Psalms 119
1 [ALEPH] O the blessedness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the Law of YHWH,
ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, 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 they who search his testimonies: that seek him with their whole heart.
3 Indeed, they have not done iniquity, They have walked in His ways.
For they that work iniquity, have not walked in his ways.
4 You have commanded us to diligently keep Your precepts,
Thou hast commanded thy commandments to be kept most diligently.
5 O that my ways were prepared to keep Your statutes,
O! that my ways may be directed to keep thy justifications.
6 Then I am not ashamed In my looking to all Your commands.
Then shall I not be confounded, when I shall look into all thy commandments.
7 I confess You with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Your righteousness.
I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned the judgments of thy justice.
8 I keep Your statutes, do not utterly leave me!
I will keep thy justifications: O! do not thou utterly forsake me.
9 [BETH] With what does a young man purify his path? To observe—according to Your word.
BETH. By what doth a young man correct his way? by observing thy words.
10 I have sought You with all my heart, Do not let me err from Your commands.
With my whole heart have I sought after thee: let me not stray from thy commandments.
11 I have hid Your saying in my heart, That I do not sin before You.
Thy words have I hidden in my heart, that I may not sin against thee.
12 Blessed [are] You, O YHWH, teach me Your statutes.
Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy justifications.
13 With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Your mouth.
With my lips I have pronounced all the judgments of thy mouth.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As over all wealth.
I have been delighted in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches.
15 I meditate on Your precepts, And I attentively behold Your paths.
I will meditate on thy commandments: and I will consider thy ways.
16 I delight myself in Your statutes, I do not forget Your word.
I will think of thy justifications: I will not forget thy words.
17 [GIMEL] Confer benefits on Your servant, I live, and I keep Your word.
GIMEL. Give bountifully to thy servant, enliven me: and I shall keep thy words.
18 Uncover my eyes, and I behold wonders out of Your law.
Open thou my eyes: and I will consider the wondrous things of thy law.
19 I [am] a sojourner on earth, Do not hide Your commands from me.
I am a sojourner on the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
20 My soul has broken for desire To Your judgments at all times.
My soul hath coveted to long for thy justifications, at all times.
21 You have rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Your commands.
Thou hast rebuked the proud: they are cursed who decline from thy commandments.
22 Remove reproach and contempt from me, For I have kept Your testimonies.
Remove from reproach and contempt: because I have sought after thy testimonies.
23 Princes also sat—they spoke against me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes,
For princes sat, and spoke against me: but thy servant was employed in thy justifications.
24 Your testimonies [are] also my delight, The men of my counsel!
For thy testimonies are my (meditation) and thy justifications my counsel.
25 [DALETH] My soul has cleaved to the dust, Quicken me according to Your word.
DALETH. My soul hath cleaved to the pavement: quicken thou me according to thy word.
26 I have recounted my ways, And You answer me, teach me Your statutes,
I have declared my ways, and thou hast heard me: teach me thy justifications.
27 Cause me to understand the way of Your precepts, And I meditate on Your wonders.
Make me to understand the way of thy justifications: and I shall be exercised in thy wondrous works.
28 My soul has dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Your word.
My soul hath slumbered through heaviness: strengthen thou me in thy words.
29 Turn aside the way of falsehood from me And favor me with Your law.
Remove from me the way of iniquity: and out of thy law have mercy on me.
30 I have chosen the way of faithfulness, I have compared Your judgments,
I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments I have not forgotten.
31 I have adhered to Your testimonies, O YHWH, do not put me to shame.
I have stuck to thy testimonies, O Lord: put me not to shame.
32 I run the way of Your commands, For You enlarge my heart!
I have run the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart.
33 [HE] Show me, O YHWH, the way of Your statutes, And I keep it—[to] the end.
HE. Set before me for a law the way of thy justifications, O Lord: and I will always seek after it.
34 Cause me to understand, and I keep Your law, And observe it with the whole heart.
Give me understanding, and I will search thy law; and I will keep it with my whole heart.
35 Cause me to tread in the path of Your commands, For I have delighted in it.
Lead me into the path of thy commandments; for this same I have desired.
36 Incline my heart to Your testimonies, And not to dishonest gain.
Incline my heart into thy testimonies and not to covetousness.
37 Remove my eyes from seeing vanity, Quicken me in Your way.
Turn away my eyes that they may not behold vanity: quicken me in thy way.
38 Establish Your saying to Your servant, That [is] concerning Your fear.
Establish thy word to thy servant, in thy fear.
