119:1  ALEPH Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, Who walk according to Yaweh's law.

119:2  Blessed are those who keep his statutes, Who seek him with their whole heart.

119:3  Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways.

119:4  You have commanded your precepts, That we should fully obey them.

119:5  Oh that my ways were steadfast To obey your statutes!

119:6  Then I wouldn't be disappointed, When I consider all of your commandments.

119:7  I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, When I learn your righteous judgments.

119:8  I will observe your statutes. Don't utterly forsake me.

119:9  How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.

119:10  With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don't let me wander from your commandments.

119:11  I have hidden your word in my heart, That I might not sin against you.

119:12  Blessed are you, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes.

119:13  With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.

119:14  I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, As much as in all riches.

119:15  I will meditate on your precepts, And consider your ways.

119:16  I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word.

119:17  Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word.

119:18  Open my eyes, That I may see wondrous things out of your law.

119:19  I am a stranger on the earth. Don't hide your commandments from me.

119:20  My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.

119:21  You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, Who wander from your commandments.

119:22  Take reproach and contempt away from me, For I have kept your statutes.

119:23  Though princes sit and slander me, Your servant will meditate on your statutes.

119:24  Indeed your statutes are my delight, And my counselors.

119:25  My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word!

119:26  I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes.

119:27  Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.

119:28  My soul is weary with sorrow: Strengthen me according to your word.

119:29  Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously!

119:30  I have chosen the way of truth. I have set my heart on your law.

119:31  I cling to your statutes, Yahweh. Don't let me be disappointed.

119:32  I run in the path of your commandments, For you have set my heart free.

119:33  Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end.

119:34  Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.

119:35  Direct me in the path of your commandments, For I delight in them.

119:36  Turn my heart toward your statutes, Not toward selfish gain.

119:37  Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.

119:38  Fulfill your promise to your servant, That you may be feared.

119:39  Take away my disgrace that I dread, For your ordinances are good.

119:40  Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness.

119:41  Let your loving kindness also come to me, Yahweh, Your salvation, according to your word.

119:42  So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, For I trust in your word.

119:43  Don't snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, For I put my hope in your ordinances.

119:44  So I will obey your law continually, Forever and ever.

119:45  I will walk in liberty, For I have sought your precepts.

119:46  I will also speak of your statutes before kings, And will not be disappointed.

119:47  I will delight myself in your commandments, Because I love them.

119:48  I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes.

119:49  Remember your word to your servant, Because you gave me hope.

119:50  This is my comfort in my affliction, For your word has revived me.

119:51  The arrogant mock me excessively, But I don't swerve from your law.

119:52  I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh, And have comforted myself.

119:53  Indignation has taken hold on me, Because of the wicked who forsake your law.

119:54  Your statutes have been my songs, In the house where I live.

119:55  I have remembered your name, Yahweh, in the night, And I obey your law.

119:56  This is my way, That I keep your precepts.

119:57  Yahweh is my portion. I promised to obey your words.

119:58  I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.

119:59  I considered my ways, And turned my steps to your statutes.

119:60  I will hurry, and not delay, To obey your commandments.

119:61  The ropes of the wicked bind me, But I won't forget your law.

119:62  At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, Because of your righteous ordinances.

119:63  I am a friend of all those who fear you, Of those who observe your precepts.

119:64  The earth is full of your loving kindness, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes.

119:65  Do good to your servant, According to your word, Yahweh.

119:66  Teach me good judgment and knowledge, For I believe in your commandments.

119:67  Before I was afflicted, I went astray; But now I observe your word.

119:68  You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes.

119:69  The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.

119:70  Their heart is as callous as the fat, But I delight in your law.

119:71  It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I may learn your statutes.

119:72  The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.

119:73  Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.

119:74  Those who fear you will see me and be glad, Because I have put my hope in your word.

119:75  Yahweh, I know that your judgments are righteous, That in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

119:76  Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, According to your word to your servant.

119:77  Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; For your law is my delight.

119:78  Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.

119:79  Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.

119:80  Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, That I may not be disappointed.

119:81  My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.

119:82  My eyes fail for your word. I say, "When will you comfort me?"

119:83  For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don't forget your statutes.

119:84  How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?

119:85  The proud have dug pits for me, Contrary to your law.

119:86  All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!

119:87  They had almost wiped me from the earth, But I didn't forsake your precepts.

