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Psalms 119
Psalms 119:1. [Aleph.] O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah,
Psalms 119:2 O the happiness of those keeping His testimonies, With the whole heart they seek Him.
Psalms 119:3 Yea, they have not done iniquity, In His ways they have walked. Psalms 119:4. Thou hast commanded us Thy precepts to keep diligently, Psalms 119:5 O that my ways were prepared to keep Thy statutes,
Psalms 119:6 Then I am not ashamed In my looking unto all Thy commands.
Psalms 119:7. I confess Thee with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Thy righteousness.
Psalms 119:8 Thy statutes I keep, leave me not utterly!
Psalms 119:9. [Beth.] With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe--according to Thy word.
Psalms 119:10. With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands.
Psalms 119:11. In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.
Psalms 119:12. Blessed [art] Thou, O Jehovah, teach me Thy statutes.
Psalms 119:13. With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Thy mouth. Psalms 119:14 In the way of Thy testimonies I have joyed, As over all wealth. Psalms 119:15 In Thy precepts I meditate, And I behold attentively Thy paths. Psalms 119:16 In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word.
Psalms 119:17. [Gimel.] Confer benefits on Thy servant, I live, and I keep Thy word.
Psalms 119:18. Uncover mine eyes, and I behold wonders out of Thy law.
Psalms 119:19. A sojourner I [am] on earth, Hide not from me Thy commands.
Psalms 119:20. Broken hath my soul for desire Unto Thy judgments at all times.
Psalms 119:21. Thou hast rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Thy commands.
Psalms 119:22. Remove from me reproach and contempt, For Thy testimonies I have kept. Psalms 119:23. Princes also sat--against me they spoke, Thy servant doth meditate in Thy statutes, Psalms 119:24. Thy testimonies also [are] my delight, The men of my counsel!
Psalms 119:25. [Daleth.] Cleaved to the dust hath my soul, Quicken me according to Thy word. Psalms 119:26. My ways I have recounted, And Thou answerest me, teach me Thy statutes, Psalms 119:27 The way of Thy precepts cause me to understand, And I meditate in Thy wonders. Psalms 119:28. My soul hath dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Thy word.
Psalms 119:29 The way of falsehood turn aside from me And with Thy law favour me. Psalms 119:30. The way of faithfulness I have chosen, Thy judgments I have compared, Psalms 119:31 I have adhered to Thy testimonies, O Jehovah, put me not to shame.
Psalms 119:32 The way of Thy commands I run, For Thou dost enlarge my heart!
Psalms 119:33. [He.] Show me, O Jehovah, the way of Thy statutes, And I keep it--[to] the end. Psalms 119:34 Cause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the whole heart. Psalms 119:35. Cause me to tread in the path of Thy commands, For in it I have delighted.
Psalms 119:36 Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, And not unto dishonest gain. Psalms 119:37. Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me. Psalms 119:38. Establish to Thy servant Thy saying, That [is] concerning Thy fear.
Psalms 119:39. Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Thy judgments [are] good.
Psalms 119:40. Lo, I have longed for Thy precepts, In Thy righteousness quicken Thou me,
Psalms 119:41. [Waw.] And meet me doth Thy kindness, O Jehovah, Thy salvation according to Thy saying.
Psalms 119:42 And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For I have trusted in Thy word.
Psalms 119:43. And Thou takest not utterly away From my mouth the word of truth, Because for Thy judgment I have hoped.
Psalms 119:44 And I keep Thy law continually, To the age and for ever.
Psalms 119:45. And I walk habitually in a broad place, For Thy precepts I have sought.
Psalms 119:46 And I speak of Thy testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed.
Psalms 119:47 And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved,
Psalms 119:48 And I lift up my hands unto Thy commands, That I have loved, And I do meditate on Thy statutes!
Psalms 119:49. [Zain.] Remember the word to Thy servant, On which Thou hast caused me to hope.
Psalms 119:50. This [is] my comfort in mine affliction, That Thy saying hath quickened me.
Psalms 119:51. The proud have utterly scorned me, From Thy law I have not turned aside.
Psalms 119:52. I remembered Thy judgments of old, O Jehovah, And I comfort myself.
Psalms 119:53. Horror hath seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Thy law.
Psalms 119:54. Songs have been to me Thy statutes, In the house of my sojournings.
Psalms 119:55. I have remembered in the night Thy name, O Jehovah, And I do keep Thy law.
Psalms 119:56 This hath been to me, That Thy precepts I have kept!
Psalms 119:57. [Cheth.] My portion [is] Jehovah; I have said--to keep Thy words,
Psalms 119:58. I appeased Thy face with the whole heart, Favour me according to Thy saying.
Psalms 119:59. I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies.
Psalms 119:60 I have made haste, And delayed not, to keep Thy commands.
Psalms 119:61. Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, Thy law I have not forgotten.
Psalms 119:62. At midnight I rise to give thanks to Thee, For the judgments of Thy righteousness.
Psalms 119:63. A companion I [am] to all who fear Thee, And to those keeping Thy precepts.
