Psalms 119
1 Alleluia. Blessed are the blameless in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
[ALEPH] O the blessedness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the Law of YHWH,
2 Blessed are they that search out his testimonies: they will diligently seek him with the whole heart.
O the blessedness of those keeping His testimonies, They seek Him with the whole heart.
3 For they that work iniquity have not walked in his ways.
Indeed, they have not done iniquity, They have walked in His ways.
4 You have commanded [us] diligently to keep your precepts.
You have commanded us to diligently keep Your precepts,
5 O that my ways were directed to keep your ordinances.
O that my ways were prepared to keep Your statutes,
6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to all your commandments.
Then I am not ashamed In my looking to all Your commands.
7 I will give you thanks with uprightness of heart, when I have learned the judgments of your righteousness.
I confess You with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Your righteousness.
8 I will keep your ordinances: O forsake me not greatly.
I keep Your statutes, do not utterly leave me!
9 Wherewith shall a young man direct his way? by keeping your words.
[BETH] With what does a young man purify his path? To observe—according to Your word.
10 With my whole heart have I diligently sought you: cast me not away from your commandments.
I have sought You with all my heart, Do not let me err from Your commands.
11 I have hidden your oracles in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
I have hid Your saying in my heart, That I do not sin before You.
12 Blessed are you, O Lord: teach me your ordinances.
Blessed [are] You, O YHWH, teach me Your statutes.
13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of your mouth.
With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Your mouth.
14 I have delighted in the way of your testimonies, [as much] as in all riches.
I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As over all wealth.
15 I will meditate on your commandments, and consider your ways.
I meditate on Your precepts, And I attentively behold Your paths.
16 I will meditate on your ordinances: I will not forget your words.
I delight myself in Your statutes, I do not forget Your word.
17 Render a recompense to your servant: [so] shall I live, and keep your words.
[GIMEL] Confer benefits on Your servant, I live, and I keep Your word.
18 Unveil you mine eyes, and I shall perceive wondrous things of your law.
Uncover my eyes, and I behold wonders out of Your law.
19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not your commandments from me.
I [am] a sojourner on earth, Do not hide Your commands from me.
20 My soul has longed exceedingly for your judgments at all times.
My soul has broken for desire To Your judgments at all times.
21 You have rebuked the proud: cursed are they that turn aside from your commandments.
You have rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Your commands.
22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have sought out your testimonies.
Remove reproach and contempt from me, For I have kept Your testimonies.
23 For princes sat and spoke against me: but your servant was meditating on your ordinances.
Princes also sat—they spoke against me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes,
24 For your testimonies are my (meditation) and your ordinances are my counselors.
Your testimonies [are] also my delight, The men of my counsel!
25 My soul has cleaved to the ground; quicken you me according to your word.
[DALETH] My soul has cleaved to the dust, Quicken me according to Your word.
26 I declared my ways, and you did hear me: teach me your ordinances.
I have recounted my ways, And You answer me, teach me Your statutes,
27 Instruct me in the way of your ordinances; and I will meditate on your wondrous works.
Cause me to understand the way of Your precepts, And I meditate on Your wonders.
28 My soul has slumbered for sorrow; strengthen you me with your words.
My soul has dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Your word.
29 Remove from me the way of iniquity; and be merciful to me by your law.
Turn aside the way of falsehood from me And favor me with Your law.
30 I have chosen the way of truth; and have not forgotten your judgments.
I have chosen the way of faithfulness, I have compared Your judgments,
31 I have cleaved to your testimonies, O Lord; put me not to shame.
I have adhered to Your testimonies, O YHWH, do not put me to shame.
32 I ran the way of your commandments, when you did enlarge my heart.
I run the way of Your commands, For You enlarge my heart!
33 Teach me, O Lord, the way of your ordinances, and I will seek it out continually.
[HE] Show me, O YHWH, the way of Your statutes, And I keep it—[to] the end.
34 Instruct me, and I will search out your law, and will keep it with my whole heart.
Cause me to understand, and I keep Your law, And observe it with the whole heart.
35 Guide me in the path of your commandments; for I have delighted in it.
Cause me to tread in the path of Your commands, For I have delighted in it.
36 Incline mine heart to your testimonies, and not to covetousness.
Incline my heart to Your testimonies, And not to dishonest gain.
37 Turn away mine eyes that I may not behold vanity: quicken you me in your way.
Remove my eyes from seeing vanity, Quicken me in Your way.
38 Confirm your oracle to your servant, that he may fear you.
Establish Your saying to Your servant, That [is] concerning Your fear.
