Psalms 119
WEB·Psalms 119
1Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh’s law.
KJVALEPH. BlessedH835 are the undefiledH8549 in the wayH1870, who walkH1980(H8802) in the lawH8451 of the LORDH3068.
2 Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.
KJVBlessedH835 are they that keepH5341(H8802) his testimoniesH5713, and that seekH1875(H8799) him with the whole heartH3820.
3 Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways.
KJVThey also doH6466(H8804) no iniquityH5766: they walkH1980(H8804) in his waysH1870.
4 You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them.
KJVThou hast commandedH6680(H8765) us to keepH8104(H8800) thy preceptsH6490 diligentlyH3966.
5 Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!
KJVO thatH305 my waysH1870 were directedH3559(H8735) to keepH8104(H8800) thy statutesH2706!
6 Then I wouldn’t be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments.
KJVThen shall I not be ashamedH954(H8799), when I have respectH5027(H8687) unto all thy commandmentsH4687.
7 I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments.
KJVI will praiseH3034(H8686) thee with uprightnessH3476 of heartH3824, when I shall have learnedH3925(H8800) thy righteousH6664 judgmentsH4941.
8 I will observe your statutes. Don’t utterly forsake me. BETH
KJVI will keepH8104(H8799) thy statutesH2706: O forsakeH5800(H8799) me not utterlyH3966.
9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.
KJVBETH. Wherewithal shall a young manH5288 cleanseH2135(H8762) his wayH734? by taking heedH8104(H8800) thereto according to thy wordH1697.
10 With my whole heart I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.
KJVWith my whole heartH3820 have I soughtH1875(H8804) thee: O let me not wanderH7686(H8686) from thy commandmentsH4687.
11 I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
KJVThy wordH565 have I hidH6845(H8804) in mine heartH3820, that I might not sinH2398(H8799) against thee.
12 Blessed are you, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes.
KJVBlessedH1288(H8803) art thou, O LORDH3068: teachH3925(H8761) me thy statutesH2706.
13 With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.
KJVWith my lipsH8193 have I declaredH5608(H8765) all the judgmentsH4941 of thy mouthH6310.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.
KJVI have rejoicedH7797(H8804) in the wayH1870 of thy testimoniesH5715, as much as inH5921 all richesH1952.
15 I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways.
KJVI will meditateH7878(H8799) in thy preceptsH6490, and have respectH5027(H8686) unto thy waysH734.
16 I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word. GIMEL
KJVI will delightH8173(H8698) myself in thy statutesH2708: I will not forgetH7911(H8799) thy wordH1697.
17 Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word.
KJVGIMEL. Deal bountifullyH1580(H8798) with thy servantH5650, that I may liveH2421(H8799), and keepH8104(H8799) thy wordH1697.
18 Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.
KJVOpenH1540(H8761) thou mine eyesH5869, that I may beholdH5027(H8686) wondrous thingsH6381(H8737) out of thy lawH8451.
19 I am a stranger on the earth. Don’t hide your commandments from me.
KJVI am a strangerH1616 in the earthH776: hideH5641(H8686) not thy commandmentsH4687 from me.
20 My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
KJVMy soulH5315 breakethH1638(H8804) for the longingH8375 that it hath unto thy judgmentsH4941 at all timesH6256.
21 You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments.
KJVThou hast rebukedH1605(H8804) the proudH2086 that are cursedH779(H8803), which do errH7686(H8802) from thy commandmentsH4687.
22 Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes.
KJVRemoveH1556(H8798) from me reproachH2781 and contemptH937; for I have keptH5341(H8804) thy testimoniesH5713.
23 Though princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate on your statutes.
KJVPrincesH8269 also did sitH3427(H8804) and speakH1696(H8738) against me: but thy servantH5650 did meditateH7878(H8799) in thy statutesH2706.
24 Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors. DALETH
KJVThy testimoniesH5713 also are my delightH8191 and my counsellorsH582H6098.
25 My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word!
KJVDALETH. My soulH5315 cleavethH1692(H8804) unto the dustH6083: quickenH2421(H8761) thou me according to thy wordH1697.
26 I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes.
KJVI have declaredH5608(H8765) my waysH1870, and thou heardestH6030(H8799) me: teachH3925(H8761) me thy statutesH2706.
