ALEPH.
119:1Blessed are they that are perfect in the way,
Who walk in the law of Jehovah.
119:2Blessed are they that keep his testimonies,
That seek him with the whole heart.
119:3Yea, they do no unrighteousness;
They walk in his ways.
119:4Thou hast commanded us thy precepts,
That we should observe them diligently.
119:5Oh that my ways were established
To observe thy statutes!
119:6Then shall I not be put to shame,
When I have respect unto all thy commandments.
119:7I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart,
When I learn thy righteous judgments.
119:8I will observe thy statutes:
Oh forsake me not utterly.
BETH.
119:9Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way?
By taking heed thereto according to thy word.
119:10With my whole heart have I sought thee:
Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.
119:11Thy word have I laid up in my heart,
That I might not sin against thee.
119:12Blessed art thou, O Jehovah:
Teach me thy statutes.
119:13With my lips have I declared
All the ordinances of thy mouth.
119:14I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies,
As much as in all riches.
119:15I will meditate on thy precepts,
And have respect unto thy ways.
119:16I will delight myself in thy statutes:
I will not forget thy word.
GIMEL.
119:17Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live;
So will I observe thy word.
119:18Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold
Wondrous things out of thy law.
119:19I am a sojourner in the earth:
Hide not thy commandments from me.
119:20My soul breaketh for the longing
That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times.
119:21Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed,
That do wander from thy commandments.
119:22Take away from me reproach and contempt;
For I have kept thy testimonies.
119:23Princes also sat and talked against me;
But thy servant did meditate on thy statutes.
119:24Thy testimonies also are my delight
And my counsellors.
DALETH.
119:25My soul cleaveth unto the dust:
Quicken thou me according to thy word.
119:26I declared my ways, and thou answeredst me:
Teach me thy statutes.
119:27Make me to understand the way of thy precepts:
So shall I meditate on thy wondrous works.
119:28My soul melteth for heaviness:
Strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
119:29Remove from me the way of falsehood;
And grant me thy law graciously.
119:30I have chosen the way of faithfulness:
Thine ordinances have I set before me.
119:31I cleave unto thy testimonies:
O Jehovah, put me not to shame.
119:32I will run the way of thy commandments,
When thou shalt enlarge my heart.
HE.
119:33Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes;
And I shall keep it unto the end.
119:34Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law;
Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
119:35Make me to go in the path of thy commandments;
For therein do I delight.
119:36Incline my heart unto thy testimonies,
And not to covetousness.
119:37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity,
And quicken me in thy ways.
119:38Confirm unto thy servant thy word,
Which is in order unto the fear of thee.
119:39Turn away my reproach whereof I am afraid;
For thine ordinances are good.
119:40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts:
Quicken me in thy righteousness.
VAV.
119:41Let thy lovingkindnesses also come unto me, O Jehovah,
Even thy salvation, according to thy word.
119:42So shall I have an answer for him that reproacheth me;
For I trust in thy word.
119:43And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth;
For I have hoped in thine ordinances.
119:44So shall I observe thy law continually
For ever and ever.
119:45And I shall walk at liberty;
For I have sought thy precepts.
119:46I will also speak of thy testimonies before kings,
And shall not be put to shame.
119:47And I will delight myself in thy commandments,
Which I have loved.
119:48I will lift up my hands also unto thy commandments, which I have loved;
And I will meditate on thy statutes.
ZAYIN.
119:49Remember the word unto thy servant,
Because thou hast made me to hope.
119:50This is my comfort in my affliction;
For thy word hath quickened me.
119:51The proud have had me greatly in derision:
Yet have I not swerved from thy law.
119:52I have remembered thine ordinances of old, O Jehovah,
And have comforted myself.
119:53 Hot indignation hath taken hold upon me,
Because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
119:54Thy statutes have been my songs
In the house of my pilgrimage.
119:55I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night,
And have observed thy law.
119:56This I have had,
Because I have kept thy precepts.
HHETH.
119:57 Jehovah is my portion:
I have said that I would observe thy words.
