Psalm 119

The Psalm

Psalms. Chapter 119. ALEPH Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the LORD’s law. Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart. Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways. You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them. Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes! Then I wouldn’t be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments. I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgements. I will observe your statutes. Don’t utterly forsake me. BETH How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. With my whole heart I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments. I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. Blessed are you, LORD. Teach me your statutes. With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth. I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches. I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways. I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word. GIMEL Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word. Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law. I am a stranger on the earth. Don’t hide your commandments from me. My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times. You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments. Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes. Though princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate on your statutes. Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counsellors. DALETH My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word! I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes. Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works. My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word. Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously! I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me. I cling to your statutes, LORD. Don’t let me be disappointed. I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free. HE Teach me, LORD, the way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end. Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart. Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them. Turn my heart towards your statutes, not towards selfish gain. Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways. Fulfil your promise to your servant, that you may be feared. Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good. Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness. VAV Let your loving kindness also come to me, LORD, your salvation, according to your word. So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word. Don’t snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, for I put my hope in your ordinances. So I will obey your law continually, forever and ever. I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts. I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed. I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them. I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes. ZAYIN Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope. This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me. The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don’t swerve from your law. I remember your ordinances of old, LORD, and have comforted myself. Indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked who forsake your law. Your statutes have been my songs in the house where I live. I have remembered your name, LORD, in the night, and I obey your law. This is my way, that I keep your precepts. HETH The LORD is my portion. I promised to obey your words. I sought your favour with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word. I considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes. I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments. The ropes of the wicked bind me, but I won’t forget your law. At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances. I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts. The earth is full of your loving kindness, LORD. Teach me your statutes. TETH You have treated your servant well, according to your word, LORD. Teach me good judgement and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments. Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word. You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes. The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts. Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law. It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes. The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. YODH Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments. Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word. LORD, I know that your judgements are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me. Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant. Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight. Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts. Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes. Let my heart be blameless towards your decrees, that I may not be disappointed. KAPF My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word. My eyes fail for your word. I say, “When will you comfort me?” For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes. How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgement on those who persecute me? The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law. All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me! They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn’t forsake your precepts. Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth. LAMEDH LORD, your word is settled in heaven forever. Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains. Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you. Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me. I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts. The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes. I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless. MEM How I love your law! It is my meditation all day. Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts. I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word. I have not turned away from your ordinances, for you have taught me. How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth! Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. NUN Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path. I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances. I am afflicted very much. Revive me, LORD, according to your word. Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. LORD, teach me your ordinances. My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won’t forget your law. The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts. I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart. I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end. SAMEKH I hate double-minded men, but I love your law. You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word. Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God. Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope. Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually. You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain. You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies. My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgements. AYIN I have done what is just and righteous. Don’t leave me to my oppressors. Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me. My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word. Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes. I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies. It is time to act, LORD, for they break your law. Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold. Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way. PE Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them. The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple. I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments. Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name. Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me. Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts. Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes. Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your law. TZADHE You are righteous, LORD. Your judgements are upright. You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy. My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words. Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them. I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts. Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth. Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight. Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. QOPH I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, LORD! I will keep your statutes. I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes. I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words. My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on your word. Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, LORD, according to your ordinances. They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law. You are near, LORD. All your commandments are truth. Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever. RESH Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your law. Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise. Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don’t seek your statutes. Great are your tender mercies, LORD. Revive me according to your ordinances. Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies. I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don’t observe your word. Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, LORD, according to your loving kindness. All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. SIN AND SHIN Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words. I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder. I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law. Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances. Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble. I have hoped for your salvation, LORD. I have done your commandments. My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly. I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you. TAV Let my cry come before you, LORD. Give me understanding according to your word. Let my supplication come before you. Deliver me according to your word. Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes. Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are righteousness. Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts. I have longed for your salvation, LORD. Your law is my delight. Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me. I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.