27 Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.
KJVMake me to understandH995(H8685) the wayH1870 of thy preceptsH6490: so shall I talkH7878(H8799) of thy wondrous worksH6381(H8737).
28 My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.
KJVMy soulH5315 meltethH1811(H8804) for heavinessH8424: strengthenH6965(H8761) thou me according unto thy wordH1697.
29 Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously!
KJVRemoveH5493(H8685) from me the wayH1870 of lyingH8267: and grant me thy lawH8451 graciouslyH2603(H8798).
30 I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me.
KJVI have chosenH977(H8804) the wayH1870 of truthH530: thy judgmentsH4941 have I laidH7737(H8765) before me.
31 I cling to your statutes, Yahweh. Don’t let me be disappointed.
KJVI have stuckH1692(H8804) unto thy testimoniesH5715: O LORDH3068, put me not to shameH954(H8686).
32 I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free. HE
KJVI will runH7323(H8799) the wayH1870 of thy commandmentsH4687, when thou shalt enlargeH7337(H8686) my heartH3820.
33 Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end.
KJVHE. TeachH3384(H8685) me, O LORDH3068, the wayH1870 of thy statutesH2706; and I shall keepH5341(H8799) it unto the endH6118.
34 Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.
KJVGive me understandingH995(H8685), and I shall keepH5341(H8799) thy lawH8451; yea, I shall observeH8104(H8799) it with my whole heartH3820.
35 Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them.
KJVMake me to goH1869(H8685) in the pathH5410 of thy commandmentsH4687; for therein do I delightH2654(H8804).
36 Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.
KJVInclineH5186(H8685) my heartH3820 unto thy testimoniesH5715, and not to covetousnessH1215.
37 Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
KJVTurn awayH5674(H8685) mine eyesH5869 from beholdingH7200(H8800) vanityH7723; and quickenH2421(H8761) thou me in thy wayH1870.
38 Fulfill your promise to your servant, that you may be feared.
KJVStablishH6965(H8685) thy wordH565 unto thy servantH5650, who is devoted to thy fearH3374.
39 Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good.
KJVTurn awayH5674(H8685) my reproachH2781 which I fearH3025(H8804): for thy judgmentsH4941 are goodH2896.
40 Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness. VAV
KJVBehold, I have longedH8373(H8804) after thy preceptsH6490: quickenH2421(H8761) me in thy righteousnessH6666.
41 Let your loving kindness also come to me, Yahweh, your salvation, according to your word.
KJVVAU. Let thy merciesH2617 comeH935(H8799) also unto me, O LORDH3068, even thy salvationH8668, according to thy wordH565.
42 So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word.
KJVSo shall I have wherewithH1697 to answerH6030(H8799) him that reproachethH2778(H8802) me: for I trustH982(H8804) in thy wordH1697.
43 Don’t snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, for I put my hope in your ordinances.
KJVAnd takeH5337(H8686) not the wordH1697 of truthH571 utterlyH3966 out of my mouthH6310; for I have hopedH3176(H8765) in thy judgmentsH4941.
44 So I will obey your law continually, forever and ever.
KJVSo shall I keepH8104(H8799) thy lawH8451 continuallyH8548 for everH5769 and everH5703.
45 I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts.
KJVAnd I will walkH1980(H8691) at libertyH7342: for I seekH1875(H8804) thy preceptsH6490.
46 I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed.
KJVI will speakH1696(H8762) of thy testimoniesH5713 also before kingsH4428, and will not be ashamedH954(H8799).
47 I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.
KJVAnd I will delightH8173(H8698) myself in thy commandmentsH4687, which I have lovedH157(H8804).
48 I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes. ZAYIN
KJVMy handsH3709 also will I lift upH5375(H8799) unto thy commandmentsH4687, which I have lovedH157(H8804); and I will meditateH7878(H8799) in thy statutesH2706.
49 Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope.
KJVZAIN. RememberH2142(H8798) the wordH1697 unto thy servantH5650, upon which thou hast caused me to hopeH3176(H8765).
50 This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me.
KJVThis is my comfortH5165 in my afflictionH6040: for thy wordH565 hath quickenedH2421(H8765) me.
51 The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don’t swerve from your law.
KJVThe proudH2086 have had me greatlyH3966 in derisionH3887(H8689): yet have I not declinedH5186(H8804) from thy lawH8451.
