Psalms 119
1 Happy are they who are upright in their way, Who walk in the law of the LORD!
Happy they whose life is blameless, who walk by the law of the Lord.
2 Happy are they who observe his ordinances, And seek him with their whole heart;
Happy they who keep his charges, and seek him with all their hearts;
3 Who also do no iniquity, But walk in his ways!
who have done no wrong, but walk in his ways.
4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
You yourself have appointed your precepts to be kept with diligence.
5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
O to be steadily guided in the keeping of your statutes!
6 Then shall I not be put to shame, When I have respect to all thy commandments.
Then unashamed shall I be, when I look towards all your commandments.
7 I will praise thee in uprightness of heart, When I shall have learned thy righteous laws.
I will thank you with heart unfeigned, when I learn your righteous judgments.
8 I will keep thy statutes; Do not utterly forsake me!
I will observe your statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
9 How shall a young man keep his way pure? By taking heed to it according to thy word.
How can a young person keep their life pure? By giving heed to your word.
10 With my whole heart have I sought thee; O let me not wander from thy commandments!
With all my heart have I sought you, let me not stray from your commandments.
11 Thy word have I hid in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.
In my heart have I treasured your word, to keep from sinning against you.
12 Blessed be thou, O LORD! O teach me thy statutes!
Blessed are you, O Lord; teach me your statutes.
13 With my lips do I declare All the precepts of thy mouth.
With my lips have I rehearsed all the judgments of your mouth.
14 In the way of thine ordinances I rejoice As much as in all riches.
I delight in the way of your charges, more than in riches of all sorts.
15 I meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.
I will muse upon your precepts, and look to your paths.
16 I delight myself in thy statutes; I do not forget thy word.
In your statutes I delight, I will not forget your word.
17 Deal kindly with thy servant, that I may live, And have regard to thy word!
Grant that your servant may live, and I will observe your word.
18 Open thou mine eyes, That I may behold wondrous things out of thy law!
Open my eyes, that I see wondrous things out of your law.
19 I am a stranger in the earth; O hide not thy precepts from me!
But a guest am I on the earth: hide not your commandments from me.
20 My soul breaketh within me, On account of longing for thy judgments at all times.
My heart is crushed with longing for your ordinances, at all times.
21 Thou rebukest the proud, the accursed, Who wander from thy commandments.
You rebuke the proud, the accursed, who wander from your commandments.
22 Remove from me reproach and contempt, For I have kept thine ordinances!
Roll away from me scorn and contempt, for I have observed your charges.
23 Princes sit and speak against me, But thy servant meditateth on thy statutes.
Though princes sit plotting against me, your servant will muse on your statutes.
24 Thine ordinances are my delight; Yea, they are my counsellors.
Your charges are my delight, they are my counsellors.
25 My soul cleaveth to the dust; O revive me, according to thy word!
I lie grovelling in the dust; revive me, as you have promised.
26 I have declared my ways, and thou hast heard me; Teach me thy statutes!
I told of my ways, you made answer; teach me your statutes.
27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts! So will I meditate upon thy wonders.
Grant me insight into your precepts, and I will muse on your wonders.
28 My soul weepeth for trouble; O lift me up according to thy promise!
I am overcome with sorrow; raise me up, as you have promised.
29 Remove from me the way of falsehood, And graciously grant me thy law!
Put the way of falsehood from me, and graciously grant me your law.
30 I have chosen the way of truth, And set thy statutes before me.
I have chosen the way of fidelity, your ordinances I long for.
31 I cleave to thine ordinances; O LORD! let me not be put to shame!
I hold fast to your charges: O put me not, Lord, to shame.
32 I will run in the way of thy commandments, When thou shalt enlarge my heart.
I will run in the way of your commandments, for you give me room of heart.
33 Teach me, O LORD! the way of thy statutes, That I may keep it to the end!
Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes, and I will keep it to the end,
34 Give me understanding, that I may keep thy law; That I may observe it with my whole heart!
instruct me to keep your law, and I will observe it with all my heart.
35 Cause me to tread in the path of thy commandments, For in it I have my delight.
Guide me in the path of your commandments, for therein do I delight.
36 Incline my heart to thine ordinances, And not to the love of gain!
Incline my heart to your charges, and not to greed of gain.
