Psalms 119
1 [ALEPH] O the blessedness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the Law of YHWH,
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 that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
3 Indeed, they have not done iniquity, They have walked in His ways.
They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
4 You have commanded us to diligently keep Your precepts,
You have commanded us to keep your precepts diligently.
5 O that my ways were prepared to keep Your statutes,
O that my ways were directed to keep your statutes!
6 Then I am not ashamed In my looking to all Your commands.
Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to all your commandments.
7 I confess You with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Your righteousness.
I will praise you with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned your righteous judgments.
8 I keep Your statutes, do not utterly leave me!
I will keep your statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
9 [BETH] With what does a young man purify his path? To observe—according to Your word.
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to your word.
10 I have sought You with all my heart, Do not let me err from Your commands.
With my whole heart have I sought you: O let me not wander from your commandments.
11 I have hid Your saying in my heart, That I do not sin before You.
Your word have I hid 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 have I declared all the judgments of your mouth.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As over all wealth.
I have rejoiced 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 in your precepts, and have respect to your ways.
16 I delight myself in Your statutes, I do not forget Your word.
I will delight myself 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 you my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.
19 I [am] a sojourner on earth, Do not hide Your commands from me.
I am a stranger in the earth: hide not your commandments from me.
20 My soul has broken for desire To Your judgments at all times.
My soul breaks for the longing that it has to your judgments at all times.
21 You have rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Your commands.
You have rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from your commandments.
22 Remove reproach and contempt from me, For I have kept Your testimonies.
Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept your testimonies.
23 Princes also sat—they spoke against me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes,
Princes also did sit and speak against me: but your servant did meditate in your statutes.
24 Your testimonies [are] also my delight, The men of my counsel!
Your testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
25 [DALETH] My soul has cleaved to the dust, Quicken me according to Your word.
My soul sticks to the dust: quicken you me according to your word.
26 I have recounted my ways, And You answer me, teach me Your statutes,
I have declared my ways, and you heard me: teach me your statutes.
27 Cause me to understand the way of Your precepts, And I meditate on Your wonders.
Make me to understand the way of your precepts: so shall I talk of your wondrous works.
28 My soul has dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Your word.
My soul melts for heaviness: strengthen you me according to your word.
29 Turn aside the way of falsehood from me And favor me with Your law.
Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me your law graciously.
30 I have chosen the way of faithfulness, I have compared Your judgments,
I have chosen the way of truth: your judgments have I laid before me.
31 I have adhered to Your testimonies, O YHWH, do not put me to shame.
I have stuck to your testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
32 I run the way of Your commands, For You enlarge my heart!
I will run the way of your commandments, when you shall 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 shall keep it to the end.
34 Cause me to understand, and I keep Your law, And observe it with the whole heart.
Give me understanding, and I shall keep your law; yes, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
35 Cause me to tread in the path of Your commands, For I have delighted in it.
Make me to go in the path of your commandments; for therein do I delight.
36 Incline my heart to Your testimonies, And not to dishonest gain.
Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to covetousness.
37 Remove my eyes from seeing vanity, Quicken me in Your way.
Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken you me in your way.
38 Establish Your saying to Your servant, That [is] concerning Your fear.
Establish your word to your servant, who is devoted to your fear.
39 Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Your judgments [are] good.
Turn away my reproach which I fear: for your judgments are good.
40 Behold, I have longed for Your precepts, Quicken me in Your righteousness,
Behold, I have longed after your precepts: quicken me in your righteousness.
41 [WAW] And Your kindness meets me, O YHWH, Your salvation according to Your saying.
Let your mercies come also to me, O LORD, even your salvation, according to your word.
42 And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For I have trusted in Your word.
So shall I have with which to answer him that reproaches me: 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.
And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in your judgments.
44 And I keep Your law continually, For all time and forever.
So shall I keep your law continually for ever and ever.
45 And I habitually walk in a broad place, For I have sought Your precepts.
And I will walk at liberty: for I seek your precepts.
46 And I speak of Your testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed.
I will speak of your testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
47 And I delight myself in Your commands, That I have loved,
And I will delight myself in your commandments, which I have loved.
