Psalms 119
1 ALEPH Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the LORD’s law.
ALEPH. Blessed are those that are vpright in their way, and walke in the Lawe of the Lord.
2 Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.
Blessed are they that keepe his testimonies, and seeke him with their whole heart.
3 Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways.
Surely they woorke none iniquitie, but walke in his waies.
4 You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them.
Thou hast commanded to keepe thy precepts diligently.
5 Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!
Oh that my waies were directed to keepe thy statutes!
6 Then I wouldn’t be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments.
Then should I not be confounded, when I haue respect vnto all thy commandements.
7 I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgements.
I will praise thee with an vpright heart, when I shall learne the iudgements of thy righteousnesse.
8 I will observe your statutes. Don’t utterly forsake me. BETH
I will keepe thy statutes: forsake mee not ouerlong.
9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.
BETH. Wherewith shall a yong man redresse his waie? in taking heede thereto according to thy woorde.
10 With my whole heart I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.
With my whole heart haue I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandements.
11 I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
I haue hid thy promise in mine heart, that I might not sinne against thee.
12 Blessed are you, LORD. Teach me your statutes.
Blessed art thou, O Lord: teache mee thy statutes.
13 With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.
With my lippes haue I declared all the iudgements of thy mouth.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.
I haue had as great delight in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches.
15 I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways.
I will meditate in thy precepts, and consider thy waies.
16 I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word. GIMEL
I will delite in thy statutes, and I will not forget thy worde.
17 Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word.
GIMEL. Be beneficiall vnto thy seruant, that I may liue and keepe thy woorde.
18 Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.
Open mine eies, that I may see the wonders of thy Lawe.
19 I am a stranger on the earth. Don’t hide your commandments from me.
I am a stranger vpon earth: hide not thy commandements from me.
20 My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
Mine heart breaketh for the desire to thy iudgements alway.
21 You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments.
Thou hast destroied the proud: cursed are they that doe erre from thy commandements.
22 Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes.
Remoue from mee shame and contempt: for I haue kept thy testimonies.
23 Though princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate on your statutes.
Princes also did sit, and speake against me: but thy seruant did meditate in thy statutes.
24 Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counsellors. DALETH
Also thy testimonies are my delite, and my counsellers.
25 My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word!
DALETH. My soule cleaueth to the dust: quicken me according to thy worde.
26 I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes.
I haue declared my waies, and thou heardest me: teache me thy statutes.
27 Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.
Make me to vnderstand ye way of thy precepts, and I will meditate in thy wondrous workes.
28 My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.
My soule melteth for heauinesse: raise mee vp according vnto thy worde.
29 Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously!
Take from mee the way of lying, and graunt me graciously thy Lawe.
30 I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me.
I haue chosen the way of trueth, and thy iudgements haue I laied before me.
31 I cling to your statutes, LORD. Don’t let me be disappointed.
I haue cleaued to thy testimonies, O Lord: confound me not.
32 I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free. HE
I will runne the way of thy commandements, when thou shalt enlarge mine heart.
33 Teach me, LORD, the way of your statutes. I will keep them 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, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.
Giue mee vnderstanding, and I will keepe thy Law: yea, I wil keepe it with my whole heart.
35 Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them.
Direct mee in the path of thy commandements: for therein is my delite.
36 Turn my heart towards your statutes, not towards selfish gain.
Incline mine heart vnto thy testimonies, and not to couetousnesse.
37 Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
Turne away mine eies from regarding vanitie, and quicken me in thy way.
38 Fulfil your promise to your servant, that you may be feared.
Stablish thy promise to thy seruaunt, because he feareth thee.
39 Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good.
Take away my rebuke that I feare: for thy iudgements are good.
40 Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness. VAV
Beholde, I desire thy commandements: quicken me in thy righteousnesse,
41 Let your loving kindness also come to me, LORD, your salvation, according to your word.
VAV. And let thy louing kindnesse come vnto me, O Lord, and thy saluation according to thy promise.
42 So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word.
So shall I make answere vnto my blasphemers: for I trust in thy woorde.
43 Don’t snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, for I put my hope in your ordinances.
And take not the woorde of trueth vtterly out of my mouth: for I waite for thy iudgements.
