Psalm 119

⁹ How can a young man keep his way pure?
    By living according to your word.
¹⁰ With my whole heart, I have sought you.
    Don’t let me wander from your commandments.
¹¹ I have hidden your word in my heart,
    that I might not sin against you.
¹² Blessed are you, Yahweh.
    Teach me your statutes.
¹³ With my lips,
    I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.
¹⁴ I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies,
    as much as in all riches.
¹⁵ I will meditate on your precepts,
    and consider your ways.
¹⁶ I will delight myself in your statutes.
    I will not forget your word.

¹⁷ Do good to your servant.
    I will live and I will obey your word.
¹⁸ Open my eyes,
    that I may see wondrous things out of your law.
¹⁹ I am a stranger on the earth.
    Don’t hide your commandments from me.
²⁰ My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
²¹ You have rebuked the proud who are cursed,
    who wander from your commandments.
²² Take reproach and contempt away from me,
    for I have kept your statutes.
²³ Though princes sit and slander me,
    your servant will meditate on your statutes.
²⁴ Indeed your statutes are my delight,
    and my counselors.

²⁵ My soul is laid low in the dust.
    Revive me according to your word!
²⁶ I declared my ways, and you answered me.
    Teach me your statutes.
²⁷ Let me understand the teaching of your precepts!
    Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.
²⁸ My soul is weary with sorrow:
    strengthen me according to your word.
²⁹ Keep me from the way of deceit.
    Grant me your law graciously!
³⁰ I have chosen the way of truth.
    I have set your ordinances before me.
³¹ I cling to your statutes, Yahweh.
    Don’t let me be disappointed.
³² I run in the path of your commandments,
    for you have set my heart free.

³³ Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your statutes.
    I will keep them to the end.
³⁴ Give me understanding, and I will keep your law.
    Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.
³⁵ Direct me in the path of your commandments,
    for I delight in them.
³⁶ Turn my heart toward your statutes,
    not toward selfish gain.
³⁷ Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things.
    Revive me in your ways.
³⁸ Fulfill your promise to your servant,
    that you may be feared.
³⁹ Take away my disgrace that I dread,
    for your ordinances are good.
⁴⁰ Behold, I long for your precepts!
    Revive me in your righteousness.

⁴¹ Let your loving kindness also come to me, Yahweh,
    your salvation, according to your word.
⁴² So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me,
    for I trust in your word.
⁴³ Don’t snatch the word of truth out of my mouth,
    for I put my hope in your ordinances.
⁴⁴ So I will obey your law continually,
    forever and ever.
⁴⁵ I will walk in liberty,
    for I have sought your precepts.
⁴⁶ I will also speak of your statutes before kings,
    and will not be disappointed.
⁴⁷ I will delight myself in your commandments,
    because I love them.
⁴⁸ I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love.
    I will meditate on your statutes.

⁴⁹ Remember your word to your servant,
    because you gave me hope.
⁵⁰ This is my comfort in my affliction,
    for your word has revived me.
⁵¹ The arrogant mock me excessively,
    but I don’t swerve from your law.
⁵² I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh,
    and have comforted myself.
⁵³ Indignation has taken hold on me,
    because of the wicked who forsake your law.
⁵⁴ Your statutes have been my songs
    in the house where I live.
⁵⁵ I have remembered your name, Yahweh, in the night,
    and I obey your law.
⁵⁶ This is my way,
    that I keep your precepts.

⁵⁷ Yahweh is my portion.
    I promised to obey your words.
⁵⁸ I sought your favor with my whole heart.
    Be merciful to me according to your word.
⁵⁹ I considered my ways,
    and turned my steps to your statutes.
⁶⁰ I will hurry, and not delay,
    to obey your commandments.
⁶¹ The ropes of the wicked bind me,
    but I won’t forget your law.
⁶² At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you,
    because of your righteous ordinances.
⁶³ I am a friend of all those who fear you,
    of those who observe your precepts.
⁶⁴ The earth is full of your loving kindness, Yahweh.
    Teach me your statutes.

