Psalms 119
1 [ALEPH] O the blessedness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the Law of YHWH,
Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.
2 O the blessedness of those keeping His testimonies, They seek Him with the whole heart.
Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.
3 Indeed, they have not done iniquity, They have walked in His ways.
They do no iniquity; they walk in His ways.
4 You have commanded us to diligently keep Your precepts,
You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.
5 O that my ways were prepared to keep Your statutes,
Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!
6 Then I am not ashamed In my looking to all Your commands.
Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.
7 I confess You with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Your righteousness.
I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.
8 I keep Your statutes, do not utterly leave me!
I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.
9 [BETH] With what does a young man purify his path? To observe—according to Your word.
How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.
10 I have sought You with all my heart, Do not let me err from Your commands.
With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.
11 I have hid Your saying in my heart, That I do not sin before You.
I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
12 Blessed [are] You, O YHWH, teach me Your statutes.
Blessed are You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
13 With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Your mouth.
With my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As over all wealth.
I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches.
15 I meditate on Your precepts, And I attentively behold Your paths.
I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways.
16 I delight myself in Your statutes, I do not forget Your word.
I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
17 [GIMEL] Confer benefits on Your servant, I live, and I keep Your word.
Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word.
18 Uncover my eyes, and I behold wonders out of Your law.
Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.
19 I [am] a sojourner on earth, Do not hide Your commands from me.
I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.
20 My soul has broken for desire To Your judgments at all times.
My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.
21 You have rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Your commands.
You rebuke the arrogant— the cursed who stray from Your commandments.
22 Remove reproach and contempt from me, For I have kept Your testimonies.
Remove my scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.
23 Princes also sat—they spoke against me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes,
Though rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
24 Your testimonies [are] also my delight, The men of my counsel!
Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.
25 [DALETH] My soul has cleaved to the dust, Quicken me according to Your word.
My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.
26 I have recounted my ways, And You answer me, teach me Your statutes,
I recounted my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes.
27 Cause me to understand the way of Your precepts, And I meditate on Your wonders.
Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders.
28 My soul has dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Your word.
My soul melts with sorrow; strengthen me according to Your word.
29 Turn aside the way of falsehood from me And favor me with Your law.
Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.
30 I have chosen the way of faithfulness, I have compared Your judgments,
I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.
31 I have adhered to Your testimonies, O YHWH, do not put me to shame.
I cling to Your testimonies, O LORD; let me not be put to shame.
32 I run the way of Your commands, For You enlarge my heart!
I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.
33 [HE] Show me, O YHWH, the way of Your statutes, And I keep it—[to] the end.
Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end.
34 Cause me to understand, and I keep Your law, And observe it with the whole heart.
Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
35 Cause me to tread in the path of Your commands, For I have delighted in it.
Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.
36 Incline my heart to Your testimonies, And not to dishonest gain.
Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
37 Remove my eyes from seeing vanity, Quicken me in Your way.
Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
38 Establish Your saying to Your servant, That [is] concerning Your fear.
Establish Your word to Your servant, to produce reverence for You.
39 Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Your judgments [are] good.
Turn away the disgrace I dread, for Your judgments are good.
40 Behold, I have longed for Your precepts, Quicken me in Your righteousness,
How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.
41 [WAW] And Your kindness meets me, O YHWH, Your salvation according to Your saying.
May Your loving devotion come to me, O LORD, Your salvation, according to Your promise.
42 And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For I have trusted in Your word.
Then I can answer him who taunts, for I trust in Your word.
43 And You do not utterly take away The word of truth from my mouth, Because I have hoped for Your judgment.
Never take Your word of truth from my mouth, for I hope in Your judgments.
44 And I keep Your law continually, For all time and forever.
I will always obey Your law, forever and ever.
45 And I habitually walk in a broad place, For I have sought Your precepts.
And I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts.
46 And I speak of Your testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed.
I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.
47 And I delight myself in Your commands, That I have loved,
I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
48 And I lift up my hands to Your commands, That I have loved, And I meditate on Your statutes!
I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.
49 [ZAYIN] Remember the word to Your servant, On which You have caused me to hope.
Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope.
50 This [is] my comfort in my affliction, That Your saying has quickened me.
This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life.
51 The proud have utterly scorned me, I have not turned aside from Your law.
The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.
52 I remembered Your judgments of old, O YHWH, And I comfort myself.
I remember Your judgments of old, O LORD, and in them I find comfort.
53 Horror has seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Your law.
Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law.
54 Your statutes have been songs to me, In the house of my sojournings.
Your statutes are songs to me in the house of my pilgrimage.
55 I have remembered Your Name in the night, O YHWH, And I keep Your law.
In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.
56 This has been to me, That I have kept Your precepts!
This is my practice, for I obey Your precepts.
57 [HETH] YHWH [is] my portion; I have said I would keep Your words,
The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.
58 I appeased Your face with the whole heart, Favor me according to Your saying.
I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise.
59 I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet to Your testimonies.
I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.
60 I have made haste, And did not delay, to keep Your commands.
I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.
