Psalms 119
1 [ALEPH.] How happy the men of blameless life, who walk in the law of Yahweh.
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
2 How happy they who observe his testimonies, with a whole heart, they seek him.
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
3 Yea, they have not wrought perversity, In his ways, have they walked.
They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
4 Thou, hast commanded thy precepts, that they should be diligently kept.
You have commanded us to keep your precepts diligently.
5 Oh would that my ways might be settled! that I might keep thy statutes.
O that my ways were directed to keep your statutes!
6 Then, shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to all your commandments.
7 I will thank thee with uprightness of heart, when I have learned thy righteous regulations.
I will praise you with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned your righteous judgments.
8 Thy statutes, will I keep, Do not thou forsake me utterly.
I will keep your statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
9 [BETH.] Wherewithal can a young man keep pure his way? By taking heed, according to thy word.
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to your word.
10 With all my heart, have I sought thee, Suffer me not to be led astray from thy commandments.
With my whole heart have I sought you: O let me not wander from your commandments.
11 In my heart, have I treasured what thou hast said, to the end I may not sin against thee.
Your word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
12 Blessed art thou, O Yahweh—Teach me thy statutes.
Blessed are you, O LORD: teach me your statutes.
13 With my lips, have I recounted All the regulations of thy mouth.
With my lips have I declared all the judgments of your mouth.
14 In the way of thy testimonies, have I rejoiced, Like as over all riches.
I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.
15 In thy precepts, will I meditate, that I may discern thy paths.
I will meditate in your precepts, and have respect to your ways.
16 In thy statutes, will I find my dear delight, I will not forget thy word.
I will delight myself in your statutes: I will not forget your word.
17 [GIMEL.] Bestow thy bounties upon thy servant—let me live, That I may observe thy word.
Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live, and keep your word.
18 Unveil thou mine eyes, that I may discern Wondrous things out of thy law.
Open you my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.
19 A sojourner, am, I, in the earth, Do not hide from me, thy commandments.
I am a stranger in the earth: hide not your commandments from me.
20 My soul is crushed with longing for thy just decisions at all times.
My soul breaks for the longing that it has to your judgments at all times.
21 Thou hast rebuked the proud as accursed, who stray from thy commandments.
You have rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from your commandments.
22 Roll from off me, reproach and contempt, For, thy testimonies, have I observed.
Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept your testimonies.
23 Even rulers have taken their seat, against me, have talked, Thy servant, will still meditate in thy statutes.
Princes also did sit and speak against me: but your servant did meditate in your statutes.
24 Yea, thy testimonies, are my dear delight, My counsellors.
Your testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
25 [DALETH.] My soul, cleaveth to the dust, Give me life, according to thy word.
My soul sticks to the dust: quicken you me according to your word.
26 My ways, I recounted, and thou didst answer me, Teach me thy statutes.
I have declared my ways, and you heard me: teach me your statutes.
27 The way of thy precepts, cause thou me to understand, and I will indeed meditate in thy wonders.
Make me to understand the way of your precepts: so shall I talk of your wondrous works.
28 My soul weepeth itself away, for grief, Confirm thou me, according to thy word.
My soul melts for heaviness: strengthen you me according to your word.
29 The way of falsehood, take thou from me, and, with thy law, O favour me.
Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me your law graciously.
30 The way of faithfulness, have I chosen, Thy regulations, have I deemed right.
I have chosen the way of truth: your judgments have I laid before me.
31 I have kept close to thy testimonies, O Yahweh! do not put me to shame.
I have stuck to your testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
32 The way of thy commandments, will I run, for thou wilt enlarge my heart.
I will run the way of your commandments, when you shall enlarge my heart.
33 [HE.] Point out to me, O Yahweh, the way of thy statutes, that I may observe it unto the end.
Teach me, O LORD, the way of your statutes; and I shall keep it to the end.
34 Give me understanding, that I may observe thy law, that I may keep it with a whole heart.
Give me understanding, and I shall keep your law; yes, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
35 Guide me in the path of thy commandments, for, therein, do I find pleasure.
Make me to go in the path of your commandments; for therein do I delight.
36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not unto unjust gain.
Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to covetousness.
37 Turn away mine eyes, from beholding vanity, In thy way, give me life.
Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken you me in your way.