52 I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh, and have comforted myself.
KJVI rememberedH2142(H8804) thy judgmentsH4941 of oldH5769, O LORDH3068; and have comfortedH5162(H8691) myself.
53 Indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked who forsake your law.
KJVHorrorH2152 hath taken holdH270(H8804) upon me because of the wickedH7563 that forsakeH5800(H8802) thy lawH8451.
54 Your statutes have been my songs in the house where I live.
KJVThy statutesH2706 have been my songsH2158 in the houseH1004 of my pilgrimageH4033.
55 I have remembered your name, Yahweh, in the night, and I obey your law.
KJVI have rememberedH2142(H8804) thy nameH8034, O LORDH3068, in the nightH3915, and have keptH8104(H8799) thy lawH8451.
56 This is my way, that I keep your precepts. HETH
KJVThis I had, because I keptH5341(H8804) thy preceptsH6490.
57 Yahweh is my portion. I promised to obey your words.
KJVCHETH. Thou art my portionH2506, O LORDH3068: I have saidH559(H8804) that I would keepH8104(H8800) thy wordsH1697.
58 I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.
KJVI intreatedH2470(H8765) thy favourH6440 with my whole heartH3820: be mercifulH2603(H8798) unto me according to thy wordH565.
59 I considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes.
KJVI thoughtH2803(H8765) on my waysH1870, and turnedH7725(H8686) my feetH7272 unto thy testimoniesH5713.
60 I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments.
KJVI made hasteH2363(H8804), and delayedH4102(H8701) not to keepH8104(H8800) thy commandmentsH4687.
61 The ropes of the wicked bind me, but I won’t forget your law.
KJVThe bandsH2256 of the wickedH7563 have robbedH5749(H8765) me: but I have not forgottenH7911(H8804) thy lawH8451.
62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances.
KJVAt midnightH2676H3915 I will riseH6965(H8799) to give thanksH3034(H8687) unto thee because of thy righteousH6664 judgmentsH4941.
63 I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.
KJVI am a companionH2270 of all them that fearH3372(H8804) thee, and of them that keepH8104(H8802) thy preceptsH6490.
64 The earth is full of your loving kindness, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes. TETH
KJVThe earthH776, O LORDH3068, is fullH4390(H8804) of thy mercyH2617: teachH3925(H8761) me thy statutesH2706.
65 You have treated your servant well, according to your word, Yahweh.
KJVTETH. Thou hast dealtH6213(H8804) wellH2896 with thy servantH5650, O LORDH3068, according unto thy wordH1697.
66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.
KJVTeachH3925(H8761) me goodH2898 judgmentH2940 and knowledgeH1847: for I have believedH539(H8689) thy commandmentsH4687.
67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.
KJVBefore I was afflictedH6031(H8799) I went astrayH7683(H8802): but now have I keptH8104(H8804) thy wordH565.
68 You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes.
KJVThou art goodH2896, and doest goodH2895(H8688); teachH3925(H8761) me thy statutesH2706.
69 The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.
KJVThe proudH2086 have forgedH2950(H8804) a lieH8267 against me: but I will keepH5341(H8799) thy preceptsH6490 with my whole heartH3820.
70 Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law.
KJVTheir heartH3820 is as fatH2954(H8804) as greaseH2459; but I delightH8173(H8773) in thy lawH8451.
71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes.
KJVIt is goodH2896 for me that I have been afflictedH6031(H8795); that I might learnH3925(H8799) thy statutesH2706.
72 The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. YODH
KJVThe lawH8451 of thy mouthH6310 is betterH2896 unto me than thousandsH505 of goldH2091 and silverH3701.
73 Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
KJVJOD. Thy handsH3027 have madeH6213(H8804) me and fashionedH3559(H8787) me: give me understandingH995(H8685), that I may learnH3925(H8799) thy commandmentsH4687.
74 Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.
KJVThey that fearH3373 thee will be gladH8055(H8799) when they seeH7200(H8799) me; because I have hopedH3176(H8765) in thy wordH1697.
75 Yahweh, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
KJVI knowH3045(H8804), O LORDH3068, that thy judgmentsH4941 are rightH6664, and that thou in faithfulnessH530 hast afflictedH6031(H8765) me.
