Psalm 119

Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

ALEPH

¹ Blessed ¹ are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.

² Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.

³ They do no iniquity; they walk in His ways.

⁴ You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.

⁵ Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!

⁶ Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.

⁷ I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.

⁸ I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.

BETH

⁹ How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.

¹⁰ With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.

¹¹ I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.

¹² Blessed are You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.

¹³ With my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth.

¹⁴ I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches.

¹⁵ I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways.

¹⁶ I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.

GIMEL

¹⁷ Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word.

¹⁸ Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.

¹⁹ I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.

²⁰ My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.

²¹ You rebuke the arrogant— the cursed who stray from Your commandments.

²² Remove my scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.

²³ Though rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.

²⁴ Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.

DALETH

²⁵ My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.

²⁶ I recounted my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes.

²⁷ Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders.

²⁸ My soul melts with sorrow; strengthen me according to Your word.

²⁹ Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.

³⁰ I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.

³¹ I cling to Your testimonies, O LORD; let me not be put to shame.

³² I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.

HE

³³ Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end.²

³⁴ Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.

³⁵ Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.

³⁶ Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.

³⁷ Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.³

³⁸ Establish Your word to Your servant, to produce reverence for You.

³⁹ Turn away the disgrace I dread, for Your judgments are good.

⁴⁰ How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.

WAW

⁴¹ May Your loving devotion come to me, O LORD, Your salvation, according to Your promise.

⁴² Then I can answer him who taunts, for I trust in Your word.

⁴³ Never take Your word of truth from my mouth, for I hope in Your judgments.

⁴⁴ I will always obey Your law, forever and ever.

⁴⁵ And I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts.

⁴⁶ I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.

⁴⁷ I delight in Your commandments because I love them.

⁴⁸ I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.

ZAYIN

⁴⁹ Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope.

⁵⁰ This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life.

⁵¹ The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.

⁵² I remember Your judgments of old, O LORD, and in them I find comfort.

⁵³ Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law.

⁵⁴ Your statutes are songs to me in the house of my pilgrimage.

⁵⁵ In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.

⁵⁶ This is my practice, for I obey Your precepts.

HETH

⁵⁷ The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.

⁵⁸ I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise.

⁵⁹ I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.

⁶⁰ I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.

⁶¹ Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law.

⁶² At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments.

⁶³ I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.

⁶⁴ The earth is filled with Your loving devotion, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.

TETH

⁶⁵ You are good to Your servant, O LORD, according to Your word.

⁶⁶ Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.

⁶⁷ Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.

⁶⁸ You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.

⁶⁹ Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.

⁷⁰ Their hearts are callous and insensitive,⁴ but I delight in Your law.

⁷¹ It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.

⁷² The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.

YODH

⁷³ Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.

⁷⁴ May those who fear You see me and rejoice, for I have hoped in Your word.

⁷⁵ I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

⁷⁶ May Your loving devotion comfort me, I pray, according to Your promise to Your servant.

⁷⁷ May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.

⁷⁸ May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.

⁷⁹ May those who fear You turn to me, those who know Your testimonies.

⁸⁰ May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.

KAPH

⁸¹ My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.

⁸² My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”

⁸³ Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.

⁸⁴ How many days must Your servant wait?⁵ When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?

⁸⁵ The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.

⁸⁶ All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!

⁸⁷ They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts.

⁸⁸ Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth.

LAMEDH

⁸⁹ Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.

⁹⁰ Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.

⁹¹ Your ordinances stand to this day,⁶ for all things are servants to You.

⁹² If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.

⁹³ I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.

⁹⁴ I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts.

⁹⁵ The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.

⁹⁶ I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.

MEM

⁹⁷ Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.

⁹⁸ Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.

⁹⁹ I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.

¹⁰⁰ I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.

¹⁰¹ I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.

¹⁰² I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me.

¹⁰³ How sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in my mouth!

¹⁰⁴ I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.

NUN

¹⁰⁵ Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

¹⁰⁶ I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.

¹⁰⁷ I am severely afflicted, O LORD; revive me through Your word.

¹⁰⁸ Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me Your judgments.

¹⁰⁹ I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law.

¹¹⁰ The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.

¹¹¹ Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

¹¹² I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, even to the very end.

SAMEKH

¹¹³ The double-minded I despise, but Your law I love.

¹¹⁴ You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.

¹¹⁵ Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.

¹¹⁶ Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; let me not be ashamed of my hope.

¹¹⁷ Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes.

¹¹⁸ You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.

¹¹⁹ All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.

¹²⁰ My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.

AYIN

¹²¹ I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.

¹²² Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.

¹²³ My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.

¹²⁴ Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion, and teach me Your statutes.

¹²⁵ I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.

¹²⁶ It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.

¹²⁷ Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.

¹²⁸ Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.

PE

¹²⁹ Wonderful are Your testimonies; therefore I obey them.

¹³⁰ The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.

¹³¹ I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.

¹³² Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name.

¹³³ Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.

¹³⁴ Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts.

¹³⁵ Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.

¹³⁶ My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.

TZADE

¹³⁷ Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.

¹³⁸ The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful.

¹³⁹ My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.

¹⁴⁰ Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.

¹⁴¹ I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.

¹⁴² Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.

¹⁴³ Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.

¹⁴⁴ Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.

KOPH

¹⁴⁵ I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes.

¹⁴⁶ I call to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies.

¹⁴⁷ I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.

¹⁴⁸ My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word.

¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion; give me life according to Your justice.

¹⁵⁰ Those who follow after wickedness draw near; they are far from Your law.

¹⁵¹ You are near, O LORD, and all Your commandments are true.

¹⁵² Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You have established them forever.

RESH

¹⁵³ Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law.

¹⁵⁴ Defend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word.

¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes.

¹⁵⁶ Great are Your mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your ordinances.

¹⁵⁷ Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.

¹⁵⁸ I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.

¹⁵⁹ Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.

¹⁶⁰ The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.

SIN and SHIN

¹⁶¹ Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.

¹⁶² I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil.

¹⁶³ I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.

¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day I praise You for Your righteous judgments.

¹⁶⁵ Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your law; nothing can make them stumble.

¹⁶⁶ I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, and I carry out Your commandments.

¹⁶⁷ I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly.

¹⁶⁸ I obey Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You.

TAW

¹⁶⁹ May my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.

¹⁷⁰ May my plea come before You; rescue me according to Your promise.

¹⁷¹ My lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes.

¹⁷² My tongue sings of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.

¹⁷³ May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.

¹⁷⁴ I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.

¹⁷⁵ Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me.

¹⁷⁶ I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.