Keraia
Wisdom and Poetry

Psalm 119

Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

א ALEPH

1Blessed are those whose way is blameless,

who walk in the Law of the LORD.

1Blessed are those complete in the way, those walking in the law of YHWH.

2Blessed are those who keep His testimonies

and seek Him with all their heart.

2Blessed are those keeping His testimonies; with all the heart they seek Him.

3They do no iniquity;

they walk in His ways.

3Also they do not do injustice; in His ways they walk.

4You have ordained Your precepts,

that we should keep them diligently.

4You have commanded Your precepts, to be kept diligently.

5Oh, that my ways were committed

to keeping Your statutes!

5Oh, that my ways were set firm to keep Your statutes!

6Then I would not be ashamed

when I consider all Your commandments.

6Then I would not be ashamed, in my looking to all Your commandments.

7I will praise You with an upright heart

when I learn Your righteous judgments.

7I will praise You with uprightness of heart, in my learning the judgments of Your righteousness.

8I will keep Your statutes;

do not utterly forsake me.

8Your statutes I will keep; may You not even to exceedingly forsake me!

ב BETH

9How can a young man keep his way pure?

By guarding it according to Your word.

9How can a young man keep pure his way? By guarding it according to Your word.

10With all my heart I have sought You;

do not let me stray from Your commandments.

10With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.

11I have hidden Your word in my heart

that I might not sin against You.

11In my heart I have hidden Your word, that I should not sin against You.

12Blessed are You, O LORD;

teach me Your statutes.

12Blessed are You, O YHWH; teach me Your statutes.

13With my lips I proclaim

all the judgments of Your mouth.

13With my lips I have recounted all the judgments of Your mouth.

14I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies

as much as in all riches.

14In the way of Your testimonies I rejoice, more than in all wealth.

15I will meditate on Your precepts

and regard Your ways.

15May I meditate on Your precepts and look upon Your paths.

16I will delight in Your statutes;

I will not forget Your word.

16In Your statutes I will delight myself; I will not forget Your word.

ג GIMEL

17Deal bountifully with Your servant,

that I may live and keep Your word.

17Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word.

18Open my eyes that I may see

wondrous things from Your law.

18Open my eyes, that I may see the wonders from Your law.

19I am a stranger on the earth;

do not hide Your commandments from me.

19I am a sojourner on the earth; do not hide from me Your commandments!

20My soul is consumed with longing

for Your judgments at all times.

20My soul is crushed with longing for Your judgments at all times.

21You rebuke the arrogant—

the cursed who stray from Your commandments.

21You rebuke the arrogant ones, the accursed ones, those going astray from Your commandments.

22Remove my scorn and contempt,

for I have kept Your testimonies.

22Remove from me scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.

23Though rulers sit and slander me,

Your servant meditates on Your statutes.

23Though princes sit against me and slander, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.

24Your testimonies are indeed my delight;

they are my counselors.

24Your testimonies also are my delight—the men of my counsel.

ד DALETH

25My soul cleaves to the dust;

revive me according to Your word.

25My soul clings to the dust; revive me according to Your word!

26I recounted my ways, and You answered me;

teach me Your statutes.

26My ways I recounted, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes.

27Make clear to me the way of Your precepts;

then I will meditate on Your wonders.

27Make me understand the way of Your precepts, that I may meditate on Your wonders.

28My soul melts with sorrow;

strengthen me according to Your word.

28My soul drips from sorrow; establish me according to Your word!

29Remove me from the path of deceit

and graciously grant me Your law.

29Turn away from me the path of deceit, and with Your law show favor to me.

30I have chosen the way of truth;

I have set Your ordinances before me.

30The way of truth I have chosen; Your ordinances I have set.

31I cling to Your testimonies, O LORD;

let me not be put to shame.

31I cling to Your testimonies, O YHWH; let me not be put to shame!

32I run in the path of Your commandments,

for You will enlarge my heart.

32The way of Your commandments I will run, for You will enlarge my heart.

ה HE

33Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes,

and I will keep them to the end.

33Teach me, O YHWH, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep it to the end.

34Give me understanding that I may obey Your law,

and follow it with all my heart.

34Give me understanding, and I will guard Your law, and I will keep it with all my heart.

35Direct me in the path of Your commandments,

for there I find delight.

35Cause me to tread in the path of Your commandments, for in it I delight.

36Turn my heart to Your testimonies

and not to covetous gain.

