Psalms 119
1 Happy are they who are upright in their way, Who walk in the law of the LORD!
ALEPH. Blessed are those that are vpright in their way, and walke in the Lawe of the Lord.
2 Happy are they who observe his ordinances, And seek him with their whole heart;
Blessed are they that keepe his testimonies, and seeke him with their whole heart.
3 Who also do no iniquity, But walk in his ways!
Surely they woorke none iniquitie, but walke in his waies.
4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
Thou hast commanded to keepe thy precepts diligently.
5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
Oh that my waies were directed to keepe thy statutes!
6 Then shall I not be put to shame, When I have respect to all thy commandments.
Then should I not be confounded, when I haue respect vnto all thy commandements.
7 I will praise thee in uprightness of heart, When I shall have learned thy righteous laws.
I will praise thee with an vpright heart, when I shall learne the iudgements of thy righteousnesse.
8 I will keep thy statutes; Do not utterly forsake me!
I will keepe thy statutes: forsake mee not ouerlong.
9 How shall a young man keep his way pure? By taking heed to it according to thy word.
BETH. Wherewith shall a yong man redresse his waie? in taking heede thereto according to thy woorde.
10 With my whole heart have I sought thee; O let me not wander from thy commandments!
With my whole heart haue I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandements.
11 Thy word have I hid in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.
I haue hid thy promise in mine heart, that I might not sinne against thee.
12 Blessed be thou, O LORD! O teach me thy statutes!
Blessed art thou, O Lord: teache mee thy statutes.
13 With my lips do I declare All the precepts of thy mouth.
With my lippes haue I declared all the iudgements of thy mouth.
14 In the way of thine ordinances I rejoice As much as in all riches.
I haue had as great delight in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches.
15 I meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.
I will meditate in thy precepts, and consider thy waies.
16 I delight myself in thy statutes; I do not forget thy word.
I will delite in thy statutes, and I will not forget thy worde.
17 Deal kindly with thy servant, that I may live, And have regard to thy word!
GIMEL. Be beneficiall vnto thy seruant, that I may liue and keepe thy woorde.
18 Open thou mine eyes, That I may behold wondrous things out of thy law!
Open mine eies, that I may see the wonders of thy Lawe.
19 I am a stranger in the earth; O hide not thy precepts from me!
I am a stranger vpon earth: hide not thy commandements from me.
20 My soul breaketh within me, On account of longing for thy judgments at all times.
Mine heart breaketh for the desire to thy iudgements alway.
21 Thou rebukest the proud, the accursed, Who wander from thy commandments.
Thou hast destroied the proud: cursed are they that doe erre from thy commandements.
22 Remove from me reproach and contempt, For I have kept thine ordinances!
Remoue from mee shame and contempt: for I haue kept thy testimonies.
23 Princes sit and speak against me, But thy servant meditateth on thy statutes.
Princes also did sit, and speake against me: but thy seruant did meditate in thy statutes.
24 Thine ordinances are my delight; Yea, they are my counsellors.
Also thy testimonies are my delite, and my counsellers.
25 My soul cleaveth to the dust; O revive me, according to thy word!
DALETH. My soule cleaueth to the dust: quicken me according to thy worde.
26 I have declared my ways, and thou hast heard me; Teach me thy statutes!
I haue declared my waies, and thou heardest me: teache me thy statutes.
27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts! So will I meditate upon thy wonders.
Make me to vnderstand ye way of thy precepts, and I will meditate in thy wondrous workes.
28 My soul weepeth for trouble; O lift me up according to thy promise!
My soule melteth for heauinesse: raise mee vp according vnto thy worde.
29 Remove from me the way of falsehood, And graciously grant me thy law!
Take from mee the way of lying, and graunt me graciously thy Lawe.
30 I have chosen the way of truth, And set thy statutes before me.
I haue chosen the way of trueth, and thy iudgements haue I laied before me.
31 I cleave to thine ordinances; O LORD! let me not be put to shame!
I haue cleaued to thy testimonies, O Lord: confound me not.
