Ψαλμοί 119
1 αλληλουια α# αλφ μακάριοι οἱ ἄμωμοι ἐν ὁδῷ οἱ πορευόμενοι ἐν νόμῳ κυρίου
Happy they whose life is blameless, who walk by the law of the Lord.
2 μακάριοι οἱ ἐξερευνῶντες τὰ μαρτύρια αὐτοῦ ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ ἐκζητήσουσιν αὐτόν
Happy they who keep his charges, and seek him with all their hearts;
3 οὐ γὰρ οἱ ἐργαζόμενοι τὴν ἀνομίαν ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτοῦ ἐπορεύθησαν
who have done no wrong, but walk in his ways.
4 σὺ ἐνετείλω τὰς ἐντολάς σου φυλάξασθαι σφόδρα
You yourself have appointed your precepts to be kept with diligence.
5 ὄφελον κατευθυνθείησαν αἱ ὁδοί μου τοῦ φυλάξασθαι τὰ δικαιώματά σου
O to be steadily guided in the keeping of your statutes!
6 τότε οὐ μὴ ἐπαισχυνθῶ ἐν τῷ με ἐπιβλέπειν ἐπὶ πάσας τὰς ἐντολάς σου
Then unashamed shall I be, when I look towards all your commandments.
7 ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι κύριε ἐν εὐθύτητι καρδίας ἐν τῷ μεμαθηκέναι με τὰ κρίματα τῆς δικαιοσύνης σου
I will thank you with heart unfeigned, when I learn your righteous judgments.
8 τὰ δικαιώματά σου φυλάξω μή με ἐγκαταλίπῃς ἕως σφόδρα
I will observe your statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
9 β# βηθ ἐν τίνι κατορθώσει ὁ νεώτερος τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ φυλάσσεσθαι τοὺς λόγους σου
How can a young person keep their life pure? By giving heed to your word.
10 ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ μου ἐξεζήτησά σε μὴ ἀπώσῃ με ἀπὸ τῶν ἐντολῶν σου
With all my heart have I sought you, let me not stray from your commandments.
11 ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ μου ἔκρυψα τὰ λόγιά σου ὅπως ἂν μὴ ἁμάρτω σοι
In my heart have I treasured your word, to keep from sinning against you.
12 εὐλογητὸς εἶ κύριε δίδαξόν με τὰ δικαιώματά σου
Blessed are you, O Lord; teach me your statutes.
13 ἐν τοῖς χείλεσίν μου ἐξήγγειλα πάντα τὰ κρίματα τοῦ στόματός σου
With my lips have I rehearsed all the judgments of your mouth.
14 ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ τῶν μαρτυρίων σου ἐτέρφθην ὡς ἐπὶ παντὶ πλούτῳ
I delight in the way of your charges, more than in riches of all sorts.
15 ἐν ταῖς ἐντολαῖς σου ἀδολεσχήσω καὶ κατανοήσω τὰς ὁδούς σου
I will muse upon your precepts, and look to your paths.
16 ἐν τοῖς δικαιώμασίν σου μελετήσω οὐκ ἐπιλήσομαι τῶν λόγων σου
In your statutes I delight, I will not forget your word.
17 γ# γιμαλ ἀνταπόδος τῷ δούλῳ σου ζήσομαι καὶ φυλάξω τοὺς λόγους σου
Grant that your servant may live, and I will observe your word.
18 ἀποκάλυψον τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς μου καὶ κατανοήσω τὰ θαυμάσιά σου ἐκ τοῦ νόμου σου
Open my eyes, that I see wondrous things out of your law.
19 πάροικος ἐγώ εἰμι ἐν τῇ γῇ μὴ ἀποκρύψῃς ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ τὰς ἐντολάς σου
But a guest am I on the earth: hide not your commandments from me.
20 ἐπεπόθησεν ἡ ψυχή μου τοῦ ἐπιθυμῆσαι τὰ κρίματά σου ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ
My heart is crushed with longing for your ordinances, at all times.
21 ἐπετίμησας ὑπερηφάνοις ἐπικατάρατοι οἱ ἐκκλίνοντες ἀπὸ τῶν ἐντολῶν σου
You rebuke the proud, the accursed, who wander from your commandments.
22 περίελε ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ ὄνειδος καὶ ἐξουδένωσιν ὅτι τὰ μαρτύριά σου ἐξεζήτησα
Roll away from me scorn and contempt, for I have observed your charges.
23 καὶ γὰρ ἐκάθισαν ἄρχοντες καὶ κατ’ ἐμοῦ κατελάλουν ὁ δὲ δοῦλός σου ἠδολέσχει ἐν τοῖς δικαιώμασίν σου
Though princes sit plotting against me, your servant will muse on your statutes.
