Psalms 119 · Clearspring

Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

א

ALEPH

¹Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.+ ²Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.+ ³They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.+ ⁴Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.+ ⁵O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!+ ⁶Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.+ ⁷I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.+ ⁸I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.+

ב

BETH

⁹Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.+ ¹⁰With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.+ ¹¹Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.+ ¹²Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.+ ¹³With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.+ ¹⁴I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.+ ¹⁵I will meditate in 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, and keep thy word.+ ¹⁸Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.+ ¹⁹I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.+ ²⁰My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.+ ²¹Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.+ ²²Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.+ ²³Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in 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 have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.+ ²⁷Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.+ ²⁸My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.+ ²⁹Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.+ ³⁰I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.+ ³¹I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.+ ³²I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.+

ה

HE

³³Teach me, O LORD, 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 thou me in thy way.+ ³⁸Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.+ ³⁹Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.+ ⁴⁰Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.+

ו

WAW

⁴¹Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word.+ ⁴²So shall I have wherewith to answer 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 thy judgments.+ ⁴⁴So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.+ ⁴⁵And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.+ ⁴⁶I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.+ ⁴⁷And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.+ ⁴⁸My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.+

ז

ZAYIN

⁴⁹Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused 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 declined from thy law.+ ⁵²I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.+ ⁵³Horror 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 LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.+ ⁵⁶This I had, because I kept thy precepts.+

ח

HETH

⁵⁷Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.+ ⁵⁸I intreated thy favour 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 keep thy commandments.+ ⁶¹The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.+ ⁶²At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.+ ⁶³I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.+ ⁶⁴The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.+

ט

TETH

⁶⁵Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.+ ⁶⁶Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.+ ⁶⁷Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.+ ⁶⁸Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.+ ⁶⁹The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.+ 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 might 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 will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.+ ⁷⁵I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.+ ⁷⁶Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness 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 ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.+ ⁷⁹Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.+ ⁸⁰Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.+

כ

KAPH

⁸¹My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.+ ⁸²Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?+ ⁸³For I am become like a bottle 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, which are not after 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 keep the testimony of thy mouth.+

ל

LAMEDH

⁸⁹For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.+ ⁹⁰Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.+ ⁹¹They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.+ ⁹²Unless thy law had been my delights, 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

⁹⁷O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.+ ⁹⁸Thou through thy commandments hast made 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 ancients, because I keep thy precepts.+ ¹⁰¹I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.+ ¹⁰²I have not departed from thy judgments: 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 a light unto my path.+ ¹⁰⁶I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.+ ¹⁰⁷I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.+ ¹⁰⁸Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.+ ¹⁰⁹My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.+ ¹¹⁰The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.+ ¹¹¹Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.+ ¹¹²I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.+

ס

SAMEKH

¹¹³I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.+ ¹¹⁴Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.+ ¹¹⁵Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will 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 I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.+ ¹¹⁸Thou hast trodden down 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 judgment and justice: 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 the word of thy righteousness.+ ¹²⁴Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.+ ¹²⁵I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.+ ¹²⁶It is time for thee, LORD, 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 entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.+ ¹³¹I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.+ ¹³²Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.+ ¹³³Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.+ ¹³⁴Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.+ ¹³⁵Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.+ ¹³⁶Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.+

צ

TZADE

¹³⁷Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.+ ¹³⁸Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.+ ¹³⁹My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.+ ¹⁴⁰Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.+ ¹⁴¹I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.+ ¹⁴²Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.+ ¹⁴³Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.+ ¹⁴⁴The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.+

ק

KOPH

¹⁴⁵I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.+ ¹⁴⁶I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.+ ¹⁴⁷I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.+ ¹⁴⁸Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.+ ¹⁴⁹Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.+ ¹⁵⁰They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.+ ¹⁵¹Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.+ ¹⁵²Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.+

ר

RESH

¹⁵³Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.+ ¹⁵⁴Plead my cause, and deliver 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 LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.+ ¹⁵⁷Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.+ ¹⁵⁸I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.+ ¹⁵⁹Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.+ ¹⁶⁰Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.+

ש

SIN and SHIN

¹⁶¹Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.+ ¹⁶²I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.+ ¹⁶³I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.+ ¹⁶⁴Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.+ ¹⁶⁵Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.+ ¹⁶⁶LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.+ ¹⁶⁷My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.+ ¹⁶⁸I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.+

ת

TAW

¹⁶⁹Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.+ ¹⁷⁰Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.+ ¹⁷¹My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.+ ¹⁷²My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.+ ¹⁷³Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.+ ¹⁷⁴I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.+ ¹⁷⁵Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.+ ¹⁷⁶I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.+