Psalms 119
1 Alleluia. Blessed are the immaculate in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
Happy they whose life is blameless, who walk by the law of the Lord.
2 Blessed are those who examine his testimonies. They seek him with their whole heart.
Happy they who keep his charges, and seek him with all their hearts;
3 For those who work iniquity have not walked in his ways.
who have done no wrong, but walk in his ways.
4 You have ordered your commandments to be kept most diligently.
You yourself have appointed your precepts to be kept with diligence.
5 I wish that my ways may be directed so as to keep your justifications.
O to be steadily guided in the keeping of your statutes!
6 Then I will not be confounded, when I will look into all your commandments.
Then unashamed shall I be, when I look towards all 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 thank you with heart unfeigned, when I learn your righteous judgments.
8 I will keep your justifications. Do not utterly abandon me.
I will observe your statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
9 By what does an adolescent correct his way? By keeping to your words.
How can a young person keep their life pure? By giving heed to your word.
10 With my whole heart, I have sought you. Do not let me be driven away from your commandments.
With all my heart have I sought you, let me not stray from your commandments.
11 I have hidden your eloquence in my heart, so that I may not sin against you.
In my heart have I treasured your word, to keep from sinning against you.
12 Blessed are you, O Lord. Teach me your justifications.
Blessed are you, O Lord; teach me your statutes.
13 With my lips, I have pronounced all the judgments of your mouth.
With my lips have I rehearsed all the judgments of your mouth.
14 I have been delighted in the way of your testimonies, as if in all riches.
I delight in the way of your charges, more than in riches of all sorts.
15 I will be trained in your commandments, and I will consider your ways.
I will muse upon your precepts, and look to your paths.
16 I will meditate on your justifications. I will not forget your words.
In your statutes I delight, I will not forget your word.
17 Repay your servant, revive me; and I will keep your words.
Grant that your servant may live, and I will observe your word.
18 Reveal to my eyes, and I will consider the wonders of your law.
Open my eyes, that I see wondrous things out of your law.
19 I am a sojourner on the earth. Do not hide your commandments from me.
But a guest am I on the earth: hide not your commandments from me.
20 My soul has longed to desire your justifications at all times.
My heart is crushed with longing for your ordinances, at all times.
21 You have rebuked the arrogant. Those who decline from your commandments are accursed.
You rebuke the proud, the accursed, who wander from your commandments.
22 Take me away from disgrace and contempt, for I have sought your testimonies.
Roll away from me scorn and contempt, for I have observed your charges.
23 For even the leaders sat and spoke against me. But your servant has been trained in your justifications.
Though princes sit plotting against me, your servant will muse on your statutes.
24 For your testimonies are also my (meditation) and your justifications are my counsel.
Your charges are my delight, they are my counsellors.
25 My soul has adhered to the pavement. Revive me according to your word.
I lie grovelling in the dust; revive me, as you have promised.
26 I have declared my ways, and you have heeded me. Teach me your justifications.
I told of my ways, you made answer; teach me your statutes.
27 Instruct me in the way of your justifications, and I will be trained in your wonders.
Grant me insight into your precepts, and I will muse on your wonders.
28 My soul has slumbered because of weariness. Confirm me in your words.
I am overcome with sorrow; raise me up, as you have promised.
29 Remove the way of iniquity from me, and have mercy on me by your law.
Put the way of falsehood from me, and graciously grant me your law.
30 I have chosen the way of truth. I have not forgotten your judgments.
I have chosen the way of fidelity, your ordinances I long for.
31 I have adhered to your testimonies, O Lord. Do not be willing to confound me.
I hold fast to your charges: O put me not, Lord, to shame.
32 I have run by way of your commandments, when you enlarged my heart.
I will run in the way of your commandments, for you give me room of heart.
33 O Lord, place the law before me, the way of your justifications, and I will always inquire into it.
Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes, and I will keep it to the end,
34 Give me understanding, and I will examine your law. And I will keep it with my whole heart.
instruct me to keep your law, and I will observe it with all my heart.
35 Lead me according to the path of your commandments, for I have desired this.
Guide me in the path of your commandments, for therein do I delight.
36 Bend my heart with your testimonies, and not with avarice.
Incline my heart to your charges, and not to greed of gain.