24 καὶ γὰρ τὰ μαρτύριά σου μελέτη μού ἐστιν καὶ αἱ συμβουλίαι μου τὰ δικαιώματά σου
Your charges are my delight, they are my counsellors.
25 δ# δελθ ἐκολλήθη τῷ ἐδάφει ἡ ψυχή μου ζῆσόν με κατὰ τὸν λόγον σου
I lie grovelling in the dust; revive me, as you have promised.
26 τὰς ὁδούς μου ἐξήγγειλα καὶ ἐπήκουσάς μου δίδαξόν με τὰ δικαιώματά σου
I told of my ways, you made answer; teach me your statutes.
27 ὁδὸν δικαιωμάτων σου συνέτισόν με καὶ ἀδολεσχήσω ἐν τοῖς θαυμασίοις σου
Grant me insight into your precepts, and I will muse on your wonders.
28 ἔσταξεν ἡ ψυχή μου ἀπὸ ἀκηδίας βεβαίωσόν με ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου
I am overcome with sorrow; raise me up, as you have promised.
29 ὁδὸν ἀδικίας ἀπόστησον ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ καὶ τῷ νόμῳ σου ἐλέησόν με
Put the way of falsehood from me, and graciously grant me your law.
30 ὁδὸν ἀληθείας ᾑρετισάμην τὰ κρίματά σου οὐκ ἐπελαθόμην
I have chosen the way of fidelity, your ordinances I long for.
31 ἐκολλήθην τοῖς μαρτυρίοις σου κύριε μή με καταισχύνῃς
I hold fast to your charges: O put me not, Lord, to shame.
32 ὁδὸν ἐντολῶν σου ἔδραμον ὅταν ἐπλάτυνας τὴν καρδίαν μου
I will run in the way of your commandments, for you give me room of heart.
33 ε# η νομοθέτησόν με κύριε τὴν ὁδὸν τῶν δικαιωμάτων σου καὶ ἐκζητήσω αὐτὴν διὰ παντός
Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes, and I will keep it to the end,
34 συνέτισόν με καὶ ἐξερευνήσω τὸν νόμον σου καὶ φυλάξω αὐτὸν ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ μου
instruct me to keep your law, and I will observe it with all my heart.
35 ὁδήγησόν με ἐν τρίβῳ τῶν ἐντολῶν σου ὅτι αὐτὴν ἠθέλησα
Guide me in the path of your commandments, for therein do I delight.
36 κλῖνον τὴν καρδίαν μου εἰς τὰ μαρτύριά σου καὶ μὴ εἰς πλεονεξίαν
Incline my heart to your charges, and not to greed of gain.
37 ἀπόστρεψον τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς μου τοῦ μὴ ἰδεῖν ματαιότητα ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ σου ζῆσόν με
Turn away my eyes from vain sights, revive me by your word.
38 στῆσον τῷ δούλῳ σου τὸ λόγιόν σου εἰς τὸν φόβον σου
Confirm to your servant the promise which is given to those who fear you.
39 περίελε τὸν ὀνειδισμόν μου ὃν ὑπώπτευσα τὰ γὰρ κρίματά σου χρηστά
Remove the reproach which I dread, because your judgments are good.
40 ἰδοὺ ἐπεθύμησα τὰς ἐντολάς σου ἐν τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ σου ζῆσόν με
Behold, I long for your precepts. Quicken me in your righteousness.
41 V# ουαυ καὶ ἔλθοι ἐπ’ ἐμὲ τὸ ἔλεός σου κύριε τὸ σωτήριόν σου κατὰ τὸ λόγιόν σου
Visit me, Lord, with your love and salvation, as you have promised.
42 καὶ ἀποκριθήσομαι τοῖς ὀνειδίζουσί με λόγον ὅτι ἤλπισα ἐπὶ τοὺς λόγους σου
So shall I answer my slanderers, for my trust is in your word.
43 καὶ μὴ περιέλῃς ἐκ τοῦ στόματός μου λόγον ἀληθείας ἕως σφόδρα ὅτι ἐπὶ τὰ κρίματά σου ἐπήλπισα
Snatch not from my mouth the word of truth, for in your judgments I hope.
44 καὶ φυλάξω τὸν νόμον σου διὰ παντός εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος
I will keep your law continually, for ever and evermore.
45 καὶ ἐπορευόμην ἐν πλατυσμῷ ὅτι τὰς ἐντολάς σου ἐξεζήτησα
So shall I walk in wide spaces, for I give my mind to your precepts.
