Psalms 119 · Clearspring

Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

א

ALEPH

¹Blessed are they that are perfect in the way, Who walk in the law of Jehovah.+ ²Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, That seek him with the whole heart.+ ³Yea, they do no unrighteousness; They walk in his ways.+ ⁴Thou hast commanded [us] thy precepts, That we should observe them diligently.+ ⁵Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes!+ ⁶Then shall I not be put to shame, When I have respect unto all thy commandments.+ ⁷I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart, When I learn thy righteous judgments.+ ⁸I will observe thy statutes: Oh forsake me not utterly.+

ב

BETH

⁹Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed [thereto] according to thy word.+ ¹⁰With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.+ ¹¹Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.+ ¹²Blessed art thou, O Jehovah: Teach me thy statutes.+ ¹³With my lips have I declared All the ordinances of thy mouth.+ ¹⁴I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, As much as in all riches.+ ¹⁵I will meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.+ ¹⁶I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.+

ג

GIMEL

¹⁷Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live; So will I observe thy word.+ ¹⁸Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold Wondrous things out of thy law.+ ¹⁹I am a sojourner in the earth: Hide not thy commandments from me.+ ²⁰My soul breaketh for the longing That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times.+ ²¹Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, That do wander from thy commandments.+ ²²Take away from me reproach and contempt; For I have kept thy testimonies.+ ²³Princes also sat and talked against me; [But] thy servant did meditate on thy statutes.+ ²⁴Thy testimonies also are my delight [And] my counsellors.+

ד

DALETH

²⁵My soul cleaveth unto the dust: Quicken thou me according to thy word.+ ²⁶I declared my ways, and thou answeredst me: Teach me thy statutes.+ ²⁷Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: So shall I meditate on thy wondrous works.+ ²⁸My soul melteth for heaviness: Strengthen thou me according unto thy word.+ ²⁹Remove from me the way of falsehood; And grant me thy law graciously.+ ³⁰I have chosen the way of faithfulness: Thine ordinances have I set [before me].+ ³¹I cleave unto thy testimonies: O Jehovah, put me not to shame.+ ³²I will run the way of thy commandments, When thou shalt enlarge my heart. HE.+

ה

HE

³³Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes; And I shall keep it unto the end.+ ³⁴Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.+ ³⁵Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; For therein do I delight.+ ³⁶Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, And not to covetousness.+ ³⁷Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy ways.+ ³⁸Confirm unto thy servant thy word, Which [is in order] unto the fear of thee.+ ³⁹Turn away my reproach whereof I am afraid; For thine ordinances are good.+ ⁴⁰Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness.+

ו

WAW

⁴¹Let thy lovingkindnesses also come unto me, O Jehovah, Even thy salvation, according to thy word.+ ⁴²So shall I have an answer for him that reproacheth me; For I trust in thy word.+ ⁴³And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; For I have hoped in thine ordinances.+ ⁴⁴So shall I observe thy law continually For ever and ever.+ ⁴⁵And I shall walk at liberty; For I have sought thy precepts.+ ⁴⁶I will also speak of thy testimonies before kings, And shall not be put to shame.+ ⁴⁷And I will delight myself in thy commandments, Which I have loved.+ ⁴⁸I will lift up my hands also unto thy commandments, which I have loved; And I will meditate on thy statutes.+

ז

ZAYIN

⁴⁹Remember the word unto thy servant, Because thou hast made me to hope.+ ⁵⁰This is my comfort in my affliction; For thy word hath quickened me.+ ⁵¹The proud have had me greatly in derision: [Yet] have I not swerved from thy law.+ ⁵²I have remembered thine ordinances of old, O Jehovah, And have comforted myself.+ ⁵³Hot indignation hath taken hold upon me, Because of the wicked that forsake thy law.+ ⁵⁴Thy statutes have been my songs In the house of my pilgrimage.+ ⁵⁵I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, And have observed thy law.+ ⁵⁶This I have had, Because I have kept thy precepts.+

ח

HETH

⁵⁷Jehovah is my portion: I have said that I would observe thy words.+ ⁵⁸I entreated thy favor with my whole heart: Be merciful unto me according to thy word.+ ⁵⁹I thought on my ways, And turned my feet unto thy testimonies.+ ⁶⁰I made haste, and delayed not, To observe thy commandments.+ ⁶¹The cords of the wicked have wrapped me round; [But] I have not forgotten thy law.+ ⁶²At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee Because of thy righteous ordinances.+ ⁶³I am a companion of all them that fear thee, And of them that observe thy precepts.+ ⁶⁴The earth, O Jehovah, is full of thy lovingkindness: Teach me thy statutes.+

