Psalms 119
1 Happy are they who are upright in their way, Who walk in the law of the LORD!
ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
2 Happy are they who observe his ordinances, And seek him with their whole heart;
Blessed are they who search his testimonies: that seek him with their whole heart.
3 Who also do no iniquity, But walk in his ways!
For they that work iniquity, have not walked in his ways.
4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
Thou hast commanded thy commandments to be kept most diligently.
5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
O! that my ways may be directed to keep thy justifications.
6 Then shall I not be put to shame, When I have respect to all thy commandments.
Then shall I not be confounded, when I shall look into all thy commandments.
7 I will praise thee in uprightness of heart, When I shall have learned thy righteous laws.
I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned the judgments of thy justice.
8 I will keep thy statutes; Do not utterly forsake me!
I will keep thy justifications: O! do not thou utterly forsake me.
9 How shall a young man keep his way pure? By taking heed to it according to thy word.
BETH. By what doth a young man correct his way? by observing thy words.
10 With my whole heart have I sought thee; O let me not wander from thy commandments!
With my whole heart have I sought after thee: let me not stray from thy commandments.
11 Thy word have I hid in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.
Thy words have I hidden in my heart, that I may not sin against thee.
12 Blessed be thou, O LORD! O teach me thy statutes!
Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy justifications.
13 With my lips do I declare All the precepts of thy mouth.
With my lips I have pronounced all the judgments of thy mouth.
14 In the way of thine ordinances I rejoice As much as in all riches.
I have been delighted in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches.
15 I meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.
I will meditate on thy commandments: and I will consider thy ways.
16 I delight myself in thy statutes; I do not forget thy word.
I will think of thy justifications: I will not forget thy words.
17 Deal kindly with thy servant, that I may live, And have regard to thy word!
GIMEL. Give bountifully to thy servant, enliven me: and I shall keep thy words.
18 Open thou mine eyes, That I may behold wondrous things out of thy law!
Open thou my eyes: and I will consider the wondrous things of thy law.
19 I am a stranger in the earth; O hide not thy precepts from me!
I am a sojourner on the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
20 My soul breaketh within me, On account of longing for thy judgments at all times.
My soul hath coveted to long for thy justifications, at all times.
21 Thou rebukest the proud, the accursed, Who wander from thy commandments.
Thou hast rebuked the proud: they are cursed who decline from thy commandments.
22 Remove from me reproach and contempt, For I have kept thine ordinances!
Remove from reproach and contempt: because I have sought after thy testimonies.
23 Princes sit and speak against me, But thy servant meditateth on thy statutes.
For princes sat, and spoke against me: but thy servant was employed in thy justifications.
24 Thine ordinances are my delight; Yea, they are my counsellors.
For thy testimonies are my (meditation) and thy justifications my counsel.
25 My soul cleaveth to the dust; O revive me, according to thy word!
DALETH. My soul hath cleaved to the pavement: quicken thou me according to thy word.
26 I have declared my ways, and thou hast heard me; Teach me thy statutes!
I have declared my ways, and thou hast heard me: teach me thy justifications.
27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts! So will I meditate upon thy wonders.
Make me to understand the way of thy justifications: and I shall be exercised in thy wondrous works.
28 My soul weepeth for trouble; O lift me up according to thy promise!
My soul hath slumbered through heaviness: strengthen thou me in thy words.
29 Remove from me the way of falsehood, And graciously grant me thy law!
Remove from me the way of iniquity: and out of thy law have mercy on me.
30 I have chosen the way of truth, And set thy statutes before me.
I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments I have not forgotten.
31 I cleave to thine ordinances; O LORD! let me not be put to shame!
I have stuck to thy testimonies, O Lord: put me not to shame.
32 I will run in the way of thy commandments, When thou shalt enlarge my heart.
I have run the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart.
33 Teach me, O LORD! the way of thy statutes, That I may keep it to the end!
HE. Set before me for a law the way of thy justifications, O Lord: and I will always seek after it.
34 Give me understanding, that I may keep thy law; That I may observe it with my whole heart!
Give me understanding, and I will search thy law; and I will keep it with my whole heart.
35 Cause me to tread in the path of thy commandments, For in it I have my delight.
Lead me into the path of thy commandments; for this same I have desired.
36 Incline my heart to thine ordinances, And not to the love of gain!
Incline my heart into thy testimonies and not to covetousness.
37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy law!
