Psalmen 119

¹Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, Who walk according to Yahweh's law.
²Blessed are those who keep his statutes, Who seek him with their whole heart.
³Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways.
⁴You have commanded your precepts, That we should fully obey them.
⁵Oh that my ways were steadfast To obey your statutes!
⁶Then I wouldn't be disappointed, When I consider all of your commandments.
⁷I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, When I learn your righteous judgments.
⁸I will observe your statutes. Don't utterly forsake me.
⁹How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.
¹⁰With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don't let me wander from your commandments.
¹¹I have hidden your word in my heart, That I might not sin against you.
¹²Blessed are you, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes.
¹³With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.
¹⁴I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, As much as in all riches.
¹⁵I will meditate on your precepts, And consider your ways.
¹⁶I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word.
¹⁷Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word.
¹⁸Open my eyes, That I may see wondrous things out of your law.
¹⁹I am a stranger on the earth. Don't hide your commandments from me.
²⁰My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
²¹You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, Who wander from your commandments.
²²Take reproach and contempt away from me, For I have kept your statutes.
²³Though princes sit and slander me, Your servant will meditate on your statutes.
²⁴Indeed your statutes are my delight, And my counselors.
²⁵My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word!
²⁶I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes.
²⁷Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.
²⁸My soul is weary with sorrow: Strengthen me according to your word.
²⁹Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously!
³⁰I have chosen the way of truth. I have set my heart on your law.
³¹I cling to your statutes, Yahweh. Don't let me be disappointed.
³²I run in the path of your commandments, For you have set my heart free.
³³Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end.
³⁴Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.
³⁵Direct me in the path of your commandments, For I delight in them.
³⁶Turn my heart toward your statutes, Not toward selfish gain.
³⁷Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
³⁸Fulfill your promise to your servant, That you may be feared.
³⁹Take away my disgrace that I dread, For your ordinances are good.
⁴⁰Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness.
⁴¹Let your loving kindness also come to me, Yahweh, Your salvation, according to your word.
⁴²So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, For I trust in your word.
⁴³Don't snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, For I put my hope in your ordinances.
⁴⁴So I will obey your law continually, Forever and ever.
⁴⁵I will walk in liberty, For I have sought your precepts.
⁴⁶I will also speak of your statutes before kings, And will not be disappointed.
⁴⁷I will delight myself in your commandments, Because I love them.
⁴⁸I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes.
⁴⁹Remember your word to your servant, Because you gave me hope.
⁵⁰This is my comfort in my affliction, For your word has revived me.
⁵¹The arrogant mock me excessively, But I don't swerve from your law.
⁵²I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh, And have comforted myself.
⁵³Indignation has taken hold on me, Because of the wicked who forsake your law.
⁵⁴Your statutes have been my songs, In the house where I live.
⁵⁵I have remembered your name, Yahweh, in the night, And I obey your law.
⁵⁶This is my way, That I keep your precepts.
⁵⁷Yahweh is my portion. I promised to obey your words.
⁵⁸I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.
⁵⁹I considered my ways, And turned my steps to your statutes.
⁶⁰I will hurry, and not delay, To obey your commandments.
⁶¹The ropes of the wicked bind me, But I won't forget your law.
⁶²At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, Because of your righteous ordinances.
⁶³I am a friend of all those who fear you, Of those who observe your precepts.
⁶⁴The earth is full of your loving kindness, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes.
⁶⁵Do good to your servant, According to your word, Yahweh.
⁶⁶Teach me good judgment and knowledge, For I believe in your commandments.
⁶⁷Before I was afflicted, I went astray; But now I observe your word.
⁶⁸You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes.
⁶⁹The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.
⁷⁰Their heart is as callous as the fat, But I delight in your law.
⁷¹It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I may learn your statutes.
⁷²The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
⁷³Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
⁷⁴Those who fear you will see me and be glad, Because I have put my hope in your word.
⁷⁵Yahweh, I know that your judgments are righteous, That in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
⁷⁶Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, According to your word to your servant.
⁷⁷Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; For your law is my delight.
⁷⁸Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.
⁷⁹Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.
⁸⁰Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, That I may not be disappointed.
⁸¹My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.
⁸²My eyes fail for your word. I say, "When will you comfort me?"
⁸³For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don't forget your statutes.
⁸⁴How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?
⁸⁵The proud have dug pits for me, Contrary to your law.
⁸⁶All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!
⁸⁷They had almost wiped me from the earth, But I didn't forsake your precepts.
⁸⁸Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, So I will obey the statutes of your mouth.
⁸⁹Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever.
⁹⁰Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.
⁹¹Your laws remain to this day, For all things serve you.
⁹²Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
⁹³I will never forget your precepts, For with them, you have revived me.
