Psalms 119
1 ALEPH. Blessed are those that are vpright in their way, and walke in the Lawe of the Lord.
ALEPH Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the LORD’s law.
2 Blessed are they that keepe his testimonies, and seeke him with their whole heart.
Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.
3 Surely they woorke none iniquitie, but walke in his waies.
Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways.
4 Thou hast commanded to keepe thy precepts diligently.
You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them.
5 Oh that my waies were directed to keepe thy statutes!
Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!
6 Then should I not be confounded, when I haue respect vnto all thy commandements.
Then I wouldn’t be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments.
7 I will praise thee with an vpright heart, when I shall learne the iudgements of thy righteousnesse.
I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgements.
8 I will keepe thy statutes: forsake mee not ouerlong.
I will observe your statutes. Don’t utterly forsake me.
9 BETH. Wherewith shall a yong man redresse his waie? in taking heede thereto according to thy woorde.
BETH How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.
10 With my whole heart haue I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandements.
With my whole heart I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.
11 I haue hid thy promise in mine heart, that I might not sinne against thee.
I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
12 Blessed art thou, O Lord: teache mee thy statutes.
Blessed are you, LORD. Teach me your statutes.
13 With my lippes haue I declared all the iudgements of thy mouth.
With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.
14 I haue had as great delight in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches.
I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.
15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and consider thy waies.
I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways.
16 I will delite in thy statutes, and I will not forget thy worde.
I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word.
17 GIMEL. Be beneficiall vnto thy seruant, that I may liue and keepe thy woorde.
GIMEL Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word.
18 Open mine eies, that I may see the wonders of thy Lawe.
Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.
19 I am a stranger vpon earth: hide not thy commandements from me.
I am a stranger on the earth. Don’t hide your commandments from me.
20 Mine heart breaketh for the desire to thy iudgements alway.
My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
21 Thou hast destroied the proud: cursed are they that doe erre from thy commandements.
You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments.
22 Remoue from mee shame and contempt: for I haue kept thy testimonies.
Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes.
23 Princes also did sit, and speake against me: but thy seruant did meditate in thy statutes.
Though princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate on your statutes.
24 Also thy testimonies are my delite, and my counsellers.
Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counsellors.
25 DALETH. My soule cleaueth to the dust: quicken me according to thy worde.
DALETH My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word!
26 I haue declared my waies, and thou heardest me: teache me thy statutes.
I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes.
27 Make me to vnderstand ye way of thy precepts, and I will meditate in thy wondrous workes.
Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.
28 My soule melteth for heauinesse: raise mee vp according vnto thy worde.
My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.
29 Take from mee the way of lying, and graunt me graciously thy Lawe.
Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously!
30 I haue chosen the way of trueth, and thy iudgements haue I laied before me.
I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me.
31 I haue cleaued to thy testimonies, O Lord: confound me not.
I cling to your statutes, LORD. Don’t let me be disappointed.
32 I will runne the way of thy commandements, when thou shalt enlarge mine heart.
I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free.
33 HE. Teach mee, O Lord, the way of thy statutes, and I will keepe it vnto the ende.
HE Teach me, LORD, the way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end.
34 Giue mee vnderstanding, and I will keepe thy Law: yea, I wil keepe it with my whole heart.
Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.
35 Direct mee in the path of thy commandements: for therein is my delite.
Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them.
36 Incline mine heart vnto thy testimonies, and not to couetousnesse.
Turn my heart towards your statutes, not towards selfish gain.
37 Turne away mine eies from regarding vanitie, and quicken me in thy way.
Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
38 Stablish thy promise to thy seruaunt, because he feareth thee.
Fulfil your promise to your servant, that you may be feared.
39 Take away my rebuke that I feare: for thy iudgements are good.
Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good.
40 Beholde, I desire thy commandements: quicken me in thy righteousnesse,
Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness.
41 VAV. And let thy louing kindnesse come vnto me, O Lord, and thy saluation according to thy promise.
VAV Let your loving kindness also come to me, LORD, your salvation, according to your word.
42 So shall I make answere vnto my blasphemers: for I trust in thy woorde.
So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word.
43 And take not the woorde of trueth vtterly out of my mouth: for I waite for thy iudgements.
Don’t snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, for I put my hope in your ordinances.
44 So shall I alway keepe thy Lawe for euer and euer.
So I will obey your law continually, forever and ever.
