119:1  BLESSED (HAPPY, fortunate, to be envied) are the undefiled (the upright, truly sincere, and blameless) in the way [of the revealed will of God], who walk (order their conduct and conversation) in the law of the Lord (the whole of God's revealed will).

119:2  Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are they who keep His testimonies, and who seek, inquire for {and} of Him {and} crave Him with the whole heart.

119:3  Yes, they do no unrighteousness [no willful wandering from His precepts]; they walk in His ways.

119:4  You have commanded us to keep Your precepts, that we should observe them diligently.

119:5  Oh, that my ways were directed {and} established to observe Your statutes [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]!

119:6  Then shall I not be put to shame [by failing to inherit Your promises] when I have respect to all Your commandments.

119:7  I will praise {and} give thanks to You with uprightness of heart when I learn [by sanctified experiences] Your righteous judgments [Your decisions against and punishments for particular lines of thought and conduct].

119:8  I will keep Your statutes; O forsake me not utterly.

119:9  How shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed {and} keeping watch [on himself] according to Your word [conforming his life to it].

119:10  With my whole heart have I sought You, inquiring for {and} of You {and} yearning for You; Oh, let me not wander {or} step aside [either in ignorance or willfully] from Your commandments.

119:11  Your word have I laid up in my heart, that I might not sin against You.

119:12  Blessed are You, O Lord; teach me Your statutes.

119:13  With my lips have I declared {and} recounted all the ordinances of Your mouth.

119:14  I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches.

119:15  I will meditate on Your precepts and have respect to Your ways [the paths of life marked out by Your law].

119:16  I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.

119:17  Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live; and I will observe Your word [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it].

119:18  Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Your law.

119:19  I am a stranger {and} a temporary resident on the earth; hide not Your commandments from me.

119:20  My heart is breaking with the longing that it has for Your ordinances {and} judgments at all times.

119:21  You rebuke the proud {and} arrogant, the accursed ones, who err {and} wander from Your commandments.

119:22  Take away from me reproach and contempt, for I keep Your testimonies.

119:23  Princes also sat {and} talked against me, but Your servant meditated on Your statutes.

119:24  Your testimonies also are my delight and my counselors.

119:25  My earthly life cleaves to the dust; revive {and} stimulate me according to Your word!

119:26  I have declared my ways {and} opened my griefs to You, and You listened to me; teach me Your statutes.

119:27  Make me understand the way of Your precepts; so shall I meditate on {and} talk of Your wondrous works.

119:28  My life dissolves {and} weeps itself away for heaviness; raise me up {and} strengthen me according to [the promises of] Your word.

119:29  Remove from me the way of falsehood {and} unfaithfulness [to You], and graciously impart Your law to me.

119:30  I have chosen the way of truth {and} faithfulness; Your ordinances have I set before me.

119:31  I cleave to Your testimonies; O Lord, put me not to shame!

119:32  I will [not merely walk, but] run the way of Your commandments, when You give me a heart that is willing.

119:33  Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep it to the end [steadfastly].

119:34  Give me understanding, that I may keep Your law; yes, I will observe it with my whole heart.

119:35  Make me go in the path of Your commandments, for in them do I delight.

119:36  Incline my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetousness (robbery, sensuality, unworthy riches).

119:37  Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity (idols and idolatry); and restore me to vigorous life {and} health in Your ways.

119:38  Establish Your word {and} confirm Your promise to Your servant, which is for those who reverently fear {and} devotedly worship You.

119:39  Turn away my reproach which I fear {and} dread, for Your ordinances are good.

119:40  Behold, I long for Your precepts; in Your righteousness give me renewed life.

119:41  Let Your mercy {and} loving-kindness come also to me, O Lord, even Your salvation according to Your promise;

119:42  Then shall I have an answer for those who taunt {and} reproach me, for I lean on, rely on, {and} trust in Your word.

119:43  And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, for I hope in Your ordinances.

119:44  I will keep Your law continually, forever and ever [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it].

119:45  And I will walk at liberty {and} at ease, for I have sought and inquired for [and desperately required] Your precepts.

119:46  I will speak of Your testimonies also before kings and will not be put to shame.

119:47  For I will delight myself in Your commandments, which I love.

119:48  My hands also will I lift up [in fervent supplication] to Your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on Your statutes.

119:49  Remember [fervently] the word {and} promise to Your servant, in which You have caused me to hope.

119:50  This is my comfort {and} consolation in my affliction: that Your word has revived me {and} given me life.

119:51  The proud have had me greatly in derision, yet have I not declined in my interest in {or} turned aside from Your law.

119:52  When I have [earnestly] recalled Your ordinances from of old, O Lord, I have taken comfort.

119:53  Burning indignation, terror, {and} sadness seize upon me because of the wicked, who forsake Your law.

119:54  Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

119:55  I have [earnestly] remembered Your name, O Lord, in the night, and I have observed Your law.

119:56  This I have had [as the gift of Your grace and as my reward]: that I have kept Your precepts [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them].

119:57  You are my portion, O Lord; I have promised to keep Your words.

