Psalms 119
119
Psalm 119#119.0 Ps 119 is an alphabetic acrostic poem (cf Pss 9–10) in Heb, with each line of Heb within the marked sections beginning with the same letter of the alphabet.
A ALEF
1Those whose way is blameless—
who walk in the LORD’s Instruction—are truly happy!
2Those who guard God’s laws are truly happy!
They seek God with all their hearts.
3They don’t even do anything wrong!
They walk in God’s ways.
4God, you have ordered that your decrees
should be kept most carefully.
5How I wish my ways were strong
when it comes to keeping your statutes!
6Then I wouldn’t be ashamed
when I examine all your commandments.
7I will give thanks to you with a heart that does right
as I learn your righteous rules.
8I will keep your statutes.
Please don’t leave me all alone!
B BET
9How can young people keep their paths pure?
By guarding them according to what you’ve said.#119.9 LXX
10I have sought you with all my heart.
Don’t let me stray from any of your commandments!
11I keep your word close, in my heart,
so that I won’t sin against you.
12You, LORD, are to be blessed!
Teach me your statutes.
13I will declare out loud
all the rules you have spoken.
14I rejoice in the content of your laws
as if I were rejoicing over great wealth.
15I will think about your precepts
and examine all your paths.
16I will delight in your statutes;
I will not forget what you have said.
G GIMEL
17Be good to your servant so I can go on living
and keeping your word.
18Open my eyes so I can examine
the wonders of your Instruction!
19I’m an immigrant in the land.
Don’t hide your commandments from me!
20I’m worn out by longing
every minute for your rules!
21You rebuke the arrogant, accursed people
who stray from your commandments.
22Take all their insults and contempt away from me
because I’ve kept your laws!
23Even if rulers gather and scheme against me,
your servant will contemplate your statutes!
24Yes, your laws are my joy—
they are my most trusted advisors!
D DALET
25My life is stuck in the dirt.
Now make me live again according to your promise!
26I confessed my ways and you answered me.
Now teach me your statutes!
27Help me understand what your precepts are about
so I can contemplate your wondrous works!
28My spirit sags because of grief.
Now raise me up according to your promise!
29Remove all false ways from me;
show mercy to me by means of your Instruction.
30I’ve chosen the way of faithfulness;
I’m set on your rules.
31I’m holding tight to your laws, LORD.
Please don’t let me be put to shame.
32I run the same path as your commandments
because you give my heart insight.
H HE
33 LORD, teach me what your statutes are about,
and I will guard every part of them.
34Help me understand so I can guard your Instruction
and keep it with all my heart.
35Lead me on the trail of your commandments
because that is what I want.
36Turn my heart to your laws,
not to greedy gain.
37Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things.
Make me live by your way.
38Confirm your promise to your servant—
the promise that is for all those who honor you.
39Remove the insults that I dread
because your rules are good.
40Look how I desire your precepts!
Make me live by your righteousness.
W WAW
41 LORD, let your faithful love come to me—
let your salvation come to me according to your promise—
42so I can have a response for those who mock me
because I have trusted in your word!
43Please don’t take your true word out of my mouth,
because I have waited for your rules.
44I will always keep your Instruction,
always and forever!
45I will walk around in wide-open spaces,
because I have pursued your precepts.
46I will talk about your laws
before rulers with no shame whatsoever.
47I will rejoice in your commandments
because I love them.
48I will lift up my hands to your commandments
because I love them,
and I will contemplate all your statutes.
Z ZAYIN
49Remember your promise to your servant,
for which you made me wait.
50My comfort during my suffering is this:
your word gives me new life.
51The arrogant make fun of me to no end,
but I haven’t deviated from your Instruction.
52When I remember your ancient rules,
I’m comforted, LORD.
53But I’m seized with anger because of the wicked—
because of those who abandon your Instruction.
54Your statutes have been my songs of praise
wherever I lived as an immigrant.
55 LORD, I remember your name at nighttime,
and I keep your Instruction.
56This has been my practice
because I guard your precepts.
J KHET
57The LORD is my possession.
I promise to do what you have said.
58I’ve sought your favor with all my heart;
have mercy on me according to your word.