38 Establish, unto thy servant, thy word, which pertaineth to the reverence of thee.
Establish your word to your servant, who is devoted to your fear.
39 Cause to pass away my reproach, that I have feared, for, thy regulations, are good.
Turn away my reproach which I fear: for your judgments are good.
40 Lo! I have longed for thy precepts, In thy righteousness, give me life.
Behold, I have longed after your precepts: quicken me in your righteousness.
41 [WAW.] And let thy lovingkindness reach me, O Yahweh, thy salvation, according to thy word.
Let your mercies come also to me, O LORD, even your salvation, according to your word.
42 So shall I have something to answer him that reproacheth me, That I have trusted in thy word.
So shall I have with which to answer him that reproaches me: for I trust in your word.
43 And do not snatch away from my mouth the word of truth in any wise, because, for thy regulation, have I waited.
And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in your judgments.
44 That I may keep thy law continually, to times age-abiding and beyond.
So shall I keep your law continually for ever and ever.
45 That I may walk to and fro in a large place, because, thy precepts, have I sought.
And I will walk at liberty: for I seek your precepts.
46 That I may speak of thy testimonies before kings, and not be ashamed.
I will speak of your testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
47 That I may find dear delight in thy commandments, which I have loved.
And I will delight myself in your commandments, which I have loved.
48 That I may lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and may meditate in thy statutes.
My hands also will I lift up to your commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in your statutes.
49 [ZAYIN.] Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
Remember the word to your servant, on which you have caused me to hope.
50 This, is my comfort in mine affliction, that, thy word, hath given me life.
This is my comfort in my affliction: for your word has quickened me.
51 Insolent men, have derided me exceedingly, From thy law, have I not swerved.
The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from your law.
52 I have remembered thy regulations, [which have come down] from age-past times, O Yahweh, and have consoled myself.
I remembered your judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
53 A raging heat, hath seized me, by reason of the lawless, who forsake thy law.
Horror has taken hold on me because of the wicked that forsake your law.
54 Songs, have thy statutes become to me, in my house of sojourn.
Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
55 I have remembered, in the night, thy Name, O Yahweh, and have kept thy law.
I have remembered your name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept your law.
56 This, have I had, because, thy precepts, have I observed.
This I had, because I kept your precepts.
57 [HETH.] My portion, is Yahweh, I have promised that I would keep thy words.
You are my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep your words.
58 I have sought the smile of thy face with all my heart, Show me favour, according to thy word.
I entreated your favor with my whole heart: be merciful to me according to your word.
59 I have thought upon my ways, and have turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
I thought on my ways, and turned my feet to your testimonies.
60 I have hastened, and not delayed, to keep thy commandments.
I made haste, and delayed not to keep your commandments.
61 The meshes of the lawless, have surrounded me, Thy law, have I not forgotten.
The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten your law.
62 At midnight, I arise to give thanks unto thee, For thy righteous regulations.
At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you because of your righteous judgments.
63 Companion, am I, to all who revere thee, and to them who keep thy precepts.
I am a companion of all them that fear you, and of them that keep your precepts.
64 Of thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, the earth, is full, Thy statutes, teach thou me.
The earth, O LORD, is full of your mercy: teach me your statutes.
65 [TETH.] Well, hast thou dealt with thy servant, O Yahweh, according to thy word.
You have dealt well with your servant, O LORD, according to your word.
66 Good judgment and knowledge, teach thou me, For, in thy commandments, have I trusted.
Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed your commandments.
67 Before I was afflicted, I myself was going astray, but, now, thy word, have I kept.
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept your word.
68 Good, thou art, and doing good, Teach me thy statutes.
You are good, and do good; teach me your statutes.
69 Insolent men have plastered falsehood over me, I, with a whole heart, will observe thy precepts.
The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep your precepts with my whole heart.
70 Gross, like fat, is their heart, I, in thy law, have found dear delight.
Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in your law.
71 It is, well for me, that I was afflicted, That I might learn thy statutes.
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn your statutes.
72 Better to me, is the law of thy mouth, than thousands of gold and silver.
The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver.
73 [YODH.] Thine own hands, have made me, and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
Your hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
74 They who revere thee, shall see me and rejoice, that, for thy word, I waited.
They that fear you will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in your word.
