Mazmur 119 (English)

119:1	Blessed are those whose lives have integrity, those who follow the teachings of the LORD.
119:2	Blessed are those who obey his written instructions. They wholeheartedly search for him.
119:3	They do nothing wrong. They follow his directions.
119:4	You have commanded that your guiding principles be carefully followed.
119:5	I pray that my ways may become firmly established so that I can obey your laws.
119:6	Then I will never feel ashamed when I study all your commandments.
119:7	I will give thanks to you as I learn your regulations, which are based on your righteousness.
119:8	I will obey your laws. Never abandon me.
119:9	How can a young person keep his life pure? He can do it by holding on to your word.
119:10	I wholeheartedly searched for you. Do not let me wander away from your commandments.
119:11	I have treasured your promise in my heart so that I may not sin against you.
119:12	Thanks be to you, O LORD. Teach me your laws.
119:13	With my lips I have repeated every regulation that comes from your mouth.
119:14	I find joy in the way shown by your written instructions more than I find joy in all kinds of riches.
119:15	I want to reflect on your guiding principles and study your ways.
119:16	Your laws make me happy. I never forget your word.
119:17	Be kind to me so that I may live and hold on to your word.
119:18	Uncover my eyes so that I may see the miraculous things in your teachings.
119:19	I am a foreigner in this world. Do not hide your commandments from me.
119:20	My soul is overwhelmed with endless longing for your regulations.
119:21	You threaten arrogant people, who are condemned and wander away from your commandments.
119:22	Remove the insults and contempt that have fallen on me because I have obeyed your written instructions.
119:23	Even though influential people plot against me, I reflect on your laws.
119:24	Indeed, your written instructions make me happy. They are my best friends.
119:25	I am close to death. Give me a new life as you promised.
119:26	I told you what I have done, and you answered me. Teach me your laws.
119:27	Help me understand your guiding principles so that I may reflect on your miracles.
119:28	I am drowning in tears. Strengthen me as you promised.
119:29	Turn me away from a life of lies. Graciously provide me with your teachings.
119:30	I have chosen a life of faithfulness. I have set your regulations in front of me.
119:31	I have clung tightly to your written instructions. O LORD, do not let me be put to shame.
119:32	I will eagerly pursue your commandments because you continue to increase my understanding.
119:33	Teach me, O LORD, how to live by your laws, and I will obey them to the end.
119:34	Help me understand so that I can follow your teachings. I will guard them with all my heart.
119:35	Lead me on the path of your commandments, because I am happy with them.
119:36	Direct my heart toward your written instructions rather than getting rich in underhanded ways.
119:37	Turn my eyes away from worthless things. Give me a new life in your ways.
119:38	Keep your promise to me so that I can fear you.
119:39	Take away insults, which I dread, because your regulations are good.
119:40	I long for your guiding principles. Give me a new life in your righteousness.
119:41	Let your blessings reach me, O LORD. Save me as you promised.
119:42	Then I will have an answer for the one who insults me since I trust your word.
119:43	Do not take so much as a single word of truth from my mouth. My hope is based on your regulations.
119:44	I will follow your teachings forever and ever.
119:45	I will walk around freely because I sought out your guiding principles.
119:46	I will speak about your written instructions in the presence of kings and not feel ashamed.
119:47	Your commandments, which I love, make me happy.
119:48	I lift my hands in prayer because of your commandments, which I love. I will reflect on your laws.
119:49	Remember the word you gave me. Through it you gave me hope.
119:50	This is my comfort in my misery: Your promise gave me a new life.
119:51	Arrogant people have mocked me with cruelty, yet I have not turned away from your teachings.
119:52	I remembered your regulations from long ago, O LORD, and I found comfort in them.
119:53	I am burning with anger because of wicked people, who abandon your teachings.
119:54	Your laws have become like psalms to me in this place where I am only a foreigner.
119:55	At night I remember your name, O LORD, and I follow your teachings.
119:56	This has happened to me because I have obeyed your guiding principles.
119:57	You are my inheritance, O LORD. I promised to hold on to your words.
119:58	With all my heart I want to win your favor. Be kind to me as you promised.
119:59	I have thought about my life, and I have directed my feet back to your written instructions.
119:60	Without any hesitation I hurry to obey your commandments.