32 I will run in the way of thy commandments, When thou shalt enlarge my heart.
I will runne the way of thy commandements, when thou shalt enlarge mine heart.
33 Teach me, O LORD! the way of thy statutes, That I may keep it to the end!
HE. Teach mee, O Lord, the way of thy statutes, and I will keepe it vnto the ende.
34 Give me understanding, that I may keep thy law; That I may observe it with my whole heart!
Giue mee vnderstanding, and I will keepe thy Law: yea, I wil keepe it with my whole heart.
35 Cause me to tread in the path of thy commandments, For in it I have my delight.
Direct mee in the path of thy commandements: for therein is my delite.
36 Incline my heart to thine ordinances, And not to the love of gain!
Incline mine heart vnto thy testimonies, and not to couetousnesse.
37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy law!
Turne away mine eies from regarding vanitie, and quicken me in thy way.
38 Fulfill to thy servant thy promise, Which thou hast made to him who feareth thee!
Stablish thy promise to thy seruaunt, because he feareth thee.
39 Turn away the reproach which I fear; For thy judgments are good.
Take away my rebuke that I feare: for thy iudgements are good.
40 Behold, I have longed for thy precepts; O quicken thou me in thy righteousness!
Beholde, I desire thy commandements: quicken me in thy righteousnesse,
41 Let thy mercies come to me, O LORD! And thy help according to thy promise!
VAV. And let thy louing kindnesse come vnto me, O Lord, and thy saluation according to thy promise.
42 So shall I be able to answer him that reproacheth me; For I trust in thy promise.
So shall I make answere vnto my blasphemers: for I trust in thy woorde.
43 O take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth! For I trust in thy judgments.
And take not the woorde of trueth vtterly out of my mouth: for I waite for thy iudgements.
44 So shall I keep thy law continually, For ever and ever.
So shall I alway keepe thy Lawe for euer and euer.
45 I shall walk in a wide path; For I seek thy precepts.
And I will walke at libertie: for I seeke thy precepts.
46 I will speak of thine ordinances before kings, And will not be ashamed.
I will speake also of thy testimonies before Kings, and will not be ashamed.
47 I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I love;
And my delite shalbe in thy commandements, which I haue loued.
48 I will lift up my hands to thy precepts, which I love; I will meditate on thy statutes.
Mine handes also will I lift vp vnto thy commandements, which I haue loued, and I will meditate in thy statutes.
49 Remember thy promise to thy servant, Because thou hast caused me to hope!
ZAIN. Remember the promise made to thy seruant, wherein thou hast caused me to trust.
50 This is my comfort in my affliction; For thy promise reviveth me.
It is my comfort in my trouble: for thy promise hath quickened me.
51 The proud have had me greatly in derision; Yet have I not swerved from thy law.
The proude haue had me exceedingly in derision: yet haue I not declined from thy Lawe.
52 I remember thy judgments of old, O LORD! And I comfort myself.
I remembred thy iudgements of olde, O Lord, and haue bene comforted.
53 Indignation burneth within me, On account of the wicked who forsake thy law.
Feare is come vpon mee for the wicked, that forsake thy Lawe.
54 Thy statutes have been my song In the house of my pilgrimage.
Thy statutes haue beene my songes in the house of my pilgrimage.
55 In the night, O LORD! I think of thy name, And keep thy law!
I haue remembred thy Name, O Lord, in the night, and haue kept thy Lawe.
56 This have I as my own, That I keep thy precepts.
This I had because I kept thy precepts.
57 Thou art my portion, O LORD! I have resolved that I will keep thy precepts.
CHETH. O Lord, that art my portion, I haue determined to keepe thy wordes.
58 I have sought thy favor with my whole heart; Be gracious unto me according to thy promise!
I made my supplication in thy presence with my whole heart: be mercifull vnto me according to thy promise.
59 I think on my ways, And turn my feet to thy statutes;
I haue considered my waies, and turned my feete into thy testimonies.
60 I make haste, and delay not, To keep thy commandments.
I made haste and delaied not to keepe thy commandements.
