Psalms 119
1 ALEPH Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the LORD’s law.
Happy are they who are upright in their way, Who walk in the law of the LORD!
2 Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.
Happy are they who observe his ordinances, And seek him with their whole heart;
3 Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways.
Who also do no iniquity, But walk in his ways!
4 You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them.
Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
5 Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!
O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
6 Then I wouldn’t be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments.
Then shall I not be put to shame, When I have respect to all thy commandments.
7 I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgements.
I will praise thee in uprightness of heart, When I shall have learned thy righteous laws.
8 I will observe your statutes. Don’t utterly forsake me.
I will keep thy statutes; Do not utterly forsake me!
9 BETH How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.
How shall a young man keep his way pure? By taking heed to it according to thy word.
10 With my whole heart I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.
With my whole heart have I sought thee; O let me not wander from thy commandments!
11 I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
Thy word have I hid in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.
12 Blessed are you, LORD. Teach me your statutes.
Blessed be thou, O LORD! O teach me thy statutes!
13 With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.
With my lips do I declare All the precepts of thy mouth.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.
In the way of thine ordinances I rejoice As much as in all riches.
15 I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways.
I meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.
16 I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word.
I delight myself in thy statutes; I do not forget thy word.
17 GIMEL Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word.
Deal kindly with thy servant, that I may live, And have regard to thy word!
18 Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.
Open thou mine eyes, That I may behold wondrous things out of thy law!
19 I am a stranger on the earth. Don’t hide your commandments from me.
I am a stranger in the earth; O hide not thy precepts from me!
20 My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
My soul breaketh within me, On account of longing for thy judgments at all times.
21 You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments.
Thou rebukest the proud, the accursed, Who wander from thy commandments.
22 Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes.
Remove from me reproach and contempt, For I have kept thine ordinances!
23 Though princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate on your statutes.
Princes sit and speak against me, But thy servant meditateth on thy statutes.
24 Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counsellors.
Thine ordinances are my delight; Yea, they are my counsellors.
25 DALETH My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word!
My soul cleaveth to the dust; O revive me, according to thy word!
26 I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes.
I have declared my ways, and thou hast heard me; Teach me thy statutes!
27 Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.
Make me to understand the way of thy precepts! So will I meditate upon thy wonders.
28 My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.
My soul weepeth for trouble; O lift me up according to thy promise!
29 Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously!
Remove from me the way of falsehood, And graciously grant me thy law!
30 I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me.
I have chosen the way of truth, And set thy statutes before me.
31 I cling to your statutes, LORD. Don’t let me be disappointed.
I cleave to thine ordinances; O LORD! let me not be put to shame!
32 I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free.
I will run in the way of thy commandments, When thou shalt enlarge my heart.
33 HE Teach me, LORD, the way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end.
Teach me, O LORD! the way of thy statutes, That I may keep it to the end!
34 Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.
Give me understanding, that I may keep thy law; That I may observe it with my whole heart!
35 Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them.
Cause me to tread in the path of thy commandments, For in it I have my delight.
36 Turn my heart towards your statutes, not towards selfish gain.
Incline my heart to thine ordinances, And not to the love of gain!
37 Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy law!
38 Fulfil your promise to your servant, that you may be feared.
Fulfill to thy servant thy promise, Which thou hast made to him who feareth thee!
39 Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good.
Turn away the reproach which I fear; For thy judgments are good.
40 Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness.
Behold, I have longed for thy precepts; O quicken thou me in thy righteousness!
41 VAV Let your loving kindness also come to me, LORD, your salvation, according to your word.
Let thy mercies come to me, O LORD! And thy help 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 be able to answer him that reproacheth me; For I trust in thy promise.
43 Don’t snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, for I put my hope in your ordinances.
O take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth! For I trust in thy judgments.
44 So I will obey your law continually, forever and ever.
So shall I keep thy law continually, For ever and ever.