Turn away my eyes that they may not behold vanity: quicken me in thy way.
38 Fulfill to thy servant thy promise, Which thou hast made to him who feareth thee!
Establish thy word to thy servant, in thy fear.
39 Turn away the reproach which I fear; For thy judgments are good.
Turn away my reproach, which I have apprehended: for thy judgments are delightful.
40 Behold, I have longed for thy precepts; O quicken thou me in thy righteousness!
Behold I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy justice.
41 Let thy mercies come to me, O LORD! And thy help according to thy promise!
VAU. Let thy mercy also come upon me, O Lord: thy salvation according to thy word.
42 So shall I be able to answer him that reproacheth me; For I trust in thy promise.
So shall I answer them that reproach me in any thing; that I have trusted in thy words.
43 O take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth! For I trust in thy judgments.
And take not thou the word of truth utterly out of my mouth: for in thy words have I hoped exceedingly.
44 So shall I keep thy law continually, For ever and ever.
So shall I always keep thy law, for ever and ever.
45 I shall walk in a wide path; For I seek thy precepts.
And I walked at large: because I have sought after thy commandments.
46 I will speak of thine ordinances before kings, And will not be ashamed.
And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings: and I was not ashamed.
47 I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I love;
I meditated also on thy commandments, which I loved.
48 I will lift up my hands to thy precepts, which I love; I will meditate on thy statutes.
And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments, which I loved: and I was exercised in thy justifications.
49 Remember thy promise to thy servant, Because thou hast caused me to hope!
ZAIN. Be thou mindful of thy word to thy servant, in which thou hast given me hope.
50 This is my comfort in my affliction; For thy promise reviveth me.
This hath comforted me in my humiliation: because thy word hath enlivened me.
51 The proud have had me greatly in derision; Yet have I not swerved from thy law.
The proud did iniquitously altogether: but I declined not from thy law.
52 I remember thy judgments of old, O LORD! And I comfort myself.
I remembered, O Lord, thy judgments of old: and I was comforted.
53 Indignation burneth within me, On account of the wicked who forsake thy law.
A fainting hath taken hold of me, because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
54 Thy statutes have been my song In the house of my pilgrimage.
Thy justifications were the subject of my song, in the place of my pilgrimage.
55 In the night, O LORD! I think of thy name, And keep thy law!
In the night I have remembered thy name, O Lord: and have kept thy law.
56 This have I as my own, That I keep thy precepts.
This happened to me: because I sought after thy justifications.
57 Thou art my portion, O LORD! I have resolved that I will keep thy precepts.
HETH. O Lord, my portion, I have said, I would keep the law.
58 I have sought thy favor with my whole heart; Be gracious unto me according to thy promise!
I entreated thy face with all my heart: have mercy on me according to thy word.
59 I think on my ways, And turn my feet to thy statutes;
I have thought on my ways: and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
60 I make haste, and delay not, To keep thy commandments.
I am ready, and am not troubled: that I may keep thy commandments.
61 The snares of the wicked surround me; Yet do I not forget thy law.
The cords of the wicked have encompassed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
62 At midnight I rise to give thanks to thee On account of thy righteous judgments.
I rose at midnight to give praise to thee; for the judgments of thy justification.
63 I am the companion of all who fear thee, And who obey thy precepts.
I am a partaker with all them that fear thee, and that keep thy commandments.
64 The earth, O LORD! is full of thy goodness; O teach me thy statutes!
The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy justifications.
65 Thou dost bless thy servant, O LORD! According to thy promise!
TETH. Thou hast done well with thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word.
66 Teach me sound judgment and knowledge! For I have faith in thy commandments.
Teach me goodness and discipline and knowledge; for I have believed thy commandments.
67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray; But now I keep thy word.
Before I was humbled I offended; therefore have I kept thy word.
68 Thou art good and doest good; O teach me thy statutes!
Thou art good; and in thy goodness teach me thy justifications.
69 The proud forge lies against me, But I keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
The iniquity of the proud hath been multiplied over me: but I will seek thy commandments with my whole heart.
70 Their heart is senseless like fat; But I delight in thy law.
Their heart is curdled like milk: but I have meditated on thy law.
71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn thy statutes.
It is good for me that thou hast humbled me, that I may learn thy justifications.
72 The law of thy mouth is better to me Than thousands of gold and silver.
The law of thy mouth is good to me, above thousands of gold and silver.
73 Thy hands have made and fashioned me; Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments!
JOD. Thy hands have made me and formed me: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments.
