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Psalms 119

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1 Blessed are they that are perfect in the way, Who walk in the law of Jehovah.
1 Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the LORD.
2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, That seek him with the whole heart.
2 Blessed are those who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart—
3 Yea, they do no unrighteousness; They walk in his ways.
3 they do no wrong but follow his ways.
4 Thou hast commanded [us] thy precepts, That we should observe them diligently.
4 You have laid down precepts that are to be fully obeyed.
5 Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes!
5 Oh, that my ways were steadfast in obeying your decrees!
6 Then shall I not be put to shame, When I have respect unto all thy commandments.
6 Then I would not be put to shame when I consider all your commands.
7 I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart, When I learn thy righteous judgments.
7 I will praise you with an upright heart as I learn your righteous laws.
8 I will observe thy statutes: Oh forsake me not utterly.
8 I will obey your decrees; do not utterly forsake me.
9 Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed [thereto] according to thy word.
9 How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word.
10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.
10 I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.
11 Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.
11 I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.
12 Blessed art thou, O Jehovah: Teach me thy statutes.
12 Praise be to you, LORD; teach me your decrees.
13 With my lips have I declared All the ordinances of thy mouth.
13 With my lips I recount all the laws that come from your mouth.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, As much as in all riches.
14 I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches.
15 I will meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.
15 I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways.
16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
16 I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.
17 Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live; So will I observe thy word.
17 Be good to your servant while I live, that I may obey your word.
18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold Wondrous things out of thy law.
18 Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.
19 I am a sojourner in the earth: Hide not thy commandments from me.
19 I am a stranger on earth; do not hide your commands from me.
20 My soul breaketh for the longing That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times.
20 My soul is consumed with longing for your laws at all times.
21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, That do wander from thy commandments.
21 You rebuke the arrogant, who are accursed, those who stray from your commands.
22 Take away from me reproach and contempt; For I have kept thy testimonies.
22 Remove from me their scorn and contempt, for I keep your statutes.
23 Princes also sat and talked against me; [But] thy servant did meditate on thy statutes.
23 Though rulers sit together and slander me, your servant will meditate on your decrees.
24 Thy testimonies also are my delight [And] my counsellors.
24 Your statutes are my delight; they are my counselors.
25 My soul cleaveth unto the dust: Quicken thou me according to thy word.
25 I am laid low in the dust; preserve my life according to your word.
26 I declared my ways, and thou answeredst me: Teach me thy statutes.
26 I gave an account of my ways and you answered me; teach me your decrees.
27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: So shall I meditate on thy wondrous works.
27 Cause me to understand the way of your precepts, that I may meditate on your wonderful deeds.
28 My soul melteth for heaviness: Strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
28 My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.
29 Remove from me the way of falsehood; And grant me thy law graciously.
29 Keep me from deceitful ways; be gracious to me and teach me your law.
30 I have chosen the way of faithfulness: Thine ordinances have I set [before me].
30 I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart on your laws.
31 I cleave unto thy testimonies: O Jehovah, put me not to shame.
31 I hold fast to your statutes, LORD; do not let me be put to shame.
32 I will run the way of thy commandments, When thou shalt enlarge my heart.
32 I run in the path of your commands, for you have broadened my understanding.
33 Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes; And I shall keep it unto the end.
33 Teach me, LORD, the way of your decrees, that I may follow it to the end.
34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
34 Give me understanding, so that I may keep your law and obey it with all my heart.
35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; For therein do I delight.
35 Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight.
36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, And not to covetousness.
36 Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain.
37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy ways.
37 Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word.
38 Confirm unto thy servant thy word, Which [is in order] unto the fear of thee.
38 Fulfill your promise to your servant, so that you may be feared.
39 Turn away my reproach whereof I am afraid; For thine ordinances are good.
39 Take away the disgrace I dread, for your laws are good.
40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness.
40 How I long for your precepts! In your righteousness preserve my life.
41 Let thy lovingkindnesses also come unto me, O Jehovah, Even thy salvation, according to thy word.
41 May your unfailing love come to me, LORD, your salvation, according to your promise;
42 So shall I have an answer for him that reproacheth me; For I trust in thy word.
42 then I can answer anyone who taunts me, for I trust in your word.
43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; For I have hoped in thine ordinances.
43 Never take your word of truth from my mouth, for I have put my hope in your laws.
44 So shall I observe thy law continually For ever and ever.
44 I will always obey your law, for ever and ever.
45 And I shall walk at liberty; For I have sought thy precepts.
45 I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.
46 I will also speak of thy testimonies before kings, And shall not be put to shame.
46 I will speak of your statutes before kings and will not be put to shame,
47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, Which I have loved.