44 So I will obey your law continually, forever and ever.
So shall I alway keepe thy Lawe for euer and euer.
45 I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts.
And I will walke at libertie: for I seeke thy precepts.
46 I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed.
I will speake also of thy testimonies before Kings, and will not be ashamed.
47 I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.
And my delite shalbe in thy commandements, which I haue loued.
48 I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes. ZAYIN
Mine handes also will I lift vp vnto thy commandements, which I haue loued, and I will meditate in thy statutes.
49 Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me 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 your word has revived me.
It is my comfort in my trouble: for thy promise hath quickened me.
51 The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don’t swerve from your law.
The proude haue had me exceedingly in derision: yet haue I not declined from thy Lawe.
52 I remember your ordinances of old, LORD, and have comforted myself.
I remembred thy iudgements of olde, O Lord, and haue bene comforted.
53 Indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked who forsake your law.
Feare is come vpon mee for the wicked, that forsake thy Lawe.
54 Your statutes have been my songs in the house where I live.
Thy statutes haue beene my songes in the house of my pilgrimage.
55 I have remembered your name, LORD, in the night, and I obey your law.
I haue remembred thy Name, O Lord, in the night, and haue kept thy Lawe.
56 This is my way, that I keep your precepts. HETH
This I had because I kept thy precepts.
57 The LORD is my portion. I promised to obey your words.
CHETH. O Lord, that art my portion, I haue determined to keepe thy wordes.
58 I sought your favour with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.
I made my supplication in thy presence with my whole heart: be mercifull vnto me according to thy promise.
59 I considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes.
I haue considered my waies, and turned my feete into thy testimonies.
60 I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments.
I made haste and delaied not to keepe thy commandements.
61 The ropes of the wicked bind me, but I won’t forget your law.
The bandes of the wicked haue robbed me: but I haue not forgotten thy Lawe.
62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances.
At midnight will I rise to giue thanks vnto thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.
63 I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.
I am companion of all them that feare thee, and keepe thy precepts.
64 The earth is full of your loving kindness, LORD. Teach me your statutes. TETH
The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercie: teache me thy statutes.
65 You have treated your servant well, according to your word, LORD.
TETH. O Lord, thou hast delt graciously with thy seruant according vnto thy woorde.
66 Teach me good judgement and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.
Teach me good iudgement and knowledge: for I haue beleeued thy commandements.
67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.
Before I was afflicted, I went astray: but nowe I keepe thy woorde.
68 You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes.
Thou art good and gracious: teach me thy statutes.
69 The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.
The proud haue imagined a lie against me: but I wil keepe thy precepts with my whole heart.
70 Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your 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 may learn your statutes.
It is good for me that I haue beene afflicted, that I may learne thy statutes.
72 The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. YODH
The Lawe of thy mouth is better vnto me, then thousands of golde and siluer.
73 Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
IOD. Thine hands haue made me and fashioned me: giue mee vnderstanding therefore, that I may learne thy commandements.
74 Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.
So they that feare thee, seeing mee shall reioyce, because I haue trusted in thy worde.
75 LORD, I know that your judgements are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
I knowe, O Lord, that thy iudgements are right, and that thou hast afflicted me iustly.
76 Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.
I pray thee that thy mercie may comfort me according to thy promise vnto thy seruant.
77 Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight.
Let thy tender mercies come vnto me, that I may liue: for thy Lawe is my delite.
78 Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your 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 you turn to me. They will know your statutes.
Let such as feare thee turne vnto me, and they that knowe thy testimonies.
80 Let my heart be blameless towards your decrees, that I may not be disappointed. KAPF
Let mine heart bee vpright in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.
81 My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.
CAPH. My soule fainteth for thy saluation: yet I waite for thy worde.
82 My eyes fail for your word. I say, “When will you comfort me?”
Mine eyes faile for thy promise, saying, when wilt thou comfort me?
83 For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes.
For I am like a bottell in the smoke: yet doe I not forget thy statutes.
84 How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgement on those who persecute me?
Howe many are the dayes of thy seruant? When wilt thou execute iudgement on them that persecute me?
85 The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law.
The proude haue digged pittes for mee, which is not after thy Lawe.
86 All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!
All thy commandements are true: they persecute me falsely: helpe me.