45 And I will walke at libertie: for I seeke thy precepts.
I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts.
46 I will speake also of thy testimonies before Kings, and will not be ashamed.
I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed.
47 And my delite shalbe in thy commandements, which I haue loued.
I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.
48 Mine handes also will I lift vp vnto thy commandements, which I haue loued, and I will meditate in thy statutes.
I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes.
49 ZAIN. Remember the promise made to thy seruant, wherein thou hast caused me to trust.
ZAYIN Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope.
50 It is my comfort in my trouble: for thy promise hath quickened me.
This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me.
51 The proude haue had me exceedingly in derision: yet haue I not declined from thy Lawe.
The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don’t swerve from your law.
52 I remembred thy iudgements of olde, O Lord, and haue bene comforted.
I remember your ordinances of old, LORD, and have comforted myself.
53 Feare is come vpon mee for the wicked, that forsake thy Lawe.
Indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked who forsake your law.
54 Thy statutes haue beene my songes in the house of my pilgrimage.
Your statutes have been my songs in the house where I live.
55 I haue remembred thy Name, O Lord, in the night, and haue kept thy Lawe.
I have remembered your name, LORD, in the night, and I obey your law.
56 This I had because I kept thy precepts.
This is my way, that I keep your precepts.
57 CHETH. O Lord, that art my portion, I haue determined to keepe thy wordes.
HETH The LORD is my portion. I promised to obey your words.
58 I made my supplication in thy presence with my whole heart: be mercifull vnto me according to thy promise.
I sought your favour with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.
59 I haue considered my waies, and turned my feete into thy testimonies.
I considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes.
60 I made haste and delaied not to keepe thy commandements.
I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments.
61 The bandes of the wicked haue robbed me: but I haue not forgotten thy Lawe.
The ropes of the wicked bind me, but I won’t forget your law.
62 At midnight will I rise to giue thanks vnto thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.
At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances.
63 I am companion of all them that feare thee, and keepe thy precepts.
I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.
64 The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercie: teache me thy statutes.
The earth is full of your loving kindness, LORD. Teach me your statutes.
65 TETH. O Lord, thou hast delt graciously with thy seruant according vnto thy woorde.
TETH You have treated your servant well, according to your word, LORD.
66 Teach me good iudgement and knowledge: for I haue beleeued thy commandements.
Teach me good judgement and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.
67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray: but nowe I keepe thy woorde.
Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.
68 Thou art good and gracious: teach me thy statutes.
You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes.
69 The proud haue imagined a lie against me: but I wil keepe thy precepts with my whole heart.
The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.
70 Their heart is fatte as grease: but my delite is in thy Lawe.
Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law.
71 It is good for me that I haue beene afflicted, that I may learne thy statutes.
It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes.
72 The Lawe of thy mouth is better vnto me, then thousands of golde and siluer.
The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
73 IOD. Thine hands haue made me and fashioned me: giue mee vnderstanding therefore, that I may learne thy commandements.
YODH Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
74 So they that feare thee, seeing mee shall reioyce, because I haue trusted in thy worde.
Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.
75 I knowe, O Lord, that thy iudgements are right, and that thou hast afflicted me iustly.
LORD, I know that your judgements are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
76 I pray thee that thy mercie may comfort me according to thy promise vnto thy seruant.
Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.
77 Let thy tender mercies come vnto me, that I may liue: for thy Lawe is my delite.
Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight.
78 Let the proude be ashamed: for they haue dealt wickedly and falsely with me: but I meditate in thy precepts.
Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.
79 Let such as feare thee turne vnto me, and they that knowe thy testimonies.
Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.
80 Let mine heart bee vpright in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.
Let my heart be blameless towards your decrees, that I may not be disappointed.
81 CAPH. My soule fainteth for thy saluation: yet I waite for thy worde.
KAPF My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.
82 Mine eyes faile for thy promise, saying, when wilt thou comfort me?
My eyes fail for your word. I say, “When will you comfort me?”
83 For I am like a bottell in the smoke: yet doe I not forget thy statutes.
For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes.
84 Howe many are the dayes of thy seruant? When wilt thou execute iudgement on them that persecute me?
How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgement on those who persecute me?
85 The proude haue digged pittes for mee, which is not after thy Lawe.
The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law.
86 All thy commandements are true: they persecute me falsely: helpe me.
All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!
87 They had almost consumed me vpon the earth: but I forsooke not thy precepts.
They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn’t forsake your precepts.