74 They who fear thee shall see me and rejoice, Because I trust in thy word.
They that fear thee shall see me, and shall be glad: because I have greatly hoped in thy words.
75 I know, O LORD! that thy judgments are right, And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are equity: and in thy truth thou hast humbled me.
76 O let thy loving-kindness be my comfort, According to thy promise to thy servant!
O! let thy mercy be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
77 Let thy tender mercies come to me, that I may live! For thy law is my delight.
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, and I shall live: for thy law is my (meditation)
78 May the proud be put to shame, who wrong me without cause! But I will meditate on thy precepts.
Let the proud be ashamed, because they have done unjustly towards me: but I will be employed in thy commandments.
79 Let those who fear thee turn unto me, And they that know thine ordinances!
Let them that fear thee turn to me and they that know thy testimonies.
80 May my heart be perfect in thy statutes, That I may not be put to shame!
Let my heart be undefiled in thy justifications, that I may not be confounded.
81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation; In thy promise do I trust.
CAPH. My soul hath fainted after thy salvation: and in thy word I have very much hoped.
82 Mine eyes fail with looking for thy promise; When. say I, wilt thou comfort me?
My eyes have failed for thy word, saying: When wilt thou comfort me?
83 Yea, I am become like a bottle in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.
For I am become like a bottle in the frost: I have not forgotten thy justifications.
84 How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou execute judgment upon my persecutors?
How many are the days of thy servant: when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
85 The proud have digged pits for me; They who do not regard thy law.
The wicked have told me fables: but not as thy law.
86 All thy commandments are faithful; They persecute me without cause; help thou me!
All thy statutes are truth: they have persecuted me unjustly, do thou help me.
87 They had almost consumed me from the earth; But I forsook not thy precepts.
They had almost made an end of me upon earth: but I have not forsaken thy commandments.
88 Quicken me according to thy loving-kindness, That I may keep the law of thy mouth!
Quicken thou me according to thy mercy: and I shall keep the testimonies of thy mouth.
89 Thy word, O LORD! abideth for ever, Being established like the heavens;
LAMED. For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven.
90 Thy faithfulness endureth to all generations. Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
Thy truth unto all generations: thou hast founded the earth, and it continueth.
91 They continue to this day according to their ordinances; For they are all subject to thee.
By thy ordinance the day goeth on: for all things serve thee.
92 Had not thy law been my delight, I should have perished in my affliction.
Unless thy law had been my (meditation) I had then perhaps perished in my abjection.
93 I will never forget thy precepts; For by them thou revivest me.
Thy justifications I will never forget: for by them thou hast given me life.
94 I am thine, help me! For I seek thy precepts.
I am thine, save thou me: for I have sought thy justifications.
95 The wicked lie in wait to destroy me; But I will have regard to thine ordinances.
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I have understood thy testimonies.
96 I have seen an end of all perfection; But thy law is exceeding broad.
I have seen an end to all persecution: thy commandment is exceeding broad.
97 O how I love thy law! It is my daily (meditation)
MEM. O how have I loved thy law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day.
98 Thou hast made me wiser than my enemies by thy precepts; For they are ever before me.
Through thy commandment, thou hast made me wiser than my enemies: for it is ever with me.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thine ordinances are my (meditation)
I have understood more than all my teachers: because thy testimonies are my (meditation)
100 I have more wisdom than the ancients, Because I keep thy precepts.
I have had understanding above ancients: because I have sought thy commandments.
101 I have restrained my feet from every evil way, That I might keep thy word.
I have restrained my feet from every evil way: that I may keep thy words.
102 I depart not from thy statutes, For thou teachest me!
I have not declined from thy judgments, because thou hast set me a law.
103 How sweet are thy words to my taste; Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
How sweet are thy words to my palate! more than honey to my mouth.
104 From thy precepts I learn wisdom; Therefore do I hate every false way.
By thy commandments I have had understanding: therefore have I hated every way of iniquity.
105 Thy word is a lamp to my feet, And a light to my path.
NUN. Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths.
106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, That I will keep thy righteous statutes.
I have sworn and am determined to keep the judgments of thy justice.
107 I am exceedingly afflicted; Revive me, O LORD! according to thy word!
I have been humbled, O Lord, exceedingly: quicken thou me according to thy word.
108 Accept, O LORD! the free-will offering of my mouth, And teach me thy statutes!
The free offerings of my mouth make acceptable, O Lord: and teach me thy judgments.