Psalms 119:64. Of Thy kindness, O Jehovah, the earth is full, Thy statutes teach Thou me!
Psalms 119:65. [Teth.] Good Thou didst with Thy servant, O Jehovah, According to Thy word.
Psalms 119:66 The goodness of reason and knowledge teach me, For in Thy commands I have believed.
Psalms 119:67. Before I am afflicted, I--I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept.
Psalms 119:68. Good Thou [art], and doing good, Teach me Thy statutes.
Psalms 119:69. Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts.
Psalms 119:70 Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I--in Thy law I have delighted. Psalms 119:71. Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes. Psalms 119:72. Better to me [is] the law of Thy mouth Than thousands of gold and silver!
Psalms 119:73. [Yod.] Thy hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Thy commands.
Psalms 119:74. Those fearing Thee see me and rejoice, Because for Thy word I have hoped.
Psalms 119:75. I have known, O Jehovah, That righteous [are] Thy judgments, And [in] faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me.
Psalms 119:76. Let, I pray Thee, Thy kindness be to comfort me, According to Thy saying to Thy servant.
Psalms 119:77 Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law [is] my delight.
Psalms 119:78. Ashamed are the proud, For [with] falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate in Thy precepts.
Psalms 119:79 Those fearing Thee turn back to me, And those knowing Thy testimonies.
Psalms 119:80. My heart is perfect in Thy statutes, So that I am not ashamed.
Psalms 119:81. [Kaph.] Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped.
Psalms 119:82 Consumed have been mine eyes for Thy word, Saying, `When doth it comfort me?'
Psalms 119:83. For I have been as a bottle in smoke, Thy statutes I have not forgotten.
Psalms 119:84. How many [are] the days of Thy servant? When dost Thou execute Against my pursuers judgment?
Psalms 119:85. The proud have digged for me pits, That [are] not according to Thy law.
Psalms 119:86 All Thy commands [are] faithfulness, [With] falsehood they have pursued me, Help Thou me.
Psalms 119:87 Almost consumed me on earth have they, And I--I have not forsaken Thy precepts.
Psalms 119:88. According to Thy kindness quicken Thou me, And I keep the testimony of Thy mouth!
Psalms 119:89. [Lamed.] To the age, O Jehovah, Thy word is set up in the heavens.
Psalms 119:90 To all generations Thy faithfulness, Thou didst establish earth, and it standeth.
Psalms 119:91 According to Thine ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole [are] Thy servants.
Psalms 119:92. Unless Thy law [were] my delights, Then had I perished in mine affliction. Psalms 119:93. To the age I forget not Thy precepts, For by them Thou hast quickened me. Psalms 119:94. I [am] Thine, save Thou me, For Thy precepts I have sought.
Psalms 119:95. Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand. Psalms 119:96. Of all perfection I have seen an end, Broad [is] Thy command--exceedingly! Psalms 119:97. [Mem.] O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it [is] my meditation.
Psalms 119:98. Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it [is] before me to the age.
Psalms 119:99 Above all my teachers I have acted wisely. For Thy testimonies [are] my meditation.
Psalms 119:100 Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept.
Psalms 119:101. From every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word.
Psalms 119:102. From Thy judgments I turned not aside, For Thou--Thou hast directed me. Psalms 119:103. How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth. Psalms 119:104 From Thy precepts I have understanding, Therefore I have hated every false path! Psalms 119:105. [Nun.] A lamp to my foot [is] Thy word, And a light to my path.
Psalms 119:106. I have sworn, and I confirm [it], To keep the judgments of Thy righteousness.
Psalms 119:107. I have been afflicted very much, O Jehovah, quicken me, according to Thy word.
Psalms 119:108. Free-will-offerings of my mouth, Accept, I pray Thee, O Jehovah, And Thy judgments teach Thou me.
Psalms 119:109. My soul [is] in my hand continually, And Thy law I have not forgotten. Psalms 119:110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, And from thy precepts I wandered not. Psalms 119:111. I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart [are] they. Psalms 119:112 I have inclined my heart To do Thy statutes, to the age--[to] the end!
Psalms 119:113. [Samech.] Doubting ones I have hated, And Thy law I have loved. Psalms 119:114. My hiding place and my shield [art] Thou, For Thy word I have hoped. Psalms 119:115. Turn aside from me, ye evil-doers, And I keep the commands of my God.
Psalms 119:116. Sustain me according to Thy saying, And I live, and Thou puttest me not to shame Because of my hope.
Psalms 119:117 Support Thou me, and I am saved, And I look on Thy statutes continually.
Psalms 119:118. Thou hast trodden down All going astray from Thy statutes, For falsehood [is] their deceit.
Psalms 119:119 Dross! Thou hast caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Thy testimonies.
Psalms 119:120 Trembled from Thy fear hath my flesh, And from Thy judgments I have been afraid!
Psalms 119:121. [Ain.] I have done judgment and righteousness, Leave me not to mine oppressors.