61 Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, I have not forgotten Your law.
Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law.
62 At midnight I rise to give thanks to You, For the judgments of Your righteousness.
At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments.
63 I [am] a companion to all who fear You, And to those keeping Your precepts.
I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.
64 Of Your kindness, O YHWH, the earth is full, Teach me Your statutes!
The earth is filled with Your loving devotion, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
65 [TETH] You did good with Your servant, O YHWH, According to Your word.
You are good to Your servant, O LORD, according to Your word.
66 Teach me the goodness of reason and knowledge, For I have believed in Your commands.
Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.
67 Before I am afflicted, I am erring, And now I have kept Your saying.
Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.
68 You [are] good, and doing good, Teach me Your statutes.
You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.
69 The proud have forged falsehood against me, I keep Your precepts with the whole heart.
Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.
70 Their heart has been thick as fat, I have delighted in Your law.
Their hearts are hard and callous, but I delight in Your law.
71 [It is] good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Your statutes.
It was good for me to be 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 from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
73 [YOD] Your hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Your commands.
Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
74 Those fearing You see me and rejoice, Because I have hoped for Your word.
May those who fear You see me and rejoice, for I have hoped in Your word.
75 I have known, O YHWH, That Your judgments [are] righteous, And [in] faithfulness You have afflicted me.
I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
76 Please let Your kindness be to comfort me, According to Your saying to Your servant.
May Your loving devotion comfort me, I pray, according to Your promise to Your servant.
77 Your mercies meet me, and I live, For Your law [is] my delight.
May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.
78 The proud are ashamed, For [with] falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate on Your precepts.
May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.
79 Those fearing You turn back to me, And those knowing Your testimonies.
May those who fear You turn to me, those who know Your testimonies.
80 My heart is perfect in Your statutes, So that I am not ashamed.
May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.
81 [KAPH] My soul has been consumed for Your salvation, I have hoped for Your word.
My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
82 My eyes have been consumed for Your word, Saying, “When does it comfort me?”
My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”
83 For I have been as a bottle in smoke, I have not forgotten Your statutes.
Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
84 How many [are] the days of Your servant? When do You execute judgment Against my pursuers?
How many days must Your servant wait? When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?
85 The proud have dug pits for me, That [are] not according to Your law.
The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.
86 All Your commands [are] faithfulness, They have pursued me [with] falsehood, Help me.
All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!
87 They have almost consumed me on earth, And I have not forsaken Your precepts.
They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts.
88 Quicken me according to Your kindness, And I keep the Testimony of Your mouth!
Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth.
89 [LAMED] For all time, O YHWH, Your word is set up in the heavens.
Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.
90 Your faithfulness from generation to generation, You established earth, and it stands.
Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.
91 According to Your ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole—Your servants.
Your ordinances stand to this day, for all things are servants to You.
92 Unless Your law [were] my delights, Then had I perished in my affliction.
If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
93 I do not forget Your precepts for all time, For You have quickened me by them.
I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.
94 I [am] Yours, save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
95 Your wicked waited for me to destroy me, I understand Your testimonies.
The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.
96 I have seen an end of all perfection, Your command [is] exceedingly broad!
I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.
97 [MEM] O how I have loved Your law! It [is] my meditation all the day.
Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my (meditation)
98 Your command makes me wiser than my enemies, For it [is] before me for all time.
Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.
99 I have acted wisely above all my teachers. For Your testimonies [are] my (meditation)
I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my (meditation)
100 Above elderly—I understand more, For I have kept Your precepts.
I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.
101 I restrained my feet from every evil path, So that I keep Your word.
I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.
102 I did not turn aside from Your judgments, For You have directed me.
I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me.
103 How sweet Your saying has been to my palate, Above honey to my mouth.
How sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in my mouth!
104 I have understanding from Your precepts, Therefore I have hated every false path!
I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.
105 [NUN] Your word [is] a lamp to my foot, And a light to my path.
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
106 I have sworn, and I confirm, To keep the judgments of Your righteousness.
I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
107 I have been afflicted very much, O YHWH, quicken me, according to Your word.
I am severely afflicted, O LORD; revive me through Your word.
108 Please accept [the] free-will offerings of my mouth, O YHWH, And teach me Your judgments.
Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me Your judgments.
109 My soul [is] in my hand continually, And I have not forgotten Your law.
I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, And I did not wander from your precepts.
The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.
111 I have inherited Your testimonies for all time, 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 do Your statutes, for all time—[to] the end!
I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, even to the very end.
113 [SAMEKH] I have hated doubting ones, And I have loved Your law.
The double-minded I despise, but Your law I love.
114 You [are] my hiding place and my shield, I have hoped for Your word.
You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.
115 Turn aside from me, you evildoers, And I keep the commands of my God.
Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
116 Sustain me according to Your saying, And I live, and You do not put me to shame because of my hope.
Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117 Support me, and I am saved, And I look on Your statutes continually.
Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes.
118 You have trodden down All going astray from Your statutes, For their deceit [is] falsehood.
You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.
