Psalms 118

Verse 1. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.

Verse 2. Blessed are they who search his testimonies: that seek him with their whole heart.

Verse 3. For they that work iniquity, have not walked in his ways.

Verse 4. Thou hast commanded thy commandments to be kept most diligently.

Verse 5. O! that my ways may be directed to keep thy justifications.

Verse 6. Then shall I not be confounded, when I shall look into all thy commandments.

Verse 7. I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned the judgments of thy justice.

Verse 8. I will keep thy justifications: O! do not thou utterly forsake me. BETH

Verse 9. By what doth a young man correct his way? by observing thy words.

Verse 10. With my whole heart have I sought after thee: let me not stray from thy commandments.

Verse 11. Thy words have I hidden in my heart, that I may not sin against thee.

Verse 12. Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy justifications.

Verse 13. With my lips I have pronounced all the judgments of thy mouth.

Verse 14. I have been delighted in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches.

Verse 15. I will meditate on thy commandments: and I will consider thy ways.

Verse 16. I will think of thy justifications: I will not forget thy words. GIMEL

Verse 17. Give bountifully to thy servant, enliven me: and I shall keep thy words.

Verse 18. Open thou my eyes: and I will consider the wondrous things of thy law.

Verse 19. I am a sojourner on the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

Verse 20. My soul hath coveted to long for thy justifications, at all times.

Verse 21. Thou hast rebuked the proud: they are cursed who decline from thy commandments.

Verse 22. Remove from me reproach and contempt: because I have sought after thy testimonies.

Verse 23. For princes sat, and spoke against me: but thy servant was employed in thy justifications.

Verse 24. For thy testimonies are my meditation: and thy justifications my counsel. DALETH

Verse 25. My soul hath cleaved to the pavement: quicken thou me according to thy word.

Verse 26. I have declared my ways, and thou hast heard me: teach me thy justifications.

Verse 27. Make me to understand the way of thy justifications: and I shall be exercised in thy wondrous works.

Verse 28. My soul hath slumbered through heaviness: strengthen thou me in thy words.

Verse 29. Remove from me the way of iniquity: and out of thy law have mercy on me.

Verse 30. I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments I have not forgotten.

Verse 31. I have stuck to thy testimonies, O Lord: put me not to shame.

Verse 32. I have run the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart. HE

Verse 33. Set before me for a law the way of thy justifications, O Lord: and I will always seek after it.

Verse 34. Give me understanding, and I will search thy law; and I will keep it with my whole heart.

Verse 35. Lead me into the path of thy commandments; for this same I have desired.

Verse 36. Incline my heart into thy testimonies and not to covetousness.

Verse 37. Turn away my eyes that they may not behold vanity: quicken me in thy way.

Verse 38. Establish thy word to thy servant, in thy fear.

Verse 39. Turn away my reproach, which I have apprehended: for thy judgments are delightful.

Verse 40. Behold I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy justice. VAU

Verse 41. Let thy mercy also come upon me, O Lord: thy salvation according to thy word.

Verse 42. So shall I answer them that reproach me in any thing; that I have trusted in thy words.

Verse 43. And take not thou the word of truth utterly out of my mouth: for in thy words have I hoped exceedingly.

Verse 44. So shall I always keep thy law, for ever and ever.

Verse 45. And I walked at large: because I have sought after thy commandments.

Verse 46. And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings: and I was not ashamed.

Verse 47. I meditated also on thy commandments, which I loved.

Verse 48. And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments, which I loved: and I was exercised in thy justifications. ZAIN

Verse 49. Be thou mindful of thy word to thy servant, in which thou hast given me hope.

Verse 50. This hath comforted me in my humiliation: because thy word hath enlivened me.

Verse 51. The proud did iniquitously altogether: but I declined not from thy law.

Verse 52. I remembered, O Lord, thy judgments of old: and I was comforted.

Verse 53. A fainting hath taken hold of me, because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

Verse 54. Thy justifications were the subject of my song, in the place of my pilgrimage.

Verse 55. In the night I have remembered thy name, O Lord: and have kept thy law.

Verse 56. This happened to me: because I sought after thy justifications. HETH

Verse 57. O Lord, my portion, I have said, I would keep thy law.

Verse 58. I entreated thy face with all my heart: have mercy on me according to thy word.

Verse 59. I have thought on my ways: and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

Verse 60. I am ready, and am not troubled: that I may keep thy commandments.

Verse 61. The cords of the wicked have encompassed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.