59I’ve considered my ways and turned my feet back to your laws.
60I hurry to keep your commandments—
I never put it off!
61Though the wicked have surrounded me with their ropes,
I haven’t forgotten your Instruction.
62I get up in the middle of the night to give thanks to you
because of your righteous rules.
63I’m a friend to everyone who honors you
and to all who keep your precepts.
64 LORD, the world is full of your faithful love!
Teach me your statutes!
F TET
65You have treated your servant well,
LORD, according to your promise.
66Teach me knowledge and good judgment
because I’ve put my trust in your commandments.
67Before I suffered, I took the wrong way,
but now I do what you say.
68You are good and you do good.
Teach me your statutes!
69The arrogant cover me with their lies,
but I guard your precepts with all my heart.
70Their hearts are unfeeling, like blubber,
but I rejoice in your Instruction.
71My suffering was good for me,
because through it I learned your statutes.
72The Instruction you’ve given to me is better
than thousands of pieces of gold and silver!
Y YOD
73Your hands have made me and set me in place.
Help me understand so I can learn your commandments.
74Then those who honor you will see me and be glad
because I have waited for your promise.
75 LORD, I know that your rules are right
and that you rightly made me suffer.
76Please let your faithful love comfort me,
according to what you’ve said to your servant.
77Let your compassion come to me so I can live again,
because your Instruction is my joy!
78But let the arrogant be ashamed
because they oppressed me with lies—
meanwhile, I will be contemplating your precepts!
79Let the people who honor you come back to me;
let those who know your precepts return to me.
80Let my heart be blameless in your statutes
so that I am not put to shame.
K KAF
81My whole being yearns for your saving help!
I wait for your promise.
82My eyes are worn out looking for your word.
“When will you comfort me?” I ask,
83because I’ve become like a bottle dried up by smoke,
though I haven’t forgotten your statutes.
84How much more time does your servant have?
When will you bring my oppressors to justice?
85The arrogant have dug pits for me—
those people who act against your Instruction.
86All your commandments are true,
but people harass me for no reason.
Help me!
87They’ve almost wiped me off the face of the earth!
Meanwhile, I haven’t abandoned your precepts!
88Make me live again according to your faithful love
so I can keep the law you’ve given!
L LAMED
89Your word, LORD,
stands firm in heaven forever!
90Your faithfulness extends from one generation to the next!
You set the earth firmly in place, and it is still there.
91Your rules endure to this day
because everything serves you.
92If your Instruction hadn’t been my delight,
I would have died because of my suffering.
93I will never forget your precepts
because through them you gave me life again.
94I’m yours—save me
because I’ve pursued your precepts!
95The wicked wait for me,
wanting to kill me, but I’m studying your laws.
96I’ve seen that everything,
no matter how perfect, has a limit,#119.96 Heb uncertain
but your commandment is boundless.
M MEM
97I love your Instruction!
I think about it constantly.
98Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies
because it is always with me.
99I have greater insight than all my teachers
because I contemplate your laws.
100I have more understanding than the elders
because I guard your precepts.
101I haven’t set my feet on any evil path
so I can make sure to keep your word.
102I haven’t deviated from any of your rules
because you are the one who has taught me.
103Your word is so pleasing to my taste buds—
it’s sweeter than honey in my mouth!
104I’m studying your precepts—
that’s why I hate every false path.
N NUN
105Your word is a lamp before my feet
and a light for my journey.
106I have sworn, and I fully mean it:
I will keep your righteous rules.
107I have been suffering so much—
LORD, make me live again according to your promise.
108Please, LORD, accept my spontaneous gifts of praise.
Teach me your rules!
109Though my life is constantly in danger,
I won’t forget your Instruction.
110Though the wicked have set a trap for me,
I won’t stray from your precepts.
111Your laws are my possession forever
because they are my heart’s joy.
112I have decided to keep your statutes forever, every last one.
S SAMEK
113I hate fickle people,
but I love your Instruction.
114You are my shelter and my shield—
I wait for your promise.
115Get away from me, you evildoers;
I want to guard my God’s commandments!
116Sustain me according to your word so I can live!