46 καὶ ἐλάλουν ἐν τοῖς μαρτυρίοις σου ἐναντίον βασιλέων καὶ οὐκ ᾐσχυνόμην
I will speak of your charge before kings, and will not be ashamed thereof.
47 καὶ ἐμελέτων ἐν ταῖς ἐντολαῖς σου αἷς ἠγάπησα σφόδρα
Your commandments are my delight, I love them exceedingly.
48 καὶ ἦρα τὰς χεῖράς μου πρὸς τὰς ἐντολάς σου ἃς ἠγάπησα καὶ ἠδολέσχουν ἐν τοῖς δικαιώμασίν σου
I will lift up my hands to your commandments, and muse upon your statutes.
49 ζ# ζαι μνήσθητι τὸν λόγον σου τῷ δούλῳ σου ᾧ ἐπήλπισάς με
Remember your word to your servant, on which you have made me to hope.
50 αὕτη με παρεκάλεσεν ἐν τῇ ταπεινώσει μου ὅτι τὸ λόγιόν σου ἔζησέν με
This is my comfort in trouble, that your word gives life to me.
51 ὑπερήφανοι παρηνόμουν ἕως σφόδρα ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ νόμου σου οὐκ ἐξέκλινα
The arrogant utterly scorn me, but I have not declined from your law.
52 ἐμνήσθην τῶν κριμάτων σου ἀπ’ αἰῶνος κύριε καὶ παρεκλήθην
When I think of your judgments of old, O Lord, I take to me comfort.
53 ἀθυμία κατέσχεν με ἀπὸ ἁμαρτωλῶν τῶν ἐγκαταλιμπανόντων τὸν νόμον σου
I am seized with glowing anger at the wicked who forsake your law.
54 ψαλτὰ ἦσάν μοι τὰ δικαιώματά σου ἐν τόπῳ παροικίας μου
Your statutes have been to me songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
55 ἐμνήσθην ἐν νυκτὶ τοῦ ὀνόματός σου κύριε καὶ ἐφύλαξα τὸν νόμον σου
I remember your name in the night, O Lord and observe your law.
56 αὕτη ἐγενήθη μοι ὅτι τὰ δικαιώματά σου ἐξεζήτησα
My lot has been this, that I have kept your precepts.
57 η# ηθ μερίς μου κύριε εἶπα φυλάξασθαι τὸν νόμον σου
My portion are you, O Lord: I have promised to keep your words.
58 ἐδεήθην τοῦ προσώπου σου ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ μου ἐλέησόν με κατὰ τὸ λόγιόν σου
I entreat you with all my heart; grant me your promised favour.
59 διελογισάμην τὰς ὁδούς σου καὶ ἐπέστρεψα τοὺς πόδας μου εἰς τὰ μαρτύριά σου
I have thought upon my ways, and turned my feet to your charges.
60 ἡτοιμάσθην καὶ οὐκ ἐταράχθην τοῦ φυλάξασθαι τὰς ἐντολάς σου
I hasted and tarried not to give heed to your commandments.
61 σχοινία ἁμαρτωλῶν περιεπλάκησάν μοι καὶ τοῦ νόμου σου οὐκ ἐπελαθόμην
Though the godless have wound their cords round me, I have not forgotten your law.
62 μεσονύκτιον ἐξηγειρόμην τοῦ ἐξομολογεῖσθαί σοι ἐπὶ τὰ κρίματα τῆς δικαιοσύνης σου
At midnight I rise to praise you because of your righteous judgments.
63 μέτοχος ἐγώ εἰμι πάντων τῶν φοβουμένων σε καὶ τῶν φυλασσόντων τὰς ἐντολάς σου
With all those who fear you I company, aid with those who observe your precepts.
64 τοῦ ἐλέους σου κύριε πλήρης ἡ γῆ τὰ δικαιώματά σου δίδαξόν με
The earth, Lord, is full of your kindness; teach me your Statutes.
65 θ# τηθ χρηστότητα ἐποίησας μετὰ τοῦ δούλου σου κύριε κατὰ τὸν λόγον σου
Well have you dealt with your servant, as you have promised, O Lord.
66 χρηστότητα καὶ παιδείαν καὶ γνῶσιν δίδαξόν με ὅτι ταῖς ἐντολαῖς σου ἐπίστευσα
Teach me discretion and knowledge, for I have believed your commandments.
67 πρὸ τοῦ με ταπεινωθῆναι ἐγὼ ἐπλημμέλησα διὰ τοῦτο τὸ λόγιόν σου ἐφύλαξα
Till trouble came I was a wanderer, but now I observe your word.
68 χρηστὸς εἶ σύ κύριε καὶ ἐν τῇ χρηστότητί σου δίδαξόν με τὰ δικαιώματά σου
You are good and do good; teach me your statutes.