119 Dross! You have caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Your testimonies.
All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.
120 My flesh has trembled from Your fear, And I have been afraid from Your judgments!
My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
121 [AYIN] I have done judgment and righteousness, Do not leave me to my oppressors.
I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 Make Your servant sure for good, Do not let the proud oppress me.
Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
123 My eyes have been consumed for Your salvation. And for the saying of Your righteousness.
My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.
124 Do with Your servant according to Your kindness. And teach me Your statutes.
Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion, and teach me Your statutes.
125 I [am] Your servant—cause me to understand, And I know Your testimonies.
I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.
126 Time for YHWH to work! They have made Your law void.
It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.
127 Therefore I have loved Your commands Above gold—even fine gold.
Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
128 Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, I have hated every path of falsehood!
Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.
129 [PE] Your testimonies [are] wonderful, Therefore my soul has kept them.
Wonderful are Your testimonies; therefore I obey them.
130 The opening of Your words enlightens, Instructing the simple.
The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.
131 I have opened my mouth, indeed, I pant, For I have longed for Your commands.
I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.
132 Look to me, and favor me, As customary to those loving Your Name.
Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name.
133 Establish my steps by Your saying, And any iniquity does not rule over me.
Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
134 Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Your precepts,
Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts.
135 Cause Your face to shine on Your servant, And teach me Your statutes.
Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.
136 Streams of waters have come down my eyes, Because they have not kept Your law!
My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
137 [TSADE] You [are] righteous, O YHWH, And Your judgments [are] upright.
Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.
138 You have appointed Your testimonies, Righteous and exceedingly faithful,
The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful.
139 My zeal has cut me off, For my adversaries forgot Your words.
My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.
140 Your saying [is] tried exceedingly, And Your servant has loved it.
Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.
141 I [am] small, and despised, I have not forgotten Your precepts.
I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.
142 Your righteousness [is] righteousness for all time, And Your law [is] truth.
Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.
143 Adversity and distress have found me, Your commands [are] my delights.
Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.
144 The righteousness of Your testimonies [Is] to cause me to understand, and I live!
Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
145 [QOF] I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O YHWH, I keep Your statutes,
I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes.
146 I have called You, save me, And I keep Your testimonies.
I call to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies.
147 I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, I have hoped for Your word.
I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
148 My eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate on Your saying.
My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word.
149 Hear my voice, according to Your kindness, YHWH, quicken me according to Your judgment.
Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion; give me life according to Your justice.
150 My wicked pursuers have been near, They have been far off from Your law.
Those who follow after wickedness draw near; they are far from Your law.
151 You [are] near, O YHWH, And all Your commands [are] truth.
You are near, O LORD, and all Your commandments are true.
152 I have known Your testimonies of old, That You have founded them for all time!
Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You have established them forever.
153 [RESH] See my affliction, and deliver me, For I have not forgotten Your law.
Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law.
154 Plead my plea, and redeem me, Quicken me according to Your saying.
Defend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word.
155 Salvation [is] far from the wicked, For they have not sought Your statutes.
Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes.
156 Your mercies [are] many, O YHWH, Quicken me according to Your judgments.
Great are Your mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your ordinances.
157 My pursuers and adversaries are many, I have not turned aside from Your testimonies.
Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.
158 I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because they have not kept Your saying.
I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.
159 See, for I have loved Your precepts, YHWH, quicken me according to Your kindness.
Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.
160 The sum of Your word [is] truth, And every judgment of Your righteousness [is] for all time!
The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.
161 [SHIN] Princes have pursued me without cause, And my heart was afraid because of Your words.
Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.
162 I rejoice concerning Your saying, As one finding abundant spoil.
I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil.
163 I have hated falsehood, indeed I detest [it], I have loved Your law.
I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.
164 Seven [times] in a day I have praised You, Because of the judgments of Your righteousness.
Seven times a day I praise You for Your righteous judgments.
165 Those loving Your law have abundant peace, And they have no stumbling-block.
Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your instruction; nothing can make them stumble.
166 I have waited for Your salvation, O YHWH, And I have done Your commands.
I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, and I carry out Your commandments.
167 My soul has kept Your testimonies, And I love them exceedingly.
I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly.
168 I have kept Your precepts and Your testimonies, For all my ways are before You!
I obey Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You.
169 [TAW] My loud cry comes near before You, O YHWH; Cause me to understand according to Your word.
May my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.
170 My supplication comes in before You, Deliver me according to Your saying.
May my plea come before You; rescue me according to Your promise.
171 My lips utter praise, For You teach me Your statutes.
My lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes.
172 My tongue sings of Your saying, For all Your commands [are] righteous.
My tongue sings of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.
173 Your hand is for a help to me, For I have chosen Your commands.
May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.
174 I have longed for Your salvation, O YHWH, And Your law [is] my delight.
I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.
175 My soul lives, and it praises You, And Your judgments help me.
Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me.
176 I wandered as a lost sheep, [so] seek Your servant, For I have not forgotten Your precepts!
I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
