Psalms 119
1 ALEPH Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh’s law.
Blessed are those who are perfect in the way, who walk in the law of Jehovah.
2 Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.
Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, that seek him with the whole heart.
3 Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways.
Yea, they do no unrighteousness. They walk in his ways.
4 You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them.
Thou have commanded thy precepts, that we should observe them diligently.
5 Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!
O that my ways were established to observe thy statutes!
6 Then I wouldn’t be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments.
Then I shall not be put to shame when I have respect for all thy commandments.
7 I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments.
I will give thanks to thee with uprightness of heart when I learn thy righteous judgments.
8 I will observe your statutes. Don’t utterly forsake me. BETH
I will observe thy statutes. O forsake me not utterly.
9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.
With what shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed 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 I have 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.
I have laid thy word up in my heart that I might not sin against thee.
12 Blessed are you, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes.
Blessed are thou, O Jehovah. Teach me thy statutes.
13 With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.
With my lips I have declared all the ordinances of thy mouth.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.
I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies as much as in all riches.
15 I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways.
I will meditate on thy precepts, and have respect for thy ways.
16 I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word. GIMEL
I will delight myself in thy statutes. I will not forget thy word.
17 Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word.
Deal bountifully with thy servant that I may live, so I will observe thy word.
18 Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.
Open thou my 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 sojourner in the earth. Hide not thy commandments from me.
20 My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
My soul breaks for the longing that it has to thine ordinances at all times.
21 You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments.
Thou have rebuked the proud, who are cursed, who wander from thy commandments.
22 Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes.
Take away from me reproach and contempt, for I have kept thy testimonies.
23 Though princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate on your statutes.
Rulers also sat and talked against me, but thy servant meditated on thy statutes.
24 Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors. DALETH
Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counselors.
25 My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word!
My soul clings to the dust. Enliven thou me according to thy word.
26 I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes.
I declared my ways, and thou answered 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 I shall meditate on thy wondrous works.
28 My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.
My soul melts for heaviness. Strengthen thou me according to thy word.
29 Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously!
Remove from me the way of falsehood, and grant me thy law graciously.
30 I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me.
I have chosen the way of faithfulness. I have set thine ordinances.
31 I cling to your statutes, Yahweh. Don’t let me be disappointed.
I cling to thy testimonies. O Jehovah, put me not to shame.
32 I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free. HE
I will run the way of thy commandments when thou shall enlarge my heart.
33 Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end.
Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes, and I shall 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, and I shall keep thy law, yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
35 Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them.
Make me to go in the path of thy commandments, for therein do I delight.
36 Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.
Incline my heart to thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
37 Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity, and enliven me in thy ways.
38 Fulfill your promise to your servant, that you may be feared.
Confirm to thy servant thy word, which is for the fear of thee.
39 Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good.
Turn away my reproach of which I am afraid, for thine ordinances are good.
40 Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness. VAV
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts. Enliven me in thy righteousness.
41 Let your loving kindness also come to me, Yahweh, your salvation, according to your word.
Let thy loving kindnesses also come to me, O Jehovah, even thy salvation, according to thy word.
42 So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word.
So I shall have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in thy word.
43 Don’t snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, for I put my hope in your ordinances.
And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, for I have hoped in thine ordinances.
44 So I will obey your law continually, forever and ever.
So shall I observe thy law continually forever and ever.
45 I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts.
And I shall walk at liberty, for I have sought thy precepts.
46 I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed.
I also will speak of thy testimonies before kings, and shall not be put to shame.
47 I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.
And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
48 I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes. ZAYIN
I will also lift up my hands to thy commandments, which I have loved, and I will meditate on thy statutes.
49 Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope.
Remember the word to thy servant, because thou have made 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 word has revived me.
51 The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don’t swerve from your law.
The proud have had me greatly in derision, yet I have not swerved from thy law.
52 I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh, and have comforted myself.
I have remembered thine ordinances of old, O Jehovah, and have comforted myself.
53 Indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked who forsake your law.
Hot indignation has taken hold upon me because 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 songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
55 I have remembered your name, Yahweh, in the night, and I obey your law.
I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, and have observed thy law.
56 This is my way, that I keep your precepts. HETH
This I have had because I have kept thy precepts.
