< Psalms 119 >
1 [Aleph.] O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah,
Alleluia. Blessed are the blameless in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
2 O the happiness of those keeping His testimonies, With the 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 done iniquity, In His ways they have walked.
For they that work iniquity have not walked in his ways.
4 Thou hast commanded us Thy precepts to keep diligently,
You have commanded [us] diligently to keep your precepts.
5 O that my ways were prepared to keep Thy statutes,
O that my ways were directed to keep your ordinances.
6 Then I am not ashamed In my looking unto all Thy commands.
Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to all your commandments.
7 I confess Thee with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Thy righteousness.
I will give you thanks with uprightness of heart, when I have learnt the judgements of your righteousness.
8 Thy statutes I keep, leave me not utterly!
I will keep your ordinances: O forsake me not greatly.
9 [Beth.] With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe — according to Thy word.
Wherewith shall a young man direct his way? by keeping your words.
10 With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands.
With my whole heart have I diligently sought you: cast me not away from your commandments.
11 In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.
I have hidden your oracles in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
12 Blessed [art] Thou, O Jehovah, teach me Thy statutes.
Blessed are you, O Lord: teach me your ordinances.
13 With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Thy mouth.
With my lips have I declared all the judgements of your mouth.
14 In the way of Thy testimonies I have joyed, As over all wealth.
I have delighted in the way of your testimonies, [as much] as in all riches.
15 In Thy precepts I meditate, And I behold attentively Thy paths.
I will meditate on your commandments, and consider your ways.
16 In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word.
I will meditate on your ordinances: I will not forget your words.
17 [Gimel.] Confer benefits on Thy servant, I live, and I keep Thy word.
Render a recompense to your servant: [so] shall I live, and keep your words.
18 Uncover mine eyes, and I behold wonders out of Thy law.
Unveil you mine eyes, and I shall perceive wondrous things of your law.
19 A sojourner I [am] on earth, Hide not from me Thy commands.
I am a stranger in the earth: hide not your commandments from me.
20 Broken hath my soul for desire Unto Thy judgments at all times.
My soul has longed exceedingly for your judgements at all times.
21 Thou hast rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Thy commands.
You have rebuked the proud: cursed are they that turn aside from your commandments.
22 Remove from me reproach and contempt, For Thy testimonies I have kept.
Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have sought out your testimonies.
23 Princes also sat — against me they spoke, Thy servant doth meditate in Thy statutes,
For princes sat and spoke against me: but your servant was meditating on your ordinances.
24 Thy testimonies also [are] my delight, The men of my counsel!
For your testimonies are my (meditation) and your ordinances are my counsellors.
25 [Daleth.] Cleaved to the dust hath my soul, Quicken me according to Thy word.
My soul has cleaved to the ground; quicken you me according to your word.
26 My ways I have recounted, And Thou answerest 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 me to understand, And I meditate in Thy wonders.
Instruct me in the way of your ordinances; and I will meditate on your wondrous works.
28 My soul hath dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Thy word.
My soul has slumbered for sorrow; strengthen you me with your words.
29 The way of falsehood turn aside from me And with Thy law favour me.
Remove from me the way of iniquity; and be merciful to me by your law.
30 The way of faithfulness I have chosen, Thy judgments I have compared,
I have chosen the way of truth; and have not forgotten your judgements.
31 I have adhered to Thy testimonies, O Jehovah, put me not to shame.
I have cleaved to your testimonies, O Lord; put me not to shame.
32 The way of Thy commands I run, For Thou dost enlarge my heart!
I ran the way of your commandments, when you did enlarge my heart.
33 [He.] Show me, O Jehovah, the way of Thy statutes, And I keep it — [to] the end.
Teach me, O Lord, the way of your ordinances, and I will seek it out continually.
34 Cause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the whole heart.
Instruct me, and I will search out your law, and will keep it with my whole heart.
35 Cause me to tread in the path of Thy commands, For in it I have delighted.
Guide me in the path of your commandments; for I have delighted in it.
36 Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, And not unto dishonest gain.
Incline mine heart to your testimonies, and not to covetousness.
37 Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me.
Turn away mine eyes that I may not behold vanity: quicken you me in your way.
38 Establish to Thy servant Thy saying, That [is] concerning Thy fear.
Confirm your oracle to your servant, that he may fear you.
