Psalms 119
1 [ALEPH] O the blessedness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the Law of YHWH,
Happy they whose life is blameless, who walk by the law of the Lord.
2 O the blessedness of those keeping His testimonies, They seek Him with the whole heart.
Happy they who keep his charges, and seek him with all their hearts;
3 Indeed, they have not done iniquity, They have walked in His ways.
who have done no wrong, but walk in his ways.
4 You have commanded us to diligently keep Your precepts,
You yourself have appointed your precepts to be kept with diligence.
5 O that my ways were prepared to keep Your statutes,
O to be steadily guided in the keeping of your statutes!
6 Then I am not ashamed In my looking to all Your commands.
Then unashamed shall I be, when I look towards all your commandments.
7 I confess You with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Your righteousness.
I will thank you with heart unfeigned, when I learn your righteous judgments.
8 I keep Your statutes, do not utterly leave me!
I will observe your statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
9 [BETH] With what does a young man purify his path? To observe—according to Your word.
How can a young person keep their life pure? By giving heed to your word.
10 I have sought You with all my heart, Do not let me err from Your commands.
With all my heart have I sought you, let me not stray from your commandments.
11 I have hid Your saying in my heart, That I do not sin before You.
In my heart have I treasured your word, to keep from sinning against you.
12 Blessed [are] You, O YHWH, teach me Your statutes.
Blessed are you, O Lord; teach me your statutes.
13 With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Your mouth.
With my lips have I rehearsed all the judgments of your mouth.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As over all wealth.
I delight in the way of your charges, more than in riches of all sorts.
15 I meditate on Your precepts, And I attentively behold Your paths.
I will muse upon your precepts, and look to your paths.
16 I delight myself in Your statutes, I do not forget Your word.
In your statutes I delight, I will not forget your word.
17 [GIMEL] Confer benefits on Your servant, I live, and I keep Your word.
Grant that your servant may live, and I will observe your word.
18 Uncover my eyes, and I behold wonders out of Your law.
Open my eyes, that I see wondrous things out of your law.
19 I [am] a sojourner on earth, Do not hide Your commands from me.
But a guest am I on the earth: hide not your commandments from me.
20 My soul has broken for desire To Your judgments at all times.
My heart is crushed with longing for your ordinances, at all times.
21 You have rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Your commands.
You rebuke the proud, the accursed, who wander from your commandments.
22 Remove reproach and contempt from me, For I have kept Your testimonies.
Roll away from me scorn and contempt, for I have observed your charges.
23 Princes also sat—they spoke against me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes,
Though princes sit plotting against me, your servant will muse on your statutes.
24 Your testimonies [are] also my delight, The men of my counsel!
Your charges are my delight, they are my counsellors.
25 [DALETH] My soul has cleaved to the dust, Quicken me according to Your word.
I lie grovelling in the dust; revive me, as you have promised.
26 I have recounted my ways, And You answer me, teach me Your statutes,
I told of my ways, you made answer; teach me your statutes.
27 Cause me to understand the way of Your precepts, And I meditate on Your wonders.
Grant me insight into your precepts, and I will muse on your wonders.
28 My soul has dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Your word.
I am overcome with sorrow; raise me up, as you have promised.
29 Turn aside the way of falsehood from me And favor me with Your law.
Put the way of falsehood from me, and graciously grant me your law.
30 I have chosen the way of faithfulness, I have compared Your judgments,
I have chosen the way of fidelity, your ordinances I long for.
31 I have adhered to Your testimonies, O YHWH, do not put me to shame.
I hold fast to your charges: O put me not, Lord, to shame.
32 I run the way of Your commands, For You enlarge my heart!
I will run in the way of your commandments, for you give me room of heart.
33 [HE] Show me, O YHWH, the way of Your statutes, And I keep it—[to] the end.
Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes, and I will keep it to the end,
34 Cause me to understand, and I keep Your law, And observe it with the whole heart.
instruct me to keep your law, and I will observe it with all my heart.
35 Cause me to tread in the path of Your commands, For I have delighted in it.
Guide me in the path of your commandments, for therein do I delight.
36 Incline my heart to Your testimonies, And not to dishonest gain.
Incline my heart to your charges, and not to greed of gain.
37 Remove my eyes from seeing vanity, Quicken me in Your way.
Turn away my eyes from vain sights, revive me by your word.
