Psalm 119:81–104

כ Kaph

81 I long for your salvation;j

I put my hope in your word.k

82 My eyes grow weary

looking for what you have promised;l

I ask, “When will you comfort me?”

83 Though I have become like a wineskin dried by smoke,

I do not forget your statutes.

84 How many days must your servant wait?

When will you execute judgment on my persecutors?m

85 The arrogant have dug pits for me;n

they violate your instruction.

86 All your commands are true;

people persecute me with lies—help me!o

87 They almost ended my life on earth,

but I did not abandon your precepts.

88 Give me life in accordance with your faithful love,

and I will obey the decree you have spoken.

ל Lamed

89 Lord, your word is forever;p

it is firmly fixed in heaven.

90 Your faithfulness is for all generations;q

you established the earth, and it stands firm.r

91 Your judgments stand firm today,s

for all things are your servants.t

92 If your instruction had not been my delight,

I would have died in my affliction.u

93 I will never forget your precepts,

for you have given me life through them.v

94 I am yours; save me,w

for I have studied your precepts.x

95 The wicked hope to destroy me,y

but I contemplate your decrees.

96 I have seen a limit to all perfection,

but your command is without limit.

מ Mem

97 How I love your instruction!z

It is my meditation all day long.aa

98 Your command makes me wiser than my enemies,ab

for it is always with me.

99 I have more insight than all my teachers

because your decrees are my meditation.ac

100 I understand more than the eldersad

because I obey your precepts.ae

101 I have kept my feet from every evil pathaf

to follow your word.

102 I have not turned from your judgments,ag

for you yourself have instructed me.

103 How sweet your word isah to my taste—

sweeter than honey in my mouth.

104 I gain understanding from your precepts;ai

therefore I hate every false way.aj