The Psalms, starting at chapter 118
Psalm 118
{118:1} Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
{118:2} Let Israel now say
that his loving kindness endures forever.
{118:3} Let the house of Aaron now say
that his loving kindness endures forever.
{118:4} Now let those who fear the LORD say
that his loving kindness endures forever.
{118:5} Out of my distress, I called on the LORD.
The LORD answered me with freedom.
{118:6} The LORD is on my side. I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
{118:7} The LORD is on my side among those who help me.
Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me.
{118:8} It is better to take refuge in the LORD,
than to put confidence in man.
{118:9} It is better to take refuge in the LORD,
than to put confidence in princes.
{118:10} All the nations surrounded me,
but in the name of the LORD, I cut them off.
{118:11} They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me.
In the name of the LORD I indeed cut them off.
{118:12} They surrounded me like bees.
They are quenched like the burning thorns.
In the name of the LORD I cut them off.
{118:13} You pushed me back hard, to make me fall,
but the LORD helped me.
{118:14} The LORD is my strength and song.
He has become my salvation [yeshu`ah].
{118:15} The voice of rejoicing and salvation [yeshu`ah] is in the
tents of the righteous.
"The right hand of the LORD does valiantly.
{118:16} The right hand of the LORD is exalted!
The right hand of the LORD does valiantly!"
{118:17} I will not die, but live,
and declare the LORD's works.
{118:18} The LORD has punished me severely,
but he has not given me over to death.
{118:19} Open to me the gates of righteousness.
I will enter into them.
I will give thanks to the LORD.
{118:20} This is the gate of the LORD;
the righteous will enter into it.
{118:21} I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me,
and have become my salvation [yeshu`ah].
{118:22} The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of
the corner.
{118:23} This is the LORD's doing.
It is marvelous in our eyes.
{118:24} This is the day that the LORD has made.
We will rejoice and be glad in it!
{118:25} Save us now, we beg you, LORD!
LORD, we beg you, send prosperity now.
{118:26} Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD!
We have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.
{118:27} The LORD is God, and he has given us light.
Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.
{118:28} You are my God, and I will give thanks to you.
You are my God, I will exalt you.
{118:29} Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
Psalm 119
ALEPH
{119:1} Blessed are those whose ways are blameless,
who walk according to the LORD's Torah.
{119:2} Blessed are those who keep his statutes,
who seek him with their whole heart.
{119:3} Yes, they do nothing wrong.
They walk in his ways.
{119:4} You have commanded your precepts,
that we should fully obey them.
{119:5} Oh that my ways were steadfast
to obey your statutes!
{119:6} Then I wouldn't be disappointed,
when I consider all of your commandments.
{119:7} I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart,
when I learn your righteous judgments.
{119:8} I will observe your statutes.
Don't utterly forsake me.
BET
{119:9} How can a young man keep his way pure?
By living according to your word.
{119:10} With my whole heart, I have sought you.
Don't let me wander from your commandments.
{119:11} I have hidden your word in my heart,
that I might not sin against you.
{119:12} Blessed are you, LORD.
Teach me your statutes.
{119:13} With my lips,
I have declared 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 consider your ways.
{119:16} I will delight myself in your statutes.
I will not forget your word.
GIMEL
{119:17} Do good to your servant.
I will live and I will obey your word.
{119:18} Open my eyes,
that I may see wondrous things out of your Torah.
{119:19} I am a stranger on the earth.
Don't hide your commandments from me.
{119:20} My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all
times.
{119:21} You have rebuked the proud who are cursed,
who wander from your commandments.
{119:22} Take reproach and contempt away from me,
for I have kept your statutes.
{119:23} Though princes sit and slander me,
your servant will meditate on your statutes.
{119:24} Indeed your statutes are my delight,
and my counselors.
DALED
{119:25} My soul is laid low in the dust.
Revive me according to your word!
{119:26} I declared my ways, and you answered me.
Teach me your statutes.
{119:27} Let me understand the teaching of your precepts!
Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.
{119:28} My soul is weary with sorrow:
strengthen me according to your word.
{119:29} Keep me from the way of deceit.
Grant me your Torah graciously!
{119:30} I have chosen the way of truth.
I have set your ordinances before me.
{119:31} I cling to your statutes, LORD.
Don't let me be disappointed.
{119:32} I run in the path of your commandments,
for you have set my heart free.
HEY
{119:33} Teach me, LORD, the way of your statutes.
I will keep them to the end.
{119:34} Give me understanding, and I will keep your Torah.
Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.
{119:35} Direct me in the path of your commandments,
for I delight in them.
{119:36} Turn my heart toward your statutes,
not toward selfish gain.
{119:37} Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things.
Revive me in your ways.
{119:38} Fulfill your promise to your servant,
that you may be feared.
{119:39} Take away my disgrace that I dread,
for your ordinances are good.
{119:40} Behold, I long for your precepts!
Revive me in your righteousness.
WAW
{119:41} Let your loving kindness also come to me, LORD,
your salvation, according to your word.
{119:42} So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me,
for I trust in your word.
