PSALM 119
The Law of the Lord
01 Blessed are the undefiled in the
way,
Who walk in the law of the
LORD!
02 Blessed are those who keep His
testimonies,
Who seek Him with the whole heart!
03 They also do no iniquity;
They walk in His ways.
04 You have commanded us
To keep Your precepts
diligently.
05 Oh, that my ways were directed
To keep Your statutes!
06 Then I would not be ashamed,
When I look into all Your
commandments.
07 I will praise You with
uprightness of heart;
When I learn Your righteous
judgments.
08 I will keep You statutes;
Oh, do not forsake me utterly!
09 How can a young man cleans
his way?
By taking heed according to
Your word.
10 With my whole heart I have
sought You;
Oh, let me not wander from
You're your commandments!
11 Your word I have hidden in my
heart,
That I might not sin against
You.
12 Blessed are You, O LORD!
Teach me Your statutes.
13 With my lips I have declared
all the judgments of Your
mouth.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of
Your testimonies,
As much as in all riches.
15 I will meditate on Your
precepts,
And contemplate Your ways.
16 I will delight myself in Your
statutes;
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 wee
Wondrous things from Your
law.
I am a stranger in the earth;
So not hide Your
commandments from me.
20 My soul breaks with longing
For Your judgment at all times,
21 You rebuke the proud - the
cursed,
Who stray from Your
commandments.
22 Remove from me reproach and
contempt,
For I have kept Your
testimonies.
23 Princes also sit and speak
against me,
But Your servant meditates on
Your statutes,
24 Your testimonies also are my
delight
And my counselors.
25 My soul clings to the dust;
Revive me according to Your
words.
26 I have declared my ways, and
You answered me;
Teach me Your statutes.
27 Make me understand the way
of Your precepts;
So shall I meditate on Your
wonderful works.
28 My soul melts from heaviness
Strengthen me according to
Your word.
29 Remove from me the way of lying,
And grant me Your law
graciously.
30 I have chosen the way of truth;
Your judgments I have laid
before me.
31 I cling to Your testimonies;
O LORD, do not put me to
shame!
32 I will run the course of Your
commandments,
For You shall enlarge my heart.
33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of
Your statutes,
And I shall keep it to the end.
34 Give me understanding, and I
shall keep Your law;
Indeed, I shall observe it with
my whole heart.
35 Make me walk in the path of
Your commandments,
For I delight in it.
36 Incline my heart to Your
testimonies,
37 Turn away my eyes from
looking at worthless things,
And revive me in Your way.
38 Establish Your word to Your
servant,
Who is devoted to fearing You.
39 Turn away my reproach which
I dread,
For Your judgments are good.
40 Behold, I long for Your
precepts;
Revive me in Your
righteousness.
41 Let Your mercies come also to
me, O LORD -
Your salvation according to
Your word.
42 So shall I have an answer for
him who reproaches 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 Your
ordinances.
44 So shall I keep Your law
continually,
Forever and ever.
45 And I will walk at liberty,
For I seek Your precepts.
46 I will speak of Your testimonies
also before kings,
And will not be ashamed.
47 And I will delight myself in
Your commandments,
Which I love.
48 My hands also I will lift up to
Your commandments,
Which I live,
And I will meditate on Your
statutes.
49 Remember the word to Your
servant,
Upon which You have caused
me to hope.
50 This is my comfort in my
affliction,
For Your word has given me
life.
51 The proud have me in great
derision,
Yet I do not turn aside from
Your law.
52 I remember Your judgments
of old, O LORD,
And have comforted myself.
53 Indignation has taken hold of
me
Because of the wicked, who
forsake Your law.
54 Your statues have been my
songs
In the house of my pilgrimage.
55 I remember Your name in the
night. O LORD,
And I keep You law.
56 This has become mine
Because I kept Your precepts.
57 You are my portion, O LORD;
I have said that I would keep
Your words.
58 I entreated Your favor with my
whole heart;
Be merciful to me according to
Your word.
59 I thought about my ways,
And turned my feet to Your
testimonies.
60 I made haste, and did not
delay
To keep Your commandments.
61 The cords of the wicked have
bound me,
But I have not forgotten Your
law.
62 At midnight I will rise to give
thanks to You,
Because of Your righteous
judgments.
63 I am a companion of all who fear
You,
And of those who keep Your
precepts.
