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Psalm 119 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Psa 119:1Aleph. O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah,
Psa 119:2O the happiness of those keeping His testimonies, With the whole heart they seek Him.
Psa 119:3Yea, they have not done iniquity, In His ways they have walked.
Psa 119:4Thou hast commanded us Thy precepts to keep diligently,
Psa 119:5O that my ways were prepared to keep Thy statutes,
Psa 119:6Then I am not ashamed In my looking unto all Thy commands.
Psa 119:7I confess Thee with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Thy righteousness.
Psa 119:8Thy statutes I keep, leave me not utterly!
Psa 119:9Beth. With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe -- according to Thy word.
Psa 119:10With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands.
Psa 119:11In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.
Psa 119:12Blessed art Thou, O Jehovah, teach me Thy statutes.
Psa 119:13With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Thy mouth.
Psa 119:14In the way of Thy testimonies I have joyed, As over all wealth.
Psa 119:15In Thy precepts I meditate, And I behold attentively Thy paths.
Psa 119:16In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word.
Psa 119:17Gimel. Confer benefits on Thy servant, I live, and I keep Thy word.
Psa 119:18Uncover mine eyes, and I behold wonders out of Thy law.
Psa 119:19A sojourner I am on earth, Hide not from me Thy commands.
Psa 119:20Broken hath my soul for desire Unto Thy judgments at all times.
Psa 119:21Thou hast rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Thy commands.
Psa 119:22Remove from me reproach and contempt, For Thy testimonies I have kept.
Psa 119:23Princes also sat -- against me they spoke, Thy servant doth meditate in Thy statutes,
Psa 119:24Thy testimonies also are my delight, The men of my counsel!
Psa 119:25Daleth. Cleaved to the dust hath my soul, Quicken me according to Thy word.
Psa 119:26My ways I have recounted, And Thou answerest me, teach me Thy statutes,
Psa 119:27The way of Thy precepts cause me to understand, And I meditate in Thy wonders.
Psa 119:28My soul hath dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Thy word.
Psa 119:29The way of falsehood turn aside from me And with Thy law favour me.
Psa 119:30The way of faithfulness I have chosen, Thy judgments I have compared,
Psa 119:31I have adhered to Thy testimonies, O Jehovah, put me not to shame.
Psa 119:32The way of Thy commands I run, For Thou dost enlarge my heart!
Psa 119:33He. Show me, O Jehovah, the way of Thy statutes, And I keep it -- to the end.
Psa 119:34Cause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the whole heart.
Psa 119:35Cause me to tread in the path of Thy commands, For in it I have delighted.
Psa 119:36Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, And not unto dishonest gain.
Psa 119:37Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me.
Psa 119:38Establish to Thy servant Thy saying, That is concerning Thy fear.
Psa 119:39Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Thy judgments are good.
Psa 119:40Lo, I have longed for Thy precepts, In Thy righteousness quicken Thou me,
Psa 119:41Waw. And meet me doth Thy kindness, O Jehovah, Thy salvation according to Thy saying.
Psa 119:42And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For I have trusted in Thy word.
Psa 119:43And Thou takest not utterly away From my mouth the word of truth, Because for Thy judgment I have hoped.
Psa 119:44And I keep Thy law continually, To the age and for ever.
Psa 119:45And I walk habitually in a broad place, For Thy precepts I have sought.
Psa 119:46And I speak of Thy testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed.
Psa 119:47And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved,
Psa 119:48And I lift up my hands unto Thy commands, That I have loved, And I do meditate on Thy statutes!
Psa 119:49Zain. Remember the word to Thy servant, On which Thou hast caused me to hope.
Psa 119:50This is my comfort in mine affliction, That Thy saying hath quickened me.
Psa 119:51The proud have utterly scorned me, From Thy law I have not turned aside.
Psa 119:52I remembered Thy judgments of old, O Jehovah, And I comfort myself.
Psa 119:53Horror hath seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Thy law.
Psa 119:54Songs have been to me Thy statutes, In the house of my sojournings.
Psa 119:55I have remembered in the night Thy name, O Jehovah, And I do keep Thy law.
Psa 119:56This hath been to me, That Thy precepts I have kept!
Psa 119:57Cheth. My portion is Jehovah; I have said -- to keep Thy words,
Psa 119:58I appeased Thy face with the whole heart, Favour me according to Thy saying.
Psa 119:59I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies.
Psa 119:60I have made haste, And delayed not, to keep Thy commands.
Psa 119:61Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, Thy law I have not forgotten.
Psa 119:62At midnight I rise to give thanks to Thee, For the judgments of Thy righteousness.
