Psalms 119
1 [ALEPH] O the blessedness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the Law of YHWH,
ALEPH. Happy are they whose way is perfect, who walk in the law of the Lord.
2 O the blessedness of those keeping His testimonies, They seek Him with the whole heart.
Happy are they who keep his testimonies, that seek him with all their heart.
3 Indeed, they have not done iniquity, They have walked in His ways.
They also commit no injustice; in his ways do they walk.
4 You have commanded us to diligently keep Your precepts,
Thou thyself hast commanded us thy precepts, that we might keep [them] diligently.
5 O that my ways were prepared to keep Your statutes,
Oh that my ways were firmly directed to observe thy statutes!
6 Then I am not ashamed In my looking to all Your commands.
Then would I not be made ashamed, while I look at all thy commandments.
7 I confess You with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Your righteousness.
I will thank thee with uprightness of heart, when I learn thy righteous ordinances.
8 I keep Your statutes, do not utterly leave me!
Thy statutes will I observe: oh forsake me not too greatly.
9 [BETH] With what does a young man purify his path? To observe—according to Your word.
BETH. Wherewithal shall a youth keep his way pure? by guarding it according to thy word.
10 I have sought You with all my heart, Do not let me err from Your commands.
With all my heart have I sought thee: oh let me not wander astray from thy commandments.
11 I have hid Your saying in my heart, That I do not sin before You.
In my heart have I treasured up thy saying, in order 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 statutes.
13 With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Your mouth.
With my lips have I related all the ordinances of thy mouth.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As over all wealth.
On the way of thy testimonies have I been glad, as over all wealth.
15 I meditate on Your precepts, And I attentively behold Your paths.
On thy precepts will I meditate, and direct my look unto thy paths.
16 I delight myself in Your statutes, I do not forget Your word.
In thy statutes will I seek my delight: I will not forget thy word.
17 [GIMEL] Confer benefits on Your servant, I live, and I keep Your word.
GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant: let me live, that I may observe thy word.
18 Uncover my eyes, and I behold wonders out of Your law.
Open thou my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
19 I [am] a sojourner on earth, Do not hide Your commands from me.
A stranger am I on the earth: hide not from me thy commandments.
20 My soul has broken for desire To Your judgments at all times.
My soul is broken from longing for thy ordinances at all times.
21 You have rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Your commands.
Thou hast rebuked the accursed proud, who go erringly astray from thy commandments.
22 Remove reproach and contempt from me, For I have kept Your testimonies.
Roll away from me reproach and contempt; for thy testimonies have I kept.
23 Princes also sat—they spoke against me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes,
Although even princes should sit and speak against me, thy servant would still meditate on thy statutes.
24 Your testimonies [are] also my delight, The men of my counsel!
Also thy testimonies are my delight, my counsellors.
25 [DALETH] My soul has cleaved to the dust, Quicken me according to Your word.
DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: revive thou me according to thy word.
26 I have recounted my ways, And You answer me, teach me Your statutes,
My ways do I relate [to thee], and thou answerest me: teach me thy statutes.
27 Cause me to understand the way of Your precepts, And I meditate on Your wonders.
Cause me to understand the way of thy precepts, that I may meditate on thy wonders.
28 My soul has dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Your word.
My soul droppeth away from grief: sustain me according to thy word.
29 Turn aside the way of falsehood from me And favor me with Your law.
The way of falsehood do thou remove from me, and grant me graciously thy law.
30 I have chosen the way of faithfulness, I have compared Your judgments,
The way of truth have I chosen: thy ordinances have I set [before me].
31 I have adhered to Your testimonies, O YHWH, do not put me to shame.
I have adhered unto thy testimonies: O Lord, put me not to shame.
32 I run the way of Your commands, For You enlarge my heart!
The way of thy commandments will I run; for thou wilt enlarge my heart.
33 [HE] Show me, O YHWH, the way of Your statutes, And I keep it—[to] the end.
HE. Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes, and I shall keep it in all its windings.
34 Cause me to understand, and I keep Your law, And observe it with the whole heart.
Give me understanding, that I may keep thy law, and I will observe it with all [my] heart.
35 Cause me to tread in the path of Your commands, For I have delighted in it.
Guide me on the path of thy commandments; for therein do I find my delight.
36 Incline my heart to Your testimonies, And not to dishonest gain.
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to desire for gain.
37 Remove my eyes from seeing vanity, Quicken me in Your way.
Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity: on thy way do thou give me life.
