I Love Your Law, O Yahweh

¹How blessed are those whose way is blameless,[#119:1 Or having integrity ; lit complete]

Who walk in the law of Yahweh.

²How blessed are those who observe His testimonies,

They seek Him with all their heart.

³They also do not work unrighteousness;

They walk in His ways.

⁴You have commanded us ,

To keep Your precepts diligently.

⁵Oh may my ways be established

To keep Your statutes!

⁶Then I shall not be ashamed

When I look upon all Your commandments.

⁷I shall give thanks to You with uprightness of heart,

When I learn Your righteous judgments.

⁸I shall keep Your statutes;

Do not forsake me utterly!

⁹¶How can a young man keep his way pure?

By keeping it according to Your word.

¹⁰With all my heart I have sought You;

Do not let me stray from Your commandments.

¹¹Your word I have treasured in my heart,

That I may not sin against You.

¹²Blessed are You, O Yahweh;

Teach me Your statutes.

¹³With my lips I have recounted

All the judgments of Your mouth.

¹⁴I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies,

As much as in all riches.

¹⁵I will muse upon Your precepts

And look upon Your ways.

¹⁶I shall delight in Your statutes;[#119:16 Lit delight myself]

I shall not forget Your word.

¹⁷¶Deal bountifully with Your slave,

That I may live and keep Your word.

¹⁸Open my eyes, that I may behold

Wonderful things from Your law.

¹⁹I am a sojourner in the earth;

Do not hide Your commandments from me.

²⁰My soul is crushed with longing[#119:20 Lit for]

For Your judgments at all times.

²¹You rebuke the arrogant, the cursed,[#119:21 Or Cursed are those who wander...]

Who stray from Your commandments.

²²Take away reproach and contempt from me,

For I observe Your testimonies.

²³Even though princes sit and talk against me,

Your slave muses on Your statutes.

²⁴Your testimonies also are my delight;

They are my counselors.

²⁵¶My soul clings to the dust;

Revive me according to Your word.

²⁶I have recounted my ways, and You have answered me;

Teach me Your statutes.

²⁷Make me understand the way of Your precepts,

So I will muse on Your wondrous deeds.

²⁸My soul weeps because of grief;[#119:28 Lit drops]

Raise me up according to Your word.

²⁹Remove the false way from me,

And graciously grant me Your law.

³⁰I have chosen the faithful way;

I have placed Your judgments before me .

³¹I cling to Your testimonies;

O Yahweh, do not put me to shame!

³²I shall run the way of Your commandments,

For You will enlarge my heart.

³³¶Instruct me, O Yahweh, in the way of Your statutes,

That I may observe it to the end.

³⁴Cause me to understand, that I may observe Your law

And keep it with all my heart.

³⁵Cause me to walk in the path of Your commandments,

For I delight in it.

³⁶Cause my heart to incline to Your testimonies

And not to dishonest gain.

³⁷Cause my eyes to turn away from looking at worthlessness,

And revive me in Your ways.

³⁸Cause Your word to be established for Your slave,[#119:38 Or promise]

As that which produces fear for You.

³⁹Cause my reproach which I dread to pass away,

For Your judgments are good.

⁴⁰Behold, I long for Your precepts;

Revive me in Your righteousness.

⁴¹¶May Your lovingkindnesses also come to me, O Yahweh,

Your salvation according to Your word;

⁴²So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me,

For I trust in Your word.

⁴³And do not take away the word of truth utterly from my mouth,

For I wait for Your judgments.

⁴⁴So I will keep Your law continually,

Forever and ever.

⁴⁵And I will walk in a wide place,

For I seek Your precepts.

⁴⁶I will also speak of Your testimonies before kings

And I shall not be ashamed.

⁴⁷I shall delight in Your commandments,[#119:47 Lit delight myself]

Which I love.

⁴⁸And I shall lift up my hands to Your commandments,

Which I love;

And I will muse on Your statutes.

⁴⁹¶Remember the word to Your slave,

In which You have made me wait.

⁵⁰This is my comfort in my affliction,

That Your word has revived me.

⁵¹The arrogant utterly scoff at me,

Yet I do not turn aside from Your law.

⁵²I have remembered Your judgments from of old, O Yahweh,[#119:52 Or everlasting]

And comfort myself.

⁵³Burning indignation has seized me because of the wicked,

Who forsake Your law.

⁵⁴Your statutes have become my songs

In the house of my sojourning.

⁵⁵I remember in the night Your name, O Yahweh,

So I keep Your law.

⁵⁶This has become mine,

That I observe Your precepts.

⁵⁷¶Yahweh is my portion;

I have promised to keep Your words.

⁵⁸I have sought to please Your face with all my heart;

Be gracious to me according to Your word.

⁵⁹I thought upon my ways

And I turned my feet to Your testimonies.

⁶⁰I hastened and did not delay

To keep Your commandments.

⁶¹The cords of the wicked have encircled me,

But I have not forgotten Your law.

⁶²At midnight I shall rise to give thanks to You

Because of Your righteous judgments.

⁶³I am a companion of all those who fear You,[#119:63 Or reverence]

And of those who keep Your precepts.

