Psalms 119 — Novel English Bible

1 Ashar (who/that) are those whose darak (ways) are blameless, who halak (move) according to Yahawah () thawarah (instruction).

2 Ashar (who/that) are those who natzar (keep) his idah (statutes), who darash (seek) him with their whole lab (heart).

3 Yes, they pail (do) nothing wrong. They halak (move) in his darak (ways).

4 You have tzawah (commanded) your paqawad (precepts), that we should fully obey them.

5 Oh that my darak (ways) were steadfast to obey your chaq (statute)!

6 Then I wouldn't be disappointed, when I nabat (consider) all of your matzawah (commandments).

7 I will give yadah (thanks) to you with yashar (upright) of labab (heart), when I lamad (teach / instruct) your tzadaq (righteous / just / fair) mashapatay (judgments).

8 I will shamar (keep/guard) your chaq (statute). Don't maad (utterly) izab (forsake) me.

9 How can a nair (young) man keep his arach (way) zakah (pure)? By living according to your dabar (word / matter).

10 With my whole lab (heart), I have darash (sought) you. Don't shagah (let) me wander from your matzawah (commandments).

11 I have tzapan (hidden) your amarah (sayings) in my lab (heart), that I might not chataa (sin) against you.

12 Barak (blessed) are you, Yahawah (). Lamad (teach / instruct) me your chaq (statute).

13 With my shapah (lips), I have sapar (book) all the mashapatay (ordinances) of your pah (mouth).

14 I have shawash (rejoiced) in the darak (way) of your idawath (testimonies), as much as in all riches.

15 I will shayach (meditate) on your paqawad (precepts), and nabat (consider) your arach (ways).

16 I will shaii (delight) myself in your chaqah (statutes). I will not shakach (forget) your dabar (word / matter).

17 Gamal (do) good to your ibad (servant). I will chayah (live) and I will obey your dabar (word / matter).

18 Galah (open) my iyan (eye), that I may nabat (see) palaa (be wonderful / extraordinary / marvelous) things out of your thawarah (Torah / Instruction).

19 I am a gar (sojourner / stranger / foreigner) on the aratz (Earth/land). Don't sathar (hide) your matzawah (commandments) from me.

20 My napash (soul) is consumed with thaabah (longing) for your mashapat (ordinances) at all ith (times).

21 You have gair (rebuked) the zad (proud) who are arar (cursed), who shagah (wander) from your matzawah (commandments).

22 Take charapah (reproach) and bawaz (contempt) away from me, for I have natzar (kept) your idah (statutes).

23 Though sharayam (princes) yashab (inhabit/dwell) and slander me, your ibad (servant) will shayach (meditate) on your chaq (statute).

24 Indeed your idah (statutes) are my shaishai (delight), and my counselors.

25 My napash (soul) is laid low in the ipar (dust). Chayah (revive) me according to your dabar (word / matter)!

26 I sapar (book) my darak (ways), and you inah (answer / respond) me. Lamad (teach / instruct) me your chaq (statute).

27 Let me bayan (between) the teaching of your paqawad (precepts)! Then I will shayach (meditate) on your wondrous palaa (be wonderful / extraordinary / marvelous).

28 My napash (soul) is weary with thawagah (sorrow): qawam (rise up) me according to your dabar (word / matter).

29 Keep me from the darak (way) of shaqar (deceit). Grant me your thawarah (Torah / Instruction) graciously!

30 I have bachar (chosen) the darak (way) of amawanah (truth). I have set your mashapat (ordinances) before me.

31 I cling to your idawath (statutes), Yahawah (). Don't let me be disappointed.

32 I rawatz (run) in the darak (path) of your matzawah (commandments), for you have set my lab (heart) free.

33 Yarah (teach) me, Yahawah (), the darak (way) of your chaq (statute). I will natzar (keep) them to the iqab (award / effect after the cause).

34 Give me bayan (between), and I will natzar (keep) your thawarah (Torah / Instruction). Yes, I will obey it with my whole lab (heart).

35 Direct me in the nathayab (path) of your matzawah (commandments), for I chapatz (delight) in them.

36 Natah (turn) my lab (heart) toward your idawath (statutes), not toward selfish batzai (gain).

37 Turn my iyan (eye) ibar (pass over/through) from raah (see / saw) at worthless things. Chayah (revive) me in your darak (ways).

