en_cjb - Psa 119 - Ozzuu Bible

¹ How happy are those whose way of life is blameless, who live by the Torah of ADONAI!

² How happy are those who observe his instruction, who seek him wholeheartedly!

³ They do nothing wrong but live by his ways.

⁴ You laid down your precepts for us to observe with care.

⁵ May my ways be steady in observing your laws.

⁶ Then I will not be put to shame, since I will have fixed my sight on all your mitzvot.

⁷ I thank you with a sincere heart as I learn your righteous rulings.

⁸ I will observe your laws; don’t completely abandon me!

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

¹⁰ I seek you with all my heart; don’t let me stray from your mitzvot.

¹¹ I treasure your word in my heart, so that I won’t sin against you.

¹² Blessed are you, ADONAI! Teach me your laws.

¹³ I proclaim with my mouth all the rulings you have spoken.

¹⁴ I rejoice in the way of your instruction more than in any kind of wealth.

¹⁵ I will meditate on your precepts and keep my eyes on your ways.

¹⁶ I will find my delight in your regulations. I will not forget your word.

¹⁷ Deal generously with your servant; then I will live and observe your word.

¹⁸ Open my eyes, so that I will see wonders from your Torah.

¹⁹ Though I’m just a wanderer on the earth, don’t hide your mitzvot from me.

²⁰ I am continually consumed with longing for your rulings.

²¹ You rebuke the proud, the cursed, who stray from your mitzvot.

²² Remove scorn and contempt from me, because I observe your instruction.

²³ Even when princes sit and plot against me, your servant meditates on your laws.

²⁴ Also your instructions are my delight; they are my counselors.

²⁵ I lie prostrate in the dust; revive me, in keeping with your word.

²⁶ I told you of my ways, and you answered me; teach me your laws.

²⁷ Make me understand the way of your precepts, and I will meditate on your wonders.

²⁸ I am melting away from anxiety and grief; renew my strength, in keeping with your word.

²⁹ Keep deceitful ways far from me, and favor me with your Torah.

³⁰ I choose the way of trust; I set your rulings [before me].

³¹ I cling to your instruction; ADONAI, don’t let me be put to shame!

³² I will run the way of your mitzvot, for you have broadened my understanding.

³³ Teach me, ADONAI, the way of your laws; keeping them will be its own reward for me.

³⁴ Give me understanding; then I will keep your Torah; I will observe it with all my heart.

³⁵ Guide me on the path of your mitzvot, for I take pleasure in it.

³⁶ Bend my heart toward your instructions and not toward selfish gain.

³⁷ Turn my eyes away from worthless things; with your ways, give me life.

³⁸ Fulfill your promise, which you made to your servant, which you made to those who fear you.

³⁹ Avert the disgrace which I dread, for your rulings are good.

⁴⁰ See how I long for your precepts; in your righteousness, give me life!

⁴¹ May your grace come to me, ADONAI, your salvation, as you promised;

⁴² then I will have an answer for those who taunt me; for I trust in your word.

⁴³ Don’t take away completely my power to speak the truth; for I put my hope in your rulings;

⁴⁴ and I will keep your Torah always, forever and ever.

⁴⁵ I will go wherever I like, for I have sought your precepts.

⁴⁶ I will speak of your instructions even to kings without being ashamed.

⁴⁷ I will delight myself in your mitzvot, which I have loved.

⁴⁸ I will lift my hands to your mitzvot, which I love; and I will meditate on your laws.

⁴⁹ Remember your promise to your servant, through which you have given me hope.

⁵⁰ In my distress my comfort is this: that your promise gives me life.

⁵¹ Though the arrogant scorn me completely, I have not turned away from your Torah.

⁵² ADONAI, I keep in mind your age-old rulings; in them I take comfort.

⁵³ Fury seizes me when I think of the wicked, because they abandon your Torah.

⁵⁴ Your laws have become my songs wherever I make my home.

⁵⁵ I remember your name, ADONAI, at night; and I observe your Torah.

⁵⁶ This [comfort] has come to me, because I observe your precepts.

⁵⁷ ADONAI, I say that my task is to observe your words.

⁵⁸ I beg your favor with my whole heart; show pity to me, in keeping with your promise.

⁵⁹ I thought about my ways and turned my feet toward your instruction.

⁶⁰ I hurry, I don’t delay, to observe your mitzvot.

⁶¹ Even when the cords of the wicked close around me, I don’t forget your Torah.

⁶² At midnight I rise to give you thanks because of your righteous rulings.

⁶³ I am a friend of all who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.

