Psalms 119
1 [ALEPH] O the blessedness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the Law of YHWH,
Happy are they who are upright in their 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.
Happy are they who observe his ordinances, And seek him with their whole heart;
3 Indeed, they have not done iniquity, They have walked in His ways.
Who also do no iniquity, But walk in his ways!
4 You have commanded us to diligently keep Your precepts,
Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
5 O that my ways were prepared to keep Your statutes,
O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
6 Then I am not ashamed In my looking to all Your commands.
Then shall I not be put to shame, When I have respect to all thy commandments.
7 I confess You with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Your righteousness.
I will praise thee in uprightness of heart, When I shall have learned thy righteous laws.
8 I keep Your statutes, do not utterly leave me!
I will keep thy statutes; Do not utterly forsake me!
9 [BETH] With what does a young man purify his path? To observe—according to Your word.
How shall a young man keep his way pure? By taking heed to it according to thy 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 thee; O let me not wander from thy commandments!
11 I have hid Your saying in my heart, That I do not sin before You.
Thy word have I hid in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.
12 Blessed [are] You, O YHWH, teach me Your statutes.
Blessed be thou, O LORD! O teach me thy statutes!
13 With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Your mouth.
With my lips do I declare All the precepts of thy mouth.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As over all wealth.
In the way of thine ordinances I rejoice As much as in all riches.
15 I meditate on Your precepts, And I attentively behold Your paths.
I meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.
16 I delight myself in Your statutes, I do not forget Your word.
I delight myself in thy statutes; I do not forget thy word.
17 [GIMEL] Confer benefits on Your servant, I live, and I keep Your word.
Deal kindly with thy servant, that I may live, And have regard to thy word!
18 Uncover my eyes, and I behold wonders out of Your law.
Open thou mine 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.
I am a stranger in the earth; O hide not thy precepts from me!
20 My soul has broken for desire To Your judgments at all times.
My soul breaketh within me, On account of longing for thy judgments at all times.
21 You have rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Your commands.
Thou rebukest the proud, the accursed, Who wander from thy commandments.
22 Remove reproach and contempt from me, For I have kept Your testimonies.
Remove from me reproach and contempt, For I have kept thine ordinances!
23 Princes also sat—they spoke against me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes,
Princes sit and speak against me, But thy servant meditateth on thy statutes.
24 Your testimonies [are] also my delight, The men of my counsel!
Thine ordinances are my delight; Yea, they are my counsellors.
25 [DALETH] My soul has cleaved to the dust, Quicken me according to Your word.
My soul cleaveth to the dust; O revive 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 statutes!
27 Cause me to understand the way of Your precepts, And I meditate on Your wonders.
Make me to understand the way of thy precepts! So will I meditate upon thy wonders.
28 My soul has dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Your word.
My soul weepeth for trouble; O lift me up according to thy promise!
29 Turn aside the way of falsehood from me And favor me with Your law.
Remove from me the way of falsehood, And graciously grant me thy law!
30 I have chosen the way of faithfulness, I have compared Your judgments,
I have chosen the way of truth, And set thy statutes before me.
31 I have adhered to Your testimonies, O YHWH, do not put me to shame.
I cleave to thine ordinances; O LORD! let me not be put to shame!
32 I run the way of Your commands, For You enlarge my heart!
I will run in the way of thy commandments, When thou shalt 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 thy statutes, That I may 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, that I may keep thy law; That I may observe it with my whole heart!
35 Cause me to tread in the path of Your commands, For I have delighted in it.
Cause me to tread in the path of thy commandments, For in it I have my delight.
36 Incline my heart to Your testimonies, And not to dishonest gain.
Incline my heart to thine ordinances, And not to the love of gain!
37 Remove my eyes from seeing vanity, Quicken me in Your way.
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy law!
38 Establish Your saying to Your servant, That [is] concerning Your fear.
Fulfill to thy servant thy promise, Which thou hast made to him who feareth thee!
39 Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Your judgments [are] good.
Turn away the reproach which I fear; For thy judgments are good.
40 Behold, I have longed for Your precepts, Quicken me in Your righteousness,
Behold, I have longed for thy precepts; O quicken thou me in thy righteousness!
41 [WAW] And Your kindness meets me, O YHWH, Your salvation according to Your saying.
Let thy mercies come to me, O LORD! And thy help according to thy promise!
42 And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For I have trusted in Your word.
So shall I be able to answer him that reproacheth me; For I trust in thy promise.
43 And You do not utterly take away The word of truth from my mouth, Because I have hoped for Your judgment.
O take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth! For I trust in thy judgments.
44 And I keep Your law continually, For all time and forever.
So shall I keep thy law continually, For ever and ever.
45 And I habitually walk in a broad place, For I have sought Your precepts.
I shall walk in a wide path; For I seek thy precepts.
