Psalms 119:1-91 ▼

1 Blessed are those complete in the way, those walking in the law of YHWH.

2 Blessed are those keeping His testimonies; with all the heart they seek Him.

3 Also they do not do injustice; in His ways they walk.

4 You have commanded Your precepts, to be kept diligently.

5 Oh, that my ways were set firm to keep Your statutes!

6 Then I would not be ashamed, in my looking to all Your commandments.

7 I will praise You with uprightness of heart, in my learning the judgments of Your righteousness.

8 Your statutes I will keep; may You not even to exceedingly forsake me!

9 How can a young man keep pure his way? By guarding it according to Your word.

10 With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.

11 In my heart I have hidden Your word, that I should not sin against You.

12 Blessed are You, O YHWH; teach me Your statutes.

13 With my lips I have recounted all the judgments of Your mouth.

14 In the way of Your testimonies I rejoice, more than in all wealth.

15 May I meditate on Your precepts and look upon Your paths.

16 In Your statutes I will delight myself; I will not forget Your word.

17 Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word.

18 Open my eyes, that I may see the wonders from Your law.

19 I am a sojourner on the earth; do not hide from me Your commandments!

20 My soul is crushed with longing for Your judgments at all times.

21 You rebuke the arrogant ones, the accursed ones, those going astray from Your commandments.

22 Remove from me scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.

23 Though princes sit against me and slander, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.

24 Your testimonies also are my delight—the men of my counsel.

25 My soul clings to the dust; revive me according to Your word!

26 My ways I recounted, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes.

27 Make me understand the way of Your precepts, that I may meditate on Your wonders.

28 My soul drips from sorrow; establish me according to Your word!

29 Turn away from me the path of deceit, and with Your law show favor to me.

30 The way of truth I have chosen; Your ordinances I have set.

31 I cling to Your testimonies, O YHWH; let me not be put to shame!

32 The way of Your commandments I will run, for You will enlarge my heart.

33 Teach me, O YHWH, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep it to the end.

34 Give me understanding, and I will guard Your law, and I will keep it with all my heart.

35 Cause me to tread in the path of Your commandments, for in it I delight.

36 Incline my heart toward Your testimonies, and not toward dishonest gain.

37 Make my eyes pass from seeing the vain thing; with Your word revive me.

38 Make Your word stand for Your servant, which is for the fearing of You.

39 Remove the reproach that I dread, for Your judgments are good.

40 Behold, I long for Your precepts; Revive me in Your righteousness!

41 And may Your loving devotion come to me, O YHWH, Your salvation according to Your word.

42 Then I will answer with a word for the one reproaching me, for I trust in Your word.

43 And do not take away from my mouth the word of truth even to exceedingly! For in Your judgments I have hoped.

44 And I will keep Your law continually, forever and ever,

45 and I will walk in a broad place, for Your precepts I have sought.

46 And I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.

47 And I will delight myself in Your commandments, which I have loved.

48 And I will lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I have loved, and I will meditate on Your statutes.

49 Remember the word to Your servant, upon that You have caused me to hope.

50 This is my comfort in my affliction, for Your word has given me life.

51 The arrogant ones mock me even to exceedingly; from Your law I do not stretch away.

52 I remember Your judgments from old, O YHWH, and I am comforted.

53 Indignation has seized me, from the wicked forsaking Your law.

54 Your statutes have been songs to me, in the house of my sojourning.

55 I remember Your name in the night, O YHWH, and I keep Your law.

56 This has come to be for me, for I have kept Your precepts.

57 YHWH is my portion; I have said I would keep Your words.

58 I appeased Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your word.

59 I have considered my paths, and turned back my feet to Your testimonies.

60 I hurried and did not delay to keep Your commandments.

61 The cords of the wicked have surrounded me, Your law I have not forgotten.

62 In the middle of the night, I rise to give thanks to You, upon the judgments of Your righteousness.

63 I am a companion to all who fear You, and to those keeping Your precepts.

64 O YHWH, with Your loving devotion the earth is full; teach me Your statutes.

65 You have done well with Your servant, O YHWH, according to Your word.

66 So may You teach me good judgment and knowledge, for in Your commandments I have believed.

67 Before I was afflicted, I was going astray; and now I have kept Your word.

68 You are good, and the One doing good; may You teach me Your statutes.

69 The arrogant ones have smeared a lie over me; I, with all my heart, will guard Your precepts.

70 Their heart is unfeeling like fat; I have delighted in Your law.

71 It is good for me that I was afflicted, so that I might learn Your statutes.

72 The law from Your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver.

73 Your hands have made me and established me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.

74 Those fearing You see me and rejoice, because in Your word I have hoped.

75 I know, O YHWH, that Your judgments are righteous, and in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

76 Your loving devotion, may it be, please, to comfort me, according to Your word to Your servant.

77 May Your compassions come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.

78 May the arrogant ones be put to shame, for with a lie they dealt perversely with me; I will meditate on Your precepts.

79 Let those who fear You turn to me, and those who know Your testimonies.

80 May my heart be perfect in Your statutes, so that I may not be ashamed.

81 My soul faints for Your salvation; for Your word I wait.

82 My eyes fail for your word, saying, “When will You comfort me?”

83 For, I have become like a wineskin in smoke; Your statutes I have not forgotten.

84 How many are the days of Your servant? When will You execute judgment on my pursuers?

85 The arrogant ones have dug pits for me that are not according to Your law.

86 All Your commandments are firm, falsely they pursue me—Help me!

87 Almost they consumed me on the earth; and I have not forsaken Your precepts.

88 According to Your loving devotion, revive me, that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth.

89 Forever, O YHWH, is Your word, standing fixed in the heavens.

90 For generation and generation is Your faithfulness; You established the earth, and it stands.

91 According to Your ordinances, they stand this day, for all things are Your servants.