Psalms 119
1 [ALEPH.] How happy the men of blameless life, who walk in the law of Yahweh.
Alleluia. Blessed are the blameless in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
2 How happy they who observe his testimonies, with a whole heart, they seek him.
Blessed are they that search out his testimonies: they will diligently seek him with the whole heart.
3 Yea, they have not wrought perversity, In his ways, have they walked.
For they that work iniquity have not walked in his ways.
4 Thou, hast commanded thy precepts, that they should be diligently kept.
You have commanded [us] diligently to keep your precepts.
5 Oh would that my ways might be settled! that I might keep thy statutes.
O that my ways were directed to keep your ordinances.
6 Then, shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to all your commandments.
7 I will thank thee with uprightness of heart, when I have learned thy righteous regulations.
I will give you thanks with uprightness of heart, when I have learnt the judgements of your righteousness.
8 Thy statutes, will I keep, Do not thou forsake me utterly.
I will keep your ordinances: O forsake me not greatly.
9 [BETH.] Wherewithal can a young man keep pure his way? By taking heed, according to thy word.
Wherewith shall a young man direct his way? by keeping your words.
10 With all my heart, have I sought thee, Suffer me not to be led astray from thy commandments.
With my whole heart have I diligently sought you: cast me not away from your commandments.
11 In my heart, have I treasured what thou hast said, to the end I may not sin against thee.
I have hidden your oracles in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
12 Blessed art thou, O Yahweh—Teach me thy statutes.
Blessed are you, O Lord: teach me your ordinances.
13 With my lips, have I recounted All the regulations of thy mouth.
With my lips have I declared all the judgements of your mouth.
14 In the way of thy testimonies, have I rejoiced, Like as over all riches.
I have delighted in the way of your testimonies, [as much] as in all riches.
15 In thy precepts, will I meditate, that I may discern thy paths.
I will meditate on your commandments, and consider your ways.
16 In thy statutes, will I find my dear delight, I will not forget thy word.
I will meditate on your ordinances: I will not forget your words.
17 [GIMEL.] Bestow thy bounties upon thy servant—let me live, That I may observe thy word.
Render a recompense to your servant: [so] shall I live, and keep your words.
18 Unveil thou mine eyes, that I may discern Wondrous things out of thy law.
Unveil you mine eyes, and I shall perceive wondrous things of your law.
19 A sojourner, am, I, in the earth, Do not hide from me, thy commandments.
I am a stranger in the earth: hide not your commandments from me.
20 My soul is crushed with longing for thy just decisions at all times.
My soul has longed exceedingly for your judgements at all times.
21 Thou hast rebuked the proud as accursed, who stray from thy commandments.
You have rebuked the proud: cursed are they that turn aside from your commandments.
22 Roll from off me, reproach and contempt, For, thy testimonies, have I observed.
Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have sought out your testimonies.
23 Even rulers have taken their seat, against me, have talked, Thy servant, will still meditate in thy statutes.
For princes sat and spoke against me: but your servant was meditating on your ordinances.
24 Yea, thy testimonies, are my dear delight, My counsellors.
For your testimonies are my (meditation) and your ordinances are my counsellors.
25 [DALETH.] My soul, cleaveth to the dust, Give me life, according to thy word.
My soul has cleaved to the ground; quicken you me according to your word.
26 My ways, I recounted, and thou didst answer me, Teach me thy statutes.
I declared my ways, and you did hear me: teach me your ordinances.
27 The way of thy precepts, cause thou me to understand, and I will indeed meditate in thy wonders.
Instruct me in the way of your ordinances; and I will meditate on your wondrous works.
28 My soul weepeth itself away, for grief, Confirm thou me, according to thy word.
My soul has slumbered for sorrow; strengthen you me with your words.
29 The way of falsehood, take thou from me, and, with thy law, O favour me.
Remove from me the way of iniquity; and be merciful to me by your law.
30 The way of faithfulness, have I chosen, Thy regulations, have I deemed right.
I have chosen the way of truth; and have not forgotten your judgements.
31 I have kept close to thy testimonies, O Yahweh! do not put me to shame.
I have cleaved to your testimonies, O Lord; put me not to shame.