38 Establish Your saying to Your servant, That [is] concerning Your fear.
Confirm to your servant the promise which is given to those who fear you.
39 Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Your judgments [are] good.
Remove the reproach which I dread, because your judgments are good.
40 Behold, I have longed for Your precepts, Quicken me in Your righteousness,
Behold, I long for your precepts. Quicken me in your righteousness.
41 [WAW] And Your kindness meets me, O YHWH, Your salvation according to Your saying.
Visit me, Lord, with your love and salvation, as you have promised.
42 And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For I have trusted in Your word.
So shall I answer my slanderers, for my trust is in your word.
43 And You do not utterly take away The word of truth from my mouth, Because I have hoped for Your judgment.
Snatch not from my mouth the word of truth, for in your judgments I hope.
44 And I keep Your law continually, For all time and forever.
I will keep your law continually, for ever and evermore.
45 And I habitually walk in a broad place, For I have sought Your precepts.
So shall I walk in wide spaces, for I give my mind to your precepts.
46 And I speak of Your testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed.
I will speak of your charge before kings, and will not be ashamed thereof.
47 And I delight myself in Your commands, That I have loved,
Your commandments are my delight, I love them exceedingly.
48 And I lift up my hands to Your commands, That I have loved, And I meditate on Your statutes!
I will lift up my hands to your commandments, and muse upon your statutes.
49 [ZAYIN] Remember the word to Your servant, On which You have caused me to hope.
Remember your word to your servant, on which you have made me to hope.
50 This [is] my comfort in my affliction, That Your saying has quickened me.
This is my comfort in trouble, that your word gives life to me.
51 The proud have utterly scorned me, I have not turned aside from Your law.
The arrogant utterly scorn me, but I have not declined from your law.
52 I remembered Your judgments of old, O YHWH, And I comfort myself.
When I think of your judgments of old, O Lord, I take to me comfort.
53 Horror has seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Your law.
I am seized with glowing anger at the wicked who forsake your law.
54 Your statutes have been songs to me, In the house of my sojournings.
Your statutes have been to me songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
55 I have remembered Your Name in the night, O YHWH, And I keep Your law.
I remember your name in the night, O Lord and observe your law.
56 This has been to me, That I have kept Your precepts!
My lot has been this, that I have kept your precepts.
57 [HETH] YHWH [is] my portion; I have said I would keep Your words,
My portion are you, O Lord: I have promised to keep your words.
58 I appeased Your face with the whole heart, Favor me according to Your saying.
I entreat you with all my heart; grant me your promised favour.
59 I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet to Your testimonies.
I have thought upon my ways, and turned my feet to your charges.
60 I have made haste, And did not delay, to keep Your commands.
I hasted and tarried not to give heed to your commandments.
61 Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, I have not forgotten Your law.
Though the godless have wound their cords round me, I have not forgotten your law.
62 At midnight I rise to give thanks to You, For the judgments of Your righteousness.
At midnight I rise to praise you because of your righteous judgments.
63 I [am] a companion to all who fear You, And to those keeping Your precepts.
With all those who fear you I company, aid with those who observe your precepts.
64 Of Your kindness, O YHWH, the earth is full, Teach me Your statutes!
The earth, Lord, is full of your kindness; teach me your Statutes.
65 [TETH] You did good with Your servant, O YHWH, According to Your word.
Well have you dealt with your servant, as you have promised, O Lord.
66 Teach me the goodness of reason and knowledge, For I have believed in Your commands.
Teach me discretion and knowledge, for I have believed your commandments.
67 Before I am afflicted, I am erring, And now I have kept Your saying.
Till trouble came I was a wanderer, but now I observe your word.
68 You [are] good, and doing good, Teach me Your statutes.
You are good and do good; teach me your statutes.
69 The proud have forged falsehood against me, I keep Your precepts with the whole heart.
The proud have forged lies against me, but I keep your precepts with all my heart.
70 Their heart has been thick as fat, I have delighted in Your law.
Their heart is gross like fat, but I delight in your law.
71 [It is] good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Your statutes.
It was good for me to be humbled, that I should learn your statutes.
72 The Law of Your mouth [is] better to me Than thousands of gold and silver!
The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.
73 [YOD] Your hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Your commands.
Your hands have made me and fashioned me; make me wise to learn your commandments.