39 Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Thy judgments [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 quicken Thou me,
Behold, I have desired your commandments: quicken me in your righteousness.
41 [Waw.] And meet me doth Thy kindness, O Jehovah, Thy salvation according to Thy saying.
And let your mercy come upon me, O Lord; [even] your salvation, according to your word.
42 And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For 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 Thou takest not utterly away From my mouth the word of truth, Because for Thy judgment I have hoped.
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 And I keep Thy law continually, To the age and for ever.
45 And I walk habitually in a broad place, For Thy precepts I have sought.
I walked also at large: for I sought out your commandments.
46 And I speak of Thy testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed.
And I spoke of your testimonies before kings, and was not ashamed.
47 And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved,
And I meditated on your commandments, which I loved exceedingly.
48 And I lift up my hands unto Thy commands, That I have loved, And I do meditate on Thy statutes!
And I lifted up my hands to your commandments which I loved; and I meditated in your ordinances.
49 [Zain.] Remember the word to Thy servant, On 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 saying hath quickened me.
This has comforted me in mine affliction: for your oracle has quickened me.
51 The proud have utterly scorned me, From Thy law I have not turned aside.
The proud have transgressed exceedingly; but I swerved not from your law.
52 I remembered Thy judgments of old, O Jehovah, And I comfort myself.
I remembered your judgements of old, O Lord; and was comforted.
53 Horror hath seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Thy law.
Despair took hold upon me, because of the sinners who forsake your law.
54 Songs have been to me Thy statutes, In the house of my sojournings.
Your ordinances were my songs in the place of my sojourning.
55 I have remembered in the night Thy name, O Jehovah, And I do keep Thy law.
I remembered your name, O Lord, in the night, and kept your law.
56 This hath been to me, That Thy precepts I have kept!
This I had, because I diligently sought your ordinances.
57 [Cheth.] My portion [is] Jehovah; I have said — to keep Thy words,
You are my portion, O Lord: I said that I would keep your law.
58 I appeased Thy face with the whole heart, Favour me according to Thy saying.
I implored your favour with my whole heart: have mercy upon me according to your word.
59 I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies.
I thought on your ways, and turned my feet to your testimonies.
60 I have made haste, And delayed not, to keep Thy commands.
I prepared myself, (and was not terrified, ) to keep your commandments.
61 Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, Thy law I have not forgotten.
The snares of sinners entangled me: but I forgot not your law.
62 At midnight I rise to give thanks to Thee, For the judgments of Thy righteousness.
At midnight I arose, to give thanks to you for the judgements of your righteousness.
63 A companion I [am] to all who fear Thee, And to those keeping Thy precepts.
I am a companion of all them that fear you, and of them that keep your commandments.
64 Of Thy kindness, O Jehovah, the earth is full, Thy statutes teach Thou me!
O Lord, the earth is full of your mercy: teach me your ordinances.
65 [Teth.] Good Thou didst with Thy servant, O Jehovah, According to Thy word.
You have wrought kindly with your servant, o Lord, according to your word.
66 The goodness of reason and knowledge teach me, For in Thy commands I have believed.
Teach me kindness, and instruction, and knowledge: for I have believed your commandments.
67 Before I am afflicted, I — I am erring, And now Thy saying I have 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 Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts.
The injustice of the proud has been multiplied against me: but I will search out your commandments with all my heart.
70 Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I — in Thy law I have delighted.
Their heart has been curdled like milk; but I have meditated on your law.
71 Good for me that I have been 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 [Yod.] Thy hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Thy commands.
Your hands have made me, and fashioned me: instruct me, that I may learn your commandments.
74 Those fearing Thee see me and rejoice, Because for Thy word I have hoped.
They that fear you will see me and rejoice: for I have hoped in your words.
75 I have known, O Jehovah, That righteous [are] Thy judgments, And [in] faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me.
I know, O Lord, that your judgements are righteousness, and [that] you in truthfulness have afflicted me.
76 Let, I pray Thee, Thy kindness be to comfort me, According to Thy saying to Thy servant.
Let, I pray you, your mercy be to comfort me, according to your word to your servant.
77 Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law [is] my delight.
Let your compassions come to me, that I may live: for your law is my (meditation)
78 Ashamed are the proud, For [with] falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate in Thy precepts.
Let the proud be ashamed; for they transgressed against me unjustly: but I will meditate in your commandments.
