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten your law.
Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, Thy law I have not forgotten.
62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto you because of your righteous judgments.
At midnight I rise to give thanks to Thee, For the judgments of Thy righteousness.
63 I am a companion of all them that fear you, and of them that keep your precepts.
A companion I [am] to all who fear Thee, And to those keeping Thy precepts.
64 The earth, O LORD, is full of your mercy: teach me your statutes.
Of Thy kindness, O Jehovah, the earth is full, Thy statutes teach Thou me!
65 You have dealt well with your servant, O LORD, according unto your word.
[Teth.] Good Thou didst with Thy servant, O Jehovah, According to Thy word.
66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed your commandments.
The goodness of reason and knowledge teach me, For in Thy commands I have believed.
67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept your word.
Before I am afflicted, I — I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept.
68 You are good, and do good; teach me your statutes.
Good Thou [art], and doing good, Teach me Thy statutes.
69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep your precepts with my whole heart.
Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts.
70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in your law.
Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I — in Thy law I have delighted.
71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn your statutes.
Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes.
72 The law of your mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
Better to me [is] the law of Thy mouth Than thousands of gold and silver!
73 Your hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
[Yod.] Thy hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Thy commands.
74 They that fear you will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in your word.
Those fearing Thee see me and rejoice, Because for Thy word I have hoped.
75 I know, O LORD, that your judgments are right, and that you in faithfulness have afflicted me.
I have known, O Jehovah, That righteous [are] Thy judgments, And [in] faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me.
76 Let, I pray you, your merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to your word unto your servant.
Let, I pray Thee, Thy kindness be to comfort me, According to Thy saying to Thy servant.
77 Let your tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for your law is my delight.
Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law [is] my delight.
78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in your precepts.
Ashamed are the proud, For [with] falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate in Thy precepts.
79 Let those that fear you turn unto me, and those that have known your testimonies.
Those fearing Thee turn back to me, And those knowing Thy testimonies.
80 Let my heart be sound in your statutes; that I be not ashamed.
My heart is perfect in Thy statutes, So that I am not ashamed.
81 My soul faints for your salvation: but I hope in your word.
[Kaph.] Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped.
82 Mine eyes fail for your word, saying, When will you comfort me?
Consumed have been mine eyes for Thy word, Saying, 'When doth it comfort me?'
83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget your statutes.
For I have been as a bottle in smoke, Thy statutes I have not forgotten.
84 How many are the days of your servant? when will you execute judgment on them that persecute me?
How many [are] the days of Thy servant? When dost Thou execute Against my pursuers judgment?
85 The proud have dug pits for me, which are not after your law.
The proud have digged for me pits, That [are] not according to Thy law.
86 All your commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help you me.
All Thy commands [are] faithfulness, [With] falsehood they have pursued me, Help Thou me.
87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not your precepts.
Almost consumed me on earth have they, And I — I have not forsaken Thy precepts.
88 Restore life in me after your loving kindness; so shall I keep the testimony of your mouth.
According to Thy kindness quicken Thou me, And I keep the testimony of Thy mouth!
89 For ever, O LORD, your word is settled in heaven.
[Lamed.] To the age, O Jehovah, Thy word is set up in the heavens.
90 Your faithfulness is unto all generations: you have established the earth, and it abides.
To all generations Thy faithfulness, Thou didst establish earth, and it standeth.
91 They continue this day according to your ordinances: for all are your servants.
According to Thine ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole [are] Thy servants.
92 Unless your law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
Unless Thy law [were] my delights, Then had I perished in mine affliction.
93 I will never forget your precepts: for with them you have quickened me.
To the age I forget not Thy precepts, For by them Thou hast quickened me.
94 I am yours, save me: for I have sought your precepts.
I [am] Thine, save Thou me, For Thy precepts I have sought.
95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider your testimonies.
Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand.
96 I have seen an end of all perfection: but your commandment is exceeding broad.
Of all perfection I have seen an end, Broad [is] Thy command — exceedingly!
97 O how I love your law! it is my meditation all the day.
[Mem.] O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it [is] my (meditation)
98 You through your commandments have made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it [is] before me to the age.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for your testimonies are my (meditation)
Above all my teachers I have acted wisely. For Thy testimonies [are] my (meditation)
100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep your precepts.
Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept.
101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep your word.
From every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word.
