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119:1 [ALEPH] Blessed are those who are perfect in the way, Who walk in the law of Yahweh.
119:2 Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, Who seek him with the whole heart. 119:3 Yes, they do no unrighteousness; They walk in his ways. 119:4 You have commanded [us] your precepts, That we should observe them diligently. 119:5 Oh that my ways were established To observe your statutes! 119:6 Then I will not be put to shame, When I have respect to all your commandments. 119:7 I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, When I learn your righteous judgments. 119:8 I will observe your statutes: Oh don't forsake me completely. 119:9 [BET] How will a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed [thereto] according to your word. 119:10 With my whole heart I have sought you: Oh don't let me wander from your commandments. 119:11 Your word I have laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against you. 119:12 Blessed are you, O Yahweh: Teach me your statutes. 119:13 With my lips I have declared All the ordinances of your mouth. 119:14 I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, As much as in all riches. 119:15 I will meditate on your precepts, And have respect to your ways. 119:16 I will delight myself in your statutes: I will not forget your word. 119:17 [GIMEL] Deal bountifully with your slave, that I may live; So I will observe your word. 119:18 Open my eyes, that I may look at Wondrous things out of your law. 119:19 I am a sojourner in the earth: Don't hide your commandments from me. 119:20 My soul breaks for the longing That it has to your ordinances at all times. 119:21 You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, Who wander from your commandments. 119:22 Take away from me reproach and contempt; For I have kept your testimonies. 119:23 Princes also sat and talked against me; [But] your slave meditated on your statutes. 119:24 Your testimonies also are my delight [And] my counselors. 119:25 [DALET] My soul sticks to the dust: Quicken me according to your word. 119:26 I declared my ways, and you answered me: Teach me your statutes. 119:27 Make me to understand the way of your precepts: So I will meditate on your wondrous works. 119:28 My soul melts for heaviness: Strengthen me according to your word. 119:29 Remove from me the way of falsehood; And grant me your law graciously. 119:30 I have chosen the way of faithfulness: Your ordinances I have set [before me]. 119:31 I stick to your testimonies: O Yahweh, don't put me to shame. 119:32 I will run the way of your commandments, When you will enlarge my heart. 119:33 [HE] Teach me, O Yahweh, the way of your statutes; And I will keep it to the end. 119:34 Give me understanding, and I will keep your law; Yes, I will observe it with my whole heart. 119:35 Make me to go in the path of your commandments; For in it I delight. 119:36 Incline my heart to your testimonies, And not to covetousness. 119:37 Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity, And quicken me in your ways. 119:38 Confirm to your slave your word, Which [is in order] to the fear of you. 119:39 Turn away my reproach of which I am afraid; For your ordinances are good. 119:40 Look, I have longed after your precepts: Quicken me in your righteousness. 119:41 [VAV] Let your loving-kindnesses also come to me, O Yahweh, Even your salvation, according to your word. 119:42 So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me; For I trust in your word. 119:43 And don't take the word of truth completely out of my mouth; For I have hoped in your ordinances. 119:44 So I will observe your law continually Forever and ever. 119:45 And I will walk at liberty; For I have sought your precepts. 119:46 I will also speak of your testimonies before kings, And will not be put to shame. 119:47 And I will delight myself in your commandments, Which I have loved. 119:48 I will lift up my hands also to your commandments, which I have loved; And I will meditate on your statutes. 119:49 [ZAYIN] Remember the word to your slave, Because you have made me to hope. 119:50 This is my comfort in my affliction; For your word has quickened me. 119:51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: [Yet] I have not swerved from your law. 119:52 I have remembered your ordinances of old, O Yahweh, And have comforted myself. 119:53 Hot indignation has taken hold on me, Because of the wicked who forsake your law. 119:54 Your statutes have been my songs In the house of my pilgrimage. 119:55 I have remembered your name, O Yahweh, in the night, And have observed your law. 119:56 This I have had, Because I have kept your precepts. 119:57 [CHET] Yahweh is my portion: I have said that I would observe your words. 119:58 I entreated your favor with my whole heart: Be merciful to me according to your word. 119:59 I thought on my ways, And turned my feet to your testimonies. 119:60 I hurried, and did not delay, To observe your commandments. 