69 ἐπληθύνθη ἐπ’ ἐμὲ ἀδικία ὑπερηφάνων ἐγὼ δὲ ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ μου ἐξερευνήσω τὰς ἐντολάς σου
The proud have forged lies against me, but I keep your precepts with all my heart.
70 ἐτυρώθη ὡς γάλα ἡ καρδία αὐτῶν ἐγὼ δὲ τὸν νόμον σου ἐμελέτησα
Their heart is gross like fat, but I delight in your law.
71 ἀγαθόν μοι ὅτι ἐταπείνωσάς με ὅπως ἂν μάθω τὰ δικαιώματά σου
It was good for me to be humbled, that I should learn your statutes.
72 ἀγαθόν μοι ὁ νόμος τοῦ στόματός σου ὑπὲρ χιλιάδας χρυσίου καὶ ἀργυρίου
The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.
73 ι# ιωθ αἱ χεῖρές σου ἐποίησάν με καὶ ἔπλασάν με συνέτισόν με καὶ μαθήσομαι τὰς ἐντολάς σου
Your hands have made me and fashioned me; make me wise to learn your commandments.
74 οἱ φοβούμενοί σε ὄψονταί με καὶ εὐφρανθήσονται ὅτι εἰς τοὺς λόγους σου ἐπήλπισα
Those who fear you shall see me with joy, for in your word have I hoped.
75 ἔγνων κύριε ὅτι δικαιοσύνη τὰ κρίματά σου καὶ ἀληθείᾳ ἐταπείνωσάς με
I know, O Lord, that your judgments are right, and in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
76 γενηθήτω δὴ τὸ ἔλεός σου τοῦ παρακαλέσαι με κατὰ τὸ λόγιόν σου τῷ δούλῳ σου
Let your love be a comfort to me, for so have you promised your servant.
77 ἐλθέτωσάν μοι οἱ οἰκτιρμοί σου καὶ ζήσομαι ὅτι ὁ νόμος σου μελέτη μού ἐστιν
Visit me with your quickening pity, for your law is my delight.
78 αἰσχυνθήτωσαν ὑπερήφανοι ὅτι ἀδίκως ἠνόμησαν εἰς ἐμέ ἐγὼ δὲ ἀδολεσχήσω ἐν ταῖς ἐντολαῖς σου
Put the proud to shame, who have wronged me falsely: I will muse on your precepts.
79 ἐπιστρεψάτωσάν μοι οἱ φοβούμενοί σε καὶ οἱ γινώσκοντες τὰ μαρτύριά σου
Let those turn to me who fear you, that they may learn your charges.
80 γενηθήτω ἡ καρδία μου ἄμωμος ἐν τοῖς δικαιώμασίν σου ὅπως ἂν μὴ αἰσχυνθῶ
Let my heart be sound in your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.
81 ια# χαφ ἐκλείπει εἰς τὸ σωτήριόν σου ἡ ψυχή μου καὶ εἰς τὸν λόγον σου ἐπήλπισα
My long for you to rescue me, I put my hope in your word.
82 ἐξέλιπον οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου εἰς τὸ λόγιόν σου λέγοντες πότε παρακαλέσεις με
My eyes pine away for your promise: saying, ‘When will you comfort me?’
83 ὅτι ἐγενήθην ὡς ἀσκὸς ἐν πάχνῃ τὰ δικαιώματά σου οὐκ ἐπελαθόμην
Though shrivelled like wine-skin in smoke, your statutes I have not forgotten.
84 πόσαι εἰσὶν αἱ ἡμέραι τοῦ δούλου σου πότε ποιήσεις μοι ἐκ τῶν καταδιωκόντων με κρίσιν
How few are the days of your servant! When will you judge those who harass me?
85 διηγήσαντό μοι παράνομοι ἀδολεσχίας ἀλλ’ οὐχ ὡς ὁ νόμος σου κύριε
Proud people have dug for me pits people who do not conform to your law.
86 πᾶσαι αἱ ἐντολαί σου ἀλήθεια ἀδίκως κατεδίωξάν με βοήθησόν μοι
All your commandments are trusty. With falsehood they harass me: help me.
87 παρὰ βραχὺ συνετέλεσάν με ἐν τῇ γῇ ἐγὼ δὲ οὐκ ἐγκατέλιπον τὰς ἐντολάς σου
They had nearly made an end of me, yet I did not forget your precepts.
88 κατὰ τὸ ἔλεός σου ζῆσόν με καὶ φυλάξω τὰ μαρτύρια τοῦ στόματός σου
Spare me in your kindness, and I will observe the charge of your mouth.