38 Establish Your saying to Your servant, That [is] concerning Your fear.
Fulfill unto thy servant thy promise for those who are devoted to thy fear.
39 Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Your judgments [are] good.
Cause to pass away my disgrace of which I have dread; for thy ordinances are good.
40 Behold, I have longed for Your precepts, Quicken me in Your righteousness,
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: through thy righteousness do thou give my life.
41 [WAW] And Your kindness meets me, O YHWH, Your salvation according to Your saying.
VAV. And let thy kindness come unto me, O Lord, thy salvation, according to thy promise.
42 And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For I have trusted in Your word.
Then shall I have a word to answer the one that reproacheth me; for I trust in thy word.
43 And You do not utterly take away The word of truth from my mouth, Because I have hoped for Your judgment.
And snatch not the word of truth out of my mouth too greatly; for I wait for thy ordinances.
44 And I keep Your law continually, For all time and forever.
So shall I observe thy 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 in an open space; for thy precepts have I sought.
46 And I speak of Your testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed.
And I will speak of thy testimonies 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 thy commandments, which I love.
48 And I lift up my hands to Your commands, That I have loved, And I meditate on Your statutes!
And so will I lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on thy statutes.
49 [ZAYIN] Remember the word to Your servant, On which You have caused me to hope.
ZAYIN. Remember thy word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to wait.
50 This [is] my comfort in my affliction, That Your saying has quickened me.
This is my comfort in my affliction, that thy promise hath revived me.
51 The proud have utterly scorned me, I have not turned aside from Your law.
The presumptuous have held me too greatly in derision: yet have I not departed away from thy law.
52 I remembered Your judgments of old, O YHWH, And I comfort myself.
I remembered thy decrees [which were] from olden times, O Lord, and thus comforted myself.
53 Horror has seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Your law.
Horror seized on me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
54 Your statutes have been songs to me, In the house of my sojournings.
Songs have thy statutes been unto me in the house of my pilgrimage.
55 I have remembered Your Name in the night, O YHWH, And I keep Your law.
I remembered in the night thy name, O Lord, and observed thy law.
56 This has been to me, That I have kept Your precepts!
This came to pass unto me, because I had kept thy precepts.
57 [HETH] YHWH [is] my portion; I have said I would keep Your words,
CHETH. My portion is the Lord, have I said, that I might observe thy words.
58 I appeased Your face with the whole heart, Favor me according to Your saying.
I make entreaty before thee with all my heart: be gracious unto me according to thy promise.
59 I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet to Your testimonies.
I have thought over my ways, and made my feet return unto thy testimonies.
60 I have made haste, And did not delay, to keep Your commands.
I hastened, and delayed not to observe thy commandments.
61 Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, I have not forgotten Your law.
Companies of wicked men have surrounded me; but I have not forgotten thy law.
62 At midnight I rise to give thanks to You, For the judgments of Your righteousness.
At midnights do I constantly rise to give thanks unto thee, because of thy righteous decrees.
63 I [am] a companion to all who fear You, And to those keeping Your precepts.
An associate am I unto all that fear thee, and unto those that keep thy precepts.
64 Of Your kindness, O YHWH, the earth is full, Teach me Your statutes!
Of thy kindness, O Lord, is the earth full: teach me thy statutes.
65 [TETH] You did good with Your servant, O YHWH, According to Your word.
TETH. Thou hast shown goodness on thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word.
66 Teach me the goodness of reason and knowledge, For I have believed in Your commands.
The best of discernment and knowledge do thou teach me; for in thy commandments do I believe.
67 Before I am afflicted, I am erring, And now I have kept Your saying.
Before I was afflicted I was in error; but now I observe thy saying.
68 You [are] good, and doing good, Teach me Your statutes.
Thou art good, and doing good: teach me thy statutes.
69 The proud have forged falsehood against me, I keep Your precepts with the whole heart.
The presumptuous have invented falsehoods against me; but I will with all my heart indeed keep thy precepts.
70 Their heart has been thick as fat, I have delighted in Your law.
Gross as fat is their heart; but I take truly delight in thy law.
71 [It is] good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Your statutes.
It is well for me that I have been afflicted, in order that I might learn thy statutes.
72 The Law of Your mouth [is] better to me Than thousands of gold and silver!
Better is unto me the law of thy mouth than thousands of gold and silver.
73 [YOD] Your hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Your commands.
YOD. Thy hands have made me and established me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
74 Those fearing You see me and rejoice, Because I have hoped for Your word.
Those that fear thee will see me and be rejoiced; because I have waited for thy word.
