Psalms 119
1 [ALEPH] O the blessedness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the Law of YHWH,
ALEPH Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh’s law.
2 O the blessedness of those keeping His testimonies, They seek Him with the whole heart.
Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.
3 Indeed, they have not done iniquity, They have walked in His ways.
Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways.
4 You have commanded us to diligently keep Your precepts,
You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them.
5 O that my ways were prepared to keep Your statutes,
Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!
6 Then I am not ashamed In my looking to all Your commands.
Then I wouldn’t be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments.
7 I confess You with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Your righteousness.
I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments.
8 I keep Your statutes, do not utterly leave me!
I will observe your statutes. Don’t utterly forsake me. BETH
9 [BETH] With what does a young man purify his path? To observe—according to Your word.
How can a young man keep his way pure? By living 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 I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.
11 I have hid Your saying in my heart, That I do not sin before You.
I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
12 Blessed [are] You, O YHWH, teach me Your statutes.
Blessed are you, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes.
13 With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Your mouth.
With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances 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 on your precepts, and consider 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. GIMEL
17 [GIMEL] Confer benefits on Your servant, I live, and I keep Your word.
Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word.
18 Uncover my eyes, and I behold wonders out of Your law.
Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.
19 I [am] a sojourner on earth, Do not hide Your commands from me.
I am a stranger on the earth. Don’t hide your commandments from me.
20 My soul has broken for desire To Your judgments at all times.
My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
21 You have rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Your commands.
You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments.
22 Remove reproach and contempt from me, For I have kept Your testimonies.
Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes.
23 Princes also sat—they spoke against me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes,
Though princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate on your statutes.
24 Your testimonies [are] also my delight, The men of my counsel!
Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors. DALETH
25 [DALETH] My soul has cleaved to the dust, Quicken me according to Your word.
My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word!
26 I have recounted my ways, And You answer me, teach me Your statutes,
I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes.
27 Cause me to understand the way of Your precepts, And I meditate on Your wonders.
Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.
28 My soul has dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Your word.
My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.
29 Turn aside the way of falsehood from me And favor me with Your law.
Keep me from the way of deceit. 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. I have set your ordinances before me.
31 I have adhered to Your testimonies, O YHWH, do not put me to shame.
I cling to your statutes, Yahweh. Don’t let me be disappointed.
32 I run the way of Your commands, For You enlarge my heart!
I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free. HE
33 [HE] Show me, O YHWH, the way of Your statutes, And I keep it—[to] the end.
Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end.
34 Cause me to understand, and I keep Your law, And observe it with the whole heart.
Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.
35 Cause me to tread in the path of Your commands, For I have delighted in it.
Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them.
36 Incline my heart to Your testimonies, And not to dishonest gain.
Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.
37 Remove my eyes from seeing vanity, Quicken me in Your way.
Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
38 Establish Your saying to Your servant, That [is] concerning Your fear.
Fulfill your promise to your servant, that you may be feared.
39 Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Your judgments [are] good.
Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good.
40 Behold, I have longed for Your precepts, Quicken me in Your righteousness,
Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness. VAV
41 [WAW] And Your kindness meets me, O YHWH, Your salvation according to Your saying.
Let your loving kindness also come to me, Yahweh, 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 I will have an answer for him who 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.
Don’t snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, for I put my hope in your ordinances.
44 And I keep Your law continually, For all time and forever.
So I will obey your law continually, forever and ever.
45 And I habitually walk in a broad place, For I have sought Your precepts.
I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts.
46 And I speak of Your testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed.
I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed.
47 And I delight myself in Your commands, That I have loved,
I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.
48 And I lift up my hands to Your commands, That I have loved, And I meditate on Your statutes!
I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes. ZAYIN
49 [ZAYIN] Remember the word to Your servant, On which You have caused me to hope.
Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me 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 revived me.
51 The proud have utterly scorned me, I have not turned aside from Your law.
The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don’t swerve from your law.
52 I remembered Your judgments of old, O YHWH, And I comfort myself.
I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh, and have comforted myself.
53 Horror has seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Your law.
Indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked who 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 where I live.
55 I have remembered Your Name in the night, O YHWH, And I keep Your law.
I have remembered your name, Yahweh, in the night, and I obey your law.
