Psalms 119

NEW JERUSALEM	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 How blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of Yahweh!	1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
2 Blessed are those who observe his instructions, who seek him with all their hearts,	2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
3 and, doing no evil, who walk in his ways.	3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
4 You lay down your precepts to be careful y kept.	4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
5 May my ways be steady in doing your wil .	5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
6 Then I shal not be shamed, if my gaze is fixed on your commandments.	6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
7 I thank you with a sincere heart for teaching me your upright judgements.	7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
8 I shal do your will; do not ever abandon me whol y.	8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
9 How can a young man keep his way spotless? By keeping your words.	9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
10 With al my heart I seek you, do not let me stray from your commandments.	10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
11 In my heart I treasure your promises, to avoid sinning against you.	11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
12 Blessed are you, Yahweh, teach me your wil !	12 Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
13 With my lips I have repeated al the judgements you have given.	13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
14 In the way of your instructions lies my joy, a joy beyond al wealth.	14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
15 I will ponder your precepts and fix my gaze on your paths.	15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
16 I find my delight in your wil , I do not forget your words.	16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
17 Be generous to your servant and I shal live, and shal keep your words.	17 Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.
18 Open my eyes and I shal fix my gaze on the wonders of your Law.	18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
19 Wayfarer though I am on the earth, do not hide your commandments from me.	19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
20 My heart is pining away with longing at all times for your judgements.	20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
21 You have rebuked the arrogant, the accursed, who stray from your commandments.	21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
22 Set me free from taunts and contempt since I observe your instructions.	22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
23 Though princes sit plotting against me, your servant keeps pondering your wil .	23 Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
24 Your instructions are my delight, your wishes my counsellors.	24 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
25 Down in the dust I lie prostrate; true to your word, revive me.	25 My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
26 I tell you my ways and you answer me; teach me your wishes.	26 I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
27 Show me the way of your precepts, that I may reflect on your wonders.	27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
28 I am melting away for grief; true to your word, raise me up.	28 My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
29 Keep me far from the way of deceit, grant me the grace of your Law.	29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
30 I have chosen the way of constancy, I have moulded myself to your judgements.	30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
31 I cling to your instructions, Yahweh, do not disappoint me.	31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
32 I run the way of your commandments, for you have given me freedom of heart.	32 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
33 Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your will, and I wil observe it.	33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
34 Give me understanding and I will observe your Law, and keep it wholeheartedly.	34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
35 Guide me in the way of your commandments, for my delight is there.	35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
36 Bend my heart to your instructions, not to selfish gain.	36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
37 Avert my eyes from pointless images, by your word give me life.	37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
38 Keep your promise to your servant so that al may hold you in awe.	38 Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
39 Avert the taunts that I dread, for your judgements are generous.	39 Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.
40 See how I yearn for your precepts; in your saving justice give me life.	40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
41 Let your faithful love come to me, Yahweh, true to your promise, save me!	41 Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word.
42 Give me an answer to the taunts against me, since I rely on your word.	42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
43 Do not deprive me of that faithful word, since my hope lies in your judgements.	43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
44 I shal keep your Law without fail for ever and ever.	44 So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
45 I shal live in all freedom because I have sought your precepts.	45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
46 I shal speak of your instructions before kings and wil not be shamed.	46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
47 Your commandments fill me with delight, I love them dearly.	47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
48 I stretch out my hands to your commandments that I love, and I ponder your judgements.	48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
49 Keep in mind your promise to your servant on which I have built my hope.	49 Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
50 It is my comfort in distress, that your promise gives me life.	50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
51 Endlessly the arrogant have jeered at me, but I have not swerved from your Law.	51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
52 I have kept your age -- old judgements in mind, Yahweh, and I am comforted.	52 I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
53 Fury grips me when I see the wicked who abandon your Law.	53 Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
54 Your judgements are my song where I live in exile.	54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
55 Al night, Yahweh, I hold your name in mind, I keep your Law.	55 I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
56 This is what it means to me, observing your precepts.	56 This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
57 My task, I have said, Yahweh, is to keep your word.	57 Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
58 Wholeheartedly I entreat your favour; true to your promise, take pity on me!	58 I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.