48 And I lift up my hands to Your commands, That I have loved, And I meditate on Your statutes!
My hands also will I lift up to your commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in your statutes.
49 [ZAYIN] Remember the word to Your servant, On which You have caused me to hope.
Remember the word to your servant, on which you have caused me to hope.
50 This [is] my comfort in my affliction, That Your saying has quickened me.
This is my comfort in my affliction: for your word has quickened me.
51 The proud have utterly scorned me, I have not turned aside from Your law.
The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from your law.
52 I remembered Your judgments of old, O YHWH, And I comfort myself.
I remembered your judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
53 Horror has seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Your law.
Horror has taken hold on me because of the wicked that forsake your law.
54 Your statutes have been songs to me, In the house of my sojournings.
Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
55 I have remembered Your Name in the night, O YHWH, And I keep Your law.
I have remembered your name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept your law.
56 This has been to me, That I have kept Your precepts!
This I had, because I kept your precepts.
57 [HETH] YHWH [is] my portion; I have said I would keep Your words,
You are my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep your words.
58 I appeased Your face with the whole heart, Favor me according to Your saying.
I entreated your favor with my whole heart: be merciful to me according to your word.
59 I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet to Your testimonies.
I thought on my ways, and turned my feet to your testimonies.
60 I have made haste, And did not delay, to keep Your commands.
I made haste, and delayed not to keep your commandments.
61 Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, I have not forgotten Your law.
The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten your law.
62 At midnight I rise to give thanks to You, For the judgments of Your righteousness.
At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you because of your righteous judgments.
63 I [am] a companion to all who fear You, And to those keeping Your precepts.
I am a companion of all them that fear you, and of them that keep your precepts.
64 Of Your kindness, O YHWH, the earth is full, Teach me Your statutes!
The earth, O LORD, is full of your mercy: teach me your statutes.
65 [TETH] You did good with Your servant, O YHWH, According to Your word.
You have dealt well with 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 have believed 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 have I kept your word.
68 You [are] good, and doing good, Teach me Your statutes.
You are good, and do good; teach me your statutes.
69 The proud have forged falsehood against me, I keep Your precepts with the whole heart.
The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep your precepts with my whole heart.
70 Their heart has been thick as fat, I have delighted in Your law.
Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in your law.
71 [It is] good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Your statutes.
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 [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, that I may learn your commandments.
74 Those fearing You see me and rejoice, Because I have hoped for Your word.
They that fear you will be glad when they see me; because 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 right, and that you in faithfulness have afflicted me.
76 Please let Your kindness be to comfort me, According to Your saying to Your servant.
Let, I pray you, your merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.
77 Your mercies meet me, and I live, For Your law [is] my delight.
Let your tender mercies 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.
Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in your precepts.
79 Those fearing You turn back to me, And those knowing Your testimonies.
Let those that fear you turn to me, and those that have known your testimonies.
80 My heart is perfect in Your statutes, So that I am not ashamed.
Let my heart be sound in your statutes; that I be not ashamed.
81 [KAPH] My soul has been consumed for Your salvation, I have hoped for Your word.
My soul faints for your salvation: but I hope in your word.
82 My eyes have been consumed for Your word, Saying, “When does it comfort me?”
My eyes fail for your word, saying, When will you 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 smoke; yet do I not forget your statutes.
84 How many [are] the days of Your servant? When do You execute judgment Against my pursuers?
How many are the days of your servant? when will you execute judgment on them that persecute me?
85 The proud have dug pits for me, That [are] not according to Your law.
The proud have dig pits for me, which are not after your law.
86 All Your commands [are] faithfulness, They have pursued me [with] falsehood, Help me.
All your commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help you me.
87 They have almost consumed me on earth, And I have not forsaken Your precepts.
They had almost consumed me on earth; but I forsook not your precepts.
88 Quicken me according to Your kindness, And I keep the Testimony of Your mouth!
Quicken me after your loving kindness; so shall I keep the testimony of your mouth.