39 Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Your judgments [are] good.
Turn away my reproach, which I have apprehended: for thy judgments are delightful.
40 Behold, I have longed for Your precepts, Quicken me in Your righteousness,
Behold I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy justice.
41 [WAW] And Your kindness meets me, O YHWH, Your salvation according to Your saying.
VAU. Let thy mercy also come upon me, O Lord: thy salvation according to thy word.
42 And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For I have trusted in Your word.
So shall I answer them that reproach me in any thing; that I have trusted in thy words.
43 And You do not utterly take away The word of truth from my mouth, Because I have hoped for Your judgment.
And take not thou the word of truth utterly out of my mouth: for in thy words have I hoped exceedingly.
44 And I keep Your law continually, For all time and forever.
So shall I always keep thy law, for ever and ever.
45 And I habitually walk in a broad place, For I have sought Your precepts.
And I walked at large: because I have sought after thy commandments.
46 And I speak of Your testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed.
And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings: and I was not ashamed.
47 And I delight myself in Your commands, That I have loved,
I meditated also on thy commandments, which I loved.
48 And I lift up my hands to Your commands, That I have loved, And I meditate on Your statutes!
And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments, which I loved: and I was exercised in thy justifications.
49 [ZAYIN] Remember the word to Your servant, On which You have caused me to hope.
ZAIN. Be thou mindful of thy word to thy servant, in which thou hast given me hope.
50 This [is] my comfort in my affliction, That Your saying has quickened me.
This hath comforted me in my humiliation: because thy word hath enlivened me.
51 The proud have utterly scorned me, I have not turned aside from Your law.
The proud did iniquitously altogether: but I declined not from thy law.
52 I remembered Your judgments of old, O YHWH, And I comfort myself.
I remembered, O Lord, thy judgments of old: and I was comforted.
53 Horror has seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Your law.
A fainting hath taken hold of me, because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
54 Your statutes have been songs to me, In the house of my sojournings.
Thy justifications were the subject of my song, in the place of my pilgrimage.
55 I have remembered Your Name in the night, O YHWH, And I keep Your law.
In the night I have remembered thy name, O Lord: and have kept thy law.
56 This has been to me, That I have kept Your precepts!
This happened to me: because I sought after thy justifications.
57 [HETH] YHWH [is] my portion; I have said I would keep Your words,
HETH. O Lord, my portion, I have said, I would keep the law.
58 I appeased Your face with the whole heart, Favor me according to Your saying.
I entreated thy face with all my heart: have mercy on me according to thy word.
59 I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet to Your testimonies.
I have thought on my ways: and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
60 I have made haste, And did not delay, to keep Your commands.
I am ready, and am not troubled: that I may keep thy commandments.
61 Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, I have not forgotten Your law.
The cords of the wicked have encompassed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
62 At midnight I rise to give thanks to You, For the judgments of Your righteousness.
I rose at midnight to give praise to thee; for the judgments of thy justification.
63 I [am] a companion to all who fear You, And to those keeping Your precepts.
I am a partaker with all them that fear thee, and that keep thy commandments.
64 Of Your kindness, O YHWH, the earth is full, Teach me Your statutes!
The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy justifications.
65 [TETH] You did good with Your servant, O YHWH, According to Your word.
TETH. Thou hast done well with thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word.
66 Teach me the goodness of reason and knowledge, For I have believed in Your commands.
Teach me goodness and discipline and knowledge; for I have believed thy commandments.
67 Before I am afflicted, I am erring, And now I have kept Your saying.
Before I was humbled I offended; therefore have I kept thy word.
68 You [are] good, and doing good, Teach me Your statutes.
Thou art good; and in thy goodness teach me thy justifications.
69 The proud have forged falsehood against me, I keep Your precepts with the whole heart.
The iniquity of the proud hath been multiplied over me: but I will seek thy commandments with my whole heart.
70 Their heart has been thick as fat, I have delighted in Your law.
Their heart is curdled like milk: but I have meditated on thy law.
71 [It is] good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Your statutes.
It is good for me that thou hast humbled me, that I may learn thy justifications.
72 The Law of Your mouth [is] better to me Than thousands of gold and silver!
The law of thy mouth is good to me, above thousands of gold and silver.
73 [YOD] Your hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Your commands.
JOD. Thy hands have made me and formed me: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments.
74 Those fearing You see me and rejoice, Because I have hoped for Your word.
They that fear thee shall see me, and shall be glad: because I have greatly hoped in thy words.