61 The snares of the wicked surround me; Yet do I not forget thy law.
The bandes of the wicked haue robbed me: but I haue not forgotten thy Lawe.
62 At midnight I rise to give thanks to thee On account of thy righteous judgments.
At midnight will I rise to giue thanks vnto thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.
63 I am the companion of all who fear thee, And who obey thy precepts.
I am companion of all them that feare thee, and keepe thy precepts.
64 The earth, O LORD! is full of thy goodness; O teach me thy statutes!
The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercie: teache me thy statutes.
65 Thou dost bless thy servant, O LORD! According to thy promise!
TETH. O Lord, thou hast delt graciously with thy seruant according vnto thy woorde.
66 Teach me sound judgment and knowledge! For I have faith in thy commandments.
Teach me good iudgement and knowledge: for I haue beleeued thy commandements.
67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray; But now I keep thy word.
Before I was afflicted, I went astray: but nowe I keepe thy woorde.
68 Thou art good and doest good; O teach me thy statutes!
Thou art good and gracious: teach me thy statutes.
69 The proud forge lies against me, But I keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
The proud haue imagined a lie against me: but I wil keepe thy precepts with my whole heart.
70 Their heart is senseless like fat; But I delight in thy law.
Their heart is fatte as grease: but my delite is in thy Lawe.
71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn thy statutes.
It is good for me that I haue beene afflicted, that I may learne thy statutes.
72 The law of thy mouth is better to me Than thousands of gold and silver.
The Lawe of thy mouth is better vnto me, then thousands of golde and siluer.
73 Thy hands have made and fashioned me; Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments!
IOD. Thine hands haue made me and fashioned me: giue mee vnderstanding therefore, that I may learne thy commandements.
74 They who fear thee shall see me and rejoice, Because I trust in thy word.
So they that feare thee, seeing mee shall reioyce, because I haue trusted in thy worde.
75 I know, O LORD! that thy judgments are right, And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
I knowe, O Lord, that thy iudgements are right, and that thou hast afflicted me iustly.
76 O let thy loving-kindness be my comfort, According to thy promise to thy servant!
I pray thee that thy mercie may comfort me according to thy promise vnto thy seruant.
77 Let thy tender mercies come to me, that I may live! For thy law is my delight.
Let thy tender mercies come vnto me, that I may liue: for thy Lawe is my delite.
78 May the proud be put to shame, who wrong me without cause! But I will meditate on thy precepts.
Let the proude be ashamed: for they haue dealt wickedly and falsely with me: but I meditate in thy precepts.
79 Let those who fear thee turn unto me, And they that know thine ordinances!
Let such as feare thee turne vnto me, and they that knowe thy testimonies.
80 May my heart be perfect in thy statutes, That I may not be put to shame!
Let mine heart bee vpright in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.
81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation; In thy promise do I trust.
CAPH. My soule fainteth for thy saluation: yet I waite for thy worde.
82 Mine eyes fail with looking for thy promise; When. say I, wilt thou comfort me?
Mine eyes faile for thy promise, saying, when wilt thou comfort me?
83 Yea, I am become like a bottle in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.
For I am like a bottell in the smoke: yet doe I not forget thy statutes.
84 How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou execute judgment upon my persecutors?
Howe many are the dayes of thy seruant? When wilt thou execute iudgement on them that persecute me?
85 The proud have digged pits for me; They who do not regard thy law.
The proude haue digged pittes for mee, which is not after thy Lawe.
86 All thy commandments are faithful; They persecute me without cause; help thou me!
All thy commandements are true: they persecute me falsely: helpe me.
87 They had almost consumed me from the earth; But I forsook not thy precepts.
They had almost consumed me vpon the earth: but I forsooke not thy precepts.
88 Quicken me according to thy loving-kindness, That I may keep the law of thy mouth!
Quicken me according to thy louing kindnes: so shall I keepe the testimony of thy mouth.
89 Thy word, O LORD! abideth for ever, Being established like the heavens;
LAMED. O Lord, thy worde endureth for euer in heauen.
