Psalm 119

¹Aleph. O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah,

²O the happiness of those keeping His testimonies, With the whole heart they seek Him.

³Yea, they have not done iniquity, In His ways they have walked.

⁴Thou hast commanded us Thy precepts to keep diligently,

⁵O that my ways were prepared to keep Thy statutes,

⁶Then I am not ashamed In my looking unto all Thy commands.

⁷I confess Thee with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Thy righteousness.

⁸Thy statutes I keep, leave me not utterly!

⁹Beth. With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe—according to Thy word.

¹⁰With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands.

¹¹In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.

¹²Blessed art Thou, O Jehovah, teach me Thy statutes.

¹³With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Thy mouth.

¹⁴In the way of Thy testimonies I have joyed, As over all wealth.

¹⁵In Thy precepts I meditate, And I behold attentively Thy paths.

¹⁶In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word.

¹⁷Gimel. Confer benefits on Thy servant, I live, and I keep Thy word.

¹⁸Uncover mine eyes, and I behold wonders out of Thy law.

¹⁹A sojourner I am on earth, Hide not from me Thy commands.

²⁰Broken hath my soul for desire Unto Thy judgments at all times.

²¹Thou hast rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Thy commands.

²²Remove from me reproach and contempt, For Thy testimonies I have kept.

²³Princes also sat—against me they spoke, Thy servant doth meditate in Thy statutes,

²⁴Thy testimonies also are my delight, The men of my counsel!

²⁵Daleth. Cleaved to the dust hath my soul, Quicken me according to Thy word.

²⁶My ways I have recounted, And Thou answerest me, teach me Thy statutes,

²⁷The way of Thy precepts cause me to understand, And I meditate in Thy wonders.

²⁸My soul hath dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Thy word.

²⁹The way of falsehood turn aside from me And with Thy law favour me.

³⁰The way of faithfulness I have chosen, Thy judgments I have compared,

³¹I have adhered to Thy testimonies, O Jehovah, put me not to shame.

³²The way of Thy commands I run, For Thou dost enlarge my heart!

³³He. Show me, O Jehovah, the way of Thy statutes, And I keep it—to the end.

³⁴Cause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the whole heart.

³⁵Cause me to tread in the path of Thy commands, For in it I have delighted.

³⁶Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, And not unto dishonest gain.

³⁷Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me.

³⁸Establish to Thy servant Thy saying, That is concerning Thy fear.

³⁹Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Thy judgments are good.

⁴⁰Lo, I have longed for Thy precepts, In Thy righteousness quicken Thou me,

⁴¹Waw. And meet me doth Thy kindness, O Jehovah, Thy salvation according to Thy saying.

⁴²And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For I have trusted in Thy word.

⁴³And Thou takest not utterly away From my mouth the word of truth, Because for Thy judgment I have hoped.

⁴⁴And I keep Thy law continually, To the age and for ever.

⁴⁵And I walk habitually in a broad place, For Thy precepts I have sought.

⁴⁶And I speak of Thy testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed.

⁴⁷And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved,

⁴⁸And I lift up my hands unto Thy commands, That I have loved, And I do meditate on Thy statutes!

⁴⁹Zain. Remember the word to Thy servant, On which Thou hast caused me to hope.

⁵⁰This is my comfort in mine affliction, That Thy saying hath quickened me.

⁵¹The proud have utterly scorned me, From Thy law I have not turned aside.

⁵²I remembered Thy judgments of old, O Jehovah, And I comfort myself.

⁵³Horror hath seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Thy law.

⁵⁴Songs have been to me Thy statutes, In the house of my sojournings.

⁵⁵I have remembered in the night Thy name, O Jehovah, And I do keep Thy law.

⁵⁶This hath been to me, That Thy precepts I have kept!

⁵⁷Cheth. My portion is Jehovah; I have said—to keep Thy words,

⁵⁸I appeased Thy face with the whole heart, Favour me according to Thy saying.

⁵⁹I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies.

⁶⁰I have made haste, And delayed not, to keep Thy commands.

⁶¹Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, Thy law I have not forgotten.

⁶²At midnight I rise to give thanks to Thee, For the judgments of Thy righteousness.

⁶³A companion I am to all who fear Thee, And to those keeping Thy precepts.

⁶⁴Of Thy kindness, O Jehovah, the earth is full, Thy statutes teach Thou me!

⁶⁵Teth. Good Thou didst with Thy servant, O Jehovah, According to Thy word.

⁶⁶The goodness of reason and knowledge teach me, For in Thy commands I have believed.

⁶⁷Before I am afflicted, I—I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept.

⁶⁸Good Thou art, and doing good, Teach me Thy statutes.

⁶⁹Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts.

⁷⁰Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I—in Thy law I have delighted.

⁷¹Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes.

⁷²Better to me is the law of Thy mouth Than thousands of gold and silver!

⁷³Yod. Thy hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Thy commands.

