Berean Standard Bible

Psalms 119

ALEPH

1BlessedH835 1 are those whose wayH1870 is blamelessH8549,who walkH1980 in the LawH8451 of the LORDH3068.2BlessedH835 are those who keepH5341 His testimoniesH5713and seek HimH1875 with allH3605 their heartH3820.3TheyH637 doH6466 noH3808 iniquityH5766;they walkH1980 in His waysH1870.4YouH859 have ordainedH6680 Your preceptsH6490,that we should keep themH8104 diligentlyH3966.5Oh, thatH305 my waysH1870 were committedH3559to keepingH8104 Your statutesH2706!6ThenH227 I would notH3808 be ashamedH954when I considerH5027 allH3605 Your commandmentsH4687.7I will praise YouH3034 with an uprightH3476 heartH3824when I learnH3925 Your righteousH6664 judgmentsH4941.8

BETH

I will keepH8104 Your statutesH2706; do notH408 utterlyH5704 H3966 forsake meH5800.

9HowH4100 can a young manH5288 keep his wayH734 pureH2135?By guarding itH8104 according to Your wordH1697.10With allH3605 my heartH3820 I have sought YouH1875;do notH408 let me strayH7686 from Your commandmentsH4687.11I have hiddenH6845 Your wordH565 in my heartH3820thatH4616 I might notH3808 sinH2398 against You.12Blessed areH1288 YouH859, O LORDH3068;teach meH3925 Your statutesH2706.13With my lipsH8193 I proclaimH5608allH3605 the judgmentsH4941 of Your mouthH6310.14I rejoiceH7797 in the wayH1870 of Your testimoniesH5715as much as inH5921 allH3605 richesH1952.15I will meditateH7878 on Your preceptsH6490and regardH5027 Your waysH734.

GIMEL

16I will delightH8173 in Your statutesH2708; I will notH3808 forgetH7911 Your wordH1697.

17Deal bountifullyH1580 withH5921 Your servantH5650,that I may liveH2421 and keepH8104 Your wordH1697.18OpenH1540 my eyesH5869 that I may seeH5027wondrous thingsH6381 from Your lawH8451.19IH595 am a strangerH1616 on the earthH776;do notH408 hideH5641 Your commandmentsH4687 from meH4480.20My soulH5315 is consumedH1638 with longingH8375forH413 Your judgmentsH4941 at allH3605 timesH6256.21You rebukeH1605 the arrogantH2086—the cursedH779 who strayH7686 from Your commandmentsH4687.22RemoveH1556 myH5921 scornH2781 and contemptH937,forH3588 I have keptH5341 Your testimoniesH5713.23ThoughH1571 rulersH8269 sitH3427 and slanderH1696 me,Your servantH5650 meditatesH7878 on Your statutesH2706.

DALETH

24Your testimoniesH5713 are indeedH1571 my delightH8191; they are myH6098 counselorsH582.

25My soulH5315 cleavesH1692 to the dustH6083;revive meH2421 according to Your wordH1697.26I recountedH5608 my waysH1870, and You answered meH6030;teach meH3925 Your statutesH2706.27Make clear to meH995 the wayH1870 of Your preceptsH6490;then I will meditateH7878 on Your wondersH6381.28My soulH5315 meltsH1811 with sorrowH8424;strengthen meH6965 according to Your wordH1697.29Remove meH5493 fromH4480 the pathH1870 of deceitH8267and graciously grant meH2603 Your lawH8451.30I have chosenH977 the wayH1870 of truthH530;I have setH7737 Your ordinances before meH4941.31I clingH1692 to Your testimoniesH5715, O LORDH3068;let me notH408 be put to shameH954.

HE

32I runH7323 in the pathH1870 of Your commandmentsH4687, forH3588 You will enlargeH7337 my heartH3820.

33Teach meH3384, O LORDH3068, the wayH1870 of Your statutesH2706,and I will keepH5341 them to the endH6118.234Give me understandingH995 that I may obeyH5341 Your lawH8451,and follow itH8104 with allH3605 my heartH3820.35Direct meH1869 in the pathH5410 of Your commandmentsH4687,forH3588 there I find delightH2654.36TurnH5186 my heartH3820 toH413 Your testimoniesH5715and notH408 toH413 covetous gainH1215.37TurnH5674 my eyesH5869 away from worthless thingsH7723;revive meH2421 with Your wordH1870.338EstablishH6965 Your wordH565 to Your servantH5650,to produceH834 reverence for YouH3374.39Turn awayH5674 the disgraceH2781 I dreadH3025,forH3588 Your judgmentsH4941 are goodH2896.