56 This has been to me, That I have kept Your precepts!
This is my way, that I keep your precepts. HETH
57 [HETH] YHWH [is] my portion; I have said I would keep Your words,
Yahweh is my portion. I promised to obey your words.
58 I appeased Your face with the whole heart, Favor me according to Your saying.
I sought 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 considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes.
60 I have made haste, And did not delay, to keep Your commands.
I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments.
61 Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, I have not forgotten Your law.
The ropes of the wicked bind me, but I won’t forget 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 ordinances.
63 I [am] a companion to all who fear You, And to those keeping Your precepts.
I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.
64 Of Your kindness, O YHWH, the earth is full, Teach me Your statutes!
The earth is full of your loving kindness, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes. TETH
65 [TETH] You did good with Your servant, O YHWH, According to Your word.
You have treated your servant well, according to your word, Yahweh.
66 Teach me the goodness of reason and knowledge, For I have believed in Your commands.
Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.
67 Before I am afflicted, I am erring, And now I have kept Your saying.
Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe 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 smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.
70 Their heart has been thick as fat, I have delighted in Your law.
Their heart is as callous as the fat, 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 may 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 pieces of gold and silver. YODH
73 [YOD] Your hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Your commands.
Your hands have made me and formed 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.
Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.
75 I have known, O YHWH, That Your judgments [are] righteous, And [in] faithfulness You have afflicted me.
Yahweh, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
76 Please let Your kindness be to comfort me, According to Your saying to Your servant.
Please let your loving 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 disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.
79 Those fearing You turn back to me, And those knowing Your testimonies.
Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.
80 My heart is perfect in Your statutes, So that I am not ashamed.
Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be disappointed. KAPF
81 [KAPH] My soul has been consumed for Your salvation, I have hoped for Your word.
My soul faints for your salvation. 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. I say, “When will you comfort me?”
83 For I have been as a bottle in smoke, I have not forgotten Your statutes.
For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t 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 those who persecute me?
85 The proud have dug pits for me, That [are] not according to Your law.
The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law.
86 All Your commands [are] faithfulness, They have pursued me [with] falsehood, Help me.
All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!
87 They have almost consumed me on earth, And I have not forsaken Your precepts.
They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn’t forsake your precepts.
88 Quicken me according to Your kindness, And I keep the Testimony of Your mouth!
Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth. LAMEDH
89 [LAMED] For all time, O YHWH, Your word is set up in the heavens.
Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever.
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 remains.
91 According to Your ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole—Your servants.
Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you.
92 Unless Your law [were] my delights, Then had I perished in my affliction.
Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
93 I do not forget Your precepts for all time, For You have quickened me by them.
I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me.
94 I [am] Yours, save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.
95 Your wicked waited for me to destroy me, I understand Your testimonies.
The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.
96 I have seen an end of all perfection, Your command [is] exceedingly broad!
I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless. MEM
97 [MEM] O how I have loved Your law! It [is] my meditation all the day.
How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.
98 Your command makes me wiser than my enemies, For it [is] before me for all time.
Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always 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 aged, because I have kept your precepts.
101 I restrained my feet from every evil path, So that I keep Your word.
I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.
102 I did not turn aside from Your judgments, For You have directed me.
I have not turned away from your ordinances, for you have taught me.
103 How sweet Your saying has been to my palate, Above honey to my mouth.
How sweet are your promises to my taste, more 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. NUN
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 for my path.
106 I have sworn, and I confirm, To keep the judgments of Your righteousness.
I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.
107 I have been afflicted very much, O YHWH, quicken me, according to Your word.
I am afflicted very much. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your word.
108 Please accept [the] free-will offerings of my mouth, O YHWH, And teach me Your judgments.
Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. Yahweh, teach me your ordinances.
109 My soul [is] in my hand continually, And I have not forgotten Your law.
My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won’t 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 haven’t gone astray from your precepts.
111 I have inherited Your testimonies for all time, For they [are] the joy of my heart.
I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart To do Your statutes, for all time—[to] the end!
I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end. SAMEKH
113 [SAMEKH] I have hated doubting ones, And I have loved Your law.
I hate double-minded men, but I love your law.
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, that I may 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. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117 Support me, and I am saved, And I look on Your statutes continually.
Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.
118 You have trodden down All going astray from Your statutes, For their deceit [is] falsehood.
You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain.