45 I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts.
I shall walk in a wide path; For I seek thy precepts.
46 I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed.
I will speak of thine ordinances before kings, And will not be ashamed.
47 I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.
I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I love;
48 I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes.
I will lift up my hands to thy precepts, which I love; I will meditate on thy statutes.
49 ZAYIN Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope.
Remember thy promise to thy servant, Because thou hast caused me to hope!
50 This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me.
This is my comfort in my affliction; For thy promise reviveth me.
51 The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don’t swerve from your law.
The proud have had me greatly in derision; Yet have I not swerved from thy law.
52 I remember your ordinances of old, LORD, and have comforted myself.
I remember thy judgments of old, O LORD! And I comfort myself.
53 Indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked who forsake your law.
Indignation burneth within me, On account of the wicked who forsake thy law.
54 Your statutes have been my songs in the house where I live.
Thy statutes have been my song In the house of my pilgrimage.
55 I have remembered your name, LORD, in the night, and I obey your law.
In the night, O LORD! I think of thy name, And keep thy law!
56 This is my way, that I keep your precepts.
This have I as my own, That I keep thy precepts.
57 HETH The LORD is my portion. I promised to obey your words.
Thou art my portion, O LORD! I have resolved that I will keep thy precepts.
58 I sought your favour with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.
I have sought thy favor with my whole heart; Be gracious unto me according to thy promise!
59 I considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes.
I think on my ways, And turn my feet to thy statutes;
60 I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments.
I make haste, and delay not, To keep thy commandments.
61 The ropes of the wicked bind me, but I won’t forget your law.
The snares of the wicked surround me; Yet do I not forget thy law.
62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances.
At midnight I rise to give thanks to thee On account of thy righteous judgments.
63 I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.
I am the companion of all who fear thee, And who obey thy precepts.
64 The earth is full of your loving kindness, LORD. Teach me your statutes.
The earth, O LORD! is full of thy goodness; O teach me thy statutes!
65 TETH You have treated your servant well, according to your word, LORD.
Thou dost bless thy servant, O LORD! According to thy promise!
66 Teach me good judgement and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.
Teach me sound judgment and knowledge! For I have faith in thy commandments.
67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.
Before I was afflicted, I went astray; But now I keep thy word.
68 You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes.
Thou art good and doest good; O teach me thy statutes!
69 The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.
The proud forge lies against me, But I keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
70 Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law.
Their heart is senseless like fat; But I delight in thy law.
71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes.
It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn thy statutes.
72 The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
The law of thy mouth is better to me Than thousands of gold and silver.
73 YODH Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
Thy hands have made and fashioned me; Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments!
74 Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.
They who fear thee shall see me and rejoice, Because I trust in thy word.
75 LORD, I know that your judgements are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
I know, O LORD! that thy judgments are right, And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
76 Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.
O let thy loving-kindness be my comfort, According to thy promise to thy servant!
77 Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight.
Let thy tender mercies come to me, that I may live! For thy law is my delight.
78 Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.
May the proud be put to shame, who wrong me without cause! But I will meditate on thy precepts.
79 Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.
Let those who fear thee turn unto me, And they that know thine ordinances!
80 Let my heart be blameless towards your decrees, that I may not be disappointed.
May my heart be perfect in thy statutes, That I may not be put to shame!
81 KAPF My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.
My soul fainteth for thy salvation; In thy promise do I trust.
82 My eyes fail for your word. I say, “When will you comfort me?”
Mine eyes fail with looking for thy promise; When. say I, wilt thou comfort me?
83 For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes.
Yea, I am become like a bottle in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.
84 How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgement on those who persecute me?
How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou execute judgment upon my persecutors?
85 The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law.
The proud have digged pits for me; They who do not regard thy law.
86 All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!
All thy commandments are faithful; They persecute me without cause; help thou me!
87 They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn’t forsake your precepts.
They had almost consumed me from the earth; But I forsook not thy precepts.