WAW

40HowH2009 I longH8373 for Your preceptsH6490! Revive meH2421 in Your righteousnessH6666.

41May Your loving devotionH2617 come to meH935, O LORDH3068,Your salvationH8668, according to Your promiseH565.42Then I can answer himH6030 who tauntsH2778,forH3588 I trustH982 in Your wordH1697.43NeverH408 H5704 H3966 takeH5337 Your wordH1697 of truthH571 from my mouthH6310,forH3588 I hopeH3176 in Your judgmentsH4941.44I will alwaysH8548 obeyH8104 Your lawH8451,foreverH5769 and everH5703.45And I will walkH1980 in freedomH7342,forH3588 I have soughtH1875 Your preceptsH6490.46I will speakH1696 of Your testimoniesH5713 beforeH5048 kingsH4428,and I will notH3808 be ashamedH954.47I delightH8173 in Your commandmentsH4687becauseH834 I love themH157.

ZAYIN

48I lift upH5375 my handsH3709 toH413 Your commandmentsH4687, whichH834 I loveH157, and I meditateH7878 on Your statutesH2706.

49RememberH2142 Your wordH1697 to Your servantH5650,uponH5921 whichH834 You have given me hopeH3176.50ThisH2063 is my comfortH5165 in afflictionH6040,thatH3588 Your promiseH565 has given me lifeH2421.51The arrogantH2086 utterlyH5704 H3966 deride meH3887,but I do notH3808 turnH5186 from Your lawH8451.52I rememberH2142 Your judgmentsH4941 of oldH5769, O LORDH3068,and in them I find comfortH5162.53RageH2152 has taken hold of meH270because of the wickedH7563 who rejectH5800 Your lawH8451.54Your statutesH2706 areH1961 songsH2158 to mein the houseH1004 of my pilgrimageH4033.55In the nightH3915, O LORDH3068, I rememberH2142 Your nameH8034,that I may keepH8104 Your lawH8451.

HETH

56ThisH2063 is my practiceH1961, forH3588 I obeyH5341 Your preceptsH6490.

57The LORDH3068 is my portionH2506;I have promisedH559 to keepH8104 Your wordsH1697.58I have soughtH2470 Your faceH6440 with allH3605 my heartH3820;be gracious to meH2603 according to Your promiseH565.59I consideredH2803 my waysH1870and turnedH7725 my stepsH7272 toH413 Your testimoniesH5713.60I hurriedH2363 withoutH3808 hesitatingH4102to keepH8104 Your commandmentsH4687.61Though the ropesH2256 of the wickedH7563 bind meH5749,I do notH3808 forgetH7911 Your lawH8451.62At midnightH2676 H3915 I riseH6965 to give You thanksH3034forH5921 Your righteousH6664 judgmentsH4941.63IH589 am a friendH2270 to allH3605 whoH834 fear YouH3372,and to those who keepH8104 Your preceptsH6490.

TETH

64The earthH776 is filledH4390 with Your loving devotionH2617, O LORDH3068; teach meH3925 Your statutesH2706.

65You areH6213 goodH2896 toH5973 Your servantH5650, O LORDH3068,according to Your wordH1697.66Teach meH3925 goodH2898 judgmentH2940 and knowledgeH1847,forH3588 I believeH539 in Your commandmentsH4687.67BeforeH2962 I was afflictedH6031, IH589 went astrayH7683;but nowH6258 I keepH8104 Your wordH565.68YouH859 are goodH2896, and You do what is goodH3190;teach meH3925 Your statutesH2706.69Though the arrogantH2086 have smeared meH2950 H5921 with liesH8267,IH589 keepH5341 Your preceptsH6490 with allH3605 my heartH3820.70Their heartsH3820 are callousH2954 and insensitiveH2459,4but IH589 delightH8173 in Your lawH8451.71It was goodH2895 for me toH3588 be afflictedH6031,thatH4616 I might learnH3925 Your statutesH2706.

YODH

72The lawH8451 from Your mouthH6310 is more preciousH2896 to me than thousandsH505 of pieces of goldH2091 and silverH3701.

