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
א (Alef)
1 How blessed are those whose actions are blameless,
who obey the law of the Lord.
2 How blessed are those who observe his rules,
and seek him with all their heart,
3 who, moreover, do no wrong,
but follow in his footsteps.
4 You demand that your precepts
be carefully kept.
5 If only I were predisposed
to keep your statutes!
6 Then I would not be ashamed,
if I were focused on all your commands.
7 I will give you sincere thanks,
when I learn your just regulations.
8 I will keep your statutes.
Do not completely abandon me!
ב (Bet)
9 How can a young person maintain a pure life?
By guarding it according to your instructions!
10 With all my heart I seek you.
Do not allow me to stray from your commands!
11 In my heart I store up your words,
so I might not sin against you.
12 You deserve praise, O Lord!
Teach me your statutes!
13 With my lips I proclaim
all the regulations you have revealed.
14 I rejoice in the lifestyle prescribed by your rules
as if they were riches of all kinds.
15 I will meditate on your precepts
and focus on your behavior.
16 I find delight in your statutes;
I do not forget your instructions.
ג (Gimel)
17 Be kind to your servant!
Then I will live and keep your instructions.
18 Open my eyes so I can truly see
the marvelous things in your law!
19 I am like a foreigner in this land.
Do not hide your commands from me!
20 I desperately long to know
your regulations at all times.
21 You reprimand arrogant people.
Those who stray from your commands are doomed.
22 Spare me shame and humiliation,
for I observe your rules.
23 Though rulers plot and slander me,
your servant meditates on your statutes.
24 Yes, I find delight in your rules;
they give me guidance.
ד (Dalet)
25 I collapse in the dirt.
Revive me with your word!
26 I told you about my ways and you answered me.
Teach me your statutes!
27 Help me to understand what your precepts mean!
Then I can meditate on your marvelous teachings.
28 I collapse from grief.
Sustain me by your word!
29 Remove me from the path of deceit!
Graciously give me your law!
30 I choose the path of faithfulness;
I am committed to your regulations.
31 I hold fast to your rules.
O Lord, do not let me be ashamed!
32 I run along the path of your commands,
for you enable me to do so.
ה (He)
33 Teach me, O Lord, the lifestyle prescribed by your statutes,
so that I might observe it continually.
34 Give me understanding so that I might observe your law,
and keep it with all my heart.
35 Guide me in the path of your commands,
for I delight to walk in it.
36 Give me a desire for your rules,
rather than for wealth gained unjustly.
37 Turn my eyes away from what is worthless!
Revive me with your word!
38 Confirm to your servant your promise,
which you made to the one who honors you.
39 Take away the insults that I dread!
Indeed, your regulations are good.
40 Look, I long for your precepts.
Revive me with your deliverance!
ו (Vav)
41 May I experience your loyal love, O Lord,
and your deliverance, as you promised.
42 Then I will have a reply for the one who insults me,
for I trust in your word.
43 Do not completely deprive me of a truthful testimony,
for I await your justice.
44 Then I will keep your law continually
now and for all time.
45 I will be secure,
for I seek your precepts.
46 I will speak about your regulations before kings
and not be ashamed.
47 I will find delight in your commands,
which I love.
48 I will lift my hands to your commands,
which I love,
and I will meditate on your statutes.
ז (Zayin)
49 Remember your word to your servant,
for you have given me hope.
50 This is what comforts me in my trouble,
for your promise revives me.
51 Arrogant people do nothing but scoff at me.
Yet I do not turn aside from your law.
52 I remember your ancient regulations,
O Lord, and console myself.
53 Rage takes hold of me because of the wicked,
those who reject your law.
54 Your statutes have been my songs
in the house where I live.
55 I remember your name during the night, O Lord,
and I will keep your law.
56 This has been my practice,
for I observe your precepts.
ח (Khet)
57 The Lord is my source of security.
I have determined to follow your instructions.
58 I seek your favor with all my heart.
Have mercy on me as you promised!
59 I consider my actions
and follow your rules.
60 I keep your commands
eagerly and without delay.