119:61	Though the ropes of wicked people are tied around me, I never forget your teachings.
119:62	At midnight I wake up to give thanks to you for the regulations, which are based on your righteousness.
119:63	I am a friend to everyone who fears you and to everyone who follows your guiding principles.
119:64	Your mercy, O LORD, fills the earth. Teach me your laws.
119:65	You have treated me well, O LORD, as you promised.
119:66	Teach me to use good judgment and knowledge, because I believe in your commandments.
119:67	Before you made me suffer, I used to wander off, but now I hold on to your word.
119:68	You are good, and you do good things. Teach me your laws.
119:69	Arrogant people have smeared me with lies, yet I obey your guiding principles with all my heart.
119:70	Their hearts are cold and insensitive, yet I am happy with your teachings.
119:71	It was good that I had to suffer in order to learn your laws.
119:72	The teachings that come from your mouth are worth more to me than thousands in gold or silver.
119:73	Your hands created me and made me what I am. Help me understand so that I may learn your commandments.
119:74	Those who fear you will see me and rejoice, because my hope is based on your word.
119:75	I know that your regulations are fair, O LORD, and that you were right to make me suffer.
119:76	Let your mercy comfort me as you promised.
119:77	Let your compassion reach me so that I may live, because your teachings make me happy.
119:78	Let arrogant people be put to shame because they lied about me, yet I reflect on your guiding principles.
119:79	Let those who fear you turn to me so that they can come to know your written instructions.
119:80	Let my heart be filled with integrity in regard to your laws so that I will not be put to shame.
119:81	My soul is weak from waiting for you to save me. My hope is based on your word.
119:82	My eyes have become strained from looking for your promise. I ask, "When will you comfort me?"
119:83	Although I have become like a shriveled and dried out wineskin, I have not forgotten your laws.
119:84	What is left of my life? When will you bring those who persecute me to justice?
119:85	Arrogant people have dug pits to trap me in defiance of your teachings.
119:86	(All your commandments are reliable.) Those people persecute me with lies. Help me!
119:87	They almost wiped me off the face of the earth. But I did not abandon your guiding principles.
119:88	Give me a new life through your mercy so that I may obey the written instructions, which came from your mouth.
119:89	O LORD, your word is established in heaven forever.
119:90	Your faithfulness endures throughout every generation. You set the earth in place, and it continues to stand.
119:91	All things continue to stand today because of your regulations, since they are all your servants.
119:92	If your teachings had not made me happy, then I would have died in my misery.
119:93	I will never forget your guiding principles, because you gave me a new life through them.
119:94	I am yours. Save me, because I have searched for your guiding principles.
119:95	The wicked people have waited for me in order to destroy me, yet I want to understand your written instructions.
119:96	I have seen a limit to everything else, but your commandments have no limit.
119:97	Oh, how I love your teachings! They are in my thoughts all day long.
119:98	Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, because your commandments are always with me.
119:99	I have more insight than all my teachers, because your written instructions are in my thoughts.
119:100	I have more wisdom than those with many years of experience, because I have obeyed your guiding principles.
119:101	I have kept my feet from walking on any evil path in order to obey your word.
119:102	I have not neglected your regulations, because you have taught me.
119:103	How sweet the taste of your promise is! It tastes sweeter than honey.
119:104	From your guiding principles I gain understanding. That is why I hate every path that leads to lying.
119:105	Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path.
119:106	I took an oath, and I will keep it. I took an oath to follow your regulations, which are based on your righteousness.
119:107	I have suffered so much. Give me a new life, O LORD, as you promised.
119:108	Please accept the praise I gladly give you, O LORD, and teach me your regulations.
119:109	I always take my life into my own hands, but I never forget your teachings.
119:110	Wicked people have set a trap for me, but I have never wandered away from your guiding principles.
119:111	Your written instructions are mine forever. They are the joy of my heart.
119:112	I have decided to obey your laws. They offer a reward that never ends.
119:113	I hate twofaced people, but I love your teachings.
119:114	You are my hiding place and my shield. My hope is based on your word.
119:115	Get away from me, you evildoers, so that I can obey the commandments of my God.
119:116	Help me God, as you promised, so that I may live. Do not turn my hope into disappointment.
119:117	Hold me, and I will be safe, and I will always respect your laws.
119:118	You reject all who wander away from your laws, because their lies mislead them.
