Psalm 119
¹ [Aleph.] O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah,
² O the happiness of those keeping His testimonies, With the whole heart they seek Him.
³ Yea, they have not done iniquity, In His ways they have walked.
⁴ Thou hast commanded us Thy precepts to keep diligently,
⁵ O that my ways were prepared to keep Thy statutes,
⁶ Then I am not ashamed In my looking unto all Thy commands.
⁷ I confess Thee with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Thy righteousness.
⁸ Thy statutes I keep, leave me not utterly!
⁹ [Beth.] With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe — according to Thy word.
¹⁰ With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands.
¹¹ In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.
¹² Blessed [art] Thou, O Jehovah, teach me Thy statutes.
¹³ With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Thy mouth.
¹⁴ In the way of Thy testimonies I have joyed, As over all wealth.
¹⁵ In Thy precepts I meditate, And I behold attentively Thy paths.
¹⁶ In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word.
¹⁷ [Gimel.] Confer benefits on Thy servant, I live, and I keep Thy word.
¹⁸ Uncover mine eyes, and I behold wonders out of Thy law.
¹⁹ A sojourner I [am] on earth, Hide not from me Thy commands.
²⁰ Broken hath my soul for desire Unto Thy judgments at all times.
²¹ Thou hast rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Thy commands.
²² Remove from me reproach and contempt, For Thy testimonies I have kept.
²³ Princes also sat — against me they spoke, Thy servant doth meditate in Thy statutes,
²⁴ Thy testimonies also [are] my delight, The men of my counsel!
²⁵ [Daleth.] Cleaved to the dust hath my soul, Quicken me according to Thy word.
²⁶ My ways I have recounted, And Thou answerest me, teach me Thy statutes,
²⁷ The way of Thy precepts cause me to understand, And I meditate in Thy wonders.
²⁸ My soul hath dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Thy word.
²⁹ The way of falsehood turn aside from me And with Thy law favour me.
³⁰ The way of faithfulness I have chosen, Thy judgments I have compared,
³¹ I have adhered to Thy testimonies, O Jehovah, put me not to shame.
³² The way of Thy commands I run, For Thou dost enlarge my heart!
³³ [He.] Show me, O Jehovah, the way of Thy statutes, And I keep it — [to] the end.
³⁴ Cause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the whole heart.
³⁵ Cause me to tread in the path of Thy commands, For in it I have delighted.
³⁶ Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, And not unto dishonest gain.
³⁷ Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me.
³⁸ Establish to Thy servant Thy saying, That [is] concerning Thy fear.
³⁹ Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Thy judgments [are] good.
⁴⁰ Lo, I have longed for Thy precepts, In Thy righteousness quicken Thou me,
⁴¹ [Waw.] And meet me doth Thy kindness, O Jehovah, Thy salvation according to Thy saying.
⁴² And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For I have trusted in Thy word.
⁴³ And Thou takest not utterly away From my mouth the word of truth, Because for Thy judgment I have hoped.
⁴⁴ And I keep Thy law continually, To the age and for ever.
⁴⁵ And I walk habitually in a broad place, For Thy precepts I have sought.
⁴⁶ And I speak of Thy testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed.
⁴⁷ And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved,
⁴⁸ And I lift up my hands unto Thy commands, That I have loved, And I do meditate on Thy statutes!
⁴⁹ [Zain.] Remember the word to Thy servant, On which Thou hast caused me to hope.
⁵⁰ This [is] my comfort in mine affliction, That Thy saying hath quickened me.
⁵¹ The proud have utterly scorned me, From Thy law I have not turned aside.
⁵² I remembered Thy judgments of old, O Jehovah, And I comfort myself.
⁵³ Horror hath seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Thy law.
⁵⁴ Songs have been to me Thy statutes, In the house of my sojournings.
⁵⁵ I have remembered in the night Thy name, O Jehovah, And I do keep Thy law.
⁵⁶ This hath been to me, That Thy precepts I have kept!
⁵⁷ [Cheth.] My portion [is] Jehovah; I have said — to keep Thy words,
⁵⁸ I appeased Thy face with the whole heart, Favour me according to Thy saying.
⁵⁹ I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies.
⁶⁰ I have made haste, And delayed not, to keep Thy commands.
⁶¹ Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, Thy law I have not forgotten.
⁶² At midnight I rise to give thanks to Thee, For the judgments of Thy righteousness.
⁶³ A companion I [am] to all who fear Thee, And to those keeping Thy precepts.
⁶⁴ Of Thy kindness, O Jehovah, the earth is full, Thy statutes teach Thou me!
⁶⁵ [Teth.] Good Thou didst with Thy servant, O Jehovah, According to Thy word.