119:58  I entreated Your favor with my whole heart; be merciful {and} gracious to me according to Your promise.

119:59  I considered my ways; I turned my feet to [obey] Your testimonies.

119:60  I made haste and delayed not to keep Your commandments.

119:61  Though the cords of the wicked have enclosed {and} ensnared me, I have not forgotten Your law.

119:62  At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You because of Your righteous ordinances.

119:63  I am a companion of all those who fear, revere, {and} worship You, and of those who observe {and} give heed to Your precepts.

119:64  The earth, O Lord, is full of Your mercy {and} loving-kindness; teach me Your statutes.

119:65  You have dealt well with Your servant, O Lord, according to Your promise.

119:66  Teach me good judgment, wise {and} right discernment, and knowledge, for I have believed (trusted, relied on, and clung to) Your commandments.

119:67  Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now Your word do I keep [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it].

119:68  You are good {and} kind and do good; teach me Your statutes.

119:69  The arrogant {and} godless have put together a lie against me, but I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart.

119:70  Their hearts are as fat as grease [their minds are dull and brutal], but I delight in Your law.

119:71  It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.

119:72  The law from Your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

119:73  Your hands have made me, cunningly fashioned {and} established me; give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.

119:74  Those who reverently {and} worshipfully fear You will see me and be glad, because I have hoped in Your word {and} tarried for it.

119:75  I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are right {and} righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

119:76  Let, I pray You, Your merciful kindness {and} steadfast love be for my comfort, according to Your promise to Your servant.

119:77  Let Your tender mercy {and} loving-kindness come to me that I may live, for Your law is my delight!

119:78  Let the proud be put to shame, for they dealt perversely with me without a cause; but I will meditate on Your precepts.

119:79  Let those who reverently {and} worshipfully fear You turn to me, and those who have known Your testimonies.

119:80  Let my heart be sound (sincere and wholehearted and blameless) in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.

119:81  My soul languishes {and} grows faint for Your salvation, but I hope in Your word.

119:82  My eyes fail, watching for [the fulfillment of] Your promise. I say, When will You comfort me?

119:83  For I have become like a bottle [a wineskin blackened and shriveled] in the smoke [in which it hangs], yet do I not forget Your statutes.

119:84  How many are the days of Your servant [which he must endure]? When will You judge those who pursue and persecute me?

119:85  The godless {and} arrogant have dug pitfalls for me, men who do not conform to Your law.

119:86  All Your commandments are faithful {and} sure. [The godless] pursue {and} persecute me with falsehood; help me [Lord]!

119:87  They had almost consumed me upon earth, but I forsook not Your precepts.

119:88  According to Your steadfast love give life to me; then I will keep the testimony of Your mouth [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it].

119:89  Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven [stands firm as the heavens].

119:90  Your faithfulness is from generation to generation; You have established the earth, and it stands fast.

119:91  All [the whole universe] are Your servants; therefore they continue this day according to Your ordinances.

119:92  Unless Your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

119:93  I will never forget Your precepts, [how can I?] for it is by them You have quickened me (granted me life).

119:94  I am Yours, therefore save me [Your own]; for I have sought (inquired of and for) Your precepts {and} required them [as my urgent need].

119:95  The wicked wait for me to destroy me, but I will consider Your testimonies.

119:96  I have seen that everything [human] has its limits {and} end [no matter how extensive, noble, and excellent]; but Your commandment is exceedingly broad {and} extends without limits [into eternity].

119:97  Oh, how love I Your law! It is my meditation all the day.

119:98  You, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies, for [Your words] are ever before me.

119:99  I have better understanding {and} deeper insight than all my teachers, because Your testimonies are my meditation.

119:100  I understand more than the aged, because I keep Your precepts [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them].

119:101  I have restrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep Your word [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it].

119:102  I have not turned aside from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me.

119:103  How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

119:104  Through Your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.

119:105  Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

119:106  I have sworn [an oath] and have confirmed it, that I will keep Your righteous ordinances [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them].

119:107  I am sorely afflicted; renew {and} quicken me [give me life], O Lord, according to Your word!

119:108  Accept, I beseech You, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, and teach me Your ordinances.

119:109  My life is continually in my hand, yet I do not forget Your law.

119:110  The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I do not stray from Your precepts.

119:111  Your testimonies have I taken as a heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

119:112  I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes forever, even to the end.

119:113  I hate the thoughts of undecided [in religion], double-minded people, but Your law do I love.

119:114  You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in Your word.

119:115  Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them].

119:116  Uphold me according to Your promise, that I may live; and let me not be put to shame in my hope!

119:117  Hold me up, that I may be safe and have regard for Your statutes continually!

119:118  You spurn {and} set at nought all those who stray from Your statutes, for their own lying deceives them {and} their tricks are in vain.

119:119  You put away {and} count as dross all the wicked of the earth [for there is no true metal in them]; therefore I love Your testimonies.

119:120  My flesh trembles {and} shudders for fear {and} reverential, worshipful awe of You, and I am afraid {and} in dread of Your judgments.