46 And I speak of Your testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed.
I will speak of thine ordinances before kings, And will not be ashamed.
47 And I delight myself in Your commands, That I have loved,
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!
I will lift up my hands to thy precepts, which I love; I will meditate on thy statutes.
49 [ZAYIN] Remember the word to Your servant, On which You have caused me to hope.
Remember thy promise to thy servant, Because thou hast 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 thy promise reviveth 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 swerved from thy law.
52 I remembered Your judgments of old, O YHWH, And I comfort myself.
I remember thy judgments of old, O LORD! And I comfort myself.
53 Horror has seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Your law.
Indignation burneth within me, On account of the wicked who forsake thy law.
54 Your statutes have been songs to me, In the house of my sojournings.
Thy statutes have been my song 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 think of thy name, And keep thy law!
56 This has been to me, That I have kept Your precepts!
This have I as my own, That I keep thy precepts.
57 [HETH] YHWH [is] my portion; I have said I would keep Your words,
Thou art my portion, O LORD! I have resolved that I will keep thy precepts.
58 I appeased Your face with the whole heart, Favor me according to Your saying.
I have sought thy favor with my whole heart; Be gracious unto me according to thy promise!
59 I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet to Your testimonies.
I think on my ways, And turn my feet to thy statutes;
60 I have made haste, And did not delay, to keep Your commands.
I make haste, and delay not, To keep thy commandments.
61 Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, I have not forgotten Your law.
The snares of the wicked surround me; Yet do I not forget thy law.
62 At midnight I rise to give thanks to You, For the judgments of Your righteousness.
At midnight I rise to give thanks to thee On account of thy righteous judgments.
63 I [am] a companion to all who fear You, And to those keeping Your precepts.
I am the companion of all who fear thee, And who obey thy precepts.
64 Of Your kindness, O YHWH, the earth is full, Teach me Your statutes!
The earth, O LORD! is full of thy goodness; O teach me thy statutes!
65 [TETH] You did good with Your servant, O YHWH, According to Your word.
Thou dost bless thy servant, O LORD! According to thy promise!
66 Teach me the goodness of reason and knowledge, For I have believed in Your commands.
Teach me sound judgment and knowledge! For I have faith in thy 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 thy word.
68 You [are] good, and doing good, Teach me Your statutes.
Thou art good and doest good; O teach me thy statutes!
69 The proud have forged falsehood against me, I keep Your precepts with the whole heart.
The proud forge lies against me, But I keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
70 Their heart has been thick as fat, I have delighted in Your law.
Their heart is senseless like fat; But I delight in 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 I have been afflicted, That I might learn thy statutes.
72 The Law of Your mouth [is] better to me Than thousands of gold and silver!
The law of thy 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.
Thy hands have made and fashioned 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.
They who fear thee shall see me and rejoice, Because I trust in 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 judgments are right, And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
76 Please let Your kindness be to comfort me, According to Your saying to Your servant.
O let thy loving-kindness be my comfort, According to thy promise to thy servant!
77 Your mercies meet me, and I live, For Your law [is] my delight.
Let thy tender mercies come to 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.
May the proud be put to shame, who wrong me without cause! But I will meditate on thy precepts.
79 Those fearing You turn back to me, And those knowing Your testimonies.
Let those who fear thee turn unto me, And they that know thine ordinances!
80 My heart is perfect in Your statutes, So that I am not ashamed.
May my heart be perfect in thy 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 fainteth for thy salvation; In thy promise do I trust.
82 My eyes have been consumed for Your word, Saying, “When does it comfort me?”
Mine eyes fail with looking for thy promise; When. say I, wilt thou comfort me?
83 For I have been as a bottle in smoke, I have not forgotten Your statutes.
Yea, 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 judgment upon my persecutors?
85 The proud have dug pits for me, That [are] not according to Your law.
The proud have digged pits for me; They who do not regard thy law.
86 All Your commands [are] faithfulness, They have pursued me [with] falsehood, Help me.
All thy commandments are faithful; They persecute me without cause; help thou me!
87 They have almost consumed me on earth, And I have not forsaken Your precepts.
They had almost consumed me from the earth; But I forsook not thy precepts.
88 Quicken me according to Your kindness, And I keep the Testimony of Your mouth!
Quicken me according to thy loving-kindness, That I may keep the law of thy mouth!
89 [LAMED] For all time, O YHWH, Your word is set up in the heavens.
Thy word, O LORD! abideth for ever, Being established like the heavens;
90 Your faithfulness from generation to generation, You established earth, and it stands.
Thy faithfulness endureth to all generations. Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
91 According to Your ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole—Your servants.
They continue to this day according to their ordinances; For they are all subject to thee.