⁶⁵ You have treated your servant well,
    according to your word, Yahweh.
⁶⁶ Teach me good judgment and knowledge,
    for I believe in your commandments.
⁶⁷ Before I was afflicted, I went astray;
    but now I observe your word.
⁶⁸ You are good, and do good.
    Teach me your statutes.
⁶⁹ The proud have smeared a lie upon me.
    With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.
⁷⁰ Their heart is as callous as the fat,
    but I delight in your law.
⁷¹ It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
    that I may learn your statutes.
⁷² The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.

⁷³ Your hands have made me and formed me.
    Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
⁷⁴ Those who fear you will see me and be glad,
    because I have put my hope in your word.
⁷⁵ Yahweh, I know that your judgments are righteous,
    that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
⁷⁶ Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort,
    according to your word to your servant.
⁷⁷ Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live;
    for your law is my delight.
⁷⁸ Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully.
    I will meditate on your precepts.
⁷⁹ Let those who fear you turn to me.
    They will know your statutes.
⁸⁰ Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees,
    that I may not be disappointed.

⁸¹ My soul faints for your salvation.
    I hope in your word.
⁸² My eyes fail for your word.
    I say, “When will you comfort me?”
⁸³ For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke.
    I don’t forget your statutes.
⁸⁴ How many are the days of your servant?
    When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?
⁸⁵ The proud have dug pits for me,
    contrary to your law.
⁸⁶ All of your commandments are faithful.
    They persecute me wrongfully.
    Help me!
⁸⁷ They had almost wiped me from the earth,
    but I didn’t forsake your precepts.
⁸⁸ Preserve my life according to your loving kindness,
    so I will obey the statutes of your mouth.

⁸⁹ Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever.
⁹⁰ Your faithfulness is to all generations.
    You have established the earth, and it remains.
⁹¹ Your laws remain to this day,
    for all things serve you.
⁹² Unless your law had been my delight,
    I would have perished in my affliction.
⁹³ I will never forget your precepts,
    for with them, you have revived me.
⁹⁴ I am yours.
    Save me, for I have sought your precepts.
⁹⁵ The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me.
    I will consider your statutes.
⁹⁶ I have seen a limit to all perfection,
    but your commands are boundless.

⁹⁷ How I love your law!
    It is my meditation all day.
⁹⁸ Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies,
    for your commandments are always with me.
⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers,
    for your testimonies are my meditation.
¹⁰⁰ I understand more than the aged,
    because I have kept your precepts.
¹⁰¹ I have kept my feet from every evil way,
    that I might observe your word.
¹⁰² I have not turned away from your ordinances,
    for you have taught me.
¹⁰³ How sweet are your promises to my taste,
    more than honey to my mouth!
¹⁰⁴ Through your precepts, I get understanding;
    therefore I hate every false way.

¹⁰⁵ Your word is a lamp to my feet,
    and a light for my path.
¹⁰⁶ I have sworn, and have confirmed it,
    that I will obey your righteous ordinances.
¹⁰⁷ I am afflicted very much.
    Revive me, Yahweh, according to your word.
¹⁰⁸ Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth.
    Yahweh, teach me your ordinances.
¹⁰⁹ My soul is continually in my hand,
    yet I won’t forget your law.
¹¹⁰ The wicked have laid a snare for me,
    yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.
¹¹¹ I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever,
    for they are the joy of my heart.
¹¹² I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever,
    even to the end.

¹¹³ I hate double-minded men,
    but I love your law.
¹¹⁴ You are my hiding place and my shield.
    I hope in your word.
¹¹⁵ Depart from me, you evildoers,
    that I may keep the commandments of my God.
¹¹⁶ Uphold me according to your word, that I may live.
    Let me not be ashamed of my hope.
¹¹⁷ Hold me up, and I will be safe,
    and will have respect for your statutes continually.
¹¹⁸ You reject all those who stray from your statutes,
    for their deceit is in vain.
¹¹⁹ You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross.
    Therefore I love your testimonies.
¹²⁰ My flesh trembles for fear of you.
    I am afraid of your judgments.

