{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/119","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T16:37:21.314Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":119,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":118,"nextChapter":120,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":176},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"[ALEPH] Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Blessed are they who search his testimonies: that seek him with their whole heart. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For they that work iniquity, have not walked in his ways. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Thou hast commanded thy commandments to be kept most diligently. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"O! that my ways may be directed to keep thy justifications. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Then shall I not be confounded, when I shall look into all thy commandments. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned the judgments of thy justice. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"I will keep thy justifications: O! do not thou utterly forsake me. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"[BETH] By what doth a young man correct his way? by observing thy words. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"With my whole heart have I sought after thee: let me not stray from thy commandments. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Thy words have I hidden in my heart, that I may not sin against thee. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy justifications. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"With my lips I have pronounced all the judgments of thy mouth. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I have been delighted in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"I will meditate on thy commandments: and I will consider thy ways. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"I will think of thy justifications: I will not forget thy words. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"[GIMEL] Give bountifully to thy servant, enliven me: and I shall keep thy words. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Open thou my eyes: and I will consider the wondrous things of thy law. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"I am a sojourner on the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"My soul hath coveted to long for thy justifications, at all times. "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Thou hast rebuked the proud: they are cursed who decline from thy commandments. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Remove from reproach and contempt: because I have sought after thy testimonies. "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"For princes sat, and spoke against me: but thy servant was employed in thy justifications. "},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"For thy testimonies are my meditation: and thy justifications my counsel. "},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"[DALETH] My soul hath cleaved to the pavement: quicken thou me according to thy word. "},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"I have declared my ways, and thou hast heard me: tech me thy justifications. "},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Make me to understand the way of thy justifications: and I shall be exercised in thy wondrous works. "},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"My soul hath slumbered through heaviness: strengthen thou me in thy words. "},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Remove from me the way of iniquity: and out of thy law have mercy on me. "},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments I have not forgotten. "},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"I have stuck to thy testimonies, O Lord: put me not to shame. "},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"I have run the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart. "},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"[HE] Set before me for a law the way of thy justifications, O Lord: and I will always seek after it. "},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Give me understanding, and I will search thy law ; and I will keep it with my whole heart. "},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"Lead me into the path of thy commandments; for this same I have desired. "},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"Incline my heart into thy testimonies and not to covetousness. "},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"Turn away my eyes that they may not behold vanity: quicken me in thy way. "},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"Establish thy word to thy servant, in thy fear. "},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"Turn away my reproach, which I have apprehended: for thy judgments are