76 Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.
KJVLet, I pray thee, thy merciful kindnessH2617 be for my comfortH5162(H8763), according to thy wordH565 unto thy servantH5650.
77 Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight.
KJVLet thy tender merciesH7356 comeH935(H8799) unto me, that I may liveH2421(H8799): for thy lawH8451 is my delightH8191.
78 Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.
KJVLet the proudH2086 be ashamedH954(H8799); for they dealt perverselyH5791(H8765) with me without a causeH8267: but I will meditateH7878(H8799) in thy preceptsH6490.
79 Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.
KJVLet those that fearH3373 thee turnH7725(H8799) unto me, and those that have knownH3045(H8802)(H8675)H3045(H8804) thy testimoniesH5713.
80 Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be disappointed. KAPF
KJVLet my heartH3820 be soundH8549 in thy statutesH2706; that I be not ashamedH954(H8799).
81 My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.
KJVCAPH. My soulH5315 faintethH3615(H8804) for thy salvationH8668: but I hopeH3176(H8765) in thy wordH1697.
82 My eyes fail for your word. I say, “When will you comfort me?”
KJVMine eyesH5869 failH3615(H8804) for thy wordH565, sayingH559(H8800), When wilt thou comfortH5162(H8762) me?
83 For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes.
KJVFor I am become like a bottleH4997 in the smokeH7008; yet do I not forgetH7911(H8804) thy statutesH2706.
84 How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?
KJVHow many are the daysH3117 of thy servantH5650? when wilt thou executeH6213(H8799) judgmentH4941 on them that persecuteH7291(H8802) me?
85 The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law.
KJVThe proudH2086 have diggedH3738(H8804) pitsH7882 for me, which are not after thy lawH8451.
86 All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!
KJVAll thy commandmentsH4687 are faithfulH530: they persecuteH7291(H8804) me wrongfullyH8267; helpH5826(H8798) thou me.
87 They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn’t forsake your precepts.
KJVThey had almostH4592 consumedH3615(H8765) me upon earthH776; but I forsookH5800(H8804) not thy preceptsH6490.
88 Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth. LAMEDH
KJVQuickenH2421(H8761) me after thy lovingkindnessH2617; so shall I keepH8104(H8799) the testimonyH5715 of thy mouthH6310.
89 Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever.
KJVLAMED. For everH5769, O LORDH3068, thy wordH1697 is settledH5324(H8737) in heavenH8064.
90 Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.
KJVThy faithfulnessH530 is unto allH1755 generationsH1755: thou hast establishedH3559(H8790) the earthH776, and it abidethH5975(H8799).
91 Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you.
KJVThey continueH5975(H8804) this dayH3117 according to thine ordinancesH4941: for all are thy servantsH5650.
92 Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
KJVUnlessH3884 thy lawH8451 had been my delightsH8191, I should then have perishedH6(H8804) in mine afflictionH6040.
93 I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me.
KJVI will neverH5769 forgetH7911(H8799) thy preceptsH6490: for with them thou hast quickenedH2421(H8765) me.
94 I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.
KJVI am thine, saveH3467(H8685) me; for I have soughtH1875(H8804) thy preceptsH6490.
95 The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.
KJVThe wickedH7563 have waitedH6960(H8765) for me to destroyH6(H8763) me: but I will considerH995(H8709) thy testimoniesH5713.
96 I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless. MEM
KJVI have seenH7200(H8804) an endH7093 of all perfectionH8502: but thy commandmentH4687 is exceedingH3966 broadH7342.
97 How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.
KJVMEM. O how love IH157(H8804) thy lawH8451! it is my meditationH7881 all the dayH3117.
98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.
KJVThou through thy commandmentsH4687 hast made me wiserH2449(H8762) than mine enemiesH341(H8802): for they are everH5769 with me.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.
KJVI have more understandingH7919(H8689) than all my teachersH3925(H8764): for thy testimoniesH5715 are my meditationH7881.
100 I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.
KJVI understandH995(H8709) more than the ancientsH2205, because I keepH5341(H8804) thy preceptsH6490.
101 I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.
KJVI have refrainedH3607(H8804) my feetH7272 from every evilH7451 wayH734, that I might keepH8104(H8799) thy wordH1697.