Worship Lyrics

ALEPH Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the LORDs law
Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart
Yes, they do nothing wrong
They walk in his ways
You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them
Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes
Then I wouldnt be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments
I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgements
I will observe your statutes
Dont utterly forsake me
BETH How can a young man keep his way pure
By living according to your word
With my whole heart I have sought you
Dont let me wander from your commandments
I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you
Blessed are you, LORD
Teach me your statutes
With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth
I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches
I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways
I will delight myself in your statutes
I will not forget your word
GIMEL Do good to your servant
I will live and I will obey your word
Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law
I am a stranger on the earth
Dont hide your commandments from me
My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times
You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments
Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes
Though princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate on your statutes
Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counsellors
DALETH My soul is laid low in the dust
Revive me according to your word
I declared my ways, and you answered me
Teach me your statutes
Let me understand the teaching of your precepts
Then I will meditate on your wondrous works
My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word
Keep me from the way of deceit
Grant me your law graciously
I have chosen the way of truth
I have set your ordinances before me
I cling to your statutes, LORD
Dont let me be disappointed
I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free
HE Teach me, LORD, the way of your statutes
I will keep them to the end
Give me understanding, and I will keep your law
Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart
Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them
Turn my heart towards your statutes, not towards selfish gain
Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things
Revive me in your ways
Fulfil your promise to your servant, that you may be feared
Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good
Behold, I long for your precepts
Revive me in your righteousness
VAV Let your loving kindness also come to me, LORD, your salvation, according to your word
So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word
Dont snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, for I put my hope in your ordinances
So I will obey your law continually, forever and ever
I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts
I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed
I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them
I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love
I will meditate on your statutes
ZAYIN Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope
This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me
The arrogant mock me excessively, but I dont swerve from your law
I remember your ordinances of old, LORD, and have comforted myself
Indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked who forsake your law
Your statutes have been my songs in the house where I live
I have remembered your name, LORD, in the night, and I obey your law
This is my way, that I keep your precepts
HETH The LORD is my portion
I promised to obey your words
I sought your favour with my whole heart
Be merciful to me according to your word
I considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes
I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments
The ropes of the wicked bind me, but I wont forget your law
At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances
I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts
The earth is full of your loving kindness, LORD
Teach me your statutes
TETH You have treated your servant well, according to your word, LORD
Teach me good judgement and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments
Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word
You are good, and do good
Teach me your statutes
The proud have smeared a lie upon me
With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts
Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law
It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes
The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver
YODH Your hands have made me and formed me
Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments
Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word
LORD, I know that your judgements are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me
Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant
Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight
Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully
I will meditate on your precepts
Let those who fear you turn to me
They will know your statutes
Let my heart be blameless towards your decrees, that I may not be disappointed
KAPF My soul faints for your salvation
I hope in your word
My eyes fail for your word
I say, When will you comfort me
For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke
I dont forget your statutes
How many are the days of your servant
When will you execute judgement on those who persecute me
The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law
All of your commandments are faithful
They persecute me wrongfully
Help me
They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didnt forsake your precepts
Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth
LAMEDH LORD, your word is settled in heaven forever
Your faithfulness is to all generations
You have established the earth, and it remains
Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you
Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction
I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me
I am yours
Save me, for I have sought your precepts
The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me
I will consider your statutes
I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless
MEM How I love your law
It is my meditation all day
Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me
I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation
I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts
I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word
I have not turned away from your ordinances, for you have taught me
How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth
Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way
NUN Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path
I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances
I am afflicted very much
Revive me, LORD, according to your word
Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth
LORD, teach me your ordinances
My soul is continually in my hand, yet I wont forget your law
The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I havent gone astray from your precepts
I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart
I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end
SAMEKH I hate double-minded men, but I love your law
You are my hiding place and my shield
I hope in your word
Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God
Uphold me according to your word, that I may live
Let me not be ashamed of my hope
Hold me up
And I will be safe
And
Will have respect for your statutes continually
You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain
You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross
Therefore I love your testimonies
My flesh trembles for fear of you
I am afraid of your judgements
AYIN I have done what is just and righteous
Dont leave me to my oppressors
Ensure your servants well-being
Dont let the proud oppress me
My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word
Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness
Teach me your statutes
I am your servant
Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies
It is time to act, LORD, for they break your law
Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold
Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right
I hate every false way
PE Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them
The entrance of your words gives light
It gives understanding to the simple
I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments
Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name
Establish my footsteps in your word
Dont let any iniquity have dominion over me
Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts
Make your face shine on your servant
Teach me your statutes
Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they dont observe your law
TZADHE You are righteous, LORD
Your judgements are upright
You have commanded your statutes in righteousness
They are fully trustworthy
My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words
Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them
I am small and despised
I dont forget your precepts
Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness
Your law is truth
Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me
Your commandments are my delight
Your testimonies are righteous forever
Give me understanding, that I may live
QOPH I have called with my whole heart
Answer me, LORD
I will keep your statutes
I have called to you
Save me
I will obey your statutes
I rise before dawn and cry for help
I put my hope in your words
My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on your word
Hear my voice according to your loving kindness
Revive me, LORD, according to your ordinances
They draw near who follow after wickedness
They are far from your law
You are near, LORD
All your commandments are truth
Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever
RESH Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I dont forget your law
Plead my cause, and redeem me
Revive me according to your promise
Salvation is far from the wicked, for they dont seek your statutes
Great are your tender mercies, LORD
Revive me according to your ordinances
Many are my persecutors and my adversaries
I havent swerved from your testimonies
I look at the faithless with loathing, because they dont observe your word
Consider how I love your precepts
Revive me, LORD, according to your loving kindness
All of your words are truth
Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever
SIN AND SHIN Princes have persecuted me without a cause
But my heart stands in awe of your words
I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder
I hate and abhor falsehood
I love your law
Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances
Those who love your law have great peace
Nothing causes them to stumble
I have hoped for your salvation, LORD
I have done your commandments
My soul has observed your testimonies
I love them exceedingly
I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you
TAV Let my cry come before you, LORD
Give me understanding according to your word
Let my supplication come before you
Deliver me according to your word
Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes
Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are righteousness
Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts
I have longed for your salvation, LORD
Your law is my delight
Let my soul live, that I may praise you
Let your ordinances help me
I have gone astray like a lost sheep
Seek your servant, for I dont forget your commandments

About This Psalm

Psalm 119 is a praise psalm that speaks to the heart of worship and devotion. This ancient song continues to inspire modern believers in their faith journey.

Key Themes: praise, deliverance, trust, righteousness, mercy, kingship, conflict

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