47 for I delight in your commands because I love them.
48 I will lift up my hands also unto thy commandments, which I have loved; And I will meditate on thy statutes.
48 I reach out for your commands, which I love, that I may meditate on your decrees.
49 Remember the word unto thy servant, Because thou hast made me to hope.
49 Remember your word to your servant, for you have given me hope.
50 This is my comfort in my affliction; For thy word hath quickened me.
50 My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life.
51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: [Yet] have I not swerved from thy law.
51 The arrogant mock me unmercifully, but I do not turn from your law.
52 I have remembered thine ordinances of old, O Jehovah, And have comforted myself.
52 I remember, LORD, your ancient laws, and I find comfort in them.
53 Hot indignation hath taken hold upon me, Because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
53 Indignation grips me because of the wicked, who have forsaken your law.
54 Thy statutes have been my songs In the house of my pilgrimage.
54 Your decrees are the theme of my song wherever I lodge.
55 I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, And have observed thy law.
55 In the night, LORD, I remember your name, that I may keep your law.
56 This I have had, Because I have kept thy precepts.
56 This has been my practice: I obey your precepts.
57 Jehovah is my portion: I have said that I would observe thy words.
57 You are my portion, LORD; I have promised to obey your words.
58 I entreated thy favor with my whole heart: Be merciful unto me according to thy word.
58 I have sought your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise.
59 I thought on my ways, And turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
59 I have considered my ways and have turned my steps to your statutes.
60 I made haste, and delayed not, To observe thy commandments.
60 I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands.
61 The cords of the wicked have wrapped me round; [But] I have not forgotten thy law.
61 Though the wicked bind me with ropes, I will not forget your law.
62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee Because of thy righteous ordinances.
62 At midnight I rise to give you thanks for your righteous laws.
63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, And of them that observe thy precepts.
63 I am a friend to all who fear you, to all who follow your precepts.
64 The earth, O Jehovah, is full of thy lovingkindness: Teach me thy statutes.
64 The earth is filled with your love, LORD; teach me your decrees.
65 Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Jehovah, according unto thy word.
65 Do good to your servant according to your word, LORD.
66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge; For I have believed in thy commandments.
66 Teach me knowledge and good judgment, for I trust your commands.
67 Before I was afflicted I went astray; But now I observe thy word.
67 Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey your word.
68 Thou art good, and doest good; Teach me thy statutes.
68 You are good, and what you do is good; teach me your decrees.
69 The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.
69 Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep your precepts with all my heart.
70 Their heart is as fat as grease; But I delight in thy law.
70 Their hearts are callous and unfeeling, but I delight in your law.
71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; That I may learn thy statutes.
71 It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees.
72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me Than thousands of gold and silver.
72 The law from your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.
73 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
73 Your hands made me and formed me; give me understanding to learn your commands.
74 They that fear thee shall see me and be glad, Because I have hoped in thy word.
74 May those who fear you rejoice when they see me, for I have put my hope in your word.
75 I know, O Jehovah, that thy judgments are righteous, And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
75 I know, LORD, that your laws are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
76 Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness be for my comfort, According to thy word unto thy servant.
76 May your unfailing love be my comfort, according to your promise to your servant.
77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; For thy law is my delight.
77 Let your compassion come to me that I may live, for your law is my delight.
78 Let the proud be put to shame; For they have overthrown me wrongfully: [But] I will meditate on thy precepts.
78 May the arrogant be put to shame for wronging me without cause; but I will meditate on your precepts.
79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me; And they shall know thy testimonies.
79 May those who fear you turn to me, those who understand your statutes.
80 Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, That I be not put to shame.
80 May I wholeheartedly follow your decrees, that I may not be put to shame.
81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation; [But] I hope in thy word.
81 My soul faints with longing for your salvation, but I have put my hope in your word.
82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, While I say, When wilt thou comfort me?
82 My eyes fail, looking for your promise; I say, “When will you comfort me?”
83 For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.
83 Though I am like a wineskin in the smoke, I do not forget your decrees.
84 How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
84 How long must your servant wait? When will you punish my persecutors?
85 The proud have digged pits for me, Who are not according to thy law.
85 The arrogant dig pits to trap me, contrary to your law.
86 All thy commandments are faithful: They persecute me wrongfully; Help thou me.
86 All your commands are trustworthy; help me, for I am being persecuted without cause.
87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; But I forsook not thy precepts.
87 They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken your precepts.
88 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; So shall I observe the testimony of thy mouth.
