Psalm 119

1 Blessed are those whose lives have integrity,those who follow the teachings of the Lord.2 Blessed are those who obey his written instructions.They wholeheartedly search for him.3 They do nothing wrong.They follow his directions.4 You have commandedthat your guiding principles be carefully followed.5 I pray that my ways may become firmly establishedso that I can obey your laws.6 Then I will never feel ashamedwhen I study all your commandments.7 I will give thanks to youas I learn your regulations, which are based on your righteousness.8 I will obey your laws.Never abandon me.9 How can a young person keep his life pure?He can do it by holding on to your word.10 I wholeheartedly searched for you.Do not let me wander away from your commandments.11 I have treasured your promise in my heartso that I may not sin against you.12 Thanks be to you, O Lord.Teach me your laws.13 With my lips I have repeatedevery regulation that comes from your mouth.14 I find joy in the way shown by your written instructionsmore than I find joy in all kinds of riches.15 I want to reflect on your guiding principlesand study your ways.16 Your laws make me happy.I never forget your word.17 Be kind to me so that I may liveand hold on to your word.18 Uncover my eyesso that I may see the miraculous things in your teachings.19 I am a foreigner in this world.Do not hide your commandments from me.20 My soul is overwhelmed with endless longing for your regulations.21 You threaten arrogant people, who are condemnedand wander away from your commandments.22 Remove the insults and contempt that have fallen on mebecause I have obeyed your written instructions.23 Even though influential people plot against me,I reflect on your laws.24 Indeed, your written instructions make me happy.They are my best friends.25 I am close to death.Give me a new life as you promised.26 I told you what I have done, and you answered me.Teach me your laws.27 Help me understand your guiding principlesso that I may reflect on your miracles.28 I am drowning in tears.Strengthen me as you promised.29 Turn me away from a life of lies.Graciously provide me with your teachings.30 I have chosen a life of faithfulness.I have set your regulations in front of me.31 I have clung tightly to your written instructions.O Lord, do not let me be put to shame.32 I will eagerly pursue your commandmentsbecause you continue to increase my understanding.33 Teach me, O Lord, how to live by your laws,and I will obey them to the end.34 Help me understand so that I can follow your teachings.I will guard them with all my heart.35 Lead me on the path of your commandments,because I am happy with them.36 Direct my heart toward your written instructionsrather than getting rich in underhanded ways.37 Turn my eyes away from worthless things.Give me a new life in your ways.38 Keep your promise to meso that I can fear you.39 Take away insults, which I dread,because your regulations are good.40 I long for your guiding principles.Give me a new life in your righteousness.41 Let your blessings reach me, O Lord.Save me as you promised.42 Then I will have an answer for the one who insults mesince I trust your word.43 Do not take so much as a single word of truth from my mouth.My hope is based on your regulations.44 I will follow your teachings forever and ever.45 I will walk around freelybecause I sought out your guiding principles.46 I will speak about your written instructions in the presence of kingsand not feel ashamed.47 Your commandments, which I love, make me happy.48 I lift my hands in prayer because of your commandments,which I love.I will reflect on your laws.49 Remember the word you gave me.Through it you gave me hope.50 This is my comfort in my misery:Your promise gave me a new life.51 Arrogant people have mocked me with cruelty,yet I have not turned away from your teachings.52 I remembered your regulations from long ago, O Lord,and I found comfort in them.53 I am burning with anger because of wicked people,who abandon your teachings.54 Your laws have become like psalms to mein this place where I am only a foreigner.55 At night I remember your name, O Lord,and I follow your teachings.56 This has happened to mebecause I have obeyed your guiding principles.57 You are my inheritance, O Lord.I promised to hold on to your words.58 With all my heart I want to win your favor.Be kind to me as you promised.59 I have thought about my life,and I have directed my feet back to your written instructions.60 Without any hesitation I hurry to obey your commandments.61 Though the ropes of wicked people are tied around me,I never forget your teachings.62 At midnight I wake up to give thanks to youfor the regulations, which are based on your righteousness.63 I am a friend to everyone who fears youand to everyone who