89 [LAMED] For all time, O YHWH, Your word is set up in the heavens.
For ever, O LORD, your word is settled in heaven.
90 Your faithfulness from generation to generation, You established earth, and it stands.
Your faithfulness is to all generations: you have established the earth, and it stays.
91 According to Your ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole—Your servants.
They continue this day according to your ordinances: for all are your servants.
92 Unless Your law [were] my delights, Then had I perished in my affliction.
Unless your law had been my delights, I should then 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 with them you have quickened 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 have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider your testimonies.
96 I have seen an end of all perfection, Your command [is] exceedingly broad!
I have seen an end of all perfection: but your commandment is exceeding broad.
97 [MEM] O how I have loved Your law! It [is] my meditation all the day.
O how I love your law! it is my meditation all the day.
98 Your command makes me wiser than my enemies, For it [is] before me for all time.
You through your commandments have made me wiser than my enemies: for they are ever with me.
99 I have acted wisely above all my teachers. For Your testimonies [are] my (meditation)
I have more understanding than all my teachers: for your testimonies are my (meditation)
100 Above elderly—I understand more, For I have kept Your precepts.
I understand more than the ancients, because I keep your precepts.
101 I restrained my feet from every evil path, So that I keep Your word.
I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep your word.
102 I did not turn aside from Your judgments, For You have directed me.
I have not departed from your judgments: for you 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! yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 I have understanding from Your precepts, Therefore I have hated every false path!
Through your precepts I get understanding: 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 I will perform it, that I will keep your righteous judgments.
107 I have been afflicted very much, O YHWH, quicken me, according to Your word.
I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according to your word.
108 Please accept [the] free-will offerings of my mouth, O YHWH, And teach me Your judgments.
Accept, I beseech you, 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.
My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget your law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, And I did not wander from your precepts.
The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from your precepts.
111 I have inherited Your testimonies for all time, For they [are] the joy of my heart.
Your testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing 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 always, even to the end.
113 [SAMEKH] I have hated doubting ones, And I have loved Your law.
I hate vain thoughts: but your law do 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 hope in your word.
115 Turn aside from me, you evildoers, And I keep the commands of my God.
Depart from me, you evildoers: for I will keep 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 your word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117 Support me, and I am saved, And I look on Your statutes continually.
Hold you me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect to your statutes continually.
118 You have trodden down All going astray from Your statutes, For their deceit [is] falsehood.
You have trodden down all them that err from your statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
119 Dross! You have caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Your testimonies.
You put away all the wicked of the earth 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 for fear of you; and I am afraid of your judgments.
121 [AYIN] I have done judgment and righteousness, Do not leave me to my oppressors.
I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to my oppressors.
122 Make Your servant sure for good, Do not let the proud oppress me.
Be surety for your servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
123 My eyes have been consumed for Your salvation. And for the saying of Your righteousness.
My eyes fail for your salvation, and for the word of your righteousness.
124 Do with Your servant according to Your kindness. And teach me Your statutes.
Deal with your servant according to your mercy, 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 you, LORD, to work: for they have made void your law.
127 Therefore I have loved Your commands Above gold—even fine gold.
Therefore I love your commandments above gold; yes, above fine gold.
128 Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, I have hated every path of falsehood!
Therefore I esteem all your precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
129 [PE] Your testimonies [are] wonderful, Therefore my soul has kept them.
Your testimonies are wonderful: therefore does my soul keep them.
130 The opening of Your words enlightens, Instructing the simple.
The entrance of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.
131 I have opened my mouth, indeed, I pant, For I have longed for Your commands.
I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for your commandments.
132 Look to me, and favor me, As customary to those loving Your Name.
Look you on me, and be merciful to me, as you use to do to those that love your name.
133 Establish my steps by Your saying, And any iniquity does not rule over me.
Order my steps in your word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Your precepts,
Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep your precepts.
135 Cause Your face to shine on Your servant, And teach me Your statutes.
Make your face to shine on your servant; and teach me your statutes.
