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| Psa 119:1 | ALEPH Blessed are the undefiled in the way, Who walk in the law of the LORD! |
| Psa 119:2 | Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, Who seek Him with the whole heart! |
| Psa 119:3 | They also do no iniquity; They walk in His ways. |
| Psa 119:4 | You have commanded us To keep Your precepts diligently. |
| Psa 119:5 | Oh, that my ways were directed To keep Your statutes! |
| Psa 119:6 | Then I would not be ashamed, When I look into all Your commandments. |
| Psa 119:7 | I will praise You with uprightness of heart, When I learn Your righteous judgments. |
| Psa 119:8 | I will keep Your statutes; Oh, do not forsake me utterly! |
| Psa 119:9 | BETH How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word. |
| Psa 119:10 | With my whole heart I have sought You; Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments! |
| Psa 119:11 | Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You. |
| Psa 119:12 | Blessed are You, O LORD! Teach me Your statutes. |
| Psa 119:13 | With my lips I have declared All the judgments of Your mouth. |
| Psa 119:14 | I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As much as in all riches. |
| Psa 119:15 | I will meditate on Your precepts, And contemplate Your ways. |
| Psa 119:16 | I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word. |
| Psa 119:17 | GIMEL Deal bountifully with Your servant, That I may live and keep Your word. |
| Psa 119:18 | Open my eyes, that I may see Wondrous things from Your law. |
| Psa 119:19 | I am a stranger in the earth; Do not hide Your commandments from me. |
| Psa 119:20 | My soul breaks with longing For Your judgments at all times. |
| Psa 119:21 | You rebuke the proud—the cursed, Who stray from Your commandments. |
| Psa 119:22 | Remove from me reproach and contempt, For I have kept Your testimonies. |
| Psa 119:23 | Princes also sit and speak against me, But Your servant meditates on Your statutes. |
| Psa 119:24 | Your testimonies also are my delight And my counselors. |
| Psa 119:25 | DALETH My soul clings to the dust; Revive me according to Your word. |
| Psa 119:26 | I have declared my ways, and You answered me; Teach me Your statutes. |
| Psa 119:27 | Make me understand the way of Your precepts; So shall I meditate on Your wonderful works. |
| Psa 119:28 | My soul melts from heaviness; Strengthen me according to Your word. |
| Psa 119:29 | Remove from me the way of lying, And grant me Your law graciously. |
| Psa 119:30 | I have chosen the way of truth; Your judgments I have laid before me. |
| Psa 119:31 | I cling to Your testimonies; O LORD, do not put me to shame! |
| Psa 119:32 | I will run the course of Your commandments, For You shall enlarge my heart. |
| Psa 119:33 | HE Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, And I shall keep it to the end. |
| Psa 119:34 | Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law; Indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart. |
| Psa 119:35 | Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, For I delight in it. |
| Psa 119:36 | Incline my heart to Your testimonies, And not to covetousness. |
| Psa 119:37 | Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, And revive me in Your way.[fn1] |
| Psa 119:38 | Establish Your word to Your servant, Who is devoted to fearing You. |
| Psa 119:39 | Turn away my reproach which I dread, For Your judgments are good. |
| Psa 119:40 | Behold, I long for Your precepts; Revive me in Your righteousness. |
| Psa 119:41 | WAW Let Your mercies come also to me, O LORD— Your salvation according to Your word. |
| Psa 119:42 | So shall I have an answer for him who reproaches me, For I trust in Your word. |
| Psa 119:43 | And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, For I have hoped in Your ordinances. |
| Psa 119:44 | So shall I keep Your law continually, Forever and ever. |
| Psa 119:45 | And I will walk at liberty, For I seek Your precepts. |
| Psa 119:46 | I will speak of Your testimonies also before kings, And will not be ashamed. |
| Psa 119:47 | And I will delight myself in Your commandments, Which I love. |
| Psa 119:48 | My hands also I will lift up to Your commandments, Which I love, And I will meditate on Your statutes. |
| Psa 119:49 | ZAYIN Remember the word to Your servant, Upon which You have caused me to hope. |
| Psa 119:50 | This is my comfort in my affliction, For Your word has given me life. |
| Psa 119:51 | The proud have me in great derision, Yet I do not turn aside from Your law. |
| Psa 119:52 | I remembered Your judgments of old, O LORD, And have comforted myself. |
| Psa 119:53 | Indignation has taken hold of me Because of the wicked, who forsake Your law. |
| Psa 119:54 | Your statutes have been my songs In the house of my pilgrimage. |
| Psa 119:55 | I remember Your name in the night, O LORD, And I keep Your law. |
| Psa 119:56 | This has become mine, Because I kept Your precepts. |
| Psa 119:57 | HETH You are my portion, O LORD; I have said that I would keep Your words. |
| Psa 119:58 | I entreated Your favor with my whole heart; Be merciful to me according to Your word. |
| Psa 119:59 | I thought about my ways, And turned my feet to Your testimonies. |
| Psa 119:60 | I made haste, and did not delay To keep Your commandments. |
| Psa 119:61 | The cords of the wicked have bound me, But I have not forgotten Your law. |
| Psa 119:62 | At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You, Because of Your righteous judgments. |