88 In your unfailing love preserve my life, that I may obey the statutes of your mouth.
89 For ever, O Jehovah, Thy word is settled in heaven.
89 Your word, LORD, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.
90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
90 Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth, and it endures.
91 They abide this day according to thine ordinances; For all things are thy servants.
91 Your laws endure to this day, for all things serve you.
92 Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
92 If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
93 I will never forget thy precepts; For with them thou hast quickened me.
93 I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life.
94 I am thine, save me; For I have sought thy precepts.
94 Save me, for I am yours; I have sought out your precepts.
95 The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me; [But] I will consider thy testimonies.
95 The wicked are waiting to destroy me, but I will ponder your statutes.
96 I have seen an end of all perfection; [But] thy commandment is exceeding broad.
96 To all perfection I see a limit, but your commands are boundless.
97 Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.
97 Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.
98 Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; For they are ever with me.
98 Your commands are always with me and make me wiser than my enemies.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thy testimonies are my meditation.
99 I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes.
100 I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept thy precepts.
100 I have more understanding than the elders, for I obey your precepts.
101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word.
101 I have kept my feet from every evil path so that I might obey your word.
102 I have not turned aside from thine ordinances; For thou hast taught me.
102 I have not departed from your laws, for you yourself have taught me.
103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [Yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth!
103 How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: Therefore I hate every false way.
104 I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path.
105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.
105 Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.
106 I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will observe thy righteous ordinances.
106 I have taken an oath and confirmed it, that I will follow your righteous laws.
107 I am afflicted very much: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according unto thy word.
107 I have suffered much; preserve my life, LORD, according to your word.
108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, O Jehovah, And teach me thine ordinances.
108 Accept, LORD, the willing praise of my mouth, and teach me your laws.
109 My soul is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law.
109 Though I constantly take my life in my hands, I will not forget your law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me; Yet have I not gone astray from thy precepts.
110 The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from your precepts.
111 Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; For they are the rejoicing of my heart.
111 Your statutes are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes For ever, even unto the end.
112 My heart is set on keeping your decrees to the very end.
113 I hate them that are of a double mind; But thy law do I love.
113 I hate double-minded people, but I love your law.
114 Thou art my hiding-place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
114 You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word.
115 Depart from me, ye evil-doers, That I may keep the commandments of my God.
115 Away from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commands of my God!
116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live; And let me not be ashamed of my hope.
116 Sustain me, my God, according to your promise, and I will live; do not let my hopes be dashed.
117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.
117 Uphold me, and I will be delivered; I will always have regard for your decrees.
118 Thou hast set at nought all them that err from thy statutes; For their deceit is falsehood.
118 You reject all who stray from your decrees, for their delusions come to nothing.
119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: Therefore I love thy testimonies.
119 All the wicked of the earth you discard like dross; therefore I love your statutes.
120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; And I am afraid of thy judgments.
120 My flesh trembles in fear of you; I stand in awe of your laws.
121 I have done justice and righteousness: Leave me not to mine oppressors.
121 I have done what is righteous and just; do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 Be surety for thy servant for good: Let not the proud oppress me.
122 Ensure your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, And for thy righteous word.
123 My eyes fail, looking for your salvation, looking for your righteous promise.
124 Deal with thy servant according unto thy lovingkindness, And teach me thy statutes.
124 Deal with your servant according to your love and teach me your decrees.
125 I am thy servant; Give me understanding, That I may know thy testimonies.
125 I am your servant; give me discernment that I may understand your statutes.
126 It is time for Jehovah to work; [For] they have made void thy law.
126 It is time for you to act, LORD; your law is being broken.
127 Therefore I love thy commandments Above gold, yea, above fine gold.
127 Because I love your commands more than gold, more than pure gold,
128 Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts concerning all [things] to be right; [And] I hate every false way.
128 and because I consider all your precepts right, I hate every wrong path.
129 Thy testimonies are wonderful; Therefore doth my soul keep them.
129 Your statutes are wonderful; therefore I obey them.
130 The opening of thy words giveth light; It giveth understanding unto the simple.
130 The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.
131 I opened wide my mouth, and panted; For I longed for thy commandments.
131 I open my mouth and pant, longing for your commands.
132 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me, As thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
132 Turn to me and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.
133 Establish my footsteps in thy word; And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
133 Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me.
134 Redeem me from the oppression of man: So will I observe thy precepts.
134 Redeem me from human oppression, that I may obey your precepts.
135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; And teach me thy statutes.