75 I have known, O YHWH, That Your judgments [are] righteous, And [in] faithfulness You have afflicted me.
I know, O Lord, that thy decrees are righteous, and that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
76 Please let Your kindness be to comfort me, According to Your saying to Your servant.
Let, I pray thee, thy kindness come to comfort me, according to thy promise unto thy servant.
77 Your mercies meet me, and I live, For Your law [is] my delight.
Let thy mercies come unto me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight.
78 The proud are ashamed, For [with] falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate on Your precepts.
Let the presumptuous be made ashamed; because they have without a cause dealt perversely with me; but I will indeed meditate on thy precepts.
79 Those fearing You turn back to me, And those knowing Your testimonies.
Let those that fear thee return unto me, and those that know thy testimonies.
80 My heart is perfect in Your statutes, So that I am not ashamed.
Let my heart be entire in thy statutes, in order that I may not be put to shame.
81 [KAPH] My soul has been consumed for Your salvation, I have hoped for Your word.
CAPH. My soul ardently desireth for thy salvation: for thy word do I wait.
82 My eyes have been consumed for Your word, Saying, “When does it comfort me?”
My eyes look eagerly for thy promise, 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 smoke: [yet] do I not forget thy statutes.
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 justice on my persecutors?
85 The proud have dug pits for me, That [are] not according to Your law.
The presumptuous have dug pits for me, which is not in accordance with thy law.
86 All Your commands [are] faithfulness, They have pursued me [with] falsehood, Help me.
All thy commandments are founded on truth: without cause they persecute me; help thou me.
87 They have almost consumed me on earth, And I have not forsaken Your precepts.
But little was wanting that they had consumed me upon earth; but I have truly not forsaken thy precepts.
88 Quicken me according to Your kindness, And I keep the Testimony of Your mouth!
According to thy kindness give me life, that I may observe the testimony of thy mouth.
89 [LAMED] For all time, O YHWH, Your word is set up in the heavens.
LAMED. To eternity, O Lord, standeth firm thy word with the heavens.
90 Your faithfulness from generation to generation, You established earth, and it stands.
Unto all generations endureth thy faithfulness: thou hast established the earth, and she standeth.
91 According to Your ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole—Your servants.
According to thy ordinances they exist this day: for all are thy servants.
92 Unless Your law [were] my delights, Then had I perished in my affliction.
Unless thy law had been my delights, I should long since have been lost in my affliction.
93 I do not forget Your precepts for all time, For You have quickened me by them.
Never will I forget thy precepts; for with them thou hast kept me alive.
94 I [am] Yours, save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
Thine am I, save me; for thy precepts have I sought.
95 Your wicked waited for me to destroy me, I understand Your testimonies.
Wicked men have waited for me to destroy me; [but] I will reflect on thy testimonies.
96 I have seen an end of all perfection, Your command [is] exceedingly broad!
Of all perfection have I seen the end; [but] thy commandment is exceedingly extended.
97 [MEM] O how I have loved Your law! It [is] my meditation all the day.
MEM. Oh how do I love thy law! all the day is it my (meditation)
98 Your command makes me wiser than my enemies, For it [is] before me for all time.
Wiser than my enemy doth thy commandment make me; for it is perpetually with me.
99 I have acted wisely above all my teachers. For Your testimonies [are] my (meditation)
Above all my teachers have I obtained intelligence; for thy testimonies are my (meditation)
100 Above elderly—I understand more, For I have kept Your precepts.
More than the elders do I possess understanding; because thy precepts do I keep.
101 I restrained my feet from every evil path, So that I keep Your word.
From every evil path have I withholden my feet, in order that I might observe thy word.
102 I did not turn aside from Your judgments, For You have directed me.
From thy ordinances have I not departed; for thou hast instructed me.
103 How sweet Your saying has been to my palate, Above honey to my mouth.
How much sweeter are to my palate thy sayings than honey to my mouth!
104 I have understanding from Your precepts, Therefore I have hated every false path!
Through thy precepts shall I obtain understanding: therefore do I hate every path of falsehood.
105 [NUN] Your word [is] a lamp to my foot, And a light to my path.
NUN. A lamp unto my feet is thy word, and a light unto my path.
106 I have sworn, and I confirm, To keep the judgments of Your righteousness.
I have sworn, and I will perform it, to observe thy righteous ordinances.
