Psalm 119

PSALM 119

I Love Your Law, O Yahweh

Aleph

¹How blessed are those whose way is ^1ablameless,

Who ^bwalk in the law of Yahweh.

²How blessed are those who ^aobserve His testimonies,

They ^bseek Him ^cwith all their heart.

³They also do not ^awork unrighteousness;

They walk in His ways.

⁴You have ^acommanded us,

To keep Your precepts ¹diligently.

⁵Oh may my ^aways be established

To ^bkeep Your statutes!

⁶Then I ^ashall not be ashamed

When I look ¹upon all Your commandments.

⁷I shall ^agive thanks to You with uprightness of heart,

When I learn Your righteous judgments.

⁸I shall keep Your statutes;

Do not ^aforsake me utterly!

Beth

⁹How can a young man keep his way pure?

By ^akeeping it according to Your word.

¹⁰With ^aall my heart I have sought You;

Do not let me ^bstray from Your commandments.

¹¹Your word I have ^atreasured in my heart,

That I may not sin against You.

¹²Blessed are You, O Yahweh;

^aTeach me Your statutes.

¹³With my lips I have ^arecounted

All the ^bjudgments of Your mouth.

¹⁴I have ^arejoiced in the way of Your testimonies,

¹As much as in all riches.

¹⁵I will ^amuse upon Your precepts

And look upon ^bYour ways.

¹⁶I shall ^1adelight in Your statutes;

I shall ^bnot forget Your word.

Gimel

^17aDeal bountifully with Your slave,

That I may live and keep Your word.

¹⁸Open my eyes, that I may behold

Wonderful things from Your law.

¹⁹I am a ^asojourner in the earth;

Do not hide Your commandments from me.

²⁰My soul is crushed ^1awith longing

For Your judgments at all times.

²¹You ^arebuke the arrogant, ¹the ^bcursed,

Who ^cstray from Your commandments.

^22aTake away reproach and contempt from me,

For I ^bobserve Your testimonies.

²³Even though ^aprinces sit and talk against me,

Your slave ^bmuses on Your statutes.

²⁴Your testimonies also are my ^adelight;

They are ¹my counselors.

Daleth

²⁵My ^asoul clings to the dust;

^bRevive me ^caccording to Your word.

²⁶I have recounted my ways, and You have answered me;

^aTeach me Your statutes.

²⁷Make me understand the way of Your precepts,

So I will ^amuse on Your wondrous deeds.

²⁸My ^asoul ¹weeps because of grief;

^bRaise me up according to Your word.

²⁹Remove the false way from me,

And graciously grant me Your law.

³⁰I have chosen the faithful way;

I have ¹placed Your judgments before me.

³¹I ^acling to Your testimonies;

O Yahweh, do not put me to shame!

³²I shall run the way of Your commandments,

For You will ^aenlarge my heart.

He

^33aInstruct me, O Yahweh, in the way of Your statutes,

That I may observe it to the end.

^34aCause me to understand, that I may ^bobserve Your law

And keep it ^cwith all my heart.

³⁵Cause me to walk in the ^apath of Your commandments,

For I ^bdelight in it.

^36aCause my heart to incline to Your testimonies

And not to ^bdishonest gain.

³⁷Cause my ^aeyes to turn away from looking at worthlessness,

And ^brevive me in Your ways.

^38aCause Your ¹word to be established for Your slave,

²As that which produces fear for You.

^39aCause my reproach which I dread to pass away,

For Your judgments are good.

⁴⁰Behold, I ^along for Your precepts;

Revive me in Your righteousness.

Vav

⁴¹May Your ^alovingkindnesses also come to me, O Yahweh,

Your salvation ^baccording to Your ¹word;

⁴²So I will have an ^aanswer for him who ^breproaches me,

For I trust in Your word.

⁴³And do not take away the word of truth utterly from my mouth,

For I ^1await for Your judgments.

⁴⁴So I will ^akeep Your law continually,

Forever and ever.

⁴⁵And I will ^awalk in a wide place,

For I ^bseek Your precepts.