88 Quicken me according to thy louing kindnes: so shall I keepe the testimony of thy mouth.
Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth.
89 LAMED. O Lord, thy worde endureth for euer in heauen.
LAMEDH LORD, your word is settled in heaven forever.
90 Thy trueth is from generation to generation: thou hast layed the foundation of the earth, and it abideth.
Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.
91 They continue euen to this day by thine ordinances: for all are thy seruants.
Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you.
92 Except thy Lawe had bene my delite, I should now haue perished in mine affliction.
Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
93 I wil neuer forget thy precepts: for by them thou hast quickened me.
I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me.
94 I am thine, saue me: for I haue sought thy precepts.
I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.
95 The wicked haue waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.
96 I haue seene an ende of all perfection: but thy commandement is exceeding large.
I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless.
97 MEM. Oh howe loue I thy Lawe! it is my meditation continually.
MEM How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.
98 By thy commandements thou hast made mee wiser then mine enemies: for they are euer with mee.
Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.
99 I haue had more vnderstading then all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my (meditation)
I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my (meditation)
100 I vnderstoode more then the ancient, because I kept thy precepts.
I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.
101 I haue refrained my feete from euery euil way, that I might keepe thy word.
I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.
102 I haue not declined from thy iudgements: for thou didest teach me.
I have not turned away from your ordinances, for you have taught me.
103 Howe sweete are thy promises vnto my mouth! yea, more then hony vnto my mouth.
How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!
104 By thy precepts I haue gotten vnderstanding: therefore I hate all the wayes of falshoode.
Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.
105 NUN. Thy worde is a lanterne vnto my feete, and a light vnto my path.
NUN Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.
106 I haue sworne and will performe it, that I will keepe thy righteous iudgements.
I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.
107 I am very sore afflicted: O Lord, quicken me according to thy word.
I am afflicted very much. Revive me, LORD, according to your word.
108 O Lord, I beseeche thee accept the free offerings of my mouth, and teach mee thy iudgements.
Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. LORD, teach me your ordinances.
109 My soule is continually in mine hande: yet doe I not forget thy Lawe.
My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won’t forget your law.
110 The wicked haue layed a snare for mee: but I swarued not from thy precepts.
The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.
111 Thy testimonies haue I taken as an heritage for euer: for they are the ioy of mine heart.
I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
112 I haue applied mine heart to fulfill thy statutes alway, euen vnto the ende.
I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end.
113 SAMECH. I hate vaine inuentions: but thy Lawe doe I loue.
SAMEKH I hate double-minded men, but I love your law.
114 Thou art my refuge and shield, and I trust in thy worde.
You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.
115 Away from mee, yee wicked: for I will keepe the commandements of my God.
Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.
116 Stablish me according to thy promise, that I may liue, and disappoint me not of mine hope.
Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117 Stay thou mee, and I shall be safe, and I will delite continually in thy statutes.
Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.
118 Thou hast troden downe all them that depart from thy statutes: for their deceit is vaine.
You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain.
119 Thou hast taken away all ye wicked of the earth like drosse: therefore I loue thy testimonies.
You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies.
120 My flesh trembleth for feare of thee, and I am afraide of thy iudgements.
My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgements.
121 AIN. I haue executed iudgement and iustice: leaue me not to mine oppressours.
AYIN I have done what is just and righteous. Don’t leave me to my oppressors.
122 Answere for thy seruant in that, which is good, and let not the proude oppresse me.
Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me.
123 Mine eyes haue failed in waiting for thy saluation, and for thy iust promise.
My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.
124 Deale with thy seruant according to thy mercie, and teache me thy statutes.
Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.
125 I am thy seruant: graunt mee therefore vnderstanding, that I may knowe thy testimonies.
I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.
126 It is time for thee Lord to worke: for they haue destroyed thy Lawe.
It is time to act, LORD, for they break your law.
127 Therefore loue I thy commandements aboue golde, yea, aboue most fine golde.
Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.
128 Therefore I esteeme all thy precepts most iust, and hate all false wayes.
Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way.
129 PE. Thy testimonies are wonderfull: therefore doeth my soule keepe them.
PE Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them.
130 The entrance into thy wordes sheweth light, and giueth vnderstanding to the simple.
The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.
131 I opened my mouth and panted, because I loued thy commandements.
I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments.
132 Looke vpon mee and bee mercifull vnto me, as thou vsest to doe vnto those that loue thy Name.
Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.