Verse 62. I rose at midnight to give praise to thee; for the judgments of thy justification.

Verse 63. I am a partaker with all them that fear thee, and that keep thy commandments.

Verse 64. The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy justifications. TETH

Verse 65. Thou hast done well with thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word.

Verse 66. Teach me goodness and discipline and knowledge; for I have believed thy commandments.

Verse 67. Before I was humbled I offended; therefore have I kept thy word.

Verse 68. Thou art good; and in thy goodness teach me thy justifications.

Verse 69. The iniquity of the proud hath been multiplied over me: but I will seek thy commandments with my whole heart.

Verse 70. Their heart is curdled like milk: but I have meditated on thy law.

Verse 71. It is good for me that thou hast humbled me, that I may learn thy justifications.

Verse 72. The law of thy mouth is good to me, above thousands of gold and silver. JOD

Verse 73. Thy hands have made me and formed me: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments.

Verse 74. They that fear thee shall see me, and shall be glad: because I have greatly hoped in thy words.

Verse 75. I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are equity: and in thy truth thou hast humbled me.

Verse 76. O! let thy mercy be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.

Verse 77. Let thy tender mercies come unto me, and I shall live: for thy law is my meditation.

Verse 78. Let the proud be ashamed, because they have done unjustly towards me: but I will be employed in thy commandments.

Verse 79. Let them that fear thee turn to me and they that know thy testimonies.

Verse 80. Let my heart be undefiled in thy justifications, that I may not be confounded. CAPH

Verse 81. My soul hath fainted after thy salvation: and in thy word I have very much hoped.

Verse 82. My eyes have failed for thy word, saying: When wilt thou comfort me?

Verse 83. For I am become like a bottle in the frost: I have not forgotten thy justifications.

Verse 84. How many are the days of thy servant: when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

Verse 85. The wicked have told me fables: but not as thy law.

Verse 86. All thy statutes are truth: they have persecuted me unjustly, do thou help me.

Verse 87. They had almost made an end of me upon earth: but I have not forsaken thy commandments.

Verse 88. Quicken thou me according to thy mercy: and I shall keep the testimonies of thy mouth. LAMED

Verse 89. For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven.

Verse 90. Thy truth unto all generations: thou hast founded the earth, and it continueth.

Verse 91. By thy ordinance the day goeth on: for all things serve thee.

Verse 92. Unless thy law had been my meditation, I had then perhaps perished in my abjection.

Verse 93. Thy justifications I will never forget: for by them thou hast given me life.

Verse 94. I am thine, save thou me: for I have sought thy justifications.

Verse 95. The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I have understood thy testimonies.

Verse 96. I have seen an end to all persecution: thy commandment is exceeding broad. MEM

Verse 97. O how have I loved thy law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day.

Verse 98. Through thy commandment, thou hast made me wiser than my enemies: for it is ever with me.

Verse 99. I have understood more than all my teachers: because thy testimonies are my meditation.

Verse 100. I have had understanding above ancients: because I have sought thy commandments.

Verse 101. I have restrained my feet from every evil way: that I may keep thy words.

Verse 102. I have not declined from thy judgments, because thou hast set me a law.

Verse 103. How sweet are thy words to my palate! more than honey to my mouth.

Verse 104. By thy commandments I have had understanding: therefore have I hated every way of iniquity. NUN

Verse 105. Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths.

Verse 106. I have sworn and am determined to keep the judgments of thy justice.

Verse 107. I have been humbled, O Lord, exceedingly: quicken thou me according to thy word.

Verse 108. The free offerings of my mouth make acceptable, O Lord: and teach me thy judgments.

Verse 109. My soul is continually in my hands: and I have not forgotten thy law.

Verse 110. Sinners have laid a snare for me: but I have not erred from thy precepts.

Verse 111. I have purchased thy testimonies for an inheritance for ever: because they are a joy to my heart.

Verse 112. I have inclined my heart to do thy justifications for ever, for the reward. SAMECH

Verse 113. I have hated the unjust: and have loved thy law.

Verse 114. Thou art my helper and my protector: and in thy word I have greatly hoped.

Verse 115. Depart from me, ye malignant: and I will search the commandments of my God.

Verse 116. Uphold me according to thy word, and I shall live: and let me not be confounded in my expectation.

Verse 117. Help me, and I shall be saved: and I will meditate always on thy justifications.

Verse 118. Thou hast despised all them that fall off from thy judgments; for their thought is unjust.