follows your guiding principles.64 Your mercy, O Lord, fills the earth.Teach me your laws.65 You have treated me well, O Lord,as you promised.66 Teach me to use good judgment and knowledge,because I believe in your commandments.67 Before you made me suffer, I used to wander off,but now I hold on to your word.68 You are good, and you do good things.Teach me your laws.69 Arrogant people have smeared me with lies,yet I obey your guiding principles with all my heart.70 Their hearts are cold and insensitive,yet I am happy with your teachings.71 It was good that I had to sufferin order to learn your laws.72 The teachings that come from your mouth are worth more to methan thousands in gold or silver.73 Your hands created me and made me what I am.Help me understand so that I may learn your commandments.74 Those who fear you will see me and rejoice,because my hope is based on your word.75 I know that your regulations are fair, O Lord,and that you were right to make me suffer.76 Let your mercy comfort meas you promised.77 Let your compassion reach me so that I may live,because your teachings make me happy.78 Let arrogant people be put to shamebecause they lied about me,yet I reflect on your guiding principles.79 Let those who fear you turn to meso that they can come to know your written instructions.80 Let my heart be filled with integrity in regard to your lawsso that I will not be put to shame.81 My soul is weak from waiting for you to save me.My hope is based on your word.82 My eyes have become strained from looking for your promise.I ask, “When will you comfort me?”83 Although I have become like a shriveled and dried out wineskin,I have not forgotten your laws.84 What is left of my life?When will you bring those who persecute me to justice?85 Arrogant people have dug pits to trap mein defiance of your teachings.86 (All your commandments are reliable.)Those people persecute me with lies. Help me!87 They almost wiped me off the face of the earth.But I did not abandon your guiding principles.88 Give me a new life through your mercyso that I may obey the written instructions,which came from your mouth.89 O Lord, your word is established in heaven forever.90 Your faithfulness endures throughout every generation.You set the earth in place, and it continues to stand.91 All things continue to stand today because of your regulations,since they are all your servants.92 If your teachings had not made me happy,then I would have died in my misery.93 I will never forget your guiding principles,because you gave me a new life through them.94 I am yours.Save me, because I have searched for your guiding principles.95 The wicked people have waited for me in order to destroy me,yet I want to understand your written instructions.96 I have seen a limit to everything else,but your commandments have no limit.97 Oh, how I love your teachings!They are in my thoughts all day long.98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies,because your commandments are always with me.99 I have more insight than all my teachers,because your written instructions are in my thoughts.100 I have more wisdom than those with many years of experience,because I have obeyed your guiding principles.101 I have kept my feet from walking on any evil pathin order to obey your word.102 I have not neglected your regulations,because you have taught me.103 How sweet the taste of your promise is!It tastes sweeter than honey.104 From your guiding principles I gain understanding.That is why I hate every path that leads to lying.105 Your word is a lamp for my feetand a light for my path.106 I took an oath, and I will keep it.I took an oath to follow your regulations,which are based on your righteousness.107 I have suffered so much.Give me a new life, O Lord, as you promised.108 Please accept the praise I gladly give you, O Lord,and teach me your regulations.109 I always take my life into my own hands,but I never forget your teachings.110 Wicked people have set a trap for me,but I have never wandered away from your guiding principles.111 Your written instructions are mine forever.They are the joy of my heart.112 I have decided to obey your laws.They offer a reward that never ends.113 I hate two-faced people,but I love your teachings.114 You are my hiding place and my shield.My hope is based on your word.115 Get away from me, you evildoers,so that I can obey the commandments of my God.116 Help me God, as you promised, so that I may live.Do not turn my hope into disappointment.117 Hold me, and I will be safe,and I will always respect your laws.118 You reject all who wander away from your laws,because their lies mislead them.t119 You get rid of all wicked people on earth as if they were rubbish.That is why I love your written instructions.120 My body shudders in fear of