102 I have not departed from your judgments: for you have taught me.
From Thy judgments I turned not aside, For Thou — Thou hast directed me.
103 How sweet are your words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth.
104 Through your precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
From Thy precepts I have understanding, Therefore I have hated every false path!
105 Your word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
[Nun.] A lamp to my foot [is] Thy word, And a light to my path.
106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep your righteous judgments.
I have sworn, and I confirm [it], To keep the judgments of Thy righteousness.
107 I am afflicted very much: restore life in me, O LORD, according unto your word.
I have been afflicted very much, O Jehovah, quicken me, according to Thy word.
108 Accept, I plead to you, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me your judgments.
Free-will-offerings of my mouth, Accept, I pray Thee, O Jehovah, And Thy judgments teach Thou me.
109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget your law.
My soul [is] in my hand continually, And Thy law I have not forgotten.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from your precepts.
The wicked have laid a snare for me, And from thy precepts I wandered not.
111 Your testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart [are] they.
112 I have inclined mine heart to perform your statutes always, even unto the end.
I have inclined my heart To do Thy statutes, to the age — [to] the end!
113 I hate vain thoughts: but your law do I love.
[Samech.] Doubting ones I have hated, And Thy law I have loved.
114 You are my hiding place and my shield: I hope in your word.
My hiding place and my shield [art] Thou, For Thy word I have hoped.
115 Depart from me, all of you evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
Turn aside from me, ye evil-doers, And I keep the commands of my God.
116 Uphold me according unto your word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Sustain me according to Thy saying, And I live, and Thou puttest me not to shame Because of my hope.
117 Hold you me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto your statutes continually.
Support Thou me, and I am saved, And I look on Thy statutes continually.
118 You have trodden down all them that go astray from your statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
Thou hast trodden down All going astray from Thy statutes, For falsehood [is] their deceit.
119 You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love your testimonies.
Dross! Thou hast caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Thy testimonies.
120 My flesh trembles for fear of you; and I am afraid of your judgments.
Trembled from Thy fear hath my flesh, And from Thy judgments I have been afraid!
121 I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
[Ain.] I have done judgment and righteousness, Leave me not to mine oppressors.
122 Be guarantor for your servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
Make sure Thy servant for good, Let not the proud oppress me.
123 Mine eyes fail for your salvation, and for the word of your righteousness.
Mine eyes have been consumed for Thy salvation. And for the saying of Thy righteousness.
124 Deal with your servant according unto your mercy, and teach me your statutes.
Do with Thy servant according to Thy kindness. And Thy statutes teach Thou me.
125 I am your servant; give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.
Thy servant [am] I — cause me to understand, And I know Thy testimonies.
126 It is time for you, LORD, to work: for they have made void your law.
Time for Jehovah to work! they have made void Thy law.
127 Therefore I love your commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
Therefore I have loved Thy commands Above gold — even fine gold.
128 Therefore I esteem all your precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, Every path of falsehood I have hated!
129 Your testimonies are wonderful: therefore does my soul keep them.
[Pe.] Wonderful [are] Thy testimonies, Therefore hath my soul kept them.
130 The entrance of your words gives light; it gives understanding unto the simple.
The opening of Thy words enlighteneth, Instructing the simple.
131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for your commandments.
My mouth I have opened, yea, I pant, For, for Thy commands I have longed.
132 Look you upon me, and be merciful unto me, as you use to do unto those that love your name.
Look unto me, and favour me, As customary to those loving Thy name.
133 Order my steps in your word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
My steps establish by Thy saying, And any iniquity doth not rule over me.
134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep your precepts.
Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Thy precepts,
135 Make your face to shine upon your servant; and teach me your statutes.
Thy face cause to shine on Thy servant, And teach me Thy statutes.
136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not your law.
Rivulets of waters have come down mine eyes, Because they have not kept Thy law!
137 Righteous are you, O LORD, and upright are your judgments.
[Tzade.] Righteous [art] Thou, O Jehovah, And upright [are] Thy judgments.
138 Your testimonies that you have commanded are righteous and very faithful.
Thou hast appointed Thy testimonies, Righteous and exceeding faithful,
139 My zeal has consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten your words.
Cut me off hath my zeal, For mine adversaries forgot Thy words.
140 Your word is very pure: therefore your servant loves it.
Tried [is] thy saying exceedingly, And Thy servant hath loved it.