87 They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn’t forsake your precepts.
They had almost consumed me vpon the earth: but I forsooke not thy precepts.
88 Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth. LAMEDH
Quicken me according to thy louing kindnes: so shall I keepe the testimony of thy mouth.
89 LORD, your word is settled in heaven forever.
LAMED. O Lord, thy worde endureth for euer in heauen.
90 Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.
Thy trueth is from generation to generation: thou hast layed the foundation of the earth, and it abideth.
91 Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you.
They continue euen to this day by thine ordinances: for all are thy seruants.
92 Unless your law had been my delight, I would 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 your precepts, for with them, you have revived me.
I wil neuer forget thy precepts: for by them thou hast quickened me.
94 I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.
I am thine, saue me: for I haue sought thy precepts.
95 The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.
The wicked haue waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
96 I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless. MEM
I haue seene an ende of all perfection: but thy commandement is exceeding large.
97 How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.
MEM. Oh howe loue I thy Lawe! it is my meditation continually.
98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with 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 your testimonies are my (meditation)
I haue had more vnderstading then all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my (meditation)
100 I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.
I vnderstoode more then the ancient, because I kept thy precepts.
101 I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.
I haue refrained my feete from euery euil way, that I might keepe thy word.
102 I have not turned away from your ordinances, for you have taught me.
I haue not declined from thy iudgements: for thou didest teach me.
103 How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!
Howe sweete are thy promises vnto my mouth! yea, more then hony vnto my mouth.
104 Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. NUN
By thy precepts I haue gotten vnderstanding: therefore I hate all the wayes of falshoode.
105 Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.
NUN. Thy worde is a lanterne vnto my feete, and a light vnto my path.
106 I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.
I haue sworne and will performe it, that I will keepe thy righteous iudgements.
107 I am afflicted very much. Revive me, LORD, according to your word.
I am very sore afflicted: O Lord, quicken me according to thy word.
108 Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. LORD, teach me your ordinances.
O Lord, I beseeche thee accept the free offerings of my mouth, and teach mee thy iudgements.
109 My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won’t forget your law.
My soule is continually in mine hande: yet doe I not forget thy Lawe.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.
The wicked haue layed a snare for mee: but I swarued not from thy precepts.
111 I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, 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 set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end. SAMEKH
I haue applied mine heart to fulfill thy statutes alway, euen vnto the ende.
113 I hate double-minded men, but I love your law.
SAMECH. I hate vaine inuentions: but thy Lawe doe I loue.
114 You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.
Thou art my refuge and shield, and I trust in thy worde.
115 Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may 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 your word, that I may live. 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 Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.
Stay thou mee, and I shall be safe, and I will delite continually in thy statutes.
118 You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain.
Thou hast troden downe all them that depart from thy statutes: for their deceit is vaine.
119 You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies.
Thou hast taken away all ye wicked of the earth like drosse: therefore I loue thy testimonies.
120 My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgements. AYIN
My flesh trembleth for feare of thee, and I am afraide of thy iudgements.
121 I have done what is just and righteous. Don’t leave me to my oppressors.
AIN. I haue executed iudgement and iustice: leaue me not to mine oppressours.
122 Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me.
Answere for thy seruant in that, which is good, and let not the proude oppresse me.
123 My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.
Mine eyes haue failed in waiting for thy saluation, and for thy iust promise.
124 Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.
Deale with thy seruant according to thy mercie, and teache me thy statutes.
125 I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.
I am thy seruant: graunt mee therefore vnderstanding, that I may knowe thy testimonies.
126 It is time to act, LORD, for they break your law.
It is time for thee Lord to worke: for they haue destroyed thy Lawe.
127 Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.
Therefore loue I thy commandements aboue golde, yea, aboue most fine golde.
128 Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way. PE
Therefore I esteeme all thy precepts most iust, and hate all false wayes.
129 Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them.
PE. Thy testimonies are wonderfull: therefore doeth my soule keepe them.
130 The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.
The entrance into thy wordes sheweth light, and giueth vnderstanding to the simple.
131 I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments.
I opened my mouth and panted, because I loued thy commandements.
132 Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your 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 your word. Don’t let any 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 man, so I will observe your precepts.