75 I have known, O YHWH, That Your judgments [are] righteous, And [in] faithfulness You have afflicted me.
I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are equity: and in thy truth thou hast humbled me.
76 Please let Your kindness be to comfort me, According to Your saying to Your servant.
O! let thy mercy be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
77 Your mercies meet me, and I live, For Your law [is] my delight.
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, and I shall live: for thy law is my (meditation)
78 The proud are ashamed, For [with] falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate on Your precepts.
Let the proud be ashamed, because they have done unjustly towards me: but I will be employed in thy commandments.
79 Those fearing You turn back to me, And those knowing Your testimonies.
Let them that fear thee turn to me and they that know thy testimonies.
80 My heart is perfect in Your statutes, So that I am not ashamed.
Let my heart be undefiled in thy justifications, that I may not be confounded.
81 [KAPH] My soul has been consumed for Your salvation, I have hoped for Your word.
CAPH. My soul hath fainted after thy salvation: and in thy word I have very much hoped.
82 My eyes have been consumed for Your word, Saying, “When does it comfort me?”
My eyes have failed for thy word, saying: When wilt thou comfort me?
83 For I have been as a bottle in smoke, I have not forgotten Your statutes.
For I am become like a bottle in the frost: I have not forgotten thy justifications.
84 How many [are] the days of Your servant? When do You execute judgment Against my pursuers?
How many are the days of thy servant: when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
85 The proud have dug pits for me, That [are] not according to Your law.
The wicked have told me fables: but not as thy law.
86 All Your commands [are] faithfulness, They have pursued me [with] falsehood, Help me.
All thy statutes are truth: they have persecuted me unjustly, do thou help me.
87 They have almost consumed me on earth, And I have not forsaken Your precepts.
They had almost made an end of me upon earth: but I have not forsaken thy commandments.
88 Quicken me according to Your kindness, And I keep the Testimony of Your mouth!
Quicken thou me according to thy mercy: and I shall keep the testimonies of thy mouth.
89 [LAMED] For all time, O YHWH, Your word is set up in the heavens.
LAMED. For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven.
90 Your faithfulness from generation to generation, You established earth, and it stands.
Thy truth unto all generations: thou hast founded the earth, and it continueth.
91 According to Your ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole—Your servants.
By thy ordinance the day goeth on: for all things serve thee.
92 Unless Your law [were] my delights, Then had I perished in my affliction.
Unless thy law had been my (meditation) I had then perhaps perished in my abjection.
93 I do not forget Your precepts for all time, For You have quickened me by them.
Thy justifications I will never forget: for by them thou hast given me life.
94 I [am] Yours, save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
I am thine, save thou me: for I have sought thy justifications.
95 Your wicked waited for me to destroy me, I understand Your testimonies.
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I have understood thy testimonies.
96 I have seen an end of all perfection, Your command [is] exceedingly broad!
I have seen an end to all persecution: thy commandment is exceeding broad.
97 [MEM] O how I have loved Your law! It [is] my meditation all the day.
MEM. O how have I loved thy law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day.
98 Your command makes me wiser than my enemies, For it [is] before me for all time.
Through thy commandment, thou hast made me wiser than my enemies: for it is ever with me.
99 I have acted wisely above all my teachers. For Your testimonies [are] my (meditation)
I have understood more than all my teachers: because thy testimonies are my (meditation)
100 Above elderly—I understand more, For I have kept Your precepts.
I have had understanding above ancients: because I have sought thy commandments.
101 I restrained my feet from every evil path, So that I keep Your word.
I have restrained my feet from every evil way: that I may keep thy words.
102 I did not turn aside from Your judgments, For You have directed me.
I have not declined from thy judgments, because thou hast set me a law.
103 How sweet Your saying has been to my palate, Above honey to my mouth.
How sweet are thy words to my palate! more than honey to my mouth.
104 I have understanding from Your precepts, Therefore I have hated every false path!
By thy commandments I have had understanding: therefore have I hated every way of iniquity.
105 [NUN] Your word [is] a lamp to my foot, And a light to my path.
NUN. Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths.
106 I have sworn, and I confirm, To keep the judgments of Your righteousness.
I have sworn and am determined to keep the judgments of thy justice.
107 I have been afflicted very much, O YHWH, quicken me, according to Your word.
I have been humbled, O Lord, exceedingly: quicken thou me according to thy word.