delightful. "},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"Behold I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy justice. "},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"[VAU] Let thy mercy also come upon me, O Lord: thy salvation according to thy word. "},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"So shall I answer them that reproach me in any thing; that I have trusted in thy words. "},{"verseNumber":43,"text":"And take not thou the word of truth utterly out of my mouth: for in thy words have I hoped exceedingly. "},{"verseNumber":44,"text":"So shall I always keep thy law, for ever and ever. "},{"verseNumber":45,"text":"And I walked at large: because I have sought after thy commandments. "},{"verseNumber":46,"text":"And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings: and I was not ashamed. "},{"verseNumber":47,"text":"I meditated also on thy commandments, which I loved. "},{"verseNumber":48,"text":"And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments, which I loved: and I was exercised in thy justifications. "},{"verseNumber":49,"text":"[ZAIN] Be thou mindful of thy word to thy servant, in which thou hast given me hope. "},{"verseNumber":50,"text":"This hath comforted me in my humiliation: because thy word hath enlivened me. "},{"verseNumber":51,"text":"The proud did iniquitously altogether: but I declined not from thy law. "},{"verseNumber":52,"text":"I remembered, O Lord, thy judgments of old: and I was comforted. "},{"verseNumber":53,"text":"A fainting hath taken hold of me, because of the wicked that forsake thy law. "},{"verseNumber":54,"text":"Thy justifications were the subject of my song, in the place of my pilgrimage. "},{"verseNumber":55,"text":"In the night I have remembered thy name, O Lord: and have kept thy law. "},{"verseNumber":56,"text":"This happened to me: because I sought after thy justifications. "},{"verseNumber":57,"text":"[HETH] O Lord, my portion, I have said, I would keep the law. "},{"verseNumber":58,"text":"I entreated thy face with all my heart: have mercy on me according to thy word. "},{"verseNumber":59,"text":"I have thought on my ways: and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. "},{"verseNumber":60,"text":"I am ready, and am not troubled: that I may keep thy commandments. "},{"verseNumber":61,"text":"The cords of the wicked have encompassed me: but I have not forgotten thy law. "},{"verseNumber":62,"text":"I rose at midnight to give praise to thee; for the judgments of thy justification. "},{"verseNumber":63,"text":"I am a partaker with all them that fear thee, and that keep thy commandments. "},{"verseNumber":64,"text":"The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy justifications. "},{"verseNumber":65,"text":"[TETH] Thou hast done well with thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word. "},{"verseNumber":66,"text":"Teach me goodness and discipline and knowledge; for I have believed thy commandments. "},{"verseNumber":67,"text":"Before I was humbled I offended; therefore have I kept thy word. "},{"verseNumber":68,"text":"Thou art good; and in thy goodness teach me thy justifications. "},{"verseNumber":69,"text":"The iniquity of the proud hath been multiplied over me: but I will seek thy commandments with my whole heart. "},{"verseNumber":70,"text":"Their heart is curdled like milk: but I have meditated on thy law. "},{"verseNumber":71,"text":"It is good for me that thou hast humbled me, that I may learn thy justifications. "},{"verseNumber":72,"text":"The law of thy mouth is good to me, above thousands of gold and silver. "},{"verseNumber":73,"text":"[JOD] Thy hands have made me and formed me: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments. "},{"verseNumber":74,"text":"They that fear thee shall see me, and shall be glad: because I have greatly hoped in thy words. "},{"verseNumber":75,"text":"I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are equity: and in thy truth thou hast humbled me. "},{"verseNumber":76,"text":"O! let thy mercy be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. "},{"verseNumber":77,"text":"Let thy tender mercies come unto me, and I shall live: for thy law is my meditation. "},{"verseNumber":78,"text":"Let the proud be ashamed, because they have done unjustly towards me: but I will be employed in thy commandments. "},{"verseNumber":79,"text":"Let them that fear thee turn to me and they that know thy testimonies. "},{"verseNumber":80,"text":"Let my heart be undefiled in thy justifications, that I may not be confounded. "},{"verseNumber":81,"text":"[CAPH] My soul hath fainted after thy salvation: and in thy word I have very much hoped. "},{"verseNumber":82,"text":"My eyes have failed for thy word, saying: When wilt thou comfort me? "},{"verseNumber":83,"text":"For I am become like a bottle in the frost: I have not forgotten thy justifications. "},{"verseNumber":84,"text":"How many are the days of thy servant: when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? "},{"verseNumber":85,"text":"The wicked have told me fables: but