92 Unless Your law [were] my delights, Then had I perished in my affliction.
Had not thy law been my delight, I should 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 thy precepts; For by them thou revivest me.
94 I [am] Yours, save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
I am thine, help me! For I seek thy precepts.
95 Your wicked waited for me to destroy me, I understand Your testimonies.
The wicked lie in wait to destroy me; But I will have regard to thine ordinances.
96 I have seen an end of all perfection, Your command [is] exceedingly broad!
I have seen an end of all perfection; But thy law is exceeding broad.
97 [MEM] O how I have loved Your law! It [is] my meditation all the day.
O how I love thy law! It is my daily (meditation)
98 Your command makes me wiser than my enemies, For it [is] before me for all time.
Thou hast made me wiser than my enemies by thy precepts; For they are ever before 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 thine ordinances are my (meditation)
100 Above elderly—I understand more, For I have kept Your precepts.
I have more wisdom than the ancients, Because I keep thy precepts.
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 might keep thy word.
102 I did not turn aside from Your judgments, For You have directed me.
I depart not from thy statutes, For thou teachest me!
103 How sweet Your saying has been to my palate, Above honey to my mouth.
How sweet are thy words to my taste; Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 I have understanding from Your precepts, Therefore I have hated every false path!
From thy precepts I learn wisdom; Therefore do I hate every false way.
105 [NUN] Your word [is] a lamp to my foot, And a light to my path.
Thy 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 thy righteous statutes.
107 I have been afflicted very much, O YHWH, quicken me, according to Your word.
I am exceedingly afflicted; Revive me, O LORD! according to thy word!
108 Please accept [the] free-will offerings of my mouth, O YHWH, And teach me Your judgments.
Accept, O LORD! the free-will offering of my mouth, And teach me thy statutes!
109 My soul [is] in my hand continually, And I have not forgotten Your law.
My life is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, And I did not wander from your precepts.
The wicked lay snares for me, Yet do I not go astray from thy precepts.
111 I have inherited Your testimonies for all time, For they [are] the joy of my heart.
I have made thine ordinances my possession for ever; 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, —even to the end.
113 [SAMEKH] I have hated doubting ones, And I have loved Your law.
I hate impious men, And thy law I do love.
114 You [are] my hiding place and my shield, I have hoped for Your word.
Thou art my hiding-place and my shield; In thy word I put my trust!
115 Turn aside from me, you evildoers, And I keep the commands of my God.
Depart from me, ye evil-doers! 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 thy promise, 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.
Do thou hold me up, and I shall be safe, And I will have respect to thy statutes continually!
118 You have trodden down All going astray from Your statutes, For their deceit [is] falsehood.
Thou castest off all who depart from thy laws; For their deceit is vain.
119 Dross! You have caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Your testimonies.
Thou throwest away all the wicked of the earth, like dross; Therefore I love thine ordinances.
120 My flesh has trembled from Your fear, And I have been afraid from Your judgments!
My flesh trembleth through fear of thee, And I am afraid of thy judgments.
121 [AYIN] I have done judgment and righteousness, Do not leave me to my oppressors.
I have done justice and equity; O leave me not to mine oppressors.
122 Make Your servant sure for good, Do not let the proud oppress me.
Be surety for thy 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.
Mine eyes fail with looking for thy help, 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 mercy, And teach me thy statutes!
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 thine ordinances!
126 Time for YHWH to work! They have made Your law void.
It is time for thee, O LORD! to act; For men have made void thy law.
127 Therefore I have loved Your commands Above gold—even fine gold.
Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; Yea, above fine gold.
128 Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, I have hated every path of falsehood!
Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; I hate every false way.
129 [PE] Your testimonies [are] wonderful, Therefore my soul has kept them.
Wonderful are thine ordinances; Therefore do I observe them.
130 The opening of Your words enlightens, Instructing the simple.
The communication of thy precepts giveth light; It giveth understanding to the simple.
131 I have opened my mouth, indeed, I pant, For I have longed for Your commands.
I open my mouth and pant: For I long for thy commandments.
132 Look to me, and favor me, As customary to those loving Your Name.
Look thou upon me, and be gracious to me, As is just to those who love thy name!
133 Establish my steps by Your saying, And any iniquity does not rule over me.
Establish my footsteps in 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 oppression of men, So will I keep thy precepts!
135 Cause Your face to shine on Your servant, And teach me Your statutes.
Let thy face shine on thy servant, And teach me thy statutes!
136 Streams of waters have come down my eyes, Because they have not kept Your law!
Rivers of water run down mine eyes, Because men keep not thy law.
137 [TSADE] You [are] righteous, O YHWH, And Your judgments [are] upright.
Righteous art thou, O LORD! And just are thy judgments!
