Psalm 119:17–100
Gimel.
17 aDeal bountifully with Your servant,
That I may live and keep Your word.
18 Open my eyes, that I may behold
Wonderful things from Your law.
19 I am a astranger in the earth;
Do not hide Your commandments from me.
20 My soul is crushed 1awith longing
After Your ordinances at all times.
21 You arebuke the arrogant, 1the bcursed,
Who cwander from Your commandments.
22 aTake away reproach and contempt from me,
For I bobserve Your testimonies.
23 Even though aprinces sit and talk against me,
Your servant bmeditates on Your statutes.
24 Your testimonies also are my adelight;
They are 1my counselors.
Daleth.
25 My asoul cleaves to the dust;
bRevive me caccording to Your word.
26 I have told of my ways, and You have answered me;
aTeach me Your statutes.
27 Make me understand the way of Your precepts,
So I will ameditate on Your wonders.
28 My asoul 1weeps because of grief;
bStrengthen me according to Your word.
29 Remove the false way from me,
And graciously grant me Your law.
30 I have chosen the faithful way;
I have 1placed Your ordinances before me.
31 I acling to Your testimonies;
O Lord, do not put me to shame!
32 I shall run the way of Your commandments,
For You will aenlarge my heart.
He.
33 aTeach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes,
And I shall observe it to the end.
34 aGive me understanding, that I may bobserve Your law
And keep it cwith all my heart.
35 Make me walk in the apath of Your commandments,
For I bdelight in it.
36 aIncline my heart to Your testimonies
And not to bdishonest gain.
37 Turn away my aeyes from looking at vanity,
And brevive me in Your ways.
38 aEstablish Your 1word to Your servant,
2As that which produces reverence for You.
39 aTurn away my reproach which I dread,
For Your ordinances are good.
40 Behold, I along for Your precepts;
Revive me through Your righteousness.
Vav.
41 May Your alovingkindnesses also come to me, O Lord,
Your salvation baccording to Your 1word;
42 So I will have an aanswer for him who breproaches me,
For I trust in Your word.
43 And do not take the word of truth utterly out of my mouth,
For I 1await for Your ordinances.
44 So I will akeep Your law continually,
Forever and ever.
45 And I will awalk 1at liberty,
For I bseek Your precepts.
46 I will also speak of Your testimonies abefore kings
And shall not be ashamed.
47 I shall 1adelight in Your commandments,
Which I blove.
48 And I shall lift up my hands to Your commandments,
Which I alove;
And I will bmeditate on Your statutes.
Zayin.
49 Remember the word to Your servant,
1In which You have made me hope.
50 This is my acomfort in my affliction,
That Your word has 1revived me.
51 The arrogant autterly deride me,
Yet I do not bturn aside from Your law.
52 I have aremembered Your ordinances from 1of old, O Lord,
And comfort myself.
53 Burning aindignation has seized me because of the wicked,
Who bforsake Your law.
In the house of my apilgrimage.
55 O Lord, I aremember Your name bin the night,
And keep Your law.
1That I aobserve Your precepts.
Heth.
57 The Lord is my aportion;
I have 1promised to bkeep Your words.
58 I asought Your favor bwith all my heart;
cBe gracious to me daccording to Your 1word.
59 I aconsidered my ways
And turned my feet to Your testimonies.
60 I hastened and did not delay
To keep Your commandments.
61 The acords of the wicked have encircled me,
But I have bnot forgotten Your law.
62 At amidnight I shall rise to give thanks to You
Because of Your brighteous ordinances.
63 I am a acompanion of all those who 1fear You,
And of those who keep Your precepts.
64 aThe earth is full of Your lovingkindness, O Lord;
bTeach me Your statutes.
Teth.
65 You have dealt well with Your servant,
O Lord, according to Your word.
66 Teach me good 1adiscernment and knowledge,
For I believe in Your commandments.
67 aBefore I was afflicted I went astray,
But now I keep Your word.
68 You are agood and bdo good;
cTeach me Your statutes.
69 The arrogant 1have aforged a lie against me;
With all my heart I will bobserve Your precepts.
70 Their heart is 1acovered with fat,
But I bdelight in Your law.
71 It is agood for me that I was afflicted,
That I may learn Your statutes.
72 The alaw of Your mouth is better to me
Than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
Yodh.
73 aYour hands made me and 1fashioned me;
bGive me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.
74 May those who 1fear You asee me and be glad,
Because I 2bwait for Your word.
75 I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are arighteous,
And that bin faithfulness You have afflicted me.
76 O may Your lovingkindness 1comfort me,
According to Your 2word to Your servant.
77 May aYour compassion come to me that I may live,
For Your law is my bdelight.
78 May athe arrogant be ashamed, for they subvert me bwith a lie;
But I shall cmeditate on Your precepts.
79 May those who 1fear You turn to me,
Even those who know Your testimonies.
80 May my heart be 1ablameless in Your statutes,
So that I will not bbe ashamed.
Kaph.
81 My asoul languishes for Your salvation;
82 My aeyes fail with longing for Your 1word,
2While I say, “When will You comfort me?”
83 Though I have abecome like a wineskin in the smoke,
I do bnot forget Your statutes.
84 How many are the adays of Your servant?
When will You bexecute judgment on those who persecute me?
85 The arrogant have adug pits for me,
Men who are not 1in accord with Your law.
86 All Your commandments are afaithful;
They have bpersecuted me with a lie; chelp me!
87 They almost destroyed me 1on earth,
But as for me, I adid not forsake Your precepts.
88 Revive me according to Your lovingkindness,
So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth.
Lamedh.
89 aForever, O Lord,
Your word 1is settled in heaven.
90 Your afaithfulness continues 1throughout all generations;
You bestablished the earth, and it cstands.
91 They stand this day according to Your aordinances,
For ball things are Your servants.
92 If Your law had not been my adelight,
Then I would have perished bin my affliction.
93 I will anever forget Your precepts,
For by them You have 1brevived me.
94 I am Yours, asave me;
For I have bsought Your precepts.
95 The wicked await for me to destroy me;
I shall diligently consider Your testimonies.
96 I have seen 1a limit to all perfection;
Your commandment is exceedingly broad.
Mem.
97 O how I alove Your law!
It is my bmeditation all the day.
98 Your acommandments make me wiser than my enemies,
For they are ever 1mine.
99 I have more insight than all my teachers,
For Your testimonies are my ameditation.
100 I understand amore than the aged,
Because I have bobserved Your precepts.