Psalms 119
1 Happy they whose life is blameless, who walk by the law of the Lord.
Blessed are they that are perfect in the way, Who walk in the law of Jehovah.
2 Happy they who keep his charges, and seek him with all their hearts;
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, That seek him with the whole heart.
3 who have done no wrong, but walk in his ways.
Yea, they do no unrighteousness; They walk in his ways.
4 You yourself have appointed your precepts to be kept with diligence.
Thou hast commanded [us] thy precepts, That we should observe them diligently.
5 O to be steadily guided in the keeping of your statutes!
Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes!
6 Then unashamed shall I be, when I look towards all your commandments.
Then shall I not be put to shame, When I have respect unto all thy commandments.
7 I will thank you with heart unfeigned, when I learn your righteous judgments.
I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart, When I learn thy righteous judgments.
8 I will observe your statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
I will observe thy statutes: Oh forsake me not utterly.
9 How can a young person keep their life pure? By giving heed to your word.
Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed [thereto] according to thy word.
10 With all my heart have I sought you, let me not stray from your commandments.
With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.
11 In my heart have I treasured your word, to keep from sinning against you.
Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.
12 Blessed are you, O Lord; teach me your statutes.
Blessed art thou, O Jehovah: Teach me thy statutes.
13 With my lips have I rehearsed all the judgments of your mouth.
With my lips have I declared All the ordinances of thy mouth.
14 I delight in the way of your charges, more than in riches of all sorts.
I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, As much as in all riches.
15 I will muse upon your precepts, and look to your paths.
I will meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.
16 In your statutes I delight, I will not forget your word.
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
17 Grant that your servant may live, and I will observe your word.
Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live; So will I observe thy word.
18 Open my eyes, that I see wondrous things out of your law.
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold Wondrous things out of thy law.
19 But a guest am I on the earth: hide not your commandments from me.
I am a sojourner in the earth: Hide not thy commandments from me.
20 My heart is crushed with longing for your ordinances, at all times.
My soul breaketh for the longing That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times.
21 You rebuke the proud, the accursed, who wander from your commandments.
Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, That do wander from thy commandments.
22 Roll away from me scorn and contempt, for I have observed your charges.
Take away from me reproach and contempt; For I have kept thy testimonies.
23 Though princes sit plotting against me, your servant will muse on your statutes.
Princes also sat and talked against me; [But] thy servant did meditate on thy statutes.
24 Your charges are my delight, they are my counsellors.
Thy testimonies also are my delight [And] my counsellors.
25 I lie grovelling in the dust; revive me, as you have promised.
My soul cleaveth unto the dust: Quicken thou me according to thy word.
26 I told of my ways, you made answer; teach me your statutes.
I declared my ways, and thou answeredst me: Teach me thy statutes.
27 Grant me insight into your precepts, and I will muse on your wonders.
Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: So shall I meditate on thy wondrous works.
28 I am overcome with sorrow; raise me up, as you have promised.
My soul melteth for heaviness: Strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
29 Put the way of falsehood from me, and graciously grant me your law.
Remove from me the way of falsehood; And grant me thy law graciously.
30 I have chosen the way of fidelity, your ordinances I long for.
I have chosen the way of faithfulness: Thine ordinances have I set [before me].
31 I hold fast to your charges: O put me not, Lord, to shame.
I cleave unto thy testimonies: O Jehovah, put me not to shame.
32 I will run in the way of your commandments, for you give me room of heart.
I will run the way of thy commandments, When thou shalt enlarge my heart.
33 Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes, and I will keep it to the end,
Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes; And I shall keep it unto the end.
34 instruct me to keep your law, and I will observe it with all my heart.
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
35 Guide me in the path of your commandments, for therein do I delight.
Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; For therein do I delight.
36 Incline my heart to your charges, and not to greed of gain.
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, And not to covetousness.
37 Turn away my eyes from vain sights, revive me by your word.
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy ways.