64 The earth, O LORD, is full of
Your mercy;
Teach me Your statutes.
65 You have dealt well with Your
servant,
O LORD, according to Your
word.
66 Teach me good judgment and
knowledge,
For I believe Your
commandments.
67 Before I was afflicted I went
astray,
But now I keep Your word.
68 You are good, and do good;
Teach me Your statutes.
69 The proud have forged a lie
against me,
But I will keep Your precepts
with my whole heart.
70 Their heart is as fat as grease,
But I delight in Your law.
71 It is good for me that I have been
afflicted,
That I may learn Your statutes.
72 The law of Your mouth is better
to me
Than thousands of coins of gold
and silver.
73 Your hands have made me and
fashioned me;
Give me understanding, that I
may learn Your
commandments.
74 Those who fear You will be glad
when they see me,
Because I have hoped in Your
word.
75 I know, O LORD, that Your
judgments are right,
And that in faithfulness You
have afflicted me.
76 Let, I pray, Your merciful
kindness be for my comfort,
According to Your word to Your
servant.
77 Let Your tender mercies come
to me, that I may live;
For Your law is my delight.
78 Let the proud be ashamed,
For they treaded me wrongfully
with falsehood;
But I will meditate on Your
Precepts.
79 Let those who fear You turn to
me,
Those who know Your
testimonies.
80 Let my heart be blameless
regarding Your statutes,
That I may not be ashamed.
81 My soul faints for Your
salvation,
But I hope in Your word.
82 My eyes fail from searching Your
word,
Saying, "when will You
comfort me?"
83 For I have become like a
wineskin in smoke,
Yet I do not forget Your statutes.
84 How many are the days of Your
servant?
When will You execute
judgment on those who
persecute me?
85 The proud have dug pits for me,
Which is not according to Your
law.
86 All Your commandments are
faithful;
They persecute me wrongfully;
Help me!
87 They almost made an end of me
on earth,
But I did not forsake Your
precepts.
88 Revive me according to Your
lovingkindness,
So that I may keep the
testimony of Your mouth.
89 Forever, O LORD,
Your word is settled in
heaven.
90 Your faithfulness endures to all
generations;
You established the earth, and
it abides.
91 They continue this day
according to Your
ordinances,
For all are Your servants.
92 Unless Your law had been my
delight,
I would then have perished in
my affliction.
93 I will never forget Your
precepts,
For by them You have given me
life.
94 I am Yours, save me;
For I have sought Your
precepts.
95 The wicked wait for me to
destroy me,
But I will consider Your
testimonies.
96 I have seen the consummation
of all perfection,
But Your commandment is
exceedingly broad.
97 Oh, how I love Your law!
It is my meditation all the day.
98 You, through Your
commandments, make me
wiser than my enemies;
For they are ever with me.
99 I have more understanding
than all my teachers,
For Your testimonies are my
meditation.
100 I understand more than the
ancients,
Because I keep Your precepts.
101 I have restrained my feet from
every evil way,
That I may keep Your word.
102 I have not departed from Your
judgments
For You Yourself have taught
me.
103 How sweet are Your words to
my taste,
Sweeter than honey to my
mouth!
104 Through Your precepts I get
understanding;
Therefore I hate every false
way.
105 Your word is a lamp to my feet
And a light to my path.
106 I have sworn and confirmed
That I will keep Your righteous
judgments
107 I am afflicted very much;
Revive me, O LORD, according
to Your word.
108 Accept, I pray, the freewill
offerings of my mouth,
O LORD,
and teach me Your
judgments.
109 My life is continually in my
hand,
Yet I do not forget Your law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare
for me,
Yet I have not strayed from
Your precepts.
111 Your testimonies I have taken
as a heritage forever,
For they are the rejoicing of my
heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to
perform Your statutes
Forever, to the very end.
113 I hate the double-minded,
But I love Your law.
114 You are my hiding place and
my shield;
I hope in Your word.
115 Depart from me, you
evildoers,
For I will keep the
commandments of my
God!
116 Upload me according to Your
word, that I may live;
And do not let me be
ashamed of my hope.
117 Hold me up, and I shall be
safe,
And I shall observe Your
Statutes continually.
118 You reject all those who stray
from Your statutes,
from their deceit is falsehood.
119 You put away all the wicked
of the earth like dross;
Therefore I love Your
testimonies.
120 My flesh trembles for fear of
You,
And I am afraid of Your
judgments.
