Psalm 119    

¹Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk according to the law of Yahweh.
  ²Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart.
  ³Yea, they do not commit injustice; they walk in his ways.
  ⁴You yourself have commanded your precepts, that we are to diligently keep.
  ⁵Oh that my roads might be steady to keep your statutes!
  ⁶Then I will not be ashamed when I look upon all of your commandments.
  ⁷I will give thanks to you with an upright heart when I learn your righteous judgments.
  ⁸I will keep your statutes. Do not utterly abandon me!
 

⁹How can a young man keep his path pure? By keeping it according to your word.
  ¹⁰With my whole heart I have sought you; do not let me wander astray from your commandments!
  ¹¹I have hidden your speech in my heart, so that I might not sin against you.
  ¹²Blessed are you, O Yahweh; teach me your statutes!
  ¹³With my lips I have declared all the judgments of your mouth.
  ¹⁴I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies as much as in all wealth.
  ¹⁵I will meditate on your precepts and look upon your paths.
  ¹⁶I will delight myself in your regulations; I will not forget your word.
 

¹⁷Treat your servant well so that I may live and I will keep your word.
  ¹⁸Uncover my eyes, that I may look upon wonderful things in your law.
  ¹⁹I am a stranger on the earth; Do not hide your commandments from me!
  ²⁰My soul is worn down with longing for your judgments at all times.
  ²¹You have rebuked the insolent, the cursed, who wander astray from your commandments.
  ²²Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have guarded your testimonies.
  ²³Even though rulers sit and conspire against me, your servant will meditate on your statutes.
  ²⁴Indeed your testimonies are my delight; my counselors.
 

²⁵My soul clings to the dust; revive me according to your word!
  ²⁶I declared my roads and you answered me. Teach me your statutes!
  ²⁷Make me understand the way of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wonderful acts.
  ²⁸My soul has wept from grief; strengthen me to stand according to your word!
  ²⁹Take the deceitful road away from me and graciously give me your instruction!
  ³⁰I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have considered your judgments.
  ³¹I cling to your testimonies, O Yahweh. Do not put me to shame!
  ³²I will run on the road of your commandments, for you will broaden my understanding.
 

³³Teach me, O Yahweh, the way of your statutes, that I may guard it as a reward.
  ³⁴Give me understanding so that I may observe your law, yes, that I may keep it with my whole heart.
  ³⁵Lead me on the pathway of your commandments, for I delight in them.
  ³⁶Incline my heart toward your testimonies and not toward dishonest gain!
  ³⁷Avert my eyes from looking upon any worthless thing, and give me life in your roads!
  ³⁸Fulfill what you say to your servant, which brings you reverence.
  ³⁹Turn away the reproach that I dread; for your judgments are good.
  ⁴⁰Behold, I long for your precepts. Revive me by your righteousness!
 

⁴¹Let your covenant faithfulness also come to me, O Yahweh, your deliverance, just as you have spoken.
  ⁴²So I will answer him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word.
  ⁴³And do not forcefully snatch the faithful word out of my mouth, for I put my hope in your judgments.
  ⁴⁴So I will continually keep your law, forever and ever.
  ⁴⁵And I will walk about in the broad place, for I have sought your precepts.
  ⁴⁶I will also speak of your testimonies before kings and I will not be put to shame.
  ⁴⁷And I will take pleasure in your commandments, which I love.
  ⁴⁸Yes, I will lift up my hands for your commandments, which I love; and I will meditate on your statutes.
 

⁴⁹Remember the word to your servant, in which you have made me hope.
  ⁵⁰This is my comfort in my affliction: that your utterance has revived me.
  ⁵¹The insolent deride me excessively, but I have not deviated from your law.
  ⁵²I have remembered your judgments of old, O Yahweh, and I comfort myself.
  ⁵³Rage has seized me because of the wicked who forsake your law.
  ⁵⁴Your statutes have become my songs in the house where I sojourn.
  ⁵⁵I have remembered your name, O Yahweh, in the night, and I keep your law.
  ⁵⁶This law has become my own, so that I observe your precepts.
 

⁵⁷Yahweh is my portion. I have promised to keep your words.
  ⁵⁸I have entreated your face with my whole heart. Show me favor according to your utterance!
  ⁵⁹I have considered my roads and I turned my feet toward your testimonies.
  ⁶⁰I have made haste and did not delay to keep your commandments.
  ⁶¹The cords of the wicked encircle me, but I have not forgotten your law.
  ⁶²In the middle of the night I will rise to thank you because of your righteous judgments.
  ⁶³I am a friend to all those who fear you, yes, to those who keep your precepts.
  ⁶⁴The earth is full of your covenant faithfulness, O Yahweh; teach me your statutes!
 