119:119	You get rid of all wicked people on earth as if they were rubbish. That is why I love your written instructions.
119:120	My body shudders in fear of you, and I am afraid of your regulations.
119:121	I have done what is fair and right. Do not leave me at the mercy of those who oppress me.
119:122	Guarantee my wellbeing. Do not let arrogant people oppress me.
119:123	My eyes are strained from looking for you to save me and from looking for the fulfillment of your righteous promise.
119:124	Treat me with kindness, and teach me your laws.
119:125	I am your servant. Help me understand so that I may come to know your written instructions.
119:126	It is time for you to act, O LORD. Even though people have abolished your teachings,
119:127	I love your commandments more than gold, more than pure gold.
119:128	I follow the straight paths of your guiding principles. I hate every pathway that leads to lying.
119:129	Your written instructions are miraculous. That is why I obey them.
119:130	Your word is a doorway that lets in light, and it helps gullible people understand.
119:131	I open my mouth and pant because I long for your commandments.
119:132	Turn toward me, and have pity on me as you have pledged to do for those who love your name.
119:133	Make my steps secure through your promise, and do not let any sin control me.
119:134	Save me from human oppression so that I may obey your guiding principles.
119:135	Smile on me, and teach me your laws.
119:136	Streams of tears flow from my eyes because others do not follow your teachings.
119:137	You are righteous, O LORD, and your regulations are fair.
119:138	You have issued your written instructions. They are fair and completely dependable.
119:139	My devotion for your words consumes me, because my enemies have forgotten your words.
119:140	Your promise has been thoroughly tested, and I love it.
119:141	I am unimportant and despised, yet I never forget your guiding principles.
119:142	Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your teachings are reliable.
119:143	Trouble and hardship have found me, but your commandments still make me happy.
119:144	Your written instructions are always right. Help me understand them so that I will live.
119:145	I have called out with all my heart. Answer me, O LORD. I want to obey your laws.
119:146	I have called out. Save me, so that I can obey your written instructions.
119:147	I got up before dawn, and I cried out for help. My hope is based on your word.
119:148	My eyes are wideopen throughout the nighttime hours to reflect on your word.
119:149	In keeping with your mercy, hear my voice. O LORD, give me a new life guided by your regulations.
119:150	Those who carry out plots against me are near, yet they are far away from your teachings.
119:151	You are near, O LORD, and all your commandments are reliable.
119:152	Long ago I learned from your written instructions that you made them to last forever.
119:153	Look at my misery, and rescue me, because I have never forgotten your teachings.
119:154	Plead my case for me, and save me. Give me a new life as you promised.
119:155	Wicked people are far from being saved, because they have not searched for your laws.
119:156	Your acts of compassion are many in number, O LORD. Give me a new life guided by your regulations.
119:157	I have many persecutors and opponents, yet I have not turned away from your written instructions.
119:158	I have seen traitors, and I am filled with disgust. They have not accepted your promise.
119:159	See how I have loved your guiding principles! O LORD, in keeping with your mercy, give me a new life.
119:160	There is nothing but truth in your word, and all of your righteous regulations endure forever.
119:161	Influential people have persecuted me for no reason, but it is only your words that fill my heart with terror.
119:162	I find joy in your promise like someone who finds a priceless treasure.
119:163	I hate lying; I am disgusted with it. I love your teachings.
119:164	Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous regulations.
119:165	There is lasting peace for those who love your teachings. Nothing can make those people stumble.
119:166	I have waited with hope for you to save me, O LORD. I have carried out your commandments.
119:167	I have obeyed your written instructions. I have loved them very much.
119:168	I have followed your guiding principles and your written instructions, because my whole life is in front of you.
119:169	Let my cry for help come into your presence, O LORD. Help me understand as you promised.
119:170	Let my plea for mercy come into your presence. Rescue me as you promised.
119:171	Let my lips pour out praise because you teach me your laws.
119:172	Let my tongue sing about your promise because all your commandments are fair.
119:173	Let your hand help me because I have chosen to follow your guiding principles.
119:174	I have longed for you to save me, O LORD, and your teachings make me happy.
119:175	Let my soul have new life so that it can praise you. Let your regulations help me.
119:176	I have wandered away like a lost lamb. Search for me, because I have never forgotten your commandments.