Rotherham - Psalms - 119

119:1  [ALEPH.] How happy the men of blameless life, who walk in the law of Yahweh.

119:2  How happy they who observe his testimonies, with a whole heart, they seek him.

119:3  Yea, they have not wrought perversity, In his ways, have they walked.

119:4  Thou, hast commanded thy precepts, that they should be diligently kept.

119:5  Oh would that my ways might be settled! that I might keep thy statutes.

119:6  Then, shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

119:7  I will thank thee with uprightness of heart, when I have learned thy righteous regulations.

119:8  Thy statutes, will I keep, Do not thou forsake me utterly.

119:9  [BETH.] Wherewithal can a young man keep pure his way? By taking heed, according to thy word.

119:10  With all my heart, have I sought thee, Suffer me not to be led astray from thy commandments.

119:11  In my heart, have I treasured what thou hast said, to the end I may not sin against thee.

119:12  Blessed art thou, O Yahweh—Teach me thy statutes.

119:13  With my lips, have I recounted All the regulations of thy mouth.

119:14  In the way of thy testimonies, have I rejoiced, Like as over all riches.

119:15  In thy precepts, will I meditate, that I may discern thy paths.

119:16  In thy statutes, will I find my dear delight, I will not forget thy word.

119:17  [GIMEL.] Bestow thy bounties upon thy servant—let me live, That I may observe thy word.

119:18  Unveil thou mine eyes, that I may discern Wondrous things out of thy law.

119:19  A sojourner, am, I, in the earth, Do not hide from me, thy commandments.

119:20  My soul is crushed with longing for thy just decisions at all times.

119:21  Thou hast rebuked the proud as accursed, who stray from thy commandments.

119:22  Roll from off me, reproach and contempt, For, thy testimonies, have I observed.

119:23  Even rulers have taken their seat, against me, have talked, Thy servant, will still meditate in thy statutes.

119:24  Yea, thy testimonies, are my dear delight, My counsellors.

119:25  [DALETH.] My soul, cleaveth to the dust, Give me life, according to thy word.

119:26  My ways, I recounted, and thou didst answer me, Teach me thy statutes.

119:27  The way of thy precepts, cause thou me to understand, and I will indeed meditate in thy wonders.

119:28  My soul weepeth itself away, for grief, Confirm thou me, according to thy word.

119:29  The way of falsehood, take thou from me, and, with thy law, O favour me.

119:30  The way of faithfulness, have I chosen, Thy regulations, have I deemed right.

119:31  I have kept close to thy testimonies, O Yahweh! do not put me to shame.

119:32  The way of thy commandments, will I run, for thou wilt enlarge my heart.

119:33  [HE.] Point out to me, O Yahweh, the way of thy statutes, that I may observe it unto the end.

119:34  Give me understanding, that I may observe thy law, that I may keep it with a whole heart.

119:35  Guide me in the path of thy commandments, for, therein, do I find pleasure.

119:36  Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not unto unjust gain.

119:37  Turn away mine eyes, from beholding vanity, In thy way, give me life.

119:38  Establish, unto thy servant, thy word, which pertaineth to the reverence of thee.

119:39  Cause to pass away my reproach, that I have feared, for, thy regulations, are good.

119:40  Lo! I have longed for thy precepts, In thy righteousness, give me life.

119:41  [WAW.] And let thy lovingkindness reach me, O Yahweh, thy salvation, according to thy word.

119:42  So shall I have something to answer him that reproacheth me, That I have trusted in thy word.

119:43  And do not snatch away from my mouth the word of truth in any wise, because, for thy regulation, have I waited.

119:44  That I may keep thy law continually, to times age-abiding and beyond.

119:45  That I may walk to and fro in a large place, because, thy precepts, have I sought.

119:46  That I may speak of thy testimonies before kings, and not be ashamed.

119:47  That I may find dear delight in thy commandments, which I have loved.

119:48  That I may lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and may meditate in thy statutes.

119:49  [ZAYIN.] Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.

119:50  This, is my comfort in mine affliction, that, thy word, hath given me life.

119:51  Insolent men, have derided me exceedingly, From thy law, have I not swerved.

119:52  I have remembered thy regulations, [which have come down] from age-past times, O Yahweh, and have consoled myself.

119:53  A raging heat, hath seized me, by reason of the lawless, who forsake thy law.

119:54  Songs, have thy statutes become to me, in my house of sojourn.

119:55  I have remembered, in the night, thy Name, O Yahweh, and have kept thy law.

119:56  This, have I had, because, thy precepts, have I observed.

119:57  [HETH.] My portion, is Yahweh, I have promised that I would keep thy words.

119:58  I have sought the smile of thy face with all my heart, Show me favour, according to thy word.

119:59  I have thought upon my ways, and have turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

119:60  I have hastened, and not delayed, to keep thy commandments.

119:61  The meshes of the lawless, have surrounded me, Thy law, have I not forgotten.