⁶⁵You have treated your servant well, O Yahweh, according to your word.
  ⁶⁶Teach me good discernment and knowledge, for I trust in your commandments.
  ⁶⁷Before I was afflicted, I was going astray; but now I observe your utterance.
  ⁶⁸You are good and you do good; teach me your statutes!
  ⁶⁹The insolent have smeared me with lies. With my whole heart I will guard your precepts.
  ⁷⁰Their hearts are insensitive, as if covered with fat, but I have delighted in your law.
  ⁷¹It is good for me that I have been afflicted, in order that I would learn your statutes.
  ⁷²Instruction from your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
 

⁷³Your hands created me and formed me; give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
  ⁷⁴Let those who fear you see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.
  ⁷⁵O Yahweh, I know that your judgments are righteous, and that in your fidelity you have humbled me.
  ⁷⁶O let your covenant faithfulness be my comfort, according to what you said to your servant.
  ⁷⁷Let your tender mercies come to me that I may live, for your law is my delight.
  ⁷⁸Let the insolent be put to shame, for they have oppressed me with falsehood; I will meditate on your precepts.
  ⁷⁹Let those who fear you turn to me; yes, those who know your testimonies.
  ⁸⁰May my heart be blameless in your statutes, so that I will not be put to shame.
 

⁸¹My soul languishes for your deliverance; I hope in your word.
  ⁸²My eyes languish for your utterance, I ask, “When will you comfort me?”
  ⁸³Though I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, I did not forget your statutes.
  ⁸⁴How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?
  ⁸⁵The insolent have dug pits for me, those who are not in accord with your law.
  ⁸⁶All of your commandments are faithful. People have persecuted me with falsehood. Help me!
  ⁸⁷They had almost destroyed me on the earth; but as for me, I did not forsake your precepts.
  ⁸⁸Revive me according to your covenant faithfulness, so that I may keep the testimony of your mouth.
 

⁸⁹Forever, O Yahweh, your word stands firm in the heavens.
  ⁹⁰Your fidelity endures from generation to generation; you established the earth, and it stands.
  ⁹¹According to your judgments they stand to this day, for all things are your servants.
  ⁹²If your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
  ⁹³I will never forget your precepts, for with them you have revived me.
  ⁹⁴I am yours, deliver me, for I have sought your precepts.
  ⁹⁵The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me; I will direct my attention to your testimonies.
  ⁹⁶I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commandment is extremely broad.
 

⁹⁷O how I love your law! It is my meditation all day long.
  ⁹⁸Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for it is always mine.
  ⁹⁹I have more insight than all my teachers, because your testimonies are my meditation.
  ¹⁰⁰I have more understanding than the elders, because I have maintained your precepts.
  ¹⁰¹I have restrained my feet from every evil path, in order that I may keep your word.
  ¹⁰²I have not turned aside from your judgments, for you yourself have taught me.
  ¹⁰³How sweet are your utterances to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!
  ¹⁰⁴Through your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every deceptive path.
 

¹⁰⁵Your word is a lamp to my feet, yes, a light for my path.
  ¹⁰⁶I have sworn an oath and have confirmed it, to keep your righteous judgments.
  ¹⁰⁷I am sorely afflicted; O Yahweh, revive me according to your word.
  ¹⁰⁸Please accept the willing offerings of my mouth, O Yahweh, and teach me your judgments.
  ¹⁰⁹My soul is continually in danger, but I have not forgotten your law.
  ¹¹⁰The wicked have set a trap for me, but I have not wandered astray from your precepts.
  ¹¹¹I have inherited your testimonies forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
  ¹¹²I have inclined my heart to perform your statutes; the reward is everlasting.
 

¹¹³I hate those with divided loyalties, but I love your law.
  ¹¹⁴You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in your word.
  ¹¹⁵Depart from me, O evildoers, that I may guard the commandments of my God.
  ¹¹⁶Sustain me according to your utterance, so that I may live; and do not let me be put to shame because of my hope!
  ¹¹⁷Support me that I may be delivered, then I will pay attention to your statutes continually.
  ¹¹⁸You treat all those who wander astray from your statutes as worthless, because their thoughts are unrighteous.^{a
  119}You destroy all the wicked of the earth like dross; therefore I love your testimonies.
  ¹²⁰My flesh trembles for fear of you, yes, I am afraid of your judgments.
 

