Psalms 119

1Blessed are they that are perfectH8549 in the wayH1870, Who walkH1980 in the lawH8451 of Jehovah.2Blessed are they that keepH5341 his testimonies, That seekH1875 him with the whole heartH3820.3Yea, they do no unrighteousnessH5766; They walkH1980 in his waysH1870.4Thou hast commandedH6680us thy preceptsH6490, That we should observeH8104 them diligently.5Oh that my waysH1870 were establishedH3559 To observeH8104 thy statutesH2706!6ThenH227 shall I not be putH954 to shameH954, When I have respect unto all thy commandmentsH4687.7I will giveH3034 thanksH3034 unto thee with uprightnessH3476 of heartH3824, When I learnH3925 thy righteous judgmentsH4941.8I will observeH8104 thy statutesH2706: Oh forsakeH5800 me not utterly. ב BETH.9Wherewith shall a youngH5288 manH5288 cleanse his wayH734? By taking heedH8104 thereto according to thy wordH1697.10With my whole heartH3820 have I soughtH1875 thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandmentsH4687.11Thy wordH565 have I laid up in my heartH3820, That I might not sinH2398 against thee.12BlessedH1288 art thou, O Jehovah: TeachH3925 me thy statutesH2706.13With my lipsH8193 have I declared All the ordinancesH4941 of thy mouthH6310.14I have rejoicedH7797 in the wayH1870 of thy testimoniesH5715, As much as in all riches.15I will meditateH7878 on thy preceptsH6490, And have respect unto thy waysH734.16I will delight myself in thy statutesH2708: I will not forgetH7911 thy wordH1697. ג GIMEL.17DealH1580 bountifullyH1580 with thy servantH5650, that I may liveH2421; So will I observeH8104 thy wordH1697.18Open thou mine eyesH5869, that I may behold Wondrous thingsH6381 out of thy lawH8451.19I am a sojournerH1616 in the earthH776: HideH5641 not thy commandmentsH4687 from me.20My soulH5315 breaketh for the longing That it hath unto thine ordinancesH4941 at all timesH6256.21Thou hast rebukedH1605 the proud that are cursedH779, That do wander from thy commandmentsH4687.22Take awayH1556 from me reproachH2781 and contemptH937; For I have keptH5341 thy testimonies.23PrincesH8269 alsoH1571 satH3427 and talked against me; But thy servantH5650 did meditateH7878 on thy statutesH2706.24Thy testimonies alsoH1571 are my delightH8191 Andmy counsellors. ד DALETH.25My soulH5315 cleaveth unto the dustH6083: Quicken thou me according to thy wordH1697.26I declared my waysH1870, and thou answeredst me: TeachH3925 me thy statutesH2706.27Make me to understandH995 the wayH1870 of thy preceptsH6490: So shall I meditateH7878 on thy wondrous works.28My soulH5315 melteth for heaviness: Strengthen thou me according unto thy wordH1697.29RemoveH5493 from me the wayH1870 of falsehoodH8267; And grant me thy lawH8451 graciously.30I have chosenH977 the wayH1870 of faithfulnessH530: Thine ordinancesH4941 have I set before me.31I cleave unto thy testimoniesH5715: O Jehovah, putH954 me not to shameH954.32I will runH7323 the wayH1870 of thy commandmentsH4687, When thou shalt enlargeH7337 my heartH3820. ה HE.33TeachH3384 me, O Jehovah, the wayH1870 of thy statutesH2706; And I shall keepH5341 it unto the endH6118.34GiveH995 me understandingH995, and I shall keepH8104 thy lawH8451; Yea, I shall observeH8104 it with my whole heartH3820.35Make me to go in the pathH5410 of thy commandmentsH4687; For therein do I delightH2654.36InclineH5186 my heartH3820 unto thy testimoniesH5715, And not to covetousness.37Turn awayH5674 mine eyesH5869 from beholding vanityH7723, And quicken me in thy waysH1870.38Confirm unto thy servantH5650 thy wordH565, Whichis in order unto the fearH3374 of thee.39Turn awayH5674 my reproachH2781 whereof I am afraidH3025; For thine ordinancesH4941 are goodH2896.40Behold, I have longed after thy preceptsH6490: Quicken me in thy righteousnessH6666. ו VAV.41Let thy lovingkindnesses also comeH935 unto me, O Jehovah, Even thy salvationH8668, according to thy wordH565.42So shall I have an answerH6030 for him that reproacheth me; For I trustH982 in thy wordH1697.43And take not the wordH1697 of truthH571 utterly out of my mouthH6310; For I have hoped in thine ordinancesH4941.44So shall I observeH8104 thy lawH8451 continuallyH8548 For everH5703 and everH5703.45And I shall walkH1980 at liberty; For I have soughtH1875 thy preceptsH6490.46I will also speakH1696 of thy