Psalms 119:43-152

⁴³And Thou takest not utterly away From my mouth the word of truth, Because for Thy judgment I have hoped.

⁴⁴And I keep Thy law continually, To the age and for ever.

⁴⁵And I walk habitually in a broad place, For Thy precepts I have sought.

⁴⁶And I speak of Thy testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed.

⁴⁷And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved,

⁴⁸And I lift up my hands unto Thy commands, That I have loved, And I do meditate on Thy statutes!

⁴⁹Zain. Remember the word to Thy servant, On which Thou hast caused me to hope.

⁵⁰This is my comfort in mine affliction, That Thy saying hath quickened me.

⁵¹The proud have utterly scorned me, From Thy law I have not turned aside.

⁵²I remembered Thy judgments of old, O Jehovah, And I comfort myself.

⁵³Horror hath seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Thy law.

⁵⁴Songs have been to me Thy statutes, In the house of my sojournings.

⁵⁵I have remembered in the night Thy name, O Jehovah, And I do keep Thy law.

⁵⁶This hath been to me, That Thy precepts I have kept!

⁵⁷Cheth. My portion is Jehovah; I have said — to keep Thy words,

⁵⁸I appeased Thy face with the whole heart, Favour me according to Thy saying.

⁵⁹I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies.

⁶⁰I have made haste, And delayed not, to keep Thy commands.

⁶¹Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, Thy law I have not forgotten.

⁶²At midnight I rise to give thanks to Thee, For the judgments of Thy righteousness.

⁶³A companion I am to all who fear Thee, And to those keeping Thy precepts.

⁶⁴Of Thy kindness, O Jehovah, the earth is full, Thy statutes teach Thou me!

⁶⁵Teth. Good Thou didst with Thy servant, O Jehovah, According to Thy word.

⁶⁶The goodness of reason and knowledge teach me, For in Thy commands I have believed.

⁶⁷Before I am afflicted, I — I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept.

⁶⁸Good Thou art, and doing good, Teach me Thy statutes.

⁶⁹Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts.

⁷⁰Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I — in Thy law I have delighted.

⁷¹Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes.

⁷²Better to me is the law of Thy mouth Than thousands of gold and silver!

⁷³Yod. Thy hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Thy commands.

⁷⁴Those fearing Thee see me and rejoice, Because for Thy word I have hoped.

⁷⁵I have known, O Jehovah, That righteous are Thy judgments, And in faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me.

⁷⁶Let, I pray Thee, Thy kindness be to comfort me, According to Thy saying to Thy servant.

⁷⁷Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law is my delight.

⁷⁸Ashamed are the proud, For with falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate in Thy precepts.

⁷⁹Those fearing Thee turn back to me, And those knowing Thy testimonies.

⁸⁰My heart is perfect in Thy statutes, So that I am not ashamed.

⁸¹Kaph. Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped.

⁸²Consumed have been mine eyes for Thy word, Saying, 'When doth it comfort me?'

⁸³For I have been as a bottle in smoke, Thy statutes I have not forgotten.

⁸⁴How many are the days of Thy servant? When dost Thou execute Against my pursuers judgment?

⁸⁵The proud have digged for me pits, That are not according to Thy law.

⁸⁶All Thy commands are faithfulness, With falsehood they have pursued me, Help Thou me.

⁸⁷Almost consumed me on earth have they, And I — I have not forsaken Thy precepts.

⁸⁸According to Thy kindness quicken Thou me, And I keep the testimony of Thy mouth!

⁸⁹Lamed. To the age, O Jehovah, Thy word is set up in the heavens.

⁹⁰To all generations Thy faithfulness, Thou didst establish earth, and it standeth.

⁹¹According to Thine ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole are Thy servants.

⁹²Unless Thy law were my delights, Then had I perished in mine affliction.

⁹³To the age I forget not Thy precepts, For by them Thou hast quickened me.

⁹⁴I am Thine, save Thou me, For Thy precepts I have sought.

⁹⁵Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand.

⁹⁶Of all perfection I have seen an end, Broad is Thy command — exceedingly!

⁹⁷Mem. O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it is my meditation.

⁹⁸Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it is before me to the age.

⁹⁹Above all my teachers I have acted wisely. For Thy testimonies are my meditation.