{119:43} Don't snatch the word of truth out of my mouth,
for I put my hope in your ordinances.
{119:44} So I will obey your Torah continually,
forever and ever.
{119:45} I will walk in liberty,
for I have sought your precepts.
{119:46} I will also speak of your statutes before kings,
and will not be disappointed.
{119:47} I will delight myself in your commandments,
because I love them.
{119:48} I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love.
I will meditate on your statutes.
ZAYIN
{119:49} Remember your word to your servant,
because you gave me hope.
{119:50} This is my comfort in my affliction,
for your word has revived me.
{119:51} The arrogant mock me excessively,
but I don't swerve from your Torah.
{119:52} I remember your ordinances of old, LORD,
and have comforted myself.
{119:53} Indignation has taken hold on me,
because of the wicked who forsake your Torah.
{119:54} Your statutes have been my songs,
in the house where I live.
{119:55} I have remembered your name, LORD, in the night,
and I obey your Torah.
{119:56} This is my way,
that I keep your precepts.
CHET
{119:57} The LORD is my portion.
I promised to obey your words.
{119:58} I sought your favor with my whole heart.
Be merciful to me according to your word.
{119:59} I considered my ways,
and turned my steps to your statutes.
{119:60} I will hurry, and not delay,
to obey your commandments.
{119:61} The ropes of the wicked bind me,
but I won't forget your Torah.
{119:62} At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you,
because of your righteous ordinances.
{119:63} I am a friend of all those who fear you,
of those who observe your precepts.
{119:64} The earth is full of your loving kindness, LORD.
Teach me your statutes.
TET
{119:65} Do good to your servant,
according to your word, LORD.
{119:66} Teach me good judgment and knowledge,
for I believe in your commandments.
{119:67} Before I was afflicted, I went astray;
but now I observe your word.
{119:68} You are good, and do good.
Teach me your statutes.
{119:69} The proud have smeared a lie upon me.
With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.
{119:70} Their heart is as callous as the fat,
but I delight in your Torah.
{119:71} It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
that I may learn your statutes.
{119:72} The Torah you have spoken is better to me than thousands of
pieces of gold and silver.
YUD
{119:73} Your hands have made me and formed me.
Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
{119:74} Those who fear you will see me and be glad,
because I have put my hope in your word.
{119:75} LORD, I know that your judgments are righteous,
that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
{119:76} Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort,
according to your word to your servant.
{119:77} Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live;
for your Torah is my delight.
{119:78} Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me
wrongfully.
I will meditate on your precepts.
{119:79} Let those who fear you turn to me.
They will know your statutes.
{119:80} Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees,
that I may not be disappointed.
KAF
{119:81} My soul faints for your salvation.
I hope in your word.
{119:82} My eyes fail for your word.
I say, "When will you comfort me?"
{119:83} For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke.
I don't forget your statutes.
{119:84} How many are the days of your servant?
When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?
{119:85} The proud have dug pits for me,
contrary to your Torah.
{119:86} All of your commandments are faithful.
They persecute me wrongfully.
Help me!
{119:87} They had almost wiped me from the earth,
but I didn't forsake your precepts.
{119:88} Preserve my life according to your loving kindness,
so I will obey the statutes of your mouth.
LAMED
{119:89} LORD, your word is settled in heaven forever.
{119:90} Your faithfulness is to all generations.
You have established the earth, and it remains.
{119:91} Your laws remain to this day,
for all things serve you.
{119:92} Unless your Torah had been my delight,
I would have perished in my affliction.
{119:93} I will never forget your precepts,
for with them, you have revived me.
{119:94} I am yours.
Save me, for I have sought your precepts.
{119:95} The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me.
I will consider your statutes.
{119:96} I have seen a limit to all perfection,
but your commands are boundless.
MEM
{119:97} How I love your Torah!
It is my meditation all day.
{119:98} Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies,
for your commandments are always with me.
{119:99} I have more understanding than all my teachers,
for your testimonies are my meditation.
{119:100} I understand more than the aged,
because I have kept your precepts.
{119:101} I have kept my feet from every evil way,
that I might observe your word.
{119:102} I have not turned aside from your ordinances,
for you have taught me.
{119:103} How sweet are your promises to my taste,
more than honey to my mouth!
{119:104} Through your precepts, I get understanding;
therefore I hate every false way.
NUN
{119:105} Your word is a lamp to my feet,
and a light for my path.
{119:106} I have sworn, and have confirmed it,
that I will obey your righteous ordinances.
{119:107} I am afflicted very much.
Revive me, LORD, according to your word.
{119:108} Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth.
LORD, teach me your ordinances.
{119:109} My soul is continually in my hand,
yet I won't forget your Torah.
{119:110} The wicked have laid a snare for me,
yet I haven't gone astray from your precepts.
{119:111} I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever,
for they are the joy of my heart.
{119:112} I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever,
even to the end.
SAMEKH
{119:113} I hate double-minded men,
but I love your Torah.
{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.
{119:116} Uphold me according to your word, that I may live.