⁷⁴Those fearing Thee see me and rejoice, Because for Thy word I have hoped.

⁷⁵I have known, O Jehovah, That righteous are Thy judgments, And in faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me.

⁷⁶Let, I pray Thee, Thy kindness be to comfort me, According to Thy saying to Thy servant.

⁷⁷Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law is my delight.

⁷⁸Ashamed are the proud, For with falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate in Thy precepts.

⁷⁹Those fearing Thee turn back to me, And those knowing Thy testimonies.

⁸⁰My heart is perfect in Thy statutes, So that I am not ashamed.

⁸¹Kaph. Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped.

⁸²Consumed have been mine eyes for Thy word, Saying, ‘When doth it comfort me?’

⁸³For I have been as a bottle in smoke, Thy statutes I have not forgotten.

⁸⁴How many are the days of Thy servant? When dost Thou execute Against my pursuers judgment?

⁸⁵The proud have digged for me pits, That are not according to Thy law.

⁸⁶All Thy commands are faithfulness, With falsehood they have pursued me, Help Thou me.

⁸⁷Almost consumed me on earth have they, And I—I have not forsaken Thy precepts.

⁸⁸According to Thy kindness quicken Thou me, And I keep the testimony of Thy mouth!

⁸⁹Lamed. To the age, O Jehovah, Thy word is set up in the heavens.

⁹⁰To all generations Thy faithfulness, Thou didst establish earth, and it standeth.

⁹¹According to Thine ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole are Thy servants.

⁹²Unless Thy law were my delights, Then had I perished in mine affliction.

⁹³To the age I forget not Thy precepts, For by them Thou hast quickened me.

⁹⁴I am Thine, save Thou me, For Thy precepts I have sought.

⁹⁵Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand.

⁹⁶Of all perfection I have seen an end, Broad is Thy command—exceedingly!

⁹⁷Mem. O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it is my meditation.

⁹⁸Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it is before me to the age.

⁹⁹Above all my teachers I have acted wisely. For Thy testimonies are my meditation.

¹⁰⁰Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept.

¹⁰¹From every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word.

¹⁰²From Thy judgments I turned not aside, For Thou—Thou hast directed me.

¹⁰³How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth.

¹⁰⁴From Thy precepts I have understanding, Therefore I have hated every false path!

¹⁰⁵Nun. A lamp to my foot is Thy word, And a light to my path.

¹⁰⁶I have sworn, and I confirm it, To keep the judgments of Thy righteousness.

¹⁰⁷I have been afflicted very much, O Jehovah, quicken me, according to Thy word.

¹⁰⁸Free-will-offerings of my mouth, Accept, I pray Thee, O Jehovah, And Thy judgments teach Thou me.

¹⁰⁹My soul is in my hand continually, And Thy law I have not forgotten.

¹¹⁰The wicked have laid a snare for me, And from thy precepts I wandered not.

¹¹¹I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart are they.

¹¹²I have inclined my heart To do Thy statutes, to the age—to the end!

¹¹³Samech. Doubting ones I have hated, And Thy law I have loved.

¹¹⁴My hiding place and my shield art Thou, For Thy word I have hoped.

¹¹⁵Turn aside from me, ye evil-doers, And I keep the commands of my God.

¹¹⁶Sustain me according to Thy saying, And I live, and Thou puttest me not to shame Because of my hope.

¹¹⁷Support Thou me, and I am saved, And I look on Thy statutes continually.

¹¹⁸Thou hast trodden down All going astray from Thy statutes, For falsehood is their deceit.

¹¹⁹Dross! Thou hast caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Thy testimonies.

¹²⁰Trembled from Thy fear hath my flesh, And from Thy judgments I have been afraid!

¹²¹Ain. I have done judgment and righteousness, Leave me not to mine oppressors.

¹²²Make sure Thy servant for good, Let not the proud oppress me.

¹²³Mine eyes have been consumed for Thy salvation. And for the saying of Thy righteousness.

¹²⁴Do with Thy servant according to Thy kindness. And Thy statutes teach Thou me.

¹²⁵Thy servant am I—cause me to understand, And I know Thy testimonies.

¹²⁶Time for Jehovah to work! they have made void Thy law.

¹²⁷Therefore I have loved Thy commands Above gold—even fine gold.

¹²⁸Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, Every path of falsehood I have hated!

¹²⁹Pe. Wonderful are Thy testimonies, Therefore hath my soul kept them.

¹³⁰The opening of Thy words enlighteneth, Instructing the simple.

¹³¹My mouth I have opened, yea, I pant, For, for Thy commands I have longed.

¹³²Look unto me, and favour me, As customary to those loving Thy name.

¹³³My steps establish by Thy saying, And any iniquity doth not rule over me.

¹³⁴Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Thy precepts,

¹³⁵Thy face cause to shine on Thy servant, And teach me Thy statutes.

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