135Let thy face shine upon thy servant, and teach me thy statutes.
136Streams of water have run down my eyes; because they had not observed thy law.
137TZADDE. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy decrees.
138Thou hast commanded thy testimonies, as righteous and faithful exceedingly.
139My zeal destroyeth me; because my assailants have forgotten thy words.
140Thy promise is greatly refined, and thy servant loveth it.
141I am little and despised: yet thy precepts have I not forgotten.
142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
143Distress and trouble have overtaken me: yet are thy commandments my delights.
144Righteous are thy testimonies for everlasting: give me understanding, that I may live.
145KOPH. I have called with all my heart: answer me, O Lord: thy statutes will I keep.
146I have called on thee, save me, and I will observe thy testimonies.
147I come before thee in the dawn of morning, and cry: for thy word do I wait.
148My eyes are awake before the night-watches, that I may meditate in thy saying.
149Hear my voice according to thy kindness: O Lord, according to thy decree do thou grant me life.
150They that pursue mischievous devices draw nigh: from thy law are they far.
151Near art thou, O Lord; and all thy commandments are the truth.
152Of old already I knew of thy testimonies; because for eternity hast thou founded them.
153RESH. Look on my affliction, and release me; for thy law have I not forgotten.
154Plead my cause, and deliver me: according to thy promise do thou revive me.
155Far from the wicked is salvation; because thy statutes have they not sought for.
156Thy mercies are abundant, O Lord; according to thy decrees do thou revive me.
157Many are my persecutors and my assailants: yet from thy testimonies do I not turn away.
158I beheld the treacherous, and felt disgust; because they observed not thy saying.
159Behold that I love thy precepts: O Lord, according to thy kindness do thou revive me.
160The summit of thy word is truth: and the whole of thy righteous judgment endureth for ever.
161SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but of thy word standeth my heart in dread.
Psalms 119
Psalms 119:135-161