73Your handsH3027 have made meH6213 and fashioned meH3559;give me understandingH995 to learnH3925 Your commandmentsH4687.74May those who fear YouH3373 see meH7200 and rejoiceH8055,forH3588 I have hopedH3176 in Your wordH1697.75I knowH3045, O LORDH3068, thatH3588 Your judgmentsH4941 are righteousH6664,and that in faithfulnessH530 You have afflicted meH6031.76MayH1961 Your loving devotionH2617 comfort meH5162, I prayH4994,according to Your promiseH565 to Your servantH5650.77May Your compassionH7356 come to meH935, that I may liveH2421,forH3588 Your lawH8451 is my delightH8191.78May the arrogantH2086 be put to shameH954 forH3588 subverting meH5791 with a lieH8267;IH589 will meditateH7878 on Your preceptsH6490.79May those who fear YouH3373 turnH7725 to me,those who knowH3045 Your testimoniesH5713.

KAPH

80May my heartH3820 beH1961 blamelessH8549 in Your statutesH2706, thatH4616 I may notH3808 be put to shameH954.

81My soulH5315 faintsH3615 for Your salvationH8668;I waitH3176 for Your wordH1697.82My eyesH5869 failH3615, looking for Your promiseH565;I askH559, “WhenH4970 will You comfort meH5162?”83ThoughH3588 I amH1961 like a wineskinH4997 dried up by smokeH7008,I do notH3808 forgetH7911 Your statutesH2706.84How manyH4100 daysH3117 must Your servant waitH5650?5WhenH4970 will You executeH6213 judgmentH4639 on my persecutorsH7291?85The arrogantH2086 have dugH3738 pitsH7882 for mein violation ofH3808 Your lawH8451.86AllH3605 Your commandmentsH4687 are faithfulH530;I am persecutedH7291 without causeH8267—help meH5826!87They almostH4592 wiped meH3615 from the earthH776,but IH589 have notH3808 forsakenH5800 Your preceptsH6490.

LAMEDH

88Revive meH2421 according to Your loving devotionH2617, that I may obeyH8104 the testimonyH5715 of Your mouthH6310.

89Your wordH1697, O LORDH3068, is everlastingH5769;it is firmly fixedH5324 in the heavensH8064.90Your faithfulnessH530 continues through allH1755 generationsH1755;You establishedH3559 the earthH776, and it enduresH5975.91Your ordinancesH4941 standH5975 to this dayH3117,6forH3588 all thingsH3605 are servants to YouH5650.92If Your lawH8451 had notH3884 been my delightH8191,thenH227 I would have perishedH6 in my afflictionH6040.93I will neverH5769 H3808 forgetH7911 Your preceptsH6490,forH3588 by them You have revived meH2421.94I amH589 Yours; save meH3467,forH3588 I have soughtH1875 Your preceptsH6490.95The wickedH7563 waitH6960 to destroyH6 me,but I will ponderH995 Your testimoniesH5713.

MEM

96I have seenH7200 a limitH7093 to allH3605 perfectionH8502, but Your commandmentH4687 is without limitH3966 H7342.

97Oh, howH4100 I loveH157 Your lawH8451!AllH3605 day longH3117 itH1931 is my meditationH7881.98Your commandmentsH4687 make me wiserH2449 than my enemiesH341,forH3588 theyH1931 are alwaysH5769 with me.99I have more insightH7919 than allH3605 my teachersH3925,forH3588 Your testimoniesH5715 are my meditationH7881.100I discernH995 more than the eldersH2205,forH3588 I obeyH5341 Your preceptsH6490.101I have keptH3607 my feetH7272 from everyH3605 evilH7451 pathH734,thatH4616 I may keepH8104 Your wordH1697.102I have notH3808 departedH5493 from Your ordinancesH4941,forH3588 You YourselfH859 have taught meH3384.103HowH4100 sweetH4452 are Your wordsH565 to my tasteH2441—sweeter than honeyH1706 in my mouthH6310!

NUN

104I gain understandingH995 from Your preceptsH6490; thereforeH5921 H3651 I hateH8130 everyH3605 falseH8267 wayH734.

105Your wordH1697 is a lampH5216 to my feetH7272and a lightH216 to my pathH5410.106I have swornH7650 and confirmedH6965that I will keepH8104 Your righteousH6664 judgmentsH4941.107I am severelyH5704 H3966 afflictedH6031, O LORDH3068;revive meH2421 through Your wordH1697.108AcceptH7521 the freewill offeringsH5071 of my mouthH6310, OH4994 LORDH3068,and teach meH3925 Your judgmentsH4941.109I constantlyH8548 take my lifeH5315 in my handsH3709,yet I do notH3808 forgetH7911 Your lawH8451.110The wickedH7563 have setH5414 a snareH6341 for me,but I have notH3808 strayedH8582 from Your preceptsH6490.111Your testimoniesH5715 are my heritage foreverH5157 H5769,forH3588 theyH1992 are the joyH8342 of my heartH3820.