testimonies before kingsH4428, And shall not be putH954 to shameH954.47And I will delight myself in thy commandmentsH4687, Which I have lovedH157.48I will liftH5375 up my handsH3709 also unto thy commandmentsH4687, which I have lovedH157; And I will meditateH7878 on thy statutesH2706. ז ZAYIN.49RememberH2142 the wordH1697 unto thy servantH5650, Because thou hast made me to hopeH3176.50This is my comfortH5165 in my affliction; For thy wordH565 hath quickened me.51The proud have had me greatly in derision: Yethave I not swerved from thy lawH8451.52I have rememberedH2142 thine ordinancesH4941 of old, O Jehovah, And have comfortedH5162 myself.53Hot indignation hath takenH270 holdH270 upon me, Because of the wickedH7563 that forsakeH5800 thy lawH8451.54Thy statutesH2706 have beenH1961 my songsH2158 In the houseH1004 of my pilgrimage.55I have rememberedH2142 thy nameH8034, O Jehovah, in the nightH3915, And have observedH8104 thy lawH8451.56This I have had, Because I have keptH5341 thy preceptsH6490. ח HHETH.57Jehovah is my portionH2506: I have saidH559 that I would observeH8104 thy wordsH1697.58I entreated thy favor with my whole heartH3820: Be merciful unto me according to thy wordH565.59I thought on my waysH1870, And turnedH7725 my feetH7272 unto thy testimonies.60I made haste, and delayedH4102 not, To observeH8104 thy commandmentsH4687.61The cordsH2256 of the wickedH7563 have wrapped me round; ButI have not forgottenH7911 thy lawH8451.62At midnight I will riseH6965 to giveH3034 thanksH3034 unto thee Because of thy righteous ordinancesH4941.63I am a companionH2270 of all them that fearH3372 thee, And of them that observeH8104 thy preceptsH6490.64The earthH776, O Jehovah, is fullH4390 of thy lovingkindness: TeachH3925 me thy statutesH2706. ט TETH.65Thou hast dealt well with thy servantH5650, O Jehovah, according unto thy wordH1697.66TeachH3925 me goodH2898 judgment and knowledgeH1847; For I have believedH539 in thy commandmentsH4687.67Before I was afflicted I went astrayH7683; But nowH6258 I observeH8104 thy wordH565.68Thou art goodH2896, and doest goodH2896; TeachH3925 me thy statutesH2706.69The proud have forged a lieH8267 against me: With my whole heartH3820 will I keepH5341 thy preceptsH6490.70Their heartH3820 is as fatH2459 as grease; But I delight in thy lawH8451.71It is goodH2896 for me that I have been afflicted; That I may learnH3925 thy statutesH2706.72The lawH8451 of thy mouthH6310 is betterH2896 unto me Than thousandsH505 of goldH2091 and silverH3701. י YODH.73Thy handsH3027 have madeH6213 me and fashioned me: GiveH995 me understandingH995, that I may learnH3925 thy commandmentsH4687.74They that fearH3373 thee shall seeH7200 me and be gladH8055, Because I have hoped in thy wordH1697.75I knowH3045, O Jehovah, that thy judgmentsH4941 are righteous, And that in faithfulnessH530 thou hast afflicted me.76Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness beH1961 for my comfortH5162, According to thy wordH565 unto thy servantH5650.77Let thy tender mercies comeH935 unto me, that I may liveH2421; For thy lawH8451 is my delightH8191.78Let the proud be putH954 to shameH954; for they have overthrown me wrongfully: ButI will meditateH7878 on thy preceptsH6490.79Let those that fearH3373 thee turnH7725 unto me; And they shall knowH3045 thy testimonies.80Let my heartH3820 beH1961 perfectH8549 in thy statutesH2706, That I beH1961 not putH954 to shameH954. כ KAPH.81My soulH5315 fainteth for thy salvationH8668; ButI hopeH3176 in thy wordH1697.82Mine eyesH5869 failH3615 for thy word, While I sayH559, WhenH4970 wilt thou comfortH5162 me?83For I amH1961 becomeH1961 like a wine-skin in the smokeH7008; Yet do I not forgetH7911 thy statutesH2706.84HowH4100 many are the daysH3117 of thy servantH5650? When wilt thou execute judgmentH4941 on them that persecute me?85The proud have digged pits for me, Who are not according to thy lawH8451.86All thy commandmentsH4687 are faithful: They persecute me wrongfully; helpH5826 thou me.87They had almost consumed me upon earthH776; But I forsook not thy preceptsH6490.88Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; So shall I observeH8104 the testimonyH5715 of thy mouthH6310. ל LAMEDH.89For everH5769, O Jehovah, Thy wordH1697 is settled in