119:58I entreated thy favor with my whole heart:
Be merciful unto me according to thy word.
119:59I thought on my ways,
And turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
119:60I made haste, and delayed not,
To observe thy commandments.
119:61The cords of the wicked have wrapped me round;
But I have not forgotten thy law.
119:62At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee
Because of thy righteous ordinances.
119:63I am a companion of all them that fear thee,
And of them that observe thy precepts.
119:64The earth, O Jehovah, is full of thy lovingkindness:
Teach me thy statutes.
TETH.
119:65Thou hast dealt well with thy servant,
O Jehovah, according unto thy word.
119:66Teach me good judgment and knowledge;
For I have believed in thy commandments.
119:67Before I was afflicted I went astray;
But now I observe thy word.
119:68Thou art good, and doest good;
Teach me thy statutes.
119:69The proud have forged a lie against me:
With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.
119:70Their heart is as fat as grease;
But I delight in thy law.
119:71It is good for me that I have been afflicted;
That I may learn thy statutes.
119:72The law of thy mouth is better unto me
Than thousands of gold and silver.
YODH.
119:73Thy hands have made me and fashioned me:
Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
119:74They that fear thee shall see me and be glad,
Because I have hoped in thy word.
119:75I know, O Jehovah, that thy judgments are righteous,
And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
119:76Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness be for my comfort,
According to thy word unto thy servant.
119:77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live;
For thy law is my delight.
119:78Let the proud be put to shame;
For they have overthrown me wrongfully:
But I will meditate on thy precepts.
119:79Let those that fear thee turn unto me;
And they shall know thy testimonies.
119:80Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes,
That I be not put to shame.
KAPH.
119:81My soul fainteth for thy salvation;
119:82Mine eyes fail for thy word,
While I say, When wilt thou comfort me?
119:83For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke;
Yet do I not forget thy statutes.
119:84How many are the days of thy servant?
When wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
119:85The proud have digged pits for me,
Who are not according to thy law.
119:86All thy commandments are faithful:
They persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
119:87They had almost consumed me upon earth;
But I forsook not thy precepts.
LAMEDH.
119:88Quicken me after thy lovingkindness;
So shall I observe the testimony of thy mouth.
119:89For ever, O Jehovah,
Thy word is settled in heaven.
119:90Thy faithfulness is unto all generations:
Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
119:91 They abide this day according to thine ordinances;
For all things are thy servants.
119:92Unless thy law had been my delight,
I should then have perished in mine affliction.
119:93I will never forget thy precepts;
For with them thou hast quickened me.
119:94I am thine, save me;
For I have sought thy precepts.
119:95The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me;
But I will consider thy testimonies.
MEM.
119:96I have seen an end of all perfection;
But thy commandment is exceeding broad.
119:97Oh how love I thy law!
It is my meditation all the day.
119:98 Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies;
For they are ever with me.
119:99I have more understanding than all my teachers;
For thy testimonies are my meditation.
119:100I understand more than the aged,
Because I have kept thy precepts.
119:101I have refrained my feet from every evil way,
That I might observe thy word.
119:102I have not turned aside from thine ordinances;
For thou hast taught me.
119:103How sweet are thy words unto my taste!
Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
119:104Through thy precepts I get understanding:
Therefore I hate every false way.
NUN.
119:105Thy word is a lamp unto my feet,
And light unto my path.
119:106I have sworn, and have confirmed it,
That I will observe thy righteous ordinances.
119:107I am afflicted very much:
Quicken me, O Jehovah, according unto thy word.
119:108Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, O Jehovah,
And teach me thine ordinances.
119:109My soul is continually in my hand;
Yet do I not forget thy law.
119:110The wicked have laid a snare for me;
Yet have I not gone astray from thy precepts.
119:111Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever;
For they are the rejoicing of my heart.
119:112I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes
For ever, even unto the end.
SAMEKH.
119:113I hate them that are of a double mind;
119:114Thou art my hiding-place and my shield:
119:115Depart from me, ye evil-doers,
That I may keep the commandments of my God.
119:116Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live;
And let me not be ashamed of my hope.