SAMEKH

112I have inclinedH5186 my heartH3820 to performH6213 Your statutesH2706, evenH5769 to the very endH6118.

113The double-mindedH5588 I despiseH8130,but Your lawH8451 I loveH157.114YouH859 are my hiding placeH5643 and my shieldH4043;I put my hopeH3176 in Your wordH1697.115DepartH5493 from meH4480, you evildoersH7489,that I may obeyH5341 the commandmentsH4687 of my GodH430.116Sustain meH5564 as You promisedH565, that I may liveH2421;let me notH408 be ashamedH954 of my hopeH7664.117Uphold meH5582, and I will be savedH3467,that I may alwaysH8548 regardH8159 Your statutesH2706.118You rejectH5541 allH3605 who strayH7686 from Your statutesH2706,forH3588 their deceitfulnessH8649 is in vainH8267.119AllH3605 the wickedH7563 on earthH776 You discardH7673 like drossH5509;thereforeH3651 I loveH157 Your testimoniesH5713.

AYIN

120My fleshH1320 tremblesH5568 in awe of YouH6343; I stand in fearH3372 of Your judgmentsH4941.

121I have doneH6213 what is justH4941 and rightH6664;do notH1077 leave meH5117 to my oppressorsH6231.122EnsureH6148 Your servant’sH5650 well-beingH2896;do notH408 let the arrogantH2086 oppress meH6231.123My eyesH5869 failH3615, looking for Your salvationH3444,and for Your righteousH6664 promiseH565.124DealH6213 withH5973 Your servantH5650 according to Your loving devotionH2617,and teach meH3925 Your statutesH2706.125IH589 am Your servantH5650; give me understandingH995,that I may knowH3045 Your testimoniesH5713.126It is timeH6256 for the LORDH3068 to actH6213,for they have brokenH6565 Your lawH8451.127ThereforeH5921 H3651 I loveH157 Your commandmentsH4687 more than goldH2091,even the purest goldH6337.

PE

128ThereforeH5921 H3651 I admireH3474 allH3605 Your preceptsH6490 and hateH8130 everyH3605 falseH8267 wayH734.

129Wonderful areH6382 Your testimoniesH5715;thereforeH5921 H3651 IH5315 obey themH5341.130The unfoldingH6608 of Your wordsH1697 gives lightH215;it informsH995 the simpleH6612.131I openH6473 my mouthH6310 and pantH7602,longingH3588 H2968 for Your commandmentsH4687.132TurnH6437 to meH413 and show me mercyH2603,as You doH4941 to those who loveH157 Your nameH8034.133OrderH3559 my stepsH6471 in Your wordH565;let noH408 H3605 sinH205 ruleH7980 over me.134Redeem meH6299 from the oppressionH6233 of manH120,that I may keepH8104 Your preceptsH6490.135Make Your faceH6440 shineH215 upon Your servantH5650,and teachH3925 meH853 Your statutesH2706.

TZADE

136My eyesH5869 shedH3381 streamsH6388 of tearsH4325 becauseH5921 Your lawH8451 is notH3808 obeyedH8104.

137RighteousH6662 are YouH859, O LORDH3068,and uprightH3477 are Your judgmentsH4941.138The testimoniesH5713 You have laid downH6680 are righteousH6664and altogetherH3966 faithfulH530.139My zealH7068 has consumed meH6789becauseH3588 my foesH6862 forgetH7911 Your wordsH1697.140Your promiseH565 is completelyH3966 pureH6884;therefore Your servantH5650 loves itH157.141IH595 am lowlyH6810 and despisedH959,but I do notH3808 forgetH7911 Your preceptsH6490.142Your righteousnessH6666 H6664 is everlastingH5769and Your lawH8451 is trueH571.143TroubleH6862 and distressH4689 have found meH4672,but Your commandmentsH4687 are my delightH8191.

KOPH

144Your testimoniesH5715 are righteousH6664 foreverH5769. Give me understandingH995, that I may liveH2421.