39 Take away my reproach which I have feared: for your judgments are good.
Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Your judgments [are] good.
40 Behold, I have desired your commandments: quicken me in your righteousness.
Behold, I have longed for Your precepts, Quicken me in Your righteousness,
41 And let your mercy come upon me, O Lord; [even] your salvation, according to your word.
[WAW] And Your kindness meets me, O YHWH, Your salvation according to Your saying.
42 And [so] I shall render an answer to them that reproach me: for I have trusted in your words.
And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For I have trusted in Your word.
43 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.
And You do not utterly take away The word of truth from my mouth, Because I have hoped for Your judgment.
And I keep Your law continually, For all time and forever.
45 I walked also at large: for I sought out your commandments.
And I habitually walk in a broad place, For I have sought Your precepts.
46 And I spoke of your testimonies before kings, and was not ashamed.
And I speak of Your testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed.
47 And I meditated on your commandments, which I loved exceedingly.
And I delight myself in Your commands, That I have loved,
48 And I lifted up my hands to your commandments which I loved; and I meditated in your ordinances.
And I lift up my hands to Your commands, That I have loved, And I meditate on Your statutes!
49 Remember your words to your servant, wherein you have made me hope.
[ZAYIN] Remember the word to Your servant, On which You have caused me to hope.
50 This has comforted me in mine affliction: for your oracle has quickened me.
This [is] my comfort in my affliction, That Your saying has quickened me.
51 The proud have transgressed exceedingly; but I swerved not from your law.
The proud have utterly scorned me, I have not turned aside from Your law.
52 I remembered your judgments of old, O Lord; and was comforted.
I remembered Your judgments of old, O YHWH, And I comfort myself.
53 Despair took hold upon me, because of the sinners who forsake your law.
Horror has seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Your law.
54 Your ordinances were my songs in the place of my sojourning.
Your statutes have been songs to me, In the house of my sojournings.
55 I remembered your name, O Lord, in the night, and kept your law.
I have remembered Your Name in the night, O YHWH, And I keep Your law.
56 This I had, because I diligently sought your ordinances.
This has been to me, That I have kept Your precepts!
57 You are my portion, O Lord: I said that I would keep your law.
[HETH] YHWH [is] my portion; I have said I would keep Your words,
58 I implored your favor with my whole heart: have mercy upon me according to your word.
I appeased Your face with the whole heart, Favor me according to Your saying.
59 I thought on your ways, and turned my feet to your testimonies.
I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet to Your testimonies.
60 I prepared myself, (and was not terrified, ) to keep your commandments.
I have made haste, And did not delay, to keep Your commands.
61 The snares of sinners entangled me: but I forgot not your law.
Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, I have not forgotten Your law.
62 At midnight I arose, to give thanks to you for the judgments of your righteousness.
At midnight I rise to give thanks to You, For the judgments of Your righteousness.
63 I am a companion of all them that fear you, and of them that keep your commandments.
I [am] a companion to all who fear You, And to those keeping Your precepts.
64 O Lord, the earth is full of your mercy: teach me your ordinances.
Of Your kindness, O YHWH, the earth is full, Teach me Your statutes!
65 You have wrought kindly with your servant, o Lord, according to your word.
[TETH] You did good with Your servant, O YHWH, According to Your word.
66 Teach me kindness, and instruction, and knowledge: for I have believed your commandments.
Teach me the goodness of reason and knowledge, For I have believed in Your commands.
67 Before I was afflicted, I transgressed; therefore have I kept your word.
Before I am afflicted, I am erring, And now I have kept Your saying.
68 Good are you, O Lord; therefore in your goodness teach me your ordinances.
You [are] good, and doing good, Teach me Your statutes.
69 The injustice of the proud has been multiplied against me: but I will search out your commandments with all my heart.
The proud have forged falsehood against me, I keep Your precepts with the whole heart.
70 Their heart has been curdled like milk; but I have meditated on your law.
Their heart has been thick as fat, I have delighted in Your law.
71 [It is] good for me that you have afflicted me; that I might learn your ordinances.
[It is] good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Your statutes.
72 The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver.
The Law of Your mouth [is] better to me Than thousands of gold and silver!
73 Your hands have made me, and fashioned me: instruct me, that I may learn your commandments.
[YOD] Your hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Your commands.
74 They that fear you will see me and rejoice: for I have hoped in your words.
Those fearing You see me and rejoice, Because I have hoped for Your word.