90 Thy faithfulness endureth to all generations. Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
Thy trueth is from generation to generation: thou hast layed the foundation of the earth, and it abideth.
91 They continue to this day according to their ordinances; For they are all subject to thee.
They continue euen to this day by thine ordinances: for all are thy seruants.
92 Had not thy law been my delight, I should have perished in my affliction.
Except thy Lawe had bene my delite, I should now haue perished in mine affliction.
93 I will never forget thy precepts; For by them thou revivest me.
I wil neuer forget thy precepts: for by them thou hast quickened me.
94 I am thine, help me! For I seek thy precepts.
I am thine, saue me: for I haue sought thy precepts.
95 The wicked lie in wait to destroy me; But I will have regard to thine ordinances.
The wicked haue waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
96 I have seen an end of all perfection; But thy law is exceeding broad.
I haue seene an ende of all perfection: but thy commandement is exceeding large.
97 O how I love thy law! It is my daily (meditation)
MEM. Oh howe loue I thy Lawe! it is my meditation continually.
98 Thou hast made me wiser than my enemies by thy precepts; For they are ever before me.
By thy commandements thou hast made mee wiser then mine enemies: for they are euer with mee.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thine ordinances are my (meditation)
I haue had more vnderstading then all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my (meditation)
100 I have more wisdom than the ancients, Because I keep thy precepts.
I vnderstoode more then the ancient, because I kept thy precepts.
101 I have restrained my feet from every evil way, That I might keep thy word.
I haue refrained my feete from euery euil way, that I might keepe thy word.
102 I depart not from thy statutes, For thou teachest me!
I haue not declined from thy iudgements: for thou didest teach me.
103 How sweet are thy words to my taste; Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Howe sweete are thy promises vnto my mouth! yea, more then hony vnto my mouth.
104 From thy precepts I learn wisdom; Therefore do I hate every false way.
By thy precepts I haue gotten vnderstanding: therefore I hate all the wayes of falshoode.
105 Thy word is a lamp to my feet, And a light to my path.
NUN. Thy worde is a lanterne vnto my feete, and a light vnto my path.
106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, That I will keep thy righteous statutes.
I haue sworne and will performe it, that I will keepe thy righteous iudgements.
107 I am exceedingly afflicted; Revive me, O LORD! according to thy word!
I am very sore afflicted: O Lord, quicken me according to thy word.
108 Accept, O LORD! the free-will offering of my mouth, And teach me thy statutes!
O Lord, I beseeche thee accept the free offerings of my mouth, and teach mee thy iudgements.
109 My life is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law.
My soule is continually in mine hande: yet doe I not forget thy Lawe.
110 The wicked lay snares for me, Yet do I not go astray from thy precepts.
The wicked haue layed a snare for mee: but I swarued not from thy precepts.
111 I have made thine ordinances my possession for ever; For they are the joy of my heart.
Thy testimonies haue I taken as an heritage for euer: for they are the ioy of mine heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes, Always, —even to the end.
I haue applied mine heart to fulfill thy statutes alway, euen vnto the ende.
113 I hate impious men, And thy law I do love.
SAMECH. I hate vaine inuentions: but thy Lawe doe I loue.
114 Thou art my hiding-place and my shield; In thy word I put my trust!
Thou art my refuge and shield, and I trust in thy worde.
115 Depart from me, ye evil-doers! For I will keep the commandments of my God.
Away from mee, yee wicked: for I will keepe the commandements of my God.
116 Uphold me according to thy promise, that I may live; And let me not be ashamed of my hope!
Stablish me according to thy promise, that I may liue, and disappoint me not of mine hope.
117 Do thou hold me up, and I shall be safe, And I will have respect to thy statutes continually!
Stay thou mee, and I shall be safe, and I will delite continually in thy statutes.
118 Thou castest off all who depart from thy laws; For their deceit is vain.
Thou hast troden downe all them that depart from thy statutes: for their deceit is vaine.