145I callH7121 with allH3605 my heartH3820; answer meH6030, O LORDH3068!I will obeyH5341 Your statutesH2706.146I call to YouH7121; save meH3467,that I may keepH8104 Your testimoniesH5713.147I riseH6923 before dawnH5399 and cry for helpH7768;in Your wordH1697 I have put my hopeH3176.148My eyesH5869 anticipateH6923 the watches of nightH821,that I may meditateH7878 on Your wordH565.149HearH8085 my voiceH6963, O LORDH3068, according to Your loving devotionH2617;give me lifeH2421 according to Your justiceH4941.150Those who followH7291 after wickednessH2154 draw nearH7126;they are farH7368 from Your lawH8451.151YouH859 are nearH7138, O LORDH3068,and allH3605 Your commandmentsH4687 are trueH571.

RESH

152Long agoH6924 I learnedH3045 from Your testimoniesH5713 thatH3588 You have established themH3245 foreverH5769.

153LookH7200 upon my afflictionH6040 and rescue meH2502,forH3588 I have notH3808 forgottenH7911 Your lawH8451.154DefendH7378 my causeH7379 and redeem meH1350;revive meH2421 according to Your wordH565.155SalvationH3444 is farH7350 from the wickedH7563becauseH3588 they do notH3808 seekH1875 Your statutesH2706.156GreatH7227 are Your merciesH7356, O LORDH3068;revive meH2421 according to Your ordinancesH4941.157Though my persecutorsH7291 and foesH6862 are manyH7227,I have notH3808 turnedH5186 from Your testimoniesH5715.158I look onH7200 the faithlessH898 with loathingH6962becauseH834 they do notH3808 keepH8104 Your wordH565.159ConsiderH7200 howH3588 I loveH157 Your preceptsH6490, O LORDH3068;give me lifeH2421 according to Your loving devotionH2617.

SIN and SHIN

160The entiretyH7218 of Your wordH1697 is truthH571, and allH3605 Your righteousH6664 judgmentsH4941 endure foreverH5769.

161RulersH8269 persecute meH7291 without causeH2600,but my heartH3820 fears onlyH6342 Your wordH1697.162IH595 rejoiceH7797 inH5921 Your promiseH565like one who findsH4672 greatH7227 spoilH7998.163I hateH8130 and abhorH8581 falsehoodH8267,but Your lawH8451 I loveH157.164Seven timesH7651 a dayH3117 I praise YouH1984forH5921 Your righteousH6664 judgmentsH4941.165AbundantH7227 peace belongsH7965 to those who loveH157 Your lawH8451;nothingH369 can make them stumbleH4383.166I waitH7663 for Your salvationH3444, O LORDH3068,and I carry outH6213 Your commandmentsH4687.167IH5315 obeyH8104 Your testimoniesH5713and love themH157 greatlyH3966.

TAW

168I obeyH8104 Your preceptsH6490 and Your testimoniesH5713, forH3588 allH3605 my waysH1870 are before YouH5048.

169May my cryH7440 comeH7126 before YouH6440, O LORDH3068;give me understandingH995 according to Your wordH1697.170May my pleaH8467 comeH935 before YouH6440;rescue meH5337 according to Your promiseH565.171My lipsH8193 pour forthH5042 praiseH8416,forH3588 You teach meH3925 Your statutesH2706.172My tongueH3956 singsH6030 of Your wordH565,forH3588 allH3605 Your commandmentsH4687 are righteousH6664.173May Your handH3027 be readyH1961 to help meH5826,forH3588 I have chosenH977 Your preceptsH6490.174I longH8373 for Your salvationH3444, O LORDH3068,and Your lawH8451 is my delightH8191.175Let meH5315 liveH2421 to praise YouH1984;may Your judgmentsH4941 sustain meH5826.176I have strayedH8582 like a lostH6 sheepH7716;seekH1245 Your servantH5650, forH3588 I have notH3808 forgottenH7911 Your commandmentsH4687.

Notes

1. Psalms 119:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem of twenty-two stanzas, following the letters of the Hebrew alphabet; within a stanza, each verse begins with the same Hebrew letter. ↩
2. Psalms 119:33 Or keep them as my reward ↩
3. Psalms 119:37 Two MT manuscripts and DSS; most MT manuscripts in Your way ↩
4. Psalms 119:70 Or fat ↩
5. Psalms 119:84 Or How many are the days of Your servant? ↩
6. Psalms 119:91 Or They stand this day according to Your ordinances ↩