Psa 119:63A companion I am to all who fear Thee, And to those keeping Thy precepts.
Psa 119:64Of Thy kindness, O Jehovah, the earth is full, Thy statutes teach Thou me!
Psa 119:65Teth. Good Thou didst with Thy servant, O Jehovah, According to Thy word.
Psa 119:66The goodness of reason and knowledge teach me, For in Thy commands I have believed.
Psa 119:67Before I am afflicted, I -- I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept.
Psa 119:68Good Thou art, and doing good, Teach me Thy statutes.
Psa 119:69Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts.
Psa 119:70Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I -- in Thy law I have delighted.
Psa 119:71Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes.
Psa 119:72Better to me is the law of Thy mouth Than thousands of gold and silver!
Psa 119:73Yod. Thy hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Thy commands.
Psa 119:74Those fearing Thee see me and rejoice, Because for Thy word I have hoped.
Psa 119:75I have known, O Jehovah, That righteous are Thy judgments, And in faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me.
Psa 119:76Let, I pray Thee, Thy kindness be to comfort me, According to Thy saying to Thy servant.
Psa 119:77Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law is my delight.
Psa 119:78Ashamed are the proud, For with falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate in Thy precepts.
Psa 119:79Those fearing Thee turn back to me, And those knowing Thy testimonies.
Psa 119:80My heart is perfect in Thy statutes, So that I am not ashamed.
Psa 119:81Kaph. Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped.
Psa 119:82Consumed have been mine eyes for Thy word, Saying, 'When doth it comfort me?'
Psa 119:83For I have been as a bottle in smoke, Thy statutes I have not forgotten.
Psa 119:84How many are the days of Thy servant? When dost Thou execute Against my pursuers judgment?
Psa 119:85The proud have digged for me pits, That are not according to Thy law.
Psa 119:86All Thy commands are faithfulness, With falsehood they have pursued me, Help Thou me.
Psa 119:87Almost consumed me on earth have they, And I -- I have not forsaken Thy precepts.
Psa 119:88According to Thy kindness quicken Thou me, And I keep the testimony of Thy mouth!
Psa 119:89Lamed. To the age, O Jehovah, Thy word is set up in the heavens.
Psa 119:90To all generations Thy faithfulness, Thou didst establish earth, and it standeth.
Psa 119:91According to Thine ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole are Thy servants.
Psa 119:92Unless Thy law were my delights, Then had I perished in mine affliction.
Psa 119:93To the age I forget not Thy precepts, For by them Thou hast quickened me.
Psa 119:94I am Thine, save Thou me, For Thy precepts I have sought.
Psa 119:95Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand.
Psa 119:96Of all perfection I have seen an end, Broad is Thy command -- exceedingly!
Psa 119:97Mem. O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it is my meditation.
Psa 119:98Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it is before me to the age.
Psa 119:99Above all my teachers I have acted wisely. For Thy testimonies are my meditation.
Psa 119:100Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept.
Psa 119:101From every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word.
Psa 119:102From Thy judgments I turned not aside, For Thou -- Thou hast directed me.
Psa 119:103How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth.
Psa 119:104From Thy precepts I have understanding, Therefore I have hated every false path!
Psa 119:105Nun. A lamp to my foot is Thy word, And a light to my path.
Psa 119:106I have sworn, and I confirm it, To keep the judgments of Thy righteousness.
Psa 119:107I have been afflicted very much, O Jehovah, quicken me, according to Thy word.
Psa 119:108Free-will-offerings of my mouth, Accept, I pray Thee, O Jehovah, And Thy judgments teach Thou me.
Psa 119:109My soul is in my hand continually, And Thy law I have not forgotten.
Psa 119:110The wicked have laid a snare for me, And from thy precepts I wandered not.
Psa 119:111I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart are they.
Psa 119:112I have inclined my heart To do Thy statutes, to the age -- to the end!
Psa 119:113Samech. Doubting ones I have hated, And Thy law I have loved.
Psa 119:114My hiding place and my shield art Thou, For Thy word I have hoped.
Psa 119:115Turn aside from me, ye evil-doers, And I keep the commands of my God.
Psa 119:116Sustain me according to Thy saying, And I live, and Thou puttest me not to shame Because of my hope.
Psa 119:117Support Thou me, and I am saved, And I look on Thy statutes continually.
Psa 119:118Thou hast trodden down All going astray from Thy statutes, For falsehood is their deceit.
Psa 119:119Dross! Thou hast caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Thy testimonies.
Psa 119:120Trembled from Thy fear hath my flesh, And from Thy judgments I have been afraid!
Psa 119:121Ain. I have done judgment and righteousness, Leave me not to mine oppressors.