121 I have done justice and
righteousness;
Do not leave me to my
Oppressors.
122 Be surety for Your servant for
good;
Do not let the proud oppress
Me.
123 My eyes fail from seeking Your
salvation
And Your righteous word.
124 Deal with servant
according to Your mercy,
And teach me Your statutes.
125 I am Your servant,
Give me understanding,
That I may know Your
Testimonies.
136 It is time for You to act, O LORD,
For they have regarded Your
Law as void.
127 Therefore I love Your
commandments
More than gold, yes, than fine
gold!
128 Therefore all Your precepts
concerning all things
I consider to be right;
I hate every false way.
129 Your testimonies are
wonderful;
Therefore my soul keeps them.
130 The entrance of Your words
gives light;
It gives understanding to the
simple.
131 I opened my mouth and
panted,
For I longed for Your
Commandments.
132 Look upon me and be merciful
to me,
As Your custom is toward
Those who love Your name.
133 Direct my steps by Your word,
And let no iniquity have
Dominion over me.
134 Redeem me from the
oppression of man,
That I may keep Your precepts.
135 Make Your face shime upon
Your servant,
And teach me Your statutes.
136 Rivers of water run down from
my eyes,
Because men do not keep Your
Law.
137 Righteous are You, O LORD
And upright are Your
Judgments.
138 Your testimonies, which You
have commanded,
Are righteous and very faithful.
139 My zeal has consumed me,
Because me enemies have
Forgotten Your words.
140 Your word is very pure;
Therefore Your servant loves
It.
141 I am small and despised,
Yet I do not forget Your
Precepts.
142 Your righteousness is an
everlasting righteousness,
And Your law is truth.
143 Trouble and anguish have
overtaken me,
Yet Your commandments are
My delights.
144 The righteousness of Your
testimonies is everlasting.
Give me understanding, and I
Shall live.
145 I cry out with my whole heart;
Hear me, O LORD!
I will keep Your statutes.
146 I cry out to you;
Save me, and I will keep Your
testimonies.
147 I rise before the dawning of the
morning,
And cry for help;
I hope in Your word.
148 My eyes are awake through the
night watches,
That I may meditate on Your
Word.
149 Hear my voice according to
Your lovingkindness;
O LORD, revive me according
To Your justice.
150 They draw near who follow
after wickedness;
They are far from Your law.
151 You are near, O LORD,
And all Your commandments
Are truth.
152 Concerning Your testimonies,
I have known of old that You
Have founded them forever.
153 Consider my affliction and
deliver me,
For I do not forget Your law.
154 Plead my cause and redeem
me;
Revive me according to Your
Word.
155 Salvation is far from the
wicked,
For they do not seek Your
Statutes.
156 Great are Your tender mercies,
O LORD;
Revive me according to Your
Judgments.
157 Many are my persecutors and
my enemies,
Yet I do not turn from Your
Testimonies.
158 I see the treacherous, and
am disgusted,
Because they do not keep Your
Word.
159 Consider how I love Your
precepts;
Revive me, O LORD, according
to your lovingkindness.
160 The entirety of Your word is
truth, And every one of Your
righteous judgments endures
forever.
161 Princes persecute me without
a cause,
But my heart stands in awe of
Your word.
162 I rejoice at Your word
As one who finds great
Treasure.
163 I hate and abhor lying,
But love Your Law.
164 Seven times a day I praise You,
Because of Your righteous
judgments.
165 Great peace have those who
love Your law,
And nothing causes them to
Stumble.
166 LORD, I hope for Your
salvation
And I do Your
Commandments.
167 My soul keeps Your
testimonies,
And I love them exceedingly.
168 I keep Your precepts and Your
testimonies,
For all my ways are before You.
169 Let my cry come before You,
O LORD;
Give me understanding
according to Your word.
170 Let me supplication come
before You;
Deliver me according to You
Word.
171 My lips shall utter praise,
For You teach me Your
Statutes.
172 My tongue shall speak of Your
word,
For all Your commandments
Are righteousness.
173 Let Your hand become my
help,
For I have chosen Your
precepts.
174 I long for Your salvation,
O LORD,
And your law is my delight.
Let my soul live, and it shall
Praise You;
And let Your judgments help
me.
176 I have gone astray like a lost
sheep;
Seek Your servant,
For I do not forget Your
commandments.