133 Direct my steppes in thy worde, and let none iniquitie haue dominion ouer me.
Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Deliuer mee from the oppression of men, and I will keepe thy precepts.
Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts.
135 Shew the light of thy countenance vpon thy seruant, and teache me thy statutes.
Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.
136 Mine eyes gush out with riuers of water, because they keepe not thy Lawe.
Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your law.
137 TSADDI. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and iust are thy iudgements.
TZADHE You are righteous, LORD. Your judgements are upright.
138 Thou hast commanded iustice by thy testimonies and trueth especially.
You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.
139 My zeale hath euen consumed mee, because mine enemies haue forgotten thy wordes.
My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.
140 Thy word is prooued most pure, and thy seruant loueth it.
Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
141 I am small and despised: yet do I not forget thy precepts.
I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts.
142 Thy righteousnesse is an euerlasting righteousnes, and thy Lawe is trueth.
Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.
143 Trouble and anguish are come vpon me: yet are thy commandements my delite.
Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.
144 The righteousnes of thy testimonies is euerlasting: graunt me vnderstanding, and I shall liue.
Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
145 KOPH. I haue cried with my whole heart: heare me, O Lord, and I will keepe thy statutes.
QOPH I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, LORD! I will keep your statutes.
146 I called vpon thee: saue mee, and I will keepe thy testimonies.
I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes.
147 I preuented the morning light, and cried: for I waited on thy word.
I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.
148 Mine eyes preuent the night watches to meditate in thy word.
My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on your word.
149 Heare my voyce according to thy louing kindenesse: O Lord, quicken me according to thy iudgement.
Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, LORD, according to your ordinances.
150 They drawe neere, that follow after malice, and are farre from thy Lawe.
They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law.
151 Thou art neere, O Lord: for all thy commandements are true.
You are near, LORD. All your commandments are truth.
152 I haue knowen long since by thy testimonies, that thou hast established them for euer.
Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever.
153 RESH. Beholde mine affliction, and deliuer mee: for I haue not forgotten thy Lawe.
RESH Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your law.
154 Pleade my cause, and deliuer me: quicken me according vnto thy word.
Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.
155 Saluation is farre from the wicked, because they seeke not thy statutes.
Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don’t seek your statutes.
156 Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to thy iudgements.
Great are your tender mercies, LORD. Revive me according to your ordinances.
157 My persecutours and mine oppressours are many: yet doe I not swarue from thy testimonies.
Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies.
158 I saw the transgressours and was grieued, because they kept not thy worde.
I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don’t observe your word.
159 Consider, O Lord, how I loue thy preceptes: quicken mee according to thy louing kindenesse.
Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, LORD, according to your loving kindness.
160 The beginning of thy worde is trueth, and all the iudgements of thy righteousnesse endure for euer.
All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.
161 SCHIN. Princes haue persecuted mee without cause, but mine heart stood in awe of thy wordes.
SIN AND SHIN Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.
162 I reioyce at thy worde, as one that findeth a great spoyle.
I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.
163 I hate falshoode and abhorre it, but thy Lawe doe I loue.
I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.
164 Seuen times a day doe I praise thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.
Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.
165 They that loue thy Law, shall haue great prosperitie, and they shall haue none hurt.
Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.
166 Lord, I haue trusted in thy saluation, and haue done thy commandements.
I have hoped for your salvation, LORD. I have done your commandments.
167 My soule hath kept thy testimonies: for I loue them exceedingly.
My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly.
168 I haue kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my wayes are before thee.
I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you.
169 TAV. Let my complaint come before thee, O Lord, and giue me vnderstanding, according vnto thy worde.
TAV Let my cry come before you, LORD. Give me understanding according to your word.
170 Let my supplication come before thee, and deliuer me according to thy promise.
Let my supplication come before you. Deliver me according to your word.
171 My lippes shall speake praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes.
172 My tongue shall intreate of thy word: for all thy commandements are righteous.
Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are righteousness.
173 Let thine hand helpe me: for I haue chosen thy precepts.
Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
174 I haue longed for thy saluation, O Lord, and thy Lawe is my delite.
I have longed for your salvation, LORD. Your law is my delight.
175 Let my soule liue, and it shall praise thee, and thy iudgements shall helpe me.
Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me.
176 I haue gone astraye like a lost sheepe: seeke thy seruant, for I doe not forget thy commandements.
I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.
