Psalms 119

Meditations and prayers relating to the law of God.

¹Blessed are they that are perfect in the way, Who walk in the law of Jehovah.

²Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, That seek him with the whole heart.

³Yea, they do no unrighteousness; They walk in his ways.

⁴Thou hast commanded [us] thy precepts, That we should observe them diligently.

⁵Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes!

⁶Then shall I not be put to shame, When I have respect unto all thy commandments.

⁷I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart, When I learn thy righteous judgments.

⁸I will observe thy statutes: Oh forsake me not utterly. BETH.

⁹Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed [thereto] according to thy word.

¹⁰With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.

¹¹Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.

¹²Blessed art thou, O Jehovah: Teach me thy statutes.

¹³With my lips have I declared All the ordinances of thy mouth.

¹⁴I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, As much as in all riches.

¹⁵I will meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.

¹⁶I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. GIMEL.

¹⁷Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live; So will I observe thy word.

¹⁸Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold Wondrous things out of thy law.

¹⁹I am a sojourner in the earth: Hide not thy commandments from me.

²⁰My soul breaketh for the longing That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times.

²¹Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, That do wander from thy commandments.

²²Take away from me reproach and contempt; For I have kept thy testimonies.

²³Princes also sat and talked against me; [But] thy servant did meditate on thy statutes.

²⁴Thy testimonies also are my delight [And] my counsellors. DALETH.

²⁵My soul cleaveth unto the dust: Quicken thou me according to thy word.

²⁶I declared my ways, and thou answeredst me: Teach me thy statutes.

²⁷Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: So shall I meditate on thy wondrous works.

²⁸My soul melteth for heaviness: Strengthen thou me according unto thy word.

²⁹Remove from me the way of falsehood; And grant me thy law graciously.

³⁰I have chosen the way of faithfulness: Thine ordinances have I set [before me].

³¹I cleave unto thy testimonies: O Jehovah, put me not to shame.

³²I will run the way of thy commandments, When thou shalt enlarge my heart. HE.

³³Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes; And I shall keep it unto the end.

³⁴Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

³⁵Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; For therein do I delight.

³⁶Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, And not to covetousness.

³⁷Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy ways.

³⁸Confirm unto thy servant thy word, Which [is in order] unto the fear of thee.

³⁹Turn away my reproach whereof I am afraid; For thine ordinances are good.

⁴⁰Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness. VAV.

⁴¹Let thy lovingkindnesses also come unto me, O Jehovah, Even thy salvation, according to thy word.

⁴²So shall I have an answer for him that reproacheth me; For I trust in thy word.

⁴³And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; For I have hoped in thine ordinances.

⁴⁴So shall I observe thy law continually For ever and ever.

⁴⁵And I shall walk at liberty; For I have sought thy precepts.

⁴⁶I will also speak of thy testimonies before kings, And shall not be put to shame.

⁴⁷And I will delight myself in thy commandments, Which I have loved.

⁴⁸I will lift up my hands also unto thy commandments, which I have loved; And I will meditate on thy statutes. ZAYIN.

⁴⁹Remember the word unto thy servant, Because thou hast made me to hope.

⁵⁰This is my comfort in my affliction; For thy word hath quickened me.

⁵¹The proud have had me greatly in derision: [Yet] have I not swerved from thy law.

⁵²I have remembered thine ordinances of old, O Jehovah, And have comforted myself.

⁵³Hot indignation hath taken hold upon me, Because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

⁵⁴Thy statutes have been my songs In the house of my pilgrimage.

⁵⁵I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, And have observed thy law.

⁵⁶This I have had, Because I have kept thy precepts. HHETH.

⁵⁷Jehovah is my portion: I have said that I would observe thy words.

⁵⁸I entreated thy favor with my whole heart: Be merciful unto me according to thy word.

⁵⁹I thought on my ways, And turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

⁶⁰I made haste, and delayed not, To observe thy commandments.

⁶¹The cords of the wicked have wrapped me round; [But] I have not forgotten thy law.