75 I know, O Yahweh, that righteous are thy regulations, and, in faithfulness, didst thou afflict me.
I know, O LORD, that your judgments are right, and that you in faithfulness have afflicted me.
76 Let thy lovingkindness, I beseech thee, serve to comfort me, according to thy word to thy servant.
Let, I pray you, your merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.
77 Let thy compassions reach me, that I may live, for, thy law, is my dear delight.
Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live: for your law is my delight.
78 Let insolent men, be ashamed, because, by means of falsehood, they have dealt with me perversely, I, will meditate in thy precepts.
Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in your precepts.
79 Let them who revere thee, turn unto me, even they who know thy testimonies.
Let those that fear you turn to me, and those that have known your testimonies.
80 Let my heart be thorough in thy statutes, that I may not be ashamed.
Let my heart be sound in your statutes; that I be not ashamed.
81 [KAPH.] My soul, hath languished for thy salvation, For thy word, have I hoped.
My soul faints for your salvation: but I hope in your word.
82 Mine eyes have failed for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
My eyes fail for your word, saying, When will you comfort me?
83 Though I have been like a wine-skin in the smoke, thy statutes, have I not forgotten.
For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget your statutes.
84 How few are the days of thy servant! When wilt thou execute sentence on my persecutors?
How many are the days of your servant? when will you execute judgment on them that persecute me?
85 Insolent men digged for me pits, men who are not according to thy law.
The proud have dig pits for me, which are not after your law.
86 All thy commandments, are faithful, With falsehood, have they persecuted me, O help me!
All your commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help you me.
87 A little more, and they had consumed me in the earth, but, I, forsake not thy precepts.
They had almost consumed me on earth; but I forsook not your precepts.
88 According to thy lovingkindness, give thou me life, so will I keep the testimonies of thy mouth.
Quicken me after your loving kindness; so shall I keep the testimony of your mouth.
89 [LAMED.] Age-abidingly, O Yahweh, hath thy word been set up in the heavens.
For ever, O LORD, your word is settled in heaven.
90 To generation after generation, is thy faithfulness, Thou hast established the earth, and it standeth.
Your faithfulness is to all generations: you have established the earth, and it stays.
91 By thy regulations, do they stand to-day, for, all, are thy servants.
They continue this day according to your ordinances: for all are your servants.
92 Had not thy law been my dear delight, then, had I perished in mine affliction.
Unless your law had been my delights, I should then have perished in my affliction.
93 Unto times age-abiding, will I not forget thy precepts, For, by them, hast thou given me life.
I will never forget your precepts: for with them you have quickened me.
94 Thine, am I, —oh save me! For, thy precepts, have I sought.
I am yours, save me: for I have sought your precepts.
95 For me, have the lawless waited, to destroy me, Thy testimonies, will I diligently consider.
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider your testimonies.
96 To all perfection, have I seen an end, Broad is thy commandment, exceedingly.
I have seen an end of all perfection: but your commandment is exceeding broad.
97 [MEM.] Oh how I love thy law! All the day, is it my (meditation)
O how I love your law! it is my meditation all the day.
98 Beyond mine enemies, will thy commandment make me wise, for, age-abidingly, shall it be mine.
You through your commandments have made me wiser than my enemies: for they are ever with me.
99 Beyond all my teachers, have I shown discretion, for, thy testimonies, are my (meditation)
I have more understanding than all my teachers: for your testimonies are my (meditation)
100 Beyond the elders, will I show understanding, for, thy precepts, have I observed.
I understand more than the ancients, because I keep your precepts.
101 From every way of wickedness, have I withheld my feet, that I might keep thy word.
I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep your word.
102 From thy regulations, have I not turned aside, for, thou, hast directed me.
I have not departed from your judgments: for you have taught me.
103 How smooth to my palate is thy speech, More than honey, to my mouth.
How sweet are your words to my taste! yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 Out of thy precepts, will I get understanding, For this cause, do I hate every false way.
Through your precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
105 [NUN.] A lamp to my feet, is thy word, and a light to my path.
Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.
106 I sware, and have fulfilled, To keep thy righteous regulations.
I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep your righteous judgments.
107 I have been afflicted exceedingly, —O Yahweh, give me life according to thy word.
I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according to your word.
