Psalm 119:65–88

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.