Don’t let me be put to shame because of hope.
117Support me so I can be saved
and so I can focus constantly on your statutes.
118You discard everyone who strays from your statutes
because they are dishonest and false.
119You dispose of all the wicked people on earth like waste—
that’s why I love your laws.
120My body shudders because I fear you;
I’m in awe of your rules.
[ AYIN
121I’ve done what is just and right.
Don’t just hand me over to my oppressors.
122Guarantee good things for your servant.
Please don’t let the arrogant oppress me.
123My eyes are worn out looking for your saving help—
looking for your word that will set things right.
124Act toward your servant according to your faithful love.
Teach me your statutes!
125I’m your servant!
Help me understand so I can know your laws.
126It is time for the LORD to do something!
Your Instruction has been broken.
127But I love your commandments
more than gold, even more than pure gold.
128That’s why I walk straight by every single one of your precepts.
That’s why I hate every false path.
P PE
129Your laws are wonderful!
That’s why I guard them.
130Access to your words#119.130 Vulg, Sym gives light,
giving simple folk understanding.
131I open my mouth up wide, panting,
because I long for your commandments.
132Come back to me and have mercy on me;
that’s only right for those who love your name.
133Keep my steps steady by your word;
don’t let any sin rule me.
134Redeem me from the people who oppress me
so I can keep your precepts.
135Shine your face on your servant,
and teach me your statutes.
136Rivers of tears stream from my eyes
because your Instruction isn’t being kept.
X TSADE
137 LORD, you are righteous,
and your rules are right.
138The laws you commanded are righteous,
completely trustworthy.
139Anger consumes me
because my enemies have forgotten what you’ve said.
140Your word has been tried and tested;
your servant loves your word!
141I’m insignificant and unpopular,
but I don’t forget your precepts.
142Your righteousness lasts forever!
Your Instruction is true!
143Stress and strain have caught up with me,
but your commandments are my joy!
144Your laws are righteous forever.
Help me understand so I can live!
Q QOF
145I cry out with all my heart:
“LORD, answer me so I can guard your statutes!”
146I cry out to you, “Save me
so I can keep your laws!”
147I meet the predawn light and cry for help.
I wait for your promise.
148My eyes encounter each hour of the night
as I think about your word.
149Listen to my voice, according to your faithful love.
LORD, make me live again, according to your justice.
150The people who love to plot wicked schemes are nearby,
but they are so far from your Instruction!
151But you, LORD, are nearby too,
and all your commandments are true.
152Long ago I learned from your laws
that you had established them forever.
R RESH
153Look at my suffering and deliver me
because I haven’t forgotten your Instruction.
154Argue my case and redeem me.
Make me live again by your word.
155Salvation is far from the wicked
because they haven’t pursued your statutes.
156You have so much compassion, LORD—
make me live again, according to your rules.
157My oppressors and enemies are many,
but I haven’t turned away from your laws.
158I look on the faithless, and I am disgusted
because they haven’t kept your word.
159Look at how much I love your precepts.
Make me live again, LORD, according to your faithful love!
160The first thing to know about your word is that it is true
and that all your righteous rules last forever.
` SIN AND V SHIN
161Rulers oppress me without cause,
but my heart honors what you’ve said.
162I’m overjoyed at your word,
like someone who finds great treasure.
163I hate, I absolutely despise, what is false,
but I’m in love with your Instruction.
164I praise you seven times a day
for your righteous rules.
165The people who love your Instruction enjoy peace—and lots of it.
There’s no stumbling for them!
166 LORD, I wait for your saving help.
I do what you’ve commanded.
167I keep your laws;
I love them so much!
168I keep your precepts and your laws
because all my ways are seen by you.
T TAV
169Let my cry reach you, LORD;
help me understand according to what you’ve said.
170Let my request for grace come before you;
deliver me according to your promise!
171Let my lips overflow with praise
because you’ve taught me your statutes.
172Let my tongue declare your word,
because all your commandments are righteous.
173Let your power help me
because I have chosen your precepts.
174 LORD, I long for your saving help!
Your Instruction is my joy!
175Let me live again so I can praise you!