¹⁰⁰Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept.

¹⁰¹From every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word.

¹⁰²From Thy judgments I turned not aside, For Thou — Thou hast directed me.

¹⁰³How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth.

¹⁰⁴From Thy precepts I have understanding, Therefore I have hated every false path!

¹⁰⁵Nun. A lamp to my foot is Thy word, And a light to my path.

¹⁰⁶I have sworn, and I confirm it, To keep the judgments of Thy righteousness.

¹⁰⁷I have been afflicted very much, O Jehovah, quicken me, according to Thy word.

¹⁰⁸Free-will-offerings of my mouth, Accept, I pray Thee, O Jehovah, And Thy judgments teach Thou me.

¹⁰⁹My soul is in my hand continually, And Thy law I have not forgotten.

¹¹⁰The wicked have laid a snare for me, And from thy precepts I wandered not.

¹¹¹I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart are they.

¹¹²I have inclined my heart To do Thy statutes, to the age — to the end!

¹¹³Samech. Doubting ones I have hated, And Thy law I have loved.

¹¹⁴My hiding place and my shield art Thou, For Thy word I have hoped.

¹¹⁵Turn aside from me, ye evil-doers, And I keep the commands of my God.

¹¹⁶Sustain me according to Thy saying, And I live, and Thou puttest me not to shame Because of my hope.

¹¹⁷Support Thou me, and I am saved, And I look on Thy statutes continually.

¹¹⁸Thou hast trodden down All going astray from Thy statutes, For falsehood is their deceit.

¹¹⁹Dross! Thou hast caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Thy testimonies.

¹²⁰Trembled from Thy fear hath my flesh, And from Thy judgments I have been afraid!

¹²¹Ain. I have done judgment and righteousness, Leave me not to mine oppressors.

¹²²Make sure Thy servant for good, Let not the proud oppress me.

¹²³Mine eyes have been consumed for Thy salvation. And for the saying of Thy righteousness.

¹²⁴Do with Thy servant according to Thy kindness. And Thy statutes teach Thou me.

¹²⁵Thy servant am I — cause me to understand, And I know Thy testimonies.

¹²⁶Time for Jehovah to work! they have made void Thy law.

¹²⁷Therefore I have loved Thy commands Above gold — even fine gold.

¹²⁸Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, Every path of falsehood I have hated!

¹²⁹Pe. Wonderful are Thy testimonies, Therefore hath my soul kept them.

¹³⁰The opening of Thy words enlighteneth, Instructing the simple.

¹³¹My mouth I have opened, yea, I pant, For, for Thy commands I have longed.

¹³²Look unto me, and favour me, As customary to those loving Thy name.

¹³³My steps establish by Thy saying, And any iniquity doth not rule over me.

¹³⁴Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Thy precepts,

¹³⁵Thy face cause to shine on Thy servant, And teach me Thy statutes.

¹³⁶Rivulets of waters have come down mine eyes, Because they have not kept Thy law!

¹³⁷Tzade. Righteous art Thou, O Jehovah, And upright are Thy judgments.

¹³⁸Thou hast appointed Thy testimonies, Righteous and exceeding faithful,

¹³⁹Cut me off hath my zeal, For mine adversaries forgot Thy words.

¹⁴⁰Tried is thy saying exceedingly, And Thy servant hath loved it.

¹⁴¹Small I am, and despised, Thy precepts I have not forgotten.

¹⁴²Thy righteousness is righteousness to the age, And Thy law is truth.

¹⁴³Adversity and distress have found me, Thy commands are my delights.

¹⁴⁴The righteousness of Thy testimonies is to Cause me to understand, and I live!

¹⁴⁵Koph. I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O Jehovah, Thy statutes I keep,

¹⁴⁶I have called Thee, save Thou me, And I do keep Thy testimonies.

¹⁴⁷I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, For Thy word I have hoped.

¹⁴⁸Mine eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate in Thy saying.

¹⁴⁹My voice hear, according to Thy kindness, Jehovah, according to Thy judgment quicken me.

¹⁵⁰Near have been my wicked pursuers, From Thy law they have been far off.

¹⁵¹Near art Thou, O Jehovah, And all Thy commands are truth.

¹⁵²Of old I have known Thy testimonies, That to the age Thou hast founded them!