89 ιβ# λαβδ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα κύριε ὁ λόγος σου διαμένει ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ
Forever, O Lord, is your word fixed firmly in the heavens.
90 εἰς γενεὰν καὶ γενεὰν ἡ ἀλήθειά σου ἐθεμελίωσας τὴν γῆν καὶ διαμένει
Your truth endures age after age; it is established on earth, and it stands.
91 τῇ διατάξει σου διαμένει ἡ ἡμέρα ὅτι τὰ σύμπαντα δοῦλα σά
By your appointment they stand this day, for all are your servants.
92 εἰ μὴ ὅτι ὁ νόμος σου μελέτη μού ἐστιν τότε ἂν ἀπωλόμην ἐν τῇ ταπεινώσει μου
Had not your law been my joy, in my misery then had I perished.
93 εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα οὐ μὴ ἐπιλάθωμαι τῶν δικαιωμάτων σου ὅτι ἐν αὐτοῖς ἔζησάς με κύριε
I will never forget your precepts, for through them you have put life in me.
94 σός εἰμι ἐγώ σῶσόν με ὅτι τὰ δικαιώματά σου ἐξεζήτησα
I am yours, O save me, for I give my mind to your precepts.
95 ἐμὲ ὑπέμειναν ἁμαρτωλοὶ τοῦ ἀπολέσαι με τὰ μαρτύριά σου συνῆκα
The wicked lay wait to destroy me, but I give heed to your charge.
96 πάσης συντελείας εἶδον πέρας πλατεῖα ἡ ἐντολή σου σφόδρα
I have seen a limit to all things: but your commandment is spacious exceedingly.
97 ιγ# μημ ὡς ἠγάπησα τὸν νόμον σου κύριε ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν μελέτη μού ἐστιν
O how I love your law! All the day long I muse on it.
98 ὑπὲρ τοὺς ἐχθρούς μου ἐσόφισάς με τὴν ἐντολήν σου ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνά μοί ἐστιν
Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies: for it is mine forever.
99 ὑπὲρ πάντας τοὺς διδάσκοντάς με συνῆκα ὅτι τὰ μαρτύριά σου μελέτη μού ἐστιν
I am prudent above all my teachers, for your charges are my (meditation)
100 ὑπὲρ πρεσβυτέρους συνῆκα ὅτι τὰς ἐντολάς σου ἐξεζήτησα
I have insight more than the aged, because I observe your precepts.
101 ἐκ πάσης ὁδοῦ πονηρᾶς ἐκώλυσα τοὺς πόδας μου ὅπως ἂν φυλάξω τοὺς λόγους σου
I refrain my foot from all wicked ways, that I may keep your word.
102 ἀπὸ τῶν κριμάτων σου οὐκ ἐξέκλινα ὅτι σὺ ἐνομοθέτησάς μοι
I turn not aside from your judgments, for you yourself are my teacher.
103 ὡς γλυκέα τῷ λάρυγγί μου τὰ λόγιά σου ὑπὲρ μέλι καὶ κηρίον τῷ στόματί μου
How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 ἀπὸ τῶν ἐντολῶν σου συνῆκα διὰ τοῦτο ἐμίσησα πᾶσαν ὁδὸν ἀδικίας ὅτι σὺ ἐνομοθέτησάς μοι
Insight I win through your precepts, therefore every false way I hate.
105 ιδ# νουν λύχνος τοῖς ποσίν μου ὁ λόγος σου καὶ φῶς ταῖς τρίβοις μου
Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.
106 ὀμώμοκα καὶ ἔστησα τοῦ φυλάξασθαι τὰ κρίματα τῆς δικαιοσύνης σου
I have sworn an oath, and will keep it, to observe your righteous judgments.
107 ἐταπεινώθην ἕως σφόδρα κύριε ζῆσόν με κατὰ τὸν λόγον σου
I am afflicted sorely: revive me, O Lord, as you said.
108 τὰ ἑκούσια τοῦ στόματός μου εὐδόκησον δή κύριε καὶ τὰ κρίματά σου δίδαξόν με
Accept, Lord, my willing praise, and teach me your judgments.
109 ἡ ψυχή μου ἐν ταῖς χερσίν μου διὰ παντός καὶ τοῦ νόμου σου οὐκ ἐπελαθόμην
My life is in ceaseless peril; but I do not forget your law.
110 ἔθεντο ἁμαρτωλοὶ παγίδα μοι καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἐντολῶν σου οὐκ ἐπλανήθην
The wicked set traps for me, yet I do not stray from your precepts.