Verse 119. I have accounted all the sinners of the earth prevaricators: therefore have I loved thy testimonies.

Verse 120. Pierce thou my flesh with thy fear: for I am afraid of thy judgments. AIN

Verse 121. I have done judgment and justice: give me not up to them that slander me.

Verse 122. Uphold thy servant unto good: let not the proud calumniate me.

Verse 123. My eyes have fainted after thy salvation: and for the word of thy justice.

Verse 124. Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy: and teach me thy justifications.

Verse 125. I am thy servant: give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.

Verse 126. It is time, O Lord, to do: they have dissipated thy law.

Verse 127. Therefore have I loved thy commandments above gold and the topaz.

Verse 128. Therefore was I directed to all thy commandments: I have hated all wicked ways. PHE

Verse 129. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul hath sought them.

Verse 130. The declaration of thy words giveth light: and giveth understanding to little ones.

Verse 131. I opened my mouth and panted: because I longed for thy commandments.

Verse 132. Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me, according to the judgment of them that love thy name.

Verse 133. Direct my steps according to thy word: and let no iniquity have dominion over me.

Verse 134. Redeem me from the calumnies of men: that I may keep thy commandments.

Verse 135. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thy justifications.

Verse 136. My eyes have sent forth springs of water: because they have not kept thy law. SADE

Verse 137. Thou art just, O Lord: and thy judgment is right.

Verse 138. Thou hast commanded justice thy testimonies: and thy truth exceedingly.

Verse 139. My zeal hath made me pine away: because my enemies forgot thy words.

Verse 140. Thy word is exceedingly refined: and thy servant hath loved it.

Verse 141. I am very young and despised; but I forgot not thy justifications.

Verse 142. Thy justice is justice for ever: and thy law is the truth.

Verse 143. Trouble and anguish have found me: thy commandments are my meditation.

Verse 144. Thy testimonies are justice for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live. COPH

Verse 145. I cried with my whole heart, hear me, O Lord: I will seek thy justifications.

Verse 146. I cried unto thee, save me: that I may keep thy commandments.

Verse 147. I prevented the dawning of the day, and cried: because in thy words I very much hoped.

Verse 148. My eyes to thee have prevented the morning: that I might meditate on thy words.

Verse 149. Hear thou my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy: and quicken me according to thy mercy.

Verse 150. They that persecute me have drawn nigh to iniquity; but they are gone far off from thy law.

Verse 151. Thou art near, O Lord: and all thy ways are truth.

Verse 152. I have known from the beginning concerning thy testimonies: that thou hast founded them for ever. RES

Verse 153. See my humiliation and deliver me: for I have not forgotten thy law.

Verse 154. Judge my judgment and redeem me: quicken thou me for thy word's sake.

Verse 155. Salvation is far from sinners; because they have not sought thy justifications.

Verse 156. Many, O Lord, are thy mercies: quicken me according to thy judgment.

Verse 157. Many are they that persecute me, and afflict me; but I have not declined from thy testimonies.

Verse 158. I beheld the transgressors, and I pined away; because they kept not thy word.

Verse 159. Behold I have loved thy commandments, O Lord; quicken me thou in thy mercy.

Verse 160. The beginning of thy words is truth: all the judgments of thy justice are for ever. SIN

Verse 161. Princes have persecuted me without cause: and my heart hath been in awe of thy words.

Verse 162. I will rejoice at thy words, as one that hath found great spoil.

Verse 163. I have hated and abhorred iniquity; but I have loved thy law.

Verse 164. Seven times a day I have given praise to thee, for the judgments of thy justice.

Verse 165. Much peace have they that love thy law, and to them there is no stumbling block.

Verse 166. I looked to thy salvation, O Lord: and I loved thy commandments.

Verse 167. My soul hath kept thy testimonies: and hath loved them exceedingly.

Verse 168. I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies: because all my ways are in thy sight. TAU

Verse 169. Let my supplication, O Lord, come near in thy sight: give me understanding according to thy word.

Verse 170. Let my request come in before thee; deliver thou me according to thy word.

Verse 171. My lips shall utter a hymn, when thou shalt teach me thy justifications.

Verse 172. My tongue shall pronounce thy word: because all thy commandments are justice.

Verse 173. Let thy hand be with me to save me; for I have chosen thy precepts.

Verse 174. I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my meditation.

Verse 175. My soul shall live and shall praise thee: and thy judgments shall help me.

Verse 176. I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost: seek thy servant, because I have not forgotten thy commandments.