Salmos 119 – Psalms 119

Salmos 119

Psalms 119

¹ ¶ ALEPH. Blessed {are} the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD. {undefiled: or, perfect, or, sincere}

² Blessed {are} they that keep his testimonies, {and that} seek him with the whole heart.

³ They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.

⁴ ¶ Thou hast commanded {us} to keep thy precepts diligently.

⁵ O 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 praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. {thy…: Heb. judgments of thy righteousness}

⁸ I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.

⁹ ¶ BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed {thereto} according to thy word.

¹⁰ ¶ With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

¹¹ ¶ Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

¹² ¶ Blessed {art} thou, O LORD: 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 riches.

¹⁵ I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.

¹⁶ I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

¹⁷ ¶ GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, {that} I may live, and keep thy word.

¹⁸ ¶ Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. {Open: Heb. Reveal}

¹⁹ ¶ I {am} a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

²⁰ ¶ My soul breaketh for the longing {that it hath} unto thy judgments at all times.

²¹ ¶ Thou hast rebuked the proud {that are} cursed, which do err from thy commandments.

²² ¶ Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.

²³ ¶ Princes also did sit {and} speak against me: {but} thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.

²⁴ ¶ Thy testimonies also {are} my delight {and} my counsellors. {my counsellors: Heb. men of my counsel}

²⁵ ¶ DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.

²⁶ ¶ I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.

²⁷ Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.

²⁸ ¶ My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word. {melteth: Heb. droppeth}

²⁹ Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.

³⁰ ¶ I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid {before me}.

³¹ I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.

³² I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.

³³ ¶ HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it {unto} the end.

³⁴ Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with {my} whole heart.

³⁵ ¶ Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.

³⁶ Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

³⁷ ¶ Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; {and} quicken thou me in thy way. {Turn…: Heb. Make to pass}

³⁸ ¶ Stablish 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. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, {even} thy salvation, according to thy word.

⁴² So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word. {So…: or, So shall I answer him that reproveth me in a thing}

⁴³ ¶ And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.

⁴⁴ So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.

⁴⁵ ¶ And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. {at liberty: Heb. at large}

⁴⁶ I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.

⁴⁷ And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.

⁴⁸ My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.

⁴⁹ ¶ ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.

⁵⁰ ¶ This {is} my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.

⁵¹ ¶ The proud have had me greatly in derision: {yet} have I not declined from thy law.

⁵² ¶ I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.

⁵³ ¶ Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

⁵⁴ ¶ Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

⁵⁵ ¶ I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.

⁵⁶ This I had, because I kept thy precepts.

⁵⁷ ¶ CHETH. {Thou art} my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.

⁵⁸ ¶ I intreated thy favour with {my} whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. {favour: Heb. face}

⁵⁹ ¶ I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

⁶⁰ I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

⁶¹ ¶ The bands of the wicked have robbed me: {but} I have not forgotten thy law. {bands: or, companies}

⁶² ¶ At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.

⁶³ ¶ I {am} a companion of all {them} that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.

⁶⁴ ¶ The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.

⁶⁵ ¶ TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.

⁶⁶ Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.

⁶⁷ ¶ Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

⁶⁸ ¶ Thou {art} good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.

⁶⁹ ¶ The proud have forged a lie against me: {but} I will keep thy precepts with {my} whole heart.

⁷⁰ Their heart is as fat as grease; {but} 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 ¶ JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

⁷⁴ ¶ They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.

⁷⁵ ¶ I know, O LORD, that thy judgments {are} right, and {that} thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. {right: Heb. righteousness}

⁷⁶ ¶ Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. {for…: Heb. to comfort me}

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 dealt perversely with me without a cause: {but} I will meditate in thy precepts.

⁷⁹ Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.

⁸⁰ ¶ Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.

⁸¹ ¶ CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: {but} 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; {yet} do I not forget thy statutes.

⁸⁴ ¶ How many {are} the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

⁸⁵ ¶ The proud have digged pits for me, which {are} not after thy law.

⁸⁶ All thy commandments {are} faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me. {faithful: Heb. faithfulness}

⁸⁷ They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.

⁸⁸ ¶ Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.

⁸⁹ ¶ LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.

⁹⁰ Thy faithfulness {is} unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. {unto…: Heb. to generation and generation} {abideth: Heb. standeth}

⁹¹ They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all {are} thy servants.

⁹² ¶ Unless thy law {had been} my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

⁹³ ¶ I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.

⁹⁴ ¶ I {am} thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.