32 The way of thy commandments, will I run, for thou wilt enlarge my heart.
I ran the way of your commandments, when you did enlarge my heart.
33 [HE.] Point out to me, O Yahweh, the way of thy statutes, that I may observe it unto the end.
Teach me, O Lord, the way of your ordinances, and I will seek it out continually.
34 Give me understanding, that I may observe thy law, that I may keep it with a whole heart.
Instruct me, and I will search out your law, and will keep it with my whole heart.
35 Guide me in the path of thy commandments, for, therein, do I find pleasure.
Guide me in the path of your commandments; for I have delighted in it.
36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not unto unjust gain.
Incline mine heart to your testimonies, and not to covetousness.
37 Turn away mine eyes, from beholding vanity, In thy way, give me life.
Turn away mine eyes that I may not behold vanity: quicken you me in your way.
38 Establish, unto thy servant, thy word, which pertaineth to the reverence of thee.
Confirm your oracle to your servant, that he may fear you.
39 Cause to pass away my reproach, that I have feared, for, thy regulations, are good.
Take away my reproach which I have feared: for your judgements are good.
40 Lo! I have longed for thy precepts, In thy righteousness, give me life.
Behold, I have desired your commandments: quicken me in your righteousness.
41 [WAW.] And let thy lovingkindness reach me, O Yahweh, thy salvation, according to thy word.
And let your mercy come upon me, O Lord; [even] your salvation, according to your word.
42 So shall I have something to answer him that reproacheth me, That I have trusted in thy word.
And [so] I shall render an answer to them that reproach me: for I have trusted in your words.
43 And do not snatch away from my mouth the word of truth in any wise, because, for thy regulation, have I waited.
And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in your judgements. So shall I keep your law continually, for ever and ever.
44 That I may keep thy law continually, to times age-abiding and beyond.
45 That I may walk to and fro in a large place, because, thy precepts, have I sought.
I walked also at large: for I sought out your commandments.
46 That I may speak of thy testimonies before kings, and not be ashamed.
And I spoke of your testimonies before kings, and was not ashamed.
47 That I may find dear delight in thy commandments, which I have loved.
And I meditated on your commandments, which I loved exceedingly.
48 That I may lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and may meditate in thy statutes.
And I lifted up my hands to your commandments which I loved; and I meditated in your ordinances.
49 [ZAYIN.] Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
Remember your words to your servant, wherein you have made me hope.
50 This, is my comfort in mine affliction, that, thy word, hath given me life.
This has comforted me in mine affliction: for your oracle has quickened me.
51 Insolent men, have derided me exceedingly, From thy law, have I not swerved.
The proud have transgressed exceedingly; but I swerved not from your law.
52 I have remembered thy regulations, [which have come down] from age-past times, O Yahweh, and have consoled myself.
I remembered your judgements of old, O Lord; and was comforted.
53 A raging heat, hath seized me, by reason of the lawless, who forsake thy law.
Despair took hold upon me, because of the sinners who forsake your law.
54 Songs, have thy statutes become to me, in my house of sojourn.
Your ordinances were my songs in the place of my sojourning.
55 I have remembered, in the night, thy Name, O Yahweh, and have kept thy law.
I remembered your name, O Lord, in the night, and kept your law.
56 This, have I had, because, thy precepts, have I observed.
This I had, because I diligently sought your ordinances.
57 [HETH.] My portion, is Yahweh, I have promised that I would keep thy words.
You are my portion, O Lord: I said that I would keep your law.
58 I have sought the smile of thy face with all my heart, Show me favour, according to thy word.
I implored your favour with my whole heart: have mercy upon me according to your word.
59 I have thought upon my ways, and have turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
I thought on your ways, and turned my feet to your testimonies.
60 I have hastened, and not delayed, to keep thy commandments.
I prepared myself, (and was not terrified, ) to keep your commandments.
61 The meshes of the lawless, have surrounded me, Thy law, have I not forgotten.
The snares of sinners entangled me: but I forgot not your law.
62 At midnight, I arise to give thanks unto thee, For thy righteous regulations.
At midnight I arose, to give thanks to you for the judgements of your righteousness.