⁶⁴ The earth, ADONAI, is full of your grace; teach me your laws.

⁶⁵ You have treated your servant well, ADONAI, in keeping with your word.

⁶⁶ Teach me good judgment and knowledge, because I trust in your mitzvot.

⁶⁷ Before I was humbled, I used to go astray; but now I observe your word.

⁶⁸ You are good, and you do good; teach me your laws.

⁶⁹ The arrogant are slandering me, but I will wholeheartedly keep your precepts.

⁷⁰ Their hearts are as thick as fat, but I take delight in your Torah.

⁷¹ It is for my good that I have been humbled; it was so that I would learn your laws.

⁷² The Torah you have spoken means more to me than a fortune in gold and silver.

⁷³ Your hands made and formed me; give me understanding, so I can learn your mitzvot.

⁷⁴ Those who fear you rejoice at the sight of me, because I put my hope in your word.

⁷⁵ I know, ADONAI, that your rulings are righteous, that even when you humble me you are faithful.

⁷⁶ Let your grace comfort me, in keeping with your promise to your servant.

⁷⁷ Show me pity, and I will live, for your Torah is my delight.

⁷⁸ Let the proud be ashamed, because they wrong me with lies; as for me, I will meditate on your precepts.

⁷⁹ Let those who fear you turn to me, along with those who know your instruction.

⁸⁰ Let my heart be pure in your laws, so that I won’t be put to shame.

⁸¹ I am dying to know your salvation; my hope is in your word.

⁸² My eyes fail from watching for your promise; I ask, “When will you comfort me?”

⁸³ For I have shriveled like a wineskin in a smoky room; still, I don’t forget your laws.

⁸⁴ How long can your servant stay alive? When will you bring judgment on my persecutors?

⁸⁵ The arrogant have dug pits for me to fall in; this is not in keeping with your Torah!

⁸⁶ All your mitzvot [show your] faithfulness; they are hounding me with lies; help me!

⁸⁷ They have nearly ended my life on earth, but I have not abandoned your precepts.

⁸⁸ In keeping with your grace, revive me; and I will observe your spoken instructions.

⁸⁹ Your word continues forever, ADONAI, firmly fixed in heaven;

⁹⁰ your faithfulness through all generations; you established the earth, and it stands.

⁹¹ Yes, it stands today, in keeping with your rulings; for all things are your servants.

⁹² If your Torah had not been my delight, I would have perished in my distress.

⁹³ I will never forget your precepts, for with them you have made me alive.

⁹⁴ I am yours; save me because I seek your precepts.

⁹⁵ The wicked hope to destroy me, but I focus on your instruction.

⁹⁶ I see the limits of all perfection, but your mitzvah has no bounds.

⁹⁷ How I love your Torah! I meditate on it all day.

⁹⁸ I am wiser than my foes, because your mitzvot are mine forever.

⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers, because I meditate on your instruction.

¹⁰⁰ I understand more than my elders, because I keep your precepts.

¹⁰¹ I keep my feet from every evil way, in order to observe your word.

¹⁰² I don’t turn away from your rulings, because you have instructed me.

¹⁰³ How sweet to my tongue is your promise, truly sweeter than honey in my mouth!

¹⁰⁴ From your precepts I gain understanding; this is why I hate every false way.

¹⁰⁵ Your word is a lamp for my foot and light on my path.

¹⁰⁶ I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, that I will observe your righteous rulings.

¹⁰⁷ I am very much distressed; ADONAI, give me life, in keeping with your word.

¹⁰⁸ Please accept my mouth’s voluntary offerings, ADONAI; and teach me your rulings.

¹⁰⁹ I am continually taking my life in my hands, yet I haven’t forgotten your Torah.

¹¹⁰ The wicked have set a trap for me, yet I haven’t strayed from your precepts.

¹¹¹ I take your instruction as a permanent heritage, because it is the joy of my heart.

¹¹² I have resolved to obey your laws forever, at every step.

¹¹³ I hate doubleminded people, but I love your Torah.

¹¹⁴ You are my hiding-place and shield; I put my hope in your word.

¹¹⁵ Leave me alone, you evildoers, so that I can keep my God’s mitzvot.

¹¹⁶ Uphold me, as you promised; and I will live; don’t disappoint me in my hope.

¹¹⁷ Support me; and I will be saved, always putting my attention on your laws.

¹¹⁸ You reject all who stray from your laws, for what they deceive themselves with is false.

¹¹⁹ You discard the wicked of the earth like slag; this is why I love your instruction.

¹²⁰ My body trembles for fear of you; your rulings make me afraid.