111 ἐκληρονόμησα τὰ μαρτύριά σου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ὅτι ἀγαλλίαμα τῆς καρδίας μού εἰσιν
In your charges are my everlasting inheritance, they are the joy of my heart.
112 ἔκλινα τὴν καρδίαν μου τοῦ ποιῆσαι τὰ δικαιώματά σου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα δῑ ἀντάμειψιν
I am resolved to perform your statutes forever, to the utmost.
113 ιε# σαμχ παρανόμους ἐμίσησα καὶ τὸν νόμον σου ἠγάπησα
I hate people of divided heart, but your law do I love.
114 βοηθός μου καὶ ἀντιλήμπτωρ μου εἶ σύ εἰς τὸν λόγον σου ἐπήλπισα
You are my shelter and shield: in your word do I hope.
115 ἐκκλίνατε ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ πονηρευόμενοι καὶ ἐξερευνήσω τὰς ἐντολὰς τοῦ θεοῦ μου
Begone, you wicked people, I will keep the commands of my God.
116 ἀντιλαβοῦ μου κατὰ τὸ λόγιόν σου καὶ ζήσομαι καὶ μὴ καταισχύνῃς με ἀπὸ τῆς προσδοκίας μου
Uphold me and spare me, as you have promised: O disappoint me not.
117 βοήθησόν μοι καὶ σωθήσομαι καὶ μελετήσω ἐν τοῖς δικαιώμασίν σου διὰ παντός
Hold me up, and I shall be saved: and your statutes shall be my unceasing delight.
118 ἐξουδένωσας πάντας τοὺς ἀποστατοῦντας ἀπὸ τῶν δικαιωμάτων σου ὅτι ἄδικον τὸ ἐνθύμημα αὐτῶν
All who swerve from your statutes you spurn: their cunning is in vain.
119 παραβαίνοντας ἐλογισάμην πάντας τοὺς ἁμαρτωλοὺς τῆς γῆς διὰ τοῦτο ἠγάπησα τὰ μαρτύριά σου διὰ παντός
All the wicked of earth you count as dross, therefore I love your charges.
120 καθήλωσον ἐκ τοῦ φόβου σου τὰς σάρκας μου ἀπὸ γὰρ τῶν κριμάτων σου ἐφοβήθην
My flesh, for fear of you, shudders, and I stand in awe of your judgments.
121 ιV# αιν ἐποίησα κρίμα καὶ δικαιοσύνην μὴ παραδῷς με τοῖς ἀδικοῦσίν με
Justice and right have I practised, do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 ἔκδεξαι τὸν δοῦλόν σου εἰς ἀγαθόν μὴ συκοφαντησάτωσάν με ὑπερήφανοι
Be your servant’s surety for good, let not the proud oppress me.
123 οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου ἐξέλιπον εἰς τὸ σωτήριόν σου καὶ εἰς τὸ λόγιον τῆς δικαιοσύνης σου
My eyes pine for your salvation, and for your righteous promise.
124 ποίησον μετὰ τοῦ δούλου σου κατὰ τὸ ἔλεός σου καὶ τὰ δικαιώματά σου δίδαξόν με
Deal in your love with your servant, and teach me your statutes.
125 δοῦλός σού εἰμι ἐγώ συνέτισόν με καὶ γνώσομαι τὰ μαρτύριά σου
Your servant am I; instruct me, that I may know your charges.
126 καιρὸς τοῦ ποιῆσαι τῷ κυρίῳ διεσκέδασαν τὸν νόμον σου
It is time for the Lord to act: they have violated your law.
127 διὰ τοῦτο ἠγάπησα τὰς ἐντολάς σου ὑπὲρ χρυσίον καὶ τοπάζιον
Therefore I love your commandments above gold, above fine gold.
128 διὰ τοῦτο πρὸς πάσας τὰς ἐντολάς σου κατωρθούμην πᾶσαν ὁδὸν ἄδικον ἐμίσησα
So by all your precepts I guide me, and every false way I hate.
129 ιζ# φη θαυμαστὰ τὰ μαρτύριά σου διὰ τοῦτο ἐξηρεύνησεν αὐτὰ ἡ ψυχή μου
Your decrees are wonderful, gladly I keep them.
130 ἡ δήλωσις τῶν λόγων σου φωτιεῖ καὶ συνετιεῖ νηπίους
When your word is unfolded, light breaks; it imparts to the simple wisdom.
131 τὸ στόμα μου ἤνοιξα καὶ εἵλκυσα πνεῦμα ὅτι τὰς ἐντολάς σου ἐπεπόθουν
With open mouth I pant with longing for your commandments.
132 ἐπίβλεψον ἐπ’ ἐμὲ καὶ ἐλέησόν με κατὰ τὸ κρίμα τῶν ἀγαπώντων τὸ ὄνομά σου
Turn to me with your favour, as is just to those who love you.