you,and I am afraid of your regulations.121 I have done what is fair and right.Do not leave me at the mercy of those who oppress me.122 Guarantee my well-being.Do not let arrogant people oppress me.123 My eyes are strained from looking for you to save meand from looking for the fulfillment of your righteous promise.124 Treat me with kindness,and teach me your laws.125 I am your servant.Help me understandso that I may come to know your written instructions.126 It is time for you to act, O Lord.tEven though people have abolished your teachings,127 I love your commandments more than gold, more than pure gold.128 I follow the straight paths of your guiding principles.I hate every pathway that leads to lying.129 Your written instructions are miraculous.That is why I obey them.130 Your word is a doorway that lets in light,and it helps gullible people understand.131 I open my mouth and pantbecause I long for your commandments.132 Turn toward me, and have pity on meas you have pledged to do for those who love your name.133 Make my steps secure through your promise,and do not let any sin control me.134 Save me from human oppressionso that I may obey your guiding principles.135 Smile on me,and teach me your laws.136 Streams of tears flow from my eyesbecause others do not follow your teachings.137 You are righteous, O Lord,and your regulations are fair.138 You have issued your written instructions.They are fair and completely dependable.139 My devotion for your words consumes me,because my enemies have forgotten your words.140 Your promise has been thoroughly tested,and I love it.141 I am unimportant and despised,yet I never forget your guiding principles.142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,and your teachings are reliable.143 Trouble and hardship have found me,but your commandments still make me happy.144 Your written instructions are always right.Help me understand them so that I will live.145 I have called out with all my heart. Answer me, O Lord.I want to obey your laws.146 I have called out.Save me, so that I can obey your written instructions.147 I got up before dawn, and I cried out for help.My hope is based on your word.148 My eyes are wide-open throughout the nighttime hoursto reflect on your word.149 In keeping with your mercy, hear my voice.O LORD, give me a new life guided by your regulations.150 Those who carry out plots against me are near,yet they are far away from your teachings.151 You are near, O Lord,and all your commandments are reliable.152 Long ago I learned from your written instructionsthat you made them to last forever.153 Look at my misery, and rescue me,because I have never forgotten your teachings.154 Plead my case for me, and save me.Give me a new life as you promised.155 Wicked people are far from being saved,because they have not searched for your laws.156 Your acts of compassion are many in number, O Lord.Give me a new life guided by your regulations.157 I have many persecutors and opponents,yet I have not turned away from your written instructions.158 I have seen traitors,and I am filled with disgust.They have not accepted your promise.159 See how I have loved your guiding principles!O Lord, in keeping with your mercy, give me a new life.160 There is nothing but truth in your word,and all of your righteous regulations endure forever.161 Influential people have persecuted me for no reason,but it is only your words that fill my heart with terror.162 I find joy in your promiselike someone who finds a priceless treasure.163 I hate lying; I am disgusted with it.I love your teachings.164 Seven times a day I praise youfor your righteous regulations.165 There is lasting peace for those who love your teachings.Nothing can make those people stumble.166 I have waited with hope for you to save me, O Lord.I have carried out your commandments.167 I have obeyed your written instructions.I have loved them very much.168 I have followed your guiding principles and your written instructions,because my whole life is in front of you.169 Let my cry for help come into your presence, O Lord.Help me understand as you promised.170 Let my plea for mercy come into your presence.Rescue me as you promised.171 Let my lips pour out praisebecause you teach me your laws.172 Let my tongue sing about your promisebecause all your commandments are fair.173 Let your hand help mebecause I have chosen to follow your guiding principles.174 I have longed for you to save me, O Lord,and your teachings make me happy.175 Let my soul have new life so that it can praise you.Let your regulations help me.176 I have wandered away like a lost lamb.Search for me,because I have never forgotten your commandments.

Psalm 119

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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