PSALMS 119--150
PSALM 119
a [Aleph.]
1 a Blessed are those who are upright in their way, Walking in the law of Jehovah.
2 a Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, Who with their whole heart seek him.
3 a, Surely they do not work iniquity, Who in his ways do walk.
4 a Thou hast commanded That thy statutes be kept carefully.
5 a O that my ways may be directed To the keeping of thy statutes!
6 a Then shall I not be ashamed, When I shall have been attentive to all thy commandments.
7 a I will celebrate thee with uprightness of heart, When I shall have learned the judgments of thy righteousness.
8 a, Thy statutes I will keep: Do not thou forsake me very far.
b [Beth.]
9 b By what [means] shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to thy word.
10 b With my whole heart have I sought thee; Let me not go astray from thy commandments.
11 b In my heart I have hidden thy word, That I might not sin against thee.
12 b Blessed art thou, O Jehovah! Teach me thy statutes.
13 b With my lips have I declared All the judgments of thy mouth.
14 b In the way of thy testimonies I have taken delight, As much as in all riches.
15 b Upon thy statutes will I meditate, And I will consider thy paths.
16 b In thy commandments will I delight myself; I will not forget thy words.
g [Gimel.]
17 g Do good to thy servant, And I shall live and keep thy word.
18 g Open mine eyes, And I shall behold the wonders of thy law.
19 g I am a stranger on the earth: Hide not from me thy commandments.
20 g Broken is my soul with the desire it hath To thy judgments at all times.
21 g Thou hast destroyed the proud ones; Cursed are those who decline from thy commandments.
22 g Remove from me reproach and contempt; For thy testimonies I have kept.
23 g Princes also have sat, against me they have spoken: Thy servant meditated upon thy statutes.
24 g Also thy testimonies are my delights, The men of my counsel.
d [Daleth.]
25 d Cleave to the dust doth my soul: Quicken me according to thy word.
26 d I have declared my ways, and thou hast answered me: Teach me thy statutes.
27 d The way of thy commandments make me to understand, And I will meditate upon thy wonders.
28 d Drop away doth my soul for grief: Raise me up according to thy word.
29 d The way of falsehood remove from me, And thy law grant me graciously.
30 d The way of truth I have chosen; Thy judgments I have set before me.
31 d I have cleaved to thy testimonies, O Jehovah Let me not be put to shame.
32 d The way of thy statutes I will run, When thou shalt have enlarged my heart.
h [He.]
33 h Teach me, O Jehovah! the way of thy statutes, And I will keep it unto the end.
34 h Make me to understand, and I will observe thy law, And keep it with my whole heart.
35 h Direct me in the way of thy statutes; For in it is my delight.
36 h Incline my heart to thy testimonies, And not to covetousness.
37 h Turn away my eyes from seeing vanity; In thy way quicken me.
38 h Confirm to thy servant thy word, Who to thy fear is devoted.
39 h Remove my reproach which I have dreaded, For thy judgments are good.
40 h Behold! I have longed after thy commandments: In thy righteousness quicken me.
w [Vau.]
41 w And let come to me thy mercies, O Jehovah! Thy salvation according to thy word.
42 w And I will answer a word to him who reproacheth me; For I have trusted in thy word.
43 w And take not from my mouth the word of truth utterly: Because for thy judgments I wait.
44 w And I will keep thy law continually, For ever and ever.
45 w And I will walk at large; For thy statutes I have sought.
46 w And I will speak of thy testimonies before kings, And will not be ashamed.
47 w And I will delight myself in thy commandments Which I have loved.
48 w And I will lift up my hands to thy commandments Which I have loved; And I will meditate upon thy statutes.
z [Zain.]
49 z Remember thy word to thy servant, Upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
50 z This is my consolation in my affliction; For thy word revives me.
51 z The proud ones have derided me exceedingly: From thy law I have not declined.
52 z I remembered thy judgments of old, O Jehovah! And comforted myself.
53 z Terror hath seized upon me, Because of the ungodly who forsake thy law.
54 z Thy statutes have been songs to me In the house of my pilgrimage.
55 z I remembered in the night thy name, O Jehovah! And I will keep thy law.
56 z This is done to me, Because thy statutes I have observed.
x [Cheth.]
57 x Thou art my portion, O Jehovah! I have said that I will keep thy words. 1
58 x I have sought thy face with my whole heart; Have mercy upon me according to thy word.
59 x I thought upon my ways, And turned my feet to thy testimonies.
60 x I made haste and delayed not To keep thy commandments.
61 x The cords of the ungodly have caught hold of me; Thy law I have not forgotten.