Psalms 119:122 Make sure Thy servant for good, Let not the proud oppress me.
Psalms 119:123. Mine eyes have been consumed for Thy salvation. And for the saying of Thy righteousness.
Psalms 119:124. Do with Thy servant according to Thy kindness. And Thy statutes teach Thou me.
Psalms 119:125 Thy servant [am] I--cause me to understand, And I know Thy testimonies.
Psalms 119:126. Time for Jehovah to work! they have made void Thy law.
Psalms 119:127. Therefore I have loved Thy commands Above gold--even fine gold.
Psalms 119:128 Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, Every path of falsehood I have hated!
Psalms 119:129. [Pe.] Wonderful [are] Thy testimonies, Therefore hath my soul kept them.
Psalms 119:130. The opening of Thy words enlighteneth, Instructing the simple.
Psalms 119:131. My mouth I have opened, yea, I pant, For, for Thy commands I have longed.
Psalms 119:132. Look unto me, and favour me, As customary to those loving Thy name. Psalms 119:133. My steps establish by Thy saying, And any iniquity doth not rule over me. Psalms 119:134. Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Thy precepts, Psalms 119:135. Thy face cause to shine on Thy servant, And teach me Thy statutes.
Psalms 119:136. Rivulets of waters have come down mine eyes, Because they have not kept Thy law!
Psalms 119:137. [Tzade.] Righteous [art] Thou, O Jehovah, And upright [are] Thy judgments. Psalms 119:138 Thou hast appointed Thy testimonies, Righteous and exceeding faithful, Psalms 119:139. Cut me off hath my zeal, For mine adversaries forgot Thy words.
Psalms 119:140. Tried [is] thy saying exceedingly, And Thy servant hath loved it.
Psalms 119:141. Small I [am], and despised, Thy precepts I have not forgotten.
Psalms 119:142. Thy righteousness [is] righteousness to the age, And Thy law [is] truth.
Psalms 119:143. Adversity and distress have found me, Thy commands [are] my delights.
Psalms 119:144 The righteousness of Thy testimonies [is] to Cause me to understand, and I live!
Psalms 119:145. [Koph.] I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O Jehovah, Thy statutes I keep,
Psalms 119:146 I have called Thee, save Thou me, And I do keep Thy testimonies. Psalms 119:147. I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, For Thy word I have hoped. Psalms 119:148 Mine eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate in Thy saying.
Psalms 119:149. My voice hear, according to Thy kindness, Jehovah, according to Thy judgment quicken me.
Psalms 119:150. Near have been my wicked pursuers, From Thy law they have been far off.
Psalms 119:151 Near [art] Thou, O Jehovah, And all Thy commands [are] truth.
Psalms 119:152. Of old I have known Thy testimonies, That to the age Thou hast founded them! Psalms 119:153. [Resh.] See my affliction, and deliver Thou me, For Thy law I have not forgotten. Psalms 119:154 Plead my plea, and redeem me, According to Thy saying quicken me.
Psalms 119:155. Far from the wicked [is] salvation, For Thy statutes they have not sought.
Psalms 119:156. Thy mercies [are] many, O Jehovah, According to Thy judgments quicken me.
Psalms 119:157. Many [are] my pursuers, and adversaries, From Thy testimonies I have not turned aside.
Psalms 119:158. I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because Thy saying they have not kept.
Psalms 119:159. See, for thy precepts I have loved, Jehovah, According to Thy kindness quicken me.
Psalms 119:160. The sum of Thy word [is] truth, And to the age [is] every judgment of Thy righteousness!
Psalms 119:161. [Shin.] Princes have pursued me without cause, And because of Thy words was my heart afraid.
Psalms 119:162. I do rejoice concerning Thy saying, As one finding abundant spoil.
Psalms 119:163. Falsehood I have hated, yea I abominate [it], Thy law I have loved.
Psalms 119:164. Seven [times] in a day I have praised Thee, Because of the judgments of Thy righteousness.
Psalms 119:165. Abundant peace have those loving Thy law, And they have no stumbling-block.
Psalms 119:166. I have waited for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy commands I have done.
Psalms 119:167. Kept hath my soul Thy testimonies, And I do love them exceedingly.
Psalms 119:168 I have kept Thy precepts and Thy testimonies, For all my ways are before Thee!
Psalms 119:169. [Taw.] My loud cry cometh near before Thee, O Jehovah; According to Thy word cause me to understand.
Psalms 119:170 My supplication cometh in before Thee, According to Thy saying deliver Thou me.
Psalms 119:171. My lips do utter praise, For Thou dost teach me Thy statutes.
Psalms 119:172. My tongue doth sing of Thy saying, For all Thy commands [are] righteous.
Psalms 119:173. Thy hand is for a help to me, For Thy commands I have chosen.
Psalms 119:174 I have longed for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy law [is] my delight.
Psalms 119:175. My soul liveth, and it doth praise Thee, And Thy judgments do help me.
Psalms 119:176. I wandered as a lost sheep, seek Thy servant, For Thy precepts I have not forgotten!