108 The freewill offerings of my mouth, accept, I pray thee, O Yahweh, And, thy regulations, teach thou me.
Accept, I beseech you, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me your judgments.
109 My life, is in my hand continually, Yet, thy law, have I not forgotten.
My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget your law.
110 The lawless have set a snare for me, Yet, from thy precepts, have I not strayed.
The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from your precepts.
111 As an inheritance have I taken thy testimonies unto times age-abiding, for, the joy of my heart, they are.
Your testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes, Age-abidingly, to the end.
I have inclined my heart to perform your statutes always, even to the end.
113 [SAMECH.] Half-hearted ones, do I hate, but, thy law, do I love.
I hate vain thoughts: but your law do I love.
114 My hiding-place and my buckler, thou art, For thy word, have I waited.
You are my hiding place and my shield: I hope in your word.
115 Depart from me, ye evil-doers, —that I may observe the commandments of my God.
Depart from me, you evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
116 Uphold me according to thy word, that I may live, and do not shame me out of my hope!
Uphold me according to your word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117 Sustain me, that I may be saved, and may find dear delight in thy statutes continually.
Hold you me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect to your statutes continually.
118 Thou hast made light of all who stray from thy statutes, for their fraud is, falsehood.
You have trodden down all them that err from your statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
119 Dross, have I accounted all the lawless of the earth, therefore do I love thy testimonies.
You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love your testimonies.
120 My flesh, bristled up from dread of thee, and, of thy regulations, stand I in fear.
My flesh trembles for fear of you; and I am afraid of your judgments.
121 [AYIN.] I have done justice and righteousness, —Do not leave me to mine oppressors.
I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to my oppressors.
122 Be thou surety for thy servant for good, Let not insolent men oppress me.
Be surety for your servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
123 Mine eyes, have become dim for thy salvation, and for thy righteous word.
My eyes fail for your salvation, and for the word of your righteousness.
124 Deal with thy servant according to thy lovingkindness, and, thy statutes, teach thou me.
Deal with your servant according to your mercy, and teach me your statutes.
125 Thy servant, I am—give me understanding, so shall I get to know thy testimonies.
I am your servant; give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.
126 It is time that Yahweh should work, They have frustrated thy law!
It is time for you, LORD, to work: for they have made void your law.
127 For this cause, do I love thy commandments, More than gold, yea than fine gold!
Therefore I love your commandments above gold; yes, above fine gold.
128 For this cause, all thy precepts concerning all things, I deem right, Every way of falsehood, I hate.
Therefore I esteem all your precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
129 [PE.] Wonderful are thy testimonies, For this cause, hath my soul observed them.
Your testimonies are wonderful: therefore does my soul keep them.
130 The opening of thy words, sheddeth light, Giving understanding to the simple.
The entrance of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.
131 My mouth, have I opened wide, and panted, because, for thy commandments, have I longed.
I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for your commandments.
132 Turn thyself unto me, and show me favour, —As is befitting, to the lovers of thy Name.
Look you on me, and be merciful to me, as you use to do to those that love your name.
133 My steps, direct thou by thy word, and let no iniquity, have dominion over me.
Order my steps in your word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Set me free from the oppression of man, so will I keep thy precepts.
Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep your precepts.
135 Thy face, light thou up on thy servant, and teach me thy statutes.
Make your face to shine on your servant; and teach me your statutes.
136 Streams of water, have run down mine eyes, because men have not kept thy law.
Rivers of waters run down my eyes, because they keep not your law.
137 [ZADHE.] Righteous art thou, O Yahweh, —and, equitable, are thy regulations.
Righteous are you, O LORD, and upright are your judgments.
138 Thou hast righteously commanded thy testimonies, yea in great faithfulness.
Your testimonies that you have commanded are righteous and very faithful.
139 My zeal, hath put an end to me, for mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.
My zeal has consumed me, because my enemies have forgotten your words.
140 Refined is thy word, to the uttermost, and, thy servant loveth it.
Your word is very pure: therefore your servant loves it.
141 Small, am I, and despised, Thy precepts, have I not forgotten.
I am small and despised: yet do not I forget your precepts.
142 Thy righteousness, is righteous to times age-abiding, and, thy law, is truth.
Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your law is the truth.