62 x At midnight I will rise to praise thee, Because of the judgments of thy righteousness.
63 x A companion am I to all who fear thee, And who keep thy statutes.
64 x Of thy mercy, O Jehovah! the earth is full: Thy statutes teach thou me.
t [Teth.]
65 t Kindly hast thou dealt with thy servant, O Jehovah! According to thy word.
66 t Goodness of taste and knowledge teach me; For thy commandments I have believed.
67 t Before I was brought low I went astray; But now thy word I keep.
68 t Good art thou, and beneficent: Teach me thy statutes.
69 t Weaved a lie 2 against me have the proud ones; But as for me I with my whole heart will keep statutes.
70 t Fat as grease is their heart; But as for me I in thy law do delight.
71 t It hath been good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn thy statutes.
72 t Better to me is the law of thy mouth Than thousands of gold and silver.
y [Yod.]
73 y Thy hands have made and formed me; Make me to understand, and I shall learn thy commandments.
74 y Those who fear thee shall see me and rejoice; Because for thy word I have waited.
75 y I have known, O Jehovah! that righteousness are thy judgments; And in truth thou hast humbled me.
76 y To thy word to thy servant.
77 y Let come to me thy compassions, and I shall live; For thy law is my delight.
78 y Ashamed let be the proud, for they have falsely wronged me: As for me I will meditate upon thy precepts.
79 y Let those turn unto me who fear thee, And have known thy testimonies.
80 y Let my heart be sound in thy statutes, That I may not be put to shame.
k [Caph.]
81 k Fainted for thy salvation hath my soul: For thy word I wait.
82 k Failed have my eyes [in looking] for thy word, While I say, "When wilt thou comfort me?"
83 k For I have been as a bottle in the smoke; And yet thy statutes I have not forgotten.
84 k How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou execute judgment on my persecutors?
85 k The proud have digged pits for me, Which is not according to thy law.
86 k All thy commandments are truth: Deceitfully do they persecute me; therefore help thou me.
87 k Almost have they consumed me upon the earth; Yet I have not forsaken thy statutes.
88 k According to thy goodness quicken me; And I will keep the testimony of thy mouth.
l [Lamed.]
89 l For ever, O Jehovah! Thy word endureth in the heavens.
90 l From generation to generation is thy truth: Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
91 l By thy judgments they continue to this day; For all are thy servants.
92 l Unless thy law had been my delight, Then should I have perished in my affliction.
93 l Never will I forget thy statutes, For in them thou hast quickened me.
94 l Thine I am; O save me! For thy statutes I have sought.
95 l For me wait do the ungodly to destroy me: But I consider thy testimonies.
96 l In all perfection I have seen an end: Broad is thy commandment exceedingly.
m [Mem.]
97 m O how have I loved thy law! All the day it is my meditation.
98 m Than my adversaries thou hast made me wiser by thy commandments; Because for ever they are with me.
99 m Than all my teachers thou hast made me wiser; Because thy testimonies are my meditation.
100 m Than the aged I have more understanding; Because thy statutes I have observed.
101 m From every evil path I have restrained my feet, That I may keep thy word.
102 m From thy judgments I have not declined; For thou thyself hast taught me.
103 m How sweet to my palate have been thy words! More [sweet] than honey to my mouth!
104 m By thy statutes I have gotten understanding; Therefore I have hated every path of falsehood.
n [Nun.]
105 n A lamp to my feet is thy word, And a light to my path.
106 n I have sworn and will make sure, To observe the judgments of thy righteousness.
107 n I am afflicted exceedingly, O Jehovah! Quicken me according to thy word.
108 n I Let the freewill offerings of my mouth, I pray thee, be pleasing to thee, O Jehovah! And thy judgments teach me.
109 n My soul is in my hand continually; And thy law I have not forgotten.
110 n Laid have the ungodly a snare for me: Yet from thy statutes I have not erred.
111 n I have as [my] inheritance thy testimonies for ever; For the joy of my heart are they.
112 n I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes For ever, and even to the end.
o [Samech.]
113 o Crooked thoughts I have hated; But thy law I have loved.
114 o My hiding-place and my shield art thou: In thy word I have trusted.
115 o Depart from me, ye wicked men! And I will keep the commandments of my God.
116 o Sustain me by thy word, and I shall live: And make me not ashamed of my expectation.
117 o Establish me, and I shall be safe, And I will consider thy statutes continually.
118 o Thou hast trodden down all who go astray from thy statutes; For falsehood is their deceit.
119 o As dross thou hast made to cease all the ungodly of the earth; Therefore I have loved thy testimonies.