not as thy law. "},{"verseNumber":86,"text":"All thy statutes are truth: they have persecuted me unjustly, do thou help me. "},{"verseNumber":87,"text":"They had almost made an end of me upon earth: but I have not forsaken thy commandments. "},{"verseNumber":88,"text":"Quicken thou me according to thy mercy: and I shall keep the testimonies of thy mouth. "},{"verseNumber":89,"text":"[LAMED] For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven. "},{"verseNumber":90,"text":"Thy truth unto all generations: thou hast founded the earth, and it continueth. "},{"verseNumber":91,"text":"By thy ordinance the day goeth on: for all things serve thee. "},{"verseNumber":92,"text":"Unless thy law had been my meditation, I had then perhaps perished in my abjection. "},{"verseNumber":93,"text":"Thy justifications I will never forget: for by them thou hast given me life. "},{"verseNumber":94,"text":"I am thine, save thou me: for I have sought thy justifications. "},{"verseNumber":95,"text":"The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I have understood thy testimonies. "},{"verseNumber":96,"text":"I have seen an end to all persecution: thy commandment is exceeding broad. "},{"verseNumber":97,"text":"[MEM] O how have I loved thy law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day. "},{"verseNumber":98,"text":"Through thy commandment, thou hast made me wiser than my enemies: for it is ever with me. "},{"verseNumber":99,"text":"I have understood more than all my teachers: because thy testimonies are my meditation. "},{"verseNumber":100,"text":"I have had understanding above ancients: because I have sought thy commandments. "},{"verseNumber":101,"text":"I have restrained my feet from every evil way: that I may keep thy words. "},{"verseNumber":102,"text":"I have not declined from thy judgments, because thou hast set me a law. "},{"verseNumber":103,"text":"How sweet are thy words to my palate! more than honey to my mouth. "},{"verseNumber":104,"text":"By thy commandments I have had understanding: therefore have I hated every way of iniquity. "},{"verseNumber":105,"text":"[NUN] Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths. "},{"verseNumber":106,"text":"I have sworn and am determined to keep the judgments of thy justice. "},{"verseNumber":107,"text":"I have been humbled, O Lord, exceedingly: quicken thou me according to thy word. "},{"verseNumber":108,"text":"The free offerings of my mouth make acceptable, O Lord: and teach me thy judgments. "},{"verseNumber":109,"text":"My soul is continually in my hands: and I have not forgotten thy law. "},{"verseNumber":110,"text":"Sinners have laid a snare for me: but I have not erred from thy precepts. "},{"verseNumber":111,"text":"I have purchased thy testimonies for an inheritance for ever: because they are a joy to my heart. "},{"verseNumber":112,"text":"I have inclined my heart to do thy justifications for ever, for the reward. "},{"verseNumber":113,"text":"[SAMECH] I have hated the unjust: and have loved thy law. "},{"verseNumber":114,"text":"Thou art my helper and my protector: and in thy word I have greatly hoped. "},{"verseNumber":115,"text":"Depart from me, ye malignant: and I will search the commandments of my God. "},{"verseNumber":116,"text":"Uphold me according to thy word, and I shall live: and let me not be confounded in my expectation. "},{"verseNumber":117,"text":"Help me, and I shall be saved: and I will meditate always on thy justifications. "},{"verseNumber":118,"text":"Thou hast despised all them that fall off from thy judgments; for their thought is unjust. "},{"verseNumber":119,"text":"I have accounted all the sinners of the earth prevaricators: therefore have I loved thy testimonies. "},{"verseNumber":120,"text":"Pierce thou my flesh with thy fear: for I am afraid of thy judgments. "},{"verseNumber":121,"text":"[AIN] I have done judgment and justice: give me not up to them that slander me. "},{"verseNumber":122,"text":"Uphold thy servant unto good: let not the proud calumniate me. "},{"verseNumber":123,"text":"My eyes have fainted after thy salvation: and for the word of thy justice. "},{"verseNumber":124,"text":"Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy: and teach me thy justifications. "},{"verseNumber":125,"text":"I am thy servant: give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies. "},{"verseNumber":126,"text":"It is time, O Lord, to do: they have dissipated thy law. "},{"verseNumber":127,"text":"Therefore have I loved thy commandments above gold and the topaz. "},{"verseNumber":128,"text":"Therefore was I directed to all thy commandments: I have hated all wicked ways. "},{"verseNumber":129,"text":"[PHE] Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul hath sought them. "},{"verseNumber":130,"text":"The declaration of thy words giveth light: and giveth understanding to little ones. "},{"verseNumber":131,"text":"I opened my mouth and panted: because I longed for thy commandments. "},{"verseNumber":132,"text":"Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me, according