133 τὰ διαβήματά μου κατεύθυνον κατὰ τὸ λόγιόν σου καὶ μὴ κατακυριευσάτω μου πᾶσα ἀνομία
Steady my steps by your word, so that sin have no power over me.
134 λύτρωσαί με ἀπὸ συκοφαντίας ἀνθρώπων καὶ φυλάξω τὰς ἐντολάς σου
Set me free from those who oppress me, and I shall observe your precepts.
135 τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἐπίφανον ἐπὶ τὸν δοῦλόν σου καὶ δίδαξόν με τὰ δικαιώματά σου
Shine with your face on your servant, and teach me your statutes.
136 διεξόδους ὑδάτων κατέβησαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἐφύλαξαν τὸν νόμον σου
My eyes run down with rills of water, because your law is not kept.
137 ιη# σαδη δίκαιος εἶ κύριε καὶ εὐθὴς ἡ κρίσις σου
Righteous are you, O Lord, and right are your ordinances.
138 ἐνετείλω δικαιοσύνην τὰ μαρτύριά σου καὶ ἀλήθειαν σφόδρα
The laws you has ordered are just, and trusty exceedingly.
139 ἐξέτηξέν με ὁ ζῆλος τοῦ οἴκου σου ὅτι ἐπελάθοντο τῶν λόγων σου οἱ ἐχθροί μου
My jealousy has undone me, that my foes have forgotten your words.
140 πεπυρωμένον τὸ λόγιόν σου σφόδρα καὶ ὁ δοῦλός σου ἠγάπησεν αὐτό
Your word has been tested well; and your servant loves it.
141 νεώτερός εἰμι ἐγὼ καὶ ἐξουδενωμένος τὰ δικαιώματά σου οὐκ ἐπελαθόμην
I am little and held in contempt, but your precepts I have not forgotten.
142 ἡ δικαιοσύνη σου δικαιοσύνη εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα καὶ ὁ νόμος σου ἀλήθεια
Just is your justice forever, and trusty is your law.
143 θλῖψις καὶ ἀνάγκη εὕροσάν με αἱ ἐντολαί σου μελέτη μου
Stress and strain are upon me, but your commandments are my delight.
144 δικαιοσύνη τὰ μαρτύριά σου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα συνέτισόν με καὶ ζήσομαι
Right are your charges forever, instruct me that I may live.
145 ιθ# κωφ ἐκέκραξα ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ μου ἐπάκουσόν μου κύριε τὰ δικαιώματά σου ἐκζητήσω
With my whole heart I cry; O answer me. I would keep your statutes, O Lord.
146 ἐκέκραξά σε σῶσόν με καὶ φυλάξω τὰ μαρτύριά σου
I cry to you: O save me, and I will observe your charges.
147 προέφθασα ἐν ἀωρίᾳ καὶ ἐκέκραξα εἰς τοὺς λόγους σου ἐπήλπισα
Ere the dawn I cry for your help: in your word do I hope.
148 προέφθασαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου πρὸς ὄρθρον τοῦ μελετᾶν τὰ λόγιά σου
Awake I meet the night-watches, to muse upon your sayings.
149 τῆς φωνῆς μου ἄκουσον κύριε κατὰ τὸ ἔλεός σου κατὰ τὸ κρίμα σου ζῆσόν με
Hear my voice in your kindness: O Lord, by your judgments revive me.
150 προσήγγισαν οἱ καταδιώκοντές με ἀνομίᾳ ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ νόμου σου ἐμακρύνθησαν
Near me are wicked tormentors, who are far from thoughts of your law;
151 ἐγγὺς εἶ σύ κύριε καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ ἐντολαί σου ἀλήθεια
but near, too, are you, O Lord, and all your commandments are trusty.
152 κατ’ ἀρχὰς ἔγνων ἐκ τῶν μαρτυρίων σου ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἐθεμελίωσας αὐτά
Long have I known from your charges that you have founded them for all time.
153 κ# ρης ἰδὲ τὴν ταπείνωσίν μου καὶ ἐξελοῦ με ὅτι τὸν νόμον σου οὐκ ἐπελαθόμην
Look on my misery, and rescue me; for I do not forget your law.
154 κρῖνον τὴν κρίσιν μου καὶ λύτρωσαί με διὰ τὸν λόγον σου ζῆσόν με
Defend my cause and redeem me: revive me, as you have promised.
155 μακρὰν ἀπὸ ἁμαρτωλῶν σωτηρία ὅτι τὰ δικαιώματά σου οὐκ ἐξεζήτησαν
Salvation is far from the wicked, for their mind is not in your statutes.