ט

TETH

⁶⁵Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Jehovah, according unto thy word.+ ⁶⁶Teach me good judgment and knowledge; For I have believed in thy commandments.+ ⁶⁷Before I was afflicted I went astray; But now I observe thy word.+ ⁶⁸Thou art good, and doest good; Teach me thy statutes.+ ⁶⁹The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.+ ⁷⁰Their heart is as fat as grease; But I delight in thy law.+ ⁷¹It is good for me that I have been afflicted; That I may learn thy statutes.+ ⁷²The law of thy mouth is better unto me Than thousands of gold and silver.+

י

YODH

⁷³Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.+ ⁷⁴They that fear thee shall see me and be glad, Because I have hoped in thy word.+ ⁷⁵I know, O Jehovah, that thy judgments are righteous, And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.+ ⁷⁶Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness be for my comfort, According to thy word unto thy servant.+ ⁷⁷Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; For thy law is my delight.+ ⁷⁸Let the proud be put to shame; for they have overthrown me wrongfully: [But] I will meditate on thy precepts.+ ⁷⁹Let those that fear thee turn unto me; And they shall know thy testimonies.+ ⁸⁰Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, That I be not put to shame.+

כ

KAPH

⁸¹My soul fainteth for thy salvation; [But] I hope in thy word.+ ⁸²Mine eyes fail for thy word, While I say, When wilt thou comfort me?+ ⁸³For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.+ ⁸⁴How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?+ ⁸⁵The proud have digged pits for me, Who are not according to thy law.+ ⁸⁶All thy commandments are faithful: They persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.+ ⁸⁷They had almost consumed me upon earth; But I forsook not thy precepts.+ ⁸⁸Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; So shall I observe the testimony of thy mouth.+

ל

LAMEDH

⁸⁹For ever, O Jehovah, Thy word is settled in heaven.+ ⁹⁰Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.+ ⁹¹They abide this day according to thine ordinances; For all things are thy servants.+ ⁹²Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.+ ⁹³I will never forget thy precepts; For with them thou hast quickened me.+ ⁹⁴I am thine, save me; For I have sought thy precepts.+ ⁹⁵The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me; [But] I will consider thy testimonies.+ ⁹⁶I have seen an end of all perfection; [But] thy commandment is exceeding broad.+

מ

MEM

⁹⁷Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.+ ⁹⁸Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; For they are ever with me.+ ⁹⁹I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thy testimonies are my meditation.+ ¹⁰⁰I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept thy precepts.+ ¹⁰¹I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word.+ ¹⁰²I have not turned aside from thine ordinances; For thou hast taught me.+ ¹⁰³How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [Yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth!+ ¹⁰⁴Through thy precepts I get understanding: Therefore I hate every false way.+

נ

NUN

¹⁰⁵Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.+ ¹⁰⁶I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will observe thy righteous ordinances.+ ¹⁰⁷I am afflicted very much: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according unto thy word.+ ¹⁰⁸Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, O Jehovah, And teach me thine ordinances.+ ¹⁰⁹My soul is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law.+ ¹¹⁰The wicked have laid a snare for me; Yet have I not gone astray from thy precepts.+ ¹¹¹Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; For they are the rejoicing of my heart.+ ¹¹²I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes For ever, even unto the end.+

ס

SAMEKH

¹¹³I hate them that are of a double mind; But thy law do I love.+ ¹¹⁴Thou art my hiding-place and my shield: I hope in thy word.+ ¹¹⁵Depart from me, ye evil-doers, That I may keep the commandments of my God.+ ¹¹⁶Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live; And let me not be ashamed of my hope.+ ¹¹⁷Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.+ ¹¹⁸Thou hast set at nought all them that err from thy statutes; For their deceit is falsehood.+ ¹¹⁹Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: Therefore I love thy testimonies.+ ¹²⁰My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; And I am afraid of thy judgments.+