Let your rules help me!
176I’ve wandered off like a sheep, lost.
Find your servant
because I haven’t forgotten
your commandments!
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Tehillim (Psalms) 119
119
1Aleph Blessed are the perfect in the way, Who walk in the Torah of יהוה!
2Blessed are those who observe His witnesses, Who seek Him with all the heart!
3Yes, they shall do no unrighteousness; They shall walk in His ways.
4You have commanded us To guard Your orders diligently.
5Oh, that my ways were established To guard Your laws!
6Then I would not be ashamed, When I look into all Your commands.
7I thank You with uprightness of heart, When I learn the right-rulings of Your righteousness.
8I guard Your laws; Oh, do not leave me entirely!
9Bĕt How would a young man cleanse his path? To guard it according to Your word.
10I have sought You with all my heart; Let me not stray from Your commands!
11I have treasured up Your word in my heart, That I might not sin against You.
12Blessed are You, O יהוה! Teach me Your laws.
13With my lips I have recounted All the right-rulings of Your mouth.
14I have rejoiced in the way of Your witnesses, As over all riches.
15I meditate on Your orders, And regard Your ways.
16I delight#See Psa. 119:24; Psa. 119:35; Psa. 119:47; Psa. 119:70; Psa. 119:77; Psa. 119:92; Psa. 119:143; Psa. 119:174; Rom. 7:22 myself in Your laws; I do not forget Your word.
17Gimel Do good to Your servant, Let me live and I guard Your word.
18Open my eyes, that I might see Wonders from Your Torah.
19I am a sojourner in the earth; Do not hide Your commands from me.
20My being is crushed with longing For Your right-rulings at all times.
21You rebuked the proud, cursed ones, Who are straying from Your commands.
22Remove from me reproach and scorn, For I have observed Your witnesses.
23Though princes sat, speaking against me, Your servant meditates on Your laws.
24Your witnesses also are my delight, My counsellors.
25Dalet My being has been clinging to the dust; Revive me according to Your word.
26I have recounted my ways and You answered me; Teach me Your laws.
27Make me understand the way of Your orders; That I might meditate on Your wonders.
28My being has wept from grief; Strengthen me according to Your word.
29Remove from me the way of falsehood, And favour me with Your Torah.
30I have chosen the way of truth; Your right-rulings I have held level.
31I have clung to Your witnesses; O יהוה, do not put me to shame!
32I run the way of Your commands, For You enlarge my heart.
33Hĕ Teach me, O יהוה, the way of Your laws, And I observe it to the end.
34Make me understand, that I might observe Your Torah, And guard it with all my heart.
35Make me walk in the path of Your commands, For I have delighted in it.
36Incline my heart to Your witnesses, And not to own gain.
37Turn away my eyes from looking at falsehood, And revive me in Your way.
38Establish Your word to Your servant, Which leads to the fear of You.
39Turn away my reproach which I dread, For Your right-rulings are good.
40See, I have longed for Your orders; Revive me in Your righteousness.
41Waw And let Your loving-commitments come to me, O יהוה; Your deliverance, according to Your word,
42So that I answer my reprover, For I have trusted in Your word.
43And do not take away from my mouth The word of truth entirely, For I have waited for Your right-rulings;
44That I might guard Your Torah continually, Forever and ever;
45That I might walk in a broad place, For I have sought Your orders;
46That I might speak of Your witnesses before sovereigns, And not be ashamed;
47That I might delight myself in Your commands, Which I have loved;
48That I might lift up my hands to Your commands, Which I have loved; While I meditate on Your laws.
49Zayin Remember the word to Your servant, On which You have caused me to wait.
50This is my comfort in my affliction, For Your word has given me life.
51The proud have utterly scorned me, I did not turn aside from Your Torah.
52I remembered Your right-rulings of old, O יהוה, And I comfort myself.
53Rage has seized me because of the wrong Who forsake Your Torah.
54Your laws have been my songs In the place of my sojournings.
55I have remembered Your Name in the night, O יהוה, And I guard Your Torah.
56This has become mine, Because I have observed Your orders.
57Ḥet You are my portion, O יהוה; I have promised to guard Your words.