138 You have appointed Your testimonies, Righteous and exceedingly faithful,
Just are the ordinances which thou hast ordained, And altogether righteous.
139 My zeal has cut me off, For my adversaries forgot Your words.
My zeal consumeth me, Because my enemies forget thy word.
140 Your saying [is] tried exceedingly, And Your servant has loved it.
Thy word is very pure, Therefore thy servant loveth it.
141 I [am] small, and despised, I have not forgotten Your precepts.
Of mean condition am I, and despised; Yet do I not forget thy precepts.
142 Your righteousness [is] righteousness for all time, And Your law [is] truth.
Thy righteousness is everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.
143 Adversity and distress have found me, Your commands [are] my delights.
Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me, But thy laws are my delight.
144 The righteousness of Your testimonies [Is] to cause me to understand, and I live!
The justice of thine ordinances 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 cry to thee with my whole heart; Hear me, O LORD! that I may keep thy statutes.
146 I have called You, save me, And I keep Your testimonies.
I cry unto thee; save me, And I will observe thine ordinances.
147 I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, I have hoped for Your word.
I come before the dawn with my prayer; I trust in thy promise!
148 My eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate on Your saying.
My eyes anticipate the night-watches, That I may meditate upon thy promise.
149 Hear my voice, according to Your kindness, YHWH, quicken me according to Your judgment.
Hear my voice according to thy loving-kindness; O LORD! revive me according to thy mercy!
150 My wicked pursuers have been near, They have been far off from Your law.
Near are they whose aim is mischief; They are far from thy law;
151 You [are] near, O YHWH, And all Your commands [are] truth.
Yet thou art near, O LORD! And all thy commandments are truth!
152 I have known Your testimonies of old, That You have founded them for all time!
Long have I known concerning thine ordinances, That thou hast founded them for ever.
153 [RESH] See my affliction, and deliver me, For I have not forgotten Your law.
Look upon my affliction, and deliver me! For I do not forget thy law.
154 Plead my plea, and redeem me, Quicken me according to Your saying.
Maintain my cause, and redeem me; Revive me according to thy promise!
155 Salvation [is] far from the wicked, For they have not sought Your statutes.
Salvation is far from the wicked, Because they seek not thy statutes.
156 Your mercies [are] many, O YHWH, Quicken me according to Your judgments.
Great is thy compassion, O LORD! Revive thou me according to thine equity!
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 depart from thine ordinances.
158 I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because they have not kept Your saying.
I behold the transgressors, and am grieved Because they regard not thy word.
159 See, for I have loved Your precepts, YHWH, quicken me according to Your kindness.
Behold, how I love thy precepts! O LORD! revive me according to thy loving-kindness!
160 The sum of Your word [is] truth, And every judgment of Your righteousness [is] for all time!
The whole of thy word is truth, And all thy righteous judgments endure for ever.
161 [SHIN] Princes have pursued me without cause, And my heart was afraid because of Your words.
Princes have persecuted me without cause; But my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
162 I rejoice concerning Your saying, As one finding abundant spoil.
I rejoice in thy word, As one that hath found great spoil.
163 I have hated falsehood, indeed I detest [it], I have loved Your law.
I hate and abhor lying, And thy 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 thee On account of thy righteous judgments.
165 Those loving Your law have abundant peace, And they have no stumbling-block.
Great peace have they who love thy law, And no evil shall befall them.
166 I have waited for Your salvation, O YHWH, And I have done Your commands.
O LORD! I wait for thy salvation, And keep thy commandments!
167 My soul has kept Your testimonies, And I love them exceedingly.
My soul observeth thine ordinances, And loveth them exceedingly.
168 I have kept Your precepts and Your testimonies, For all my ways are before You!
I keep thy precepts and thine ordinances; For 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.
Let my prayer come near before thee, O LORD! According to thy promise, give me understanding!
170 My supplication comes in before You, Deliver me according to Your saying.
Let my supplication come before thee; O deliver me according to thy promise!
171 My lips utter praise, For You teach me Your statutes.
My lips shall pour forth praise; For thou teachest me thy statutes.
172 My tongue sings of Your saying, For all Your commands [are] righteous.
My tongue shall sing of thy word; For all thy commandments are right.
173 Your hand is for a help to me, For I have chosen Your commands.
Let thy hand be my help; For I have chosen thy precepts!
174 I have longed for Your salvation, O YHWH, And Your law [is] my delight.
I long for thy salvation, O LORD! And thy law is my delight!
175 My soul lives, and it praises You, And Your judgments help me.
Let me live, and I will praise thee; Let thy judgments help me!
176 I wandered as a lost sheep, [so] seek Your servant, For I have not forgotten Your precepts!
I wander like a lost sheep; seek thy servant, For I do not forget thy commandments!
