Psalms 119
1 ALEPH. Happy are they whose way is perfect, who walk in the law of the Lord.
Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.
2 Happy are they who keep his testimonies, that seek him with all their heart.
Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.
3 They also commit no injustice; in his ways do they walk.
They do no iniquity; they walk in His ways.
4 Thou thyself hast commanded us thy precepts, that we might keep [them] diligently.
You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.
5 Oh that my ways were firmly directed to observe thy statutes!
Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!
6 Then would I not be made ashamed, while I look at all thy commandments.
Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.
7 I will thank thee with uprightness of heart, when I learn thy righteous ordinances.
I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.
8 Thy statutes will I observe: oh forsake me not too greatly.
I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.
9 BETH. Wherewithal shall a youth keep his way pure? by guarding it according to thy word.
How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.
10 With all my heart have I sought thee: oh let me not wander astray from thy commandments.
With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.
11 In my heart have I treasured up thy saying, in order that I may not sin against thee.
I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
12 Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy statutes.
Blessed are You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
13 With my lips have I related all the ordinances of thy mouth.
With my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth.
14 On the way of thy testimonies have I been glad, as over all wealth.
I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches.
15 On thy precepts will I meditate, and direct my look unto thy paths.
I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways.
16 In thy statutes will I seek my delight: I will not forget thy word.
I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
17 GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant: let me live, that I may observe thy word.
Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word.
18 Open thou my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.
19 A stranger am I on the earth: hide not from me thy commandments.
I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.
20 My soul is broken from longing for thy ordinances at all times.
My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.
21 Thou hast rebuked the accursed proud, who go erringly astray from thy commandments.
You rebuke the arrogant— the cursed who stray from Your commandments.
22 Roll away from me reproach and contempt; for thy testimonies have I kept.
Remove my scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.
23 Although even princes should sit and speak against me, thy servant would still meditate on thy statutes.
Though rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
24 Also thy testimonies are my delight, my counsellors.
Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.
25 DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: revive thou me according to thy word.
My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.
26 My ways do I relate [to thee], and thou answerest me: teach me thy statutes.
I recounted my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes.
27 Cause me to understand the way of thy precepts, that I may meditate on thy wonders.
Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders.
28 My soul droppeth away from grief: sustain me according to thy word.
My soul melts with sorrow; strengthen me according to Your word.
29 The way of falsehood do thou remove from me, and grant me graciously thy law.
Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.
30 The way of truth have I chosen: thy ordinances have I set [before me].
I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.
31 I have adhered unto thy testimonies: O Lord, put me not to shame.
I cling to Your testimonies, O LORD; let me not be put to shame.
32 The way of thy commandments will I run; for thou wilt enlarge my heart.
I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.
33 HE. Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes, and I shall keep it in all its windings.
Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end.
34 Give me understanding, that I may keep thy law, and I will observe it with all [my] heart.
Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
35 Guide me on the path of thy commandments; for therein do I find my delight.
Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.
36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to desire for gain.
Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
37 Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity: on thy way do thou give me life.
Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
38 Fulfill unto thy servant thy promise for those who are devoted to thy fear.
Establish Your word to Your servant, to produce reverence for You.
39 Cause to pass away my disgrace of which I have dread; for thy ordinances are good.
Turn away the disgrace I dread, for Your judgments are good.
40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: through thy righteousness do thou give my life.
How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.
41 VAV. And let thy kindness come unto me, O Lord, thy salvation, according to thy promise.
May Your loving devotion come to me, O LORD, Your salvation, according to Your promise.
42 Then shall I have a word to answer the one that reproacheth me; for I trust in thy word.
Then I can answer him who taunts, for I trust in Your word.
43 And snatch not the word of truth out of my mouth too greatly; for I wait for thy ordinances.
Never take Your word of truth from my mouth, for I hope in Your judgments.
44 So shall I observe thy law continually for ever and ever.
I will always obey Your law, forever and ever.
45 And I will walk in an open space; for thy precepts have I sought.
And I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts.
46 And I will speak 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 I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I love.
I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
48 And so will I lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on thy statutes.
I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.
49 ZAYIN. Remember thy word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to wait.
Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope.
50 This is my comfort in my affliction, that thy promise hath revived me.
This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life.
51 The presumptuous have held me too greatly in derision: yet have I not departed away from thy law.
The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.
52 I remembered thy decrees [which were] from olden times, O Lord, and thus comforted myself.
I remember Your judgments of old, O LORD, and in them I find comfort.
53 Horror seized on me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law.
54 Songs have thy statutes been unto me in the house of my pilgrimage.
Your statutes are songs to me in the house of my pilgrimage.
55 I remembered in the night thy name, O Lord, and observed thy law.
In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.
56 This came to pass unto me, because I had kept thy precepts.
This is my practice, for I obey Your precepts.
57 CHETH. My portion is the Lord, have I said, that I might observe thy words.
The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.
58 I make entreaty before thee with all my heart: be gracious unto me according to thy promise.
I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise.
59 I have thought over my ways, and made my feet return unto thy testimonies.
I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.
60 I hastened, and delayed not to observe thy commandments.
I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.
