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Psalms 119
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Bible in Basic English · 1949
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Darby Bible · 1890
1 Happy are they who are without sin in their ways, walking in the law of the Lord.
1ALEPH. Blessed are the perfect in the way, who walk in the law of Jehovah.
2Happy are they who keep his unchanging word, searching after him with all their heart.
2 Blessed are they that observe his testimonies, that seek him with the whole heart;
4You have put your orders into our hearts, so that we might keep them with care.
4 Thou hast enjoined thy precepts, to be kept diligently.
5If only my ways were ordered so that I might keep your rules!
5 Oh that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
6Then I would not be put to shame, as long as I have respect for all your teaching.
6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
7I will give you praise with an upright heart in learning your right decisions.
7 I will give thee thanks with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
8I will keep your rules: O give me not up completely.
8 I will keep thy statutes: forsake me not utterly.
9 How may a young man make his way clean? by guiding it after your word.
9 BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his path? by taking heed according to thy word.
10I have made search for you with all my heart: O let me not go wandering far from your teaching.
10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandments.
11I have kept your sayings secretly in my heart, so that I might do no sin against you.
11 Thy *word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.
12Praise be to you, O Lord: give me knowledge of your rules.
12 Blessed art thou, Jehovah! teach me thy statutes.
13With my lips have I made clear all the decisions of your mouth.
13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
14I have taken as much delight in the way of your unchanging word, as in all wealth.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as [much as] in all wealth.
15I will give thought to your orders, and have respect for your ways.
15 I will meditate upon thy precepts, and have respect unto thy paths.
16I will have delight in your rules; I will not let your word go out of my mind.
16 I delight myself in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word.
17 Give me, your servant, the reward of life, so that I may keep your word;
17 GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant [and] I shall live; and I will keep thy word.
18Let my eyes be open to see the wonders of your law.
18 Open mine eyes, and I shall behold wondrous things out of thy law.
19I am living in a strange land: do not let your teachings be kept secret from me.
19 I am a stranger in the land; hide not thy commandments from me.
20My soul is broken with desire for your decisions at all times.
20 My soul breaketh for longing after thy judgments at all times.
21Your hand has been against the men of pride, a curse is on those who go wandering out of your way.
21 Thou hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, who wander from thy commandments.
22Take away from me shame and bitter words; for I have kept your unchanging word in my heart.
22 Roll off from me reproach and contempt; for I observe thy testimonies.
23Rulers make evil designs against me; but your servant gives thought to your rules.
23 Princes also did sit [and] talk together against me: thy servant doth meditate in thy statutes.
24Your unchanging word is my delight, and the guide of my footsteps.
24 Thy testimonies also are my delight [and] my counsellors.
25 My soul is joined to the dust: O give me life, in keeping with your word.
25 DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken me according to thy word.
26I put the record of my ways before you, and you gave me an answer: O give me knowledge of your rules.
26 I have declared my ways, and thou hast answered me: teach me thy statutes.
27Make the way of your orders clear to me; then my thoughts will be ever on your wonders.
27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts, and I will meditate upon thy wondrous works.
28My soul is wasted with sorrow; give me strength again in keeping with your word
28 My soul melteth for sadness: strengthen me according to thy word.
29Take from me every false way; and in mercy give me your law.
29 Remove from me the way of falsehood, and graciously grant me thy law.
30I have taken the way of faith: I have kept your decisions before me.
30 I have chosen the way of faithfulness; thy judgments have I set [before me].
31I have been true to your unchanging word; O Lord, do not put me to shame.
31 I cleave unto thy testimonies; Jehovah, let me not be ashamed.
32I will go quickly in the way of your teaching, because you have given me a free heart.
32 I will run the way of thy commandments when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
33 O Lord, let me see the way of your rules, and I will keep it to the end.
33 HE. Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes, and I will observe it [unto] the end.
34Give me wisdom, so that I may keep your law; going after it with all my heart.
34 Give me understanding, and I will observe thy law; and I will keep it with [my] whole heart.
35Make me go in the way of your teachings; for they are my delight.
35 Make me to walk in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
36Let my heart be turned to your unchanging word, and not to evil desire.
36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to gain.
37Let my eyes be turned away from what is false; give me life in your ways.
37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; quicken me in thy way.
38Give effect to your word to your servant, in whose heart is the fear of you.
38 Establish thy *word unto thy servant, who is [devoted] to thy fear.
39Take away the shame which is my fear; for your decisions are good.
39 Turn away my reproach which I fear; for thy judgments are good.
40See how great is my desire for your orders: give me life in your righteousness.
40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
41 Let your mercies come to me, O Lord, even your salvation, as you have said.
41 VAU. And let thy loving-kindness come unto me, O Jehovah, — thy salvation according to thy *word.
42So that I may have an answer for the man who would put me to shame; for I have faith in your word.