heavenH8064.90Thy faithfulnessH530 is unto all generationsH1755: Thou hast establishedH3559 the earthH776, and it abideth.91They abide this dayH3117 according to thine ordinancesH4941; For all things are thy servantsH5650.92Unless thy lawH8451 had been my delightH8191, I should thenH227 have perishedH6 in mine affliction.93I will never forgetH7911 thy preceptsH6490; For with them thou hast quickened me.94I am thine, saveH3467 me; For I have soughtH1875 thy preceptsH6490.95The wickedH7563 have waited for me, to destroyH6 me; But I will considerH995 thy testimonies.96I have seenH7200 an endH7093 of all perfection; But thy commandmentH4687 is exceeding broadH7342. מ MEM.97Oh howH4100 loveH157 I thy lawH8451! It is my meditationH7881 all the dayH3117.98Thy commandmentsH4687 make me wiser than mine enemiesH341; For they are everH5769 with me.99I have more understanding than all my teachersH3925; For thy testimoniesH5715 are my meditationH7881.100I understandH995 more than the aged, Because I have keptH5341 thy preceptsH6490.101I have refrained my feetH7272 from every evilH7451 wayH734, That I might observeH8104 thy wordH1697.102I have not turnedH5493 asideH5493 from thine ordinancesH4941; For thou hast taughtH3384 me.103HowH4100 sweet are thy words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honeyH1706 to my mouthH6310!104Through thy preceptsH6490 I get understandingH995: ThereforeH3651 I hateH8130 every false wayH734. נ NUN.105Thy wordH1697 is a lampH5216 unto my feetH7272, And lightH216 unto my pathH5410.106I have swornH7650, and have confirmed it, That I will observeH8104 thy righteous ordinancesH4941.107I am afflicted veryH3966 much: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according unto thy wordH1697.108AcceptH7521, I beseech thee, the freewill-offerings of my mouthH6310, O Jehovah, And teachH3925 me thine ordinancesH4941.109My soulH5315 is continuallyH8548 in my handH3709; Yet do I not forgetH7911 thy lawH8451.110The wickedH7563 have laid a snareH6341 for me; Yet have I not goneH8582 astrayH8582 from thy preceptsH6490.111Thy testimoniesH5715 have I taken as a heritage for everH5769; For they are the rejoicing of my heartH3820.112I have inclinedH5186 my heartH3820 to perform thy statutesH2706 For everH5769, even unto the endH6118. ס SAMEKH.113I hateH8130 them that are of a double mind; But thy lawH8451 do I loveH157.114Thou art my hiding-place and my shieldH4043: I hopeH3176 in thy wordH1697.115DepartH5493 from me, ye evil-doers, That I may keepH5341 the commandmentsH4687 of my GodH430.116Uphold me according unto thy wordH565, that I may liveH2421; And let me not be ashamedH954 of my hopeH7664.117Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, And shall have respect unto thy statutesH2706 continuallyH8548.118Thou hast set at nought all them that err from thy statutesH2706; For their deceit is falsehoodH8267.119Thou puttest away all the wickedH7563 of the earthH776 like dross: ThereforeH3651 I loveH157 thy testimonies.120My fleshH1320 trembleth for fearH3372 of thee; And I am afraidH3372 of thy judgmentsH4941. ע AYIN.121I have done justiceH4941 and righteousnessH6664: Leave me not to mine oppressorsH6231.122Be suretyH6148 for thy servantH5650 for goodH2896: Let not the proud oppressH6231 me.123Mine eyesH5869 failH3615 for thy salvationH3444, And for thy righteous wordH565.124Deal with thy servantH5650 according unto thy lovingkindness, And teachH3925 me thy statutesH2706.125I am thy servantH5650; giveH995 me understandingH995, That I may knowH3045 thy testimonies.126It is timeH6256 for Jehovah to work; Forthey have madeH6213 void thy lawH8451.127ThereforeH3651 I loveH157 thy commandmentsH4687 Above goldH2091, yea, above fine goldH2091.128ThereforeH3651 I esteem allthypreceptsH6490 concerning allthingsto be right; AndI hateH8130 every false wayH734. פ PE.129Thy testimoniesH5715 are wonderful; ThereforeH3651 doth my soulH5315 keepH5341 them.130The opening of thy wordsH1697 giveth lightH215; It giveth understandingH995 unto the simple.131I openedH6473 wideH6473 my mouthH6310, and panted; For I longed for thy commandmentsH4687.132TurnH6437 thee unto me, and have mercy upon me, As thou usest to do unto those that loveH157 thy nameH8034.133EstablishH3559 my footstepsH6471 