37 Turn my eyes away, lest they see what is vain. Revive me in your way.
Turn away my eyes from vain sights, revive me by your word.
38 Station your eloquence with your servant, along with your fear.
Confirm to your servant the promise which is given to those who fear you.
39 Cut off my disgrace, which I have taken up, for your judgments are delightful.
Remove the reproach which I dread, because your judgments are good.
40 Behold, I have longed for your commandments. Revive me in your fairness.
Behold, I long for your precepts. Quicken me in your righteousness.
41 And let your mercy overwhelm me, O Lord: your salvation according to your eloquence.
Visit me, Lord, with your love and salvation, as you have promised.
42 And I will respond to those who reproach me by word, for I have hoped in your words.
So shall I answer my slanderers, for my trust is 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.
Snatch not from my mouth the word of truth, for in your judgments I hope.
44 And I will always keep your law, in this age and forever and ever.
I will keep your law continually, for ever and evermore.
45 And I have wandered far and wide, because I was seeking your commandments.
So shall I walk in wide spaces, for I give my mind to your precepts.
46 And I spoke of your testimonies in the sight of kings, and I was not confounded.
I will speak of your charge before kings, and will not be ashamed thereof.
47 And I meditated on your commandments, which I loved.
Your commandments are my delight, I love them exceedingly.
48 And I lifted up my hands to your commandments, which I loved. And I was trained in your justifications.
I will lift up my hands to your commandments, and muse upon your statutes.
49 Be mindful of your word to your servant, by which you have given me hope.
Remember your word to your servant, on which you have made me to hope.
50 This has consoled me in my humiliation, for your word has revived me.
This is my comfort in trouble, that your word gives life to me.
51 The arrogant act altogether iniquitously, but I have not turned aside from your law.
The arrogant utterly scorn me, but I have not declined from your law.
52 I called to mind your judgments of antiquity, O Lord, and I was consoled.
When I think of your judgments of old, O Lord, I take to me comfort.
53 Faintness has taken hold of me, because of the sinners, those who abandon your law.
I am seized with glowing anger at the wicked who forsake your law.
54 Your justifications were the subject of my worthy singing, in the place of my pilgrimage.
Your statutes have been to me songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
55 During the night, I remembered your name, O Lord, and I kept your law.
I remember your name in the night, O Lord and observe your law.
56 This has happened to me because I sought your justifications.
My lot has been this, that I have kept your precepts.
57 O Lord, my portion, I have said that I would keep your law.
My portion are you, O Lord: I have promised to keep your words.
58 I have beseeched your face with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.
I entreat you with all my heart; grant me your promised favor.
59 I have considered my ways, and I have turned my feet toward your testimonies.
I have thought upon my ways, and turned my feet to your charges.
60 I have been prepared, and I have not been disturbed, so that I may keep your commandments.
I hasted and tarried not to give heed to your commandments.
61 The ropes of the impious have encircled me, and I have not forgotten your law.
Though the godless have wound their cords round me, I have not forgotten your law.
62 I arose in the middle of the night to confess to you, over the judgments of your justification.
At midnight I rise to praise you because of your righteous judgments.
63 I am a partaker with all those who fear you and who keep your commandments.
With all those who fear you I company, aid with those who observe your precepts.
64 The earth, O Lord, is full of your mercy. Teach me your justifications.
The earth, Lord, is full of your kindness; teach me your Statutes.
65 You have done well with your servant, O Lord, according to your word.
Well have you dealt with your servant, as you have promised, O Lord.
66 Teach me goodness and discipline and knowledge, for I have trusted your commandments.
Teach me discretion and knowledge, for I have believed your commandments.
67 Before I was humbled, I committed offenses; because of this, I have kept to your word.
Till trouble came I was a wanderer, 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 forged lies against me, but I keep your precepts with all my heart.
70 Their heart has been curdled like milk. Truly, I have meditated on your law.
Their heart is gross like fat, but I delight in your law.
71 It is good for me that you humbled me, so that I may learn your justifications.
It was good for me to be humbled, that I should learn your statutes.
72 The law of your mouth is good for me, beyond thousands of gold and silver pieces.
The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.