36Incline my heart toward Your testimonies, and not toward dishonest gain.

37Turn my eyes away from worthless things;

revive me with Your word.

37Make my eyes pass from seeing the vain thing; with Your word revive me.

38Establish Your word to Your servant,

to produce reverence for You.

38Make Your word stand for Your servant, which is for the fearing of You.

39Turn away the disgrace I dread,

for Your judgments are good.

39Remove the reproach that I dread, for Your judgments are good.

40How I long for Your precepts!

Revive me in Your righteousness.

40Behold, I long for Your precepts; Revive me in Your righteousness!

ו WAW

41May Your loving devotion come to me, O LORD,

Your salvation, according to Your promise.

41And may Your loving devotion come to me, O YHWH, Your salvation according to Your word.

42Then I can answer him who taunts,

for I trust in Your word.

42Then I will answer with a word for the one reproaching me, for I trust in Your word.

43Never take Your word of truth from my mouth,

for I hope in Your judgments.

43And do not take away from my mouth the word of truth even to exceedingly! For in Your judgments I have hoped.

44I will always obey Your law,

forever and ever.

44And I will keep Your law continually, forever and ever,

45And I will walk in freedom,

for I have sought Your precepts.

45and I will walk in a broad place, for Your precepts I have sought.

46I will speak of Your testimonies before kings,

and I will not be ashamed.

46And I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.

47I delight in Your commandments

because I love them.

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

48I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love,

and I meditate on Your statutes.

48And I will lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I have loved, and I will meditate on Your statutes.

ז ZAYIN

49Remember Your word to Your servant,

upon which You have given me hope.

49Remember the word to Your servant, upon that You have caused me to hope.

50This is my comfort in affliction,

that Your promise has given me life.

50This is my comfort in my affliction, for Your word has given me life.

51The arrogant utterly deride me,

but I do not turn from Your law.

51The arrogant ones mock me even to exceedingly; from Your law I do not stretch away.

52I remember Your judgments of old, O LORD,

and in them I find comfort.

52I remember Your judgments from old, O YHWH, and I am comforted.

53Rage has taken hold of me

because of the wicked who reject Your law.

53Indignation has seized me, from the wicked forsaking Your law.

54Your statutes are songs to me

in the house of my pilgrimage.

54Your statutes have been songs to me, in the house of my sojourning.

55In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name,

that I may keep Your law.

55I remember Your name in the night, O YHWH, and I keep Your law.

56This is my practice,

for I obey Your precepts.

56This has come to be for me, for I have kept Your precepts.

ח HETH

57The LORD is my portion;

I have promised to keep Your words.

57YHWH is my portion; I have said I would keep Your words.

58I have sought Your face with all my heart;

be gracious to me according to Your promise.

58I appeased Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your word.

59I considered my ways

and turned my steps to Your testimonies.

59I have considered my paths, and turned back my feet to Your testimonies.

60I hurried without hesitating

to keep Your commandments.

60I hurried and did not delay to keep Your commandments.

61Though the ropes of the wicked bind me,

I do not forget Your law.

61The cords of the wicked have surrounded me, Your law I have not forgotten.

62At midnight I rise to give You thanks

for Your righteous judgments.

62In the middle of the night, I rise to give thanks to You, upon the judgments of Your righteousness.

63I am a friend to all who fear You,

and to those who keep Your precepts.

63I am a companion to all who fear You, and to those keeping Your precepts.

64The earth is filled with Your loving devotion, O LORD;

teach me Your statutes.

64O YHWH, with Your loving devotion the earth is full; teach me Your statutes.

ט TETH

65You are good to Your servant, O LORD,

according to Your word.

65You have done well with Your servant, O YHWH, according to Your word.

66Teach me good judgment and knowledge,

for I believe in Your commandments.

66So may You teach me good judgment and knowledge, for in Your commandments I have believed.

67Before I was afflicted, I went astray;

but now I keep Your word.

67Before I was afflicted, I was going astray; and now I have kept Your word.

68You are good, and You do what is good;

teach me Your statutes.

68You are good, and the One doing good; may You teach me Your statutes.

69Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies,

I keep Your precepts with all my heart.

69The arrogant ones have smeared a lie over me; I, with all my heart, will guard Your precepts.

70Their hearts are callous and insensitive,

but I delight in Your law.

70Their heart is unfeeling like fat; I have delighted in Your law.

71It was good for me to be afflicted,

that I might learn Your statutes.