119:88  Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, So I will obey the statutes of your mouth.

119:89  Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever.

119:90  Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.

119:91  Your laws remain to this day, For all things serve you.

119:92  Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

119:93  I will never forget your precepts, For with them, you have revived me.

119:94  I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.

119:95  The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.

119:96  I have seen a limit to all perfection, But your commands are boundless.

119:97  How love I your law! It is my meditation all day.

119:98  Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, For your commandments are always with me.

119:99  I have more understanding than all my teachers, For your testimonies are my meditation.

119:100  I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept your precepts.

119:101  I have kept my feet from every evil way, That I might observe your word.

119:102  I have not turned aside from your ordinances, For you have taught me.

119:103  How sweet are your promises to my taste, More than honey to my mouth!

119:104  Through your precepts, I get understanding; Therefore I hate every false way.

119:105  Your word is a lamp to my feet, And a light for my path.

119:106  I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will obey your righteous ordinances.

119:107  I am afflicted very much. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your word.

119:108  Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. Yahweh, teach me your ordinances.

119:109  My soul is continually in my hand, Yet I won't forget your law.

119:110  The wicked have laid a snare for me, Yet I haven't gone astray from your precepts.

119:111  I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, For they are the joy of my heart.

119:112  I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, Even to the end.

119:113  I hate double-minded men, But I love your law.

119:114  You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.

119:115  Depart from me, you evildoers, That I may keep the commandments of my God.

119:116  Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.

119:117  Hold me up, and I will be safe, And will have respect for your statutes continually.

119:118  You reject all those who stray from your statutes, For their deceit is in vain.

119:119  You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies.

119:120  My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments.

119:121  I have done what is just and righteous. Don't leave me to my oppressors.

119:122  Ensure your servant's well-being. Don't let the proud oppress me.

119:123  My eyes fail looking for your salvation, For your righteous word.

119:124  Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.

119:125  I am your servant. Give me understanding, That I may know your testimonies.

119:126  It is time to act, Yahweh, For they break your law.

119:127  Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, Yes, more than pure gold.

119:128  Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way.

119:129  Your testimonies are wonderful, Therefore my soul keeps them.

119:130  The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.

119:131  I opened my mouth wide and panted, For I longed for your commandments.

119:132  Turn to me, and have mercy on me, As you always do to those who love your name.

119:133  Establish my footsteps in your word. Don't let any iniquity have dominion over me.

119:134  Redeem me from the oppression of man, So I will observe your precepts.

119:135  Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.

119:136  Streams of tears run down my eyes, Because they don't observe your law.

119:137  You are righteous, Yahweh. Your judgments are upright.

119:138  You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.

119:139  My zeal wears me out, Because my enemies ignore your words.

119:140  Your promises have been thoroughly tested, And your servant loves them.

119:141  I am small and despised. I don't forget your precepts.

119:142  Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.

119:143  Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.

119:144  Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.

119:145  I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will keep your statutes.

119:146  I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes.

119:147  I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.

119:148  My eyes stay open through the night watches, That I might meditate on your word.

119:149  Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your ordinances.

119:150  They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law.

119:151  You are near, Yahweh. All your commandments are truth.

119:152  Of old I have known from your testimonies, That you have founded them forever.

119:153  Consider my affliction, and deliver me, For I don't forget your law.

119:154  Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.

119:155  Salvation is far from the wicked, For they don't seek your statutes.

119:156  Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh. Revive me according to your ordinances.

119:157  Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven't swerved from your testimonies.

119:158  I look at the faithless with loathing, Because they don't observe your word.

119:159  Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your loving kindness.

119:160  All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.

119:161  Princes have persecuted me without a cause, But my heart stands in awe of your words.

119:162  I rejoice at your word, As one who finds great spoil.

119:163  I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.

119:164  Seven times a day, I praise you, Because of your righteous ordinances.

119:165  Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.

119:166  I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh. I have done your commandments.

119:167  My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly.

119:168  I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, For all my ways are before you.

119:169  Let my cry come before you, Yahweh. Give me understanding according to your word.

119:170  Let my supplication come before you. Deliver me according to your word.

119:171  Let my lips utter praise, For you teach me your statutes.

119:172  Let my tongue sing of your word, For all your commandments are righteousness.

119:173  Let your hand be ready to help me, For I have chosen your precepts.

119:174  I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my delight.

119:175  Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me.

119:176  I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don't forget your commandments.