37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy law!
Turn away my eyes from vain sights, revive me by your word.
38 Fulfill to thy servant thy promise, Which thou hast made to him who feareth thee!
Confirm to your servant the promise which is given to those who fear you.
39 Turn away the reproach which I fear; For thy judgments are good.
Remove the reproach which I dread, because your judgments are good.
40 Behold, I have longed for thy precepts; O quicken thou me in thy righteousness!
Behold, I long for your precepts. Quicken me in your righteousness.
41 Let thy mercies come to me, O LORD! And thy help according to thy promise!
Visit me, Lord, with your love and salvation, as you have promised.
42 So shall I be able to answer him that reproacheth me; For I trust in thy promise.
So shall I answer my slanderers, for my trust is in your word.
43 O take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth! For I trust in thy judgments.
Snatch not from my mouth the word of truth, for in your judgments I hope.
44 So shall I keep thy law continually, For ever and ever.
I will keep your law continually, for ever and evermore.
45 I shall walk in a wide path; For I seek thy precepts.
So shall I walk in wide spaces, for I give my mind to your precepts.
46 I will speak of thine ordinances before kings, And will not be ashamed.
I will speak of your charge before kings, and will not be ashamed thereof.
47 I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I love;
Your commandments are my delight, I love them exceedingly.
48 I will lift up my hands to thy precepts, which I love; I will meditate on thy statutes.
I will lift up my hands to your commandments, and muse upon your statutes.
49 Remember thy promise to thy servant, Because thou hast caused me to hope!
Remember your word to your servant, on which you have made me to hope.
50 This is my comfort in my affliction; For thy promise reviveth me.
This is my comfort in trouble, that your word gives life to me.
51 The proud have had me greatly in derision; Yet have I not swerved from thy law.
The arrogant utterly scorn me, but I have not declined from your law.
52 I remember thy judgments of old, O LORD! And I comfort myself.
When I think of your judgments of old, O Lord, I take to me comfort.
53 Indignation burneth within me, On account of the wicked who forsake thy law.
I am seized with glowing anger at the wicked who forsake your law.
54 Thy statutes have been my song In the house of my pilgrimage.
Your statutes have been to me songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
55 In the night, O LORD! I think of thy name, And keep thy law!
I remember your name in the night, O Lord and observe your law.
56 This have I as my own, That I keep thy precepts.
My lot has been this, that I have kept your precepts.
57 Thou art my portion, O LORD! I have resolved that I will keep thy precepts.
My portion are you, O Lord: I have promised to keep your words.
58 I have sought thy favor with my whole heart; Be gracious unto me according to thy promise!
I entreat you with all my heart; grant me your promised favor.
59 I think on my ways, And turn my feet to thy statutes;
I have thought upon my ways, and turned my feet to your charges.
60 I make haste, and delay not, To keep thy commandments.
I hasted and tarried not to give heed to your commandments.
61 The snares of the wicked surround me; Yet do I not forget thy law.
Though the godless have wound their cords round me, I have not forgotten your law.
62 At midnight I rise to give thanks to thee On account of thy righteous judgments.
At midnight I rise to praise you because of your righteous judgments.
63 I am the companion of all who fear thee, And who obey thy precepts.
With all those who fear you I company, aid with those who observe your precepts.
64 The earth, O LORD! is full of thy goodness; O teach me thy statutes!
The earth, Lord, is full of your kindness; teach me your Statutes.
65 Thou dost bless thy servant, O LORD! According to thy promise!
Well have you dealt with your servant, as you have promised, O Lord.
66 Teach me sound judgment and knowledge! For I have faith in thy commandments.
Teach me discretion and knowledge, for I have believed your commandments.
67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray; But now I keep thy word.
Till trouble came I was a wanderer, but now I observe your word.
68 Thou art good and doest good; O teach me thy statutes!
You are good and do good; teach me your statutes.
69 The proud forge lies against me, But I keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
The proud have forged lies against me, but I keep your precepts with all my heart.
70 Their heart is senseless like fat; But I delight in thy law.
Their heart is gross like fat, but I delight in your law.
71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn thy statutes.
It was good for me to be humbled, that I should learn your statutes.
