Psalms 119
1 Alleluia. Blessed are the immaculate in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
ALEPH Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the LORD’s law.
2 Blessed are those who examine his testimonies. They seek him with their whole heart.
Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.
3 For those who work iniquity have not walked in his ways.
Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways.
4 You have ordered your commandments to be kept most diligently.
You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them.
5 I wish that my ways may be directed so as to keep your justifications.
Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!
6 Then I will not be confounded, when I will look into all your commandments.
Then I wouldn’t be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments.
7 I will confess to you with honesty of heart. In this way, I have learned the judgments of your justice.
I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments.
8 I will keep your justifications. Do not utterly abandon me.
I will observe your statutes. Don’t utterly forsake me.
9 By what does an adolescent correct his way? By keeping to your words.
BETH How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.
10 With my whole heart, I have sought you. Do not let me be driven away from your commandments.
With my whole heart I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.
11 I have hidden your eloquence in my heart, so that I may not sin against you.
I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
12 Blessed are you, O Lord. Teach me your justifications.
Blessed are you, LORD. Teach me your statutes.
13 With my lips, I have pronounced all the judgments of your mouth.
With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.
14 I have been delighted in the way of your testimonies, as if in all riches.
I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.
15 I will be trained in your commandments, and I will consider your ways.
I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways.
16 I will meditate on your justifications. I will not forget your words.
I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word.
17 Repay your servant, revive me; and I will keep your words.
GIMEL Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word.
18 Reveal to my eyes, and I will consider the wonders of your law.
Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your Torah.
19 I am a sojourner on the earth. Do not hide your commandments from me.
I am a stranger on the earth. Don’t hide your commandments from me.
20 My soul has longed to desire your justifications at all times.
My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
21 You have rebuked the arrogant. Those who decline from your commandments are accursed.
You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments.
22 Take me away from disgrace and contempt, for I have sought your testimonies.
Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes.
23 For even the leaders sat and spoke against me. But your servant has been trained in your justifications.
Though princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate on your statutes.
24 For your testimonies are also my (meditation) and your justifications are my counsel.
Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors.
25 My soul has adhered to the pavement. Revive me according to your word.
DALETH My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word!
26 I have declared my ways, and you have heeded me. Teach me your justifications.
I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes.
27 Instruct me in the way of your justifications, and I will be trained in your wonders.
Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.
28 My soul has slumbered because of weariness. Confirm me in your words.
My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.
29 Remove the way of iniquity from me, and have mercy on me by your law.
Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your Torah graciously!
30 I have chosen the way of truth. I have not forgotten your judgments.
I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me.
31 I have adhered to your testimonies, O Lord. Do not be willing to confound me.
I cling to your statutes, LORD. Don’t let me be disappointed.
32 I have run by way of your commandments, when you enlarged my heart.
I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free.
33 O Lord, place the law before me, the way of your justifications, and I will always inquire into it.
HE Teach me, LORD, the way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end.
34 Give me understanding, and I will examine your law. And I will keep it with my whole heart.
Give me understanding, and I will keep your Torah. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.
35 Lead me according to the path of your commandments, for I have desired this.
Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them.
36 Bend my heart with your testimonies, and not with avarice.
Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.
37 Turn my eyes away, lest they see what is vain. Revive me in your way.
Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
38 Station your eloquence with your servant, along with your fear.
Fulfill your promise to your servant, that you may be feared.
39 Cut off my disgrace, which I have taken up, for your judgments are delightful.
Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good.
40 Behold, I have longed for your commandments. Revive me in your fairness.
Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness.
41 And let your mercy overwhelm me, O Lord: your salvation according to your eloquence.
VAV Let your loving kindness also come to me, LORD, your salvation, according to your word.
42 And I will respond to those who reproach me by word, for I have hoped in your words.
So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word.
43 And do not utterly take away the word of truth from my mouth. For in your judgments, I have hoped beyond hope.
Don’t snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, for I put my hope in your ordinances.
44 And I will always keep your law, in this age and forever and ever.
So I will obey your Torah continually, forever and ever.
45 And I have wandered far and wide, because I was seeking your commandments.
I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts.