120 o Tremble 3 for fear of thee did my flesh, And of thy judgments I was afraid.
e [Ain.]
121 e I have done judgment and righteousness: Give me not up to my oppressors.
122 e Become surety for thy servant for good, That the proud may not oppress me.
123 e My eyes have failed for thy salvation, And for the word of thy righteousness.
124 e Deal with thy servant according to thy goodness, And thy statutes teach thou me.
125 e Thy servant am I, give me understanding, That I may learn thy testimonies.
126 e It is time [for thee] to work, O Jehovah! For they have destroyed thy law.
127 e Therefore I have loved thy statutes Mere than gold and fine gold.
128 e Therefore all thy commandments I have esteemed to be altogether right: Every way of falsehood I have hated:
p [Phe.]
129 p Marvelous things are thy testimonies; Therefore observed them hath my soul.
130 p The entrance of thy words is light, Giving understanding to the little ones.
131 p My mouth I opened and panted, Because thy commandments I loved.
132 p Look upon me and have pity upon me, According to thy judgment towards those who love thy name.
133 p My steps direct thou according to thy word, And let not any iniquity have dominion in me.
134 p Redeem me from the oppression of men, And I will keep thy precepts.
135 p Thy face cause thou to shine upon thy servant, And teach me thy statutes.
136 p Rivers of waters run from my eyes, Because they have not kept thy law.
U [Tsadde.]
137 U Righteous art thou, O Jehovah! And right are thy judgments.
138 U Thou hast commanded righteousness in thy testimonies, And truth exceedingly.
139 U Consumed me hath my zeal, Because forgotten thy words have my adversaries.
140 U Refined is thy word exceedingly: And thy servant hath loved it.
141 U Small am I, and despised; [Yet] thy precepts I have not forgotten.
142 U Thy righteousness is righteousness for ever, And thy law is truth.
143 U Trouble and anguish have come upon me; But thy commandments have been my delights.
144 U The righteousness of thy testimonies endureth for ever; Make me to understand, and I shall live.
q [Koph.]
145 q I have cried with my whole heart; Answer me, O Jehovah! And thy statutes I will keep.
146 q I have called upon thee, save me, And I will keep thy testimonies.
147 q I have prevented the dawn of the morning, 4 and have cried: To thy word I have looked up.
148 q Prevented have my eyes the watches of the night, To meditate upon thy word.
149 q My voice hear thou, according to thy mercy, O Jehovah According to thy judgment quicken me.
150 q Drawn near have the pursuers of malice; From thy law they have departed.
151 q Near art thou, O Jehovah! And all thy commandments are truth.
152 q From the beginning I have known from thy testimonies, That for ever thou hast founded them.
r [Resh.]
153 r Behold my affliction, and rescue me; For thy law I have not forgotten.
154 r Debate my cause, and redeem me; According to thy word quicken me.
155 r Far from the ungodly is safety; Because thy statutes they have not sought.
156 r Thy compassions are great, O Jehovah! According to thy judgments quicken me.
157 r Many are my persecutors and my oppressors: From thy testimonies I have not declined.
158 r I saw the perfidious, and chid them; Because thy word they have not kept.
159 r Behold how thy commandments I have loved: According to thy clemency quicken me.
160 r The beginning of thy word is truth; And to everlasting is all the judgment of thy righteousness.
s [Shin.]
161 s Princes have persecuted me without a cause Yet at thy word afraid hath been my heart.
162 s Joyful am I over thy word, As he who hath found much spoil.
163 s Deceit I have hated and abhorred; Thy law I have loved.
164 s Seven times a day have I praised thee, Because of the judgments of thy righteousness.
165 s Much peace have those who love thy law, And they have no stumbling-block.
166 s I have waited for thy salvation, O Jehovah! And thy commandments I have done.
167 s Kept hath my soul thy testimonies, And I have loved them exceedingly.
168 s I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies; For all my ways are before thee.
t [Thau.]
169 t Come let my cry into thy presence, O Jehovah! According to thy word give me understanding.
170 t Come let my prayer into thy presence: According to thy word deliver me.
171 t Speak shall my lips praise, When thou shalt have taught me thy statutes.
172 t Speak shall my tongue of thy word; For all thy precepts are righteousness.
173 t Let thy hand be to succor me; For thy commandments I have chosen.
174 t I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah! And thy law hath been my delights.
175 t Live let my soul, and let it praise thee; And let thy judgments succor me.
176 t I have wandered like a lost sheep; Seek thy servant, for thy statutes I have not forgotten.