74 Those fearing You see me and rejoice, Because I have hoped for Your word.
Those who fear you shall see me with joy, for in your word have I hoped.
75 I have known, O YHWH, That Your judgments [are] righteous, And [in] faithfulness You have afflicted me.
I know, O Lord, that your judgments are right, and in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
76 Please let Your kindness be to comfort me, According to Your saying to Your servant.
Let your love be a comfort to me, for so have you promised your servant.
77 Your mercies meet me, and I live, For Your law [is] my delight.
Visit me with your quickening pity, for your law is my delight.
78 The proud are ashamed, For [with] falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate on Your precepts.
Put the proud to shame, who have wronged me falsely: I will muse on your precepts.
79 Those fearing You turn back to me, And those knowing Your testimonies.
Let those turn to me who fear you, that they may learn your charges.
80 My heart is perfect in Your statutes, So that I am not ashamed.
Let my heart be sound in your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.
81 [KAPH] My soul has been consumed for Your salvation, I have hoped for Your word.
My long for you to rescue me, I put my hope in your word.
82 My eyes have been consumed for Your word, Saying, “When does it comfort me?”
My eyes pine away for your promise: saying, ‘When will you comfort me?’
83 For I have been as a bottle in smoke, I have not forgotten Your statutes.
Though shrivelled like wine-skin in smoke, your statutes I have not forgotten.
84 How many [are] the days of Your servant? When do You execute judgment Against my pursuers?
How few are the days of your servant! When will you judge those who harass me?
85 The proud have dug pits for me, That [are] not according to Your law.
Proud people have dug for me pits people who do not conform to your law.
86 All Your commands [are] faithfulness, They have pursued me [with] falsehood, Help me.
All your commandments are trusty. With falsehood they harass me: help me.
87 They have almost consumed me on earth, And I have not forsaken Your precepts.
They had nearly made an end of me, yet I did not forget your precepts.
88 Quicken me according to Your kindness, And I keep the Testimony of Your mouth!
Spare me in your kindness, and I will observe the charge of your mouth.
89 [LAMED] For all time, O YHWH, Your word is set up in the heavens.
Forever, O Lord, is your word fixed firmly in the heavens.
90 Your faithfulness from generation to generation, You established earth, and it stands.
Your truth endures age after age; it is established on earth, and it stands.
91 According to Your ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole—Your servants.
By your appointment they stand this day, for all are your servants.
92 Unless Your law [were] my delights, Then had I perished in my affliction.
Had not your law been my joy, in my misery then had I perished.
93 I do not forget Your precepts for all time, For You have quickened me by them.
I will never forget your precepts, for through them you have put life in me.
94 I [am] Yours, save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
I am yours, O save me, for I give my mind to your precepts.
95 Your wicked waited for me to destroy me, I understand Your testimonies.
The wicked lay wait to destroy me, but I give heed to your charge.
96 I have seen an end of all perfection, Your command [is] exceedingly broad!
I have seen a limit to all things: but your commandment is spacious exceedingly.
97 [MEM] O how I have loved Your law! It [is] my meditation all the day.
O how I love your law! All the day long I muse on it.
98 Your command makes me wiser than my enemies, For it [is] before me for all time.
Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies: for it is mine forever.
99 I have acted wisely above all my teachers. For Your testimonies [are] my (meditation)
I am prudent above all my teachers, for your charges are my (meditation)
100 Above elderly—I understand more, For I have kept Your precepts.
I have insight more than the aged, because I observe your precepts.
101 I restrained my feet from every evil path, So that I keep Your word.
I refrain my foot from all wicked ways, that I may keep your word.
102 I did not turn aside from Your judgments, For You have directed me.
I turn not aside from your judgments, for you yourself are my teacher.
103 How sweet Your saying has been to my palate, Above honey to my mouth.
How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 I have understanding from Your precepts, Therefore I have hated every false path!
Insight I win through your precepts, therefore every false way I hate.
105 [NUN] Your word [is] a lamp to my foot, And a light to my path.
Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.
106 I have sworn, and I confirm, To keep the judgments of Your righteousness.
I have sworn an oath, and will keep it, to observe your righteous judgments.
107 I have been afflicted very much, O YHWH, quicken me, according to Your word.
I am afflicted sorely: revive me, O Lord, as you said.