¹²¹ I have done what is just and righteous.
    Don’t leave me to my oppressors.
¹²² Ensure your servant’s well-being.
    Don’t let the proud oppress me.
¹²³ My eyes fail looking for your salvation,
    for your righteous word.
¹²⁴ Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness.
    Teach me your statutes.
¹²⁵ I am your servant. Give me understanding,
    that I may know your testimonies.
¹²⁶ It is time to act, Yahweh,
    for they break your law.
¹²⁷ Therefore I love your commandments more than gold,
    yes, more than pure gold.
¹²⁸ Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right.
    I hate every false way.

¹²⁹ Your testimonies are wonderful,
    therefore my soul keeps them.
¹³⁰ The entrance of your words gives light.
    It gives understanding to the simple.
¹³¹ I opened my mouth wide and panted,
    for I longed for your commandments.
¹³² Turn to me, and have mercy on me,
    as you always do to those who love your name.
¹³³ Establish my footsteps in your word.
    Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me.
¹³⁴ Redeem me from the oppression of man,
    so I will observe your precepts.
¹³⁵ Make your face shine on your servant.
    Teach me your statutes.
¹³⁶ Streams of tears run down my eyes,
    because they don’t observe your law.

¹³⁷ You are righteous, Yahweh.
    Your judgments are upright.
¹³⁸ You have commanded your statutes in righteousness.
    They are fully trustworthy.
¹³⁹ My zeal wears me out,
    because my enemies ignore your words.
¹⁴⁰ Your promises have been thoroughly tested,
    and your servant loves them.
¹⁴¹ I am small and despised.
    I don’t forget your precepts.
¹⁴² Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness.
    Your law is truth.
¹⁴³ Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me.
    Your commandments are my delight.
¹⁴⁴ Your testimonies are righteous forever.
    Give me understanding, that I may live.

¹⁴⁵ I have called with my whole heart.
    Answer me, Yahweh!
    I will keep your statutes.
¹⁴⁶ I have called to you. Save me!
    I will obey your statutes.
¹⁴⁷ I rise before dawn and cry for help.
    I put my hope in your words.
¹⁴⁸ My eyes stay open through the night watches,
    that I might meditate on your word.
¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice according to your loving kindness.
    Revive me, Yahweh, according to your ordinances.
¹⁵⁰ They draw near who follow after wickedness.
    They are far from your law.
¹⁵¹ You are near, Yahweh.
    All your commandments are truth.
¹⁵² Of old I have known from your testimonies,
    that you have founded them forever.

¹⁵³ Consider my affliction, and deliver me,
    for I don’t forget your law.
¹⁵⁴ Plead my cause, and redeem me!
    Revive me according to your promise.
¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far from the wicked,
    for they don’t seek your statutes.
¹⁵⁶ Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh.
    Revive me according to your ordinances.
¹⁵⁷ Many are my persecutors and my adversaries.
    I haven’t swerved from your testimonies.
¹⁵⁸ I look at the faithless with loathing,
    because they don’t observe your word.
¹⁵⁹ Consider how I love your precepts.
    Revive me, Yahweh, according to your loving kindness.
¹⁶⁰ All of your words are truth.
    Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.

¹⁶¹ Princes have persecuted me without a cause,
    but my heart stands in awe of your words.
¹⁶² I rejoice at your word,
    as one who finds great plunder.
¹⁶³ I hate and abhor falsehood.
    I love your law.
¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day, I praise you,
    because of your righteous ordinances.
¹⁶⁵ Those who love your law have great peace.
    Nothing causes them to stumble.
¹⁶⁶ I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh.
    I have done your commandments.
¹⁶⁷ My soul has observed your testimonies.
    I love them exceedingly.
¹⁶⁸ I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies,
    for all my ways are before you.

¹⁶⁹ Let my cry come before you, Yahweh.
    Give me understanding according to your word.
¹⁷⁰ Let my supplication come before you.
    Deliver me according to your word.
¹⁷¹ Let my lips utter praise,
    for you teach me your statutes.
¹⁷² Let my tongue sing of your word,
    for all your commandments are righteousness.
¹⁷³ Let your hand be ready to help me,
    for I have chosen your precepts.
¹⁷⁴ I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh.
    Your law is my delight.
¹⁷⁵ Let my soul live, that I may praise you.
    Let your ordinances help me.
¹⁷⁶ I have gone astray like a lost sheep.
    Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.