72 The law of thy 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 silver and gold.
73 Thy hands have made and fashioned me; Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments!
Your hands have made me and fashioned me; make me wise to learn your commandments.
74 They who fear thee shall see me and rejoice, Because I trust in thy word.
Those who fear you shall see me with joy, for in your word have I hoped.
75 I know, O LORD! that thy judgments are right, And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
I know, O Lord, that your judgments are right, and in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
76 O let thy loving-kindness be my comfort, According to thy promise to thy servant!
Let your love be a comfort to me, for so have you promised your servant.
77 Let thy tender mercies come to me, that I may live! For thy law is my delight.
Visit me with your quickening pity, for your law is my delight.
78 May the proud be put to shame, who wrong me without cause! But I will meditate on thy precepts.
Put the proud to shame, who have wronged me falsely: I will muse on your precepts.
79 Let those who fear thee turn unto me, And they that know thine ordinances!
Let those turn to me who fear you, that they may learn your charges.
80 May my heart be perfect in thy statutes, That I may not be put to shame!
Let my heart be sound in your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.
81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation; In thy promise do I trust.
My long for you to rescue me, I put my hope in your word.
82 Mine eyes fail with looking for thy promise; When. say I, wilt thou comfort me?
My eyes pine away for your promise: saying, “When will you comfort me?”
83 Yea, I am become like a bottle in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.
Though shrivelled like wine-skin in smoke, your statutes I have not forgotten.
84 How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou execute judgment upon my persecutors?
How few are the days of your servant! When will you judge those who harass me?
85 The proud have digged pits for me; They who do not regard thy law.
Proud people have dug for me pits people who do not conform to your law.
86 All thy commandments are faithful; They persecute me without cause; help thou me!
All your commandments are trusty. With falsehood they harass me: help me.
87 They had almost consumed me from the earth; But I forsook not thy precepts.
They had nearly made an end of me, yet I did not forget your precepts.
88 Quicken me according to thy loving-kindness, That I may keep the law of thy mouth!
Spare me in your kindness, and I will observe the charge of your mouth.
89 Thy word, O LORD! abideth for ever, Being established like the heavens;
Forever, O Lord, is your word fixed firmly in the heavens.
90 Thy faithfulness endureth to all generations. Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
Your truth endures age after age; it is established on earth, and it stands.
91 They continue to this day according to their ordinances; For they are all subject to thee.
By your appointment they stand this day, for all are your servants.
92 Had not thy law been my delight, I should have perished in my affliction.
Had not your law been my joy, in my misery then had I perished.
93 I will never forget thy precepts; For by them thou revivest me.
I will never forget your precepts, for through them you have put life in me.
94 I am thine, help me! For I seek thy precepts.
I am yours, O save me, for I give my mind to your precepts.
95 The wicked lie in wait to destroy me; But I will have regard to thine ordinances.
The wicked lay wait to destroy me, but I give heed to your charge.
96 I have seen an end of all perfection; But thy law is exceeding broad.
I have seen a limit to all things: but your commandment is spacious exceedingly.
97 O how I love thy law! It is my daily (meditation)
O how I love your law! All the day long I muse on it.
98 Thou hast made me wiser than my enemies by thy precepts; For they are ever before me.
Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies: for it is mine forever.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thine ordinances are my (meditation)
I am prudent above all my teachers, for your charges are my (meditation)
100 I have more wisdom than the ancients, Because I keep thy precepts.
I have insight more than the aged, because I observe your precepts.
101 I have restrained my feet from every evil way, That I might keep thy word.
I refrain my foot from all wicked ways, that I may keep your word.
102 I depart not from thy statutes, For thou teachest me!
I turn not aside from your judgments, for you yourself are my teacher.
103 How sweet are thy words to my taste; Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 From thy precepts I learn wisdom; Therefore do I hate every false way.
Insight I win through your precepts, therefore every false way I hate.
105 Thy word is a lamp to my feet, And a light to my path.
Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.
106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, That I will keep thy righteous statutes.
I have sworn an oath, and will keep it, to observe your righteous judgments.
107 I am exceedingly afflicted; Revive me, O LORD! according to thy word!
I am afflicted sorely: revive me, O Lord, as you said.