⁴⁶I will also speak of Your testimonies ^abefore kings

And I shall not be ashamed.

⁴⁷I shall ^1adelight in Your commandments,

Which I ^blove.

⁴⁸And I shall lift up my hands to Your commandments,

Which I ^alove;

And I will ^bmuse on Your statutes.

Zayin

⁴⁹Remember the word to Your slave,

¹In which You have made me wait.

⁵⁰This is my ^acomfort in my affliction,

That Your word has ¹revived me.

⁵¹The arrogant ^autterly scoff at me,

Yet I do not ^bturn aside from Your law.

⁵²I have ^aremembered Your judgments from ¹of old, O Yahweh,

And comfort myself.

⁵³Burning ^aindignation has seized me because of the wicked,

Who ^bforsake Your law.

⁵⁴Your statutes have become my songs

In the house of my ^asojourning.

⁵⁵I ^aremember ^bin the night Your name, O Yahweh,

So I keep Your law.

⁵⁶This has become mine,

¹That I ^aobserve Your precepts.

Heth

⁵⁷Yahweh is my ^aportion;

I have ¹promised to ^bkeep Your words.

⁵⁸I have ^asought to please Your face ^bwith all my heart;

^cBe gracious to me ^daccording to Your ¹word.

⁵⁹I ^athought upon my ways

And I turned my feet to Your testimonies.

⁶⁰I hastened and did not delay

To keep Your commandments.

⁶¹The ^acords of the wicked have encircled me,

But I have ^bnot forgotten Your law.

⁶²At ^amidnight I shall rise to give thanks to You

Because of Your ^brighteous judgments.

⁶³I am a ^acompanion of all those who ¹fear You,

And of those who keep Your precepts.

^64aThe earth, O Yahweh, is full of Your lovingkindness;

^bTeach me Your statutes.

Teth

⁶⁵You have dealt well with Your slave,

O Yahweh, according to Your word.

⁶⁶Teach me good ^1adiscernment and knowledge,

For I believe in Your commandments.

^67aBefore I was afflicted I went astray,

But now I keep Your word.

⁶⁸You are ^agood and ^bdo good;

^cTeach me Your statutes.

⁶⁹The arrogant have ^asmeared me with lying;

With all my heart I will ^bobserve Your precepts.

⁷⁰Their heart is ^1acovered with fat,

But I ^bdelight in Your law.

⁷¹It is ^agood for me that I was afflicted,

That I may learn Your statutes.

⁷²The ^alaw of Your mouth is better to me

Than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

Yodh

^73aYour hands made me and established me;

^bGive me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.

⁷⁴May those who ¹fear You ^asee me and be glad,

Because I ^2bwait for Your word.

⁷⁵I know, O Yahweh, that Your judgments are ^arighteous,

And that ^bin faithfulness You have afflicted me.

⁷⁶Oh may Your lovingkindness ¹comfort me,

According to Your ²word to Your slave.

⁷⁷May ^aYour compassion come to me that I may live,

For Your law is my ^bdelight.

⁷⁸May ^athe arrogant be ashamed, for they wrong me ^bwith lying;

But I shall ^cmuse on Your precepts.

⁷⁹May those who ¹fear You turn to me,

And those who know Your testimonies.

⁸⁰May my heart be ^1ablameless in Your statutes,

So that I will not ^bbe ashamed.

Kaph

⁸¹My ^asoul fails with longing for Your salvation;

I ^1bwait for Your word.

⁸²My ^aeyes fail with longing for Your ¹word,

Saying, “When will You comfort me?”

⁸³For I ^aam like a wineskin in the smoke,

But I do ^bnot forget Your statutes.

⁸⁴How many are the ^adays of Your slave?

When will You ^bexecute judgment on those who persecute me?

⁸⁵The arrogant have ^adug pits for me,

Men who are not ¹in accord with Your law.

⁸⁶All Your commandments are ^afaithful;

They have ^bpersecuted me with lying; ^chelp me!