Psa 119:122Make sure Thy servant for good, Let not the proud oppress me.
Psa 119:123Mine eyes have been consumed for Thy salvation. And for the saying of Thy righteousness.
Psa 119:124Do with Thy servant according to Thy kindness. And Thy statutes teach Thou me.
Psa 119:125Thy servant am I -- cause me to understand, And I know Thy testimonies.
Psa 119:126Time for Jehovah to work! they have made void Thy law.
Psa 119:127Therefore I have loved Thy commands Above gold -- even fine gold.
Psa 119:128Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, Every path of falsehood I have hated!
Psa 119:129Pe. Wonderful are Thy testimonies, Therefore hath my soul kept them.
Psa 119:130The opening of Thy words enlighteneth, Instructing the simple.
Psa 119:131My mouth I have opened, yea, I pant, For, for Thy commands I have longed.
Psa 119:132Look unto me, and favour me, As customary to those loving Thy name.
Psa 119:133My steps establish by Thy saying, And any iniquity doth not rule over me.
Psa 119:134Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Thy precepts,
Psa 119:135Thy face cause to shine on Thy servant, And teach me Thy statutes.
Psa 119:136Rivulets of waters have come down mine eyes, Because they have not kept Thy law!
Psa 119:137Tzade. Righteous art Thou, O Jehovah, And upright are Thy judgments.
Psa 119:138Thou hast appointed Thy testimonies, Righteous and exceeding faithful,
Psa 119:139Cut me off hath my zeal, For mine adversaries forgot Thy words.
Psa 119:140Tried is thy saying exceedingly, And Thy servant hath loved it.
Psa 119:141Small I am, and despised, Thy precepts I have not forgotten.
Psa 119:142Thy righteousness is righteousness to the age, And Thy law is truth.
Psa 119:143Adversity and distress have found me, Thy commands are my delights.
Psa 119:144The righteousness of Thy testimonies is to Cause me to understand, and I live!
Psa 119:145Koph. I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O Jehovah, Thy statutes I keep,
Psa 119:146I have called Thee, save Thou me, And I do keep Thy testimonies.
Psa 119:147I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, For Thy word I have hoped.
Psa 119:148Mine eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate in Thy saying.
Psa 119:149My voice hear, according to Thy kindness, Jehovah, according to Thy judgment quicken me.
Psa 119:150Near have been my wicked pursuers, From Thy law they have been far off.
Psa 119:151Near art Thou, O Jehovah, And all Thy commands are truth.
Psa 119:152Of old I have known Thy testimonies, That to the age Thou hast founded them!
Psa 119:153Resh. See my affliction, and deliver Thou me, For Thy law I have not forgotten.
Psa 119:154Plead my plea, and redeem me, According to Thy saying quicken me.
Psa 119:155Far from the wicked is salvation, For Thy statutes they have not sought.
Psa 119:156Thy mercies are many, O Jehovah, According to Thy judgments quicken me.
Psa 119:157Many are my pursuers, and adversaries, From Thy testimonies I have not turned aside.
Psa 119:158I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because Thy saying they have not kept.
Psa 119:159See, for thy precepts I have loved, Jehovah, According to Thy kindness quicken me.
Psa 119:160The sum of Thy word is truth, And to the age is every judgment of Thy righteousness!
Psa 119:161Shin. Princes have pursued me without cause, And because of Thy words was my heart afraid.
Psa 119:162I do rejoice concerning Thy saying, As one finding abundant spoil.
Psa 119:163Falsehood I have hated, yea I abominate it, Thy law I have loved.
Psa 119:164Seven times in a day I have praised Thee, Because of the judgments of Thy righteousness.
Psa 119:165Abundant peace have those loving Thy law, And they have no stumbling-block.
Psa 119:166I have waited for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy commands I have done.
Psa 119:167Kept hath my soul Thy testimonies, And I do love them exceedingly.
Psa 119:168I have kept Thy precepts and Thy testimonies, For all my ways are before Thee!
Psa 119:169Taw. My loud cry cometh near before Thee, O Jehovah; According to Thy word cause me to understand.
Psa 119:170My supplication cometh in before Thee, According to Thy saying deliver Thou me.
Psa 119:171My lips do utter praise, For Thou dost teach me Thy statutes.
Psa 119:172My tongue doth sing of Thy saying, For all Thy commands are righteous.
Psa 119:173Thy hand is for a help to me, For Thy commands I have chosen.
Psa 119:174I have longed for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy law is my delight.
Psa 119:175My soul liveth, and it doth praise Thee, And Thy judgments do help me.
Psa 119:176I wandered as a lost sheep, seek Thy servant, For Thy precepts I have not forgotten!
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