58I have sought Your face with all my heart; Show me favour according to Your word.
59I have thought upon my ways, And turned my feet to Your witnesses.
60I have hurried, and did not delay To guard Your commands.
61The cords of the wrong have surrounded me, Your Torah I have not forgotten.
62At midnight I rise to give thanks to You, For Your righteous right-rulings.
63I am a companion of all who fear You, And of those guarding Your orders.
64O יהוה, Your loving-commitment has filled the earth; Teach me Your laws.
65Tet You have done good to Your servant, O יהוה, According to Your word.
66Teach me good sense and knowledge, For I have trusted in Your commands.
67Before I was afflicted I myself was going astray, But now I have guarded Your word.
68You are good, and do good; Teach me Your laws.
69The proud have forged a lie against me, With all my heart I observe Your orders.
70Their heart has become like fat, Without feeling; I have delighted in Your Torah.
71It was good for me that I was afflicted, That I might learn Your laws.
72The Torah of Your mouth is better to me Than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
73Yod Your hands have made me and formed me; Make me understand, that I might learn Your commands.
74Those who fear You see me and rejoice, For I have waited for Your Word.
75I know, O יהוה, That Your right-rulings are righteous, And in trustworthiness You have afflicted me.
76Please let Your loving-commitment be for my comfort, According to Your word to Your servant.
77Let Your compassions come to me, That I might live, For Your Torah is my delight.
78Let the proud be put to shame, For with lies they perverted me; But I study Your orders.
79Let those who fear You turn to me, And those who know Your witnesses.
80Let my heart be perfect in Your laws, So that I am not put to shame.
81Kaph For Your deliverance my being has pined away, For I have waited for Your word.
82My eyes have pined away for Your word, Saying, “When would it comfort me?”
83For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, Your laws I have not forgotten.
84How many are the days of Your servant? When do You execute right-ruling On those who persecute me?
85The proud have dug pits for me, Which is not according to Your Torah.
86All Your commands are trustworthy; They have persecuted me with lies; Help me!
87They almost made an end of me on earth, But I, I did not forsake Your orders.
88Revive me according to Your loving-commitment, That I might guard the witness of Your mouth.
89Lamed Forever, O יהוה, Your word stands firm in the heavens.
90Your trustworthiness is to all generations; You established the earth, and it stands.
91According to Your right-rulings They have stood to this day, For all are Your servants.
92If Your Torah had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
93Let me never forget Your orders, For by them You have given me life.
94I am Yours, save me; For I have sought Your orders.
95The wrong have waited for me to destroy me; I understand Your witnesses.
96I have seen an end of all perfection; Your command is exceedingly broad.
97Mem O how I love#See Psa. 119:113; Psa. 119:119; Psa. 119:127; Psa. 119:163; Psa. 119:165; Psa. 119:167 Your Torah! It is my study all day long.
98Your commands make me wiser than my enemies; For it is ever before me.
99I have more understanding than all my teachers, For Your witnesses are my study.
100I understand more than the aged, For I have observed Your orders.
101I have restrained my feet from every evil way, That I might guard Your word.
102I have not turned aside from Your right-rulings, For You Yourself have taught me.
103How sweet to my taste has Your word been, More than honey to my mouth!
104From Your orders I get understanding; Therefore I have hated every false way.
105Nun Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.
106I have sworn, and I confirm, To guard Your righteous right-rulings.
107I have been afflicted very much; O יהוה, revive me according to Your word.
108Please accept the voluntary offerings Of my mouth, O יהוה, And teach me Your right-rulings.
109My life is in my hand continually, And Your Torah I have not forgotten.
110The wrong have laid a snare for me, But I have not strayed from Your orders.
111Your witnesses are my inheritance forever, For they are the joy of my heart.
112I have inclined my heart to do Your laws Forever, to the end.
113Sameḵ I have hated doubting thoughts, But I have loved Your Torah.
114You are my hiding place and my shield; I have waited for Your word.
115Turn away from me, you evil-doers, For I observe the commands of my Elohim!
116Support me according to Your word, That I might live; And put me not to shame Because of my expectation.