38 Confirm to your servant the promise which is given to those who fear you.
Confirm unto thy servant thy word, Which [is in order] unto the fear of thee.
39 Remove the reproach which I dread, because your judgments are good.
Turn away my reproach whereof I am afraid; For thine ordinances are good.
40 Behold, I long for your precepts. Quicken me in your righteousness.
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness.
41 Visit me, Lord, with your love and salvation, as you have promised.
Let thy lovingkindnesses also come unto me, O Jehovah, Even thy salvation, according to thy word.
42 So shall I answer my slanderers, for my trust is in your word.
So shall I have an answer for him that reproacheth me; For I trust in thy word.
43 Snatch not from my mouth the word of truth, for in your judgments I hope.
And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; For I have hoped in thine ordinances.
44 I will keep your law continually, for ever and evermore.
So shall I observe thy law continually For ever and ever.
45 So shall I walk in wide spaces, for I give my mind to your precepts.
And I shall walk at liberty; For I have sought thy precepts.
46 I will speak of your charge before kings, and will not be ashamed thereof.
I will also speak of thy testimonies before kings, And shall not be put to shame.
47 Your commandments are my delight, I love them exceedingly.
And I will delight myself in thy commandments, Which I have loved.
48 I will lift up my hands to your commandments, and muse upon your statutes.
I will lift up my hands also unto thy commandments, which I have loved; And I will meditate on thy statutes.
49 Remember your word to your servant, on which you have made me to hope.
Remember the word unto thy servant, Because thou hast made me to hope.
50 This is my comfort in trouble, that your word gives life to me.
This is my comfort in my affliction; For thy word hath quickened me.
51 The arrogant utterly scorn me, but I have not declined from your law.
The proud have had me greatly in derision: [Yet] have I not swerved from thy law.
52 When I think of your judgments of old, O Lord, I take to me comfort.
I have remembered thine ordinances of old, O Jehovah, And have comforted myself.
53 I am seized with glowing anger at the wicked who forsake your law.
Hot indignation hath taken hold upon me, Because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
54 Your statutes have been to me songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
Thy statutes have been my songs In the house of my pilgrimage.
55 I remember your name in the night, O Lord and observe your law.
I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, And have observed thy law.
56 My lot has been this, that I have kept your precepts.
This I have had, Because I have kept thy precepts.
57 My portion are you, O Lord: I have promised to keep your words.
Jehovah is my portion: I have said that I would observe thy words.
58 I entreat you with all my heart; grant me your promised favor.
I entreated thy favor with my whole heart: Be merciful unto me according to thy word.
59 I have thought upon my ways, and turned my feet to your charges.
I thought on my ways, And turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
60 I hasted and tarried not to give heed to your commandments.
I made haste, and delayed not, To observe thy commandments.
61 Though the godless have wound their cords round me, I have not forgotten your law.
The cords of the wicked have wrapped me round; [But] I have not forgotten thy law.
62 At midnight I rise to praise you because of your righteous judgments.
At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee Because of thy righteous ordinances.
63 With all those who fear you I company, aid with those who observe your precepts.
I am a companion of all them that fear thee, And of them that observe thy precepts.
64 The earth, Lord, is full of your kindness; teach me your Statutes.
The earth, O Jehovah, is full of thy lovingkindness: Teach me thy statutes.
65 Well have you dealt with your servant, as you have promised, O Lord.
Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Jehovah, according unto thy word.
66 Teach me discretion and knowledge, for I have believed your commandments.
Teach me good judgment and knowledge; For I have believed in thy commandments.
67 Till trouble came I was a wanderer, but now I observe your word.
Before I was afflicted I went astray; But now I observe thy word.
68 You are good and do good; teach me your statutes.
Thou art good, and doest good; Teach me thy statutes.
69 The proud have forged lies against me, but I keep your precepts with all my heart.
The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.