119 Thou throwest away all the wicked of the earth, like dross; Therefore I love thine ordinances.
Thou hast taken away all ye wicked of the earth like drosse: therefore I loue thy testimonies.
120 My flesh trembleth through fear of thee, And I am afraid of thy judgments.
My flesh trembleth for feare of thee, and I am afraide of thy iudgements.
121 I have done justice and equity; O leave me not to mine oppressors.
AIN. I haue executed iudgement and iustice: leaue me not to mine oppressours.
122 Be surety for thy servant for good; Let not the proud oppress me!
Answere for thy seruant in that, which is good, and let not the proude oppresse me.
123 Mine eyes fail with looking for thy help, And for thy righteous promise.
Mine eyes haue failed in waiting for thy saluation, and for thy iust promise.
124 Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy, And teach me thy statutes!
Deale with thy seruant according to thy mercie, and teache me thy statutes.
125 I am thy servant; give me understanding, That I may know thine ordinances!
I am thy seruant: graunt mee therefore vnderstanding, that I may knowe thy testimonies.
126 It is time for thee, O LORD! to act; For men have made void thy law.
It is time for thee Lord to worke: for they haue destroyed thy Lawe.
127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; Yea, above fine gold.
Therefore loue I thy commandements aboue golde, yea, aboue most fine golde.
128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; I hate every false way.
Therefore I esteeme all thy precepts most iust, and hate all false wayes.
129 Wonderful are thine ordinances; Therefore do I observe them.
PE. Thy testimonies are wonderfull: therefore doeth my soule keepe them.
130 The communication of thy precepts giveth light; It giveth understanding to the simple.
The entrance into thy wordes sheweth light, and giueth vnderstanding to the simple.
131 I open my mouth and pant: For I long for thy commandments.
I opened my mouth and panted, because I loued thy commandements.
132 Look thou upon me, and be gracious to me, As is just to those who love thy name!
Looke vpon mee and bee mercifull vnto me, as thou vsest to doe vnto those that loue thy Name.
133 Establish my footsteps in thy word, And let no iniquity have dominion over me!
Direct my steppes in thy worde, and let none iniquitie haue dominion ouer me.
134 Redeem me from the oppression of men, So will I keep thy precepts!
Deliuer mee from the oppression of men, and I will keepe thy precepts.
135 Let thy face shine on thy servant, And teach me thy statutes!
Shew the light of thy countenance vpon thy seruant, and teache me thy statutes.
136 Rivers of water run down mine eyes, Because men keep not thy law.
Mine eyes gush out with riuers of water, because they keepe not thy Lawe.
137 Righteous art thou, O LORD! And just are thy judgments!
TSADDI. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and iust are thy iudgements.
138 Just are the ordinances which thou hast ordained, And altogether righteous.
Thou hast commanded iustice by thy testimonies and trueth especially.
139 My zeal consumeth me, Because my enemies forget thy word.
My zeale hath euen consumed mee, because mine enemies haue forgotten thy wordes.
140 Thy word is very pure, Therefore thy servant loveth it.
Thy word is prooued most pure, and thy seruant loueth it.
141 Of mean condition am I, and despised; Yet do I not forget thy precepts.
I am small and despised: yet do I not forget thy precepts.
142 Thy righteousness is everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.
Thy righteousnesse is an euerlasting righteousnes, and thy Lawe is trueth.
143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me, But thy laws are my delight.
Trouble and anguish are come vpon me: yet are thy commandements my delite.
144 The justice of thine ordinances is everlasting; Give me understanding, and I shall live!
The righteousnes of thy testimonies is euerlasting: graunt me vnderstanding, and I shall liue.
145 I cry to thee with my whole heart; Hear me, O LORD! that I may keep thy statutes.
KOPH. I haue cried with my whole heart: heare me, O Lord, and I will keepe thy statutes.
146 I cry unto thee; save me, And I will observe thine ordinances.
I called vpon thee: saue mee, and I will keepe thy testimonies.
147 I come before the dawn with my prayer; I trust in thy promise!
I preuented the morning light, and cried: for I waited on thy word.