57 Yahweh is my portion. I promised to obey your words.
Jehovah is my portion; I have said that I would observe thy words.
58 I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.
I entreated thy favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to thy word.
59 I considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes.
I thought on my ways, and turned my feet to thy testimonies.
60 I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments.
I made haste, and delayed not, to observe thy commandments.
61 The ropes of the wicked bind me, but I won’t forget your law.
The cords of the wicked have wrapped me around, but I have not forgotten thy law.
62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances.
At midnight I will rise to give thanks to thee because of thy righteous ordinances.
63 I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.
I am a companion of all those who fear thee, and of those who observe thy precepts.
64 The earth is full of your loving kindness, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes. TETH
The earth, O Jehovah, is full of thy loving kindness. Teach me thy statutes.
65 You have treated your servant well, according to your word, Yahweh.
Thou have dealt well with thy servant, O Jehovah, according to thy word.
66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.
Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I have believed 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 observe thy word.
68 You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes.
Thou are good, and do good. Teach me thy statutes.
69 The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.
The proud have forged a lie against me. With my whole heart I will keep thy precepts.
70 Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law.
Their heart is as fat as grease, 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 may learn thy statutes.
72 The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. YODH
The law of thy mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver.
73 Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
Thy hands have made me 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.
Those who fear thee shall see me and be glad, because I have hoped in thy word.
75 Yahweh, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
I know, O Jehovah, that thy judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness thou have afflicted me.
76 Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.
Let, I pray thee, thy loving kindness be for my comfort according to thy word 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.
Let the proud be put to shame, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. 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 to me, and they shall know thy testimonies.
80 Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be disappointed. KAPF
Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes that I be not put to shame.
81 My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.
My soul faints for thy salvation. I hope in thy word.
82 My eyes fail for your word. I say, “When will you comfort me?”
My eyes fail for thy word, while I say, When will thou comfort me?
83 For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes.
For I have become like a wine-skin in the smoke. Yet I do not forget thy statutes.
84 How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?
How many are the days of thy servant? When will thou execute judgment on those who persecute me?
85 The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law.
The proud have dug pits for me, who are not according to thy law.
86 All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!
All thy commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help thou me.
87 They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn’t forsake your precepts.
They had almost consumed me upon earth, but I did not forsake thy precepts.
88 Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth. LAMEDH
Revive me according to thy loving kindness, so I shall observe the testimony of thy mouth.
89 Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever.
Forever, O Jehovah, thy word is settled in heaven.
90 Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.
Thy faithfulness is to all generations. Thou have established the earth, and it abides.
91 Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you.
They abide this day according to thine ordinances, for all things are thy servants.
92 Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then 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 with them thou have enlivened me.
94 I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.
I am thine. Save me, for I have sought thy precepts.
95 The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.
The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider thy testimonies.
96 I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless. MEM
I have seen an end of all perfection. Thy commandment is exceedingly broad.
97 How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.
O how I love thy law! It is my meditation all the day.
98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.
Thy commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever with 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 thy testimonies are my (meditation)
100 I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.
I understand more than the aged because I have kept 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 observe thy word.
102 I have not turned away from your ordinances, for you have taught me.
I have not turned aside from thine ordinances, for thou have taught me.
103 How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!
How sweet are thy words to my taste, than honey to my mouth!
104 Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. NUN
Through thy precepts I get understanding. Therefore I hate every false way.
105 Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.
Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and light to my path.
106 I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.
I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will observe thy righteous ordinances.
107 I am afflicted very much. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your word.
I am afflicted very much. Revive me, O Jehovah, according to thy word.
108 Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. Yahweh, teach me your ordinances.
Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Jehovah, and teach me thine ordinances.
109 My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won’t forget your law.
My soul is continually in my hand, yet I do not forget thy law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.
The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I have not gone astray from thy precepts.
111 I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
I have taken thy testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112 I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end. SAMEKH
I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes forever, even to the end.
113 I hate double-minded men, but I love your law.
I hate those who are of a double mind, but I love thy law.
114 You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.
Thou are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in thy word.
115 Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.
Depart from me, ye evildoers, that I may 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 word, 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.
Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, and shall have respect for thy statutes continually.