63 Companion, am I, to all who revere thee, and to them who keep thy precepts.
I am a companion of all them that fear you, and of them that keep your commandments.
64 Of thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, the earth, is full, Thy statutes, teach thou me.
O Lord, the earth is full of your mercy: teach me your ordinances.
65 [TETH.] Well, hast thou dealt with thy servant, O Yahweh, according to thy word.
You have wrought kindly with your servant, o Lord, according to your word.
66 Good judgment and knowledge, teach thou me, For, in thy commandments, have I trusted.
Teach me kindness, and instruction, and knowledge: for I have believed your commandments.
67 Before I was afflicted, I myself was going astray, but, now, thy word, have I kept.
Before I was afflicted, I transgressed; therefore have I kept your word.
68 Good, thou art, and doing good, Teach me thy statutes.
Good are you, O Lord; therefore in your goodness teach me your ordinances.
69 Insolent men have plastered falsehood over me, I, with a whole heart, will observe thy precepts.
The injustice of the proud has been multiplied against me: but I will search out your commandments with all my heart.
70 Gross, like fat, is their heart, I, in thy law, have found dear delight.
Their heart has been curdled like milk; but I have meditated on your law.
71 It is, well for me, that I was afflicted, That I might learn thy statutes.
[It is] good for me that you have afflicted me; that I might learn your ordinances.
72 Better to me, is the law of thy mouth, than thousands of gold and silver.
The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver.
73 [YODH.] Thine own hands, have made me, and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
Your hands have made me, and fashioned me: instruct me, that I may learn your commandments.
74 They who revere thee, shall see me and rejoice, that, for thy word, I waited.
They that fear you will see me and rejoice: for I have hoped in your words.
75 I know, O Yahweh, that righteous are thy regulations, and, in faithfulness, didst thou afflict me.
I know, O Lord, that your judgements are righteousness, and [that] you in truthfulness have afflicted me.
76 Let thy lovingkindness, I beseech thee, serve to comfort me, according to thy word to thy servant.
Let, I pray you, your mercy be to comfort me, according to your word to your servant.
77 Let thy compassions reach me, that I may live, for, thy law, is my dear delight.
Let your compassions come to me, that I may live: for your law is my (meditation)
78 Let insolent men, be ashamed, because, by means of falsehood, they have dealt with me perversely, I, will meditate in thy precepts.
Let the proud be ashamed; for they transgressed against me unjustly: but I will meditate in your commandments.
79 Let them who revere thee, turn unto me, even they who know thy testimonies.
Let those that fear you, and those that know your testimonies, turn to me.
80 Let my heart be thorough in thy statutes, that I may not be ashamed.
Let mine heart be blameless in your ordinances, that I may not be ashamed.
81 [KAPH.] My soul, hath languished for thy salvation, For thy word, have I hoped.
My soul faints for your salvation: I have hoped in your words.
82 Mine eyes have failed for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
Mine eyes failed [in waiting] for your word, saying, When will you comfort me?
83 Though I have been like a wine-skin in the smoke, thy statutes, have I not forgotten.
For I am become as a bottle in the frost: [yet] I have not forgotten your ordinances.
84 How few are the days of thy servant! When wilt thou execute sentence on my persecutors?
How many are the days of your servant? when will you execute judgement for me on them that persecute me?
85 Insolent men digged for me pits, men who are not according to thy law.
Transgressors told me [idle tales]; but not according to your law, O Lord.
86 All thy commandments, are faithful, With falsehood, have they persecuted me, O help me!
All your commandments are truth; they persecuted me unjustly; help you me.
87 A little more, and they had consumed me in the earth, but, I, forsake not thy precepts.
They nearly made an end of me in the earth; but I forsook not your commandments.
88 According to thy lovingkindness, give thou me life, so will I keep the testimonies of thy mouth.
Quicken me according to your mercy; so shall I keep the testimonies of your mouth.
89 [LAMED.] Age-abidingly, O Yahweh, hath thy word been set up in the heavens.
Your word, O Lord, abides in heaven for ever.