107 I have been afflicted very much, O YHWH, quicken me, according to Your word.
I am afflicted exceedingly much: O Lord, revive me, according to thy word.
108 Please accept [the] free-will offerings of my mouth, O YHWH, And teach me Your judgments.
Receive in favor the freewill-offerings of my mouth, I beseech thee, O Lord, and teach me thy ordinances.
109 My soul [is] in my hand continually, And I have not forgotten Your law.
My life is in my hand continually: yet thy law do I not forget.
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 have I not erred from thy precepts.
111 I have inherited Your testimonies for all time, For they [are] the joy of my heart.
I have taken thy testimonies as a heritage to eternity; 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 thy statutes always, in all their ways.
113 [SAMEKH] I have hated doubting ones, And I have loved Your law.
SAMECH. Those of divided thoughts I hate; but thy law do I love.
114 You [are] my hiding place and my shield, I have hoped for Your word.
My shelter and my shield art thou: for thy word do I wait.
115 Turn aside from me, you evildoers, And I keep the commands of my God.
Depart from me, ye evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of 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 promise, that I may live, and let me not be made ashamed of my hope.
117 Support me, and I am saved, And I look on Your statutes continually.
Support me that I may be placed in safety, and I will direct my regard unto thy statutes continually.
118 You have trodden down All going astray from Your statutes, For their deceit [is] falsehood.
Thou hast trodden down all that erringly stray from thy statutes; for falsehood is their deceit.
119 Dross! You have caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Your testimonies.
Like dross dost thou put away all the wicked of the earth: therefore do I love thy testimonies.
120 My flesh has trembled from Your fear, And I have been afraid from Your judgments!
My flesh trembleth shudderingly from dread of thee, and of thy decrees am I afraid.
121 [AYIN] I have done judgment and righteousness, Do not leave me to my oppressors.
'AYIN. I have executed justice and righteousness: leave me not to those who oppress me.
122 Make Your servant sure for good, Do not let the proud oppress me.
Protect thy servant for good: let not the presumptuous oppress me.
123 My eyes have been consumed for Your salvation. And for the saying of Your righteousness.
My eyes look eagerly for thy salvation, and for thy righteous promise.
124 Do with Your servant according to Your kindness. And teach me Your statutes.
Deal with thy servant according to thy kindness, and thy statutes do thou teach me.
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 to act for the Lord: they have broken thy law.
127 Therefore I have loved Your commands Above gold—even fine gold.
Therefore do I love thy commandments more than gold, and more than fine gold.
128 Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, I have hated every path of falsehood!
Therefore do I esteem all thy precepts in all things as right: every path of falsehood do I hate.
129 [PE] Your testimonies [are] wonderful, Therefore my soul has kept them.
PE. Wonderful are thy testimonies: therefore doth my soul keep them.
130 The opening of Your words enlightens, Instructing the simple.
The opening of thy words giveth light, it giveth understanding unto 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 breath; because for thy commandments did I long.
132 Look to me, and favor me, As customary to those loving Your Name.
Turn thou unto me, and be gracious unto me, as is thy wont unto those that love thy name.
133 Establish my steps by Your saying, And any iniquity does not rule over me.
My steps establish thou through thy promise, and suffer not any wrong to have dominion over me.
134 Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Your precepts,
Deliver me from the oppression of man, and I will observe thy precepts.
135 Cause Your face to shine on Your servant, And teach me Your statutes.
Let thy face shine upon thy servant, and teach me thy statutes.
136 Streams of waters have come down my eyes, Because they have not kept Your law!
Streams of water have run down my eyes; because they had not observed thy law.
137 [TSADE] You [are] righteous, O YHWH, And Your judgments [are] upright.
TZADDE. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy decrees.
138 You have appointed Your testimonies, Righteous and exceedingly faithful,
Thou hast commanded thy testimonies, as righteous and faithful exceedingly.
139 My zeal has cut me off, For my adversaries forgot Your words.
My zeal destroyeth me; because my assailants have forgotten thy words.
140 Your saying [is] tried exceedingly, And Your servant has loved it.
Thy promise is greatly refined, and thy servant loveth it.
141 I [am] small, and despised, I have not forgotten Your precepts.
I am little and despised: yet thy precepts have I not forgotten.
142 Your righteousness [is] righteousness for all time, And Your law [is] truth.
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
143 Adversity and distress have found me, Your commands [are] my delights.
Distress and trouble have overtaken me: [yet] are thy commandments my delights.