71It is good for me that I was afflicted, so that I might learn Your statutes.

72The law from Your mouth is more precious to me

than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.

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

י YODH

73Your hands have made me and fashioned me;

give me understanding to learn Your commandments.

73Your hands have made me and established me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.

74May those who fear You see me and rejoice,

for I have hoped in Your word.

74Those fearing You see me and rejoice, because in Your word I have hoped.

75I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous,

and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

75I know, O YHWH, that Your judgments are righteous, and in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

76May Your loving devotion comfort me, I pray,

according to Your promise to Your servant.

76Your loving devotion, may it be, please, to comfort me, according to Your word to Your servant.

77May Your compassion come to me, that I may live,

for Your law is my delight.

77May Your compassions come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.

78May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie;

I will meditate on Your precepts.

78May the arrogant ones be put to shame, for with a lie they dealt perversely with me; I will meditate on Your precepts.

79May those who fear You turn to me,

those who know Your testimonies.

79Let those who fear You turn to me, and those who know Your testimonies.

80May my heart be blameless in Your statutes,

that I may not be put to shame.

80May my heart be perfect in Your statutes, so that I may not be ashamed.

כ KAPH

81My soul faints for Your salvation;

I wait for Your word.

81My soul faints for Your salvation; for Your word I wait.

82My eyes fail, looking for Your promise;

I ask, “When will You comfort me?”

82My eyes fail for your word, saying, “When will You comfort me?”

83Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke,

I do not forget Your statutes.

83For, I have become like a wineskin in smoke; Your statutes I have not forgotten.

84How many days must Your servant wait?

When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?

84How many are the days of Your servant? When will You execute judgment on my pursuers?

85The arrogant have dug pits for me

in violation of Your law.

85The arrogant ones have dug pits for me that are not according to Your law.

86All Your commandments are faithful;

I am persecuted without cause—help me!

86All Your commandments are firm, falsely they pursue me—Help me!

87They almost wiped me from the earth,

but I have not forsaken Your precepts.

87Almost they consumed me on the earth; and I have not forsaken Your precepts.

88Revive me according to Your loving devotion,

that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth.

88According to Your loving devotion, revive me, that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth.

ל LAMEDH

89Your word, O LORD, is everlasting;

it is firmly fixed in the heavens.

89Forever, O YHWH, is Your word, standing fixed in the heavens.

90Your faithfulness continues through all generations;

You established the earth, and it endures.

90For generation and generation is Your faithfulness; You established the earth, and it stands.

91Your ordinances stand to this day,

for all things are servants to You.

91According to Your ordinances, they stand this day, for all things are Your servants.

92If Your law had not been my delight,

then I would have perished in my affliction.

92Had Your law not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.

93I will never forget Your precepts,

for by them You have revived me.

93Forever, I will not forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.

94I am Yours; save me,

for I have sought Your precepts.

94Unto You I am—save me! For I have sought Your precepts.

95The wicked wait to destroy me,

but I will ponder Your testimonies.

95The wicked wait for me to destroy me; Your testimonies I will consider.

96I have seen a limit to all perfection,

but Your commandment is without limit.

96To all perfection I have seen an end; broad is Your commandment exceedingly.

מ MEM

97Oh, how I love Your law!

All day long it is my meditation.

97Oh, how I love Your law! All the day, it is my meditation.

98Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies,

for they are always with me.

98By Your commandment You make me wiser than my enemies; for, it is with me forever.

99I have more insight than all my teachers,

for Your testimonies are my meditation.

99I have insight above all my teachers, for Your testimonies are a meditation to me.

100I discern more than the elders,

for I obey Your precepts.

100I understand above elders, for Your precepts I have kept.

101I have kept my feet from every evil path,

that I may keep Your word.

101From every path of evil I have restrained my feet, that I may keep Your word.

102I have not departed from Your ordinances,

for You Yourself have taught me.

102From Your ordinances I have not turned aside, for You have instructed me.

103How sweet are Your words to my taste—

sweeter than honey in my mouth!

103How smooth are Your words to my palate, more than honey to my mouth!

104I gain understanding from Your precepts;

therefore I hate every false way.

104From Your precepts I gain understanding; upon thus, I hate every path of deception!

נ NUN

105Your word is a lamp to my feet

and a light to my path.

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

106I have sworn and confirmed

that I will keep Your righteous judgments.