90 To generation after generation, is thy faithfulness, Thou hast established the earth, and it standeth.
Your truth [endures] to all generations; you have founded the earth, and it abides.
91 By thy regulations, do they stand to-day, for, all, are thy servants.
The day continues by your arrangement; for all things are your servants.
92 Had not thy law been my dear delight, then, had I perished in mine affliction.
Were it not that your law is my (meditation) then I should have perished in mine affliction.
93 Unto times age-abiding, will I not forget thy precepts, For, by them, hast thou given me life.
I will never forget your ordinances; for with them you have quickened me.
94 Thine, am I, —oh save me! For, thy precepts, have I sought.
I am your, save me; for I have sought out your ordinances.
95 For me, have the lawless waited, to destroy me, Thy testimonies, will I diligently consider.
Sinners laid wait for me to destroy me; [but] I understood your testimonies.
96 To all perfection, have I seen an end, Broad is thy commandment, exceedingly.
have seen an end of all perfection; [but] your commandment is very broad.
97 [MEM.] Oh how I love thy law! All the day, is it my (meditation)
How I have loved your law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day.
98 Beyond mine enemies, will thy commandment make me wise, for, age-abidingly, shall it be mine.
You have made me wiser than mine enemies [in] your commandment; for it is mine for ever.
99 Beyond all my teachers, have I shown discretion, for, thy testimonies, are my (meditation)
I have more understanding than all my teachers; for your testimonies are my medication.
100 Beyond the elders, will I show understanding, for, thy precepts, have I observed.
I understand more that the aged; because I have sought out your commandments.
101 From every way of wickedness, have I withheld my feet, that I might keep thy word.
I have kept back my feet from every evil way, that I might keep your words.
102 From thy regulations, have I not turned aside, for, thou, hast directed me.
I have not declined from your judgements; for you have instructed me.
103 How smooth to my palate is thy speech, More than honey, to my mouth.
How sweet are your oracles to my throat! more so than honey to my mouth!
104 Out of thy precepts, will I get understanding, For this cause, do I hate every false way.
I gain understanding by your commandments: therefore I have hated every way of unrighteousness.
105 [NUN.] A lamp to my feet, is thy word, and a light to my path.
Your law is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths.
106 I sware, and have fulfilled, To keep thy righteous regulations.
I have sworn and determined to keep the judgements of your righteousness.
107 I have been afflicted exceedingly, —O Yahweh, give me life according to thy word.
I have been very greatly afflicted, O Lord: quicken me, according to your word.
108 The freewill offerings of my mouth, accept, I pray thee, O Yahweh, And, thy regulations, teach thou me.
Accept, I pray you, O Lord, the free will offerings of my mouth, and teach me your judgements.
109 My life, is in my hand continually, Yet, thy law, have I not forgotten.
My soul is continually in your hands; and I have not forgotten your law.
110 The lawless have set a snare for me, Yet, from thy precepts, have I not strayed.
Sinners spread a snare for me; but I erred not from your commandments.
111 As an inheritance have I taken thy testimonies unto times age-abiding, for, the joy of my heart, they are.
I have inherited your testimonies for ever; for they are the joy of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes, Age-abidingly, to the end.
I have inclined my heart to perform your ordinances for ever, in return [for your mercies].
113 [SAMECH.] Half-hearted ones, do I hate, but, thy law, do I love.
I have hated transgressors; but I have loved your law.
114 My hiding-place and my buckler, thou art, For thy word, have I waited.
You are my helper and my supporter; I have hoped in your words.
115 Depart from me, ye evil-doers, —that I may observe the commandments of my God.
Depart from me, you evil-doers; for I will search out the commandments of my God.
116 Uphold me according to thy word, that I may live, and do not shame me out of my hope!
Uphold me according to your word, and quicken me; and make me not ashamed of my expectation.
117 Sustain me, that I may be saved, and may find dear delight in thy statutes continually.
Help me, and I shall be saved; and I will meditate in your ordinances continually.
118 Thou hast made light of all who stray from thy statutes, for their fraud is, falsehood.
You have brought to nothing all that depart from your ordinances; for their inward thought is unrighteous.