119:117Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe,
And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.
119:118Thou hast set at nought all them that err from thy statutes;
For their deceit is falsehood.
119:119Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross:
Therefore I love thy testimonies.
119:120My flesh trembleth for fear of thee;
And I am afraid of thy judgments.
AYIN.
119:121I have done justice and righteousness:
Leave me not to mine oppressors.
119:122Be surety for thy servant for good:
Let not the proud oppress me.
119:123Mine eyes fail for thy salvation,
And for thy righteous word.
119:124Deal with thy servant according unto thy lovingkindness,
And teach me thy statutes.
119:125I am thy servant; give me understanding,
That I may know thy testimonies.
119:126It is time for Jehovah to work;
For they have made void thy law.
119:127Therefore I love thy commandments
Above gold, yea, above fine gold.
119:128Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right;
PE.
119:129Thy testimonies are wonderful;
Therefore doth my soul keep them.
119:130The opening of thy words giveth light;
It giveth understanding unto the simple.
119:131I opened wide my mouth, and panted;
For I longed for thy commandments.
119:132Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me,
As thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
119:133Establish my footsteps in thy word;
And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
119:134Redeem me from the oppression of man:
So will I observe thy precepts.
119:135Make thy face to shine upon thy servant;
And teach me thy statutes.
119:136Streams of water run down mine eyes,
Because they observe not thy law.
TSADHE.
119:137Righteous art thou, O Jehovah,
And upright are thy judgments.
119:138Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness
And very faithfulness.
119:139My zeal hath consumed me,
Because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.
Therefore thy servant loveth it.
119:141I am small and despised;
Yet do I not forget thy precepts.
119:142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,
119:143Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me;
Yet thy commandments are my delight.
119:144Thy testimonies are righteous for ever:
Give me understanding, and I shall live.
QOPH.
119:145I have called with my whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah:
I will keep thy statutes.
119:146I have called unto thee; save me,
And I shall observe thy testimonies.
119:147I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried:
I hoped in thy words.
119:148Mine eyes anticipated the night-watches,
That I might meditate on thy word.
119:149Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness:
Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thine ordinances.
119:150They draw nigh that follow after wickedness;
They are far from thy law.
119:151Thou art nigh, O Jehovah;
And all thy commandments are truth.
119:152Of old have I known from thy testimonies,
That thou hast founded them for ever.
RESH.
119:153Consider mine affliction, and deliver me;
For I do not forget thy law.
119:154Plead thou my cause, and redeem me:
Quicken me according to thy word.
119:155Salvation is far from the wicked;
For they seek not thy statutes.
119:156Great are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah:
Quicken me according to thine ordinances.
119:157Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries;
Yet have I not swerved from thy testimonies.
119:158I beheld the treacherous, and was grieved,
Because they observe not thy word.
119:159Consider how I love thy precepts:
Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.
119:160The sum of thy word is truth;
And every one of thy righteous ordinances endureth for ever.
SHIN.
119:161Princes have persecuted me without a cause;
But my heart standeth in awe of thy words.
119:162I rejoice at thy word,
As one that findeth great spoil.
119:163I hate and abhor falsehood;
119:164Seven times a day do I praise thee,
Because of thy righteous ordinances.
119:165Great peace have they that love thy law;
And they have no occasion of stumbling.
119:166I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah,
And have done thy commandments.
119:167My soul hath observed thy testimonies;
And I love them exceedingly.
119:168I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies;
For all my ways are before thee.
TAV.
119:169Let my cry come near before thee, O Jehovah:
Give me understanding according to thy word.
119:170Let my supplication come before thee:
Deliver me according to thy word.
119:171Let my lips utter praise;
For thou teachest me thy statutes.
119:172Let my tongue sing of thy word;
For all thy commandments are righteousness.
119:173Let thy hand be ready to help me;
For I have chosen thy precepts.
119:174I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah;
And thy law is my delight.
119:175Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee;
And let thine ordinances help me.
119:176I have gone astray like a lost sheep;
Seek thy servant;
For I do not forget thy commandments.
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