108 Please accept [the] free-will offerings of my mouth, O YHWH, And teach me Your judgments.
The free offerings of my mouth make acceptable, O Lord: and teach me thy judgments.
109 My soul [is] in my hand continually, And I have not forgotten Your law.
My soul is continually in my hands: and I have not forgotten thy law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, And I did not wander from your precepts.
Sinners have laid a snare for me: but I have not erred from thy precepts.
111 I have inherited Your testimonies for all time, For they [are] the joy of my heart.
I have purchased thy testimonies for an inheritance for ever: because they are a joy to my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart To do Your statutes, for all time—[to] the end!
I have inclined my heart to do thy justifications for ever, for the reward.
113 [SAMEKH] I have hated doubting ones, And I have loved Your law.
SAMECH. I have hated the unjust: and have loved thy law.
114 You [are] my hiding place and my shield, I have hoped for Your word.
Thou art my helper and my protector: and in thy word I have greatly hoped.
115 Turn aside from me, you evildoers, And I keep the commands of my God.
Depart from me, ye malignant: and I will search 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.
Uphold me according to thy word, and I shall live: and let me not be confounded in my expectation.
117 Support me, and I am saved, And I look on Your statutes continually.
Help me, and I shall be saved: and I will meditate always on thy justifications.
118 You have trodden down All going astray from Your statutes, For their deceit [is] falsehood.
Thou hast despised all them that fall off from thy judgments; for their thought is unjust.
119 Dross! You have caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Your testimonies.
I have accounted all the sinners of the earth prevaricators: therefore have I loved thy testimonies.
120 My flesh has trembled from Your fear, And I have been afraid from Your judgments!
Pierce thou my flesh with thy fear: for I am afraid of thy judgments.
121 [AYIN] I have done judgment and righteousness, Do not leave me to my oppressors.
AIN. I have done judgment and justice: give me not up to them that slander me.
122 Make Your servant sure for good, Do not let the proud oppress me.
Uphold thy servant unto good: let not the proud calumniate me.
123 My eyes have been consumed for Your salvation. And for the saying of Your righteousness.
My eyes have fainted after thy salvation: and for the word of thy justice.
124 Do with Your servant according to Your kindness. And teach me Your statutes.
Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy: and teach me thy justifications.
125 I [am] Your servant—cause me to understand, And I know Your testimonies.
I am thy servant: give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.
126 Time for YHWH to work! They have made Your law void.
It is time, O Lord, to do: they have dissipated thy law.
127 Therefore I have loved Your commands Above gold—even fine gold.
Therefore have I loved thy commandments above gold and the topaz.
128 Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, I have hated every path of falsehood!
Therefore was I directed to all thy commandments: I have hated all wicked ways.
129 [PE] Your testimonies [are] wonderful, Therefore my soul has kept them.
PHE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul hath sought them.
130 The opening of Your words enlightens, Instructing the simple.
The declaration of thy words giveth light: and giveth understanding to little ones.
131 I have opened my mouth, indeed, I pant, For I have longed for Your commands.
I opened my mouth and panted: because I longed for thy commandments.
132 Look to me, and favor me, As customary to those loving Your Name.
Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me, according to the judgment of them that love thy name.
133 Establish my steps by Your saying, And any iniquity does not rule over me.
Direct my steps according to thy word: and let no iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Your precepts,
Redeem me from the calumnies of men: that I may keep thy commandments.
135 Cause Your face to shine on Your servant, And teach me Your statutes.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thy justifications.
136 Streams of waters have come down my eyes, Because they have not kept Your law!
My eyes have sent forth springs of water: because they have not kept thy law.
137 [TSADE] You [are] righteous, O YHWH, And Your judgments [are] upright.
SADE. Thou art just, O Lord: and thy judgment is right.
138 You have appointed Your testimonies, Righteous and exceedingly faithful,
Thou hast commanded justice thy testimonies: and thy truth exceedingly.
139 My zeal has cut me off, For my adversaries forgot Your words.
My zeal hath made me pine away: because my enemies forgot thy words.
140 Your saying [is] tried exceedingly, And Your servant has loved it.
Thy word is exceedingly refined: and thy servant hath loved it.
141 I [am] small, and despised, I have not forgotten Your precepts.
I am very young and despised; but I forgot not thy justifications.
142 Your righteousness [is] righteousness for all time, And Your law [is] truth.
Thy justice is justice for ever: and thy law is the truth.
143 Adversity and distress have found me, Your commands [are] my delights.
Trouble and anguish have found me: thy commandments are my (meditation)
144 The righteousness of Your testimonies [Is] to cause me to understand, and I live!
Thy testimonies are justice for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.