⁶²At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee Because of thy righteous ordinances.

⁶³I am a companion of all them that fear thee, And of them that observe thy precepts.

⁶⁴The earth, O Jehovah, is full of thy lovingkindness: Teach me thy statutes. TETH.

⁶⁵Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Jehovah, according unto thy word.

⁶⁶Teach me good judgment and knowledge; For I have believed in thy commandments.

⁶⁷Before I was afflicted I went astray; But now I observe thy word.

⁶⁸Thou art good, and doest good; Teach me thy statutes.

⁶⁹The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.

⁷⁰Their heart is as fat as grease; But I delight in thy law.

⁷¹It is good for me that I have been afflicted; That I may learn thy statutes.

⁷²The law of thy mouth is better unto me Than thousands of gold and silver. YODH.

⁷³Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

⁷⁴They that fear thee shall see me and be glad, Because I have hoped in thy word.

⁷⁵I know, O Jehovah, that thy judgments are righteous, And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.

⁷⁶Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness be for my comfort, According to thy word unto thy servant.

⁷⁷Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; For thy law is my delight.

⁷⁸Let the proud be put to shame; For they have overthrown me wrongfully: [But] I will meditate on thy precepts.

⁷⁹Let those that fear thee turn unto me; And they shall know thy testimonies.

⁸⁰Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, That I be not put to shame. KAPH.

⁸¹My soul fainteth for thy salvation; [But] I hope in thy word.

⁸²Mine eyes fail for thy word, While I say, When wilt thou comfort me?

⁸³For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.

⁸⁴How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

⁸⁵The proud have digged pits for me, Who are not according to thy law.

⁸⁶All thy commandments are faithful: They persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.

⁸⁷They had almost consumed me upon earth; But I forsook not thy precepts. LAMEDH.

⁸⁸Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; So shall I observe the testimony of thy mouth.

⁸⁹For ever, O Jehovah, Thy word is settled in heaven.

⁹⁰Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.

⁹¹They abide this day according to thine ordinances; For all things are thy servants.

⁹²Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

⁹³I will never forget thy precepts; For with them thou hast quickened me.

⁹⁴I am thine, save me; For I have sought thy precepts.

⁹⁵The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me; [But] I will consider thy testimonies. MEM.

⁹⁶I have seen an end of all perfection; [But] thy commandment is exceeding broad.

⁹⁷Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.

⁹⁸Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; For they are ever with me.

⁹⁹I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thy testimonies are my meditation.

¹⁰⁰I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept thy precepts.

¹⁰¹I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word.

¹⁰²I have not turned aside from thine ordinances; For thou hast taught me.

¹⁰³How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [Yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth!

¹⁰⁴Through thy precepts I get understanding: Therefore I hate every false way. NUN.

¹⁰⁵Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.

¹⁰⁶I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will observe thy righteous ordinances.

¹⁰⁷I am afflicted very much: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according unto thy word.

¹⁰⁸Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, O Jehovah, And teach me thine ordinances.

¹⁰⁹My soul is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law.

¹¹⁰The wicked have laid a snare for me; Yet have I not gone astray from thy precepts.

¹¹¹Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; For they are the rejoicing of my heart.

¹¹²I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes For ever, even unto the end. SAMEKH.

¹¹³I hate them that are of a double mind; But thy law do I love.

¹¹⁴Thou art my hiding-place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

¹¹⁵Depart from me, ye evil-doers, That I may keep the commandments of my God.

¹¹⁶Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live; And let me not be ashamed of my hope.

¹¹⁷Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.

¹¹⁸Thou hast set at nought all them that err from thy statutes; For their deceit is falsehood.

¹¹⁹Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: Therefore I love thy testimonies.

¹²⁰My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; And I am afraid of thy judgments. AYIN.

¹²¹I have done justice and righteousness: Leave me not to mine oppressors.

¹²²Be surety for thy servant for good: Let not the proud oppress me.

¹²³Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, And for thy righteous word.