148 My eyes anticipate the night-watches, That I may meditate upon thy promise.
Mine eyes preuent the night watches to meditate in thy word.
149 Hear my voice according to thy loving-kindness; O LORD! revive me according to thy mercy!
Heare my voyce according to thy louing kindenesse: O Lord, quicken me according to thy iudgement.
150 Near are they whose aim is mischief; They are far from thy law;
They drawe neere, that follow after malice, and are farre from thy Lawe.
151 Yet thou art near, O LORD! And all thy commandments are truth!
Thou art neere, O Lord: for all thy commandements are true.
152 Long have I known concerning thine ordinances, That thou hast founded them for ever.
I haue knowen long since by thy testimonies, that thou hast established them for euer.
153 Look upon my affliction, and deliver me! For I do not forget thy law.
RESH. Beholde mine affliction, and deliuer mee: for I haue not forgotten thy Lawe.
154 Maintain my cause, and redeem me; Revive me according to thy promise!
Pleade my cause, and deliuer me: quicken me according vnto thy word.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked, Because they seek not thy statutes.
Saluation is farre from the wicked, because they seeke not thy statutes.
156 Great is thy compassion, O LORD! Revive thou me according to thine equity!
Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to thy iudgements.
157 Many are my persecutors and my enemies, Yet do I not depart from thine ordinances.
My persecutours and mine oppressours are many: yet doe I not swarue from thy testimonies.
158 I behold the transgressors, and am grieved Because they regard not thy word.
I saw the transgressours and was grieued, because they kept not thy worde.
159 Behold, how I love thy precepts! O LORD! revive me according to thy loving-kindness!
Consider, O Lord, how I loue thy preceptes: quicken mee according to thy louing kindenesse.
160 The whole of thy word is truth, And all thy righteous judgments endure for ever.
The beginning of thy worde is trueth, and all the iudgements of thy righteousnesse endure for euer.
161 Princes have persecuted me without cause; But my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
SCHIN. Princes haue persecuted mee without cause, but mine heart stood in awe of thy wordes.
162 I rejoice in thy word, As one that hath found great spoil.
I reioyce at thy worde, as one that findeth a great spoyle.
163 I hate and abhor lying, And thy law do I love.
I hate falshoode and abhorre it, but thy Lawe doe I loue.
164 Seven times a day do I praise thee On account of thy righteous judgments.
Seuen times a day doe I praise thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.
165 Great peace have they who love thy law, And no evil shall befall them.
They that loue thy Law, shall haue great prosperitie, and they shall haue none hurt.
166 O LORD! I wait for thy salvation, And keep thy commandments!
Lord, I haue trusted in thy saluation, and haue done thy commandements.
167 My soul observeth thine ordinances, And loveth them exceedingly.
My soule hath kept thy testimonies: for I loue them exceedingly.
168 I keep thy precepts and thine ordinances; For all my ways are before thee.
I haue kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my wayes are before thee.
169 Let my prayer come near before thee, O LORD! According to thy promise, give me understanding!
TAV. Let my complaint come before thee, O Lord, and giue me vnderstanding, according vnto thy worde.
170 Let my supplication come before thee; O deliver me according to thy promise!
Let my supplication come before thee, and deliuer me according to thy promise.
171 My lips shall pour forth praise; For thou teachest me thy statutes.
My lippes shall speake praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
172 My tongue shall sing of thy word; For all thy commandments are right.
My tongue shall intreate of thy word: for all thy commandements are righteous.
173 Let thy hand be my help; For I have chosen thy precepts!
Let thine hand helpe me: for I haue chosen thy precepts.
174 I long for thy salvation, O LORD! And thy law is my delight!
I haue longed for thy saluation, O Lord, and thy Lawe is my delite.
175 Let me live, and I will praise thee; Let thy judgments help me!
Let my soule liue, and it shall praise thee, and thy iudgements shall helpe me.
176 I wander like a lost sheep; seek thy servant, For I do not forget thy commandments!
I haue gone astraye like a lost sheepe: seeke thy seruant, for I doe not forget thy commandements.