73 Your hands have created me and formed me. Give me understanding, and I will learn your commandments.
Your hands have made me and fashioned me; make me wise to 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 shall see me with joy, for in your word have I hoped.
75 I know, O Lord, that your judgments are fairness. And in your truth, you have humbled me.
I know, O Lord, that your judgments are right, and in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
76 Let it be your mercy that consoles me, according to your eloquence to your servant.
Let your love be a comfort to me, for so have you promised your servant.
77 Let your compassion draw near to me, and I will live. For your law is my (meditation)
Visit me with your quickening pity, for your law 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.
Put the proud to shame, who have wronged me falsely: I will muse on your precepts.
79 Let those who fear you turn to me, along with those who know your testimonies.
Let those turn to me who fear you, that they may learn your charges.
80 Let my heart be immaculate in your justifications, so that I may not be confounded.
Let my heart be sound in your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.
81 My soul has faltered in your salvation, yet in your word, I have hoped beyond hope.
My long for you to rescue me, I put my hope in your word.
82 My eyes have failed in your eloquence, saying, “When will you console me?”
My eyes pine away for your promise: saying, “When will you comfort me?”
83 For I have become like a wineskin in the frost. I have not forgotten your justifications.
Though shrivelled like wine-skin in smoke, your statutes I have not forgotten.
84 How many are the days of your servant? When will you bring judgment against those who persecute me?
How few are the days of your servant! When will you judge those who harass me?
85 The iniquitous have spoken fables to me. But these are unlike your law.
Proud people have dug for me pits people who do not conform to your law.
86 All your commandments are truth. They have been persecuting me unjustly: assist me.
All your commandments are trusty. With falsehood they harass me: help me.
87 They have nearly consumed me on earth. Yet I have not forsaken your commandments.
They had nearly made an end of me, yet I did not forget your precepts.
88 Revive me according to your mercy. And I will keep the testimonies of your mouth.
Spare me in your kindness, and I will observe the charge of your mouth.
89 O Lord, your word remains firm in heaven, for all eternity.
Forever, O Lord, is your word fixed firmly in the heavens.
90 Your truth is from generation to generation. You have founded the earth, and it remains firm.
Your truth endures age after age; it is established on earth, and it stands.
91 By your ordinance, the day perseveres. For all things are in service to you.
By your appointment they stand this day, for all are your servants.
92 If your law had not been my (meditation) then perhaps I would have perished in my humiliation.
Had not your law been my joy, in my misery then had I perished.
93 I will not forget your justifications, for eternity. For by them, you have enlivened me.
I will never forget your precepts, for through them you have put life in me.
94 I am yours. Accomplish my salvation. For I have inquired into your justifications.
I am yours, O save me, for I give my mind to your precepts.
95 The sinners have waited for me, in order to destroy me. I have understood your testimonies.
The wicked lay wait to destroy me, but I give heed to your charge.
96 I have seen the end of the consummation of all things. Your commandment is exceedingly broad.
I have seen a limit to all things: but your commandment is spacious exceedingly.
97 How have I loved your law, O Lord? It is my meditation all day long.
O how I love your law! All the day long I muse on it.
98 By your commandment, you have made me able to see far, beyond my enemies. For it is with me for eternity.
Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies: for it is mine forever.
99 I have understood beyond all my teachers. For your testimonies are my (meditation)
I am prudent above all my teachers, for your charges are my (meditation)
100 I have understood beyond the elders. For I have searched your commandments.
I have insight more than the aged, because I observe your precepts.
101 I have prohibited my feet from every evil way, so that I may keep your words.
I refrain my foot from all wicked ways, that I may keep your word.
102 I have not declined from your judgments, because you have stationed a law for me.
I turn not aside from your judgments, for you yourself are my teacher.
103 How sweet is your eloquence to my palate, more so than honey to my mouth!
How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 I obtained understanding by your commandments. Because of this, I have hated every way of iniquity.
Insight I win through your precepts, therefore every false way I hate.
105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my paths.
Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.
106 I have sworn it, and so I am determined to keep the judgments of your justice.
I have sworn an oath, and will keep it, to observe your righteous judgments.
107 I have been altogether humbled, Lord. Revive me according to your word.
I am afflicted sorely: revive me, O Lord, as you said.