38 Fulfill your promise to your ibad (servant), that you may be yaraah (feared).

39 Ibar (pass over/through) away my disgrace that I dread, for your mashapat (ordinances) are tawab (good / proper function).

40 Behold, I thaab (long) for your paqawad (precepts)! Chayah (revive) me in your tzadaqah (righteousness).

41 Let your loving chasad (grace) also bawaa (come) to me, Yahawah (), your thashawaih (deliverance), according to your amarah (sayings).

42 So I will have an inah (answer / respond) for him who reproaches me, for I batach (trust) in your dabar (word / matter).

43 Don't snatch the dabar (word / matter) of amath (truth) out of my pah (mouth), for I put my yachal (hope) in your mashapat (ordinances).

44 So I will obey your thawarah (Torah / Instruction) continually, iwalam (eternity) and id (until / as far as).

45 I will halak (move) in rachab (liberty), for I have darash (sought) your paqawad (precepts).

46 I will also dabar (word / matter) of your idah (statutes) before malakayam (kings), and will not be disappointed.

47 I will shaii (delight) myself in your matzawah (commandments), because I ahab (love) them.

48 I reach out my kap (hands) for your matzawah (commandments), which I ahab (love). I will shayach (meditate) on your chaq (statute).

49 Zakar (remember) your dabar (word / matter) to your ibad (servant), because you gave me yachal (hope).

50 This is my nachamah (comfort) in my inay (affliction), for your amarah (sayings) has chayah (revived) me.

51 The arrogant lawatz (mock) me excessively, but I don't swerve from your thawarah (Torah / Instruction).

52 I zakar (remember) your mashapat (ordinances) of iwalam (forever), Yahawah (), and have nacham (turn away / repent) myself.

53 Indignation achaz (has) taken hold on me, because of the rashai (wicked) who izab (forsake) your thawarah (Torah / Instruction).

54 Your chaq (statute) have been my zamarawath (songs), in the bayath (house) magawar (where) I live.

55 I have zakar (remember) your sham (name), Yahawah (), in the layal (night), and I obey your thawarah (instruction).

56 This is my way, that I natzar (keep) your paqawad (precepts).

57 Yahawah () is my chalaq (portion). I amar (spoke) to obey your dabar (word / matter).

58 I sought your favor with my whole lab (heart). Be chanan (showing favor) to me according to your amarah (sayings).

59 I chashab (considered) my darak (ways), and shawab (turn) my steps to your idah (statutes).

60 I will hurry, and not mahah (delay), to obey your matzawah (commandments).

61 The chabalay (ropes) of the rashai (wicked) bind me, but I won't shakach (forget) your thawarah (Torah / Instruction).

62 At chatzawath (midnight) I will qawam (rise up) to give yadah (thanks) to you, because of your tzadaq (righteous / just / fair) mashapatay (ordinances).

63 I am a friend of all those who yaraa (fear / be afraid) you, of those who shamar (keep/guard) your paqawad (precepts).

64 The aratz (Earth/land) is malaa (full) of your loving chasad (grace), Yahawah (). Lamad (teach / instruct) me your chaq (statute).

65 Ishah (make) tawab (good / proper function) to your ibad (servant), according to your dabar (word / matter), Yahawah ().

66 Lamad (teach / instruct) me tawab (good / proper function) taim (judgment) and daith (knowledge), for I aman (believe / have faith) in your matzawah (commandments).

67 Before I was inah (answer / respond), I shagag (went) astray; but now I shamar (keep/guard) your amarah (sayings).

68 You are tawab (good / proper function), and do tawab (good / proper function). Lamad (teach / instruct) me your chaq (statute).

69 The zad (proud) have smeared a shaqar (lie) upon me. With my whole lab (heart), I will natzar (keep) your paqawad (precepts).

70 Their lab (heart) is as callous as the tapash (fat), but I shaii (delight) in your thawarah (Torah / Instruction).

71 It is tawab (good / proper function) for me that I have been inah (answer / respond), that I may lamad (teach / instruct) your chaq (statute).

72 The thawarah (Torah / Instruction) of your pah (mouth) is tawab (good / proper function) to me than alapay (thousands) of pieces of zahab (gold) and kasap (silver).

73 Your yad (hand) ishah (make) made me and formed me. Give me bayan (between), that I may lamad (teach / instruct) your matzawah (commandments).