144 The righteousness of Your testimonies [Is] to cause me to understand, and I live!
Righteous are thy testimonies for everlasting: give me understanding, that I may live.
145 [QOF] I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O YHWH, I keep Your statutes,
KOPH. I have called with all my heart: answer me, O Lord: thy statutes will I keep.
146 I have called You, save me, And I keep Your testimonies.
I have called on thee, save me, and I will observe thy testimonies.
147 I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, I have hoped for Your word.
I come before thee in the dawn of morning, and cry: for thy word do I wait.
148 My eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate on Your saying.
My eyes are awake before the night-watches, that I may meditate in thy saying.
149 Hear my voice, according to Your kindness, YHWH, quicken me according to Your judgment.
Hear my voice according to thy kindness: O Lord, according to thy decree do thou grant me life.
150 My wicked pursuers have been near, They have been far off from Your law.
They that pursue mischievous devices draw nigh: from thy law are they far.
151 You [are] near, O YHWH, And all Your commands [are] truth.
Near art thou, O Lord; and all thy commandments are the truth.
152 I have known Your testimonies of old, That You have founded them for all time!
Of old already I knew of thy testimonies; because for eternity hast thou founded them.
153 [RESH] See my affliction, and deliver me, For I have not forgotten Your law.
RESH. Look on my affliction, and release me; for thy law have I not forgotten.
154 Plead my plea, and redeem me, Quicken me according to Your saying.
Plead my cause, and deliver me: according to thy promise do thou revive me.
155 Salvation [is] far from the wicked, For they have not sought Your statutes.
Far from the wicked is salvation; because thy statutes have they not sought for.
156 Your mercies [are] many, O YHWH, Quicken me according to Your judgments.
Thy mercies are abundant, O Lord; according to thy decrees do thou revive me.
157 My pursuers and adversaries are many, I have not turned aside from Your testimonies.
Many are my persecutors and my assailants: yet from thy testimonies do I not turn away.
158 I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because they have not kept Your saying.
I beheld the treacherous, and felt disgust; because they observed not thy saying.
159 See, for I have loved Your precepts, YHWH, quicken me according to Your kindness.
Behold that I love thy precepts: O Lord, according to thy kindness do thou revive me.
160 The sum of Your word [is] truth, And every judgment of Your righteousness [is] for all time!
The summit of thy word is truth: and the whole of thy righteous judgment endureth for ever.
161 [SHIN] Princes have pursued me without cause, And my heart was afraid because of Your words.
SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but of thy word standeth my heart in dread.
162 I rejoice concerning Your saying, As one finding abundant spoil.
I am rejoiced over thy promise, as one that findeth great spoil.
163 I have hated falsehood, indeed I detest [it], I have loved Your law.
Falsehood I hate and abhor: but thy law do I love.
164 Seven [times] in a day I have praised You, Because of the judgments of Your righteousness.
Seven times in the day do I praise thee because of thy righteous decrees.
165 Those loving Your law have abundant peace, And they have no stumbling-block.
Abundant peace have they who love thy law; and thee is nothing that causeth them to stumble.
166 I have waited for Your salvation, O YHWH, And I have done Your commands.
I have hoped for thy salvation, O Lord, and thy commandments have I fulfilled.
167 My soul has kept Your testimonies, And I love them exceedingly.
My soul hath observed thy testimonies, and I love them exceedingly.
168 I have kept Your precepts and Your testimonies, For all my ways are before You!
I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; because all my ways are before thee.
169 [TAW] My loud cry comes near before You, O YHWH; Cause me to understand according to Your word.
TAV. Let my entreaty come near before thee, O Lord: according to thy word grant me understanding.
170 My supplication comes in before You, Deliver me according to Your saying.
Let my supplication come before thee: according to thy promise do thou deliver me.
171 My lips utter praise, For You teach me Your statutes.
My lips shall utter praise; because thou wilt teach me thy statutes.
172 My tongue sings of Your saying, For all Your commands [are] righteous.
My tongue shall speak loudly of thy promise; for all thy commandments are righteous.
173 Your hand is for a help to me, For I have chosen Your commands.
Let thy hand be [ready] to help me; for thy precepts have I chosen.
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 delights.
175 My soul lives, and it praises You, And Your judgments help me.
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee: and let thy decrees help me.
176 I wandered as a lost sheep, [so] seek Your servant, For I have not forgotten Your precepts!
I have gone erringly astray like a lost sheep: seek thy servant; for thy commandments have I not forgotten.