108 Make the willing offerings of my mouth well pleasing, Lord, and teach me your judgments.
Accept, Lord, my willing praise, and teach me your judgments.
109 My soul is always in my hands, and I have not forgotten your law.
My life is in ceaseless peril; but I do not forget your law.
110 Sinners have set a snare for me, yet I have not strayed from your commandments.
The wicked set traps for me, yet I do not stray from your precepts.
111 I have acquired your testimonies as an inheritance unto eternity, because they are the exultation 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 justifications for eternity, as a recompense.
I am resolved to perform your statutes forever, to the utmost.
113 I have hated the iniquitous, and I have loved your law.
I hate people of divided heart, but your law do I love.
114 You are my helper and my supporter. And in your word, I have greatly hoped.
You are my shelter and shield: in your word do I hope.
115 Turn away from me, you malignant ones. And I will examine the commandments of my God.
Begone, you wicked people, I will keep the commands 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 and spare me, as you have promised: O disappoint me not.
117 Help me, and I will be saved. And I will meditate always on your justifications.
Hold me up, and I shall be saved: and your statutes shall be my unceasing delight.
118 You have despised all those who fell away from your judgments. For their intention is unjust.
All who swerve from your statutes you spurn: their cunning is in vain.
119 I have considered all the sinners of the earth to be transgressors. Therefore, I have loved your testimonies.
All the wicked of earth you count as dross, therefore I love your charges.
120 Pierce my flesh with your fear, for I am afraid of your judgments.
My flesh, for fear of you, shudders, and I stand in awe of your judgments.
121 I have accomplished judgment and justice. Do not hand me over to those who slander me.
Justice and right have I practised, do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 Uphold your servant in what is good. And do not allow the arrogant to slander me.
Be your servant’s surety for good, let not the proud oppress me.
123 My eyes have failed in your salvation and in the eloquence of your justice.
My eyes pine for your salvation, and for your righteous promise.
124 Deal with your servant according to your mercy, and teach me your justifications.
Deal in your love with your servant, and teach me your statutes.
125 I am your servant. Give me understanding, so that I may know your testimonies.
Your servant am I; instruct me, that I may know your charges.
126 It is time to act, O Lord. They have dissipated your law.
It is time for the Lord to act: they have violated your law.
127 Therefore, I have loved your commandments beyond gold and topaz.
Therefore I love your commandments above gold, above fine gold.
128 Because of this, I was directed toward all your commandments. I held hatred for every iniquitous way.
So by all your precepts I guide me, and every false way I hate.
129 Your testimonies are wonderful. Therefore, my soul has been examined by them.
Your decrees are wonderful, gladly I keep them.
130 The declaration of your words illuminates, and it gives understanding to little ones.
When your word is unfolded, light breaks; it imparts to the simple wisdom.
131 I opened my mouth and drew breath, for I desired your commandments.
With open mouth I pant with longing 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 with your favor, as is just to those who love you.
133 Direct my steps according to your eloquence, and let no injustice rule over me.
Steady my steps by your word, so that sin have no power over me.
134 Redeem me from the slanders of men, so that I may keep your commandments.
Set me free from those who oppress me, and I shall observe your precepts.
135 Make your face shine upon your servant, and teach me your justifications.
Shine with your face on your servant, and teach me your statutes.
136 My eyes have gushed like springs of water, because they have not kept your law.
My eyes run down with rills of water, because your law is not kept.
137 You are just, O Lord, and your judgment is right.
Righteous are you, O Lord, and right are your ordinances.
138 You have commanded justice: your testimonies and your truth even more so.
The laws you has ordered are just, and trusty exceedingly.
139 My zeal has caused me to pine away, because my enemies have forgotten your words.
My jealousy has undone me, that my foes have forgotten your words.
140 Your eloquence has been greatly enflamed, and your servant has loved it.
Your word has been tested well; and your servant loves it.
141 I am young and treated with contempt. But I have not forgotten your justifications.
I am little and held in contempt, but your precepts I have not forgotten.
142 Your justice is justice for all eternity, and your law is truth.
Just is your justice forever, and trusty is your law.