141 I am small and despised: yet do not I forget your precepts.
Small I [am], and despised, Thy precepts I have not forgotten.
142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your law is the truth.
Thy righteousness [is] righteousness to the age, And Thy law [is] truth.
143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet your commandments are my delights.
Adversity and distress have found me, Thy commands [are] my delights.
144 The righteousness of your testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
The righteousness of Thy testimonies [is] to Cause me to understand, and I live!
145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep your statutes.
[Koph.] I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O Jehovah, Thy statutes I keep,
146 I cried unto you; save me, and I shall keep your testimonies.
I have called Thee, save Thou me, And I do keep Thy testimonies.
147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in your word.
I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, For Thy word I have hoped.
148 Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in your word.
Mine eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate in Thy saying.
149 Hear my voice according unto your loving kindness: O LORD, restore life in me according to your judgment.
My voice hear, according to Thy kindness, Jehovah, according to Thy judgment quicken me.
150 They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from your law.
Near have been my wicked pursuers, From Thy law they have been far off.
151 You are near, O LORD; and all your commandments are truth.
Near [art] Thou, O Jehovah, And all Thy commands [are] truth.
152 Concerning your testimonies, I have known of old that you have founded them for ever.
Of old I have known Thy testimonies, That to the age Thou hast founded them!
153 Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget your law.
[Resh.] See my affliction, and deliver Thou me, For Thy law I have not forgotten.
154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: restore life in me according to your word.
Plead my plea, and redeem me, According to Thy saying quicken me.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not your statutes.
Far from the wicked [is] salvation, For Thy statutes they have not sought.
156 Great are your tender mercies, O LORD: restore life in me according to your judgments.
Thy mercies [are] many, O Jehovah, According to Thy judgments quicken me.
157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from your testimonies.
Many [are] my pursuers, and adversaries, From Thy testimonies I have not turned aside.
158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not your word.
I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because Thy saying they have not kept.
159 Consider how I love your precepts: restore life in me, O LORD, according to your loving kindness.
See, for thy precepts I have loved, Jehovah, According to Thy kindness quicken me.
160 Your word is true from the beginning: and every one of your righteous judgments endures for ever.
The sum of Thy word [is] truth, And to the age [is] every judgment of Thy righteousness!
161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart stands in awe of your word.
[Shin.] Princes have pursued me without cause, And because of Thy words was my heart afraid.
162 I rejoice at your word, as one that finds great spoil.
I do rejoice concerning Thy saying, As one finding abundant spoil.
163 I hate and detest lying: but your law do I love.
Falsehood I have hated, yea I abominate [it], Thy law I have loved.
164 Seven times a day do I praise you because of your righteous judgments.
Seven [times] in a day I have praised Thee, Because of the judgments of Thy righteousness.
165 Great peace have they which love your law: and nothing shall offend them.
Abundant peace have those loving Thy law, And they have no stumbling-block.
166 LORD, I have hoped for your salvation, and done your commandments.
I have waited for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy commands I have done.
167 My soul has kept your testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
Kept hath my soul Thy testimonies, And I do love them exceedingly.
168 I have kept your precepts and your testimonies: for all my ways are before you.
I have kept Thy precepts and Thy testimonies, For all my ways are before Thee!
169 Let my cry come near before you, O LORD: give me understanding according to your word.
[Taw.] My loud cry cometh near before Thee, O Jehovah; According to Thy word cause me to understand.
170 Let my supplication come before you: deliver me according to your word.
My supplication cometh in before Thee, According to Thy saying deliver Thou me.
171 My lips shall utter praise, when you have taught me your statutes.
My lips do utter praise, For Thou dost teach me Thy statutes.
172 My tongue shall speak of your word: for all your commandments are righteousness.
My tongue doth sing of Thy saying, For all Thy commands [are] righteous.
173 Let your hand help me; for I have chosen your precepts.
Thy hand is for a help to me, For Thy commands I have chosen.
174 I have longed for your salvation, O LORD; and your law is my delight.
I have longed for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy law [is] my delight.
175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise you; and let your judgments help me.
My soul liveth, and it doth praise Thee, And Thy judgments do help me.
176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant; for I do not forget your commandments.
I wandered as a lost sheep, seek Thy servant, For Thy precepts I have not forgotten!

< Psalms 119 >