75 I know, O Lord, that your judgments are righteousness, and [that] you in truthfulness have afflicted me.
I have known, O YHWH, That Your judgments [are] righteous, And [in] faithfulness You have afflicted me.
76 Let, I pray you, your mercy be to comfort me, according to your word to your servant.
Please let Your kindness be to comfort me, According to Your saying to Your servant.
77 Let your compassions come to me, that I may live: for your law is my (meditation)
Your mercies meet me, and I live, For Your law [is] my delight.
78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they transgressed against me unjustly: but I will meditate in your commandments.
The proud are ashamed, For [with] falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate on Your precepts.
79 Let those that fear you, and those that know your testimonies, turn to me.
Those fearing You turn back to me, And those knowing Your testimonies.
80 Let mine heart be blameless in your ordinances, that I may not be ashamed.
My heart is perfect in Your statutes, So that I am not ashamed.
81 My soul faints for your salvation: I have hoped in your words.
[KAPH] My soul has been consumed for Your salvation, I have hoped for Your word.
82 Mine eyes failed [in waiting] for your word, saying, When will you comfort me?
My eyes have been consumed for Your word, Saying, “When does it comfort me?”
83 For I am become as a bottle in the frost: [yet] I have not forgotten your ordinances.
For I have been as a bottle in smoke, I have not forgotten Your statutes.
84 How many are the days of your servant? when will you execute judgment for me on them that persecute me?
How many [are] the days of Your servant? When do You execute judgment Against my pursuers?
85 Transgressors told me [idle tales]; but not according to your law, O Lord.
The proud have dug pits for me, That [are] not according to Your law.
86 All your commandments are truth; they persecuted me unjustly; help you me.
All Your commands [are] faithfulness, They have pursued me [with] falsehood, Help me.
87 They nearly made an end of me in the earth; but I forsook not your commandments.
They have almost consumed me on earth, And I have not forsaken Your precepts.
88 Quicken me according to your mercy; so shall I keep the testimonies of your mouth.
Quicken me according to Your kindness, And I keep the Testimony of Your mouth!
89 Your word, O Lord, abides in heaven for ever.
[LAMED] For all time, O YHWH, Your word is set up in the heavens.
90 Your truth [endures] to all generations; you have founded the earth, and it abides.
Your faithfulness from generation to generation, You established earth, and it stands.
91 The day continues by your arrangement; for all things are your servants.
According to Your ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole—Your servants.
92 Were it not that your law is my (meditation) then I should have perished in mine affliction.
Unless Your law [were] my delights, Then had I perished in my affliction.
93 I will never forget your ordinances; for with them you have quickened me.
I do not forget Your precepts for all time, For You have quickened me by them.
94 I am your, save me; for I have sought out your ordinances.
I [am] Yours, save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
95 Sinners laid wait for me to destroy me; [but] I understood your testimonies.
Your wicked waited for me to destroy me, I understand Your testimonies.
96 have seen an end of all perfection; [but] your commandment is very broad.
I have seen an end of all perfection, Your command [is] exceedingly broad!
97 How I have loved your law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day.
[MEM] O how I have loved Your law! It [is] my meditation all the day.
98 You have made me wiser than mine enemies [in] your commandment; for it is mine for ever.
Your command makes me wiser than my enemies, For it [is] before me for all time.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers; for your testimonies are my medication.
I have acted wisely above all my teachers. For Your testimonies [are] my (meditation)
100 I understand more that the aged; because I have sought out your commandments.
Above elderly—I understand more, For I have kept Your precepts.
101 I have kept back my feet from every evil way, that I might keep your words.
I restrained my feet from every evil path, So that I keep Your word.
102 I have not declined from your judgments; for you have instructed me.
I did not turn aside from Your judgments, For You have directed me.
103 How sweet are your oracles to my throat! more so than honey to my mouth!
How sweet Your saying has been to my palate, Above honey to my mouth.
104 I gain understanding by your commandments: therefore I have hated every way of unrighteousness.
I have understanding from Your precepts, Therefore I have hated every false path!
105 Your law is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths.
[NUN] Your word [is] a lamp to my foot, And a light to my path.
106 I have sworn and determined to keep the judgments of your righteousness.
I have sworn, and I confirm, To keep the judgments of Your righteousness.
107 I have been very greatly afflicted, O Lord: quicken me, according to your word.
I have been afflicted very much, O YHWH, quicken me, according to Your word.
108 Accept, I pray you, O Lord, the free will offerings of my mouth, and teach me your judgments.
Please accept [the] free-will offerings of my mouth, O YHWH, And teach me Your judgments.
