Psalms 119

1ALEPH. Blessed are they that are perfect in the way, Who walk in the law of Jehovah.● 2Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, That seek him with the whole heart.● 3Yea, they do no unrighteousness; They walk in his ways.● 4Thou hast commanded `us' thy precepts, That we should observe them diligently.● 5Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes!● 6Then shall I not be put to shame, When I have respect unto all thy commandments.● 7I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart, When I learn thy righteous judgments.● 8I will observe thy statutes: Oh forsake me not utterly.● 9BETH. Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed `thereto' according to thy word.● 10With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.● 11Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.● 12Blessed art thou, O Jehovah: Teach me thy statutes.● 13With my lips have I declared All the ordinances of thy mouth.● 14I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, As much as in all riches.● 15I will meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.● 16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.● 17GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live; So will I observe thy word.● 18Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold Wondrous things out of thy law.● 19I am a sojourner in the earth: Hide not thy commandments from me.● 20My soul breaketh for the longing That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times.● 21Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, That do wander from thy commandments.● 22Take away from me reproach and contempt; For I have kept thy testimonies.● 23Princes also sat and talked against me; `But' thy servant did meditate on thy statutes.● 24Thy testimonies also are my delight `And' my counsellors.● 25DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: Quicken thou me according to thy word.● 26I declared my ways, and thou answeredst me: Teach me thy statutes.● 27Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: So shall I meditate on thy wondrous works.● 28My soul melteth for heaviness: Strengthen thou me according unto thy word.● 29Remove from me the way of falsehood; And grant me thy law graciously.● 30I have chosen the way of faithfulness: Thine ordinances have I set `before me'.● 31I cleave unto thy testimonies: O Jehovah, put me not to shame.● 32I will run the way of thy commandments, When thou shalt enlarge my heart.● 33HE. Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes; And I shall keep it unto the end.● 34Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.● 35Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; For therein do I delight.● 36Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, And not to covetousness.● 37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy ways.● 38Confirm unto thy servant thy word, Which `is in order' unto the fear of thee.● 39Turn away my reproach whereof I am afraid; For thine ordinances are good.● 40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness.● 41VAV. Let thy lovingkindnesses also come unto me, O Jehovah, Even thy salvation, according to thy word.● 42So shall I have an answer for him that reproacheth me; For I trust in thy word.● 43And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; For I have hoped in thine ordinances.● 44So shall I observe thy law continually For ever and ever.● 45And I shall walk at liberty; For I have sought thy precepts.● 46I will also speak of thy testimonies before kings, And shall not be put to shame.● 47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, Which I have loved.● 48I will lift up my hands also unto thy commandments, which I have loved; And I will meditate on thy statutes.● 49ZAYIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, Because thou hast made me to hope.● 50This is my comfort in my affliction; For thy word hath quickened me.● 51The proud have had me greatly in derision: `Yet' have I not swerved from thy law.● 52I have remembered thine ordinances of old, O Jehovah, And have comforted myself.● 53Hot indignation hath taken hold upon me, Because of the wicked that forsake thy law.● 54Thy statutes have been my songs In the house of my pilgrimage.● 55I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, And have observed thy law.● 56This I have had, Because I have kept thy precepts.● 57HHETH. Jehovah is my portion: I have said that I would observe thy words.● 58I entreated thy favor with my whole heart: Be merciful unto me according to thy word.● 59I thought on my ways, And turned my feet unto thy testimonies.● 60I made haste, and delayed not, To observe thy commandments.● 61The cords of the wicked have wrapped me round; `But' I have not forgotten thy law.● 62At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee Because of thy righteous ordinances.● 63I am a companion of all them that fear thee, And of them that observe thy precepts.● 64The earth, O Jehovah, is full of thy lovingkindness: Teach me thy statutes.● 65TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Jehovah, according unto thy word.● 66Teach me good judgment and knowledge; For I have believed in thy commandments.● 67Before I was afflicted I went astray; But now I observe thy word.● 68Thou art good, and doest good; Teach me thy statutes.● 69The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.● 70Their heart is as fat as grease; But I delight in thy law.● 71It is good for me that I have been afflicted; That I may learn thy statutes.● 72The law of thy mouth is better unto me Than thousands of gold and silver.● 73YODH. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.● 74They that fear thee shall see me and be glad, Because I have hoped in thy word.● 75I know, O Jehovah, that thy judgments are righteous, And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.● 76Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness be for my comfort, According to thy word unto thy servant.● 77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; For thy law is my delight.● 78Let the proud be put to shame; For they have overthrown me wrongfully: `But' I will meditate on thy precepts.● 79Let those that fear thee turn unto me; And they shall know thy testimonies.● 80Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, That I be not put to shame.● 81KAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; `But' I hope in thy word.● 82Mine eyes fail for thy word, While I say, When wilt thou comfort me?● 83For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.● 84How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?● 85The proud have digged pits for me, Who are not according to thy law.● 86All thy commandments are faithful: They persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.● 87They had almost consumed me upon earth; But I forsook not thy precepts.● 88LAMEDH. Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; So shall I observe the testimony of thy mouth.● 89For ever, O Jehovah, Thy word is settled in heaven.● 90Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.