in thy wordH565; And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.134RedeemH6299 me from the oppressionH6233 of manH120: So will I observeH8104 thy preceptsH6490.135MakeH215 thy faceH6440 to shineH215 upon thy servantH5650; And teachH3925 me thy statutesH2706.136StreamsH6388 of waterH4325 run down mine eyesH5869, Because they observeH8104 not thy lawH8451. צ TSADHE.137RighteousH6662 art thou, O Jehovah, And uprightH3477 are thy judgmentsH4941.138Thou hast commandedH6680 thy testimonies in righteousnessH6664 And veryH3966 faithfulnessH530.139My zealH7068 hath consumed me, Because mine adversaries have forgottenH7911 thy wordsH1697.140Thy wordH565 is veryH3966 pure; Therefore thy servantH5650 loveth it.141I am small and despisedH959; Yet do I not forgetH7911 thy preceptsH6490.142Thy righteousnessH6666 is an everlasting righteousnessH6666, And thy lawH8451 is truthH571.143Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; Yet thy commandmentsH4687 are my delightH8191.144Thy testimoniesH5715 are righteous for everH5769: GiveH995 me understandingH995, and I shall liveH2421. ק QOPH.145I have calledH7121 with my whole heartH3820; answerH6030 me, O Jehovah: I will keepH5341 thy statutesH2706.146I have calledH7121 unto thee; saveH3467 me, And I shall observeH8104 thy testimonies.147I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and criedH7768: I hoped in thy wordsH1697.148Mine eyesH5869 anticipated the night-watches, That I might meditateH7878 on thy wordH565.149HearH8085 my voiceH6963 according unto thy lovingkindness: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thine ordinancesH4941.150They drawH7126 nigh that follow after wickednessH2154; They are farH7368 from thy lawH8451.151Thou art nigh, O Jehovah; And all thy commandmentsH4687 are truthH571.152Of old have I knownH3045 from thy testimonies, That thou hast foundedH3245 them for everH5769. ר RESH.153ConsiderH7200 mine affliction, and deliverH2502 me; For I do not forgetH7911 thy lawH8451.154Plead thou my causeH7379, and redeemH1350 me: Quicken me according to thy wordH565.155SalvationH3444 is farH7350 from the wickedH7563; For they seekH1875 not thy statutesH2706.156GreatH7227 are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah: Quicken me according to thine ordinancesH4941.157ManyH7227 are my persecutors and mine adversaries; Yethave I not swerved from thy testimoniesH5715.158I beheld the treacherousH898, and was grieved, Because they observeH8104 not thy wordH565.159ConsiderH7200 how I loveH157 thy preceptsH6490: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.160The sum of thy wordH1697 is truthH571; And every one of thy righteous ordinancesH4941 endureth for everH5769. ש SHIN.161PrincesH8269 have persecuted me without a causeH2600; But my heartH3820 standeth in aweH6342 of thy wordsH1697.162I rejoiceH7797 at thy wordH565, As one that findeth greatH7227 spoilH7998.163I hateH8130 and abhorH8581 falsehoodH8267; But thy lawH8451 do I loveH157.164SevenH7651 times a dayH3117 do I praiseH1984 thee, Because of thy righteous ordinancesH4941.165GreatH7227 peaceH7965 have they that loveH157 thy lawH8451; And they have no occasion of stumbling.166I have hoped for thy salvationH3444, O Jehovah, And have done thy commandmentsH4687.167My soulH5315 hath observedH8104 thy testimonies; And I loveH157 them exceedinglyH3966.168I have observedH8104 thy preceptsH6490 and thy testimonies; For all my waysH1870 are before thee. ת TAV.169Let my cryH7440 come near before thee, O Jehovah: GiveH995 me understandingH995 according to thy wordH1697.170Let my supplicationH8467 comeH935 before thee: DeliverH5337 me according to thy wordH565.171Let my lipsH8193 utter praiseH8416; For thou teachest me thy statutesH2706.172Let my tongueH3956 singH6030 of thy wordH565; For all thy commandmentsH4687 are righteousnessH6664.173Let thy handH3027 beH1961 ready to helpH5826 me; For I have chosenH977 thy preceptsH6490.174I have longed for thy salvationH3444, O Jehovah; And thy lawH8451 is my delightH8191.175Let my soulH5315 liveH2421, and it shall praiseH1984 thee; And let thine ordinancesH4941 helpH5826 me.176I have goneH8582 astrayH8582 like a lost sheepH7716; seekH1245 thy servantH5650; For I do not forgetH7911 thy commandmentsH4687.