119:62  At midnight, I arise to give thanks unto thee, For thy righteous regulations.

119:63  Companion, am I, to all who revere thee, and to them who keep thy precepts.

119:64  Of thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, the earth, is full, Thy statutes, teach thou me.

119:65  [TETH.] Well, hast thou dealt with thy servant, O Yahweh, according to thy word.

119:66  Good judgment and knowledge, teach thou me, For, in thy commandments, have I trusted.

119:67  Before I was afflicted, I myself was going astray, but, now, thy word, have I kept.

119:68  Good, thou art, and doing good, Teach me thy statutes.

119:69  Insolent men have plastered falsehood over me, I, with a whole heart, will observe thy precepts.

119:70  Gross, like fat, is their heart, I, in thy law, have found dear delight.

119:71  It is, well for me, that I was afflicted, That I might learn thy statutes.

119:72  Better to me, is the law of thy mouth, than thousands of gold and silver.

119:73  [YODH.] Thine own hands, have made me, and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

119:74  They who revere thee, shall see me and rejoice, that, for thy word, I waited.

119:75  I know, O Yahweh, that righteous are thy regulations, and, in faithfulness, didst thou afflict me.

119:76  Let thy lovingkindness, I beseech thee, serve to comfort me, according to thy word to thy servant.

119:77  Let thy compassions reach me, that I may live, for, thy law, is my dear delight.

119:78  Let insolent men, be ashamed, because, by means of falsehood, they have dealt with me perversely, I, will meditate in thy precepts.

119:79  Let them who revere thee, turn unto me, even they who know thy testimonies.

119:80  Let my heart be thorough in thy statutes, that I may not be ashamed.

119:81  [KAPH.] My soul, hath languished for thy salvation, For thy word, have I hoped.

119:82  Mine eyes have failed for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

119:83  Though I have been like a wine-skin in the smoke, thy statutes, have I not forgotten.

119:84  How few are the days of thy servant! When wilt thou execute sentence on my persecutors?

119:85  Insolent men digged for me pits, men who are not according to thy law.

119:86  All thy commandments, are faithful, With falsehood, have they persecuted me, O help me!

119:87  A little more, and they had consumed me in the earth, but, I, forsake not thy precepts.

119:88  According to thy lovingkindness, give thou me life, so will I keep the testimonies of thy mouth.

119:89  [LAMED.] Age-abidingly, O Yahweh, hath thy word been set up in the heavens.

119:90  To generation after generation, is thy faithfulness, Thou hast established the earth, and it standeth.

119:91  By thy regulations, do they stand to-day, for, all, are thy servants.

119:92  Had not thy law been my dear delight, then, had I perished in mine affliction.

119:93  Unto times age-abiding, will I not forget thy precepts, For, by them, hast thou given me life.

119:94  Thine, am I,—oh save me! For, thy precepts, have I sought.

119:95  For me, have the lawless waited, to destroy me, Thy testimonies, will I diligently consider.

119:96  To all perfection, have I seen an end, Broad is thy commandment, exceedingly.

119:97  [MEM.] Oh how I love thy law! All the day, is it my meditation.

119:98  Beyond mine enemies, will thy commandment make me wise, for, age-abidingly, shall it be mine.

119:99  Beyond all my teachers, have I shown discretion, for, thy testimonies, are my meditation.

119:100  Beyond the elders, will I show understanding, for, thy precepts, have I observed.

119:101  From every way of wickedness, have I withheld my feet, that I might keep thy word.

119:102  From thy regulations, have I not turned aside, for, thou, hast directed me.

119:103  How smooth to my palate is thy speech, More than honey, to my mouth.

119:104  Out of thy precepts, will I get understanding, For this cause, do I hate every false way.

119:105  [NUN.] A lamp to my feet, is thy word, and a light to my path.

119:106  I sware, and have fulfilled, To keep thy righteous regulations.

119:107  I have been afflicted exceedingly,—O Yahweh, give me life according to thy word.

119:108  The freewill offerings of my mouth, accept, I pray thee, O Yahweh, And, thy regulations, teach thou me.

119:109  My life, is in my hand continually, Yet, thy law, have I not forgotten.

119:110  The lawless have set a snare for me, Yet, from thy precepts, have I not strayed.

119:111  As an inheritance have I taken thy testimonies unto times age-abiding, for, the joy of my heart, they are.

119:112  I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes, Age-abidingly, to the end.

119:113  [SAMECH.] Half-hearted ones, do I hate, but, thy law, do I love.

119:114  My hiding-place and my buckler, thou art, For thy word, have I waited.

119:115  Depart from me, ye evil-doers,—that I may observe the commandments of my God.

119:116  Uphold me according to thy word, that I may live, and do not shame me out of my hope!

119:117  Sustain me, that I may be saved, and may find dear delight in thy statutes continually.

119:118  Thou hast made light of all who stray from thy statutes, for their fraud is, falsehood.

