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Psalms 119

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1ALEPH Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh’s law. ✦ 2Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart. ✦ 3Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways. ✦ 4You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them. ✦ 5Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes! ✦ 6Then I wouldn’t be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments. ✦ 7I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments. ✦ 8I will observe your statutes. Don’t utterly forsake me. BET ✦ 9How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. ✦ 10With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments. ✦ 11I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. ✦ 12Blessed are you, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes. ✦ 13With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth. ✦ 14I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches. ✦ 15I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways. ✦ 16I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word. GIMEL ✦ 17Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word. ✦ 18Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law. ✦ 19I am a stranger on the earth. Don’t hide your commandments from me. ✦ 20My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times. ✦ 21You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments. ✦ 22Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes. ✦ 23Though princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate on your statutes. ✦ 24Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors. DALED ✦ 25My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word! ✦ 26I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes. ✦ 27Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works. ✦ 28My soul is weary with sorrow: strengthen me according to your word. ✦ 29Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously! ✦ 30I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me. ✦ 31I cling to your statutes, Yahweh. Don’t let me be disappointed. ✦ 32I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free. HEY ✦ 33Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end. ✦ 34Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart. ✦ 35Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them. ✦ 36Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain. ✦ 37Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways. ✦ 38Fulfill your promise to your servant, that you may be feared. ✦ 39Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good. ✦ 40Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness. WAW ✦ 41Let your loving kindness also come to me, Yahweh, your salvation, according to your word. ✦ 42So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word. ✦ 43Don’t snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, for I put my hope in your ordinances. ✦ 44So I will obey your law continually, forever and ever. ✦ 45I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts. ✦ 46I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed. ✦ 47I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them. ✦ 48I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes. ZAYIN ✦ 49Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope. ✦ 50This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me. ✦ 51The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don’t swerve from your law. ✦ 52I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh, and have comforted myself. ✦ 53Indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked who forsake your law. ✦ 54Your statutes have been my songs, in the house where I live. ✦ 55I have remembered your name, Yahweh, in the night, and I obey your law. ✦ 56This is my way, that I keep your precepts. CHET ✦ 57Yahweh is my portion. I promised to obey your words. ✦ 58I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word. ✦ 59I considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes. ✦ 60I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments. ✦ 61The ropes of the wicked bind me, but I won’t forget your law. ✦ 62At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances. ✦ 63I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts. ✦ 64The earth is full of your loving kindness, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes. TET ✦ 65Do good to your servant, according to your word, Yahweh. ✦ 66Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments. ✦ 67Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word. ✦ 68You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes. ✦ 69The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts. ✦ 70Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law. ✦ 71It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes. ✦ 72The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. YUD ✦ 73Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments. ✦ 74Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word. ✦ 75Yahweh, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me. ✦ 76Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant. ✦ 77Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight. ✦ 78Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts. ✦ 79Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes. ✦ 80Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be disappointed. KAF ✦ 81My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word. ✦ 82My eyes fail for your word. I say, “When will you comfort me?” ✦ 83For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes. ✦ 84How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me? ✦ 85The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law. ✦ 86All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me! ✦ 87They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn’t forsake your precepts. ✦ 88Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth. LAMED ✦ 89Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever. ✦ 90Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains. ✦ 91Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you. ✦ 92Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. ✦ 93I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me. ✦ 94I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts. ✦ 95The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes. ✦ 96I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless. MEM ✦ 97How I love your law! It is my meditation all day. ✦ 98Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me. ✦ 99I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation. ✦ 100I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts. ✦ 101I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word. ✦ 102I have not turned aside from your ordinances, for you have taught me. ✦ 103How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth! ✦ 104Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. NUN ✦ 105Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path. ✦ 106I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances. ✦ 107I am afflicted very much. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your word. ✦ 108Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. Yahweh, teach me your ordinances. ✦ 109My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won’t forget your law. ✦ 110The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts. ✦ 111I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart. ✦ 112I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end. SAMEKH ✦ 113I hate double-minded men, but I love your law. ✦ 114You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word. ✦ 115Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God. ✦ 116Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope. ✦ 117Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually. ✦ 118You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain. ✦ 119You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies. ✦ 120My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments. AYIN ✦ 121I have done what is just and righteous. Don’t leave me to my oppressors. ✦ 122Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me. ✦ 123My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word. ✦ 124Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes. ✦ 125I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies. ✦ 126It is time to act, Yahweh, for they break your law. ✦ 127Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold. ✦ 128Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way. PEY ✦ 129Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them. ✦ 130The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple. ✦ 131I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments. ✦ 132Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name. ✦ 133Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me. ✦ 134Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts. ✦ 135Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes. ✦ 136Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your law. TZADI ✦ 137You are righteous, Yahweh. Your judgments are upright. ✦ 138You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy. ✦ 139My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words. ✦ 140Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them. ✦ 141I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts. ✦ 142Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth. ✦ 143Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight. ✦ 144Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. KUF ✦ 145I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will keep your statutes. ✦ 146I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes. ✦ 147I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words. ✦ 148My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on your word. ✦ 149Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your ordinances. ✦ 150They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law. ✦ 151You are near, Yahweh. All your commandments are truth. ✦ 152Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever. RESH ✦ 153Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your law. ✦ 154Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise. ✦ 155Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don’t seek your statutes. ✦ 156Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh. Revive me according to your ordinances. ✦ 157Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies. ✦ 158I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don’t observe your word. ✦ 159Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your loving kindness. ✦ 160All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. SIN AND SHIN ✦ 161Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words. ✦ 162I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder. ✦ 163I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law. ✦ 164Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances. ✦ 165Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble. ✦ 166I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh. I have done your commandments. ✦ 167My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly. ✦ 168I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you. TAV ✦ 169Let my cry come before you, Yahweh. Give me understanding according to your word. ✦ 170Let my supplication come before you. Deliver me according to your word. ✦ 171Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes. ✦ 172Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are righteousness. ✦ 173Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts. ✦ 174I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my delight. ✦ 175Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me. ✦ 176I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments. ✦

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Ps 119 ·473Rom 7 ·25Ps 25 ·22Ps 19 ·211 Jn 2 ·17Deut 4 ·17Jas 1 ·161 Pet 2 ·14

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