61 The ropes of the wicked tighten around me,
but I do not forget your law.
62 In the middle of the night I arise to thank you
for your just regulations.
63 I am a friend to all your loyal followers,
and to those who keep your precepts.
64 O Lord, your loyal love fills the earth.
Teach me your statutes!
ט (Tet)
65 You are good to your servant,
O Lord, just as you promised.
66 Teach me proper discernment and understanding!
For I consider your commands to be reliable.
67 Before I was afflicted I used to stray off,
but now I keep your instructions.
68 You are good and you do good.
Teach me your statutes!
69 Arrogant people smear my reputation with lies,
but I observe your precepts with all my heart.
70 Their hearts are calloused,
but I find delight in your law.
71 It was good for me to suffer,
so that I might learn your statutes.
72 The law you have revealed is more important to me
than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
י (Yod)
73 Your hands made me and formed me.
Give me understanding so that I might learn your commands.
74 Your loyal followers will be glad when they see me,
for I find hope in your word.
75 I know, Lord, that your regulations are just.
You disciplined me because of your faithful devotion to me.
76 May your loyal love console me,
as you promised your servant.
77 May I experience your compassion, so I might live!
For I find delight in your law.
78 May the arrogant be humiliated, for they have slandered me!
But I meditate on your precepts.
79 May your loyal followers turn to me,
those who know your rules.
80 May I be fully committed to your statutes,
so that I might not be ashamed.
כ (Kaf)
81 I desperately long for your deliverance.
I find hope in your word.
82 My eyes grow tired as I wait for your promise to be fulfilled.
I say, “When will you comfort me?”
83 For I am like a wineskin dried up in smoke.
I do not forget your statutes.
84 How long must your servant endure this?
When will you judge those who pursue me?
85 The arrogant dig pits to trap me,
which violates your law.
86 All your commands are reliable.
I am pursued without reason. Help me!
87 They have almost destroyed me here on the earth,
but I do not reject your precepts.
88 Revive me with your loyal love,
that I might keep the rules you have revealed.
ל (Lamed)
89 O Lord, your instructions endure;
they stand secure in heaven.
90 You demonstrate your faithfulness to all generations.
You established the earth and it stood firm.
91 Today they stand firm by your decrees,
for all things are your servants.
92 If I had not found encouragement in your law,
I would have died in my sorrow.
93 I will never forget your precepts,
for by them you have revived me.
94 I belong to you. Deliver me!
For I seek your precepts.
95 The wicked prepare to kill me,
yet I concentrate on your rules.
96 I realize that everything has its limits,
but your commands are beyond full comprehension.
מ (Mem)
97 O how I love your law!
All day long I meditate on it.
98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies,
for I am always aware of them.
99 I have more insight than all my teachers,
for I meditate on your rules.
100 I am more discerning than those older than I,
for I observe your precepts.
101 I stay away from the evil path,
so that I might keep your instructions.
102 I do not turn aside from your regulations,
for you teach me.
103 Your words are sweeter
in my mouth than honey!
104 Your precepts give me discernment.
Therefore I hate all deceitful actions.
נ (Nun)
105 Your word is a lamp to walk by,
and a light to illumine my path.
106 I have vowed and solemnly sworn
to keep your just regulations.
107 I am suffering terribly.
O Lord, revive me with your word!
108 O Lord, please accept the freewill offerings of my praise!
Teach me your regulations!
109 My life is in continual danger,
but I do not forget your law.
110 The wicked lay a trap for me,
but I do not wander from your precepts.
111 I claim your rules as my permanent possession,
for they give me joy.
112 I am determined to obey your statutes
at all times, to the very end.
113 I hate people with divided loyalties,
but I love your law.
ס (Samek)
114 You are my hiding place and my shield.
I find hope in your word.
115 Turn away from me, you evil men,
so that I can observe the commands of my God.
116 Sustain me as you promised, so that I will live.
Do not disappoint me!
117 Support me, so that I will be delivered.
Then I will focus on your statutes continually.