⁶⁴The earth, O Yahweh, is full of Your lovingkindness;

Teach me Your statutes.

⁶⁵¶You have dealt well with Your slave,

O Yahweh, according to Your word.

⁶⁶Teach me good discernment and knowledge,[#119:66 Or judgment]

For I believe in Your commandments.

⁶⁷Before I was afflicted I went astray,

But now I keep Your word.

⁶⁸You are good and do good;

Teach me Your statutes.

⁶⁹The arrogant have smeared me with lying;

With all my heart I will observe Your precepts.

⁷⁰Their heart is covered with fat,[#119:70 Lit gross like fat]

But I delight in Your law.

⁷¹It is good for me that I was afflicted,

That I may learn Your statutes.

⁷²The law of Your mouth is better to me

Than thousands of gold and silver pieces .

⁷³¶Your hands made me and established me;

Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.

⁷⁴May those who fear You see me and be glad,[#119:74 Or reverence]

Because I wait for Your word.

⁷⁵I know, O Yahweh, that Your judgments are righteous,

And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

⁷⁶Oh may Your lovingkindness comfort me,[#119:76 Lit be for my comfort]

According to Your word to Your slave.

⁷⁷May Your compassion come to me that I may live,

For Your law is my delight.

⁷⁸May the arrogant be ashamed, for they wrong me with lying;

But I shall muse on Your precepts.

⁷⁹May those who fear You turn to me,[#119:79 Or reverence]

And those who know Your testimonies.

⁸⁰May my heart be blameless in Your statutes,[#119:80 Or having integrity ; lit complete]

So that I will not be ashamed.

⁸¹¶My soul fails with longing for Your salvation;

I wait for Your word.

⁸²My eyes fail with longing for Your word,[#119:82 Or promise]

Saying, “When will You comfort me?”

⁸³For I am like a wineskin in the smoke,

But I do not forget Your statutes.

⁸⁴How many are the days of Your slave?

When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?

⁸⁵The arrogant have dug pits for me,

Men who are not in accord with Your law.

⁸⁶All Your commandments are faithful;

They have persecuted me with lying; help me!

⁸⁷They almost made an end of me on the earth,

But as for me, I did not forsake Your precepts.

⁸⁸Revive me according to Your lovingkindness,

So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth.

⁸⁹¶Forever, O Yahweh,

Your word stands firm in heaven.

⁹⁰Your faithfulness endures from generation to generation;[#119:90 Lit to]

You established the earth, and it stands.

⁹¹They stand this day according to Your judgments,

For all things are Your slaves.

⁹²If Your law had not been my delight,

Then I would have perished in my affliction.

⁹³I will never forget Your precepts,

For by them You have revived me.

⁹⁴I am Yours, save me;

For I have sought Your precepts.

⁹⁵The wicked hope for me—to destroy me;

I shall perceive Your testimonies.

⁹⁶I have seen a limit to all perfection;[#119:96 Lit an end of]

Your commandment is exceedingly broad.

⁹⁷¶Oh how I love Your law!

It is my meditation all the day.

⁹⁸Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies,

For they are mine forever.

⁹⁹I have more insight than all my teachers,

For Your testimonies are my meditation.

¹⁰⁰I perceive more than the aged,

Because I have observed Your precepts.

¹⁰¹I have restrained my feet from every evil way,

That I may keep Your word.

¹⁰²I have not turned aside from Your judgments,

For You Yourself have taught me.

¹⁰³How sweet is Your word to my taste![#119:103 Or promise; #119:103 Lit palate]

Sweeter than honey to my mouth!

¹⁰⁴From Your precepts I get perception;

Therefore I hate every false way.

¹⁰⁵¶Your word is a lamp to my feet

And a light to my path.

¹⁰⁶I have sworn and I have confirmed,

To keep Your righteous judgments.

¹⁰⁷I am exceedingly afflicted;

O Yahweh, revive me according to Your word.

¹⁰⁸Oh be pleased with the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Yahweh,

And teach me Your judgments.

¹⁰⁹My soul is continually in my hand,[#119:109 In danger]

Yet I do not forget Your law.

¹¹⁰The wicked have laid a snare for me,

Yet I have not wandered from Your precepts.

¹¹¹I have inherited Your testimonies forever,

For they are the joy of my heart.

¹¹²I have inclined my heart to do Your statutes

Forever, to the end.

¹¹³¶I hate those who are double-minded,

But I love Your law.

¹¹⁴You are my hiding place and my shield;

I wait for Your word.

¹¹⁵Depart from me, evildoers,

That I may observe the commandments of my God.

¹¹⁶Sustain me according to Your word, that I may live;[#119:116 Or promise]

And do not put me to shame because of my hope.

¹¹⁷Uphold me that I may be saved,

That I may have regard for Your statutes continually.

¹¹⁸You have rejected all those who stray from Your statutes,[#119:118 Lit made light of]

For their deceitfulness is a lie.

¹¹⁹You remove all the wicked of the earth like dross;[#119:119 Lit caused to cease]

Therefore I love Your testimonies.

¹²⁰My flesh quakes for dread of You,[#119:120 Lit bristles up from]

And I am afraid of Your judgments.

