Psalms 119

1ALEPH. Blessed {are} the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD. {undefiled: or, perfect, or, sincere}● 2Blessed {are} they that keep his testimonies, {and that} seek him with the whole heart.● 3They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.● 4Thou hast commanded {us} to keep thy precepts diligently.● 5O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!● 6Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.● 7I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. {thy...: Heb. judgments of thy righteousness}● 8I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.● 9BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed {thereto} according to thy word.● 10With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.● 11Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.● 12Blessed {art} thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.● 13With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.● 14I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as {much as} in all riches.● 15I will meditate in 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, and keep thy word.● 18Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. {Open: Heb. Reveal}● 19I {am} a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.● 20My soul breaketh for the longing {that it hath} unto thy judgments at all times.● 21Thou hast rebuked the proud {that are} cursed, which do err from thy commandments.● 22Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.● 23Princes also did sit {and} speak against me: {but} thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.● 24Thy testimonies also {are} my delight {and} my counsellors. {my counsellors: Heb. men of my counsel}● 25DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.● 26I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.● 27Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.● 28My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word. {melteth: Heb. droppeth}● 29Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.● 30I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid {before me}.● 31I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.● 32I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.● 33HE. Teach me, O LORD, 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 thou me in thy way. {Turn...: Heb. Make to pass}● 38Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who {is devoted} to thy fear.● 39Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments {are} good.● 40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.● 41VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, {even} thy salvation, according to thy word.● 42So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word. {So...: or, So shall I answer him that reproveth me in a thing}● 43And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.● 44So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.● 45And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. {at liberty: Heb. at large}● 46I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.● 47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.● 48My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.● 49ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused 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 declined from thy law.● 52I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.● 53Horror 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 LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.● 56This I had, because I kept thy precepts.● 57CHETH. {Thou art} my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.● 58I intreated thy favour with {my} whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. {favour: Heb. face}● 59I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.● 60I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.● 61The bands of the wicked have robbed me: {but} I have not forgotten thy law. {bands: or, companies}● 62At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.● 63I {am} a companion of all {them} that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.● 64The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.● 65TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.● 66Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.● 67Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.● 68Thou {art} good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.● 69The proud have forged a lie against me: {but} I will keep thy precepts with {my} whole heart.● 70Their heart is as fat as grease; {but} I delight in thy law.● 71{It is} good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.● 72The law of thy mouth {is} better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.● 73JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.● 74They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.● 75I know, O LORD, that thy judgments {are} right, and {that} thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. {right: Heb. righteousness}● 76Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. {for...: Heb. to comfort me}● 77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law {is} my delight.● 78Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: {but} I will meditate in thy precepts.● 79Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.● 80Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.● 81CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: {but} I hope in thy word.● 82Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?● 83For I am become like a bottle 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, which {are} not after thy law.● 86All thy commandments {are} faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me. {faithful: Heb. faithfulness}● 87They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.● 88Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.● 89LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.● 90Thy faithfulness {is} unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. {unto...: Heb. to generation and generation} {abideth: Heb. standeth}● 91They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all {are} thy servants.● 92Unless thy law {had been} my delights, 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.● 96I have seen an end of all perfection: {but} thy commandment {is} exceeding broad.● 97MEM. O how love I thy law! it {is} my meditation all the day.● 98Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they {are} ever with me. {they...: Heb. it is ever with me}● 99I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies {are} my meditation.● 100I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.● 101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.● 102I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.● 103How sweet are thy words unto my taste! {yea, sweeter} than honey to my mouth! {taste: Heb. palate}● 104Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.● 105NUN. Thy word {is} a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. {lamp: or, candle}● 106I have sworn, and I will perform {it}, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.● 107I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.● 108Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.● 109My soul {is} continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.● 110The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.● 111Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they {are} the rejoicing of my heart.● 112I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, {even unto} the end. {to perform: Heb. to do}● 113SAMECH. I hate {vain} thoughts: but thy law do I love.● 114Thou {art} my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.● 115Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will 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 I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.● 118Thou hast trodden down 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. {puttest...: Heb. causest to cease}● 120My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.● 121AIN. I have done judgment and justice: 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 the word of thy righteousness.● 124Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.● 125I {am} thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.● 126{It is} time for {thee}, LORD, 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 entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.● 131I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.● 132Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name. {as thou...: Heb. according to the custom toward those, etc}● 133Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.● 134Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.● 135Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.● 136Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.● 137TZADDI. Righteous {art} thou, O LORD, and upright {are} thy judgments.● 138Thy testimonies {that} thou hast commanded {are} righteous and very faithful. {righteous: Heb. righteousness} {faithful: Heb. faithfulness}● 139My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. {consumed...: Heb. cut me off}● 140Thy word {is} very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. {pure: Heb. tried, or, refined}● 141I {am} small and despised: {yet} do not I forget thy precepts.● 142Thy righteousness {is} an everlasting righteousness, and thy law {is} the truth.● 143Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: {yet} thy commandments {are} my delights. {taken...: Heb. found me}● 144The righteousness of thy testimonies {is} everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.● 145KOPH. I cried with {my} whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.● 146I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. {and I...: or, that I may keep}● 147I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.● 148Mine eyes prevent the {night} watches, that I might meditate in thy word.● 149Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.● 150They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.● 151Thou {art} near, O LORD; and all thy commandments {are} truth.● 152Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.● 153RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.● 154Plead my cause, and deliver 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 LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments. {Great: or, Many}● 157Many {are} my persecutors and mine enemies; {yet} do I not decline from thy testimonies.● 158I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.● 159Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.● 160Thy word {is} true {from} the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments {endureth} for ever. {Thy word...: Heb. The beginning of thy word is true}● 161SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.● 162I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.● 163I hate and abhor lying: {but} thy law do I love.● 164Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.● 165Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. {nothing...: Heb. they shall have no stumblingblock}● 166LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.● 167My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.● 168I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways {are} before thee.● 169TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.● 170Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.● 171My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.● 172My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments {are} righteousness.● 173Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.● 174I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law {is} my delight.● 175Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.● 176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.●