135 Make your face shine on your servant and teach me your decrees.
136 Streams of water run down mine eyes, Because they observe not thy law.
136 Streams of tears flow from my eyes, for your law is not obeyed.
137 Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, And upright are thy judgments.
137 You are righteous, LORD, and your laws are right.
138 Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness And very faithfulness.
138 The statutes you have laid down are righteous; they are fully trustworthy.
139 My zeal hath consumed me, Because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.
139 My zeal wears me out, for my enemies ignore your words.
140 Thy word is very pure; Therefore thy servant loveth it.
140 Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
141 I am small and despised; [Yet] do I not forget thy precepts.
141 Though I am lowly and despised, I do not forget your precepts.
142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.
142 Your righteousness is everlasting and your law is true.
143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; [Yet] thy commandments are my delight.
143 Trouble and distress have come upon me, but your commands give me delight.
144 Thy testimonies are righteous for ever: Give me understanding, and I shall live.
144 Your statutes are always righteous; give me understanding that I may live.
145 I have called with my whole heart; Answer me, O Jehovah: I will keep thy statutes.
145 I call with all my heart; answer me, LORD, and I will obey your decrees.
146 I have called unto thee; Save me, And I shall observe thy testimonies.
146 I call out to you; save me and I will keep your statutes.
147 I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy words.
147 I rise before dawn and cry for help; I have put my hope in your word.
148 Mine eyes anticipated the night-watches, That I might meditate on thy word.
148 My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises.
149 Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thine ordinances.
149 Hear my voice in accordance with your love; preserve my life, LORD, according to your laws.
150 They draw nigh that follow after wickedness; They are far from thy law.
150 Those who devise wicked schemes are near, but they are far from your law.
151 Thou art nigh, O Jehovah; And all thy commandments are truth.
151 Yet you are near, LORD, and all your commands are true.
152 Of old have I known from thy testimonies, That thou hast founded them for ever.
152 Long ago I learned from your statutes that you established them to last forever.
153 Consider mine affliction, and deliver me; For I do not forget thy law.
153 Look on my suffering and deliver me, for I have not forgotten your law.
154 Plead thou my cause, and redeem me: Quicken me according to thy word.
154 Defend my cause and redeem me; preserve my life according to your promise.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked; For they seek not thy statutes.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek out your decrees.
156 Great are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah: Quicken me according to thine ordinances.
156 Your compassion, LORD, is great; preserve my life according to your laws.
157 Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; [Yet] have I not swerved from thy testimonies.
157 Many are the foes who persecute me, but I have not turned from your statutes.
158 I beheld the treacherous, and was grieved, Because they observe not thy word.
158 I look on the faithless with loathing, for they do not obey your word.
159 Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.
159 See how I love your precepts; preserve my life, LORD, in accordance with your love.
160 The sum of thy word is truth; And every one of thy righteous ordinances [endureth] for ever.
160 All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal.
161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause; But my heart standeth in awe of thy words.
161 Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart trembles at your word.
162 I rejoice at thy word, As one that findeth great spoil.
162 I rejoice in your promise like one who finds great spoil.
163 I hate and abhor falsehood; [But] thy law do I love.
163 I hate and detest falsehood but I love your law.
164 Seven times a day do I praise thee, Because of thy righteous ordinances.
164 Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous laws.
165 Great peace have they that love thy law; And they have no occasion of stumbling.
165 Great peace have those who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.
166 I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah, And have done thy commandments.
166 I wait for your salvation, LORD, and I follow your commands.
167 My soul hath observed thy testimonies; And I love them exceedingly.
167 I obey your statutes, for I love them greatly.
168 I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; For all my ways are before thee.
168 I obey your precepts and your statutes, for all my ways are known to you.
169 Let my cry come near before thee, O Jehovah: Give me understanding according to thy word.
169 May my cry come before you, LORD; give me understanding according to your word.
170 Let my supplication come before thee: Deliver me according to thy word.
170 May my supplication come before you; deliver me according to your promise.
171 Let my lips utter praise; For thou teachest me thy statutes.
171 May my lips overflow with praise, for you teach me your decrees.
172 Let my tongue sing of thy word; For all thy commandments are righteousness.
172 May my tongue sing of your word, for all your commands are righteous.
173 Let thy hand be ready to help me; For I have chosen thy precepts.
173 May your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
174 I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah; And thy law is my delight.
174 I long for your salvation, LORD, and your law gives me delight.
175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; And let thine ordinances help me.
175 Let me live that I may praise you, and may your laws sustain me.
176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; Seek thy servant; For I do not forget thy commandments.
176 I have strayed like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I have not forgotten your commands.
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