Psalm 119
ALEPH
¹ Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh’s law.
² Blessed are those who keep his statutes, 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 statutes!
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 statutes. Don’t utterly forsake me.
BETH
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, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes.
¹³ With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.
¹⁴ I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.
¹⁵ I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways.
¹⁶ I will delight myself in your statutes. 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 ordinances 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 statutes.
²³ Though princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate on your statutes.
²⁴ Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors.
DALETH
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 statutes.
²⁷ Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate 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 ordinances before me.
³¹ I cling to your statutes, Yahweh. Don’t let me be disappointed.
³² I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free.
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³³ Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your statutes. 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 statutes, 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 ordinances are good.
⁴⁰ Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness.
VAV
⁴¹ Let your loving kindness also come to me, Yahweh, 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 ordinances.
⁴⁴ So I will obey your law continually, forever and ever.
⁴⁵ I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts.
⁴⁶ I will also speak of your statutes 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 meditate on your statutes.
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 ordinances of old, Yahweh, and have comforted myself.
⁵³ Indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked who forsake your law.
⁵⁴ Your statutes have been my songs in the house where I live.
⁵⁵ I have remembered your name, Yahweh, in the night, and I obey your law.
⁵⁶ This is my way, that I keep your precepts.
HETH
⁵⁷ Yahweh 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 statutes.
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 ordinances.
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, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes.
TETH
⁶⁵ You have treated your servant well, according to your word, Yahweh.
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 statutes.
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 statutes.
⁷² The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
YODH
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 Yahweh, 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 meditate on your precepts.
⁷⁹ Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.
⁸⁰ Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be disappointed.
KAPF
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 statutes.
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 statutes of your mouth.
LAMEDH
⁸⁹ Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever.
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 I will never 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 statutes.
⁹⁶ I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless.
MEM
⁹⁷ How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.
⁹⁸ Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.
⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.
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 ordinances, 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 ordinances.
¹⁰⁷ I am afflicted very much. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your word.
¹⁰⁸ Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. Yahweh, teach me your ordinances.
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 forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
¹¹² I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, 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 statutes continually.
¹¹⁸ You reject all those who stray from your statutes, 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 statutes.
¹²⁵ I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.
¹²⁶ It is time to act, Yahweh, 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.
PE
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 statutes.
¹³⁶ Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your law.
TZADHE
¹³⁷ You are righteous, Yahweh. Your judgments are upright.
¹³⁸ You have commanded your statutes 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 an everlasting righteousness. 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.
QOPH
¹⁴⁵ I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will keep your statutes.
¹⁴⁶ I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes.
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 meditate on your word.
¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your ordinances.
¹⁵⁰ They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law.
¹⁵¹ You are near, Yahweh. All your commandments are truth.
¹⁵² Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever.
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 statutes.
¹⁵⁶ Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh. Revive me according to your ordinances.
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, Yahweh, according to your loving kindness.
¹⁶⁰ All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.
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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 ordinances.
¹⁶⁵ Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.
¹⁶⁶ I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh. 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, Yahweh. 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 statutes.
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, Yahweh. Your law is my delight.
¹⁷⁵ Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me.
¹⁷⁶ I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.