⁶⁶ The goodness of reason and knowledge teach me, For in Thy commands I have believed.
⁶⁷ Before I am afflicted, I — I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept.
⁶⁸ Good Thou [art], and doing good, Teach me Thy statutes.
⁶⁹ Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts.
⁷⁰ Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I — in Thy law I have delighted.
⁷¹ Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes.
⁷² Better to me [is] the law of Thy mouth Than thousands of gold and silver!
⁷³ [Yod.] Thy hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Thy commands.
⁷⁴ Those fearing Thee see me and rejoice, Because for Thy word I have hoped.
⁷⁵ I have known, O Jehovah, That righteous [are] Thy judgments, And [in] faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me.
⁷⁶ Let, I pray Thee, Thy kindness be to comfort me, According to Thy saying to Thy servant.
⁷⁷ Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law [is] my delight.
⁷⁸ Ashamed are the proud, For [with] falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate in Thy precepts.
⁷⁹ Those fearing Thee turn back to me, And those knowing Thy testimonies.
⁸⁰ My heart is perfect in Thy statutes, So that I am not ashamed.
⁸¹ [Kaph.] Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped.
⁸² Consumed have been mine eyes for Thy word, Saying, ‘When doth it comfort me?’
⁸³ For I have been as a bottle in smoke, Thy statutes I have not forgotten.
⁸⁴ How many [are] the days of Thy servant? When dost Thou execute Against my pursuers judgment?
⁸⁵ The proud have digged for me pits, That [are] not according to Thy law.
⁸⁶ All Thy commands [are] faithfulness, [With] falsehood they have pursued me, Help Thou me.
⁸⁷ Almost consumed me on earth have they, And I — I have not forsaken Thy precepts.
⁸⁸ According to Thy kindness quicken Thou me, And I keep the testimony of Thy mouth!
⁸⁹ [Lamed.] To the age, O Jehovah, Thy word is set up in the heavens.
⁹⁰ To all generations Thy faithfulness, Thou didst establish earth, and it standeth.
⁹¹ According to Thine ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole [are] Thy servants.
⁹² Unless Thy law [were] my delights, Then had I perished in mine affliction.
⁹³ To the age I forget not Thy precepts, For by them Thou hast quickened me.
⁹⁴ I [am] Thine, save Thou me, For Thy precepts I have sought.
⁹⁵ Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand.
⁹⁶ Of all perfection I have seen an end, Broad [is] Thy command — exceedingly!
⁹⁷ [Mem.] O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it [is] my meditation.
⁹⁸ Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it [is] before me to the age.
⁹⁹ Above all my teachers I have acted wisely. For Thy testimonies [are] my meditation.
¹⁰⁰ Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept.
¹⁰¹ From every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word.
¹⁰² From Thy judgments I turned not aside, For Thou — Thou hast directed me.
¹⁰³ How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth.
¹⁰⁴ From Thy precepts I have understanding, Therefore I have hated every false path!
¹⁰⁵ [Nun.] A lamp to my foot [is] Thy word, And a light to my path.
¹⁰⁶ I have sworn, and I confirm [it], To keep the judgments of Thy righteousness.
¹⁰⁷ I have been afflicted very much, O Jehovah, quicken me, according to Thy word.
¹⁰⁸ Free-will-offerings of my mouth, Accept, I pray Thee, O Jehovah, And Thy judgments teach Thou me.
¹⁰⁹ My soul [is] in my hand continually, And Thy law I have not forgotten.
¹¹⁰ The wicked have laid a snare for me, And from thy precepts I wandered not.
¹¹¹ I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart [are] they.
¹¹² I have inclined my heart To do Thy statutes, to the age — [to] the end!
¹¹³ [Samech.] Doubting ones I have hated, And Thy law I have loved.
¹¹⁴ My hiding place and my shield [art] Thou, For Thy word I have hoped.
¹¹⁵ Turn aside from me, ye evil-doers, And I keep the commands of my God.
¹¹⁶ Sustain me according to Thy saying, And I live, and Thou puttest me not to shame Because of my hope.
¹¹⁷ Support Thou me, and I am saved, And I look on Thy statutes continually.
¹¹⁸ Thou hast trodden down All going astray from Thy statutes, For falsehood [is] their deceit.
¹¹⁹ Dross! Thou hast caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Thy testimonies.
¹²⁰ Trembled from Thy fear hath my flesh, And from Thy judgments I have been afraid!
¹²¹ [Ain.] I have done judgment and righteousness, Leave me not to mine oppressors.
¹²² Make sure Thy servant for good, Let not the proud oppress me.
¹²³ Mine eyes have been consumed for Thy salvation. And for the saying of Thy righteousness.