46 And I spoke of your testimonies in the sight of kings, and I was not confounded.
I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed.
47 And I meditated on your commandments, which I loved.
I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.
48 And I lifted up my hands to your commandments, which I loved. And I was trained in your justifications.
I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes.
49 Be mindful of your word to your servant, by which you have given me hope.
ZAYIN Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope.
50 This has consoled me in my humiliation, for your word has revived me.
This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me.
51 The arrogant act altogether iniquitously, but I have not turned aside from your law.
The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don’t swerve from your Torah.
52 I called to mind your judgments of antiquity, O Lord, and I was consoled.
I remember your ordinances of old, LORD, and have comforted myself.
53 Faintness has taken hold of me, because of the sinners, those who abandon your law.
Indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked who forsake your Torah.
54 Your justifications were the subject of my worthy singing, in the place of my pilgrimage.
Your statutes have been my songs in the house where I live.
55 During the night, I remembered your name, O Lord, and I kept your law.
I have remembered your name, LORD, in the night, and I obey your Torah.
56 This has happened to me because I sought your justifications.
This is my way, that I keep your precepts.
57 O Lord, my portion, I have said that I would keep your law.
HETH The LORD is my portion. I promised to obey your words.
58 I have beseeched your face with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.
I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.
59 I have considered my ways, and I have turned my feet toward your testimonies.
I considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes.
60 I have been prepared, and I have not been disturbed, so that I may keep your commandments.
I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments.
61 The ropes of the impious have encircled me, and I have not forgotten your law.
The ropes of the wicked bind me, but I won’t forget your Torah.
62 I arose in the middle of the night to confess to you, over the judgments of your justification.
At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances.
63 I am a partaker with all those who fear you and who keep your commandments.
I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.
64 The earth, O Lord, is full of your mercy. Teach me your justifications.
The earth is full of your loving kindness, LORD. Teach me your statutes.
65 You have done well with your servant, O Lord, according to your word.
TETH You have treated your servant well, according to your word, LORD.
66 Teach me goodness and discipline and knowledge, for I have trusted your commandments.
Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.
67 Before I was humbled, I committed offenses; because of this, I have kept to your word.
Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.
68 You are good, so in your goodness teach me your justifications.
You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes.
69 The iniquity of the arrogant has been multiplied over me. Yet I will examine your commandments with all my heart.
The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.
70 Their heart has been curdled like milk. Truly, I have meditated on your law.
Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your Torah.
71 It is good for me that you humbled me, so that I may learn your justifications.
It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes.
72 The law of your mouth is good for me, beyond thousands of gold and silver pieces.
The Torah you have spoken is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
73 Your hands have created me and formed me. Give me understanding, and I will learn your commandments.
YODH Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
74 Those who fear you will see me, and they will rejoice. For I have greatly hoped in your words.
Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.
75 I know, O Lord, that your judgments are fairness. And in your truth, you have humbled me.
LORD, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
76 Let it be your mercy that consoles me, according to your eloquence to your servant.
Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.
77 Let your compassion draw near to me, and I will live. For your law is my (meditation)
Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your Torah is my delight.
78 Let the arrogant be confounded, for unjustly they have done iniquity to me. But I will be trained in your commandments.
Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.
79 Let those who fear you turn to me, along with those who know your testimonies.
Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.
80 Let my heart be immaculate in your justifications, so that I may not be confounded.
Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be disappointed.
81 My soul has faltered in your salvation, yet in your word, I have hoped beyond hope.
KAPF My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.
82 My eyes have failed in your eloquence, saying, “When will you console me?”
My eyes fail for your word. I say, “When will you comfort me?”
83 For I have become like a wineskin in the frost. I have not forgotten your justifications.
For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes.
84 How many are the days of your servant? When will you bring judgment against those who persecute me?
How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?
85 The iniquitous have spoken fables to me. But these are unlike your law.
The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your Torah.
86 All your commandments are truth. They have been persecuting me unjustly: assist me.
All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!
87 They have nearly consumed me on earth. Yet I have not forsaken your commandments.
They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn’t forsake your precepts.