79 Those fearing Thee turn back to me, And those knowing Thy testimonies.
Let those that fear you, and those that know your testimonies, turn to me.
80 My heart is perfect in Thy statutes, So that I am not ashamed.
Let mine heart be blameless in your ordinances, that I may not be ashamed.
81 [Kaph.] Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped.
My soul faints for your salvation: I have hoped in your words.
82 Consumed have been mine eyes for Thy word, Saying, 'When doth it comfort me?'
Mine eyes failed [in waiting] for your word, saying, When will you comfort me?
83 For I have been as a bottle in smoke, Thy statutes I have not forgotten.
For I am become as a bottle in the frost: [yet] I have not forgotten your ordinances.
84 How many [are] the days of Thy servant? When dost Thou execute Against my pursuers judgment?
How many are the days of your servant? when will you execute judgement for me on them that persecute me?
85 The proud have digged for me pits, That [are] not according to Thy law.
Transgressors told me [idle tales]; but not according to your law, O Lord.
86 All Thy commands [are] faithfulness, [With] falsehood they have pursued me, Help Thou me.
All your commandments are truth; they persecuted me unjustly; help you me.
87 Almost consumed me on earth have they, And I — I have not forsaken Thy precepts.
They nearly made an end of me in the earth; but I forsook not your commandments.
88 According to Thy kindness quicken Thou me, And I keep the testimony of Thy mouth!
Quicken me according to your mercy; so shall I keep the testimonies of your mouth.
89 [Lamed.] To the age, O Jehovah, Thy word is set up in the heavens.
Your word, O Lord, abides in heaven for ever.
90 To all generations Thy faithfulness, Thou didst establish earth, and it standeth.
Your truth [endures] to all generations; you have founded the earth, and it abides.
91 According to Thine ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole [are] Thy servants.
The day continues by your arrangement; for all things are your servants.
92 Unless Thy law [were] my delights, 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 To the age I forget not Thy precepts, For by them Thou hast quickened me.
I will never forget your ordinances; for with them you have quickened me.
94 I [am] Thine, save Thou me, For Thy precepts I have sought.
I am your, save me; for I have sought out your ordinances.
95 Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand.
Sinners laid wait for me to destroy me; [but] I understood your testimonies.
96 Of all perfection I have seen an end, Broad [is] Thy command — exceedingly!
have seen an end of all perfection; [but] your commandment is very broad.
97 [Mem.] O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it [is] my (meditation)
How I have loved your law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day.
98 Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it [is] before me to the age.
You have made me wiser than mine enemies [in] your commandment; for it is mine for ever.
99 Above all my teachers I have acted wisely. For Thy testimonies [are] my (meditation)
I have more understanding than all my teachers; for your testimonies are my medication.
100 Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept.
I understand more that the aged; because I have sought out your commandments.
101 From every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word.
I have kept back my feet from every evil way, that I might keep your words.
102 From Thy judgments I turned not aside, For Thou — Thou hast directed me.
I have not declined from your judgements; for you have instructed me.
103 How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth.
How sweet are your oracles to my throat! more so than honey to my mouth!
104 From Thy precepts I have understanding, Therefore I have hated every false path!
I gain understanding by your commandments: therefore I have hated every way of unrighteousness.
105 [Nun.] A lamp to my foot [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 have sworn, and I confirm [it], To keep the judgments of Thy righteousness.
I have sworn and determined to keep the judgements of your righteousness.
107 I have been afflicted very much, O Jehovah, quicken me, according to Thy word.
I have been very greatly afflicted, O Lord: quicken me, according to your word.
108 Free-will-offerings of my mouth, Accept, I pray Thee, O Jehovah, And Thy judgments teach Thou me.
Accept, I pray you, O Lord, the free will offerings of my mouth, and teach me your judgements.
109 My soul [is] in my hand continually, And Thy law I have not forgotten.
My soul is continually in your hands; and I have not forgotten your law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, And from thy precepts I wandered not.
Sinners spread a snare for me; but I erred not from your commandments.
111 I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart [are] they.
I have inherited your testimonies for ever; for they are the joy of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart To do Thy statutes, to the age — [to] the end!
I have inclined my heart to perform your ordinances for ever, in return [for your mercies].