70 Their heart is gross like fat, but I delight in your law.
Their heart is as fat as grease; But I delight in thy law.
71 It was good for me to be humbled, that I should learn your statutes.
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; That I may learn thy statutes.
72 The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.
The law of thy mouth is better unto me Than thousands of gold and silver.
73 Your hands have made me and fashioned me; make me wise to learn your commandments.
Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
74 Those who fear you shall see me with joy, for in your word have I hoped.
They that fear thee shall see me and be glad, Because I have hoped in thy word.
75 I know, O Lord, that your judgments are right, and in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
I know, O Jehovah, that thy judgments are righteous, And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
76 Let your love be a comfort to me, for so have you promised your servant.
Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness be for my comfort, According to thy word unto thy servant.
77 Visit me with your quickening pity, for your law is my delight.
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; For thy law is my delight.
78 Put the proud to shame, who have wronged me falsely: I will muse on your precepts.
Let the proud be put to shame; for they have overthrown me wrongfully: [But] I will meditate on thy precepts.
79 Let those turn to me who fear you, that they may learn your charges.
Let those that fear thee turn unto me; And they shall know thy testimonies.
80 Let my heart be sound in your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.
Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, That I be not put to shame.
81 My long for you to rescue me, I put my hope in your word.
My soul fainteth for thy salvation; [But] I hope in thy word.
82 My eyes pine away for your promise: saying, “When will you comfort me?”
Mine eyes fail for thy word, While I say, When wilt thou comfort me?
83 Though shrivelled like wine-skin in smoke, your statutes I have not forgotten.
For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.
84 How few are the days of your servant! When will you judge those who harass me?
How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
85 Proud people have dug for me pits people who do not conform to your law.
The proud have digged pits for me, Who are not according to thy law.
86 All your commandments are trusty. With falsehood they harass me: help me.
All thy commandments are faithful: They persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
87 They had nearly made an end of me, yet I did not forget your precepts.
They had almost consumed me upon earth; But I forsook not thy precepts.
88 Spare me in your kindness, and I will observe the charge of your mouth.
Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; So shall I observe the testimony of thy mouth.
89 Forever, O Lord, is your word fixed firmly in the heavens.
For ever, O Jehovah, Thy word is settled in heaven.
90 Your truth endures age after age; it is established on earth, and it stands.
Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
91 By your appointment they stand this day, for all are your servants.
They abide this day according to thine ordinances; For all things are thy servants.
92 Had not your law been my joy, in my misery then had I perished.
Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
93 I will never forget your precepts, for through them you have put life in me.
I will never forget thy precepts; For with them thou hast quickened me.
94 I am yours, O save me, for I give my mind to your precepts.
I am thine, save me; For I have sought thy precepts.
95 The wicked lay wait to destroy me, but I give heed to your charge.
The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me; [But] I will consider thy testimonies.
96 I have seen a limit to all things: but your commandment is spacious exceedingly.
I have seen an end of all perfection; [But] thy commandment is exceeding broad.
97 O how I love your law! All the day long I muse on it.
Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.
98 Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies: for it is mine forever.
Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; For they are ever with me.
99 I am prudent above all my teachers, for your charges are my (meditation)
I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thy testimonies are my (meditation)
100 I have insight more than the aged, because I observe your precepts.
I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept thy precepts.
101 I refrain my foot from all wicked ways, that I may keep your word.
I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word.
102 I turn not aside from your judgments, for you yourself are my teacher.
I have not turned aside from thine ordinances; For thou hast taught me.
103 How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [Yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth!
104 Insight I win through your precepts, therefore every false way I hate.
Through thy precepts I get understanding: Therefore I hate every false way.
105 Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.
106 I have sworn an oath, and will keep it, to observe your righteous judgments.
I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will observe thy righteous ordinances.
107 I am afflicted sorely: revive me, O Lord, as you said.
I am afflicted very much: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according unto thy word.