88 Revive me according to your mercy. And I will keep the testimonies of your mouth.
Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth.
89 O Lord, your word remains firm in heaven, for all eternity.
LAMEDH LORD, your word is settled in heaven forever.
90 Your truth is from generation to generation. You have founded the earth, and it remains firm.
Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.
91 By your ordinance, the day perseveres. For all things are in service to you.
Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you.
92 If your law had not been my (meditation) then perhaps I would have perished in my humiliation.
Unless your Torah had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
93 I will not forget your justifications, for eternity. For by them, you have enlivened me.
I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me.
94 I am yours. Accomplish my salvation. For I have inquired into your justifications.
I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.
95 The sinners have waited for me, in order to destroy me. I have understood your testimonies.
The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.
96 I have seen the end of the consummation of all things. Your commandment is exceedingly broad.
I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless.
97 How have I loved your law, O Lord? It is my meditation all day long.
MEM How I love your Torah! It is my meditation all day.
98 By your commandment, you have made me able to see far, beyond my enemies. For it is with me for eternity.
Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.
99 I have understood beyond all my teachers. For your testimonies are my (meditation)
I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my (meditation)
100 I have understood beyond the elders. For I have searched your commandments.
I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.
101 I have prohibited my feet from every evil way, so that I may keep your words.
I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.
102 I have not declined from your judgments, because you have stationed a law for me.
I have not turned away from your ordinances, for you have taught me.
103 How sweet is your eloquence to my palate, more so than honey to my mouth!
How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!
104 I obtained understanding by your commandments. Because of this, I have hated every way of iniquity.
Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.
105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my paths.
NUN Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.
106 I have sworn it, and so I am determined to keep the judgments of your justice.
I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.
107 I have been altogether humbled, Lord. Revive me according to your word.
I am afflicted very much. Revive me, LORD, according to your word.
108 Make the willing offerings of my mouth well pleasing, Lord, and teach me your judgments.
Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. LORD, teach me your ordinances.
109 My soul is always in my hands, and I have not forgotten your law.
My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won’t forget your Torah.
110 Sinners have set a snare for me, yet I have not strayed from your commandments.
The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.
111 I have acquired your testimonies as an inheritance unto eternity, because they are the exultation of my heart.
I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to do your justifications for eternity, as a recompense.
I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end.
113 I have hated the iniquitous, and I have loved your law.
SAMEKH I hate double-minded men, but I love your Torah.
114 You are my helper and my supporter. And in your word, I have greatly hoped.
You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.
115 Turn away from me, you malignant ones. And I will examine the commandments of my God.
Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.
116 Uphold me according to your eloquence, and I will live. And let me not be confounded in my expectation.
Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117 Help me, and I will be saved. And I will meditate always on your justifications.
Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.
118 You have despised all those who fell away from your judgments. For their intention is unjust.
You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain.
119 I have considered all the sinners of the earth to be transgressors. Therefore, I have loved your testimonies.
You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies.
120 Pierce my flesh with your fear, for I am afraid of your judgments.
My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments.
121 I have accomplished judgment and justice. Do not hand me over to those who slander me.
AYIN I have done what is just and righteous. Don’t leave me to my oppressors.
122 Uphold your servant in what is good. And do not allow the arrogant to slander me.
Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me.
123 My eyes have failed in your salvation and in the eloquence of your justice.
My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.
124 Deal with your servant according to your mercy, and teach me your justifications.
Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.
125 I am your servant. Give me understanding, so that I may know your testimonies.
I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.
126 It is time to act, O Lord. They have dissipated your law.
It is time to act, LORD, for they break your Torah.
127 Therefore, I have loved your commandments beyond gold and topaz.
Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.
128 Because of this, I was directed toward all your commandments. I held hatred for every iniquitous way.
Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way.
129 Your testimonies are wonderful. Therefore, my soul has been examined by them.
PE Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them.
130 The declaration of your words illuminates, and it gives understanding to little ones.
The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.
131 I opened my mouth and drew breath, for I desired your commandments.
I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments.
132 Gaze upon me and be merciful to me, according to the judgment of those who love your name.
Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.
