The Darby Bible
Psalms, Chapter 119

   1: ALEPH. Blessed are the perfect in the way, who walk in the law of Jehovah.
   2: Blessed are they that observe his testimonies, that seek him with the whole heart;
   3: Who also do no unrighteousness: they walk in his ways.
   4: Thou hast enjoined thy precepts, to be kept diligently.
   5: Oh that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
   6: Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
   7: I will give thee thanks with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
   8: I will keep thy statutes: forsake me not utterly.
   9: BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his path? by taking heed according to thy word.
   10: With my whole heart have I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandments.
   11: Thy word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.
   12: Blessed art thou, Jehovah! teach me thy statutes.
   13: With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
   14: I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as [much as] in all wealth.
   15: I will meditate upon thy precepts, and have respect unto thy paths.
   16: I delight myself in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word.
   17: GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant [and] I shall live; and I will keep thy word.
   18: Open mine eyes, and I shall behold wondrous things out of thy law.
   19: I am a stranger in the land; hide not thy commandments from me.
   20: My soul breaketh for longing after thy judgments at all times.
   21: Thou hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, who wander from thy commandments.
   22: Roll off from me reproach and contempt; for I observe thy testimonies.
   23: Princes also did sit [and] talk together against me: thy servant doth meditate in thy statutes.
   24: Thy testimonies also are my delight [and] my counsellors.
   25: DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken me according to thy word.
   26: I have declared my ways, and thou hast answered me: teach me thy statutes.
   27: Make me to understand the way of thy precepts, and I will meditate upon thy wondrous works.
   28: My soul melteth for sadness: strengthen me according to thy word.
   29: Remove from me the way of falsehood, and graciously grant me thy law.
   30: I have chosen the way of faithfulness; thy judgments have I set [before me].
   31: I cleave unto thy testimonies; Jehovah, let me not be ashamed.
   32: I will run the way of thy commandments when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
   33: HE. Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes, and I will observe it [unto] the end.
   34: Give me understanding, and I will observe thy law; and I will keep it with [my] whole heart.
   35: Make me to walk in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
   36: Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to gain.
   37: Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; quicken me in thy way.
   38: Establish thy word unto thy servant, who is [devoted] to thy fear.
   39: Turn away my reproach which I fear; for thy judgments are good.
   40: Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
   41: VAU. And let thy loving-kindness come unto me, O Jehovah, -- thy salvation according to thy word.
   42: So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me; for I confide in thy word.
   43: And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; because I have hoped in thy judgments.
   44: Then will I keep thy law continually, for ever and ever;
   45: And I will walk at liberty, for I have sought thy precepts;
   46: And I will speak of thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed;
   47: And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved;
   48: And I will lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and I will meditate in thy statutes.
   49: ZAIN. Remember the word for thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
   50: This is my comfort in mine affliction; for thy word hath quickened me.
   51: The proud have derided me beyond measure: I have not declined from thy law.
   52: I remembered thy judgments of old, O Jehovah, and have comforted myself.
   53: Burning indignation hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked who forsake thy law.
   54: Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
   55: I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, and have kept thy law.
   56: This I have had, because I have observed thy precepts.
   57: CHETH. My portion, O Jehovah, I have said, is to keep thy words.
   58: I have sought thy favour with [my] whole heart: be gracious unto me according to thy word.
   59: I have thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
   60: I have made haste, and not delayed, to keep thy commandments.
   61: The bands of the wicked have wrapped me round: I have not forgotten thy law.
   62: At midnight I rise up to give thanks unto thee, because of thy righteous judgments.
   63: I am the companion of all that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
   64: The earth, O Jehovah, is full of thy loving-kindness: teach me thy statutes.
   65: TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Jehovah, according to thy word.
   66: Teach me good discernment and knowledge; for I have believed in thy commandments.
   67: Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep thy word.
   68: Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
   69: The proud have forged falsehood against me: I will observe thy precepts with [my] whole heart.
   70: Their heart is as fat as grease: as for me, I delight in thy law.
   71: It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes.
   72: The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
   73: YOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments.
   74: They that fear thee will see me, and rejoice; because I have hoped in thy word.
   75: I know, Jehovah, that thy Judgments are righteousness, and that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
   76: Oh let thy loving-kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
   77: Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight.
   78: Let the proud be ashamed; for they have acted perversely towards me with falsehood: as for me, I meditate in thy precepts.
   79: Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that know thy testimonies.
   80: Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.
   81: CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; I hope in thy word.
   82: Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
   83: For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; I do not forget thy statutes.
   84: How many shall be the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
   85: The proud have digged pits for me, which is not according to thy law.
   86: All thy commandments are faithfulness. They persecute me wrongfully: help thou me.
   87: They had almost consumed me upon the earth; but as for me, I forsook not thy precepts.
   88: Quicken me according to thy loving-kindness, and I will keep the testimony of thy mouth.
   89: LAMED. For ever, O Jehovah, thy word is settled in the heavens.