109 My soul is continually in your hands; and I have not forgotten your law.
My soul [is] in my hand continually, And I have not forgotten Your law.
110 Sinners spread a snare for me; but I erred not from your commandments.
The wicked have laid a snare for me, And I did not wander from your precepts.
111 I have inherited your testimonies for ever; for they are the joy of my heart.
I have inherited Your testimonies for all time, For they [are] the joy of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to perform your ordinances for ever, in return [for your mercies].
I have inclined my heart To do Your statutes, for all time—[to] the end!
113 I have hated transgressors; but I have loved your law.
[SAMEKH] I have hated doubting ones, And I have loved Your law.
114 You are my helper and my supporter; I have hoped in your words.
You [are] my hiding place and my shield, I have hoped for Your word.
115 Depart from me, you evil-doers; for I will search out the commandments of my God.
Turn aside from me, you evildoers, And I keep the commands of my God.
116 Uphold me according to your word, and quicken me; and make me not ashamed of my expectation.
Sustain me according to Your saying, And I live, and You do not put me to shame because of my hope.
117 Help me, and I shall be saved; and I will meditate in your ordinances continually.
Support me, and I am saved, And I look on Your statutes continually.
118 You have brought to nothing all that depart from your ordinances; for their inward thought is unrighteous.
You have trodden down All going astray from Your statutes, For their deceit [is] falsehood.
119 I have reckoned all the sinners of the earth as transgressors; therefore have I loved your testimonies.
Dross! You have caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Your testimonies.
120 Penetrate my flesh with your fear; for I am afraid of your judgments.
My flesh has trembled from Your fear, And I have been afraid from Your judgments!
121 I have done judgment and justice; deliver me not up to them that injure me.
[AYIN] I have done judgment and righteousness, Do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 Receive your servant for good: let not the proud accuse me falsely.
Make Your servant sure for good, Do not let the proud oppress me.
123 Mine eyes have failed for your salvation, and for the word of your righteousness.
My eyes have been consumed for Your salvation. And for the saying of Your righteousness.
124 Deal with your servant according to your mercy, and teach me your ordinances.
Do with Your servant according to Your kindness. And teach me Your statutes.
125 I am your servant; instruct me, and I shall know your testimonies.
I [am] Your servant—cause me to understand, And I know Your testimonies.
126 [It is] time for the Lord to work: they have utterly broken your law.
Time for YHWH to work! They have made Your law void.
127 Therefore have I loved your commandments more than gold, or the topaz.
Therefore I have loved Your commands Above gold—even fine gold.
128 Therefore I directed myself [according] to all your commandments: I have hated every unjust way.
Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, I have hated every path of falsehood!
129 Your testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul has sought them out.
[PE] Your testimonies [are] wonderful, Therefore my soul has kept them.
130 The manifestation of your words will enlighten, and instruct the simple.
The opening of Your words enlightens, Instructing the simple.
131 I opened my mouth, and drew breath: for I earnestly longed after your commandments.
I have opened my mouth, indeed, I pant, For I have longed for Your commands.
132 Look upon me and have mercy upon me, after the manner of them that love your name.
Look to me, and favor me, As customary to those loving Your Name.
133 Order my steps according to your word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Establish my steps by Your saying, And any iniquity does not rule over me.
134 Deliver me from the false accusation of men: so will I keep your commandments.
Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Your precepts,
135 Cause your face to shine upon your servant: and teach me your ordinances.
Cause Your face to shine on Your servant, And teach me Your statutes.
136 Mine eyes have been bathed in streams of water, because I kept not your law.
Streams of waters have come down my eyes, Because they have not kept Your law!
137 Righteous are you, O Lord, and upright are your judgments.
[TSADE] You [are] righteous, O YHWH, And Your judgments [are] upright.
138 You has commanded righteousness and perfect truth, [as] your testimonies.
You have appointed Your testimonies, Righteous and exceedingly faithful,
139 Your zeal has quite wasted me: because mine enemies have forgotten your words.
My zeal has cut me off, For my adversaries forgot Your words.
140 Your word [has been] very fully tried; and your servant loves it.
Your saying [is] tried exceedingly, And Your servant has loved it.
141 I am young and despised: [yet] I have not forgotten your ordinances.
I [am] small, and despised, I have not forgotten Your precepts.
142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your law is truth.
Your righteousness [is] righteousness for all time, And Your law [is] truth.