143 Straitness and distress, have befallen me, Thy commandments, are my dear delights.
Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet your commandments are my delights.
144 Righteous are thy testimonies, unto times age-abiding, Give me understanding, that I may live.
The righteousness of your testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
145 [KOPH.] I have cried out with all my heart, answer me, O Yahweh; Thy statutes, will I observe.
I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep your statutes.
146 I have cried out unto thee, oh save me, That I may keep thy testimonies.
I cried to you; save me, and I shall keep your testimonies.
147 I forestalled the twilight, and cried for help, For thy word, I waited.
I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in your word.
148 Mine eyes forestalled the night-watches, To meditate in thy word.
My eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in your word.
149 My voice, O hear, according to thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh! according to thy wont, give me life.
Hear my voice according to your loving kindness: O LORD, quicken me according to your judgment.
150 They have drawn near, who pursue villainy, From thy law, have they gone far away.
They draw near that follow after mischief: they are far from your law.
151 Near art thou, O Yahweh, and, all thy commandments, are truth.
You are near, O LORD; and all your commandments are truth.
152 Long, have I known, from thy testimonies, That, to times age-abiding, thou didst establish them.
Concerning your testimonies, I have known of old that you have founded them for ever.
153 [RESH.] Behold mine affliction, and rescue me, For, thy law, have I not forgotten.
Consider my affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget your law.
154 Plead my cause, and redeem me, By thy word, give me life
Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to your word.
155 Far from the lawless, is salvation, For, thy statutes, have they not sought.
Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not your statutes.
156 Thy compassions, are great, O Yahweh, According to thy regulations, give me life.
Great are your tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to your judgments.
157 Many, are my persecutors and mine adversaries, From thy testimonies, have I not swerved.
Many are my persecutors and my enemies; yet do I not decline from your testimonies.
158 I have seen traitors, and felt loathing, Because, thy word, they kept not.
I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not your word.
159 See thou that, thy precepts, I have loved, O Yahweh, according to thy lovingkindness, give me life.
Consider how I love your precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to your loving kindness.
160 The sum of thy word, is truth, and, age-abiding, is every one of thy righteous regulations.
Your word is true from the beginning: and every one of your righteous judgments endures for ever.
161 [SHIN.] Rulers, have persecuted me, without cause, But, of thy word, hath my heart stood in awe.
Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart stands in awe of your word.
162 Joyful am I over thy word, Like the finder of spoil in abundance.
I rejoice at your word, as one that finds great spoil.
163 Falsehood, I hate and abhor, Thy law, do I love.
I hate and abhor lying: but your law do I love.
164 Seven times in the day, have I praised thee, For thy righteous regulations.
Seven times a day do I praise you because of your righteous judgments.
165 Blessing in abundance, have the lovers of thy law, and nothing to make them stumble.
Great peace have they which love your law: and nothing shall offend them.
166 I have looked for thy salvation, O Yahweh, and, thy commandments, have I done.
LORD, I have hoped for your salvation, and done your commandments.
167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies, yea I have loved them greatly.
My soul has kept your testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
168 I have kept thy precepts, and thy testimonies, For, all my ways, are before thee.
I have kept your precepts and your testimonies: for all my ways are before you.
169 [TAU] Let my shouting come near before thee, O Yahweh, According to thy word, give me understanding.
Let my cry come near before you, O LORD: give me understanding according to your word.
170 Let my supplication come in before thee, According to thy word, deliver me.
Let my supplication come before you: deliver me according to your word.
171 My lips, shall pour out, praise, When thou shalt teach me thy statutes.
My lips shall utter praise, when you have taught me your statutes.
172 My tongue, shall respond, with thy word, For, all thy commandments, are righteous.
My tongue shall speak of your word: for all your commandments are righteousness.
173 Be thy hand ready to help me, For, thy statutes, have I chosen.
Let your hand help me; for I have chosen your precepts.
174 I have longed for thy salvation, O Yahweh, and, thy law, is my dear delight.
I have longed for your salvation, O LORD; and your law is my delight.
175 Let my soul live, that it may praise thee, So shall thy regulation help me.
Let my soul live, and it shall praise you; and let your judgments help me.
176 I have strayed like a wandering sheep, O seek thy servant, For, thy commandments, have I not forgotten.
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant; for I do not forget your commandments.