   90: Thy faithfulness is from generation to generation: thou hast established the earth, and it standeth.
   91: By thine ordinances they stand this day; for all things are thy servants.
   92: Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
   93: I will never forget thy precepts; for by them thou hast quickened me.
   94: I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
   95: The wicked have awaited me to destroy me; [but] I attend unto thy testimonies.
   96: I have seen an end of all perfection: thy commandment is exceeding broad.
   97: MEM. Oh how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
   98: Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me.
   99: I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my meditation.
   100: I understand more than the aged, because I have observed thy precepts.
   101: I have refrained my feet from every evil path, that I might keep thy word.
   102: I have not departed from thy judgments; for it is thou that hast taught me.
   103: How sweet are thy words unto my taste! more than honey to my mouth!
   104: From thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false path.
   105: NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
   106: I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
   107: I am afflicted very much; O Jehovah, quicken me according to thy word.
   108: Accept, I beseech thee, Jehovah, the voluntary-offerings of my mouth, and teach me thy judgments.
   109: My life is continually in my hand; but I do not forget thy law.
   110: The wicked have laid a snare for me; but I have not wandered from thy precepts.
   111: Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
   112: I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes for ever, unto the end.
   113: SAMECH. The double-minded have I hated; but thy law do I love.
   114: Thou art my hiding-place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
   115: Depart from me, ye evil-doers; and I will observe the commandments of my God.
   116: Uphold me according to thy word, that I may live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
   117: Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe; and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
   118: Thou hast set at nought all them that wander from thy statutes; for their deceit is falsehood.
   119: Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth [like] dross; therefore I love thy testimonies.
   120: My flesh shuddereth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
   121: AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
   122: Be surety for thy servant for good; let not the proud oppress me.
   123: Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
   124: Deal with thy servant according to thy loving-kindness, and teach me thy statutes.
   125: I am thy servant; give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.
   126: It is time for Jehovah to work: they have made void thy law.
   127: Therefore I love thy commandments above gold, yea, above fine gold.
   128: Therefore I regard all [thy] precepts concerning all things to be right: I hate every false path.
   129: PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul observe them.
   130: The entrance of thy words giveth light, giving understanding unto the simple.
   131: I opened my mouth wide and panted; for I longed for thy commandments.
   132: Turn unto me, and be gracious unto me, as thou art wont to do unto those that love thy name.
   133: Establish my steps in thy word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
   134: Deliver me from the oppression of man; and I will keep thy precepts.
   135: Make thy face to shine upon thy servant, and teach me thy statutes.
   136: Mine eyes run down with streams of water, because they keep not thy law.
   137: TZADE. Righteous art thou, Jehovah, and upright are thy judgments.
   138: Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness and exceeding faithfulness.
   139: My zeal destroyeth me, because mine oppressors have forgotten thy words.
   140: Thy word is exceeding pure, and thy servant loveth it.
   141: I am little and despised: thy precepts have I not forgotten.
   142: Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is truth.
   143: Trouble and anguish have taken hold upon me: thy commandments are my delights.
   144: The righteousness of thy testimonies is for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.
   145: KOPH. I have called with [my] whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah: I will observe thy statutes.
   146: I call upon thee; save me, and I will keep thy testimonies.
   147: I anticipate the morning-dawn and I cry: I hope in thy word.
   148: Mine eyes anticipate the night-watches, that I may meditate in thy word.
   149: Hear my voice according to thy loving-kindness: O Jehovah, quicken me according to thy judgment.
   150: They have drawn nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.
   151: Thou, Jehovah, art near, and all thy commandments are truth.
   152: From thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
   153: RESH. See mine affliction, and deliver me; for I have not forgotten thy law.
   154: Plead my cause, and redeem me: quicken me according to thy word.
   155: Salvation is far from the wicked; for they seek not thy statutes.
   156: Many are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah; quicken me according to thy judgments.
   157: Many are my persecutors and mine oppressors; I have not declined from thy testimonies.
   158: I beheld them that deal treacherously, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
   159: See how I have loved thy precepts: quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy loving-kindness.
   160: The sum of thy word is truth, and every righteous judgment of thine is for ever.
   161: SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
   162: I have joy in thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
   163: I hate and abhor falsehood; thy law do I love.
   164: Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.
   165: Great peace have they that love thy law, and nothing doth stumble them.
   166: I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah, and have done thy commandments.
   167: My soul hath kept thy testimonies, and I love them exceedingly.
   168: I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies; for all my ways are before thee.
   169: TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, Jehovah: give me understanding according to thy word.
   170: Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.
   171: My lips shall pour forth praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
   172: My tongue shall speak aloud of thy word; for all thy commandments are righteousness.
   173: Let thy hand be for my help; for I have chosen thy precepts.
   174: I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah, and thy law is my delight.
   175: Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
   176: I have gone astray like a lost sheep: seek thy servant; for I have not forgotten thy commandments.


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