133 Direct my steps according to your eloquence, and let no injustice rule over me.
Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Redeem me from the slanders of men, so that I may keep your commandments.
Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts.
135 Make your face shine upon your servant, and teach me your justifications.
Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.
136 My eyes have gushed like springs of water, because they have not kept your law.
Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your Torah.
137 You are just, O Lord, and your judgment is right.
TZADHE You are righteous, LORD. Your judgments are upright.
138 You have commanded justice: your testimonies and your truth even more so.
You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.
139 My zeal has caused me to pine away, because my enemies have forgotten your words.
My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.
140 Your eloquence has been greatly enflamed, and your servant has loved it.
Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
141 I am young and treated with contempt. But I have not forgotten your justifications.
I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts.
142 Your justice is justice for all eternity, and your law is truth.
Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your Torah is truth.
143 Tribulation and anguish have found me. Your commandments are my (meditation)
Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.
144 Your testimonies are fairness unto eternity. Give me understanding, and I will live.
Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
145 I cried out with my whole heart. Heed me, O Lord. I will ask for your justifications.
QOPH I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, LORD! I will keep your statutes.
146 I cried out to you. Save me, so that I may keep your commandments.
I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes.
147 I arrived first in maturity, and so I cried out. For in your words, I have hoped beyond hope.
I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.
148 My eyes preceded the dawn for you, so that I might meditate on your eloquence.
My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on your word.
149 Hear my voice according to your mercy, O Lord. And revive me according to your judgment.
Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, LORD, according to your ordinances.
150 Those who persecute me have drawn near to iniquity, but they have been brought far from your law.
They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your Torah.
151 You are near, O Lord, and all your ways are truth.
You are near, LORD. All your commandments are truth.
152 I have known from the beginning about your testimonies. For you founded them in eternity.
Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever.
153 See my humiliation and rescue me, for I have not forgotten your law.
RESH Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your Torah.
154 Judge my judgment and redeem me. Revive me because of your eloquence.
Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.
155 Salvation is far from sinners, because they have not inquired about your justifications.
Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don’t seek your statutes.
156 Many are your mercies, O Lord. Enliven me according to your judgment.
Great are your tender mercies, LORD. Revive me according to your ordinances.
157 Many are those who persecute me and who trouble me. I have not turned away from your testimonies.
Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies.
158 I saw the prevaricators, and I pine away. For they have not kept your word.
I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don’t observe your word.
159 O Lord, see how I have loved your commandments. Revive me in your mercy.
Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, LORD, according to your loving kindness.
160 The beginning of your words is truth. All the judgments of your justice are for eternity.
All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.
161 The leaders have persecuted me without cause. And my heart has been awed by your words.
SIN AND SHIN Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.
162 I will rejoice over your eloquence, like one who has found many spoils.
I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.
163 I have held hatred for iniquity, and I have abhorred it. Yet I have loved your law.
I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your Torah.
164 Seven times a day, I uttered praise to you about the judgments of your justice.
Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.
165 Those who love your law have great peace, and there is no scandal for them.
Those who love your Torah have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.
166 I have waited for your salvation, O Lord. And I have loved your commandments.
I have hoped for your salvation, LORD. I have done your commandments.
167 My soul has kept to your testimonies and has loved them exceedingly.
My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly.
168 I have served your commandments and your testimonies. For all my ways are before your sight.
I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you.
169 O Lord, let my supplication draw near in your sight. Grant understanding to me according to your eloquence.
TAV Let my cry come before you, LORD. Give me understanding according to your word.
170 Let my petition enter before you. Rescue me according to your word.
Let my supplication come before you. Deliver me according to your word.
171 A hymn will burst forth from my lips, when you will teach me your justifications.
Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes.
172 My tongue will pronounce your eloquence. For all your commandments are fairness.
Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are righteousness.
173 Let it be your hand that saves me. For I have chosen your commandments.
Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
174 O Lord, I have longed for your salvation, and your law is my (meditation)
I have longed for your salvation [yeshuat], LORD. Your Torah is my delight.
175 My soul will live and will praise you, and your judgments will assist me.
Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me.
176 I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost. Seek out your servant, for I have not forgotten your commandments.
I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.