⁹⁵ ¶ The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: {but} I will consider thy testimonies.

⁹⁶ ¶ I have seen an end of all perfection: {but} thy commandment {is} exceeding broad.

⁹⁷ ¶ MEM. O how love I thy law! it {is} my meditation all the day.

⁹⁸ ¶ Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they {are} ever with me. {they…: Heb. it is ever with me}

⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies {are} my meditation.

¹⁰⁰ I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

¹⁰¹ ¶ I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

¹⁰² ¶ I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.

¹⁰³ ¶ How sweet are thy words unto my taste! {yea, sweeter} than honey to my mouth! {taste: Heb. palate}

¹⁰⁴ Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

¹⁰⁵ ¶ NUN. Thy word {is} a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. {lamp: or, candle}

¹⁰⁶ ¶ I have sworn, and I will perform {it}, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

¹⁰⁷ ¶ I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.

¹⁰⁸ ¶ Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.

¹⁰⁹ ¶ My soul {is} continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.

¹¹⁰ The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.

¹¹¹ ¶ Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they {are} the rejoicing of my heart.

¹¹² I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, {even unto} the end. {to perform: Heb. to do}

¹¹³ ¶ SAMECH. I hate {vain} thoughts: 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 evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.

¹¹⁶ ¶ Uphold me according unto 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 trodden down all them that err 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. {puttest…: Heb. causest to cease}

¹²⁰ My flesh trembleth 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 unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.

¹²⁵ I {am} thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.

¹²⁶ ¶ {It is} time for {thee}, LORD, to work: {for} they have made void thy law.

¹²⁷ ¶ Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.

¹²⁸ Therefore I esteem all {thy} precepts {concerning} all {things to be} right; {and} I hate every false way.

¹²⁹ ¶ PE. Thy testimonies {are} wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.

¹³⁰ ¶ The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

¹³¹ ¶ I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.

¹³² ¶ Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name. {as thou…: Heb. according to the custom toward those, etc}

¹³³ ¶ Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

¹³⁴ ¶ Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.

¹³⁵ ¶ Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.

¹³⁶ ¶ Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.

¹³⁷ ¶ TZADDI. Righteous {art} thou, O LORD, and upright {are} thy judgments.

¹³⁸ Thy testimonies {that} thou hast commanded {are} righteous and very faithful. {righteous: Heb. righteousness} {faithful: Heb. faithfulness}

¹³⁹ ¶ My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. {consumed…: Heb. cut me off}

¹⁴⁰ ¶ Thy word {is} very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. {pure: Heb. tried, or, refined}

¹⁴¹ ¶ I {am} small and despised: {yet} do not I forget thy precepts.

¹⁴² ¶ Thy righteousness {is} an everlasting righteousness, and thy law {is} the truth.

¹⁴³ ¶ Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: {yet} thy commandments {are} my delights. {taken…: Heb. found me}

¹⁴⁴ The righteousness of thy testimonies {is} everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.

¹⁴⁵ ¶ KOPH. I cried with {my} whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.

¹⁴⁶ I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. {and I…: or, that I may keep}

¹⁴⁷ ¶ I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.

¹⁴⁸ Mine eyes prevent the {night} watches, that I might meditate in thy word.

¹⁴⁹ ¶ Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.

¹⁵⁰ ¶ They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.

¹⁵¹ Thou {art} near, O LORD; and all thy commandments {are} truth.

¹⁵² ¶ Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.

¹⁵³ ¶ RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.

¹⁵⁴ Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.

¹⁵⁵ ¶ Salvation {is} far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.

¹⁵⁶ ¶ Great {are} thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments. {Great: or, Many}

¹⁵⁷ ¶ Many {are} my persecutors and mine enemies; {yet} do I not decline from thy testimonies.

¹⁵⁸ ¶ I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.

¹⁵⁹ ¶ Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.

¹⁶⁰ ¶ Thy word {is} true {from} the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments {endureth} for ever. {Thy word…: Heb. The beginning of thy word is true}

¹⁶¹ ¶ SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

¹⁶² ¶ I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.

¹⁶³ ¶ I hate and abhor lying: {but} thy law do I love.

¹⁶⁴ ¶ Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.

¹⁶⁵ ¶ Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. {nothing…: Heb. they shall have no stumblingblock}

¹⁶⁶ ¶ LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and 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, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.

¹⁷⁰ Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.

¹⁷¹ ¶ My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

¹⁷² ¶ My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments {are} righteousness.

¹⁷³ ¶ Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.

¹⁷⁴ I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; 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 do not forget thy commandments.