156 οἱ οἰκτιρμοί σου πολλοί κύριε κατὰ τὸ κρίμα σου ζῆσόν με
Great is your pity, O Lord: Revive me, as you have ordained.
157 πολλοὶ οἱ ἐκδιώκοντές με καὶ ἐκθλίβοντές με ἐκ τῶν μαρτυρίων σου οὐκ ἐξέκλινα
My foes and tormentors are many, but I have not declined from your charges.
158 εἶδον ἀσυνθετοῦντας καὶ ἐξετηκόμην ὅτι τὰ λόγιά σου οὐκ ἐφυλάξαντο
I behold the traitors with loathing, for they do not observe your word.
159 ἰδὲ ὅτι τὰς ἐντολάς σου ἠγάπησα κύριε ἐν τῷ ἐλέει σου ζῆσόν με
Behold how I love your precepts: revive me, O Lord!, in your kindness.
160 ἀρχὴ τῶν λόγων σου ἀλήθεια καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα πάντα τὰ κρίματα τῆς δικαιοσύνης σου
The sum of your word is truth, all your laws are just and eternal.
161 κα# σεν ἄρχοντες κατεδίωξάν με δωρεάν καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν λόγων σου ἐδειλίασεν ἡ καρδία μου
Princes have harassed me wantonly: but my heart stands in awe of your word.
162 ἀγαλλιάσομαι ἐγὼ ἐπὶ τὰ λόγιά σου ὡς ὁ εὑρίσκων σκῦλα πολλά
Over your word I rejoice as one who finds great spoil.
163 ἀδικίαν ἐμίσησα καὶ ἐβδελυξάμην τὸν δὲ νόμον σου ἠγάπησα
Falsehood I hate and abhor, but your law do I love.
164 ἑπτάκις τῆς ἡμέρας ᾔνεσά σοι ἐπὶ τὰ κρίματα τῆς δικαιοσύνης σου
Seven times a day do I praise you because of your righteous judgments.
165 εἰρήνη πολλὴ τοῖς ἀγαπῶσιν τὸν νόμον σου καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῖς σκάνδαλον
Right well do they fare who love your law: they go on their way without stumbling.
166 προσεδόκων τὸ σωτήριόν σου κύριε καὶ τὰς ἐντολάς σου ἠγάπησα
I hope for your salvation; O Lord I do your commandments.
167 ἐφύλαξεν ἡ ψυχή μου τὰ μαρτύριά σου καὶ ἠγάπησεν αὐτὰ σφόδρα
I observe your charges: I love them greatly.
168 ἐφύλαξα τὰς ἐντολάς σου καὶ τὰ μαρτύριά σου ὅτι πᾶσαι αἱ ὁδοί μου ἐναντίον σου κύριε
I observe your precepts and charges: all my ways are before you.
169 κβ# θαυ ἐγγισάτω ἡ δέησίς μου ἐνώπιόν σου κύριε κατὰ τὸ λόγιόν σου συνέτισόν με
Let my cry come before you, O Lord: give me insight, as you have promised.
170 εἰσέλθοι τὸ ἀξίωμά μου ἐνώπιόν σου κατὰ τὸ λόγιόν σου ῥῦσαί με
Let my prayer enter into your presence: deliver me, as you have said.
171 ἐξερεύξαιντο τὰ χείλη μου ὕμνον ὅταν διδάξῃς με τὰ δικαιώματά σου
My lips shall be fountains of praise, that you teach me your statutes.
172 φθέγξαιτο ἡ γλῶσσά μου τὸ λόγιόν σου ὅτι πᾶσαι αἱ ἐντολαί σου δικαιοσύνη
My tongue shall sing of your word, for all your commandments are right.
173 γενέσθω ἡ χείρ σου τοῦ σῶσαί με ὅτι τὰς ἐντολάς σου ᾑρετισάμην
Let your hand be ready to help me, for your precepts have been my choice.
174 ἐπεπόθησα τὸ σωτήριόν σου κύριε καὶ ὁ νόμος σου μελέτη μού ἐστιν
I long, Lord, for your salvation, and your law is my delight.
175 ζήσεται ἡ ψυχή μου καὶ αἰνέσει σε καὶ τὰ κρίματά σου βοηθήσει μοι
Revive me that I may praise you, and let your precepts help me.
176 ἐπλανήθην ὡς πρόβατον ἀπολωλός ζήτησον τὸν δοῦλόν σου ὅτι τὰς ἐντολάς σου οὐκ ἐπελαθόμην
I have strayed like a wandering sheep seek your servant, because I do not forget your commandments.