119 Dross, have I accounted all the lawless of the earth, therefore do I love thy testimonies.
I have reckoned all the sinners of the earth as transgressors; therefore have I loved your testimonies.
120 My flesh, bristled up from dread of thee, and, of thy regulations, stand I in fear.
Penetrate my flesh with your fear; for I am afraid of your judgements.
121 [AYIN.] I have done justice and righteousness, —Do not leave me to mine oppressors.
I have done judgement and justice; deliver me not up to them that injure me.
122 Be thou surety for thy servant for good, Let not insolent men oppress me.
Receive your servant for good: let not the proud accuse me falsely.
123 Mine eyes, have become dim for thy salvation, and for thy righteous word.
Mine eyes have failed for your salvation, and for the word of your righteousness.
124 Deal with thy servant according to thy lovingkindness, and, thy statutes, teach thou me.
Deal with your servant according to your mercy, and teach me your ordinances.
125 Thy servant, I am—give me understanding, so shall I get to know thy testimonies.
I am your servant; instruct me, and I shall know your testimonies.
126 It is time that Yahweh should work, They have frustrated thy law!
[It is] time for the Lord to work: they have utterly broken your law.
127 For this cause, do I love thy commandments, More than gold, yea than fine gold!
Therefore have I loved your commandments more than gold, or the topaz.
128 For this cause, all thy precepts concerning all things, I deem right, Every way of falsehood, I hate.
Therefore I directed myself [according] to all your commandments: I have hated every unjust way.
129 [PE.] Wonderful are thy testimonies, For this cause, hath my soul observed them.
Your testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul has sought them out.
130 The opening of thy words, sheddeth light, Giving understanding to the simple.
The manifestation of your words will enlighten, and instruct the simple.
131 My mouth, have I opened wide, and panted, because, for thy commandments, have I longed.
I opened my mouth, and drew breath: for I earnestly longed after your commandments.
132 Turn thyself unto me, and show me favour, —As is befitting, to the lovers of thy Name.
Look upon me and have mercy upon me, after the manner of them that love your name.
133 My steps, direct thou by thy word, and let no iniquity, have dominion over me.
Order my steps according to your word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Set me free from the oppression of man, so will I keep thy precepts.
Deliver me from the false accusation of men: so will I keep your commandments.
135 Thy face, light thou up on thy servant, and teach me thy statutes.
Cause your face to shine upon your servant: and teach me your ordinances.
136 Streams of water, have run down mine eyes, because men have not kept thy law.
Mine eyes have been bathed in streams of water, because I kept not your law.
137 [ZADHE.] Righteous art thou, O Yahweh, —and, equitable, are thy regulations.
Righteous are you, O Lord, and upright are your judgements.
138 Thou hast righteously commanded thy testimonies, yea in great faithfulness.
You has commanded righteousness and perfect truth, [as] your testimonies.
139 My zeal, hath put an end to me, for mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.
Your zeal has quite wasted me: because mine enemies have forgotten your words.
140 Refined is thy word, to the uttermost, and, thy servant loveth it.
Your word [has been] very fully tried; and your servant loves it.
141 Small, am I, and despised, Thy precepts, have I not forgotten.
I am young and despised: [yet] I have not forgotten your ordinances.
142 Thy righteousness, is righteous to times age-abiding, and, thy law, is truth.
Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your law is truth.
143 Straitness and distress, have befallen me, Thy commandments, are my dear delights.
Afflictions and distresses found me: [but] your commandments [were] my (meditation)
144 Righteous are thy testimonies, unto times age-abiding, Give me understanding, that I may live.
Your testimonies [are] an everlasting righteousness: instruct me, and I shall live.
145 [KOPH.] I have cried out with all my heart, answer me, O Yahweh; Thy statutes, will I observe.
I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord: I will search out your ordinances.
146 I have cried out unto thee, oh save me, That I may keep thy testimonies.
I cried to you; save me, and I will keep your testimonies.
147 I forestalled the twilight, and cried for help, For thy word, I waited.
I arose before the dawn, and cried: I hoped in your words.
148 Mine eyes forestalled the night-watches, To meditate in thy word.
Mine eyes prevented the dawn, that I might meditate on your oracles.