102 I have not turned away from your ordinances, for you have taught me.
KJVI have not departedH5493(H8804) from thy judgmentsH4941: for thou hast taughtH3384(H8689) me.
103 How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!
KJVHow sweetH4452(H8738) are thy wordsH565 unto my tasteH2441! yea, sweeter than honeyH1706 to my mouthH6310!
104 Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. NUN
KJVThrough thy preceptsH6490 I get understandingH995(H8709): therefore I hateH8130(H8804) every falseH8267 wayH734.
105 Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.
KJVNUN. Thy wordH1697 is a lampH5216 unto my feetH7272, and a lightH216 unto my pathH5410.
106 I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.
KJVI have swornH7650(H8738), and I will performH6965(H8762) it, that I will keepH8104(H8800) thy righteousH6664 judgmentsH4941.
107 I am afflicted very much. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your word.
KJVI am afflictedH6031(H8738) very muchH3966: quickenH2421(H8761) me, O LORDH3068, according unto thy wordH1697.
108 Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. Yahweh, teach me your ordinances.
KJVAcceptH7521(H8798), I beseech thee, the freewill offeringsH5071 of my mouthH6310, O LORDH3068, and teachH3925(H8761) me thy judgmentsH4941.
109 My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won’t forget your law.
KJVMy soulH5315 is continuallyH8548 in my handH3709: yet do I not forgetH7911(H8804) thy lawH8451.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.
KJVThe wickedH7563 have laidH5414(H8804) a snareH6341 for me: yet I erredH8582(H8804) not from thy preceptsH6490.
111 I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
KJVThy testimoniesH5715 have I taken as an heritageH5157(H8804) for everH5769: for they are the rejoicingH8342 of my heartH3820.
112 I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end. SAMEKH
KJVI have inclinedH5186(H8804) mine heartH3820 to performH6213(H8800) thy statutesH2706 alwayH5769, even unto the endH6118.
113 I hate double-minded men, but I love your law.
KJVSAMECH. I hateH8130(H8804) vain thoughtsH5588: but thy lawH8451 do I loveH157(H8804).
114 You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.
KJVThou art my hiding placeH5643 and my shieldH4043: I hopeH3176(H8765) in thy wordH1697.
115 Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.
KJVDepartH5493(H8798) from me, ye evildoersH7489(H8688): for I will keepH5341(H8799) the commandmentsH4687 of my GodH430.
116 Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.
KJVUpholdH5564(H8798) me according unto thy wordH565, that I may liveH2421(H8799): and let me not be ashamedH954(H8686) of my hopeH7664.
117 Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.
KJVHold thou me upH5582(H8798), and I shall be safeH3467(H8735): and I will have respectH8159(H8799) unto thy statutesH2706 continuallyH8548.
118 You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain.
KJVThou hast trodden downH5541(H8804) all them that errH7686(H8802) from thy statutesH2706: for their deceitH8649 is falsehoodH8267.
119 You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies.
KJVThou puttest awayH7673(H8689) all the wickedH7563 of the earthH776 like drossH5509: therefore I loveH157(H8804) thy testimoniesH5713.
120 My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments. AYIN
KJVMy fleshH1320 tremblethH5568(H8804) for fearH6343 of thee; and I am afraidH3372(H8804) of thy judgmentsH4941.
121 I have done what is just and righteous. Don’t leave me to my oppressors.
KJVAIN. I have doneH6213(H8804) judgmentH4941 and justiceH6664: leaveH3240(H8686) me not to mine oppressorsH6231(H8802).
122 Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me.
KJVBe suretyH6148(H8798) for thy servantH5650 for goodH2896: let not the proudH2086 oppressH6231(H8799) me.
123 My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.
KJVMine eyesH5869 failH3615(H8804) for thy salvationH3444, and for the wordH565 of thy righteousnessH6664.
124 Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.
KJVDealH6213(H8798) with thy servantH5650 according unto thy mercyH2617, and teachH3925(H8761) me thy statutesH2706.
125 I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.
KJVI am thy servantH5650; give me understandingH995(H8685), that I may knowH3045(H8799) thy testimoniesH5713.
126 It is time to act, Yahweh, for they break your law.
KJVIt is timeH6256 for thee, LORDH3068, to workH6213(H8800): for they have made voidH6565(H8689) thy lawH8451.