109 My life is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law.
My soul is continually in my hands: and I have not forgotten thy law.
110 The wicked lay snares for me, Yet do I not go astray from thy precepts.
Sinners have laid a snare for me: but I have not erred from thy precepts.
111 I have made thine ordinances my possession for ever; For they are the joy of my heart.
I have purchased thy testimonies for an inheritance for ever: because they are a joy to my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes, Always, —even to the end.
I have inclined my heart to do thy justifications for ever, for the reward.
113 I hate impious men, And thy law I do love.
SAMECH. I have hated the unjust: and have loved thy law.
114 Thou art my hiding-place and my shield; In thy word I put my trust!
Thou art my helper and my protector: and in thy word I have greatly hoped.
115 Depart from me, ye evil-doers! For I will keep the commandments of my God.
Depart from me, ye malignant: and I will search the commandments of my God.
116 Uphold me according to thy promise, that I may live; And let me not be ashamed of my hope!
Uphold me according to thy word, and I shall live: and let me not be confounded in my expectation.
117 Do thou hold me up, and I shall be safe, And I will have respect to thy statutes continually!
Help me, and I shall be saved: and I will meditate always on thy justifications.
118 Thou castest off all who depart from thy laws; For their deceit is vain.
Thou hast despised all them that fall off from thy judgments; for their thought is unjust.
119 Thou throwest away all the wicked of the earth, like dross; Therefore I love thine ordinances.
I have accounted all the sinners of the earth prevaricators: therefore have I loved thy testimonies.
120 My flesh trembleth through fear of thee, And I am afraid of thy judgments.
Pierce thou my flesh with thy fear: for I am afraid of thy judgments.
121 I have done justice and equity; O leave me not to mine oppressors.
AIN. I have done judgment and justice: give me not up to them that slander me.
122 Be surety for thy servant for good; Let not the proud oppress me!
Uphold thy servant unto good: let not the proud calumniate me.
123 Mine eyes fail with looking for thy help, And for thy righteous promise.
My eyes have fainted after thy salvation: and for the word of thy justice.
124 Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy, And teach me thy statutes!
Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy: and teach me thy justifications.
125 I am thy servant; give me understanding, That I may know thine ordinances!
I am thy servant: give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.
126 It is time for thee, O LORD! to act; For men have made void thy law.
It is time, O Lord, to do: they have dissipated thy law.
127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; Yea, above fine gold.
Therefore have I loved thy commandments above gold and the topaz.
128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; I hate every false way.
Therefore was I directed to all thy commandments: I have hated all wicked ways.
129 Wonderful are thine ordinances; Therefore do I observe them.
PHE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul hath sought them.
130 The communication of thy precepts giveth light; It giveth understanding to the simple.
The declaration of thy words giveth light: and giveth understanding to little ones.
131 I open my mouth and pant: For I long for thy commandments.
I opened my mouth and panted: because I longed for thy commandments.
132 Look thou upon me, and be gracious to me, As is just to those who love thy name!
Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me, according to the judgment of them that love thy name.
133 Establish my footsteps in thy word, And let no iniquity have dominion over me!
Direct my steps according to thy word: and let no iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Redeem me from the oppression of men, So will I keep thy precepts!
Redeem me from the calumnies of men: that I may keep thy commandments.
135 Let thy face shine on thy servant, And teach me thy statutes!
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thy justifications.
136 Rivers of water run down mine eyes, Because men keep not thy law.
My eyes have sent forth springs of water: because they have not kept thy law.
137 Righteous art thou, O LORD! And just are thy judgments!
SADE. Thou art just, O Lord: and thy judgment is right.
138 Just are the ordinances which thou hast ordained, And altogether righteous.
Thou hast commanded justice thy testimonies: and thy truth exceedingly.
139 My zeal consumeth me, Because my enemies forget thy word.
My zeal hath made me pine away: because my enemies forgot thy words.
140 Thy word is very pure, Therefore thy servant loveth it.
Thy word is exceedingly refined: and thy servant hath loved it.
141 Of mean condition am I, and despised; Yet do I not forget thy precepts.
I am very young and despised; but I forgot not thy justifications.
142 Thy righteousness is everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.
Thy justice is justice for ever: and thy law is the truth.
143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me, But thy laws are my delight.
Trouble and anguish have found me: thy commandments are my (meditation)
144 The justice of thine ordinances is everlasting; Give me understanding, and I shall live!
Thy testimonies are justice for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.
