Psalm 119

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.