Psalms Chapter 119
119:1 | ALEPH. Blessed [are] the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD. |
119:2 | Blessed [are] they that keep his testimonies, [and that] seek him with the whole heart. |
119:3 | They also ![]() |
119:4 | Thou hast commanded [us] to keep thy precepts diligently. |
119:5 | O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! |
119:6 | Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. |
119:7 | I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. |
119:8 | I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly. |
119:9 | BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed [thereto] according to thy word. |
119:10 | With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. |
119:11 | Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. |
119:12 | Blessed ![]() |
119:13 | With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. |
119:14 | I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as [much as] in all riches. |
119:15 | I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. |
119:16 | I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. |
119:17 | GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, [that] I may live, and keep thy word. |
119:18 | Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. |
119:19 | I [am] a stranger in the ![]() |
119:20 | My soul breaketh for the longing [that it hath] unto thy judgments at all ![]() |
119:21 | Thou hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, which ![]() |
119:22 | Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies. |
119:23 | Princes also did sit [and] speak against me: [but] thy servant did meditate in thy statutes. |
119:24 | Thy testimonies also [are] my delight [and] my counsellors. |
119:25 | DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word. |
119:26 | I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes. |
119:27 | Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works. |
119:28 | My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word. |
119:29 | Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously. |
119:30 | I have chosen the way of ![]() |
119:31 | I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame. |
119:32 | I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart. |
119:33 | HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it [unto] the end. |
119:34 | Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; ![]() |
119:35 | Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein ![]() |
119:36 | Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. |
119:37 | Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; [and] quicken thou me in thy way. |
119:38 | Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who [is devoted] to thy fear. |
119:39 | Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments [are] good. |
119:40 | Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness. |
119:41 | VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, [even] thy salvation, according to thy word. |
119:42 | So shall I have wherewith to ![]() ![]() |
119:43 | And take not the word of ![]() |
119:44 | So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever. |
119:45 | And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. |
119:46 | I will speak of thy testimonies also before ![]() |
119:47 | And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. |
119:48 | My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes. |
119:49 | ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. |
119:50 | This [is] my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me. |
119:51 | The proud have had me greatly in derision: [yet] have I not declined from thy law. |
119:52 | I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself. |
119:53 | Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law. |
119:54 | Thy statutes have been my songs in the ![]() |
119:55 | I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law. |
119:56 | This I had, because I kept thy precepts. |
119:57 | CHETH. [Thou ![]() |
119:58 | I entreated thy favour with [my] whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. |
119:59 | I thought on my ways, and turned my ![]() |
119:60 | I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. |
119:61 | The bands of the wicked have robbed me: [but] I have not forgotten thy law. |
119:62 | At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments. |
119:63 | I [am] a companion of all [them] that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts. |
119:64 | The ![]() |
119:65 | TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word. |
119:66 | Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments. |
119:67 | Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. |
119:68 | Thou ![]() |
119:69 | The proud have forged a lie against me: [but] I will keep thy precepts with [my] whole heart. |
119:70 | Their heart is as fat as grease; [but] I delight in thy law. |
119:71 | [It is] good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. |
119:72 | The law of thy mouth [is] better unto me than thousands of ![]() |
119:73 | JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. |
119:74 | They that fear thee will be glad when they ![]() |
119:75 | I know, O LORD, that thy judgments [are] right, and [that] thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. |
119:76 | Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. |
119:77 | Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law [is] my delight. |
119:78 | Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: [but] I will meditate in thy precepts. |
119:79 | Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies. |
119:80 | Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed. |
119:81 | CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: [but] I hope in thy word. |
119:82 | Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? |
119:83 | For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; [yet] ![]() |
119:84 | How many [are] the ![]() |
119:85 | The proud have digged pits for me, which [are] not after thy law. |
119:86 | All thy commandments [are] faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me. |
119:87 | They had almost consumed me upon ![]() |