136 Streams of waters have come down my eyes, Because they have not kept Your law!
Rivers of waters run down my eyes, because they keep not your law.
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,
Your testimonies that you have commanded are righteous and very faithful.
139 My zeal has cut me off, For my adversaries forgot Your words.
My zeal has consumed me, because my enemies have forgotten your words.
140 Your saying [is] tried exceedingly, And Your servant has loved it.
Your word is very pure: therefore your servant loves it.
141 I [am] small, and despised, I have not forgotten Your precepts.
I am small and despised: yet do not I forget your precepts.
142 Your righteousness [is] righteousness for all time, And Your law [is] truth.
Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your law is the truth.
143 Adversity and distress have found me, Your commands [are] my delights.
Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet your commandments are my delights.
144 The righteousness of Your testimonies [Is] to cause me to understand, and I live!
The righteousness of your testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
145 [QOF] I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O YHWH, I keep Your statutes,
I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep your statutes.
146 I have called You, save me, And I keep Your testimonies.
I cried to you; save me, and I shall keep your testimonies.
147 I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, I have hoped for Your word.
I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in your word.
148 My eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate on Your saying.
My eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in your word.
149 Hear my voice, according to Your kindness, YHWH, quicken me according to Your judgment.
Hear my voice according to your loving kindness: O LORD, quicken me according to your judgment.
150 My wicked pursuers have been near, They have been far off from Your law.
They draw near that follow after mischief: 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 truth.
152 I have known Your testimonies of old, That You have founded them for all time!
Concerning your testimonies, I have known of old that you have founded them for ever.
153 [RESH] See my affliction, and deliver me, For I have not forgotten Your law.
Consider my affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget your law.
154 Plead my plea, and redeem me, Quicken me according to Your saying.
Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken 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: for they seek not your statutes.
156 Your mercies [are] many, O YHWH, Quicken me according to Your judgments.
Great are your tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to your judgments.
157 My pursuers and adversaries are many, I have not turned aside from Your testimonies.
Many are my persecutors and my enemies; yet do I not decline from your testimonies.
158 I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because they have not kept Your saying.
I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not your word.
159 See, for I have loved Your precepts, YHWH, quicken me according to Your kindness.
Consider how I love your precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to your loving kindness.
160 The sum of Your word [is] truth, And every judgment of Your righteousness [is] for all time!
Your word is true from the beginning: and every one of your righteous judgments endures for ever.
161 [SHIN] Princes have pursued me without cause, And my heart was afraid because of Your words.
Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart stands in awe of your word.
162 I rejoice concerning Your saying, As one finding abundant spoil.
I rejoice at your word, as one that finds great spoil.
163 I have hated falsehood, indeed I detest [it], I have loved Your law.
I hate and abhor lying: but your law do I love.
164 Seven [times] in a day I have praised You, Because of the judgments of Your righteousness.
Seven times a day do I praise you because of your righteous judgments.
165 Those loving Your law have abundant peace, And they have no stumbling-block.
Great peace have they which love your law: and nothing shall offend them.
166 I have waited for Your salvation, O YHWH, And I have done Your commands.
LORD, I have hoped for your salvation, and done your commandments.
167 My soul has kept Your testimonies, And I love them exceedingly.
My soul has kept your testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
168 I have kept Your precepts and Your testimonies, For all my ways are before You!
I have kept 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.
Let my cry come near before you, O LORD: give me understanding according to your word.
170 My supplication comes in before You, Deliver me according to Your saying.
Let my supplication come before you: deliver me according to your word.
171 My lips utter praise, For You teach me Your statutes.
My lips shall utter praise, when you have taught me your statutes.
172 My tongue sings of Your saying, For all Your commands [are] righteous.
My tongue shall speak of your word: for all your commandments are righteousness.
173 Your hand is for a help to me, For I have chosen Your commands.
Let your hand help me; for I have chosen your precepts.
174 I have longed for Your salvation, O YHWH, And Your law [is] my delight.
I have longed 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 my soul live, and it shall praise you; and let your judgments 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 lost sheep; seek your servant; for I do not forget your commandments.