119:121  I have done justice and righteousness; leave me not to those who would oppress me.

119:122  Be surety for Your servant for good [as Judah was surety for the safety of Benjamin]; let not the proud oppress me.

119:123  My eyes fail, watching for Your salvation and for the fulfillment of Your righteous promise.

119:124  Deal with Your servant according to Your mercy {and} loving-kindness, and teach me Your statutes.

119:125  I am Your servant; give me understanding (discernment and comprehension), that I may know (discern and be familiar with the character of) Your testimonies.

119:126  It is time for the Lord to act; they have frustrated Your law.

119:127  Therefore I love Your commandments more than [resplendent] gold, yes, more than [perfectly] refined gold.

119:128  Therefore I esteem as right all, yes, all Your precepts; I hate every false way.

119:129  Your testimonies are wonderful [far exceeding anything conceived by man]; therefore my [penitent] self keeps them [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them].

119:130  The entrance {and} unfolding of Your words give light; their unfolding gives understanding (discernment and comprehension) to the simple.

119:131  I opened my mouth and panted [with eager desire], for I longed for Your commandments.

119:132  Look upon me, be merciful unto me, {and} show me favor, as is Your way to those who love Your name.

119:133  Establish my steps {and} direct them by [means of] Your word; let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

119:134  Deliver me from the oppression of man; so will I keep Your precepts [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them].

119:135  Make Your face shine [with pleasure] upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.

119:136  Streams of water run down my eyes, because men do not keep Your law [they hear it not, nor receive it, love it, or obey it].

119:137  [Rigidly] righteous are You, O Lord, and upright are Your judgments {and} all expressions of Your will.

119:138  You have commanded {and} appointed Your testimonies in righteousness and in great faithfulness.

119:139  My zeal has consumed me {and} cut me off, because my adversaries have forgotten Your words.

119:140  Your word is very pure (tried and well refined); therefore Your servant loves it.

119:141  I am small (insignificant) and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.

119:142  Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Your law is truth.

119:143  Trouble and anguish have found {and} taken hold on me, yet Your commandments are my delight.

119:144  Your righteous testimonies are everlasting {and} Your decrees are binding to eternity; give me understanding and I shall live [give me discernment and comprehension and I shall not die].

119:145  I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord; I will keep Your statutes [I will hear, receive, love, and obey them].

119:146  I cried to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them].

119:147  I anticipated the dawning of the morning and cried [in childlike prayer]; I hoped in Your word.

119:148  My eyes anticipate the night watches {and} I am awake before the cry of the watchman, that I may meditate on Your word.

119:149  Hear my voice according to Your steadfast love; O Lord, quicken me {and} give me life according to Your [righteous] decrees.

119:150  They draw near who follow after wrong thinking {and} persecute me with wickedness; they are far from Your law.

119:151  You are near, O Lord [nearer to me than my foes], and all Your commandments are truth.

119:152  Of old have I known Your testimonies, {and} for a long time, [therefore it is a thoroughly established conviction] that You have founded them forever.

119:153  Consider my affliction and deliver me, for I do not forget Your law.

119:154  Plead my cause and redeem me; revive me {and} give me life according to Your word.

119:155  Salvation is far from the wicked, for they seek not {nor} hunger for Your statutes.

119:156  Great are Your tender mercy {and} loving-kindness, O Lord; give me life according to Your ordinances.

119:157  Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, yet I do not swerve from Your testimonies.

119:158  I behold the treacherous and am grieved {and} loathe them, because they do not respect Your law [neither hearing, receiving, loving, nor obeying it].

119:159  Consider how I love Your precepts; revive me {and} give life to me, O Lord, according to Your loving-kindness!

119:160  The sum of Your word is truth [the total of the full meaning of all Your individual precepts]; and every one of Your righteous decrees endures forever.

119:161  Princes pursue {and} persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of Your words [dreading violation of them far more than the force of prince or potentate].

119:162  I rejoice at Your word as one who finds great spoil.

119:163  I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law do I love.

119:164  Seven times a day {and} all day long do I praise You because of Your righteous decrees.

119:165  Great peace have they who love Your law; nothing shall offend them {or} make them stumble.

119:166  I am hoping {and} waiting [eagerly] for Your salvation, O Lord, and I do Your commandments.

119:167  Your testimonies have I kept [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]; I love them exceedingly!

119:168  I have observed Your precepts {and} Your testimonies, for all my ways are [fully known] before You.

119:169  Let my mournful cry {and} supplication come [near] before You, O Lord; give me understanding (discernment and comprehension) according to Your word [of assurance and promise].

119:170  Let my supplication come before You; deliver me according to Your word!

119:171  My lips shall pour forth praise [with thanksgiving and renewed trust] when You teach me Your statutes.

119:172  My tongue shall sing [praise for the fulfillment] of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.

119:173  Let Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.

119:174  I have longed for Your salvation, O Lord, and Your law is my delight.

119:175  Let me live that I may praise You, and let Your decrees help me.

119:176  I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek, inquire for, {and} demand Your servant, for I do not forget Your commandments.