| Psa 119:63 | I am a companion of all who fear You, And of those who keep Your precepts. |
| Psa 119:64 | The earth, O LORD, is full of Your mercy; Teach me Your statutes. |
| Psa 119:65 | TETH You have dealt well with Your servant, O LORD, according to Your word. |
| Psa 119:66 | Teach me good judgment and knowledge, For I believe Your commandments. |
| Psa 119:67 | Before I was afflicted I went astray, But now I keep Your word. |
| Psa 119:68 | You are good, and do good; Teach me Your statutes. |
| Psa 119:69 | The proud have forged a lie against me, But I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart. |
| Psa 119:70 | Their heart is as fat as grease, But I delight in Your law. |
| Psa 119:71 | It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I may learn Your statutes. |
| Psa 119:72 | The law of Your mouth is better to me Than thousands of coins of gold and silver. |
| Psa 119:73 | YOD Your hands have made me and fashioned me; Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments. |
| Psa 119:74 | Those who fear You will be glad when they see me, Because I have hoped in Your word. |
| Psa 119:75 | I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are right, And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me. |
| Psa 119:76 | Let, I pray, Your merciful kindness be for my comfort, According to Your word to Your servant. |
| Psa 119:77 | Let Your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; For Your law is my delight. |
| Psa 119:78 | Let the proud be ashamed, For they treated me wrongfully with falsehood; But I will meditate on Your precepts. |
| Psa 119:79 | Let those who fear You turn to me, Those who know Your testimonies. |
| Psa 119:80 | Let my heart be blameless regarding Your statutes, That I may not be ashamed. |
| Psa 119:81 | KAPH My soul faints for Your salvation, But I hope in Your word. |
| Psa 119:82 | My eyes fail from searching Your word, Saying, "When will You comfort me?" |
| Psa 119:83 | For I have become like a wineskin in smoke, Yet I do not forget Your statutes. |
| Psa 119:84 | How many are the days of Your servant? When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me? |
| Psa 119:85 | The proud have dug pits for me, Which is not according to Your law. |
| Psa 119:86 | All Your commandments are faithful; They persecute me wrongfully; Help me! |
| Psa 119:87 | They almost made an end of me on earth, But I did not forsake Your precepts. |
| Psa 119:88 | Revive me according to Your lovingkindness, So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth. |
| Psa 119:89 | LAMED Forever, O LORD, Your word is settled in heaven. |
| Psa 119:90 | Your faithfulness endures to all generations; You established the earth, and it abides. |
| Psa 119:91 | They continue this day according to Your ordinances, For all are Your servants. |
| Psa 119:92 | Unless Your law had been my delight, I would then have perished in my affliction. |
| Psa 119:93 | I will never forget Your precepts, For by them You have given me life. |
| Psa 119:94 | I am Yours, save me; For I have sought Your precepts. |
| Psa 119:95 | The wicked wait for me to destroy me, But I will consider Your testimonies. |
| Psa 119:96 | I have seen the consummation of all perfection, But Your commandment is exceedingly broad. |
| Psa 119:97 | MEM Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day. |
| Psa 119:98 | You, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies; For they are ever with me. |
| Psa 119:99 | I have more understanding than all my teachers, For Your testimonies are my meditation. |
| Psa 119:100 | I understand more than the ancients, Because I keep Your precepts. |
| Psa 119:101 | I have restrained my feet from every evil way, That I may keep Your word. |
| Psa 119:102 | I have not departed from Your judgments, For You Yourself have taught me. |
| Psa 119:103 | How sweet are Your words to my taste, Sweeter than honey to my mouth! |
| Psa 119:104 | Through Your precepts I get understanding; Therefore I hate every false way. |
| Psa 119:105 | NUN Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path. |
| Psa 119:106 | I have sworn and confirmed That I will keep Your righteous judgments. |
| Psa 119:107 | I am afflicted very much; Revive me, O LORD, according to Your word. |
| Psa 119:108 | Accept, I pray, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, And teach me Your judgments. |
| Psa 119:109 | My life is continually in my hand, Yet I do not forget Your law. |
| Psa 119:110 | The wicked have laid a snare for me, Yet I have not strayed from Your precepts. |
| Psa 119:111 | Your testimonies I have taken as a heritage forever, For they are the rejoicing of my heart. |
| Psa 119:112 | I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes Forever, to the very end. |
| Psa 119:113 | SAMEK I hate the double-minded, But I love Your law. |
| Psa 119:114 | You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in Your word. |
| Psa 119:115 | Depart from me, you evildoers, For I will keep the commandments of my God! |
| Psa 119:116 | Uphold me according to Your word, that I may live; And do not let me be ashamed of my hope. |
| Psa 119:117 | Hold me up, and I shall be safe, And I shall observe Your statutes continually. |
| Psa 119:118 | You reject all those who stray from Your statutes, For their deceit is falsehood. |
| Psa 119:119 | You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross; Therefore I love Your testimonies. |
