Psalms 119: 65 - 120
TET |
65You have treated your servant well, |
according to your word, LORD. |
66Teach me good judgement and knowledge, |
for I believe in your commandments. |
67Before I was afflicted, I went astray; |
but now I observe your word. |
68You are good, and do good. |
Teach me your statutes. |
69The proud have smeared a lie upon me. |
With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts. |
70Their heart is as callous as the fat, |
but I delight in your law. |
71It is good for me that I have been afflicted, |
that I may learn your statutes. |
72The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. |
YUD |
73Your hands have made me and formed me. |
Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments. |
74Those who fear you will see me and be glad, |
because I have put my hope in your word. |
75LORD, I know that your judgements are righteous, |
that in faithfulness you have afflicted me. |
76Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, |
according to your word to your servant. |
77Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; |
for your law is my delight. |
78Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. |
I will meditate on your precepts. |
79Let those who fear you turn to me. |
They will know your statutes. |
80Let my heart be blameless towards your decrees, |
that I may not be disappointed. |
KAF |
81My soul faints for your salvation. |
I hope in your word. |
82My eyes fail for your word. |
I say, “When will you comfort me?” |
83For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. |
I don’t forget your statutes. |
84How many are the days of your servant? |
When will you execute judgement on those who persecute me? |
85The proud have dug pits for me, |
contrary to your law. |
86All of your commandments are faithful. |
They persecute me wrongfully. |
Help me! |
87They had almost wiped me from the earth, |
but I didn’t forsake your precepts. |
88Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, |
so I will obey the statutes of your mouth. |
LAMED |
89LORD, your word is settled in heaven forever. |
90Your faithfulness is to all generations. |
You have established the earth, and it remains. |
91Your laws remain to this day, |
for all things serve you. |
92Unless your law had been my delight, |
I would have perished in my affliction. |
93I will never forget your precepts, |
for with them, you have revived me. |
94I am yours. |
Save me, for I have sought your precepts. |
95The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. |
I will consider your statutes. |
96I have seen a limit to all perfection, |
but your commands are boundless. |
MEM |
97How I love your law! |
It is my meditation all day. |
98Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, |
for your commandments are always with me. |
99I have more understanding than all my teachers, |
for your testimonies are my meditation. |
100I understand more than the aged, |
because I have kept your precepts. |
101I have kept my feet from every evil way, |
that I might observe your word. |
102I have not turned away from your ordinances, |
for you have taught me. |
103How sweet are your promises to my taste, |
more than honey to my mouth! |
104Through your precepts, I get understanding; |
therefore I hate every false way. |
NUN |
105Your word is a lamp to my feet, |
and a light for my path. |
106I have sworn, and have confirmed it, |
that I will obey your righteous ordinances. |
107I am afflicted very much. |
Revive me, LORD, according to your word. |
108Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. |
LORD, teach me your ordinances. |
109My soul is continually in my hand, |
yet I won’t forget your law. |
110The wicked have laid a snare for me, |
yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts. |
111I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, |
for they are the joy of my heart. |
112I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, |
even to the end. |
SAMEKH |
113I hate double-minded men, |
but I love your law. |
114You are my hiding place and my shield. |
I hope in your word. |
115Depart from me, you evildoers, |
that I may keep the commandments of my God. |
116Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. |
Let me not be ashamed of my hope. |
117Hold me up, and I will be safe, |
and will have respect for your statutes continually. |
118You reject all those who stray from your statutes, |
for their deceit is in vain. |
119You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. |
Therefore I love your testimonies. |
120My flesh trembles for fear of you. |
I am afraid of your judgements. |
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