to the judgment of them that love thy name. "},{"verseNumber":133,"text":"Direct my steps according to thy word: and let no iniquity have dominion over me. "},{"verseNumber":134,"text":"Redeem me from the calumnies of men: that I may keep thy commandments. "},{"verseNumber":135,"text":"Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thy justifications. "},{"verseNumber":136,"text":"My eyes have sent forth springs of water: because they have not kept thy law. "},{"verseNumber":137,"text":"[SADE] Thou art just, O Lord: and thy judgment is right. "},{"verseNumber":138,"text":"Thou hast commanded justice thy testimonies: and thy truth exceedingly. "},{"verseNumber":139,"text":"My zeal hath made me pine away: because my enemies forgot thy words. "},{"verseNumber":140,"text":"Thy word is exceedingly refined: and thy servant hath loved it. "},{"verseNumber":141,"text":"I am very young and despised; but I forgot not thy justifications. "},{"verseNumber":142,"text":"Thy justice is justice for ever: and thy law is the truth. "},{"verseNumber":143,"text":"Trouble and anguish have found me: thy commandments are my meditation. "},{"verseNumber":144,"text":"Thy testimonies are justice for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live. "},{"verseNumber":145,"text":"[COPH] I cried with my whole heart, hear me, O Lord: I will seek thy justifications. "},{"verseNumber":146,"text":"I cried unto thee, save me: that I may keep thy commandments. "},{"verseNumber":147,"text":"I prevented the dawning of the day, and cried: because in thy words I very much hoped. "},{"verseNumber":148,"text":"My eyes to thee have prevented the morning: that I might meditate on thy words. "},{"verseNumber":149,"text":"Hear thou my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy: and quicken me according to thy mercy. "},{"verseNumber":150,"text":"They that persecute me have drawn nigh to iniquity; but they are gone far off from the law. "},{"verseNumber":151,"text":"Thou art near, O Lord: and all thy ways are truth. "},{"verseNumber":152,"text":"I have known from the beginning concerning thy testimonies: that thou hast founded them for ever. "},{"verseNumber":153,"text":"[RES] See my humiliation and deliver me: for I have not forgotten the law. "},{"verseNumber":154,"text":"Judge my judgment and redeem me: quicken thou me for thy word's sake. "},{"verseNumber":155,"text":"Salvation is far from sinners; because they have not sought thy justifications. "},{"verseNumber":156,"text":"Many, O Lord, are thy mercies: quicken me according to thy judgment. "},{"verseNumber":157,"text":"Many are they that persecute me, and afflict me; but I have not declined from thy testimonies. "},{"verseNumber":158,"text":"I beheld the transgressors, and I pined away; because they kept not thy word. "},{"verseNumber":159,"text":"Behold I have loved thy commandments, O Lord; quicken me thou in thy mercy. "},{"verseNumber":160,"text":"The beginning of thy words is truth: all the judgments of thy justice are for ever. "},{"verseNumber":161,"text":"[SIN] Princes have persecuted me without cause: and my heart hath been in awe of thy words. "},{"verseNumber":162,"text":"I will rejoice at thy words, as one that hath found great spoil. "},{"verseNumber":163,"text":"I have hated and abhorred iniquity; but I have loved thy law. "},{"verseNumber":164,"text":"Seven times a day I have given praise to thee, for the judgments of thy justice. "},{"verseNumber":165,"text":"Much peace have they that love thy law, and to them there is no stumbling block "},{"verseNumber":166,"text":"I looked to thy salvation, O Lord: and I loved thy commandments. "},{"verseNumber":167,"text":"My soul hath kept thy testimonies: and hath loved them exceedingly. "},{"verseNumber":168,"text":"I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies: because all my ways are in thy sight. "},{"verseNumber":169,"text":"[TAU] Let my supplication, O Lord, come near in thy sight: give me understanding according to thy word. "},{"verseNumber":170,"text":"Let my request come in before thee; deliver thou me according to thy word. "},{"verseNumber":171,"text":"My lips shall utter a hymn, when thou shalt teach me thy justifications. "},{"verseNumber":172,"text":"My tongue shall pronounce thy word: because all thy commandments are justice. "},{"verseNumber":173,"text":"Let thy hand be with me to save me; for I have chosen thy precepts. "},{"verseNumber":174,"text":"I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my meditation. "},{"verseNumber":175,"text":"My soul shall live and shall praise thee: and thy judgments shall help me. "},{"verseNumber":176,"text":"I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost: seek thy servant, because I have not forgotten thy commandments. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 119 (DRB)","markdown":"[Psalms 119](https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/119)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/119 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}