149 My voice, O hear, according to thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh! according to thy wont, give me life.
Hear my voice, O Lord, according to your mercy; quicken me according to your judgement.
150 They have drawn near, who pursue villainy, From thy law, have they gone far away.
They have drawn near who persecuted me unlawfully; and they are far removed from your law.
151 Near art thou, O Yahweh, and, all thy commandments, are truth.
You are near, O Lord; and all your ways are truth.
152 Long, have I known, from thy testimonies, That, to times age-abiding, thou didst establish them.
I have known of old concerning your testimonies, that you have founded them for ever.
153 [RESH.] Behold mine affliction, and rescue me, For, thy law, have I not forgotten.
Look upon mine affliction, and rescue me; for I have not forgotten your law.
154 Plead my cause, and redeem me, By thy word, give me life
Plead my cause, and ransom me: quicken me because of your word.
155 Far from the lawless, is salvation, For, thy statutes, have they not sought.
Salvation is far from sinners: for they have not searched out your ordinances.
156 Thy compassions, are great, O Yahweh, According to thy regulations, give me life.
Your mercies, O Lord, are many: quicken me according to your judgement.
157 Many, are my persecutors and mine adversaries, From thy testimonies, have I not swerved.
Many are they that persecute me and oppress me: [but] I have not declined from your testimonies.
158 I have seen traitors, and felt loathing, Because, thy word, they kept not.
I saw men acting foolishly, and I pined away; for they kept not your oracles.
159 See thou that, thy precepts, I have loved, O Yahweh, according to thy lovingkindness, give me life.
Behold, I have loved your commandments, O Lord: quicken me in your mercy.
160 The sum of thy word, is truth, and, age-abiding, is every one of thy righteous regulations.
The beginning of your words is truth; and all the judgements of your righteousness [endure] for ever.
161 [SHIN.] Rulers, have persecuted me, without cause, But, of thy word, hath my heart stood in awe.
Princes persecuted me without a cause, but my heart feared because of your words.
162 Joyful am I over thy word, Like the finder of spoil in abundance.
I will exult because of your oracles, as one that finds much spoil.
163 Falsehood, I hate and abhor, Thy law, do I love.
I hate and abhor unrighteousness; but I love your law.
164 Seven times in the day, have I praised thee, For thy righteous regulations.
Seven times in a day have I praised you because of the judgements of your righteousness.
165 Blessing in abundance, have the lovers of thy law, and nothing to make them stumble.
Great peace have they that love your law: and there is no stumbling block to them.
166 I have looked for thy salvation, O Yahweh, and, thy commandments, have I done.
I waited for your salvation, O Lord, and have loved your commandments.
167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies, yea I have loved them greatly.
My soul has kept your testimonies, and loved them exceedingly.
168 I have kept thy precepts, and thy testimonies, For, all my ways, are before thee.
I have kept your commandments and your testimonies; for all my ways are before you, O Lord.
169 [TAU] Let my shouting come near before thee, O Yahweh, According to thy word, give me understanding.
Let my supplication come near before you, o Lord; instruct me according to your oracle.
170 Let my supplication come in before thee, According to thy word, deliver me.
Let my petition come in before you, O Lord; deliver me according to your oracle.
171 My lips, shall pour out, praise, When thou shalt teach me thy statutes.
Let my lips utter a hymn, when you shall have taught me your ordinances.
172 My tongue, shall respond, with thy word, For, all thy commandments, are righteous.
Let my tongue utter your oracles; for all your commandments are righteous.
173 Be thy hand ready to help me, For, thy statutes, have I chosen.
Let your hand be [prompt] to save me; for I have chosen your commandments.
174 I have longed for thy salvation, O Yahweh, and, thy law, is my dear delight.
I have longed after your salvation, O Lord; and your law is my (meditation)
175 Let my soul live, that it may praise thee, So shall thy regulation help me.
My soul shall live, and shall praise you; and your judgements shall help me.
176 I have strayed like a wandering sheep, O seek thy servant, For, thy commandments, have I not forgotten.
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant; for I have not forgotten your commandments.