108 Please accept [the] free-will offerings of my mouth, O YHWH, And teach me Your judgments.
Accept, Lord, my willing praise, and teach me your judgments.
109 My soul [is] in my hand continually, And I have not forgotten Your law.
My life is in ceaseless peril; but I do not forget your law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, And I did not wander from your precepts.
The wicked set traps for me, yet I do not stray from your precepts.
111 I have inherited Your testimonies for all time, For they [are] the joy of my heart.
In your charges are my everlasting inheritance, they are the joy of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart To do Your statutes, for all time—[to] the end!
I am resolved to perform your statutes forever, to the utmost.
113 [SAMEKH] I have hated doubting ones, And I have loved Your law.
I hate people of divided heart, but your law do I love.
114 You [are] my hiding place and my shield, I have hoped for Your word.
You are my shelter and shield: in your word do I hope.
115 Turn aside from me, you evildoers, And I keep the commands of my God.
Begone, you wicked people, I will keep the commands of my God.
116 Sustain me according to Your saying, And I live, and You do not put me to shame because of my hope.
Uphold me and spare me, as you have promised: O disappoint me not.
117 Support me, and I am saved, And I look on Your statutes continually.
Hold me up, and I shall be saved: and your statutes shall be my unceasing delight.
118 You have trodden down All going astray from Your statutes, For their deceit [is] falsehood.
All who swerve from your statutes you spurn: their cunning is in vain.
119 Dross! You have caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Your testimonies.
All the wicked of earth you count as dross, therefore I love your charges.
120 My flesh has trembled from Your fear, And I have been afraid from Your judgments!
My flesh, for fear of you, shudders, and I stand in awe of your judgments.
121 [AYIN] I have done judgment and righteousness, Do not leave me to my oppressors.
Justice and right have I practised, do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 Make Your servant sure for good, Do not let the proud oppress me.
Be your servant’s surety for good, let not the proud oppress me.
123 My eyes have been consumed for Your salvation. And for the saying of Your righteousness.
My eyes pine for your salvation, and for your righteous promise.
124 Do with Your servant according to Your kindness. And teach me Your statutes.
Deal in your love with your servant, and teach me your statutes.
125 I [am] Your servant—cause me to understand, And I know Your testimonies.
Your servant am I; instruct me, that I may know your charges.
126 Time for YHWH to work! They have made Your law void.
It is time for the Lord to act: they have violated your law.
127 Therefore I have loved Your commands Above gold—even fine gold.
Therefore I love your commandments above gold, above fine gold.
128 Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, I have hated every path of falsehood!
So by all your precepts I guide me, and every false way I hate.
129 [PE] Your testimonies [are] wonderful, Therefore my soul has kept them.
Your decrees are wonderful, gladly I keep them.
130 The opening of Your words enlightens, Instructing the simple.
When your word is unfolded, light breaks; it imparts to the simple wisdom.
131 I have opened my mouth, indeed, I pant, For I have longed for Your commands.
With open mouth I pant with longing for your commandments.
132 Look to me, and favor me, As customary to those loving Your Name.
Turn to me with your favour, as is just to those who love you.
133 Establish my steps by Your saying, And any iniquity does not rule over me.
Steady my steps by your word, so that sin have no power over me.
134 Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Your precepts,
Set me free from those who oppress me, and I shall observe your precepts.
135 Cause Your face to shine on Your servant, And teach me Your statutes.
Shine with your face on your servant, and teach me your statutes.
136 Streams of waters have come down my eyes, Because they have not kept Your law!
My eyes run down with rills of water, because your law is not kept.
137 [TSADE] You [are] righteous, O YHWH, And Your judgments [are] upright.
Righteous are you, O Lord, and right are your ordinances.
138 You have appointed Your testimonies, Righteous and exceedingly faithful,
The laws you has ordered are just, and trusty exceedingly.
139 My zeal has cut me off, For my adversaries forgot Your words.
My jealousy has undone me, that my foes have forgotten your words.
140 Your saying [is] tried exceedingly, And Your servant has loved it.
Your word has been tested well; and your servant loves it.
141 I [am] small, and despised, I have not forgotten Your precepts.
I am little and held in contempt, but your precepts I have not forgotten.
142 Your righteousness [is] righteousness for all time, And Your law [is] truth.
Just is your justice forever, and trusty is your law.