118 You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain.
Thou have set at nothing all those who err from thy statutes, for their deceit is falsehood.
119 You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies.
Thou put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love thy testimonies.
120 My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments. AYIN
My flesh trembles for fear of thee, and I am afraid of thy judgments.
121 I have done what is just and righteous. Don’t leave me to my oppressors.
I have done justice and righteousness. Leave me not to my 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.
My eyes fail for thy salvation, and for thy righteous word.
124 Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.
Deal with thy servant according to thy loving kindness, 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 thy testimonies.
126 It is time to act, Yahweh, for they break your law.
It is time for Jehovah to work. They 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. PE
Therefore I esteem all precepts concerning all things to be right. I hate every false way.
129 Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them.
Thy testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them.
130 The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.
The opening of thy words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.
131 I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments.
I opened wide my mouth, and panted, for I longed for thy commandments.
132 Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.
Turn thee to me, and have mercy upon me, as thou used to do 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 not any 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 man, so I will observe thy precepts.
135 Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant, and teach me thy statutes.
136 Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your law. TZADHE
Streams of water run down my eyes, because they do not observe thy law.
137 You are righteous, Yahweh. Your judgments are upright.
Thou are righteous, O Jehovah, and upright are thy judgments.
138 You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.
Thou have commanded thy testimonies in righteousness and exceeding faithfulness.
139 My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.
My zeal has consumed me, because my adversaries have forgotten thy words.
140 Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
Thy word is very pure, therefore thy servant loves it.
141 I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts.
I am small and despised. I do not forget thy precepts.
142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.
Thy righteousness is an 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 on me. Thy commandments are my delight.
144 Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. QOPH
Thy testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, and I shall live.
145 I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will keep your statutes.
I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, O Jehovah. I will keep thy statutes.
146 I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes.
I have called to thee. Save me, and I shall observe thy testimonies.
147 I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.
I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried. I hoped in thy words.
148 My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on your word.
My eyes anticipated the night-watches that I might meditate on thy word.
149 Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your ordinances.
Hear my voice according to thy loving kindness. Enliven me, O Jehovah, according to thine ordinances.
150 They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law.
They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from thy law.
151 You are near, Yahweh. All your commandments are truth.
Thou are near, O Jehovah, and all thy commandments are truth.
152 Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever. RESH
Of old I have known from thy testimonies that thou have founded them forever.
153 Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your law.
Consider 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.
Plead thou my cause, and redeem me. Enliven me according to thy word.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don’t seek your statutes.
Salvation is far from the wicked, for they seek not thy statutes.
156 Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh. Revive me according to your ordinances.
Great are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah. Enliven me according to thine ordinances.
157 Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies.
Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I have not swerved from thy testimonies.
158 I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don’t observe your word.
I beheld the treacherous, and was grieved because they do not observe thy word.
159 Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your loving kindness.
Consider how I love thy precepts. Enliven me, O Jehovah, according to thy loving kindness.
160 All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. SIN AND SHIN
The sum of thy word is truth, and every one of thy righteous ordinances is forever.
161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.
Rulers have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of thy words.
162 I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.
I rejoice at thy word, as he who finds great spoil.
163 I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.
I hate and abhor falsehood. I love thy law.
164 Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.
Seven times a day I praise thee because of thy righteous ordinances.
165 Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.
Great peace have those who love thy law, and they have no occasion of stumbling.
166 I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh. I have done your commandments.
I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah, and have done thy commandments.
167 My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly.
My soul has observed thy testimonies, and I love them exceedingly.
168 I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you. TAV
I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies, for all my ways are before thee.
169 Let my cry come before you, Yahweh. Give me understanding according to your word.
Let my cry come near before thee, O Jehovah. Give me understanding according to thy word.
170 Let my supplication come before you. Deliver me according to your word.
Let my supplication come before thee. Deliver me according to thy word.
171 Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes.
Let my lips utter praise, for thou teach me thy statutes.
172 Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are righteousness.
Let my tongue sing of thy word, for all thy commandments are righteousness.
173 Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
Let thy hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen thy precepts.
174 I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my delight.
I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah, and thy law is my delight.
175 Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me.
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee. And let thine ordinances help me.
176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.
I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments.