74 Those who yaraa (fear) you will raah (see / saw) me and be shamach (glad), because I yachal (have) put my hope in your dabar (word / matter).

75 Yahawah (), I yadai (know) that your mashapat (judgments) are tzadaq (righteous / just / fair), that in amawanah (faithfulness) you have inah (oppress / afflict) me.

76 Please let your loving chasad (grace) be for my nacham (turn away / repent), according to your amarah (sayings) to your ibad (servant).

77 Let your tender racham (show mercy / love) bawaa (bring) to me, that I may chayah (live); for your thawarah (Torah / Instruction) is my shaishai (delight).

78 Let the zad (proud) be disappointed, for they have overthrown me shaqar (wrongfully). I will shayach (meditate) on your paqawad (precepts).

79 Let those who yaraa (fear) you shawab (turn) to me. They yadai (will) know your idah (statutes).

80 Let my lab (heart) be blameless toward your chaq (statute), that I may not be disappointed.

81 My napash (soul) kalah (complete / finish) for your thashawaih (deliverance). I yachal (hope) in your dabar (word / matter).

82 My iyan (eye) kalah (complete / finish) for your amarah (sayings). I amar (said), “When will you nacham (turn away / repent) me?”

83 For I have become like a wineskin in the qayatawar (smoke). I don't shakach (forget) your chaq (statute).

84 How many are the yamay (days) of your ibad (servant)? When will you ishah (make) mashapat (judgment) on those who radap (persecute) me?

85 The zad (proud) have karah (dug) shayachawath (pits) for me, contrary to your thawarah (Torah / Instruction).

86 All of your matzawah (commandments) are amawanah (faithful). They radap (persecute) me shaqar (wrongfully). Izar (help) me!

87 They had mait (almost) wiped me from the aratz (Earth/land), but I didn't izab (forsake) your paqawad (precepts).

88 Preserve my chayah (life) according to your loving chasad (grace), so I will obey the idawath (statutes) of your pah (mouth).

89 Yahawah (), your dabar (word / matter) is natzab (settled) in shamayam (Shamayam / Heavens) iwalam (forever).

90 Your amawanah (faithfulness) is to all dawar (generation / age / period). You have kawan (established) the aratz (Earth/land), and it imad (remains).

91 Your mashapat (laws) imad (remain) to this yawam (day), for all things ibad (servant) you.

92 Lawalaa (unless) your thawarah (Torah / Instruction) had been my shaishai (delight), I would abad (destroy / perish) perished in my inay (affliction).

93 I will iwalam (eternity) shakach (forget) your paqawad (precepts), for with them, you have chayah (revived) me.

94 I am yours. Yashai (salvation) me, for I have darash (sought) your paqawad (precepts).

95 The rashai (wicked) have qawah (gather/wait) for me, to abad (destroy / perish) me. I will bayan (between) your idah (statutes).

96 I raah (see / saw) seen a limit to all thakalah (perfection), but your commands are boundless.

97 How I love your thawarah (Torah / Instruction)! It is my shayachah (meditation) all yawam (day).

98 Your matzawah (commandments) chakam (make) me wiser than my ayab (enemy), for your commandments are iwalam (eternity) with me.

99 I have more shakal (understanding) than all my teachers, for your idawath (testimonies) are my shayachah (meditation).

100 I bayan (between) more than the zaqan (aged), because I have natzar (kept) your paqawad (precepts).

101 I have kalaa (kept) my ragal (feet / foot) from every rai (evil) arach (way), that I might shamar (keep/guard) your dabar (word / matter).

102 I have not sawar (turned) aside from your mashapat (ordinances), for you have yarah (taught) me.

103 How malatz (sweet) are your promises to my chak (taste), more than dabash (honey) to my pah (mouth)!

104 Through your paqawad (precepts), I get bayan (between); therefore I shanaa (hate) every shaqar (false) arach (way).

105 Your dabar (word / matter) is a nayar (lamp) to my ragal (feet / foot), and a awar (light) for my nathayab (path).

106 I have shabai (swear / take oath), and have qawam (rise up) it, that I will obey your tzadaq (righteous / just / fair) mashapatay (ordinances).

107 I am inah (oppress / afflict) very much. Chayah (revive) me, Yahawah (), according to your dabar (word / matter).

108 Ratzah (accept), I beg you, the willing nadabawath (offerings) of my pah (mouth). Yahawah (), lamad (teach / instruct) me your mashapat (ordinances).