106I have sworn and confirmed: I will keep the judgments of Your righteousness.

107I am severely afflicted, O LORD;

revive me through Your word.

107I am afflicted even exceedingly, O YHWH; revive me according to Your word!

108Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD,

and teach me Your judgments.

108May You accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, please, O YHWH, and may You teach me Your judgments.

109I constantly take my life in my hands,

yet I do not forget Your law.

109My soul is in my hand continually, and I do not forget Your law.

110The wicked have set a snare for me,

but I have not strayed from Your precepts.

110The wicked have set a snare for me, and from Your precepts I do not go astray.

111Your testimonies are my heritage forever,

for they are the joy of my heart.

111I have inherited Your testimonies forever; for they are the joy of my heart.

112I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes,

even to the very end.

112I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes forever, to the end!

ס SAMEKH

113The double-minded I despise,

but Your law I love.

113The double-minded I hate, and Your law I love.

114You are my hiding place and my shield;

I put my hope in Your word.

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

115Depart from me, you evildoers,

that I may obey the commandments of my God.

115Turn away from me, O evildoers! And I will keep the commandments of my God.

116Sustain me as You promised, that I may live;

let me not be ashamed of my hope.

116Uphold me according to Your word, and l will live; and do not make me ashamed of my hope!

117Uphold me, and I will be saved,

that I may always regard Your statutes.

117Support me, and I will be saved; and I will gaze on Your statutes continually.

118You reject all who stray from Your statutes,

for their deceitfulness is in vain.

118You have trodden down all those going astray from Your statutes, for their treachery is falsehood.

119All the wicked on earth You discard like dross;

therefore I love Your testimonies.

119Like dross You put an end to all the wicked of the earth; therefore I love Your testimonies.

120My flesh trembles in awe of You;

I stand in fear of Your judgments.

120My flesh bristles from dread of You, and of your judgments I have been afraid.

ע AYIN

121I have done what is just and right;

do not leave me to my oppressors.

121I have done justice and righteousness; do not leave me to my oppressors!

122Ensure Your servant’s well-being;

do not let the arrogant oppress me.

122Ensure Your servant for good; do not let the arrogant ones oppress me.

123My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation,

and for Your righteous promise.

123My eyes fail for Your salvation, and for the word of Your righteousness.

124Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion,

and teach me Your statutes.

124Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion, and teach me Your statutes.

125I am Your servant; give me understanding,

that I may know Your testimonies.

125I am Your servant—give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.

126It is time for the LORD to act,

for they have broken Your law.

126It is time, O YHWH, to act; they have broken Your law!

127Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold,

even the purest gold.

127Upon thus, I love Your commandments more than gold, and more than fine gold.

128Therefore I admire all Your precepts

and hate every false way.

128Upon thus, all the precepts I have declared wholly right; every path of deception I hate.

פ PE

129Wonderful are Your testimonies;

therefore I obey them.

129Wonderful are Your testimonies; upon thus, my soul has kept watch over them.

130The unfolding of Your words gives light;

it informs the simple.

130The opening of Your words gives light, giving understanding to the simple ones.

131I open my mouth and pant,

longing for Your commandments.

131I have opened my mouth and I pant—for I have longed for Your commandments!

132Turn to me and show me mercy,

as You do to those who love Your name.

132Turn to me and be gracious to me, according to justice to those loving Your name.

133Order my steps in Your word;

let no sin rule over me.

133Establish my steps by Your word, and do not let any iniquity rule over me.

134Redeem me from the oppression of man,

that I may keep Your precepts.

134Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts.

135Make Your face shine upon Your servant,

and teach me Your statutes.

135Make Your face shine on Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.

136My eyes shed streams of tears

because Your law is not obeyed.

136Streams of waters run down from my eyes, because they have not kept Your law.

צ TZADE

137Righteous are You, O LORD,

and upright are Your judgments.

137You are righteous, O YHWH, and Your judgments are upright.

138The testimonies You have laid down are righteous

and altogether faithful.

138You have appointed your righteous testimonies, and exceedingly faithful.

139My zeal has consumed me

because my foes forget Your words.

139My zeal has cut me off, because my adversaries have forgotten Your words.

140Your promise is completely pure;

therefore Your servant loves it.

140Your word is exceedingly pure, and Your servant has loved it.

141I am lowly and despised,

but I do not forget Your precepts.

141I am little and despised; I do not forget Your precepts.