145 I cry to thee with my whole heart; Hear me, O LORD! that I may keep thy statutes.
COPH. I cried with my whole heart, hear me, O Lord: I will seek thy justifications.
146 I cry unto thee; save me, And I will observe thine ordinances.
I cried unto thee, save me: that I may keep thy commandments.
147 I come before the dawn with my prayer; I trust in thy promise!
I prevented the dawning of the day, and cried: because in thy words I very much hoped.
148 My eyes anticipate the night-watches, That I may meditate upon thy promise.
My eyes to thee have prevented the morning: that I might meditate on thy words.
149 Hear my voice according to thy loving-kindness; O LORD! revive me according to thy mercy!
Hear thou my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy: and quicken me according to thy mercy.
150 Near are they whose aim is mischief; They are far from thy law;
They that persecute me have drawn nigh to iniquity; but they are gone far off from the law.
151 Yet thou art near, O LORD! And all thy commandments are truth!
Thou art near, O Lord: and all thy ways are truth.
152 Long have I known concerning thine ordinances, That thou hast founded them for ever.
I have known from the beginning concerning thy testimonies: that thou hast founded them for ever.
153 Look upon my affliction, and deliver me! For I do not forget thy law.
RES. See my humiliation and deliver me: for I have not forgotten the law.
154 Maintain my cause, and redeem me; Revive me according to thy promise!
Judge my judgment and redeem me: quicken thou me for thy word’s sake.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked, Because they seek not thy statutes.
Salvation is far from sinners; because they have not sought thy justifications.
156 Great is thy compassion, O LORD! Revive thou me according to thine equity!
Many, O Lord, are thy mercies: quicken me according to thy judgment.
157 Many are my persecutors and my enemies, Yet do I not depart from thine ordinances.
Many are they that persecute me, and afflict me; but I have not declined from thy testimonies.
158 I behold the transgressors, and am grieved Because they regard not thy word.
I beheld the transgressors, and I pined away; because they kept not thy word.
159 Behold, how I love thy precepts! O LORD! revive me according to thy loving-kindness!
Behold I have loved thy commandments, O Lord; quicken me thou in thy mercy.
160 The whole of thy word is truth, And all thy righteous judgments endure for ever.
The beginning of thy words is truth: all the judgments of thy justice are for ever.
161 Princes have persecuted me without cause; But my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
SIN. Princes have persecuted me without cause: and my heart hath been in awe of thy words.
162 I rejoice in thy word, As one that hath found great spoil.
I will rejoice at thy words, as one that hath found great spoil.
163 I hate and abhor lying, And thy law do I love.
I have hated and abhorred iniquity; but I have loved thy law.
164 Seven times a day do I praise thee On account of thy righteous judgments.
Seven times a day I have given praise to thee, for the judgments of thy justice.
165 Great peace have they who love thy law, And no evil shall befall them.
Much peace have they that love thy law, and to them there is no stumbling block.
166 O LORD! I wait for thy salvation, And keep thy commandments!
I looked to thy salvation, O Lord: and I loved thy commandments.
167 My soul observeth thine ordinances, And loveth them exceedingly.
My soul hath kept thy testimonies: and hath loved them exceedingly.
168 I keep thy precepts and thine ordinances; For all my ways are before thee.
I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies: because all my ways are in thy sight.
169 Let my prayer come near before thee, O LORD! According to thy promise, give me understanding!
TAU. Let my supplication, O Lord, come near in thy sight: give me understanding according to thy word.
170 Let my supplication come before thee; O deliver me according to thy promise!
Let my request come in before thee; deliver thou me according to thy word.
171 My lips shall pour forth praise; For thou teachest me thy statutes.
My lips shall utter a hymn, when thou shalt teach me thy justifications.
172 My tongue shall sing of thy word; For all thy commandments are right.
My tongue shall pronounce thy word: because all thy commandments are justice.
173 Let thy hand be my help; For I have chosen thy precepts!
Let thy hand be with me to save me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
174 I long for thy salvation, O LORD! And thy law is my delight!
I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my (meditation)
175 Let me live, and I will praise thee; Let thy judgments help me!
My soul shall live and shall praise thee: and thy judgments shall help me.
176 I wander like a lost sheep; seek thy servant, For I do not forget thy commandments!
I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost: seek thy servant, because I have not forgotten thy commandments.
