Psalm 119:1 - 119:48

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I Love Your Law, O Yahweh

א Aleph

How blessed are those whose way is blameless,

Who walk in the law of Yahweh.

How blessed are those who observe His testimonies,

They seek Him with all their heart.

They also do not work unrighteousness;

They walk in His ways.

You have commanded us,

To keep Your precepts diligently.

Oh may my ways be established

To keep Your statutes!

Then I shall not be ashamed

When I look upon all Your commandments.

I shall give thanks to You with uprightness of heart,

When I learn Your righteous judgments.

I shall keep Your statutes;

Do not forsake me utterly!

ב Beth

How can a young man keep his way pure?

By keeping it according to Your word.

With all my heart I have sought You;

Do not let me stray from Your commandments.

Your word I have treasured in my heart,

That I may not sin against You.

Blessed are You, O Yahweh;

Teach me Your statutes.

With my lips I have recounted

All the judgments of Your mouth.

I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies,

As much as in all riches.

I will muse upon Your precepts

And look upon Your ways.

I shall delight in Your statutes;

I shall not forget Your word.

ג Gimel

Deal bountifully with Your slave,

That I may live and keep Your word.

Open my eyes, that I may behold

Wonderful things from Your law.

I am a sojourner in the earth;

Do not hide Your commandments from me.

My soul is crushed with longing

For Your judgments at all times.

You rebuke the arrogant, the cursed,

Who stray from Your commandments.

Take away reproach and contempt from me,

For I observe Your testimonies.

Even though princes sit and talk against me,

Your slave muses on Your statutes.

Your testimonies also are my delight;

They are my counselors.

ד Daleth

My soul clings to the dust;

Revive me according to Your word.

I have recounted my ways, and You have answered me;

Teach me Your statutes.

Make me understand the way of Your precepts,

So I will muse on Your wondrous deeds.

My soul weeps because of grief;

Raise me up according to Your word.

Remove the false way from me,

And graciously grant me Your law.

I have chosen the faithful way;

I have placed Your judgments before me.

I cling to Your testimonies;

O Yahweh, do not put me to shame!

I shall run the way of Your commandments,

For You will enlarge my heart.

ה He

Instruct me, O Yahweh, in the way of Your statutes,

That I may observe it to the end.

Cause me to understand, that I may observe Your law

And keep it with all my heart.

Cause me to walk in the path of Your commandments,

For I delight in it.

Cause my heart to incline to Your testimonies

And not to dishonest gain.

Cause my eyes to turn away from looking at worthlessness,

And revive me in Your ways.

Cause Your word to be established for Your slave,

As that which produces fear for You.

Cause my reproach which I dread to pass away,

For Your judgments are good.

Behold, I long for Your precepts;

Revive me in Your righteousness.

ו Vav

May Your lovingkindnesses also come to me, O Yahweh,

Your salvation according to Your word;

So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me,

For I trust in Your word.

And do not take away the word of truth utterly from my mouth,

For I wait for Your judgments.

So I will keep Your law continually,

Forever and ever.

And I will walk in a wide place,

For I seek Your precepts.

I will also speak of Your testimonies before kings

And I shall not be ashamed.

I shall delight in Your commandments,

Which I love.

And I shall lift up my hands to Your commandments,

Which I love;

And I will muse on Your statutes.

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