127 Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.
KJVTherefore I loveH157(H8804) thy commandmentsH4687 above goldH2091; yea, above fine goldH6337.
128 Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way. PE
KJVTherefore I esteem all thy preceptsH6490 concerning all things to be rightH3474(H8765); and I hateH8130(H8804) every falseH8267 wayH734.
129 Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them.
KJVPE. Thy testimoniesH5715 are wonderfulH6382: therefore doth my soulH5315 keepH5341(H8804) them.
130 The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.
KJVThe entranceH6608 of thy wordsH1697 giveth lightH215(H8686); it giveth understandingH995(H8688) unto the simpleH6612.
131 I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments.
KJVI openedH6473(H8804) my mouthH6310, and pantedH7602(H8799): for I longedH2968(H8804) for thy commandmentsH4687.
132 Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.
KJVLookH6437(H8798) thou upon me, and be mercifulH2603(H8798) unto me, as thou usestH4941 to do unto those that loveH157(H8802) thy nameH8034.
133 Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me.
KJVOrderH3559(H8685) my stepsH6471 in thy wordH565: and let not any iniquityH205 have dominionH7980(H8686) over me.
134 Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts.
KJVDeliverH6299(H8798) me from the oppressionH6233 of manH120: so will I keepH8104(H8799) thy preceptsH6490.
135 Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.
KJVMake thy faceH6440 to shineH215(H8685) upon thy servantH5650; and teachH3925(H8761) me thy statutesH2706.
136 Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your law. TZADHE
KJVRiversH6388 of watersH4325 run downH3381(H8804) mine eyesH5869, because they keepH8104(H8804) not thy lawH8451.
137 You are righteous, Yahweh. Your judgments are upright.
KJVTZADDI. RighteousH6662 art thou, O LORDH3068, and uprightH3477 are thy judgmentsH4941.
138 You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.
KJVThy testimoniesH5713 that thou hast commandedH6680(H8765) are righteousH6664 and veryH3966 faithfulH530.
139 My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.
KJVMy zealH7068 hath consumedH6789(H8765) me, because mine enemiesH6862 have forgottenH7911(H8804) thy wordsH1697.
140 Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
KJVThy wordH565 is veryH3966 pureH6884(H8803): therefore thy servantH5650 lovethH157(H8804) it.
141 I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts.
KJVI am smallH6810 and despisedH959(H8737): yet do not I forgetH7911(H8804) thy preceptsH6490.
142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.
KJVThy righteousnessH6666 is an everlastingH5769 righteousnessH6664, and thy lawH8451 is the truthH571.
143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.
KJVTroubleH6862 and anguishH4689 have taken holdH4672(H8804) on me: yet thy commandmentsH4687 are my delightsH8191.
144 Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. QOPH
KJVThe righteousnessH6664 of thy testimoniesH5715 is everlastingH5769: give me understandingH995(H8685), and I shall liveH2421(H8799).
145 I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will keep your statutes.
KJVKOPH. I criedH7121(H8804) with my whole heartH3820; hearH6030(H8798) me, O LORDH3068: I will keepH5341(H8799) thy statutesH2706.
146 I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes.
KJVI criedH7121(H8804) unto thee; saveH3467(H8685) me, and I shall keepH8104(H8799) thy testimoniesH5713.
147 I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.
KJVI preventedH6923(H8765) the dawning of the morningH5399, and criedH7768(H8762): I hopedH3176(H8765) in thy wordH1697.
148 My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on your word.
KJVMine eyesH5869 preventH6923(H8765) the night watchesH821, that I might meditateH7878(H8800) in thy wordH565.
149 Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your ordinances.
KJVHearH8085(H8798) my voiceH6963 according unto thy lovingkindnessH2617: O LORDH3068, quickenH2421(H8761) me according to thy judgmentH4941.
150 They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law.
KJVThey draw nighH7126(H8804) that followH7291(H8802) after mischiefH2154: they are farH7368(H8804) from thy lawH8451.
151 You are near, Yahweh. All your commandments are truth.
KJVThou art nearH7138, O LORDH3068; and all thy commandmentsH4687 are truthH571.
152 Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever. RESH
KJVConcerning thy testimoniesH5713, I have knownH3045(H8804) of oldH6924 that thou hast foundedH3245(H8804) them for everH5769.