Deliuer mee from the oppression of men, and I will keepe thy precepts.
135 Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.
Shew the light of thy countenance vpon thy seruant, and teache me thy statutes.
136 Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your law. TZADHE
Mine eyes gush out with riuers of water, because they keepe not thy Lawe.
137 You are righteous, LORD. Your judgements are upright.
TSADDI. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and iust are thy iudgements.
138 You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.
Thou hast commanded iustice by thy testimonies and trueth especially.
139 My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.
My zeale hath euen consumed mee, because mine enemies haue forgotten thy wordes.
140 Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
Thy word is prooued most pure, and thy seruant loueth it.
141 I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts.
I am small and despised: yet do I not forget thy precepts.
142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.
Thy righteousnesse is an euerlasting righteousnes, and thy Lawe is trueth.
143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.
Trouble and anguish are come vpon me: yet are thy commandements my delite.
144 Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. QOPH
The righteousnes of thy testimonies is euerlasting: graunt me vnderstanding, and I shall liue.
145 I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, LORD! I will keep your statutes.
KOPH. I haue cried with my whole heart: heare me, O Lord, and I will keepe thy statutes.
146 I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes.
I called vpon thee: saue mee, and I will keepe thy testimonies.
147 I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.
I preuented the morning light, and cried: for I waited on thy word.
148 My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on your word.
Mine eyes preuent the night watches to meditate in thy word.
149 Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, LORD, according to your ordinances.
Heare my voyce according to thy louing kindenesse: O Lord, quicken me according to thy iudgement.
150 They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law.
They drawe neere, that follow after malice, and are farre from thy Lawe.
151 You are near, LORD. All your commandments are truth.
Thou art neere, O Lord: for all thy commandements are true.
152 Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever. RESH
I haue knowen long since by thy testimonies, that thou hast established them for euer.
153 Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your law.
RESH. Beholde mine affliction, and deliuer mee: for I haue not forgotten thy Lawe.
154 Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.
Pleade my cause, and deliuer me: quicken me according vnto thy word.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don’t seek your statutes.
Saluation is farre from the wicked, because they seeke not thy statutes.
156 Great are your tender mercies, LORD. Revive me according to your ordinances.
Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to thy iudgements.
157 Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies.
My persecutours and mine oppressours are many: yet doe I not swarue from thy testimonies.
158 I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don’t observe your word.
I saw the transgressours and was grieued, because they kept not thy worde.
159 Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, LORD, according to your loving kindness.
Consider, O Lord, how I loue thy preceptes: quicken mee according to thy louing kindenesse.
160 All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. SIN AND SHIN
The beginning of thy worde is trueth, and all the iudgements of thy righteousnesse endure for euer.
161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.
SCHIN. Princes haue persecuted mee without cause, but mine heart stood in awe of thy wordes.
162 I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.
I reioyce at thy worde, as one that findeth a great spoyle.
163 I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.
I hate falshoode and abhorre it, but thy Lawe doe I loue.
164 Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.
Seuen times a day doe I praise thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.
165 Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.
They that loue thy Law, shall haue great prosperitie, and they shall haue none hurt.
166 I have hoped for your salvation, LORD. I have done your commandments.
Lord, I haue trusted in thy saluation, and haue done thy commandements.
167 My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly.
My soule hath kept thy testimonies: for I loue them exceedingly.
168 I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you. TAV
I haue kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my wayes are before thee.
169 Let my cry come before you, LORD. Give me understanding according to your word.
TAV. Let my complaint come before thee, O Lord, and giue me vnderstanding, according vnto thy worde.
170 Let my supplication come before you. Deliver me according to your word.
Let my supplication come before thee, and deliuer me according to thy promise.
171 Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes.
My lippes shall speake praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
172 Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are righteousness.
My tongue shall intreate of thy word: for all thy commandements are righteous.
173 Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
Let thine hand helpe me: for I haue chosen thy precepts.
174 I have longed for your salvation, LORD. Your law is my delight.
I haue longed for thy saluation, O Lord, and thy Lawe is my delite.
175 Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me.
Let my soule liue, and it shall praise thee, and thy iudgements shall helpe me.
176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.
I haue gone astraye like a lost sheepe: seeke thy seruant, for I doe not forget thy commandements.