61 Companies of wicked men have surrounded me; but I have not forgotten thy law.
Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law.
62 At midnights do I constantly rise to give thanks unto thee, because of thy righteous decrees.
At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments.
63 An associate am I unto all that fear thee, and unto those that keep thy precepts.
I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.
64 Of thy kindness, O Lord, is the earth full: teach me thy statutes.
The earth is filled with Your loving devotion, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
65 TETH. Thou hast shown goodness on thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word.
You are good to Your servant, O LORD, according to Your word.
66 The best of discernment and knowledge do thou teach me; for in thy commandments do I believe.
Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.
67 Before I was afflicted I was in error; but now I observe thy saying.
Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.
68 Thou art good, and doing good: teach me thy statutes.
You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.
69 The presumptuous have invented falsehoods against me; but I will with all my heart indeed keep thy precepts.
Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.
70 Gross as fat is their heart; but I take truly delight in thy law.
Their hearts are hard and callous, but I delight in Your law.
71 It is well for me that I have been afflicted, in order that I might learn thy statutes.
It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
72 Better is unto me the law of thy mouth than thousands of gold and silver.
The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
73 YOD. Thy hands have made me and established me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
74 Those that fear thee will see me and be rejoiced; because I have waited for thy word.
May those who fear You see me and rejoice, for I have hoped in Your word.
75 I know, O Lord, that thy decrees are righteous, and that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
76 Let, I pray thee, thy kindness come to comfort me, according to thy promise unto thy servant.
May Your loving devotion comfort me, I pray, according to Your promise to Your servant.
77 Let thy mercies come unto me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight.
May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.
78 Let the presumptuous be made ashamed; because they have without a cause dealt perversely with me; but I will indeed meditate on thy precepts.
May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.
79 Let those that fear thee return unto me, and those that know thy testimonies.
May those who fear You turn to me, those who know Your testimonies.
80 Let my heart be entire in thy statutes, in order that I may not be put to shame.
May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.
81 CAPH. My soul ardently desireth for thy salvation: for thy word do I wait.
My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
82 My eyes look eagerly 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 become like a bottle in the smoke: [yet] do I not forget thy statutes.
Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
84 How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute justice on my persecutors?
How many days must Your servant wait? When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?
85 The presumptuous have dug pits for me, which is not in accordance with thy law.
The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.
86 All thy commandments are founded on truth: without cause they persecute me; help thou me.
All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!
87 But little was wanting that they had consumed me upon earth; but I have truly not forsaken thy precepts.
They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts.
88 According to thy kindness give me life, that I may observe the testimony of thy mouth.
Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth.
89 LAMED. To eternity, O Lord, standeth firm thy word with the heavens.
Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.
90 Unto all generations endureth thy faithfulness: thou hast established the earth, and she standeth.
Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.
91 According to thy ordinances they exist this day: for all are thy servants.
Your ordinances stand to this day, for all things are servants to You.
92 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should long since have been lost in my affliction.
If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
93 Never will I forget thy precepts; for with them thou hast kept me alive.
I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.
94 Thine am I, save me; for thy precepts have I sought.
I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
95 Wicked men have waited for me to destroy me; [but] I will reflect on thy testimonies.
The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.
96 Of all perfection have I seen the end; [but] thy commandment is exceedingly extended.
I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.
97 MEM. Oh how do I love thy law! all the day is it my (meditation)
Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my (meditation)
98 Wiser than my enemy doth thy commandment make me; for it is perpetually with me.
Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.
99 Above all my teachers have I obtained intelligence; for thy testimonies are my (meditation)
I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my (meditation)
100 More than the elders do I possess understanding; because thy precepts do I keep.
I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.
101 From every evil path have I withholden my feet, in order that I might observe thy word.
I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.
102 From thy ordinances have I not departed; for thou hast instructed me.
I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me.
103 How much sweeter are to my palate thy sayings than honey to my mouth!
How sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in my mouth!
104 Through thy precepts shall I obtain understanding: therefore do I hate every path of falsehood.
I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.
105 NUN. A lamp unto my feet is thy word, and a light unto my path.
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, to observe thy righteous ordinances.
I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
107 I am afflicted exceedingly much: O Lord, revive me, according to thy word.
I am severely afflicted, O LORD; revive me through Your word.
108 Receive in favor the freewill-offerings of my mouth, I beseech thee, O Lord, and teach me thy ordinances.
Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me Your judgments.
109 My life is in my hand continually: yet thy law do I not forget.
I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet have I not erred from thy precepts.
The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.
111 I have taken thy testimonies as a heritage to eternity; for they are the joy of my heart.
Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes always, in all their ways.
I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, even to the very end.
113 SAMECH. Those of divided thoughts I hate; but thy law do I love.
The double-minded I despise, but Your law I love.
114 My shelter and my shield art thou: for thy word do I wait.
You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.
115 Depart from me, ye evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of God.
Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
116 Uphold me according to thy promise, that I may live, and let me not be made ashamed of my hope.
Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117 Support me that I may be placed in safety, and I will direct my regard unto thy statutes continually.
Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes.