108 Accept, O LORD! the free-will offering of my mouth, And teach me thy statutes!
Accept, Lord, my willing praise, and teach me your judgments.
109 My life is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law.
My life is in ceaseless peril; but I do not forget your law.
110 The wicked lay snares for me, Yet do I not go astray from thy precepts.
The wicked set traps for me, yet I do not stray from your precepts.
111 I have made thine ordinances my possession for ever; For they are the joy of my heart.
In your charges are my everlasting inheritance, they are the joy of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes, Always, —even to the end.
I am resolved to perform your statutes forever, to the utmost.
113 I hate impious men, And thy law I do love.
I hate people of divided heart, but your law do I love.
114 Thou art my hiding-place and my shield; In thy word I put my trust!
You are my shelter and shield: in your word do I hope.
115 Depart from me, ye evil-doers! For I will keep the commandments of my God.
Begone, you wicked people, I will keep the commands of my God.
116 Uphold me according to thy promise, that I may live; And let me not be ashamed of my hope!
Uphold me and spare me, as you have promised: O disappoint me not.
117 Do thou hold me up, and I shall be safe, And I will have respect to thy statutes continually!
Hold me up, and I shall be saved: and your statutes shall be my unceasing delight.
118 Thou castest off all who depart from thy laws; For their deceit is vain.
All who swerve from your statutes you spurn: their cunning is in vain.
119 Thou throwest away all the wicked of the earth, like dross; Therefore I love thine ordinances.
All the wicked of earth you count as dross, therefore I love your charges.
120 My flesh trembleth through fear of thee, And I am afraid of thy judgments.
My flesh, for fear of you, shudders, and I stand in awe of your judgments.
121 I have done justice and equity; O leave me not to mine oppressors.
Justice and right have I practised, do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 Be surety for thy servant for good; Let not the proud oppress me!
Be your servant’s surety for good, let not the proud oppress me.
123 Mine eyes fail with looking for thy help, And for thy righteous promise.
My eyes pine for your salvation, and for your righteous promise.
124 Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy, And teach me thy statutes!
Deal in your love with your servant, and teach me your statutes.
125 I am thy servant; give me understanding, That I may know thine ordinances!
Your servant am I; instruct me, that I may know your charges.
126 It is time for thee, O LORD! to act; For men have made void thy law.
It is time for the Lord to act: they have violated your law.
127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; Yea, above fine gold.
Therefore I love your commandments above gold, above fine gold.
128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; I hate every false way.
So by all your precepts I guide me, and every false way I hate.
129 Wonderful are thine ordinances; Therefore do I observe them.
Your decrees are wonderful, gladly I keep them.
130 The communication of thy precepts giveth light; It giveth understanding to the simple.
When your word is unfolded, light breaks; it imparts to the simple wisdom.
131 I open my mouth and pant: For I long for thy commandments.
With open mouth I pant with longing for your commandments.
132 Look thou upon me, and be gracious to me, As is just to those who love thy name!
Turn to me with your favor, as is just to those who love you.
133 Establish my footsteps in thy word, And let no iniquity have dominion over me!
Steady my steps by your word, so that sin have no power over me.
134 Redeem me from the oppression of men, So will I keep thy precepts!
Set me free from those who oppress me, and I shall observe your precepts.
135 Let thy face shine on thy servant, And teach me thy statutes!
Shine with your face on your servant, and teach me your statutes.
136 Rivers of water run down mine eyes, Because men keep not thy law.
My eyes run down with rills of water, because your law is not kept.
137 Righteous art thou, O LORD! And just are thy judgments!
Righteous are you, O Lord, and right are your ordinances.
138 Just are the ordinances which thou hast ordained, And altogether righteous.
The laws you has ordered are just, and trusty exceedingly.
139 My zeal consumeth me, Because my enemies forget thy word.
My jealousy has undone me, that my foes have forgotten your words.
140 Thy word is very pure, Therefore thy servant loveth it.
Your word has been tested well; and your servant loves it.
141 Of mean condition am I, and despised; Yet do I not forget thy precepts.
I am little and held in contempt, but your precepts I have not forgotten.
142 Thy righteousness is everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.
Just is your justice forever, and trusty is your law.
143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me, But thy laws are my delight.
Stress and strain are upon me, but your commandments are my delight.