ע

AYIN

¹²¹I have done justice and righteousness: Leave me not to mine oppressors.+ ¹²²Be surety for thy servant for good: Let not the proud oppress me.+ ¹²³Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, And for thy righteous word.+ ¹²⁴Deal with thy servant according unto thy lovingkindness, And teach me thy statutes.+ ¹²⁵I am thy servant; give me understanding, That I may know thy testimonies.+ ¹²⁶It is time for Jehovah to work; [For] they have made void thy law.+ ¹²⁷Therefore I love thy commandments Above gold, yea, above fine gold.+ ¹²⁸Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts concerning all [things] to be right; [And] I hate every false way.+

פ

PE

¹²⁹Thy testimonies are wonderful; Therefore doth my soul keep them.+ ¹³⁰The opening of thy words giveth light; It giveth understanding unto the simple.+ ¹³¹I opened wide my mouth, and panted; For I longed for thy commandments.+ ¹³²Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me, As thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.+ ¹³³Establish my footsteps in thy word; And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.+ ¹³⁴Redeem me from the oppression of man: So will I observe thy precepts.+ ¹³⁵Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; And teach me thy statutes.+ ¹³⁶Streams of water run down mine eyes, Because they observe not thy law.+

צ

TZADE

¹³⁷Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, And upright are thy judgments.+ ¹³⁸Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness And very faithfulness.+ ¹³⁹My zeal hath consumed me, Because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.+ ¹⁴⁰Thy word is very pure; Therefore thy servant loveth it.+ ¹⁴¹I am small and despised; [Yet] do I not forget thy precepts.+ ¹⁴²Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.+ ¹⁴³Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; [Yet] thy commandments are my delight.+ ¹⁴⁴Thy testimonies are righteous for ever: Give me understanding, and I shall live.+

ק

KOPH

¹⁴⁵I have called with my whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah: I will keep thy statutes.+ ¹⁴⁶I have called unto thee; save me, And I shall observe thy testimonies.+ ¹⁴⁷I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy words.+ ¹⁴⁸Mine eyes anticipated the night-watches, That I might meditate on thy word.+ ¹⁴⁹Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thine ordinances.+ ¹⁵⁰They draw nigh that follow after wickedness; They are far from thy law.+ ¹⁵¹Thou art nigh, O Jehovah; And all thy commandments are truth.+ ¹⁵²Of old have I known from thy testimonies, That thou hast founded them for ever.+

ר

RESH

¹⁵³Consider mine affliction, and deliver me; For I do not forget thy law.+ ¹⁵⁴Plead thou my cause, and redeem me: Quicken me according to thy word.+ ¹⁵⁵Salvation is far from the wicked; For they seek not thy statutes.+ ¹⁵⁶Great are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah: Quicken me according to thine ordinances.+ ¹⁵⁷Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; [Yet] have I not swerved from thy testimonies.+ ¹⁵⁸I beheld the treacherous, and was grieved, Because they observe not thy word.+ ¹⁵⁹Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.+ ¹⁶⁰The sum of thy word is truth; And every one of thy righteous ordinances [endureth] for ever.+

ש

SIN and SHIN

¹⁶¹Princes have persecuted me without a cause; But my heart standeth in awe of thy words.+ ¹⁶²I rejoice at thy word, As one that findeth great spoil.+ ¹⁶³I hate and abhor falsehood; [But] thy law do I love.+ ¹⁶⁴Seven times a day do I praise thee, Because of thy righteous ordinances.+ ¹⁶⁵Great peace have they that love thy law; And they have no occasion of stumbling.+ ¹⁶⁶I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah, And have done thy commandments.+ ¹⁶⁷My soul hath observed thy testimonies; And I love them exceedingly.+ ¹⁶⁸I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; For all my ways are before thee.+

ת

TAW

¹⁶⁹Let my cry come near before thee, O Jehovah: Give me understanding according to thy word.+ ¹⁷⁰Let my supplication come before thee: Deliver me according to thy word.+ ¹⁷¹Let my lips utter praise; For thou teachest me thy statutes.+ ¹⁷²Let my tongue sing of thy word; For all thy commandments are righteousness.+ ¹⁷³Let thy hand be ready to help me; For I have chosen thy precepts.+ ¹⁷⁴I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah; And thy law is my delight.+ ¹⁷⁵Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; And let thine ordinances help me.+ ¹⁷⁶I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; For I do not forget thy commandments.+