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