143 Tribulation and anguish have found me. Your commandments are my (meditation)
Stress and strain are upon me, but your commandments are my delight.
144 Your testimonies are fairness unto eternity. Give me understanding, and I will live.
Right are your charges forever, instruct me that I may live.
145 I cried out with my whole heart. Heed me, O Lord. I will ask for your justifications.
With my whole heart I cry; O answer me. I would keep your statutes, O Lord.
146 I cried out to you. Save me, so that I may keep your commandments.
I cry to you: O save me, and I will observe your charges.
147 I arrived first in maturity, and so I cried out. For in your words, I have hoped beyond hope.
Ere the dawn I cry for your help: in your word do I hope.
148 My eyes preceded the dawn for you, so that I might meditate on your eloquence.
Awake I meet the night-watches, to muse upon your sayings.
149 Hear my voice according to your mercy, O Lord. And revive me according to your judgment.
Hear my voice in your kindness: O Lord, by your judgments revive me.
150 Those who persecute me have drawn near to iniquity, but they have been brought far from your law.
Near me are wicked tormentors, who are far from thoughts of your law;
151 You are near, O Lord, and all your ways are truth.
but near, too, are you, O Lord, and all your commandments are trusty.
152 I have known from the beginning about your testimonies. For you founded them in eternity.
Long have I known from your charges that you have founded them for all time.
153 See my humiliation and rescue me, for I have not forgotten your law.
Look on my misery, and rescue me; for I do not forget your law.
154 Judge my judgment and redeem me. Revive me because of your eloquence.
Defend my cause and redeem me: revive me, as you have promised.
155 Salvation is far from sinners, because they have not inquired about your justifications.
Salvation is far from the wicked, for their mind is not in your statutes.
156 Many are your mercies, O Lord. Enliven me according to your judgment.
Great is your pity, O Lord: Revive me, as you have ordained.
157 Many are those who persecute me and who trouble me. I have not turned away from your testimonies.
My foes and tormentors are many, but I have not declined from your charges.
158 I saw the prevaricators, and I pine away. For they have not kept your word.
I behold the traitors with loathing, for they do not observe your word.
159 O Lord, see how I have loved your commandments. Revive me in your mercy.
Behold how I love your precepts: revive me, O Lord!, in your kindness.
160 The beginning of your words is truth. All the judgments of your justice are for eternity.
The sum of your word is truth, all your laws are just and eternal.
161 The leaders have persecuted me without cause. And my heart has been awed by your words.
Princes have harassed me wantonly: but my heart stands in awe of your word.
162 I will rejoice over your eloquence, like one who has found many spoils.
Over your word I rejoice as one who finds great spoil.
163 I have held hatred for iniquity, and I have abhorred it. Yet I have loved your law.
Falsehood I hate and abhor, but your law do I love.
164 Seven times a day, I uttered praise to you about the judgments of your justice.
Seven times a day do I praise you because of your righteous judgments.
165 Those who love your law have great peace, and there is no scandal for them.
Right well do they fare who love your law: they go on their way without stumbling.
166 I have waited for your salvation, O Lord. And I have loved your commandments.
I hope for your salvation; O Lord I do your commandments.
167 My soul has kept to your testimonies and has loved them exceedingly.
I observe your charges: I love them greatly.
168 I have served your commandments and your testimonies. For all my ways are before your sight.
I observe your precepts and charges: 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.
Let my cry come before you, O Lord: give me insight, as you have promised.
170 Let my petition enter before you. Rescue me according to your word.
Let my prayer enter into your presence: deliver me, as you have said.
171 A hymn will burst forth from my lips, when you will teach me your justifications.
My lips shall be fountains of praise, that you teach me your statutes.
172 My tongue will pronounce your eloquence. For all your commandments are fairness.
My tongue shall sing of your word, for all your commandments are right.
173 Let it be your hand that saves me. For I have chosen your commandments.
Let your hand be ready to help me, for your precepts have been my choice.
174 O Lord, I have longed for your salvation, and your law is my (meditation)
I long, Lord, for your salvation, and your law is my delight.
175 My soul will live and will praise you, and your judgments will assist me.
Revive me that I may praise you, and let your precepts 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 strayed like a wandering sheep seek your servant, because I do not forget your commandments.