143 Afflictions and distresses found me: [but] your commandments [were] my (meditation)
Adversity and distress have found me, Your commands [are] my delights.
144 Your testimonies [are] an everlasting righteousness: instruct me, and I shall live.
The righteousness of Your testimonies [Is] to cause me to understand, and I live!
145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord: I will search out your ordinances.
[QOF] I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O YHWH, I keep Your statutes,
146 I cried to you; save me, and I will keep your testimonies.
I have called You, save me, And I keep Your testimonies.
147 I arose before the dawn, and cried: I hoped in your words.
I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, I have hoped for Your word.
148 Mine eyes prevented the dawn, that I might meditate on your oracles.
My eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate on Your saying.
149 Hear my voice, O Lord, according to your mercy; quicken me according to your judgment.
Hear my voice, according to Your kindness, YHWH, quicken me according to Your judgment.
150 They have drawn near who persecuted me unlawfully; and they are far removed from your law.
My wicked pursuers have been near, They have been far off from Your law.
151 You are near, O Lord; and all your ways are truth.
You [are] near, O YHWH, And all Your commands [are] truth.
152 I have known of old concerning your testimonies, that you have founded them for ever.
I have known Your testimonies of old, That You have founded them for all time!
153 Look upon mine affliction, and rescue me; for I have not forgotten your law.
[RESH] See my affliction, and deliver me, For I have not forgotten Your law.
154 Plead my cause, and ransom me: quicken me because of your word.
Plead my plea, and redeem me, Quicken me according to Your saying.
155 Salvation is far from sinners: for they have not searched out your ordinances.
Salvation [is] far from the wicked, For they have not sought Your statutes.
156 Your mercies, O Lord, are many: quicken me according to your judgment.
Your mercies [are] many, O YHWH, Quicken me according to Your judgments.
157 Many are they that persecute me and oppress me: [but] I have not declined from your testimonies.
My pursuers and adversaries are many, I have not turned aside from Your testimonies.
158 I saw men acting foolishly, and I pined away; for they kept not your oracles.
I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because they have not kept Your saying.
159 Behold, I have loved your commandments, O Lord: quicken me in your mercy.
See, for I have loved Your precepts, YHWH, quicken me according to Your kindness.
160 The beginning of your words is truth; and all the judgments of your righteousness [endure] for ever.
The sum of Your word [is] truth, And every judgment of Your righteousness [is] for all time!
161 Princes persecuted me without a cause, but my heart feared because of your words.
[SHIN] Princes have pursued me without cause, And my heart was afraid because of Your words.
162 I will exult because of your oracles, as one that finds much spoil.
I rejoice concerning Your saying, As one finding abundant spoil.
163 I hate and abhor unrighteousness; but I love your law.
I have hated falsehood, indeed I detest [it], I have loved Your law.
164 Seven times in a day have I praised you because of the judgments of your righteousness.
Seven [times] in a day I have praised You, Because of the judgments of Your righteousness.
165 Great peace have they that love your law: and there is no stumbling block to them.
Those loving Your law have abundant peace, And they have no stumbling-block.
166 I waited for your salvation, O Lord, and have loved your commandments.
I have waited for Your salvation, O YHWH, And I have done Your commands.
167 My soul has kept your testimonies, and loved them exceedingly.
My soul has kept Your testimonies, And I love them exceedingly.
168 I have kept your commandments and your testimonies; for all my ways are before you, O Lord.
I have kept Your precepts and Your testimonies, For all my ways are before You!
169 Let my supplication come near before you, o Lord; instruct me according to your oracle.
[TAW] My loud cry comes near before You, O YHWH; Cause me to understand according to Your word.
170 Let my petition come in before you, O Lord; deliver me according to your oracle.
My supplication comes in before You, Deliver me according to Your saying.
171 Let my lips utter a hymn, when you shall have taught me your ordinances.
My lips utter praise, For You teach me Your statutes.
172 Let my tongue utter your oracles; for all your commandments are righteous.
My tongue sings of Your saying, For all Your commands [are] righteous.
173 Let your hand be [prompt] to save me; for I have chosen your commandments.
Your hand is for a help to me, For I have chosen Your commands.
174 I have longed after your salvation, O Lord; and your law is my (meditation)
I have longed for Your salvation, O YHWH, And Your law [is] my delight.
175 My soul shall live, and shall praise you; and your judgments shall help me.
My soul lives, and it praises You, And Your judgments help me.
176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant; for I have not forgotten your commandments.
I wandered as a lost sheep, [so] seek Your servant, For I have not forgotten Your precepts!