Let me not be ashamed of my hope.
{119:117} Hold me up, and I will be safe,
and will have respect for your statutes continually.
{119:118} You reject all those who stray from your statutes,
for their deceit is in vain.
{119:119} You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross.
Therefore I love your testimonies.
{119:120} My flesh trembles for fear of you.
I am afraid of your judgments.
AYIN
{119:121} I have done what is just and righteous.
Don't leave me to my oppressors.
{119:122} Ensure your servant's well-being.
Don't let the proud oppress me.
{119:123} My eyes fail looking for your salvation,
for your righteous word.
{119:124} Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness.
Teach me your statutes.
{119:125} I am your servant. Give me understanding,
that I may know your testimonies.
{119:126} It is time to act, LORD,
for they break your Torah.
{119:127} Therefore I love your commandments more than gold,
yes, more than pure gold.
{119:128} Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right.
I hate every false way.
PEY
{119:129} Your testimonies are wonderful,
therefore my soul keeps them.
{119:130} The entrance of your words gives light.
It gives understanding to the simple.
{119:131} I opened my mouth wide and panted,
for I longed for your commandments.
{119:132} Turn to me, and have mercy on me,
as you always do to those who love your name.
{119:133} Establish my footsteps in your word.
Don't let any iniquity have dominion over me.
{119:134} Redeem me from the oppression of man,
so I will observe your precepts.
{119:135} Make your face shine on your servant.
Teach me your statutes.
{119:136} Streams of tears run down my eyes,
because they don't observe your Torah.
TZADI
{119:137} You are righteous, LORD.
Your judgments are upright.
{119:138} You have commanded your statutes in righteousness.
They are fully trustworthy.
{119:139} My zeal wears me out,
because my enemies ignore your words.
{119:140} Your promises have been thoroughly tested,
and your servant loves them.
{119:141} I am small and despised.
I don't forget your precepts.
{119:142} Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness.
Your Torah is truth.
{119:143} Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me.
Your commandments are my delight.
{119:144} Your testimonies are righteous forever.
Give me understanding, that I may live.
KUF
{119:145} I have called with my whole heart.
Answer me, LORD!
I will keep your statutes.
{119:146} I have called to you. Save me!
I will obey your statutes.
{119:147} I rise before dawn and cry for help.
I put my hope in your words.
{119:148} My eyes stay open through the night watches,
that I might meditate on your word.
{119:149} Hear my voice according to your loving kindness.
Revive me, LORD, according to your ordinances.
{119:150} They draw near who follow after wickedness.
They are far from your Torah.
{119:151} You are near, LORD.
All your commandments are truth.
{119:152} Of old I have known from your testimonies,
that you have founded them forever.
RESH
{119:153} Consider my affliction, and deliver me,
for I don't forget your Torah.
{119:154} Plead my cause, and redeem me!
Revive me according to your promise.
{119:155} Salvation is far from the wicked,
for they don't seek your statutes.
{119:156} Great are your tender mercies, LORD.
Revive me according to your ordinances.
{119:157} Many are my persecutors and my adversaries.
I haven't swerved from your testimonies.
{119:158} I look at the faithless with loathing,
because they don't observe your word.
{119:159} Consider how I love your precepts.
Revive me, LORD, according to your loving kindness.
{119:160} All of your words are truth.
Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.
SIN AND SHIN
{119:161} Princes have persecuted me without a cause,
but my heart stands in awe of your words.
{119:162} I rejoice at your word,
as one who finds great spoil.
{119:163} I hate and abhor falsehood.
I love your Torah.
{119:164} Seven times a day, I praise you,
because of your righteous ordinances.
{119:165} Those who love your Torah have great peace.
Nothing causes them to stumble.
{119:166} I have hoped for your salvation, LORD.
I have done your commandments.
{119:167} My soul has observed your testimonies.
I love them exceedingly.
{119:168} I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies,
for all my ways are before you.
TAV
{119:169} Let my cry come before you, LORD.
Give me understanding according to your word.
{119:170} Let my supplication come before you.
Deliver me according to your word.
{119:171} Let my lips utter praise,
for you teach me your statutes.
{119:172} Let my tongue sing of your word,
for all your commandments are righteousness.
{119:173} Let your hand be ready to help me,
for I have chosen your precepts.
{119:174} I have longed for your salvation [yeshuat], LORD.
Your Torah is my delight.
{119:175} Let my soul live, that I may praise you.
Let your ordinances help me.
{119:176} I have gone astray like a lost sheep.
Seek your servant, for I don't forget your commandments.
Psalm 120
A Song of Ascents.
{120:1} In my distress, I cried to the LORD.
He answered me.
{120:2} Deliver my soul, LORD, from lying lips,
from a deceitful tongue.
{120:3} What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you,
you deceitful tongue?
{120:4} Sharp arrows of the mighty,
with coals of juniper.
{120:5} Woe is me, that I live in Meshech,
that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
{120:6} My soul has had her dwelling too long
with him who hates peace.
{120:7} I am for peace,
but when I speak, they are for war.
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