¹²⁴ Do with Thy servant according to Thy kindness. And Thy statutes teach Thou me.
¹²⁵ Thy servant [am] I — cause me to understand, And I know Thy testimonies.
¹²⁶ Time for Jehovah to work! they have made void Thy law.
¹²⁷ Therefore I have loved Thy commands Above gold — even fine gold.
¹²⁸ Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, Every path of falsehood I have hated!
¹²⁹ [Pe.] Wonderful [are] Thy testimonies, Therefore hath my soul kept them.
¹³⁰ The opening of Thy words enlighteneth, Instructing the simple.
¹³¹ My mouth I have opened, yea, I pant, For, for Thy commands I have longed.
¹³² Look unto me, and favour me, As customary to those loving Thy name.
¹³³ My steps establish by Thy saying, And any iniquity doth not rule over me.
¹³⁴ Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Thy precepts,
¹³⁵ Thy face cause to shine on Thy servant, And teach me Thy statutes.
¹³⁶ Rivulets of waters have come down mine eyes, Because they have not kept Thy law!
¹³⁷ [Tzade.] Righteous [art] Thou, O Jehovah, And upright [are] Thy judgments.
¹³⁸ Thou hast appointed Thy testimonies, Righteous and exceeding faithful,
¹³⁹ Cut me off hath my zeal, For mine adversaries forgot Thy words.
¹⁴⁰ Tried [is] thy saying exceedingly, And Thy servant hath loved it.
¹⁴¹ Small I [am], and despised, Thy precepts I have not forgotten.
¹⁴² Thy righteousness [is] righteousness to the age, And Thy law [is] truth.
¹⁴³ Adversity and distress have found me, Thy commands [are] my delights.
¹⁴⁴ The righteousness of Thy testimonies [is] to Cause me to understand, and I live!
¹⁴⁵ [Koph.] I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O Jehovah, Thy statutes I keep,
¹⁴⁶ I have called Thee, save Thou me, And I do keep Thy testimonies.
¹⁴⁷ I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, For Thy word I have hoped.
¹⁴⁸ Mine eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate in Thy saying.
¹⁴⁹ My voice hear, according to Thy kindness, Jehovah, according to Thy judgment quicken me.
¹⁵⁰ Near have been my wicked pursuers, From Thy law they have been far off.
¹⁵¹ Near [art] Thou, O Jehovah, And all Thy commands [are] truth.
¹⁵² Of old I have known Thy testimonies, That to the age Thou hast founded them!
¹⁵³ [Resh.] See my affliction, and deliver Thou me, For Thy law I have not forgotten.
¹⁵⁴ Plead my plea, and redeem me, According to Thy saying quicken me.
¹⁵⁵ Far from the wicked [is] salvation, For Thy statutes they have not sought.
¹⁵⁶ Thy mercies [are] many, O Jehovah, According to Thy judgments quicken me.
¹⁵⁷ Many [are] my pursuers, and adversaries, From Thy testimonies I have not turned aside.
¹⁵⁸ I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because Thy saying they have not kept.
¹⁵⁹ See, for thy precepts I have loved, Jehovah, According to Thy kindness quicken me.
¹⁶⁰ The sum of Thy word [is] truth, And to the age [is] every judgment of Thy righteousness!
¹⁶¹ [Shin.] Princes have pursued me without cause, And because of Thy words was my heart afraid.
¹⁶² I do rejoice concerning Thy saying, As one finding abundant spoil.
¹⁶³ Falsehood I have hated, yea I abominate [it], Thy law I have loved.
¹⁶⁴ Seven [times] in a day I have praised Thee, Because of the judgments of Thy righteousness.
¹⁶⁵ Abundant peace have those loving Thy law, And they have no stumbling-block.
¹⁶⁶ I have waited for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy commands I have done.
¹⁶⁷ Kept hath my soul Thy testimonies, And I do love them exceedingly.
¹⁶⁸ I have kept Thy precepts and Thy testimonies, For all my ways are before Thee!
¹⁶⁹ [Taw.] My loud cry cometh near before Thee, O Jehovah; According to Thy word cause me to understand.
¹⁷⁰ My supplication cometh in before Thee, According to Thy saying deliver Thou me.
¹⁷¹ My lips do utter praise, For Thou dost teach me Thy statutes.
¹⁷² My tongue doth sing of Thy saying, For all Thy commands [are] righteous.
¹⁷³ Thy hand is for a help to me, For Thy commands I have chosen.
¹⁷⁴ I have longed for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy law [is] my delight.
¹⁷⁵ My soul liveth, and it doth praise Thee, And Thy judgments do help me.
¹⁷⁶ I wandered as a lost sheep, seek Thy servant, For Thy precepts I have not forgotten!