113 [Samech.] Doubting ones I have hated, And Thy law I have loved.
I have hated transgressors; but I have loved your law.
114 My hiding place and my shield [art] Thou, For Thy word I have hoped.
You are my helper and my supporter; I have hoped in your words.
115 Turn aside from me, ye evil-doers, And I keep the commands of my God.
Depart from me, you evil-doers; for I will search out the commandments of my God.
116 Sustain me according to Thy saying, And I live, and Thou puttest me not to shame Because of my hope.
Uphold me according to your word, and quicken me; and make me not ashamed of my expectation.
117 Support Thou me, and I am saved, And I look on Thy statutes continually.
Help me, and I shall be saved; and I will meditate in your ordinances continually.
118 Thou hast trodden down All going astray from Thy statutes, For falsehood [is] their deceit.
You have brought to nothing all that depart from your ordinances; for their inward thought is unrighteous.
119 Dross! Thou hast caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Thy testimonies.
I have reckoned all the sinners of the earth as transgressors; therefore have I loved your testimonies.
120 Trembled from Thy fear hath my flesh, And from Thy judgments I have been afraid!
Penetrate my flesh with your fear; for I am afraid of your judgements.
121 [Ain.] I have done judgment and righteousness, Leave me not to mine oppressors.
I have done judgement and justice; deliver me not up to them that injure me.
122 Make sure Thy servant for good, Let not the proud oppress me.
Receive your servant for good: let not the proud accuse me falsely.
123 Mine eyes have been consumed for Thy salvation. And for the saying of Thy righteousness.
Mine eyes have failed for your salvation, and for the word of your righteousness.
124 Do with Thy servant according to Thy kindness. And Thy statutes teach Thou me.
Deal with your servant according to your mercy, and teach me your ordinances.
125 Thy servant [am] I — cause me to understand, And I know Thy testimonies.
I am your servant; instruct me, and I shall know your testimonies.
126 Time for Jehovah to work! they have made void Thy law.
[It is] time for the Lord to work: they have utterly broken your law.
127 Therefore I have loved Thy commands Above gold — even fine gold.
Therefore have I loved your commandments more than gold, or the topaz.
128 Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, Every path of falsehood I have hated!
Therefore I directed myself [according] to all your commandments: I have hated every unjust way.
129 [Pe.] Wonderful [are] Thy testimonies, Therefore hath my soul kept them.
Your testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul has sought them out.
130 The opening of Thy words enlighteneth, Instructing the simple.
The manifestation of your words will enlighten, and instruct the simple.
131 My mouth I have opened, yea, I pant, For, for Thy commands I have longed.
I opened my mouth, and drew breath: for I earnestly longed after your commandments.
132 Look unto me, and favour me, As customary to those loving Thy name.
Look upon me and have mercy upon me, after the manner of them that love your name.
133 My steps establish by Thy saying, And any iniquity doth not rule over me.
Order my steps according to your word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Thy precepts,
Deliver me from the false accusation of men: so will I keep your commandments.
135 Thy face cause to shine on Thy servant, And teach me Thy statutes.
Cause your face to shine upon your servant: and teach me your ordinances.
136 Rivulets of waters have come down mine eyes, Because they have not kept Thy law!
Mine eyes have been bathed in streams of water, because I kept not your law.
137 [Tzade.] Righteous [art] Thou, O Jehovah, And upright [are] Thy judgments.
Righteous are you, O Lord, and upright are your judgements.
138 Thou hast appointed Thy testimonies, Righteous and exceeding faithful,
You has commanded righteousness and perfect truth, [as] your testimonies.
139 Cut me off hath my zeal, For mine adversaries forgot Thy words.
Your zeal has quite wasted me: because mine enemies have forgotten your words.
140 Tried [is] thy saying exceedingly, And Thy servant hath loved it.
Your word [has been] very fully tried; and your servant loves it.
141 Small I [am], and despised, Thy precepts I have not forgotten.
I am young and despised: [yet] I have not forgotten your ordinances.
142 Thy righteousness [is] righteousness to the age, And Thy law [is] truth.
Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your law is truth.
143 Adversity and distress have found me, Thy commands [are] my delights.
Afflictions and distresses found me: [but] your commandments [were] my (meditation)
144 The righteousness of Thy testimonies [is] to Cause me to understand, and I live!
Your testimonies [are] an everlasting righteousness: instruct me, and I shall live.