¹²¹I have performed justice and righteousness; do not leave me to my oppressors.
  ¹²²Intervene for the good of your servant; do not let the presumptuous oppress me.
  ¹²³My eyes languish while looking for your deliverance, yes, for the utterance of your righteousness.
  ¹²⁴Deal with your servant according to your covenant faithfulness and teach me your statutes!
  ¹²⁵I am your servant; give me understanding that I may know your testimonies.
  ¹²⁶It is time to act, O Yahweh; they have broken your law.
  ¹²⁷Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.
  ¹²⁸Therefore I carefully observe all of your precepts. I hate every false path.
 

¹²⁹Your testimonies are wonderful; therefore my soul keeps them.
  ¹³⁰The opening of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the naïve.
  ¹³¹I open wide my mouth and I pant, for I desire your commandments.
  ¹³²Turn to me and show me favor, according to your judgment toward those who love your name.
  ¹³³Establish my steps within your utterance; and do not let any wickedness have power over me.
  ¹³⁴Redeem me from human oppression so that I may keep your precepts.
  ¹³⁵Make your face shine upon your servant, and teach me your statutes.
  ¹³⁶My eyes run with streams of tears, because they do not keep your law.
 

¹³⁷You are righteous, O Yahweh, yes, your judgments are upright.
  ¹³⁸You have commanded your testimonies in righteousness, yes, in exceeding fidelity.
  ¹³⁹My zeal has consumed me, because my foes have forgotten your words.
  ¹⁴⁰Your utterance has been greatly tested, so your servant loves it.
  ¹⁴¹I am insignificant and despised, but I do not forget your precepts.
  ¹⁴²Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, your law is truth.
  ¹⁴³Distress and anguish have found me, yet your commandments are my delight.
  ¹⁴⁴Your testimonies are righteous forever; give me understanding that I may live!
 

¹⁴⁵I called out with my whole heart; answer me, O Yahweh! I will guard your statutes.
  ¹⁴⁶I called out to you; deliver me and I will keep your statutes.
  ¹⁴⁷I rose up before dawn and cried out for help; I put my hope in your words.
  ¹⁴⁸My eyes anticipate the night watches, that I might meditate on your utterance.
  ¹⁴⁹Hear my voice according to your covenant faithfulness; revive me, O Yahweh, according to your judgments!
  ¹⁵⁰Those who pursue wickedness have drawn near; they are far from your law.
  ¹⁵¹You yourself are near, O Yahweh; and all your commandments are truth.
  ¹⁵²Long ago I learned from your testimonies that you have established them forever.
 

¹⁵³Look upon my affliction and deliver me, because I have not forgotten your law.
  ¹⁵⁴Plead my cause and redeem me; revive me according to your utterance!
  ¹⁵⁵Deliverance is far from the wicked, for they do not seek your statutes.
  ¹⁵⁶Your tender mercies are many, O Yahweh; revive me according to your judgments.
  ¹⁵⁷My persecutors and my foes are many; yet I have not deviated from your testimonies.
  ¹⁵⁸I look at the unfaithful and I am in disgust, because they do not keep your utterance.
  ¹⁵⁹See how I love your precepts; revive me, O Yahweh, according to your covenant faithfulness!
  ¹⁶⁰The essence of your word is truth; and every one of your righteous judgments is everlasting.
 

¹⁶¹Leaders have persecuted me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.
  ¹⁶²I am rejoicing at your utterance, like one who finds great spoil.
  ¹⁶³I hate and abhor falsehood, but I love your law.
  ¹⁶⁴Seven times a day I praise you, because of your righteous judgments.
  ¹⁶⁵Great peace comes to those who love your law, and nothing causes them to stumble.
  ¹⁶⁶I have hoped for your deliverance, O Yahweh, and I have performed your commandments.
  ¹⁶⁷My soul has kept your testimonies; yes, I love them exceedingly.
  ¹⁶⁸I have kept your precepts and your testimonies, for all my roads are before you.
 

¹⁶⁹Let my cry come before you, O Yahweh; give me understanding according to your word!
  ¹⁷⁰Let my supplication come before you; deliver me according to your utterance!
  ¹⁷¹Let my lips pour forth praise, for you teach me your statutes.
  ¹⁷²Let my tongue sing of your utterance, for all your commandments are righteousness.
  ¹⁷³Let your hand be ready to aid me, for I have chosen your precepts.
  ¹⁷⁴I have longed for your deliverance, O Yahweh, yes, your law is my delight.
  ¹⁷⁵Let my soul live, that it may praise you, and let your ordinances aid me.
  ¹⁷⁶I have wandered like a stray sheep; seek your servant, since I have not forgotten your commandments.