Psalms 119:73-164

⁷³YOD. Thy hands have made me and established me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

⁷⁴Those that fear thee will see me and be rejoiced; because I have waited for thy word.

⁷⁵I know, O Lord, that thy decrees are righteous, and that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.

⁷⁶Let, I pray thee, thy kindness come to comfort me, according to thy promise unto thy servant.

⁷⁷Let thy mercies come unto me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight.

⁷⁸Let the presumptuous be made ashamed; because they have without a cause dealt perversely with me; but I will indeed meditate on thy precepts.

⁷⁹Let those that fear thee return unto me, and those that know thy testimonies.

⁸⁰Let my heart be entire in thy statutes, in order that I may not be put to shame.

⁸¹CAPH. My soul ardently desireth for thy salvation: for thy word do I wait.

⁸²My eyes look eagerly for thy promise, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

⁸³For I am become like a bottle in the smoke: yet do I not forget thy statutes.

⁸⁴How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute justice on my persecutors?

⁸⁵The presumptuous have dug pits for me, which is not in accordance with thy law.

⁸⁶All thy commandments are founded on truth: without cause they persecute me; help thou me.

⁸⁷But little was wanting that they had consumed me upon earth; but I have truly not forsaken thy precepts.

⁸⁸According to thy kindness give me life, that I may observe the testimony of thy mouth.

⁸⁹LAMED. To eternity, O Lord, standeth firm thy word with the heavens.

⁹⁰Unto all generations endureth thy faithfulness: thou hast established the earth, and she standeth.

⁹¹According to thy ordinances they exist this day: for all are thy servants.

⁹²Unless thy law had been my delights, I should long since have been lost in my affliction.

⁹³Never will I forget thy precepts; for with them thou hast kept me alive.

⁹⁴Thine am I, save me; for thy precepts have I sought.

⁹⁵Wicked men have waited for me to destroy me; but I will reflect on thy testimonies.

⁹⁶Of all perfection have I seen the end; but thy commandment is exceedingly extended.

⁹⁷MEM. Oh how do I love thy law! all the day is it my meditation.

⁹⁸Wiser than my enemy doth thy commandment make me; for it is perpetually with me.

⁹⁹Above all my teachers have I obtained intelligence; for thy testimonies are my meditation.

¹⁰⁰More than the elders do I possess understanding; because thy precepts do I keep.

¹⁰¹From every evil path have I withholden my feet, in order that I might observe thy word.

¹⁰²From thy ordinances have I not departed; for thou hast instructed me.

¹⁰³How much sweeter are to my palate thy sayings than honey to my mouth!

¹⁰⁴Through thy precepts shall I obtain understanding: therefore do I hate every path of falsehood.

¹⁰⁵NUN. A lamp unto my feet is thy word, and a light unto my path.

¹⁰⁶I have sworn, and I will perform it, to observe thy righteous ordinances.

¹⁰⁷I am afflicted exceedingly much: O Lord, revive me, according to thy word.

¹⁰⁸Receive in favor the freewill-offerings of my mouth, I beseech thee, O Lord, and teach me thy ordinances.

¹⁰⁹My life is in my hand continually: yet thy law do I not forget.

¹¹⁰The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet have I not erred from thy precepts.

¹¹¹I have taken thy testimonies as a heritage to eternity; for they are the joy of my heart.

¹¹²I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes always, in all their ways.

¹¹³SAMECH. Those of divided thoughts I hate; but thy law do I love.

¹¹⁴My shelter and my shield art thou: for thy word do I wait.

¹¹⁵Depart from me, ye evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of God.

¹¹⁶Uphold me according to thy promise, that I may live, and let me not be made ashamed of my hope.

¹¹⁷Support me that I may be placed in safety, and I will direct my regard unto thy statutes continually.

¹¹⁸Thou hast trodden down all that erringly stray from thy statutes; for falsehood is their deceit.

¹¹⁹Like dross dost thou put away all the wicked of the earth: therefore do I love thy testimonies.

¹²⁰My flesh trembleth shudderingly from dread of thee, and of thy decrees am I afraid.

¹²¹'AYIN. I have executed justice and righteousness: leave me not to those who oppress me.

¹²²Protect thy servant for good: let not the presumptuous oppress me.

¹²³My eyes look eagerly for thy salvation, and for thy righteous promise.

¹²⁴Deal with thy servant according to thy kindness, and thy statutes do thou teach me.

¹²⁵I am thy servant: give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.

¹²⁶It is time to act for the Lord: they have broken thy law.

¹²⁷Therefore do I love thy commandments more than gold, and more than fine gold.

¹²⁸Therefore do I esteem all thy precepts in all things as right: every path of falsehood do I hate.

¹²⁹PE. Wonderful are thy testimonies: therefore doth my soul keep them.

¹³⁰The opening of thy words giveth light, it giveth understanding unto the simple.

¹³¹I opened my mouth, and panted for breath; because for thy commandments did I long.

¹³²Turn thou unto me, and be gracious unto me, as is thy wont unto those that love thy name.

¹³³My steps establish thou through thy promise, and suffer not any wrong to have dominion over me.

¹³⁴Deliver me from the oppression of man, and I will observe thy precepts.

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.

¹⁶²I am rejoiced over thy promise, as one that findeth great spoil.

¹⁶³Falsehood I hate and abhor: but thy law do I love.

¹⁶⁴Seven times in the day do I praise thee because of thy righteous decrees.