119:61 The cords of the wicked have wrapped me round; [But] I have not forgotten your law. 119:62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you Because of your righteous ordinances. 119:63 I am a partner of all those who fear you, And of those who observe your precepts. 119:64 The earth, O Yahweh, is full of your loving-kindness: Teach me your statutes. 119:65 [TET] You have dealt well with your slave, O Yahweh, according to your word. 119:66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge; For I have believed in your commandments. 119:67 Before I was afflicted I went astray; But now I observe your word. 119:68 You are good, and do good; Teach me your statutes. 119:69 The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart I will keep your precepts. 119:70 Their heart is as fat as grease; But I delight in your law. 119:71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; That I may learn your statutes. 119:72 The law of your mouth is better to me Than thousands of gold and silver. 119:73 [YOD] Your hands have made me and fashioned me: Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments. 119:74 Those who fear you will see me and be glad, Because I have hoped in your word. 119:75 I know, O Yahweh, that your judgments are righteous, And that in faithfulness you have afflicted me. 119:76 Let, I pray you, your loving-kindness be for my comfort, According to your word to your slave. 119:77 Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; For your law is my delight. 119:78 Let the proud be put to shame; For they have overthrown me wrongfully: [But] I will meditate on your precepts. 119:79 Let those who fear you turn to me; And they will know your testimonies. 119:80 Let my heart be perfect in your statutes, That I will not be put to shame. 119:81 [KAF] My soul faints for your salvation; [But] I hope in your word. 119:82 My eyes fail for your word, While I say, When will you comfort me? 119:83 For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke; Yet I don't forget your statutes. 119:84 How many are the days of your slave? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me? 119:85 The proud have dug pits for me, Who are not according to your law. 119:86 All your commandments are faithful: They persecute me wrongfully; help me. 119:87 They had almost consumed me on earth; But I did not forsake your precepts. 119:88 Quicken me after your loving-kindness; So I will observe the testimony of your mouth. 119:89 [LAMED] Forever, O Yahweh, Your word is settled in heaven. 119:90 Your faithfulness is to all generations: You have established the earth, and it stands fast. 119:91 They stand this day according to your ordinances; For all things are your slaves. 119:92 Unless your law had been my delight, I should then have perished in my affliction. 119:93 I will never forget your precepts; For with them you have quickened me. 119:94 I am yours, save me; For I have sought your precepts. 119:95 The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me; [But] I will consider your testimonies. 119:96 I have seen an end of all perfection; [But] your commandment is exceedingly broad. 119:97 [MEM] Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day. 119:98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies; For they are ever with me. 119:99 I have more understanding than all my teachers; For your testimonies are my meditation. 119:100 I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept your precepts. 119:101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe your word. 119:102 I have not turned aside from your ordinances; For you have taught me. 119:103 How sweet are your words to my taste! [Yes, sweeter] than honey to my mouth! 119:104 Through your precepts I get understanding: Therefore I hate every false way. 119:105 [NUN] Your word is a lamp to my feet, And a light to my path. 119:106 I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will observe your righteous ordinances. 119:107 I am afflicted very much: Quicken me, O Yahweh, according to your word. 119:108 Accept, I urge you, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, O Yahweh, And teach me your ordinances. 119:109 My soul is continually in my hand; Yet I don't forget your law. 119:110 The wicked have laid a snare for me; Yet I have not gone astray from your precepts. 119:111 Your testimonies I have taken as a heritage forever; For they are the rejoicing of my heart. 119:112 I have inclined my heart to perform your statutes Forever, even to the end. 119:113 [SAMEK] I hate those who are of a double mind; But I love your law. 119:114 You are my hiding-place and my shield: I hope in your word. 119:115 Depart from me, you+ evildoers, That I may keep the commandments of my God. 119:116 Uphold me according to your word, that I may live; And don't let me be ashamed of my hope. 119:117 Hold me up, and I will be safe, And I will look to your statutes continually. 