142Your righteousness is everlasting

and Your law is true.

142Your righteousness is righteous forever, and Your law is truth.

143Trouble and distress have found me,

but Your commandments are my delight.

143Trouble and distress have found me; Your commandments are my delight.

144Your testimonies are righteous forever.

Give me understanding, that I may live.

144The righteousness of Your testimonies is forever; give me understanding, that I may live!

ק KOPH

145I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD!

I will obey Your statutes.

145I cry out with all my heart; answer me, O YHWH! Your statutes I will guard.

146I call to You; save me,

that I may keep Your testimonies.

146I call out to You, save me, that I may keep Your testimonies!

147I rise before dawn and cry for help;

in Your word I have put my hope.

147I went ahead at the dawn, and I cried out, and for Your word I have hoped.

148My eyes anticipate the watches of night,

that I may meditate on Your word.

148My eyes have gone before the watches to meditate on Your word.

149Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion;

give me life according to Your justice.

149Hear my voice, O YHWH, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your justice, preserve my life!

150Those who follow after wickedness draw near;

they are far from Your law.

150They draw near, those pursuing wickedness! From Your law they are far.

151You are near, O LORD,

and all Your commandments are true.

151You are near, O YHWH, and all Your commandments are truth.

152Long ago I learned from Your testimonies

that You have established them forever.

152I have known of Your testimonies of old, that forever You have founded them.

ר RESH

153Look upon my affliction and rescue me,

for I have not forgotten Your law.

153See my affliction and rescue me! For I have not forgotten Your law.

154Defend my cause and redeem me;

revive me according to Your word.

154Plead my plea and redeem me; according to Your word, revive me!

155Salvation is far from the wicked

because they do not seek Your statutes.

155Far from the wicked is salvation, because they have not not sought Your statutes.

156Great are Your mercies, O LORD;

revive me according to Your ordinances.

156Your mercies are great, O YHWH; according to Your ordinances, revive me!

157Though my persecutors and foes are many,

I have not turned from Your testimonies.

157Many are my pursuers and my adversaries; from Your testimonies I have not turned aside.

158I look on the faithless with loathing

because they do not keep Your word.

158I have seen those acting treacherously, and I felt loathing, because they have not kept Your word.

159Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD;

give me life according to Your loving devotion.

159See, how I love Your precepts, O YHWH; according to Your loving devotion, revive me!

160The entirety of Your word is truth,

and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.

160The head of Your word is truth, and every judgment of Your righteousness is forever.

ש SIN and SHIN

161Rulers persecute me without cause,

but my heart fears only Your word.

161Princes may pursue me without cause, and of Your word my heart was afraid.

162I rejoice in Your promise

like one who finds great spoil.

162I am rejoicing over Your word like one finding great plunder.

163I hate and abhor falsehood,

but Your law I love.

163Deception I hate and abhor; Your law I do love.

164Seven times a day I praise You

for Your righteous judgments.

164Seven times in the day I praise You, because of the judgments of Your righteousness.

165Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your law;

nothing can make them stumble.

165Great prosperity is unto those loving Your law, and nothing to them is a stumbling block.

166I wait for Your salvation, O LORD,

and I carry out Your commandments.

166I wait for Your salvation, O YHWH, and Your commandments I have done.

167I obey Your testimonies

and love them greatly.

167My soul has kept Your testimonies, and I love them exceedingly.

168I obey Your precepts and Your testimonies,

for all my ways are before You.

168I have kept Your precepts and Your testimonies, because all my ways are before You.

ת TAW

169May my cry come before You, O LORD;

give me understanding according to Your word.

169Let my cry come before You, O YHWH; according to Your word, give me understanding.

170May my plea come before You;

rescue me according to Your promise.

170Let my supplication come before You; according to Your word, deliver me.

171My lips pour forth praise,

for You teach me Your statutes.

171Let my lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes.

172My tongue sings of Your word,

for all Your commandments are righteous.

172Let my tongue sing out Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.

173May Your hand be ready to help me,

for I have chosen Your precepts.

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

174I long for Your salvation, O LORD,

and Your law is my delight.

174I long for Your salvation, O YHWH, and Your law is my delight.

175Let me live to praise You;

may Your judgments sustain me.

175Let my soul live, and it shall praise You; and may Your judgments help me.

176I have strayed like a lost sheep;

seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.

176I have gone astray, getting lost like a sheep; may You seek Your servant, for Your commandments I have not forgotten.