109 My napash (soul) is continually in my kap (hand), yet I won't shakach (forget) your thawarah (Torah / Instruction).

110 The rashai (wicked) nathan (give) laid a pach (snare / trap) for me, yet I haven't thaih (gone) astray from your paqawad (precepts).

111 I have taken your idawath (testimonies) as a nachal (heritage) iwalam (eternity), for they are the shashawan (joy) of my lab (heart).

112 I have set my lab (heart) to ishah (make) your chaq (statute) iwalam (eternity), even to the iqab (award / effect after the cause).

113 I shanaa (hate) double-minded men, but I ahab (love) your thawarah (Torah / Instruction).

114 You are my sathar (secret / hidden) place and my magan (shield). I yachal (hope) in your dabar (word / matter).

115 Sawar (depart) from me, you evildoers, that I may natzar (keep) the matzawath (commandments) of my Alahayam ().

116 Samak (uphold) me according to your amarah (sayings), that I may chayah (live). Let me not be bawash (ashamed) of my shabar (hope).

117 Said (hold) me up, and I will be yashai (salvation), and will shaih (have) respect for your chaq (statute) continually.

118 You reject all those who stray from your chaq (statute), for their tharamah (deceit) is in shaqar (vain).

119 You shabath (shabath / rest) away all the rashai (wicked) of the aratz (Earth/land) like sayag (dross). Therefore I ahab (love) your idah (testimonies).

120 My bashar (flesh) samar (trembles) for pachad (fear / dread) of you. I am yaraa (fear / be afraid) of your mashapat (judgments).

121 I ishah (make) done what is mashapat (just) and tzadaq (righteous / just / fair). Don't yanach (leave) me to my oppressors.

122 Ensure your ibad (servant) well-being. Don't let the zad (proud) ishaq (oppress) me.

123 My iyan (eye) kalah (complete / finish) looking for your yashawaih (salvation), for your tzadaq (righteous / just / fair) amarah (sayings).

124 Ishah (make) with your ibad (servant) according to your loving chasad (grace). Lamad (teach / instruct) me your chaq (statute).

125 I am your ibad (servant). Give me bayan (between), that I may yadai (know) your idah (testimonies).

126 It is ith (time) to act, Yahawah (), for they parar (break) your thawarah (instruction).

127 Therefore I ahab (love) your matzawah (commandments) more than zahab (gold), yes, more than pure paz (gold).

128 Therefore I consider all of your paqawaday (precepts) to be yashar (upright). I shanaa (hate) every shaqar (false) arach (way).

129 Your idawath (testimonies) are wonderful, therefore my napash (soul) natzar (keeps) them.

130 The pathach (entrance) of your dabar (word / matter) gives awar (light). It gives bayan (between) to the pathay (simple).

131 I pair (opened) my pah (mouth) wide and shaap (panted), for I yaab (longed) for your matzawah (commandments).

132 Panah (turn) to me, and have chanan (showing favor) on me, as you always do to those who ahab (love) your sham (name).

133 Kawan (establish) my paim (footsteps) in your amarah (sayings). Don't let any awan (iniquity) shalat (have) dominion over me.

134 Padah (redeem) me from the ishaq (oppression) of adam (man), so I will shamar (keep/guard) your paqawad (precepts).

135 Make your panayam (face) awar (light) on your ibad (servant). Lamad (teach / instruct) me your chaq (statute).

136 Palagay (streams) of tears yarad (run) down my iyan (eye), because they don't shamar (keep/guard) your thawarah (Torah / Instruction).

137 You are tzadayaq (righteous), Yahawah (). Your mashapat (judgments) are yashar (upright).

138 You have tzawah (commanded) your idah (statutes) in tzadaq (righteous / just / fair). They are fully trustworthy.

139 My qanaah (zeal) wears me out, because my tzar (oppressor / distressor) ignore your dabar (word / matter).

140 Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your ibad (servant) ahab (love) them.

141 I am tzaiyar (small) and bazah (despised). I don't shakach (forget) your paqawad (precepts).

142 Your tzadaqah (righteousness) is an iwalam (eternity) tzadaq (righteous / just / fair). Your thawarah (Torah / Instruction) is amath (truth).

143 Tzar (oppressor / distressor) and matzawaq (anguish) matzaa (have) taken hold of me. Your matzawah (commandments) are my shaishai (delight).