143 Adversity and distress have found me, Your commands [are] my delights.
Stress and strain are upon me, but your commandments are my delight.
144 The righteousness of Your testimonies [Is] to cause me to understand, and I live!
Right are your charges forever, instruct me that I may live.
145 [QOF] I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O YHWH, I keep Your statutes,
With my whole heart I cry; O answer me. I would keep your statutes, O Lord.
146 I have called You, save me, And I keep Your testimonies.
I cry to you: O save me, and I will observe your charges.
147 I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, I have hoped for Your word.
Ere the dawn I cry for your help: in your word do I hope.
148 My eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate on Your saying.
Awake I meet the night-watches, to muse upon your sayings.
149 Hear my voice, according to Your kindness, YHWH, quicken me according to Your judgment.
Hear my voice in your kindness: O Lord, by your judgments revive me.
150 My wicked pursuers have been near, They have been far off from Your law.
Near me are wicked tormentors, who are far from thoughts of your law;
151 You [are] near, O YHWH, And all Your commands [are] truth.
but near, too, are you, O Lord, and all your commandments are trusty.
152 I have known Your testimonies of old, That You have founded them for all time!
Long have I known from your charges that you have founded them for all time.
153 [RESH] See my affliction, and deliver me, For I have not forgotten Your law.
Look on my misery, and rescue me; for I do not forget your law.
154 Plead my plea, and redeem me, Quicken me according to Your saying.
Defend my cause and redeem me: revive me, as you have promised.
155 Salvation [is] far from the wicked, For they have not sought Your statutes.
Salvation is far from the wicked, for their mind is not in your statutes.
156 Your mercies [are] many, O YHWH, Quicken me according to Your judgments.
Great is your pity, O Lord: Revive me, as you have ordained.
157 My pursuers and adversaries are many, I have not turned aside from Your testimonies.
My foes and tormentors are many, but I have not declined from your charges.
158 I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because they have not kept Your saying.
I behold the traitors with loathing, for they do not observe your word.
159 See, for I have loved Your precepts, YHWH, quicken me according to Your kindness.
Behold how I love your precepts: revive me, O Lord!, in your kindness.
160 The sum of Your word [is] truth, And every judgment of Your righteousness [is] for all time!
The sum of your word is truth, all your laws are just and eternal.
161 [SHIN] Princes have pursued me without cause, And my heart was afraid because of Your words.
Princes have harassed me wantonly: but my heart stands in awe of your word.
162 I rejoice concerning Your saying, As one finding abundant spoil.
Over your word I rejoice as one who finds great spoil.
163 I have hated falsehood, indeed I detest [it], I have loved Your law.
Falsehood I hate and abhor, but your law do I love.
164 Seven [times] in a day I have praised You, Because of the judgments of Your righteousness.
Seven times a day do I praise you because of your righteous judgments.
165 Those loving Your law have abundant peace, And they have no stumbling-block.
Right well do they fare who love your law: they go on their way without stumbling.
166 I have waited for Your salvation, O YHWH, And I have done Your commands.
I hope for your salvation; O Lord I do your commandments.
167 My soul has kept Your testimonies, And I love them exceedingly.
I observe your charges: I love them greatly.
168 I have kept Your precepts and Your testimonies, For all my ways are before You!
I observe your precepts and charges: all my ways are before you.
169 [TAW] My loud cry comes near before You, O YHWH; Cause me to understand according to Your word.
Let my cry come before you, O Lord: give me insight, as you have promised.
170 My supplication comes in before You, Deliver me according to Your saying.
Let my prayer enter into your presence: deliver me, as you have said.
171 My lips utter praise, For You teach me Your statutes.
My lips shall be fountains of praise, that you teach me your statutes.
172 My tongue sings of Your saying, For all Your commands [are] righteous.
My tongue shall sing of your word, for all your commandments are right.
173 Your hand is for a help to me, For I have chosen Your commands.
Let your hand be ready to help me, for your precepts have been my choice.
174 I have longed for Your salvation, O YHWH, And Your law [is] my delight.
I long, Lord, for your salvation, and your law is my delight.
175 My soul lives, and it praises You, And Your judgments help me.
Revive me that I may praise you, and let your precepts help me.
176 I wandered as a lost sheep, [so] seek Your servant, For I have not forgotten Your precepts!
I have strayed like a wandering sheep seek your servant, because I do not forget your commandments.