145 [Koph.] I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O Jehovah, Thy statutes I keep,
I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord: I will search out your ordinances.
146 I have called Thee, save Thou me, And I do keep Thy testimonies.
I cried to you; save me, and I will keep your testimonies.
147 I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, For Thy word I have hoped.
I arose before the dawn, and cried: I hoped in your words.
148 Mine eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate in Thy saying.
Mine eyes prevented the dawn, that I might meditate on your oracles.
149 My voice hear, according to Thy kindness, Jehovah, according to Thy judgment quicken me.
Hear my voice, O Lord, according to your mercy; quicken me according to your judgement.
150 Near have been my wicked pursuers, From Thy law they have been far off.
They have drawn near who persecuted me unlawfully; and they are far removed from your law.
151 Near [art] Thou, O Jehovah, And all Thy commands [are] truth.
You are near, O Lord; and all your ways are truth.
152 Of old I have known Thy testimonies, That to the age Thou hast founded them!
I have known of old concerning your testimonies, that you have founded them for ever.
153 [Resh.] See my affliction, and deliver Thou me, For Thy law I have not forgotten.
Look upon mine affliction, and rescue me; for I have not forgotten your law.
154 Plead my plea, and redeem me, According to Thy saying quicken me.
Plead my cause, and ransom me: quicken me because of your word.
155 Far from the wicked [is] salvation, For Thy statutes they have not sought.
Salvation is far from sinners: for they have not searched out your ordinances.
156 Thy mercies [are] many, O Jehovah, According to Thy judgments quicken me.
Your mercies, O Lord, are many: quicken me according to your judgement.
157 Many [are] my pursuers, and adversaries, From Thy testimonies I have not turned aside.
Many are they that persecute me and oppress me: [but] I have not declined from your testimonies.
158 I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because Thy saying they have not kept.
I saw men acting foolishly, and I pined away; for they kept not your oracles.
159 See, for thy precepts I have loved, Jehovah, According to Thy kindness quicken me.
Behold, I have loved your commandments, O Lord: quicken me in your mercy.
160 The sum of Thy word [is] truth, And to the age [is] every judgment of Thy righteousness!
The beginning of your words is truth; and all the judgements of your righteousness [endure] for ever.
161 [Shin.] Princes have pursued me without cause, And because of Thy words was my heart afraid.
Princes persecuted me without a cause, but my heart feared because of your words.
162 I do rejoice concerning Thy saying, As one finding abundant spoil.
I will exult because of your oracles, as one that finds much spoil.
163 Falsehood I have hated, yea I abominate [it], Thy law I have loved.
I hate and abhor unrighteousness; but I love your law.
164 Seven [times] in a day I have praised Thee, Because of the judgments of Thy righteousness.
Seven times in a day have I praised you because of the judgements of your righteousness.
165 Abundant peace have those loving Thy law, And they have no stumbling-block.
Great peace have they that love your law: and there is no stumbling block to them.
166 I have waited for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy commands I have done.
I waited for your salvation, O Lord, and have loved your commandments.
167 Kept hath my soul Thy testimonies, And I do love them exceedingly.
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 [Taw.] My loud cry cometh near before Thee, O Jehovah; According to Thy word cause me to understand.
Let my supplication come near before you, o Lord; instruct me according to your oracle.
170 My supplication cometh in before Thee, According to Thy saying deliver Thou me.
Let my petition come in before you, O Lord; deliver me according to your oracle.
171 My lips do utter praise, For Thou dost teach me Thy statutes.
Let my lips utter a hymn, when you shall have taught me your ordinances.
172 My tongue doth sing of Thy saying, For all Thy commands [are] righteous.
Let my tongue utter your oracles; for all your commandments are righteous.
173 Thy hand is for a help to me, For Thy commands I have chosen.
Let your hand be [prompt] to save me; for I have chosen your commandments.
174 I have longed for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy law [is] my delight.
I have longed after your salvation, O Lord; and your law is my (meditation)
175 My soul liveth, and it doth praise Thee, And Thy judgments do help me.
My soul shall live, and shall praise you; and your judgements shall help me.
176 I wandered as a lost sheep, seek Thy servant, For Thy precepts I have not forgotten!
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant; for I have not forgotten your commandments.