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. I am afraid of your judgments. AYIN
121 [AYIN] I have done judgment and righteousness, Do not leave me to my oppressors.
I have done what is just and righteous. Don’t leave me to my oppressors.
122 Make Your servant sure for good, Do not let the proud oppress me.
Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me.
123 My eyes have been consumed for Your salvation. And for the saying of Your righteousness.
My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.
124 Do with Your servant according to Your kindness. And teach me Your statutes.
Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. 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 to act, Yahweh, for they break your law.
127 Therefore I have loved Your commands Above gold—even fine gold.
Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.
128 Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, I have hated every path of falsehood!
Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way. PE
129 [PE] Your testimonies [are] wonderful, Therefore my soul has kept them.
Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps 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 wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments.
132 Look to me, and favor me, As customary to those loving Your Name.
Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.
133 Establish my steps by Your saying, And any iniquity does not rule over me.
Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Your precepts,
Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts.
135 Cause Your face to shine on Your servant, And teach me Your statutes.
Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.
136 Streams of waters have come down my eyes, Because they have not kept Your law!
Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your law. TZADHE
137 [TSADE] You [are] righteous, O YHWH, And Your judgments [are] upright.
You are righteous, Yahweh. Your judgments are upright.
138 You have appointed Your testimonies, Righteous and exceedingly faithful,
You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.
139 My zeal has cut me off, For my adversaries forgot Your words.
My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.
140 Your saying [is] tried exceedingly, And Your servant has loved it.
Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
141 I [am] small, and despised, I have not forgotten Your precepts.
I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts.
142 Your righteousness [is] righteousness for all time, And Your law [is] truth.
Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.
143 Adversity and distress have found me, Your commands [are] my delights.
Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.
144 The righteousness of Your testimonies [Is] to cause me to understand, and I live!
Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. QOPH
145 [QOF] I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O YHWH, I keep Your statutes,
I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will keep your statutes.
146 I have called You, save me, And I keep Your testimonies.
I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes.
147 I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, I have hoped for Your word.
I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.
148 My eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate on Your saying.
My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on 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. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your ordinances.
150 My wicked pursuers have been near, They have been far off from Your law.
They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law.
151 You [are] near, O YHWH, And all Your commands [are] truth.
You are near, Yahweh. All your commandments are truth.
152 I have known Your testimonies of old, That You have founded them for all time!
Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever. RESH
153 [RESH] See my affliction, and deliver me, For I have not forgotten Your law.
Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your law.
154 Plead my plea, and redeem me, Quicken me according to Your saying.
Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.
155 Salvation [is] far from the wicked, For they have not sought Your statutes.
Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don’t seek your statutes.
156 Your mercies [are] many, O YHWH, Quicken me according to Your judgments.
Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh. Revive me according to your ordinances.
157 My pursuers and adversaries are many, I have not turned aside from Your testimonies.
Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies.
158 I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because they have not kept Your saying.
I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don’t observe your word.
159 See, for I have loved Your precepts, YHWH, quicken me according to Your kindness.
Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your loving kindness.
160 The sum of Your word [is] truth, And every judgment of Your righteousness [is] for all time!
All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. SIN AND SHIN
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 words.
162 I rejoice concerning Your saying, As one finding abundant spoil.
I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.
163 I have hated falsehood, indeed I detest [it], I have loved Your law.
I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.
164 Seven [times] in a day I have praised You, Because of the judgments of Your righteousness.
Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.
165 Those loving Your law have abundant peace, And they have no stumbling-block.
Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.
166 I have waited for Your salvation, O YHWH, And I have done Your commands.
I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh. I have done your commandments.
167 My soul has kept Your testimonies, And I love them exceedingly.
My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly.
168 I have kept Your precepts and Your testimonies, For all my ways are before You!
I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you. TAV
169 [TAW] My loud cry comes near before You, O YHWH; Cause me to understand according to Your word.
Let my cry come before you, Yahweh. 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.
Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes.
172 My tongue sings of Your saying, For all Your commands [are] righteous.
Let my tongue sing 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 be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
174 I have longed for Your salvation, O YHWH, And Your law [is] my delight.
I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my delight.
175 My soul lives, and it praises You, And Your judgments help me.
Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances 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 don’t forget your commandments.
