Psalms 119

¹`Aleph.' O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah,
²O the happiness of those keeping His testimonies, With the whole heart they seek Him.
³Yea, they have not done iniquity, In His ways they have walked.
⁴Thou hast commanded us Thy precepts to keep diligently,
⁵O that my ways were prepared to keep Thy statutes,
⁶Then I am not ashamed In my looking unto all Thy commands.
⁷I confess Thee with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Thy righteousness.
⁸Thy statutes I keep, leave me not utterly!
⁹`Beth.' With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe -- according to Thy word.
¹⁰With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands.
¹¹In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.
¹²Blessed `art' Thou, O Jehovah, teach me Thy statutes.
¹³With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Thy mouth.
¹⁴In the way of Thy testimonies I have joyed, As over all wealth.
¹⁵In Thy precepts I meditate, And I behold attentively Thy paths.
¹⁶In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word.
¹⁷`Gimel.' Confer benefits on Thy servant, I live, and I keep Thy word.
¹⁸Uncover mine eyes, and I behold wonders out of Thy law.
¹⁹A sojourner I `am' on earth, Hide not from me Thy commands.
²⁰Broken hath my soul for desire Unto Thy judgments at all times.
²¹Thou hast rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Thy commands.
²²Remove from me reproach and contempt, For Thy testimonies I have kept.
²³Princes also sat -- against me they spoke, Thy servant doth meditate in Thy statutes,
²⁴Thy testimonies also `are' my delight, The men of my counsel!
²⁵`Daleth.' Cleaved to the dust hath my soul, Quicken me according to Thy word.
²⁶My ways I have recounted, And Thou answerest me, teach me Thy statutes,
²⁷The way of Thy precepts cause me to understand, And I meditate in Thy wonders.
²⁸My soul hath dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Thy word.
²⁹The way of falsehood turn aside from me And with Thy law favour me.
³⁰The way of faithfulness I have chosen, Thy judgments I have compared,
³¹I have adhered to Thy testimonies, O Jehovah, put me not to shame.
³²The way of Thy commands I run, For Thou dost enlarge my heart!
³³`He.' Show me, O Jehovah, the way of Thy statutes, And I keep it -- `to' the end.
³⁴Cause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the whole heart.
³⁵Cause me to tread in the path of Thy commands, For in it I have delighted.
³⁶Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, And not unto dishonest gain.
³⁷Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me.
³⁸Establish to Thy servant Thy saying, That `is' concerning Thy fear.
³⁹Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Thy judgments `are' good.
⁴⁰Lo, I have longed for Thy precepts, In Thy righteousness quicken Thou me,
⁴¹`Waw.' And meet me doth Thy kindness, O Jehovah, Thy salvation according to Thy saying.
⁴²And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For I have trusted in Thy word.
⁴³And Thou takest not utterly away From my mouth the word of truth, Because for Thy judgment I have hoped.
⁴⁴And I keep Thy law continually, To the age and for ever.
⁴⁵And I walk habitually in a broad place, For Thy precepts I have sought.
⁴⁶And I speak of Thy testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed.
⁴⁷And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved,
⁴⁸And I lift up my hands unto Thy commands, That I have loved, And I do meditate on Thy statutes!
⁴⁹`Zain.' Remember the word to Thy servant, On which Thou hast caused me to hope.
⁵⁰This `is' my comfort in mine affliction, That Thy saying hath quickened me.
⁵¹The proud have utterly scorned me, From Thy law I have not turned aside.
⁵²I remembered Thy judgments of old, O Jehovah, And I comfort myself.
⁵³Horror hath seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Thy law.
⁵⁴Songs have been to me Thy statutes, In the house of my sojournings.
⁵⁵I have remembered in the night Thy name, O Jehovah, And I do keep Thy law.
⁵⁶This hath been to me, That Thy precepts I have kept!
⁵⁷`Cheth.' My portion `is' Jehovah; I have said -- to keep Thy words,
⁵⁸I appeased Thy face with the whole heart, Favour me according to Thy saying.
⁵⁹I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies.
⁶⁰I have made haste, And delayed not, to keep Thy commands.
⁶¹Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, Thy law I have not forgotten.
⁶²At midnight I rise to give thanks to Thee, For the judgments of Thy righteousness.
⁶³A companion I `am' to all who fear Thee, And to those keeping Thy precepts.
⁶⁴Of Thy kindness, O Jehovah, the earth is full, Thy statutes teach Thou me!
⁶⁵`Teth.' Good Thou didst with Thy servant, O Jehovah, According to Thy word.
