Salmos 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.