59 I have reflected on my ways, and I turn my steps to your instructions.	59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
60 I hurry without delay to keep your commandments.	60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
61 Though caught in the snares of the wicked, I do not forget your Law.	61 The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
62 At midnight I rise to praise you for your upright judgements.	62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
63 I am a friend to all who fear you and keep your precepts.	63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
64 Your faithful love fil s the earth, Yahweh, teach me your judgements.	64 The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.
65 You have been generous to your servant, Yahweh, true to your promise.	65 Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.
66 Teach me judgement and knowledge, for I rely on your commandments.	66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
67 Before I was punished I used to go astray, but now I keep to your promise.	67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
68 You are generous and act generously, teach me your wil .	68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
69 The arrogant blacken me with lies though I wholeheartedly observe your precepts.	69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
70 Their hearts are gross like rich fat, but my delight is in your Law.	70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
71 It was good for me that I had to suffer, the better to learn your judgements.	71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
72 The Law you have uttered is more precious to me than al the wealth in the world.	72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
73 Your hands have made me and held me firm, give me understanding and I shal learn yourcommandments.	73 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
74 Those who fear you rejoice at the sight of me since I put my hope in your word.	74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
75 I know, Yahweh, that your judgements are upright, and in punishing me you show your constancy.	75 I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
76 Your faithful love must be my consolation, as you have promised your servant.	76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
77 Treat me with tenderness and I shall live, for your Law is my delight.	77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
78 Let the arrogant who tell lies against me be shamed, while I ponder your precepts.	78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
79 Let those who fear you rally to me, those who understand your instructions.	79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.
80 My heart shall be faultless towards your wil ; then I shall not be ashamed.	80 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
81 I shal wear myself out for your salvation, for your word is my hope.	81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
82 My eyes, too, are worn out waiting for your promise, when wil you have pity on me?	82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
83 For I am like a smoked wineskin, but I do not forget your wil .	83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
84 How long has your servant to live? When wil you bring my persecutors to judgement?	84 How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
85 The arrogant have dug pitfalls for me in defiance of your Law.	85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
86 Al your commandments show constancy. Help me when they pursue me dishonestly.	86 All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
87 They have almost annihilated me on earth, but I have not deserted your precepts.	87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.
88 True to your faithful love, give me life, and I shal keep the instructions you have laid down.	88 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
89 For ever, Yahweh, your word is planted firm in heaven.	89 For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
90 Your constancy endures from age to age; you established the earth and it stands firm.	90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
91 Through your judgements al stands firm to this day, for al creation is your servant.	91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.
92 Had your Law not been my delight, I would have perished in my misery.	92 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
93 I shal never forget your precepts, for by them you have given me life.	93 I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
94 I am yours, save me, for I seek your precepts.	94 I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
95 The wicked may hope to destroy me, but al my thought is of your instructions.	95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
96 I have seen that al perfection is finite, but your commandment has no limit.	96 I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.
97 How I love your Law! I ponder it al day long.	97 O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
98 You make me wiser than my enemies by your commandment which is mine for ever.	98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
99 I am wiser than al my teachers because I ponder your instructions.	99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
100 I have more understanding than the aged because I keep your precepts.	100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
101 I restrain my foot from evil paths to keep your word.	101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
102 I do not turn aside from your judgements, because you yourself have instructed me.	102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
103 How pleasant your promise to my palate, sweeter than honey in my mouth!	103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 From your precepts I learn wisdom, so I hate all deceptive ways.	104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
105 Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.	105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
106 I have sworn -- and shal maintain it -- to keep your upright judgements.	106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
107 I am utterly wretched, Yahweh; true to your promise, give me life.	107 I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
108 Accept, Yahweh, the tribute from my mouth, and teach me your judgements.	108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
109 My life is in your hands perpetual y, I do not forget your Law.	109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
110 The wicked have laid out a snare for me, but I have not strayed from your precepts.	110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
111 Your instructions are my eternal heritage, they are the joy of my heart.	111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112 I devote myself to obeying your statutes, their recompense is eternal.	112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.