108 Accept, Lord, my willing praise, and teach me your judgments.
Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, O Jehovah, And teach me thine ordinances.
109 My life is in ceaseless peril; but I do not forget your law.
My soul is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law.
110 The wicked set traps for me, yet I do not stray from your precepts.
The wicked have laid a snare for me; Yet have I not gone astray from thy precepts.
111 In your charges are my everlasting inheritance, they are the joy of my heart.
Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; For they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112 I am resolved to perform your statutes forever, to the utmost.
I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes For ever, even unto the end.
113 I hate people of divided heart, but your law do I love.
I hate them that are of a double mind; But thy law do I love.
114 You are my shelter and shield: in your word do I hope.
Thou art my hiding-place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
115 Begone, you wicked people, I will keep the commands of my God.
Depart from me, ye evil-doers, That I may keep the commandments of my God.
116 Uphold me and spare me, as you have promised: O disappoint me not.
Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live; And let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117 Hold me up, and I shall be saved: and your statutes shall be my unceasing delight.
Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.
118 All who swerve from your statutes you spurn: their cunning is in vain.
Thou hast set at nought all them that err from thy statutes; For their deceit is falsehood.
119 All the wicked of earth you count as dross, therefore I love your charges.
Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: Therefore I love thy testimonies.
120 My flesh, for fear of you, shudders, and I stand in awe of your judgments.
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; And I am afraid of thy judgments.
121 Justice and right have I practised, do not leave me to my oppressors.
I have done justice and righteousness: Leave me not to mine oppressors.
122 Be your servant’s surety for good, let not the proud oppress me.
Be surety for thy servant for good: Let not the proud oppress me.
123 My eyes pine for your salvation, and for your righteous promise.
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, And for thy righteous word.
124 Deal in your love with your servant, and teach me your statutes.
Deal with thy servant according unto thy lovingkindness, And teach me thy statutes.
125 Your servant am I; instruct me, that I may know your charges.
I am thy servant; give me understanding, That I may know thy testimonies.
126 It is time for the Lord to act: they have violated your law.
It is time for Jehovah to work; [For] they have made void thy law.
127 Therefore I love your commandments above gold, above fine gold.
Therefore I love thy commandments Above gold, yea, above fine gold.
128 So by all your precepts I guide me, and every false way I hate.
Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts concerning all [things] to be right; [And] I hate every false way.
129 Your decrees are wonderful, gladly I keep them.
Thy testimonies are wonderful; Therefore doth my soul keep them.
130 When your word is unfolded, light breaks; it imparts to the simple wisdom.
The opening of thy words giveth light; It giveth understanding unto the simple.
131 With open mouth I pant with longing for your commandments.
I opened wide my mouth, and panted; For I longed for thy commandments.
132 Turn to me with your favor, as is just to those who love you.
Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me, As thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
133 Steady my steps by your word, so that sin have no power over me.
Establish my footsteps in thy word; And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Set me free from those who oppress me, and I shall observe your precepts.
Redeem me from the oppression of man: So will I observe thy precepts.
135 Shine with your face on your servant, and teach me your statutes.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; And teach me thy statutes.
136 My eyes run down with rills of water, because your law is not kept.
Streams of water run down mine eyes, Because they observe not thy law.
137 Righteous are you, O Lord, and right are your ordinances.
Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, And upright are thy judgments.
138 The laws you has ordered are just, and trusty exceedingly.
Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness And very faithfulness.
139 My jealousy has undone me, that my foes have forgotten your words.
My zeal hath consumed me, Because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.
140 Your word has been tested well; and your servant loves it.
Thy word is very pure; Therefore thy servant loveth it.
141 I am little and held in contempt, but your precepts I have not forgotten.
I am small and despised; [Yet] do I not forget thy precepts.
142 Just is your justice forever, and trusty is your law.
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.
143 Stress and strain are upon me, but your commandments are my delight.
Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; [Yet] thy commandments are my delight.
