Psalm 119:1–32

ALEPH.

1  Blessed are the ||undefiled in the way,

aWho walk in the law of the Lord.

2  Blessed are they that wkeep his testimonies,

And that bseek him with the whole heart.

3  cThey also do no iniquity:

They walk in his ways.

4  Thou hast commanded us

To keep thy dprecepts diligently.

5  O that my ways ewere directed

To keep thy statutes!

6  Then eeshall I not be ashamed,

When I have respect unto all thy commandments.

7  I will praise thee with uprightness of heart,

When I shall have learned †thy righteous fjudgments.

8  I will keep thy statutes:

O forsake me not utterly.

BETH.

9  gWherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?

By taking heed thereto according to thy word.

10  With my whole heart have I bsought thee:

O let me not hwander from thy commandments.

11  iThy word have I hid in mine heart,

That I might not sin against thee.

12  Blessed art thou, O Lord:

jTeach me thy statutes.

13  kWith my lips have I declared

All the judgments of thy mouth.

14  I have lrejoiced in the way of thy testimonies,

As much as in all riches.

15  I will mmeditate in thy precepts,

And have respect unto thy ways.

16  I will ndelight myself in thy statutes:

I will not forget thy word.

GIMEL.

17  oDeal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live,

And keep thy word.

18  †Open thou mine eyes,

That I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

19  I am pa stranger in the earth:

Hide not thy commandments from me.

20  qMy soul breaketh for the rlonging

That it hath unto thy judgments at all times.

21  Thou hast rebuked the sproud that are tcursed,

Which do herr from thy commandments.

22  uRemove from me vreproach and contempt;

For I have wkept thy testimonies.

23  xPrinces also did sit and speak against me:

But thy servant did xxmeditate in thy statutes.

24  Thy testimonies also are ymy delight

And †my counsellers.

DALETH.

25  zMy soul cleaveth unto the dust:

aQuicken thou me aaaccording to thy word.

26  I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me:

bTeach me thy statutes.

27  bbMake me to understand the way of thy precepts:

So shall I etalk of thy wondrous works.

28  dMy soul †melteth for ddheaviness:

Strengthen thou me according unto thy word.

29  Remove from me the way of lying:

And egrant me thy law graciously.

30  I have chosen the way of truth:

Thy judgments have I laid fbefore me.

31  I have stuck unto thy testimonies:

O Lord, gput me not to shame.

32  I will run the way of thy commandments,

When thou shalt henlarge my heart.