113 I hate a divided heart, I love your Law.	113 I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.
114 You are my refuge and shield, I put my hope in your word.	114 Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
115 Leave me alone, you wicked, I shal observe the commandments of my God.	115 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
116 True to your word, support me and I shal live; do not disappoint me of my hope.	116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117 Uphold me and I shall be saved, my gaze fixed on your wil .	117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
118 You shake off al who stray from your wil ; deceit fills their horizon.	118 Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
119 In your sight al the wicked of the earth are like rust, so I love your instructions.	119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
120 My whole body trembles before you, your judgements fill me with fear.	120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
121 Al my conduct has been just and upright, do not hand me over to my oppressors.	121 I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
122 Guarantee the wel -being of your servant, do not let the proud oppress me.	122 Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
123 My eyes are languishing for your salvation and for the saving justice you have promised.	123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
124 Show your faithful love to your servant, teach me your judgements.	124 Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
125 Your servant am I; give me understanding and I shal know your instructions.	125 I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
126 It is time to take action, Yahweh, your Law is being broken.	126 It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.
127 So I love your commandments more than gold, purest gold.	127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
128 So I rule my life by your precepts, I hate al deceptive paths.	128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
129 Wonderful are your instructions, so I observe them.	129 Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
130 As your word unfolds it gives light, and even the simple understand.	130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
131 I open wide my mouth, panting eagerly for your commandments.	131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
132 Turn to me, pity me; those who love your name deserve it.	132 Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
133 Keep my steps firm in your promise; that no evil may triumph over me.	133 Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Rescue me from human oppression, and I wil observe your precepts.	134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
135 Let your face shine on your servant, teach me your wil .	135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
136 My eyes stream with tears because your Law is disregarded.	136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
137 You are upright, Yahweh, and your judgements are honest.	137 Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
138 You impose uprightness as a witness to yourself, it is constancy itself.	138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
139 My zeal is burning me up because my oppressors forget your word.	139 My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
140 Your promise is wel tested, your servant holds it dear.	140 Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
141 Puny and despised as I am, I do not forget your precepts.	141 I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
142 Your saving justice is for ever just, and your Law is trustworthy.	142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
143 Though anguish and distress grip me your commandments are my delight.	143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
144 Your instructions are upright for ever, give me understanding and I shal live.	144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
145 I cal with al my heart; answer me, Yahweh, and I wil observe your judgements.	145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.
146 I cal to you; save me, and I wil keep your instructions.	146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
147 I am awake before dawn to cry for help, I put my hope in your word.	147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
148 My eyes are awake before each watch of the night, to ponder your promise.	148 Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
149 In your faithful love, Yahweh, listen to my voice, let your judgements give me life.	149 Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.
150 My pursuers are coming closer to their wicked designs, and further from your Law.	150 They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.
151 You are close to me, Yahweh, and all your commandments are true.	151 Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.
152 Long have I known that your instructions were laid down to last for ever.	152 Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
153 Look at my suffering and rescue me, for I do not forget your Law.	153 Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.
154 Plead my cause and defend me; as you promised, give me life.	154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek your will.	155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
156 Your kindnesses to me are countless, Yahweh; true to your judgements, give me life.	156 Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.
157 Though my enemies and oppressors are countless, I do not turn aside from your instructions.	157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
158 The sight of these renegades appals me; they do not observe your promise.	158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
159 See how I love your precepts; true to your faithful love, give me life.	159 Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
160 Faithfulness is the essence of your word, your upright judgements hold good for ever.	160 Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
161 Though princes hound me unprovoked, what fil s me with awe is your word.	161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
162 I rejoice in your promise like one who finds a vast treasure.	162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
163 Falsehood I hate and detest, my love is for your Law.	163 I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
164 Seven times a day I praise you for your upright judgements.	164 Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.
165 Great peace for those who love your Law; no stumbling-blocks for them!	165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
166 I am waiting for your salvation, Yahweh, I fulfil your commandments.	166 LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
167 I observe your instructions, I love them dearly.	167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
168 I observe your precepts, your judgements, for al my ways are before you.	168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.
169 May my cry approach your presence, Yahweh; by your word give me understanding.	169 Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.
170 May my prayer come into your presence, rescue me as you have promised.	170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.
171 May my lips proclaim your praise, for you teach me your will.	171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
172 May my tongue recite your promise, for al your commandments are upright.	172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
173 May your hand be there to help me, since I have chosen your precepts.	173 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
174 I long for your salvation, Yahweh, your Law is my delight.	174 I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.
175 May I live only to praise you, may your judgements be my help.	175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
176 I am wandering like a lost sheep, come and look for your servant, for I have not forgotten yourcommandments.	176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.