¹²⁴Deal with thy servant according unto thy lovingkindness, And teach me thy statutes.

¹²⁵I am thy servant; give me understanding, That I may know thy testimonies.

¹²⁶It is time for Jehovah to work; [For] they have made void thy law.

¹²⁷Therefore I love thy commandments Above gold, yea, above fine gold.

¹²⁸Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts concerning all [things] to be right; [And] I hate every false way. PE.

¹²⁹Thy testimonies are wonderful; Therefore doth my soul keep them.

¹³⁰The opening of thy words giveth light; It giveth understanding unto the simple.

¹³¹I opened wide my mouth, and panted; For I longed for thy commandments.

¹³²Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me, As thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.

¹³³Establish my footsteps in thy word; And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

¹³⁴Redeem me from the oppression of man: So will I observe thy precepts.

¹³⁵Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; And teach me thy statutes.

¹³⁶Streams of water run down mine eyes, Because they observe not thy law. TSADHE.

¹³⁷Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, And upright are thy judgments.

¹³⁸Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness And very faithfulness.

¹³⁹My zeal hath consumed me, Because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.

¹⁴⁰Thy word is very pure; Therefore thy servant loveth it.

¹⁴¹I am small and despised; [Yet] do I not forget thy precepts.

¹⁴²Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.

¹⁴³Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; [Yet] thy commandments are my delight.

¹⁴⁴Thy testimonies are righteous for ever: Give me understanding, and I shall live. QOPH.

¹⁴⁵I have called with my whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah: I will keep thy statutes.

¹⁴⁶I have called unto thee; save me, And I shall observe thy testimonies.

¹⁴⁷I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy words.

¹⁴⁸Mine eyes anticipated the night-watches, That I might meditate on thy word.

¹⁴⁹Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thine ordinances.

¹⁵⁰They draw nigh that follow after wickedness; They are far from thy law.

¹⁵¹Thou art nigh, O Jehovah; And all thy commandments are truth.

¹⁵²Of old have I known from thy testimonies, That thou hast founded them for ever. RESH.

¹⁵³Consider mine affliction, and deliver me; For I do not forget thy law.

¹⁵⁴Plead thou my cause, and redeem me: Quicken me according to thy word.

¹⁵⁵Salvation is far from the wicked; For they seek not thy statutes.

¹⁵⁶Great are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah: Quicken me according to thine ordinances.

¹⁵⁷Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; [Yet] have I not swerved from thy testimonies.

¹⁵⁸I beheld the treacherous, and was grieved, Because they observe not thy word.

¹⁵⁹Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.

¹⁶⁰The sum of thy word is truth; And every one of thy righteous ordinances [endureth] for ever. SHIN.

¹⁶¹Princes have persecuted me without a cause; But my heart standeth in awe of thy words.

¹⁶²I rejoice at thy word, As one that findeth great spoil.

¹⁶³I hate and abhor falsehood; [But] thy law do I love.

¹⁶⁴Seven times a day do I praise thee, Because of thy righteous ordinances.

¹⁶⁵Great peace have they that love thy law; And they have no occasion of stumbling.

¹⁶⁶I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah, And have done thy commandments.

¹⁶⁷My soul hath observed thy testimonies; And I love them exceedingly.

¹⁶⁸I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; For all my ways are before thee. TAV.

¹⁶⁹Let my cry come near before thee, O Jehovah: Give me understanding according to thy word.

¹⁷⁰Let my supplication come before thee: Deliver me according to thy word.

¹⁷¹Let my lips utter praise; For thou teachest me thy statutes.

¹⁷²Let my tongue sing of thy word; For all thy commandments are righteousness.

¹⁷³Let thy hand be ready to help me; For I have chosen thy precepts.

¹⁷⁴I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah; And thy law is my delight.

¹⁷⁵Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; And let thine ordinances help me.

¹⁷⁶I have gone astray like a lost sheep; Seek thy servant; For I do not forget thy commandments.

Psalms 119 (ASV)

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