118 You despise all who stray from your statutes,
for they are deceptive and unreliable.
119 You remove all the wicked of the earth like slag.
Therefore I love your rules.
120 My body trembles because I fear you;
I am afraid of your judgments.
ע (Ayin)
121 I do what is fair and right.
Do not abandon me to my oppressors!
122 Guarantee the welfare of your servant!
Do not let the arrogant oppress me!
123 My eyes grow tired as I wait for your deliverance,
for your reliable promise to be fulfilled.
124 Show your servant your loyal love!
Teach me your statutes!
125 I am your servant. Give me insight,
so that I can understand your rules.
126 It is time for the Lord to act –
they break your law!
127 For this reason I love your commands
more than gold, even purest gold.
128 For this reason I carefully follow all your precepts.
I hate all deceitful actions.
פ (Pe)
129 Your rules are marvelous.
Therefore I observe them.
130 Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines.
They give insight to the untrained.
131 I open my mouth and pant,
because I long for your commands.
132 Turn toward me and extend mercy to me,
as you typically do to your loyal followers.
133 Direct my steps by your word!
Do not let any sin dominate me!
134 Deliver me from oppressive men,
so that I can keep your precepts.
135 Smile on your servant!
Teach me your statutes!
136 Tears stream down from my eyes,
because people do not keep your law.
צ (Tsade)
137 You are just, O Lord,
and your judgments are fair.
138 The rules you impose are just,
and absolutely reliable.
139 My zeal consumes me,
for my enemies forget your instructions.
140 Your word is absolutely pure,
and your servant loves it!
141 I am insignificant and despised,
yet I do not forget your precepts.
142 Your justice endures,
and your law is reliable.
143 Distress and hardship confront me,
yet I find delight in your commands.
144 Your rules remain just.
Give me insight so that I can live.
ק (Qof)
145 I cried out with all my heart, “Answer me, O Lord!
I will observe your statutes.”
146 I cried out to you, “Deliver me,
so that I can keep your rules.”
147 I am up before dawn crying for help.
I find hope in your word.
148 My eyes anticipate the nighttime hours,
so that I can meditate on your word.
149 Listen to me because of your loyal love!
O Lord, revive me, as you typically do!
150 Those who are eager to do wrong draw near;
they are far from your law.
151 You are near, O Lord,
and all your commands are reliable.
152 I learned long ago that
you ordained your rules to last.
ר (Resh)
153 See my pain and rescue me!
For I do not forget your law.
154 Fight for me and defend me!
Revive me with your word!
155 The wicked have no chance for deliverance,
for they do not seek your statutes.
156 Your compassion is great, O Lord.
Revive me, as you typically do!
157 The enemies who chase me are numerous.
Yet I do not turn aside from your rules.
158 I take note of the treacherous and despise them,
because they do not keep your instructions.
159 See how I love your precepts!
O Lord, revive me with your loyal love!
160 Your instructions are totally reliable;
all your just regulations endure.
שׂ/שׁ (Sin/Shin)
161 Rulers pursue me for no reason,
yet I am more afraid of disobeying your instructions.
162 I rejoice in your instructions,
like one who finds much plunder.
163 I hate and despise deceit;
I love your law.
164 Seven times a day I praise you
because of your just regulations.
165 Those who love your law are completely secure;
nothing causes them to stumble.
166 I hope for your deliverance, O Lord,
and I obey your commands.
167 I keep your rules;
I love them greatly.
168 I keep your precepts and rules,
for you are aware of everything I do.
ת (Tav)
169 Listen to my cry for help, O Lord!
Give me insight by your word!
170 Listen to my appeal for mercy!
Deliver me, as you promised.
171 May praise flow freely from my lips,
for you teach me your statutes.
172 May my tongue sing about your instructions,
for all your commands are just.
173 May your hand help me,
for I choose to obey your precepts.
174 I long for your deliverance, O Lord;
I find delight in your law.
175 May I live and praise you!
May your regulations help me!
176 I have wandered off like a lost sheep.
Come looking for your servant,
for I do not forget your commands.