144 The justice of thine ordinances is everlasting; Give me understanding, and I shall live!
Right are your charges forever, instruct me that I may live.
145 I cry to thee with my whole heart; Hear me, O LORD! that I may keep thy statutes.
With my whole heart I cry; O answer me. I would keep your statutes, O Lord.
146 I cry unto thee; save me, And I will observe thine ordinances.
I cry to you: O save me, and I will observe your charges.
147 I come before the dawn with my prayer; I trust in thy promise!
Before dawn I cry for your help: in your word do I hope.
148 My eyes anticipate the night-watches, That I may meditate upon thy promise.
Awake I meet the night-watches, to muse upon your sayings.
149 Hear my voice according to thy loving-kindness; O LORD! revive me according to thy mercy!
Hear my voice in your kindness: O Lord, by your judgments revive me.
150 Near are they whose aim is mischief; They are far from thy law;
Near me are wicked tormentors, who are far from thoughts of your law;
151 Yet thou art near, O LORD! And all thy commandments are truth!
but near, too, are you, O Lord, and all your commandments are trusty.
152 Long have I known concerning thine ordinances, That thou hast founded them for ever.
Long have I known from your charges that you have founded them for all time.
153 Look upon my affliction, and deliver me! For I do not forget thy law.
Look on my misery, and rescue me; for I do not forget your law.
154 Maintain my cause, and redeem me; Revive me according to thy promise!
Defend my cause and redeem me: revive me, as you have promised.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked, Because they seek not thy statutes.
Salvation is far from the wicked, for their mind is not in your statutes.
156 Great is thy compassion, O LORD! Revive thou me according to thine equity!
Great is your pity, O Lord: Revive me, as you have ordained.
157 Many are my persecutors and my enemies, Yet do I not depart from thine ordinances.
My foes and tormentors are many, but I have not declined from your charges.
158 I behold the transgressors, and am grieved Because they regard not thy word.
I behold the traitors with loathing, for they do not observe your word.
159 Behold, how I love thy precepts! O LORD! revive me according to thy loving-kindness!
Behold how I love your precepts: revive me, O Lord!, in your kindness.
160 The whole of thy word is truth, And all thy righteous judgments endure for ever.
The sum of your word is truth, all your laws are just and eternal.
161 Princes have persecuted me without cause; But my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
Princes have harassed me wantonly: but my heart stands in awe of your word.
162 I rejoice in thy word, As one that hath found great spoil.
Over your word I rejoice as one who finds great spoil.
163 I hate and abhor lying, And thy law do I love.
Falsehood I hate and abhor, but your law do I love.
164 Seven times a day do I praise thee On account of thy righteous judgments.
Seven times a day do I praise you because of your righteous judgments.
165 Great peace have they who love thy law, And no evil shall befall them.
Right well do they fare who love your law: they go on their way without stumbling.
166 O LORD! I wait for thy salvation, And keep thy commandments!
I hope for your salvation; O Lord I do your commandments.
167 My soul observeth thine ordinances, And loveth them exceedingly.
I observe your charges: I love them greatly.
168 I keep thy precepts and thine ordinances; For all my ways are before thee.
I observe your precepts and charges: all my ways are before you.
169 Let my prayer come near before thee, O LORD! According to thy promise, give me understanding!
Let my cry come before you, O Lord: give me insight, as you have promised.
170 Let my supplication come before thee; O deliver me according to thy promise!
Let my prayer enter into your presence: deliver me, as you have said.
171 My lips shall pour forth praise; For thou teachest me thy statutes.
My lips shall be fountains of praise, that you teach me your statutes.
172 My tongue shall sing of thy word; For all thy commandments are right.
My tongue shall sing of your word, for all your commandments are right.
173 Let thy hand be my help; For I have chosen thy precepts!
Let your hand be ready to help me, for your precepts have been my choice.
174 I long for thy salvation, O LORD! And thy law is my delight!
I long, Lord, for your salvation, and your law is my delight.
175 Let me live, and I will praise thee; Let thy judgments help me!
Revive me that I may praise you, and let your precepts help me.
176 I wander like a lost sheep; seek thy servant, For I do not forget thy commandments!
I have strayed like a wandering sheep seek your servant, because I do not forget your commandments.