¹²¹¶I have done justice and righteousness;

Do not leave me to my oppressors.

¹²²Be for Your slave a guarantee for good;

Do not let the arrogant oppress me.

¹²³My eyes fail with longing for Your salvation

And for Your righteous word.

¹²⁴Deal with Your slave according to Your lovingkindness

And teach me Your statutes.

¹²⁵I am Your slave; give me understanding,

That I may know Your testimonies.

¹²⁶It is time for Yahweh to act,

For they have broken Your law.

¹²⁷Therefore I love Your commandments

Above gold, even above fine gold.

¹²⁸Therefore I deem all Your precepts concerning everything to be right,

I hate every false way.

¹²⁹¶Your testimonies are wonderful;

Therefore my soul observes them.

¹³⁰The unfolding of Your words gives light;

It gives understanding to the simple.

¹³¹I opened my mouth wide and panted,

For I longed for Your commandments.

¹³²Turn to me and be gracious to me,

According to Your judgment for those who love Your name.

¹³³Establish my steps in Your word,[#119:133 Or promise]

And do not let any wickedness overpower me.

¹³⁴Redeem me from the oppression of man,

That I may keep Your precepts.

¹³⁵Make Your face shine upon Your slave,

And teach me Your statutes.

¹³⁶My eyes shed streams of water,[#119:136 Lit run down]

Because they do not keep Your law.

¹³⁷¶Righteous are You, O Yahweh,

And upright are Your judgments.

¹³⁸In righteousness, You have commanded Your testimonies

And in exceeding faithfulness.

¹³⁹My zeal has consumed me,[#119:139 Lit destroyed]

Because my adversaries have forgotten Your words.

¹⁴⁰Your word is exceedingly refined,[#119:140 Or promise]

Therefore Your slave loves it.

¹⁴¹I am small and despised,

Yet I do not forget Your precepts.

¹⁴²Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,

And Your law is truth.

¹⁴³Trouble and anguish have found me,

Yet Your commandments are my delight.

¹⁴⁴Righteous are Your testimonies forever;

Give me understanding that I may live.

¹⁴⁵¶I called with all my heart; answer me, O Yahweh!

I will observe Your statutes.

¹⁴⁶I called to You; save me

And I shall keep Your testimonies.

¹⁴⁷I eagerly greet the dawn and cry for help;[#119:147 Lit approach the dawn]

I wait for Your words.

¹⁴⁸My eyes eagerly greet the night watches,[#119:148 Lit approach the night watches]

That I may muse on Your word.

¹⁴⁹Hear my voice according to Your lovingkindness;

O Yahweh, revive me, according to Your judgments.

¹⁵⁰Near are those who pursue wickedness;[#119:150 Lit They draw near]

They are far from Your law.

¹⁵¹Near are You, O Yahweh,

And all Your commandments are truth.

¹⁵²Of old I have known from Your testimonies

That You have founded them forever.

¹⁵³¶See my affliction and rescue me,

For I do not forget Your law.

¹⁵⁴Plead my cause and redeem me;

Revive me according to Your word.

¹⁵⁵Salvation is far from the wicked,

For they do not seek Your statutes.

¹⁵⁶Many are Your compassions, O Yahweh;[#119:156 Or mercies]

Revive me according to Your judgments.

¹⁵⁷Many are my persecutors and my adversaries,

Yet I do not turn aside from Your testimonies.

¹⁵⁸I see the treacherous and loathe them ,

Those who do not keep Your word.

¹⁵⁹See how I love Your precepts;

O Yahweh, revive me according to Your lovingkindness.

¹⁶⁰The sum of Your word is truth,

And every one of Your righteous judgments is everlasting.

¹⁶¹¶Princes persecute me without cause,

But my heart is in dread of Your words.

¹⁶²I rejoice at Your word,[#119:162 Or promise]

As one who finds much spoil.

¹⁶³I hate and abhor lying,

But I love Your law.

¹⁶⁴Seven times a day I praise You,

Because of Your righteous judgments.

¹⁶⁵Those who love Your law have much peace,

And nothing causes them to stumble.

¹⁶⁶I hope for Your salvation, O Yahweh,

And I do Your commandments.

¹⁶⁷My soul keeps Your testimonies,

And I love them exceedingly.

¹⁶⁸I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies,

For all my ways are before You.

¹⁶⁹¶Let my cry of lamentation come near before You, O Yahweh;

Give me understanding according to Your word.

¹⁷⁰Let my supplication come before You;

Deliver me according to Your word.

¹⁷¹Let my lips pour forth praise,

For You teach me Your statutes.

¹⁷²Let my tongue answer with Your word,[#119:172 Or promise]

For all Your commandments are righteous.

¹⁷³Let Your hand be ready to help me,[#119:173 Lit to help me]

For I have chosen Your precepts.

¹⁷⁴I long for Your salvation, O Yahweh,

And Your law is my delight.

¹⁷⁵Let my soul live that it may praise You,

And let Your judgments help me.

¹⁷⁶I have wandered off like a lost sheep; search for Your slave,

For I have not forgotten Your commandments.