88 Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth.
Quicken me according to thy loving-kindness, That I may keep the law of thy mouth!
89 LAMEDH LORD, your word is settled in heaven forever.
Thy word, O LORD! abideth for ever, Being established like the heavens;
90 Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.
Thy faithfulness endureth to all generations. Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
91 Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you.
They continue to this day according to their ordinances; For they are all subject to thee.
92 Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
Had not thy law been my delight, I should have perished in my affliction.
93 I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me.
I will never forget thy precepts; For by them thou revivest me.
94 I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.
I am thine, help me! For I seek thy precepts.
95 The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.
The wicked lie in wait to destroy me; But I will have regard to thine ordinances.
96 I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless.
I have seen an end of all perfection; But thy law is exceeding broad.
97 MEM How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.
O how I love thy law! It is my daily (meditation)
98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.
Thou hast made me wiser than my enemies by thy precepts; For they are ever before me.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my (meditation)
I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thine ordinances are my (meditation)
100 I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.
I have more wisdom than the ancients, Because I keep thy precepts.
101 I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.
I have restrained my feet from every evil way, That I might keep thy word.
102 I have not turned away from your ordinances, for you have taught me.
I depart not from thy statutes, For thou teachest me!
103 How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!
How sweet are thy words to my taste; Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.
From thy precepts I learn wisdom; Therefore do I hate every false way.
105 NUN Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.
Thy word is a lamp to my feet, And a light to my path.
106 I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.
I have sworn, and I will perform it, That I will keep thy righteous statutes.
107 I am afflicted very much. Revive me, LORD, according to your word.
I am exceedingly afflicted; Revive me, O LORD! according to thy word!
108 Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. LORD, teach me your ordinances.
Accept, O LORD! the free-will offering of my mouth, And teach me thy statutes!
109 My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won’t forget your law.
My life is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.
The wicked lay snares for me, Yet do I not go astray from thy precepts.
111 I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
I have made thine ordinances my possession for ever; For they are the joy of my heart.
112 I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end.
I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes, Always, —even to the end.
113 SAMEKH I hate double-minded men, but I love your law.
I hate impious men, And thy law I do love.
114 You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.
Thou art my hiding-place and my shield; In thy word I put my trust!
115 Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.
Depart from me, ye evil-doers! For I will keep the commandments of my God.
116 Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Uphold me according to thy promise, that I may live; And let me not be ashamed of my hope!
117 Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.
Do thou hold me up, and I shall be safe, And I will have respect to thy statutes continually!
118 You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain.
Thou castest off all who depart from thy laws; For their deceit is vain.
119 You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies.
Thou throwest away all the wicked of the earth, like dross; Therefore I love thine ordinances.
120 My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgements.
My flesh trembleth through fear of thee, And I am afraid of thy judgments.
121 AYIN I have done what is just and righteous. Don’t leave me to my oppressors.
I have done justice and equity; O leave me not to mine oppressors.
122 Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me.
Be surety for thy servant for good; Let not the proud oppress me!
123 My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.
Mine eyes fail with looking for thy help, And for thy righteous promise.
124 Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.
Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy, And teach me thy statutes!
125 I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.
I am thy servant; give me understanding, That I may know thine ordinances!
126 It is time to act, LORD, for they break your law.
It is time for thee, O LORD! to act; For men have made void thy law.
127 Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.
Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; Yea, above fine gold.
128 Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way.
Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; I hate every false way.
129 PE Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them.
Wonderful are thine ordinances; Therefore do I observe them.
130 The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.
The communication of thy precepts giveth light; It giveth understanding to the simple.
131 I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments.
I open my mouth and pant: For I long for thy commandments.
132 Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.
Look thou upon me, and be gracious to me, As is just to those who love thy name!
133 Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me.
Establish my footsteps in thy word, And let no iniquity have dominion over me!
134 Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts.