119:119  Dross, have I accounted all the lawless of the earth, therefore do I love thy testimonies.

119:120  My flesh, bristled up from dread of thee, and, of thy regulations, stand I in fear.

119:121  [AYIN.] I have done justice and righteousness,—Do not leave me to mine oppressors.

119:122  Be thou surety for thy servant for good, Let not insolent men oppress me.

119:123  Mine eyes, have become dim for thy salvation, and for thy righteous word.

119:124  Deal with thy servant according to thy lovingkindness, and, thy statutes, teach thou me.

119:125  Thy servant, I am—give me understanding, so shall I get to know thy testimonies.

119:126  It is time that Yahweh should work, They have frustrated thy law!

119:127  For this cause, do I love thy commandments, More than gold, yea than fine gold!

119:128  For this cause, all thy precepts concerning all things, I deem right, Every way of falsehood, I hate.

119:129  [PE.] Wonderful are thy testimonies, For this cause, hath my soul observed them.

119:130  The opening of thy words, sheddeth light, Giving understanding to the simple.

119:131  My mouth, have I opened wide, and panted, because, for thy commandments, have I longed.

119:132  Turn thyself unto me, and show me favour,—As is befitting, to the lovers of thy Name.

119:133  My steps, direct thou by thy word, and let no iniquity, have dominion over me.

119:134  Set me free from the oppression of man, so will I keep thy precepts.

119:135  Thy face, light thou up on thy servant, and teach me thy statutes.

119:136  Streams of water, have run down mine eyes, because men have not kept thy law.

119:137  [ZADHE.] Righteous art thou, O Yahweh,—and, equitable, are thy regulations.

119:138  Thou hast righteously commanded thy testimonies, yea in great faithfulness.

119:139  My zeal, hath put an end to me, for mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.

119:140  Refined is thy word, to the uttermost, and, thy servant loveth it.

119:141  Small, am I, and despised, Thy precepts, have I not forgotten.

119:142  Thy righteousness, is righteous to times age-abiding, and, thy law, is truth.

119:143  Straitness and distress, have befallen me, Thy commandments, are my dear delights.

119:144  Righteous are thy testimonies, unto times age-abiding, Give me understanding, that I may live.

119:145  [KOPH.] I have cried out with all my heart, answer me, O Yahweh; Thy statutes, will I observe.

119:146  I have cried out unto thee, oh save me, That I may keep thy testimonies.

119:147  I forestalled the twilight, and cried for help, For thy word, I waited.

119:148  Mine eyes forestalled the night-watches, To meditate in thy word.

119:149  My voice, O hear, according to thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh! according to thy wont, give me life.

119:150  They have drawn near, who pursue villainy, From thy law, have they gone far away.

119:151  Near art thou, O Yahweh, and, all thy commandments, are truth.

119:152  Long, have I known, from thy testimonies, That, to times age-abiding, thou didst establish them.

119:153  [RESH.] Behold mine affliction, and rescue me, For, thy law, have I not forgotten.

119:154  Plead my cause, and redeem me, By thy word, give me life

119:155  Far from the lawless, is salvation, For, thy statutes, have they not sought.

119:156  Thy compassions, are great, O Yahweh, According to thy regulations, give me life.

119:157  Many, are my persecutors and mine adversaries, From thy testimonies, have I not swerved.

119:158  I have seen traitors, and felt loathing, Because, thy word, they kept not.

119:159  See thou that, thy precepts, I have loved, O Yahweh, according to thy lovingkindness, give me life.

119:160  The sum of thy word, is truth, and, age-abiding, is every one of thy righteous regulations.

119:161  [SHIN.] Rulers, have persecuted me, without cause, But, of thy word, hath my heart stood in awe.

119:162  Joyful am I over thy word, Like the finder of spoil in abundance.

119:163  Falsehood, I hate and abhor, Thy law, do I love.

119:164  Seven times in the day, have I praised thee, For thy righteous regulations.

119:165  Blessing in abundance, have the lovers of thy law, and nothing to make them stumble.

119:166  I have looked for thy salvation, O Yahweh, and, thy commandments, have I done.

119:167  My soul hath kept thy testimonies, yea I have loved them greatly.

119:168  I have kept thy precepts, and thy testimonies, For, all my ways, are before thee.

119:169  [TAU] Let my shouting come near before thee, O Yahweh, According to thy word, give me understanding.

119:170  Let my supplication come in before thee, According to thy word, deliver me.

119:171  My lips, shall pour out, praise, When thou shalt teach me thy statutes.

119:172  My tongue, shall respond, with thy word, For, all thy commandments, are righteous.

119:173  Be thy hand ready to help me, For, thy statutes, have I chosen.

119:174  I have longed for thy salvation, O Yahweh, and, thy law, is my dear delight.

119:175  Let my soul live, that it may praise thee, So shall thy regulation help me.

119:176  I have strayed like a wandering sheep, O seek thy servant, For, thy commandments, have I not forgotten.