¹²¹ I have done what is just and right; don’t abandon me to my oppressors.

¹²² Guarantee your servant’s well-being; don’t let the arrogant oppress me.

¹²³ My eyes fail from watching for your salvation and for [the fulfillment of] your righteous promise.

¹²⁴ Deal with your servant in accordance with your grace, and teach me your laws.

¹²⁵ I am your servant; give me understanding, so that I can know your instruction.

¹²⁶ The time has come for ADONAI to act, because they are breaking your Torah.

¹²⁷ Therefore I love your mitzvot more than gold, more than fine gold.

¹²⁸ Thus I direct my steps by [your] precepts; every false way I hate.

¹²⁹ Your instruction is a wonder; this is why I follow it.

¹³⁰ Your words are a doorway that lets in light, giving understanding to the thoughtless.

¹³¹ My mouth is wide open, as I pant with longing for your mitzvot.

¹³² Turn to me, and show me your favor; in keeping with [your] judgment for those who love your name.

¹³³ Guide my footsteps by your word; don’t let any kind of sin rule me.

¹³⁴ Redeem me from human oppression, and I will observe your precepts.

¹³⁵ Make your face shine on your servant, and teach me your laws.

¹³⁶ Rivers of tears flow down from my eyes, because they don’t observe your Torah.

¹³⁷ You are righteous, ADONAI; and your rulings are upright.

¹³⁸ You have commanded your instructions in righteousness and great faithfulness.

¹³⁹ My zeal is destroying me, because my foes have forgotten your words.

¹⁴⁰ Your word is refined to complete purity, and your servant loves it.

¹⁴¹ I may be small and despised, but I do not forget your precepts.

¹⁴² Your righteousness is eternal righteousness, and your Torah is truth.

¹⁴³ Trouble and distress have overtaken me, but your mitzvot are my delight.

¹⁴⁴ Your instruction is righteous forever; give me understanding, and I will live.

¹⁴⁵ Wholeheartedly I am calling on you; answer me, ADONAI; I will keep your laws.

¹⁴⁶ I am calling on you; save me; and I will observe your instruction.

¹⁴⁷ I rise before dawn and cry for help; I put my hope in your word.

¹⁴⁸ My eyes are open before the night watches, so that I can meditate on your promise.

¹⁴⁹ In your grace, hear my voice; ADONAI, in keeping with your justice, revive me.

¹⁵⁰ The pursuers of carnality are getting close; they are distancing themselves from your Torah.

¹⁵¹ You are close by, ADONAI; and all your mitzvot are truth.

¹⁵² Long ago I learned from your instruction that you established it forever.

¹⁵³ Look at my distress, and rescue me, for I do not forget your Torah.

¹⁵⁴ Plead my cause, and redeem me; in keeping with your promise, revive me.

¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far away from the wicked, because they don’t seek your laws.

¹⁵⁶ Great is your compassion, ADONAI; in keeping with your rulings, revive me.

¹⁵⁷ Although my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned away from your instruction.

¹⁵⁸ I look at traitors with disgust, because they don’t keep your word.

¹⁵⁹ See how I love your precepts, ADONAI; in keeping with your grace, revive me.

¹⁶⁰ The main thing about your word is that it’s true; and all your just rulings last forever.

¹⁶¹ Princes persecute me for no reason, but my heart stands in awe of your words.

¹⁶² I take joy in your promise, like someone who finds much booty.

¹⁶³ I hate falsehood, I detest it; but I love your Torah.

¹⁶⁴ I praise you seven times a day because of your righteous rulings.

¹⁶⁵ Those who love your Torah have great peace; nothing makes them stumble.

¹⁶⁶ I hope for your deliverance, ADONAI; I obey your mitzvot.

¹⁶⁷ My soul observes your instruction, and I love it so much!

¹⁶⁸ I observe your precepts and instruction, for all my ways lie open before you.

¹⁶⁹ Let my cry come before you, ADONAI; in keeping with your word, give me understanding.

¹⁷⁰ Let my prayer come before you; in keeping with your promise, rescue me.

¹⁷¹ Let my lips speak praise, because you teach me your laws.

¹⁷² Let my tongue sing of your promise, because all your mitzvot are righteous.

¹⁷³ Let your hand be ready to help me, because I choose your precepts.

¹⁷⁴ I long for your deliverance, ADONAI; and your Torah is my delight.

¹⁷⁵ Let me live, and I will praise you; let your rulings help me.

¹⁷⁶ I strayed like a lost sheep; seek out your servant; for I do not forget your mitzvot.