118 Thou hast trodden down all that erringly stray from thy statutes; for falsehood is their deceit.
You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.
119 Like dross dost thou put away all the wicked of the earth: therefore do I love thy testimonies.
All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.
120 My flesh trembleth shudderingly from dread of thee, and of thy decrees am I afraid.
My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
121 'AYIN. I have executed justice and righteousness: leave me not to those who oppress me.
I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 Protect thy servant for good: let not the presumptuous oppress me.
Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
123 My eyes look eagerly for thy salvation, and for thy righteous promise.
My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.
124 Deal with thy servant according to thy kindness, and thy statutes do thou teach me.
Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion, and teach me Your statutes.
125 I am thy servant: give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.
126 It is time to act for the Lord: they have broken thy law.
It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.
127 Therefore do I love thy commandments more than gold, and more than fine gold.
Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
128 Therefore do I esteem all thy precepts in all things as right: every path of falsehood do I hate.
Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.
129 PE. Wonderful are thy testimonies: therefore doth my soul keep them.
Wonderful are Your testimonies; therefore I obey them.
130 The opening of thy words giveth light, it giveth understanding unto the simple.
The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.
131 I opened my mouth, and panted for breath; because for thy commandments did I long.
I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.
132 Turn thou unto me, and be gracious unto me, as is thy wont unto those that love thy name.
Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name.
133 My steps establish thou through thy promise, and suffer not any wrong to have dominion over me.
Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
134 Deliver me from the oppression of man, and I will observe thy precepts.
Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts.
135 Let thy face shine upon thy servant, and teach me thy statutes.
Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.
136 Streams of water have run down my eyes; because they had not observed thy law.
My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
137 TZADDE. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy decrees.
Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.
138 Thou hast commanded thy testimonies, as righteous and faithful exceedingly.
The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful.
139 My zeal destroyeth me; because my assailants have forgotten thy words.
My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.
140 Thy promise is greatly refined, and thy servant loveth it.
Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.
141 I am little and despised: yet thy precepts have I not forgotten.
I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.
142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.
143 Distress and trouble have overtaken me: [yet] are thy commandments my delights.
Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.
144 Righteous are thy testimonies for everlasting: give me understanding, that I may live.
Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
145 KOPH. I have called with all my heart: answer me, O Lord: thy statutes will I keep.
I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes.
146 I have called on thee, save me, and I will observe thy testimonies.
I call to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies.
147 I come before thee in the dawn of morning, and cry: for thy word do I wait.
I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
148 My eyes are awake before the night-watches, that I may meditate in thy saying.
My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word.
149 Hear my voice according to thy kindness: O Lord, according to thy decree do thou grant me life.
Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion; give me life according to Your justice.
150 They that pursue mischievous devices draw nigh: from thy law are they far.
Those who follow after wickedness draw near; they are far from Your law.
151 Near art thou, O Lord; and all thy commandments are the truth.
You are near, O LORD, and all Your commandments are true.
152 Of old already I knew of thy testimonies; because for eternity hast thou founded them.
Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You have established them forever.
153 RESH. Look on my affliction, and release me; for thy law have I not forgotten.
Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law.
154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: according to thy promise do thou revive me.
Defend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word.
155 Far from the wicked is salvation; because thy statutes have they not sought for.
Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes.
156 Thy mercies are abundant, O Lord; according to thy decrees do thou revive me.
Great are Your mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your ordinances.
157 Many are my persecutors and my assailants: yet from thy testimonies do I not turn away.
Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.
158 I beheld the treacherous, and felt disgust; because they observed not thy saying.
I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.
159 Behold that I love thy precepts: O Lord, according to thy kindness do thou revive me.
Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.
160 The summit of thy word is truth: and the whole of thy righteous judgment endureth for ever.
The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.
161 SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but of thy word standeth my heart in dread.
Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.
162 I am rejoiced over thy promise, as one that findeth great spoil.
I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil.
163 Falsehood I hate and abhor: but thy law do I love.
I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.
164 Seven times in the day do I praise thee because of thy righteous decrees.
Seven times a day I praise You for Your righteous judgments.
165 Abundant peace have they who love thy law; and thee is nothing that causeth them to stumble.
Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your instruction; nothing can make them stumble.
166 I have hoped for thy salvation, O Lord, and thy commandments have I fulfilled.
I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, and I carry out Your commandments.
167 My soul hath observed thy testimonies, and I love them exceedingly.
I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly.
168 I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; because all my ways are before thee.
I obey Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You.
169 TAV. Let my entreaty come near before thee, O Lord: according to thy word grant me understanding.
May my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.
170 Let my supplication come before thee: according to thy promise do thou deliver me.
May my plea come before You; rescue me according to Your promise.
171 My lips shall utter praise; because thou wilt teach me thy statutes.
My lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes.
172 My tongue shall speak loudly of thy promise; for all thy commandments are righteous.
My tongue sings of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.
173 Let thy hand be [ready] to help me; for thy precepts have I chosen.
May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.
174 I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my delights.
I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.
175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee: and let thy decrees help me.
Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me.
176 I have gone erringly astray like a lost sheep: seek thy servant; for thy commandments have I not forgotten.
I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