Redeem me from the oppression of men, So will I keep thy precepts!
135 Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.
Let thy face shine on thy servant, And teach me thy statutes!
136 Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your law.
Rivers of water run down mine eyes, Because men keep not thy law.
137 TZADHE You are righteous, LORD. Your judgements are upright.
Righteous art thou, O LORD! And just are thy judgments!
138 You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.
Just are the ordinances which thou hast ordained, And altogether righteous.
139 My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.
My zeal consumeth me, Because my enemies forget thy word.
140 Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
Thy word is very pure, Therefore thy servant loveth it.
141 I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts.
Of mean condition am I, and despised; Yet do I not forget thy precepts.
142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.
Thy righteousness is everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.
143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.
Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me, But thy laws are my delight.
144 Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
The justice of thine ordinances is everlasting; Give me understanding, and I shall live!
145 QOPH I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, LORD! I will keep your statutes.
I cry to thee with my whole heart; Hear me, O LORD! that I may keep thy statutes.
146 I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes.
I cry unto thee; save me, And I will observe thine ordinances.
147 I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.
I come before the dawn with my prayer; I trust in thy promise!
148 My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on your word.
My eyes anticipate the night-watches, That I may meditate upon thy promise.
149 Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, LORD, according to your ordinances.
Hear my voice according to thy loving-kindness; O LORD! revive me according to thy mercy!
150 They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law.
Near are they whose aim is mischief; They are far from thy law;
151 You are near, LORD. All your commandments are truth.
Yet thou art near, O LORD! And all thy commandments are truth!
152 Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever.
Long have I known concerning thine ordinances, That thou hast founded them for ever.
153 RESH Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your law.
Look upon my affliction, and deliver me! For I do not forget thy law.
154 Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.
Maintain my cause, and redeem me; Revive me according to thy promise!
155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don’t seek your statutes.
Salvation is far from the wicked, Because they seek not thy statutes.
156 Great are your tender mercies, LORD. Revive me according to your ordinances.
Great is thy compassion, O LORD! Revive thou me according to thine equity!
157 Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies.
Many are my persecutors and my enemies, Yet do I not depart from thine ordinances.
158 I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don’t observe your word.
I behold the transgressors, and am grieved Because they regard not thy word.
159 Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, LORD, according to your loving kindness.
Behold, how I love thy precepts! O LORD! revive me according to thy loving-kindness!
160 All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.
The whole of thy word is truth, And all thy righteous judgments endure for ever.
161 SIN AND SHIN Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.
Princes have persecuted me without cause; But my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
162 I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.
I rejoice in thy word, As one that hath found great spoil.
163 I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.
I hate and abhor lying, And thy law do I love.
164 Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.
Seven times a day do I praise thee On account of thy righteous judgments.
165 Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.
Great peace have they who love thy law, And no evil shall befall them.
166 I have hoped for your salvation, LORD. I have done your commandments.
O LORD! I wait for thy salvation, And keep thy commandments!
167 My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly.
My soul observeth thine ordinances, And loveth them exceedingly.
168 I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you.
I keep thy precepts and thine ordinances; For all my ways are before thee.
169 TAV Let my cry come before you, LORD. Give me understanding according to your word.
Let my prayer come near before thee, O LORD! According to thy promise, give me understanding!
170 Let my supplication come before you. Deliver me according to your word.
Let my supplication come before thee; O deliver me according to thy promise!
171 Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes.
My lips shall pour forth praise; For thou teachest me thy statutes.
172 Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are righteousness.
My tongue shall sing of thy word; For all thy commandments are right.
173 Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
Let thy hand be my help; For I have chosen thy precepts!
174 I have longed for your salvation, LORD. Your law is my delight.
I long for thy salvation, O LORD! And thy law is my delight!
175 Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me.
Let me live, and I will praise thee; Let thy judgments help me!
176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.
I wander like a lost sheep; seek thy servant, For I do not forget thy commandments!