⁶⁶The goodness of reason and knowledge teach me, For in Thy commands I have believed.
⁶⁷Before I am afflicted, I -- I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept.
⁶⁸Good Thou `art', and doing good, Teach me Thy statutes.
⁶⁹Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts.
⁷⁰Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I -- in Thy law I have delighted.
⁷¹Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes.
⁷²Better to me `is' the law of Thy mouth Than thousands of gold and silver!
⁷³`Yod.' Thy hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Thy commands.
⁷⁴Those fearing Thee see me and rejoice, Because for Thy word I have hoped.
⁷⁵I have known, O Jehovah, That righteous `are' Thy judgments, And `in' faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me.
⁷⁶Let, I pray Thee, Thy kindness be to comfort me, According to Thy saying to Thy servant.
⁷⁷Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law `is' my delight.
⁷⁸Ashamed are the proud, For `with' falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate in Thy precepts.
⁷⁹Those fearing Thee turn back to me, And those knowing Thy testimonies.
⁸⁰My heart is perfect in Thy statutes, So that I am not ashamed.
⁸¹`Kaph.' Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped.
⁸²Consumed have been mine eyes for Thy word, Saying, `When doth it comfort me?'
⁸³For I have been as a bottle in smoke, Thy statutes I have not forgotten.
⁸⁴How many `are' the days of Thy servant? When dost Thou execute Against my pursuers judgment?
⁸⁵The proud have digged for me pits, That `are' not according to Thy law.
⁸⁶All Thy commands `are' faithfulness, `With' falsehood they have pursued me, Help Thou me.
⁸⁷Almost consumed me on earth have they, And I -- I have not forsaken Thy precepts.
⁸⁸According to Thy kindness quicken Thou me, And I keep the testimony of Thy mouth!
⁸⁹`Lamed.' To the age, O Jehovah, Thy word is set up in the heavens.
⁹⁰To all generations Thy faithfulness, Thou didst establish earth, and it standeth.
⁹¹According to Thine ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole `are' Thy servants.
⁹²Unless Thy law `were' my delights, Then had I perished in mine affliction.
⁹³To the age I forget not Thy precepts, For by them Thou hast quickened me.
⁹⁴I `am' Thine, save Thou me, For Thy precepts I have sought.
⁹⁵Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand.
⁹⁶Of all perfection I have seen an end, Broad `is' Thy command -- exceedingly!
⁹⁷`Mem.' O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it `is' my meditation.
⁹⁸Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it `is' before me to the age.
⁹⁹Above all my teachers I have acted wisely. For Thy testimonies `are' my meditation.
¹⁰⁰Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept.
¹⁰¹From every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word.
¹⁰²From Thy judgments I turned not aside, For Thou -- Thou hast directed me.
¹⁰³How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth.
¹⁰⁴From Thy precepts I have understanding, Therefore I have hated every false path!
¹⁰⁵`Nun.' A lamp to my foot `is' Thy word, And a light to my path.
¹⁰⁶I have sworn, and I confirm `it', To keep the judgments of Thy righteousness.
¹⁰⁷I have been afflicted very much, O Jehovah, quicken me, according to Thy word.
¹⁰⁸Free-will-offerings of my mouth, Accept, I pray Thee, O Jehovah, And Thy judgments teach Thou me.
¹⁰⁹My soul `is' in my hand continually, And Thy law I have not forgotten.
¹¹⁰The wicked have laid a snare for me, And from thy precepts I wandered not.
¹¹¹I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart `are' they.
¹¹²I have inclined my heart To do Thy statutes, to the age -- `to' the end!
¹¹³`Samech.' Doubting ones I have hated, And Thy law I have loved.
¹¹⁴My hiding place and my shield `art' Thou, For Thy word I have hoped.
¹¹⁵Turn aside from me, ye evil-doers, And I keep the commands of my God.
¹¹⁶Sustain me according to Thy saying, And I live, and Thou puttest me not to shame Because of my hope.
¹¹⁷Support Thou me, and I am saved, And I look on Thy statutes continually.
¹¹⁸Thou hast trodden down All going astray from Thy statutes, For falsehood `is' their deceit.
¹¹⁹Dross! Thou hast caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Thy testimonies.
¹²⁰Trembled from Thy fear hath my flesh, And from Thy judgments I have been afraid!
¹²¹`Ain.' I have done judgment and righteousness, Leave me not to mine oppressors.
¹²²Make sure Thy servant for good, Let not the proud oppress me.
¹²³Mine eyes have been consumed for Thy salvation. And for the saying of Thy righteousness.