119:88 | Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth. |
119:89 | LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. |
119:90 | Thy faithfulness [is] unto all ![]() ![]() |
119:91 | They continue this ![]() |
119:92 | Unless thy law [had been] my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. |
119:93 | I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me. |
119:94 | I [am] thine, ![]() |
119:95 | The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: [but] I will consider thy testimonies. |
119:96 | I have seen an end of all perfection: [but] thy commandment [is] exceeding broad. |
119:97 | MEM. O how love I thy law! it [is] my meditation all the ![]() |
119:98 | Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they [are] ever with me. |
119:99 | I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies [are] my meditation. |
119:100 | I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts. |
119:101 | I have refrained my ![]() ![]() |
119:102 | I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me. |
119:103 | How sweet are thy words unto my taste! ![]() |
119:104 | Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. |
119:105 | NUN. Thy word [is] a lamp unto my ![]() |
119:106 | I have sworn, and I will perform [it], that I will keep thy righteous judgments. |
119:107 | I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word. |
119:108 | Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments. |
119:109 | My soul [is] continually in my hand: yet ![]() |
119:110 | The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts. |
119:111 | Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they [are] the rejoicing of my heart. |
119:112 | I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, [even unto] the end. |
119:113 | SAMECH. I hate [vain] thoughts: but thy law ![]() |
119:114 | Thou ![]() |
119:115 | Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God. |
119:116 | Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope. |
119:117 | Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually. |
119:118 | Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit [is] falsehood. |
119:119 | Thou puttest away all the wicked of the ![]() |
119:120 | My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments. |
119:121 | AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors. |
119:122 | Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me. |
119:123 | Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness. |
119:124 | Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes. |
119:125 | I [am] thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies. |
119:126 | [It is] ![]() |
119:127 | Therefore I love thy commandments above ![]() ![]() |
119:128 | Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts [concerning] all [things to be] right; [and] I hate every false way. |
119:129 | PE. Thy testimonies [are] wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. |
119:130 | The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. |
119:131 | I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments. |
119:132 | Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to ![]() |
119:133 | Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. |
119:134 | Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts. |
119:135 | Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes. |
119:136 | Rivers of ![]() |
119:137 | TZADDI. Righteous ![]() |
119:138 | Thy testimonies [that] thou hast commanded [are] righteous and very faithful. |
119:139 | My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. |
119:140 | Thy word [is] very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. |
119:141 | I [am] small and despised: [yet] ![]() |
119:142 | Thy righteousness [is] an everlasting righteousness, and thy law [is] the ![]() |
119:143 | Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: [yet] thy commandments [are] my delights. |
119:144 | The righteousness of thy testimonies [is] everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live. |
119:145 | KOPH. I cried with [my] whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes. |
119:146 | I cried unto thee; ![]() |
119:147 | I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word. |
119:148 | Mine eyes prevent the [night] watches, that I might meditate in thy word. |
119:149 | Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment. |
119:150 | They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law. |
119:151 | Thou ![]() ![]() |
119:152 | Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever. |
119:153 | RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I ![]() |
119:154 | Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word. |
119:155 | Salvation [is] far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes. |
119:156 | Great [are] thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments. |
119:157 | Many [are] my persecutors and mine enemies; [yet] ![]() |
119:158 | I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word. |
119:159 | Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness. |
119:160 | Thy word [is] true [from] the ![]() ![]() |
119:161 | SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. |
119:162 | I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. |
119:163 | I hate and abhor lying: [but] thy law ![]() |
119:164 | Seven ![]() ![]() ![]() |
119:165 | Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. |
119:166 | LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments. |
119:167 | My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. |
119:168 | I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways [are] before thee. |
119:169 | TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word. |
119:170 | Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word. |
119:171 | My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. |
119:172 | My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments [are] righteousness. |
119:173 | Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. |
119:174 | I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law [is] my delight. |
119:175 | Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me. |
119:176 | I have gone astray like a lost ![]() ![]() |