145 [QOF] I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O YHWH, I keep Your statutes,
COPH. I cried with my whole heart, hear me, O Lord: I will seek thy justifications.
146 I have called You, save me, And I keep Your testimonies.
I cried unto thee, save me: that I may keep thy commandments.
147 I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, I have hoped for Your word.
I prevented the dawning of the day, and cried: because in thy words I very much hoped.
148 My eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate on Your saying.
My eyes to thee have prevented the morning: that I might meditate on thy words.
149 Hear my voice, according to Your kindness, YHWH, quicken me according to Your judgment.
Hear thou my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy: and quicken me according to thy mercy.
150 My wicked pursuers have been near, They have been far off from Your law.
They that persecute me have drawn nigh to iniquity; but they are gone far off from the law.
151 You [are] near, O YHWH, And all Your commands [are] truth.
Thou art near, O Lord: and all thy ways are truth.
152 I have known Your testimonies of old, That You have founded them for all time!
I have known from the beginning concerning thy testimonies: that thou hast founded them for ever.
153 [RESH] See my affliction, and deliver me, For I have not forgotten Your law.
RES. See my humiliation and deliver me: for I have not forgotten the law.
154 Plead my plea, and redeem me, Quicken me according to Your saying.
Judge my judgment and redeem me: quicken thou me for thy word’s sake.
155 Salvation [is] far from the wicked, For they have not sought Your statutes.
Salvation is far from sinners; because they have not sought thy justifications.
156 Your mercies [are] many, O YHWH, Quicken me according to Your judgments.
Many, O Lord, are thy mercies: quicken me according to thy judgment.
157 My pursuers and adversaries are many, I have not turned aside from Your testimonies.
Many are they that persecute me, and afflict me; but I have not declined from thy testimonies.
158 I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because they have not kept Your saying.
I beheld the transgressors, and I pined away; because they kept not thy word.
159 See, for I have loved Your precepts, YHWH, quicken me according to Your kindness.
Behold I have loved thy commandments, O Lord; quicken me thou in thy mercy.
160 The sum of Your word [is] truth, And every judgment of Your righteousness [is] for all time!
The beginning of thy words is truth: all the judgments of thy justice are for ever.
161 [SHIN] Princes have pursued me without cause, And my heart was afraid because of Your words.
SIN. Princes have persecuted me without cause: and my heart hath been in awe of thy words.
162 I rejoice concerning Your saying, As one finding abundant spoil.
I will rejoice at thy words, as one that hath found great spoil.
163 I have hated falsehood, indeed I detest [it], I have loved Your law.
I have hated and abhorred iniquity; but I have loved thy law.
164 Seven [times] in a day I have praised You, Because of the judgments of Your righteousness.
Seven times a day I have given praise to thee, for the judgments of thy justice.
165 Those loving Your law have abundant peace, And they have no stumbling-block.
Much peace have they that love thy law, and to them there is no stumbling block.
166 I have waited for Your salvation, O YHWH, And I have done Your commands.
I looked to thy salvation, O Lord: and I loved thy commandments.
167 My soul has kept Your testimonies, And I love them exceedingly.
My soul hath kept thy testimonies: and hath loved them exceedingly.
168 I have kept Your precepts and Your testimonies, For all my ways are before You!
I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies: because all my ways are in thy sight.
169 [TAW] My loud cry comes near before You, O YHWH; Cause me to understand according to Your word.
TAU. Let my supplication, O Lord, come near in thy sight: give me understanding according to thy word.
170 My supplication comes in before You, Deliver me according to Your saying.
Let my request come in before thee; deliver thou me according to thy word.
171 My lips utter praise, For You teach me Your statutes.
My lips shall utter a hymn, when thou shalt teach me thy justifications.
172 My tongue sings of Your saying, For all Your commands [are] righteous.
My tongue shall pronounce thy word: because all thy commandments are justice.
173 Your hand is for a help to me, For I have chosen Your commands.
Let thy hand be with me to save me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
174 I have longed for Your salvation, O YHWH, And Your law [is] my delight.
I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my (meditation)
175 My soul lives, and it praises You, And Your judgments help me.
My soul shall live and shall praise thee: and thy judgments shall help me.
176 I wandered as a lost sheep, [so] seek Your servant, For I have not forgotten Your precepts!
I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost: seek thy servant, because I have not forgotten thy commandments.