⁸⁷They almost made an end of me on the earth,

But as for me, I ^adid not forsake Your precepts.

⁸⁸Revive me according to Your lovingkindness,

So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth.

Lamedh

^89aForever, O Yahweh,

Your word stands firm in heaven.

⁹⁰Your ^afaithfulness endures ¹from generation to generation;

You ^bestablished the earth, and it ^cstands.

⁹¹They stand this day according to Your ^ajudgments,

For ^ball things are Your slaves.

⁹²If Your law had not been my ^adelight,

Then I would have perished ^bin my affliction.

⁹³I will ^anever forget Your precepts,

For by them You have ^1brevived me.

⁹⁴I am Yours, ^asave me;

For I have ^bsought Your precepts.

⁹⁵The wicked ^ahope for me—to destroy me;

I shall perceive Your testimonies.

⁹⁶I have seen ¹a limit to all perfection;

Your commandment is exceedingly broad.

Mem

⁹⁷Oh how I ^alove Your law!

It is my ^bmeditation all the day.

⁹⁸Your ^acommandments make me wiser than my enemies,

For they are ¹mine forever.

⁹⁹I have more insight than all my teachers,

For Your testimonies are my ^ameditation.

¹⁰⁰I perceive ^amore than the aged,

Because I have ^bobserved Your precepts.

¹⁰¹I have ^arestrained my feet from every evil way,

That I may keep Your word.

¹⁰²I have not ^aturned aside from Your judgments,

For You Yourself have taught me.

¹⁰³How ^asweet is Your ¹word to my ²taste!

Sweeter than honey to my mouth!

¹⁰⁴From Your precepts I ^aget perception;

Therefore I ^bhate every false way.

Nun

¹⁰⁵Your word is a ^alamp to my feet

And a light to my path.

¹⁰⁶I have ^asworn and I have confirmed,

To keep Your righteous judgments.

¹⁰⁷I am exceedingly ^aafflicted;

O Yahweh, ^1brevive me according to Your word.

¹⁰⁸Oh be pleased with the ^afreewill offerings of my mouth, O Yahweh,

And ^bteach me Your judgments.

¹⁰⁹My ^asoul is continually ¹in my hand,

Yet I do not ^bforget Your law.

¹¹⁰The wicked have ^alaid a snare for me,

Yet I have not ^bwandered from Your precepts.

¹¹¹I have ^ainherited Your testimonies forever,

For they are the ^bjoy of my heart.

¹¹²I have ^ainclined my heart to do Your statutes

Forever, ^bto the end.

Samekh

¹¹³I hate those who are ^adouble-minded,

But I love Your ^blaw.

¹¹⁴You are my ^ahiding place and my ^bshield;

I ^1cwait for Your word.

^115aDepart from me, evildoers,

That I may ^bobserve the commandments of my God.

^116aSustain me according to Your ¹word, that I may live;

And ^bdo not put me to shame because of my hope.

¹¹⁷Uphold me that I may be ^asaved,

That I may ^bhave regard for Your statutes continually.

¹¹⁸You have ¹rejected all those ^awho stray from Your statutes,

For their deceitfulness is a lie.

¹¹⁹You ¹remove all the wicked of the earth like ^adross;

Therefore I ^blove Your testimonies.

¹²⁰My flesh ^1aquakes for dread of You,

And I am ^bafraid of Your judgments.

Ayin

¹²¹I have ^adone justice and righteousness;

Do not leave me to my oppressors.

¹²²Be for Your slave a ^aguarantee for good;

Do not let the arrogant ^boppress me.

¹²³My ^aeyes fail with longing for Your salvation

And for Your righteous ¹word.

¹²⁴Deal with Your slave ^aaccording to Your lovingkindness

And ^bteach me Your statutes.

^125aI am Your slave; ^bgive me understanding,

That I may know Your testimonies.

¹²⁶It is time for Yahweh to ^aact,

For they have broken Your law.

¹²⁷Therefore I ^alove Your commandments

Above gold, even above fine gold.

¹²⁸Therefore I deem all Your ^aprecepts…