117Sustain me, that I might be saved, And always look to Your laws.
118You have made light of all those Who stray from Your laws, For falsehood is their deceit.
119You have made to cease All the wrong of the earth, like dross; Therefore I have loved Your witnesses.
120My flesh has trembled for fear of You, And I am in awe of Your right-rulings.
121Ayin I have done right-ruling and righteousness; Leave me not to my oppressors.
122Guarantee Your servant’s well-being; Let not the proud oppress me.
123My eyes have pined away for Your deliverance, And for the word of Your righteousness.
124Do with Your servant according to Your loving-commitment, And teach me Your laws.
125I am Your servant – make me understand, That I might know Your witnesses.
126It is time for יהוה to act! For they have broken Your Torah.
127Therefore I have loved Your commands More than gold, even fine gold!
128Therefore all Your orders I count as right; I have hated every false way.
129Pĕ Your witnesses are wonders; So my being observes them.
130The opening up of Your words gives light, Giving understanding to the simple.
131I have opened my mouth and panted, For I have longed for Your commands.
132Turn to me and show me favour, According to Your right-ruling, toward those who love Your Name.
133Establish my footsteps by Your word, And let no wickedness have rule over me.
134Redeem me from the oppression of man, That I might guard Your orders.
135Make Your face shine upon Your servant, And teach me Your laws.
136Streams of water have run down from my eyes, Because they did not guard Your Torah.
137Tsadi Righteous are You, O יהוה, And Your right-rulings are straight.
138You have commanded Your witnesses In righteousness and truth, exceedingly.
139My ardour has consumed me, For my adversaries have forgotten Your words.
140Your word is tried, exceedingly; And Your servant has loved it.
141I am small and despised; I have not forgotten Your orders.
142Your righteousness is righteousness forever, And Your Torah is truth.
143Distress and anguish have found me; Your commands are my delight.
144The righteousness of Your witnesses is forever; Make me understand, that I might live.
145Qoph I have called with all my heart; Answer me, O יהוה! I observe Your laws.
146I have called upon You; Save me, that I might guard Your witnesses.
147I rise before dawn, and cry for help; I have waited for Your word.
148My eyes have gone before the night watches, To study Your word.
149Hear my voice according to Your loving-commitment; O יהוה, revive me according to Your right-ruling.
150Those who pursue mischief have drawn near; They have been far from Your Torah.
151You are near, O יהוה, And all Your commands are truth.
152Of old I have known Your witnesses, That You have founded them forever.
153Rĕsh See my affliction and deliver me, For I have not forgotten Your Torah.
154Plead my cause and redeem me; Revive me according to Your word.
155Deliverance is far from the wrong ones, For they have not sought Your laws.
156Your compassions are many, O יהוה; Revive me according to Your right-rulings.
157My persecutors and adversaries are many; I have not turned aside from Your witnesses.
158I saw traitors and was grieved, Because they did not guard Your word.
159See how I have loved Your orders, יהוה, revive me according to Your loving-commitment.
160The sum of Your word is truth, And all Your righteous right-rulings are forever.
161Shin Rulers have persecuted me without a cause, But at Your word my heart stood in awe.
162I rejoice at Your word As one who finds great treasure.
163I have hated falsehood and loathe it, Your Torah I have loved.
164I have praised You seven times a day, Because of Your righteous right-rulings.
165Great peace have those loving Your Torah, And for them there is no stumbling-block.
166יהוה, I have waited for Your deliverance, And I have done Your commands.
167My being has guarded Your witnesses, And I love them exceedingly.
168I have guarded Your orders and Your witnesses, For all my ways are before You.
169Taw My cry comes before You, O יהוה; Make me understand according to Your word.
170Let my prayer come before You; Deliver me according to Your word.
171My lips pour forth praise, For You teach me Your laws.
172My tongue sings of Your word, For all Your commands are righteousness.
173Your hand is a help to me, For I have chosen Your orders.
174I have longed for Your deliverance, O יהוה, And Your Torah is my delight.
175My being lives, and it praises You; And Your right-rulings help me.
176I have strayed like a lost sheep; Seek Your servant, For I have not forgotten Your commands.
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