¹²⁴Do with Thy servant according to Thy kindness. And Thy statutes teach Thou me.
¹²⁵Thy servant `am' I -- cause me to understand, And I know Thy testimonies.
¹²⁶Time for Jehovah to work! they have made void Thy law.
¹²⁷Therefore I have loved Thy commands Above gold -- even fine gold.
¹²⁸Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, Every path of falsehood I have hated!
¹²⁹`Pe.' Wonderful `are' Thy testimonies, Therefore hath my soul kept them.
¹³⁰The opening of Thy words enlighteneth, Instructing the simple.
¹³¹My mouth I have opened, yea, I pant, For, for Thy commands I have longed.
¹³²Look unto me, and favour me, As customary to those loving Thy name.
¹³³My steps establish by Thy saying, And any iniquity doth not rule over me.
¹³⁴Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Thy precepts,
¹³⁵Thy face cause to shine on Thy servant, And teach me Thy statutes.
¹³⁶Rivulets of waters have come down mine eyes, Because they have not kept Thy law!
¹³⁷`Tzade.' Righteous `art' Thou, O Jehovah, And upright `are' Thy judgments.
¹³⁸Thou hast appointed Thy testimonies, Righteous and exceeding faithful,
¹³⁹Cut me off hath my zeal, For mine adversaries forgot Thy words.
¹⁴⁰Tried `is' thy saying exceedingly, And Thy servant hath loved it.
¹⁴¹Small I `am', and despised, Thy precepts I have not forgotten.
¹⁴²Thy righteousness `is' righteousness to the age, And Thy law `is' truth.
¹⁴³Adversity and distress have found me, Thy commands `are' my delights.
¹⁴⁴The righteousness of Thy testimonies `is' to Cause me to understand, and I live!
¹⁴⁵`Koph.' I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O Jehovah, Thy statutes I keep,
¹⁴⁶I have called Thee, save Thou me, And I do keep Thy testimonies.
¹⁴⁷I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, For Thy word I have hoped.
¹⁴⁸Mine eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate in Thy saying.
¹⁴⁹My voice hear, according to Thy kindness, Jehovah, according to Thy judgment quicken me.
¹⁵⁰Near have been my wicked pursuers, From Thy law they have been far off.
¹⁵¹Near `art' Thou, O Jehovah, And all Thy commands `are' truth.
¹⁵²Of old I have known Thy testimonies, That to the age Thou hast founded them!
¹⁵³`Resh.' See my affliction, and deliver Thou me, For Thy law I have not forgotten.
¹⁵⁴Plead my plea, and redeem me, According to Thy saying quicken me.
¹⁵⁵Far from the wicked `is' salvation, For Thy statutes they have not sought.
¹⁵⁶Thy mercies `are' many, O Jehovah, According to Thy judgments quicken me.
¹⁵⁷Many `are' my pursuers, and adversaries, From Thy testimonies I have not turned aside.
¹⁵⁸I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because Thy saying they have not kept.
¹⁵⁹See, for thy precepts I have loved, Jehovah, According to Thy kindness quicken me.
¹⁶⁰The sum of Thy word `is' truth, And to the age `is' every judgment of Thy righteousness!
¹⁶¹`Shin.' Princes have pursued me without cause, And because of Thy words was my heart afraid.
¹⁶²I do rejoice concerning Thy saying, As one finding abundant spoil.
¹⁶³Falsehood I have hated, yea I abominate `it', Thy law I have loved.
¹⁶⁴Seven `times' in a day I have praised Thee, Because of the judgments of Thy righteousness.
¹⁶⁵Abundant peace have those loving Thy law, And they have no stumbling-block.
¹⁶⁶I have waited for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy commands I have done.
¹⁶⁷Kept hath my soul Thy testimonies, And I do love them exceedingly.
¹⁶⁸I have kept Thy precepts and Thy testimonies, For all my ways are before Thee!
¹⁶⁹`Taw.' My loud cry cometh near before Thee, O Jehovah; According to Thy word cause me to understand.
¹⁷⁰My supplication cometh in before Thee, According to Thy saying deliver Thou me.
¹⁷¹My lips do utter praise, For Thou dost teach me Thy statutes.
¹⁷²My tongue doth sing of Thy saying, For all Thy commands `are' righteous.
¹⁷³Thy hand is for a help to me, For Thy commands I have chosen.
¹⁷⁴I have longed for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy law `is' my delight.
¹⁷⁵My soul liveth, and it doth praise Thee, And Thy judgments do help me.
¹⁷⁶I wandered as a lost sheep, seek Thy servant, For Thy precepts I have not forgotten!

Public Domain