⁹⁴I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.
⁹⁵The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.
⁹⁶I have seen a limit to all perfection, But your commands are boundless.
⁹⁷How love I your law! It is my meditation all day.
⁹⁸Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, For your commandments are always with me.
⁹⁹I have more understanding than all my teachers, For your testimonies are my meditation.
¹⁰⁰I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept your precepts.
¹⁰¹I have kept my feet from every evil way, That I might observe your word.
¹⁰²I have not turned aside from your ordinances, For you have taught me.
¹⁰³How sweet are your promises to my taste, More than honey to my mouth!
¹⁰⁴Through your precepts, I get understanding; Therefore I hate every false way.
¹⁰⁵Your word is a lamp to my feet, And a light for my path.
¹⁰⁶I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will obey your righteous ordinances.
¹⁰⁷I am afflicted very much. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your word.
¹⁰⁸Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. Yahweh, teach me your ordinances.
¹⁰⁹My soul is continually in my hand, Yet I won't forget your law.
¹¹⁰The wicked have laid a snare for me, Yet I haven't gone astray from your precepts.
¹¹¹I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, For they are the joy of my heart.
¹¹²I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, Even to the end.
¹¹³I hate double-minded men, But I love your law.
¹¹⁴You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.
¹¹⁵Depart from me, you evildoers, That I may keep the commandments of my God.
¹¹⁶Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.
¹¹⁷Hold me up, and I will be safe, And will have respect for your statutes continually.
¹¹⁸You reject all those who stray from your statutes, For their deceit is in vain.
¹¹⁹You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies.
¹²⁰My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments.
¹²¹I have done what is just and righteous. Don't leave me to my oppressors.
¹²²Ensure your servant's well-being. Don't let the proud oppress me.
¹²³My eyes fail looking for your salvation, For your righteous word.
¹²⁴Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.
¹²⁵I am your servant. Give me understanding, That I may know your testimonies.
¹²⁶It is time to act, Yahweh, For they break your law.
¹²⁷Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, Yes, more than pure gold.
¹²⁸Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way.
¹²⁹Your testimonies are wonderful, Therefore my soul keeps them.
¹³⁰The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.
¹³¹I opened my mouth wide and panted, For I longed for your commandments.
¹³²Turn to me, and have mercy on me, As you always do to those who love your name.
¹³³Establish my footsteps in your word. Don't let any iniquity have dominion over me.
¹³⁴Redeem me from the oppression of man, So I will observe your precepts.
¹³⁵Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.
¹³⁶Streams of tears run down my eyes, Because they don't observe your law.
¹³⁷You are righteous, Yahweh. Your judgments are upright.
¹³⁸You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.
¹³⁹My zeal wears me out, Because my enemies ignore your words.
¹⁴⁰Your promises have been thoroughly tested, And your servant loves them.
¹⁴¹I am small and despised. I don't forget your precepts.
¹⁴²Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.
¹⁴³Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.
¹⁴⁴Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
¹⁴⁵I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will keep your statutes.
¹⁴⁶I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes.
¹⁴⁷I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.
¹⁴⁸My eyes stay open through the night watches, That I might meditate on your word.
¹⁴⁹Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your ordinances.
¹⁵⁰They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law.
¹⁵¹You are near, Yahweh. All your commandments are truth.
¹⁵²Of old I have known from your testimonies, That you have founded them forever.
¹⁵³Consider my affliction, and deliver me, For I don't forget your law.
¹⁵⁴Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.
¹⁵⁵Salvation is far from the wicked, For they don't seek your statutes.
¹⁵⁶Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh. Revive me according to your ordinances.
¹⁵⁷Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven't swerved from your testimonies.
¹⁵⁸I look at the faithless with loathing, Because they don't observe your word.
¹⁵⁹Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your loving kindness.
¹⁶⁰All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.
¹⁶¹Princes have persecuted me without a cause, But my heart stands in awe of your words.
¹⁶²I rejoice at your word, As one who finds great spoil.
¹⁶³I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.
¹⁶⁴Seven times a day, I praise you, Because of your righteous ordinances.
¹⁶⁵Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.
¹⁶⁶I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh. I have done your commandments.
¹⁶⁷My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly.
¹⁶⁸I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, For all my ways are before you.
¹⁶⁹Let my cry come before you, Yahweh. Give me understanding according to your word.
¹⁷⁰Let my supplication come before you. Deliver me according to your word.
¹⁷¹Let my lips utter praise, For you teach me your statutes.
¹⁷²Let my tongue sing of your word, For all your commandments are righteousness.
¹⁷³Let your hand be ready to help me, For I have chosen your precepts.
¹⁷⁴I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my delight.
¹⁷⁵Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me.
¹⁷⁶I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don't forget your commandments.

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