119:118 You have set at nothing all those who err from your statutes; For their deceit is falsehood. 119:119 You consider all the wicked of the earth like dross: Therefore I love your testimonies. 119:120 My flesh trembles for fear of you; And I am afraid of your judgments. 119:121 [AYIN] I have done justice and righteousness: Don't leave me to my oppressors. 119:122 Be surety for your slave for good: Don't let the proud oppress me. 119:123 My eyes fail for your salvation, And for your righteous word. 119:124 Deal with your slave according to your loving-kindness, And teach me your statutes. 119:125 I am your slave; give me understanding, That I may know your testimonies. 119:126 It is time for Yahweh to work; [For] they have made void your law. 119:127 Therefore I love your commandments Above gold, yes, above fine gold. 119:128 Therefore I esteem all [your] precepts concerning all [things] to be right; [And] I hate every false way. 119:129 [PE] Your testimonies are wonderful; Therefore my soul keeps them. 119:130 The opening of your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple. 119:131 I opened my mouth wide, and panted; For I longed for your commandments. 119:132 Turn to me, and have mercy on me, As your manner is to those who love your name. 119:133 Establish my footsteps in your word; And don't let any iniquity have dominion over me. 119:134 Redeem me from the oppression of man: So I will observe your precepts. 119:135 Make your face to shine on your slave; And teach me your statutes. 119:136 Streams of water run down my eyes, Because they do not observe your law. 119:137 [TSADE] Righteous are you, O Yahweh, And upright are your judgments. 119:138 You have commanded your testimonies in righteousness And very faithfulness. 119:139 My zeal has consumed me, Because my adversaries have forgotten your words. 119:140 Your word is very pure; Therefore your slave loves it. 119:141 I am small and despised; [Yet] I don't forget your precepts. 119:142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And your law is truth. 119:143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; [Yet] your commandments are my delight. 119:144 Your testimonies are righteous forever: Give me understanding, and I will live. 119:145 [QOF] I have called with my whole heart; answer me, O Yahweh: I will keep your statutes. 119:146 I have called to you; save me, And I will observe your testimonies. 119:147 I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in your words. 119:148 My eyes anticipated the night-watches, That I might meditate on your word. 119:149 Hear my voice according to your loving-kindness: Quicken me, O Yahweh, according to your ordinances. 119:150 They draw near that follow after wickedness; They are far from your law. 119:151 You are near, O Yahweh; And all your commandments are truth. 119:152 Of old I have known from your testimonies, That you have founded them forever. 119:153 [RESH] Consider my affliction, and deliver me; For I do not forget your law. 119:154 Plead my cause, and redeem me: Quicken me according to your word. 119:155 Salvation is far from the wicked; For they don't seek your statutes. 119:156 Great are your tender mercies, O Yahweh: Quicken me according to your ordinances. 119:157 Many are my persecutors and my adversaries; [Yet] I have not swerved from your testimonies. 119:158 I saw the betrayers, and was grieved, Because they do not observe your word. 119:159 Consider how I love your precepts: Quicken me, O Yahweh, according to your loving-kindness. 119:160 The sum of your word is truth; And every one of your righteous ordinances [endures] forever. 119:161 [SHIN] Princes have persecuted me without a cause; But my heart stands in awe of your words. 119:162 I rejoice at your word, As one who finds great spoil. 119:163 I hate and am disgusted by falsehood; [But] I love your law. 119:164 Seven times a day I praise you, Because of your righteous ordinances. 119:165 Great peace have those who love your law; And they have no occasion of stumbling. 119:166 I have hoped for your salvation, O Yahweh, And have done your commandments. 119:167 My soul has observed your testimonies; And I love them exceedingly. 119:168 I have observed your precepts and your testimonies; For all my ways are before you. 119:169 [TAV] Let my cry come near before you, O Yahweh: Give me understanding according to your word. 119:170 Let my supplication come before you: Deliver me according to your word. 119:171 Let my lips gush out with praise; For you teach me your statutes. 119:172 Let my tongue sing of your word; For all your commandments are righteousness. 119:173 Let your hand be ready to help me; For I have chosen your precepts. 119:174 I have longed for your salvation, O Yahweh; And your law is my delight. 119:175 Let my soul live, and it will praise you; And let your ordinances help me. 119:176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your slave; For I do not forget your commandments. |
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