144 Right are your charges forever, instruct me that I may live.
Thy testimonies are righteous for ever: Give me understanding, and I shall live.
145 With my whole heart I cry; O answer me. I would keep your statutes, O Lord.
I have called with my whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah: I will keep thy statutes.
146 I cry to you: O save me, and I will observe your charges.
I have called unto thee; save me, And I shall observe thy testimonies.
147 Ere the dawn I cry for your help: in your word do I hope.
I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy words.
148 Awake I meet the night-watches, to muse upon your sayings.
Mine eyes anticipated the night-watches, That I might meditate on thy word.
149 Hear my voice in your kindness: O Lord, by your judgments revive me.
Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thine ordinances.
150 Near me are wicked tormentors, who are far from thoughts of your law;
They draw nigh that follow after wickedness; They are far from thy law.
151 but near, too, are you, O Lord, and all your commandments are trusty.
Thou art nigh, O Jehovah; And all thy commandments are truth.
152 Long have I known from your charges that you have founded them for all time.
Of old have I known from thy testimonies, That thou hast founded them for ever.
153 Look on my misery, and rescue me; for I do not forget your law.
Consider mine affliction, and deliver me; For I do not forget thy law.
154 Defend my cause and redeem me: revive me, as you have promised.
Plead thou my cause, and redeem me: Quicken me according to thy word.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for their mind is not in your statutes.
Salvation is far from the wicked; For they seek not thy statutes.
156 Great is your pity, O Lord: Revive me, as you have ordained.
Great are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah: Quicken me according to thine ordinances.
157 My foes and tormentors are many, but I have not declined from your charges.
Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; [Yet] have I not swerved from thy testimonies.
158 I behold the traitors with loathing, for they do not observe your word.
I beheld the treacherous, and was grieved, Because they observe not thy word.
159 Behold how I love your precepts: revive me, O Lord!, in your kindness.
Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.
160 The sum of your word is truth, all your laws are just and eternal.
The sum of thy word is truth; And every one of thy righteous ordinances [endureth] for ever.
161 Princes have harassed me wantonly: but my heart stands in awe of your word.
Princes have persecuted me without a cause; But my heart standeth in awe of thy words.
162 Over your word I rejoice as one who finds great spoil.
I rejoice at thy word, As one that findeth great spoil.
163 Falsehood I hate and abhor, but your law do I love.
I hate and abhor falsehood; [But] thy law do I love.
164 Seven times a day do I praise you because of your righteous judgments.
Seven times a day do I praise thee, Because of thy righteous ordinances.
165 Right well do they fare who love your law: they go on their way without stumbling.
Great peace have they that love thy law; And they have no occasion of stumbling.
166 I hope for your salvation; O Lord I do your commandments.
I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah, And have done thy commandments.
167 I observe your charges: I love them greatly.
My soul hath observed thy testimonies; And I love them exceedingly.
168 I observe your precepts and charges: all my ways are before you.
I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; For all my ways are before thee.
169 Let my cry come before you, O Lord: give me insight, as you have promised.
Let my cry come near before thee, O Jehovah: Give me understanding according to thy word.
170 Let my prayer enter into your presence: deliver me, as you have said.
Let my supplication come before thee: Deliver me according to thy word.
171 My lips shall be fountains of praise, that you teach me your statutes.
Let my lips utter praise; For thou teachest me thy statutes.
172 My tongue shall sing of your word, for all your commandments are right.
Let my tongue sing of thy word; For all thy commandments are righteousness.
173 Let your hand be ready to help me, for your precepts have been my choice.
Let thy hand be ready to help me; For I have chosen thy precepts.
174 I long, Lord, for your salvation, and your law is my delight.
I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah; And thy law is my delight.
175 Revive me that I may praise you, and let your precepts help me.
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; And let thine ordinances help me.
176 I have strayed like a wandering sheep seek your servant, because I do not forget your commandments.
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; For I do not forget thy commandments.