144 Your idawath (testimonies) are tzadaq (righteous / just / fair) iwalam (eternity). Give me bayan (between), that I may chayah (live).

145 I have qaraa (called) with my whole lab (heart). Inah (answer / respond) me, Yahawah ()! I will natzar (keep) your chaq (statute).

146 I have qaraa (called) to you. Yashai (salvation) me! I will obey your idah (statutes).

147 I rise qadam (before) dawn and shawai (cry) for help. I put my yachal (hope) in your dabar (word / matter).

148 My iyan (eye) stay open through the ashamarah (night) watches, that I might shayach (meditate) on your amarah (sayings).

149 Shamai (hearken / hear) my qawal (sound / voice) according to your loving chasad (grace). Chayah (revive) me, Yahawah (), according to your mashapat (ordinances).

150 They qarab (come close) near who radap (follow) after zamah (wickedness). They are rachaq (far) from your thawarah (Torah / Instruction).

151 You are qarawab (near), Yahawah (). All your matzawah (commandments) are amath (truth).

152 Of qadam (old) I yadai (have) known from your idah (testimonies), that you have founded them iwalam (eternity).

153 Raah (see / saw) my inay (affliction), and chalatz (deliver) me, for I don't shakach (forget) your thawarah (Torah / Instruction).

154 Rayab (plead) my rayab (cause), and gaal (redeem) me! Chayah (revive) me according to your promise.

155 Yashawaih (salvation) is rachawaq (far) from the rashai (wicked), for they don't darash (seek) your chaq (statute).

156 Rab (great) are your tender racham (show mercy / love), Yahawah (). Chayah (revive) me according to your mashapat (ordinances).

157 Many are my persecutors and my tzar (oppressor / distressor). I haven't swerved from your idawath (testimonies).

158 I raah (see / saw) at the faithless with qawat (loathing), because they don't shamar (keep/guard) your amarah (sayings).

159 Raah (see) how I ahab (love) your paqawad (precepts). Chayah (revive) me, Yahawah (), according to your loving chasad (grace).

160 All of your dabar (word / matter) are amath (truth). Every one of your tzadaq (righteous / just / fair) mashapat (ordinances) endures iwalam (eternity).

161 Sharayam (princes) have radap (persecuted) me chanam (without) a cause, but my lab (heart) pachad (fear / dread) in awe of your dabar (word / matter).

162 I shawash (rejoice) at your amarah (sayings), as one who matzaa (finds) rab (great) shalal (spoil).

163 I shanaa (hate) and thaib (abhor) falsehood. I ahab (love) your thawarah (Torah / Instruction).

164 Shabai (seven) times a yawam (day), I halal (praise) you, because of your tzadaq (righteous / just / fair) mashapatay (ordinances).

165 Those who ahab (love) your thawarah (Torah / Instruction) rab (have) great shalawam (peace / safety). Makashawal (nothing) causes them to stumble.

166 I have shabar (hoped) for your yashawaih (salvation), Yahawah (). I ishah (make) done your matzawah (commandments).

167 My napash (soul) has shamar (keep/guard) your idah (testimonies). I ahab (love) them maad (exceedingly).

168 I have obeyed your paqawad (precepts) and your idah (testimonies), for all my darak (ways) are before you.

169 Let my ranah (cry) qarab (come close) panayam (face) you, Yahawah (). Give me bayan (between) according to your dabar (word / matter).

170 Let my thachanah (supplication) bawaa (bring) panayam (face) you. Natzal (deliver) me according to your amarah (sayings).

171 Let my shapah (lips) nabai (utter) thahalah (praise), for you lamad (teach / instruct) me your chaq (statute).

172 Let my lashawan (tongue / language) inah (answer / respond) of your amarah (sayings), for all your matzawah (commandments) are tzadaq (righteous / just / fair).

173 Let your yad (hand) be ready to izar (help) me, for I have bachar (chosen) your paqawad (precepts).

174 I have thaab (longed) for your yashawaih (salvation), Yahawah (). Your thawarah (instruction) is my shaishai (delight).

175 Let my napash (soul) chayah (live), that I may halal (praise) you. Let your mashapat (ordinances) izar (help) me.

176 I have thaih (gone) astray like a abad (destroy / perish) shah (sheep). Baqash (seek) your ibad (servant), for I don't shakach (forget) your matzawah (commandments).