| Psa 119:120 | My flesh trembles for fear of You, And I am afraid of Your judgments. |
| Psa 119:121 | AYIN I have done justice and righteousness; Do not leave me to my oppressors. |
| Psa 119:122 | Be surety for Your servant for good; Do not let the proud oppress me. |
| Psa 119:123 | My eyes fail from seeking Your salvation And Your righteous word. |
| Psa 119:124 | Deal with Your servant according to Your mercy, And teach me Your statutes. |
| Psa 119:125 | I am Your servant; Give me understanding, That I may know Your testimonies. |
| Psa 119:126 | It is time for You to act, O LORD, For they have regarded Your law as void. |
| Psa 119:127 | Therefore I love Your commandments More than gold, yes, than fine gold! |
| Psa 119:128 | Therefore all Your precepts concerning all things I consider to be right; I hate every false way. |
| Psa 119:129 | PE Your testimonies are wonderful; Therefore my soul keeps them. |
| Psa 119:130 | The entrance of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple. |
| Psa 119:131 | I opened my mouth and panted, For I longed for Your commandments. |
| Psa 119:132 | Look upon me and be merciful to me, As Your custom is toward those who love Your name. |
| Psa 119:133 | Direct my steps by Your word, And let no iniquity have dominion over me. |
| Psa 119:134 | Redeem me from the oppression of man, That I may keep Your precepts. |
| Psa 119:135 | Make Your face shine upon Your servant, And teach me Your statutes. |
| Psa 119:136 | Rivers of water run down from my eyes, Because men do not keep Your law. |
| Psa 119:137 | TSADDE Righteous are You, O LORD, And upright are Your judgments. |
| Psa 119:138 | Your testimonies, which You have commanded, Are righteous and very faithful. |
| Psa 119:139 | My zeal has consumed me, Because my enemies have forgotten Your words. |
| Psa 119:140 | Your word is very pure; Therefore Your servant loves it. |
| Psa 119:141 | I am small and despised, Yet I do not forget Your precepts. |
| Psa 119:142 | Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And Your law is truth. |
| Psa 119:143 | Trouble and anguish have overtaken me, Yet Your commandments are my delights. |
| Psa 119:144 | The righteousness of Your testimonies is everlasting; Give me understanding, and I shall live. |
| Psa 119:145 | QOPH I cry out with my whole heart; Hear me, O LORD! I will keep Your statutes. |
| Psa 119:146 | I cry out to You; Save me, and I will keep Your testimonies. |
| Psa 119:147 | I rise before the dawning of the morning, And cry for help; I hope in Your word. |
| Psa 119:148 | My eyes are awake through the night watches, That I may meditate on Your word. |
| Psa 119:149 | Hear my voice according to Your lovingkindness; O LORD, revive me according to Your justice. |
| Psa 119:150 | They draw near who follow after wickedness; They are far from Your law. |
| Psa 119:151 | You are near, O LORD, And all Your commandments are truth. |
| Psa 119:152 | Concerning Your testimonies, I have known of old that You have founded them forever. |
| Psa 119:153 | RESH Consider my affliction and deliver me, For I do not forget Your law. |
| Psa 119:154 | Plead my cause and redeem me; Revive me according to Your word. |
| Psa 119:155 | Salvation is far from the wicked, For they do not seek Your statutes. |
| Psa 119:156 | Great are Your tender mercies, O LORD; Revive me according to Your judgments. |
| Psa 119:157 | Many are my persecutors and my enemies, Yet I do not turn from Your testimonies. |
| Psa 119:158 | I see the treacherous, and am disgusted, Because they do not keep Your word. |
| Psa 119:159 | Consider how I love Your precepts; Revive me, O LORD, according to Your lovingkindness. |
| Psa 119:160 | The entirety of Your word is truth, And every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever. |
| Psa 119:161 | SHIN Princes persecute me without a cause, But my heart stands in awe of Your word. |
| Psa 119:162 | I rejoice at Your word As one who finds great treasure. |
| Psa 119:163 | I hate and abhor lying, But I love Your law. |
| Psa 119:164 | Seven times a day I praise You, Because of Your righteous judgments. |
| Psa 119:165 | Great peace have those who love Your law, And nothing causes them to stumble. |
| Psa 119:166 | LORD, I hope for Your salvation, And I do Your commandments. |
| Psa 119:167 | My soul keeps Your testimonies, And I love them exceedingly. |
| Psa 119:168 | I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies, For all my ways are before You. |
| Psa 119:169 | TAU Let my cry come before You, O LORD; Give me understanding according to Your word. |
| Psa 119:170 | Let my supplication come before You; Deliver me according to Your word. |
| Psa 119:171 | My lips shall utter praise, For You teach me Your statutes. |
| Psa 119:172 | My tongue shall speak of Your word, For all Your commandments are righteousness. |
| Psa 119:173 | Let Your hand become my help, For I have chosen Your precepts. |
| Psa 119:174 | I long for Your salvation, O LORD, And Your law is my delight. |
| Psa 119:175 | Let my soul live, and it shall praise You; And let Your judgments help me. |
| Psa 119:176 | I have gone astray like a lost sheep; Seek Your servant, For I do not forget Your commandments. |
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Following Masoretic Text, Septuagint, and Vulgate; Targum reads Your words. |
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