153 Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your law.
KJVRESH. ConsiderH7200(H8798) mine afflictionH6040, and deliverH2502(H8761) me: for I do not forgetH7911(H8804) thy lawH8451.
154 Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.
KJVPleadH7378(H8798) my causeH7379, and deliverH1350(H8798) me: quickenH2421(H8761) me according to thy wordH565.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don’t seek your statutes.
KJVSalvationH3444 is farH7350 from the wickedH7563: for they seekH1875(H8804) not thy statutesH2706.
156 Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh. Revive me according to your ordinances.
KJVGreatH7227 are thy tender merciesH7356, O LORDH3068: quickenH2421(H8761) me according to thy judgmentsH4941.
157 Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies.
KJVManyH7227 are my persecutorsH7291(H8802) and mine enemiesH6862; yet do I not declineH5186(H8804) from thy testimoniesH5715.
158 I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don’t observe your word.
KJVI beheldH7200(H8804) the transgressorsH898(H8802), and was grievedH6962(H8709); because they keptH8104(H8804) not thy wordH565.
159 Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your loving kindness.
KJVConsiderH7200(H8798) how I loveH157(H8804) thy preceptsH6490: quickenH2421(H8761) me, O LORDH3068, according to thy lovingkindnessH2617.
160 All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. SIN AND SHIN
KJVThy wordH1697 is trueH571 from the beginningH7218: and every one of thy righteousH6664 judgmentsH4941 endureth for everH5769.
161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.
KJVSCHIN. PrincesH8269 have persecutedH7291(H8804) me without a causeH2600: but my heartH3820 standeth in aweH6342(H8804) of thy wordH1697.
162 I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.
KJVI rejoiceH7797(H8801) at thy wordH565, as one that findethH4672(H8802) greatH7227 spoilH7998.
163 I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.
KJVI hateH8130(H8804) and abhorH8581(H8762) lyingH8267: but thy lawH8451 do I loveH157(H8804).
164 Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.
KJVSeven timesH7651 a dayH3117 do I praiseH1984(H8765) thee because of thy righteousH6664 judgmentsH4941.
165 Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.
KJVGreatH7227 peaceH7965 have they which loveH157(H8802) thy lawH8451: and nothing shall offendH4383 them.
166 I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh. I have done your commandments.
KJVLORDH3068, I have hopedH7663(H8765) for thy salvationH3444, and doneH6213(H8804) thy commandmentsH4687.
167 My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly.
KJVMy soulH5315 hath keptH8104(H8804) thy testimoniesH5713; and I loveH157(H8799) them exceedinglyH3966.
168 I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you. TAV
KJVI have keptH8104(H8804) thy preceptsH6490 and thy testimoniesH5713: for all my waysH1870 are before thee.
169 Let my cry come before you, Yahweh. Give me understanding according to your word.
KJVTAU. Let my cryH7440 come nearH7126(H8799) beforeH6440 thee, O LORDH3068: give me understandingH995(H8685) according to thy wordH1697.
170 Let my supplication come before you. Deliver me according to your word.
KJVLet my supplicationH8467 comeH935(H8799) beforeH6440 thee: deliverH5337(H8685) me according to thy wordH565.
171 Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes.
KJVMy lipsH8193 shall utterH5042(H8686) praiseH8416, when thou hast taughtH3925(H8762) me thy statutesH2706.
172 Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are righteousness.
KJVMy tongueH3956 shall speakH6030(H8799) of thy wordH565: for all thy commandmentsH4687 are righteousnessH6664.
173 Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
KJVLet thine handH3027 helpH5826(H8800) me; for I have chosenH977(H8804) thy preceptsH6490.
174 I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my delight.
KJVI have longedH8373(H8804) for thy salvationH3444, O LORDH3068; and thy lawH8451 is my delightH8191.
175 Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me.
KJVLet my soulH5315 liveH2421(H8799), and it shall praiseH1984(H8762) thee; and let thy judgmentsH4941 helpH5826(H8799) me.
176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.
KJVI have gone astrayH8582(H8804) like a lostH6(H8802) sheepH7716; seekH1245(H8761) thy servantH5650; for I do not forgetH7911(H8804) thy commandmentsH4687.
Psalms 119
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