● 91They abide this day according to thine ordinances; For all things are thy servants.● 92Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.● 93I will never forget thy precepts; For with them thou hast quickened me.● 94I am thine, save me; For I have sought thy precepts.● 95The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me; `But' I will consider thy testimonies.● 96MEM. I have seen an end of all perfection; `But' thy commandment is exceeding broad.● 97Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.● 98Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; For they are ever with me.● 99I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thy testimonies are my meditation.● 100I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept thy precepts.● 101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word.● 102I have not turned aside from thine ordinances; For thou hast taught me.● 103How sweet are thy words unto my taste! `Yea, sweeter' than honey to my mouth!● 104Through thy precepts I get understanding: Therefore I hate every false way.● 105NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.● 106I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will observe thy righteous ordinances.● 107I am afflicted very much: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according unto thy word.● 108Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, O Jehovah, And teach me thine ordinances.● 109My soul is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law.● 110The wicked have laid a snare for me; Yet have I not gone astray from thy precepts.● 111Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; For they are the rejoicing of my heart.● 112I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes For ever, even unto the end.● 113SAMEKH. I hate them that are of a double mind; But thy law do I love.● 114Thou art my hiding-place and my shield: I hope in thy word.● 115Depart from me, ye evil-doers, That I may keep the commandments of my God.● 116Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live; And let me not be ashamed of my hope.● 117Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.● 118Thou hast set at nought all them that err from thy statutes; For their deceit is falsehood.● 119Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: Therefore I love thy testimonies.● 120My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; And I am afraid of thy judgments.● 121AYIN. I have done justice and righteousness: Leave me not to mine oppressors.● 122Be surety for thy servant for good: Let not the proud oppress me.● 123Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, And for thy righteous word.● 124Deal with thy servant according unto thy lovingkindness, And teach me thy statutes.● 125I am thy servant; give me understanding, That I may know thy testimonies.● 126It is time for Jehovah to work; `For' they have made void thy law.● 127Therefore I love thy commandments Above gold, yea, above fine gold.● 128Therefore I esteem all `thy' precepts concerning all `things' to be right; `And' I hate every false way.● 129PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; Therefore doth my soul keep them.● 130The opening of thy words giveth light; It giveth understanding unto the simple.● 131I opened wide my mouth, and panted; For I longed for thy commandments.● 132Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me, As thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.● 133Establish my footsteps in thy word; And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.● 134Redeem me from the oppression of man: So will I observe thy precepts.● 135Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; And teach me thy statutes.● 136Streams of water run down mine eyes, Because they observe not thy law.● 137TSADHE. Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, And upright are thy judgments.● 138Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness And very faithfulness.● 139My zeal hath consumed me, Because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.● 140Thy word is very pure; Therefore thy servant loveth it.● 141I am small and despised; `Yet' do I not forget thy precepts.● 142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.● 143Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; `Yet' thy commandments are my delight.● 144Thy testimonies are righteous for ever: Give me understanding, and I shall live.● 145QOPH. I have called with my whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah: I will keep thy statutes.● 146I have called unto thee; save me, And I shall observe thy testimonies.● 147I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy words.● 148Mine eyes anticipated the night-watches, That I might meditate on thy word.● 149Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thine ordinances.● 150They draw nigh that follow after wickedness; They are far from thy law.● 151Thou art nigh, O Jehovah; And all thy commandments are truth.● 152Of old have I known from thy testimonies, That thou hast founded them for ever.● 153RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me; For I do not forget thy law.● 154Plead thou my cause, and redeem me: Quicken me according to thy word.● 155Salvation is far from the wicked; For they seek not thy statutes.● 156Great are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah: Quicken me according to thine ordinances.● 157Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; `Yet' have I not swerved from thy testimonies.● 158I beheld the treacherous, and was grieved, Because they observe not thy word.● 159Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.● 160The sum of thy word is truth; And every one of thy righteous ordinances `endureth' for ever.● 161SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; But my heart standeth in awe of thy words.● 162I rejoice at thy word, As one that findeth great spoil.● 163I hate and abhor falsehood; `But' thy law do I love.● 164Seven times a day do I praise thee, Because of thy righteous ordinances.● 165Great peace have they that love thy law; And they have no occasion of stumbling.● 166I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah, And have done thy commandments.● 167My soul hath observed thy testimonies; And I love them exceedingly.● 168I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; For all my ways are before thee.● 169TAV. Let my cry come near before thee, O Jehovah: Give me understanding according to thy word.● 170Let my supplication come before thee: Deliver me according to thy word.● 171Let my lips utter praise; For thou teachest me thy statutes.● 172Let my tongue sing of thy word; For all thy commandments are righteousness.● 173Let thy hand be ready to help me; For I have chosen thy precepts.● 174I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah; And thy law is my delight.● 175Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; And let thine ordinances help me.● 176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; Seek thy servant; For I do not forget thy commandments. Psalm 120 A Song of Ascents.●