42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me; for I confide in thy word.
43Take not your true word quite out of my mouth; for I have put my hope in your decisions.
43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; because I have hoped in thy judgments.
44So that I may keep your law for ever and ever;
44 Then will I keep thy law continually, for ever and ever;
45So that my way may be in a wide place: because my search has been for your orders.
45 And I will walk at liberty, for I have sought thy precepts;
46So that I may give knowledge of your unchanging word before kings, and not be put to shame.
46 And I will speak of thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed;
47And so that I may take delight in your teachings, to which I have given my love.
47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved;
48And so that my hands may be stretched out to you; and I will give thought to your rules.
48 And I will lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and I will meditate in thy statutes.
49 Keep in mind your word to your servant, for on it has my hope been fixed.
49 ZAIN. Remember the word for thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
50This is my comfort in my trouble; that your sayings have given me life.
50 This is my comfort in mine affliction; for thy *word hath quickened me.
51The men of pride have made great sport of me; but I have not been turned from your law.
51 The proud have derided me beyond measure: I have not declined from thy law.
52I have kept the memory of your decisions from times past, O Lord; and they have been my comfort.
52 I remembered thy judgments of old, O Jehovah, and have comforted myself.
53I am burning with wrath, because of the sinners who have given up your law.
53 Burning indignation hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked who forsake thy law.
54Your rules have been melodies to me, while I have been living in strange lands.
54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
55I have given thought to your name in the night, O Lord, and have kept your law.
55 I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, and have kept thy law.
56This has been true of me, that I have kept your orders in my heart.
56 This I have had, because I have observed thy precepts.
57 The Lord is my heritage: I have said that I would be ruled by your words.
57 CHETH. My portion, O Jehovah, I have said, is to keep thy words.
58I have given my mind to do your pleasure with all my heart; have mercy on me, as you have said.
58 I have sought thy favour with [my] whole heart: be gracious unto me according to thy *word.
59I gave thought to my steps, and my feet were turned into the way of your unchanging word.
59 I have thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
60I was quick to do your orders, and let no time be wasted.
60 I have made haste, and not delayed, to keep thy commandments.
61The cords of evil-doers are round me; but I have kept in mind your law.
61 The bands of the wicked have wrapped me round: I have not forgotten thy law.
62In the middle of the night I will get up to give you praise, because of all your right decisions.
62 At midnight I rise up to give thanks unto thee, because of thy righteous judgments.
63I keep company with all your worshippers, and those who have your orders in their memory.
63 I am the companion of all that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
64The earth, O Lord, is full of your mercy: give me knowledge of your rules.
64 The earth, O Jehovah, is full of thy loving-kindness: teach me thy statutes.
65 You have done good to your servant, O Lord, in keeping with your word.
65 TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Jehovah, according to thy word.
66Give me knowledge and good sense; for I have put my faith in your teachings.
66 Teach me good discernment and knowledge; for I have believed in thy commandments.
67Before I was in trouble I went out of the way; but now I keep your word.
67 Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep thy *word.
68You are good, and your works are good; give me knowledge of your rules.
68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
69The men of pride have said false things about me; but I will keep your orders in my heart.
69 The proud have forged falsehood against me: I will observe thy precepts with [my] whole heart.
70Their hearts are shut up with fat; but my delight is in your law.
70 Their heart is as fat as grease: as for me, I delight in thy law.
71It is good for me to have been through trouble; so that I might come to the knowledge of your rules.
71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes.
72The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver.
72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
73 Your hands have made me, and given me form: give me wisdom, so that I may have knowledge of your teaching.
73 YOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments.
74Your worshippers will see me and be glad; because my hope has been in your word.
74 They that fear thee will see me, and rejoice; because I have hoped in thy word.
75I have seen, O Lord, that your decisions are right, and that in unchanging faith you have sent trouble on me.
75 I know, Jehovah, that thy Judgments are righteousness, and that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
76Let your mercy now be my comfort, as you have said to your servant.
76 Oh let thy loving-kindness be for my comfort, according to thy *word unto thy servant.
77Let your gentle mercies come to me, so that I may have life; for your law is my delight.
77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight.
78Let the men of pride be shamed; because they have falsely given decision against me; but I will give thought to your orders.
78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they have acted perversely towards me with falsehood: as for me, I meditate in thy precepts.
79Let your worshippers be turned to me, and those who have knowledge of your words.
79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that know thy testimonies.
80Let all my heart be given to your orders, so that I may not be put to shame.
80 Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.
81 My soul is wasted with desire for your salvation: but I have hope in your word.
81 CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; I hope in thy word.
82My eyes are full of weariness with searching for your word, saying, When will you give me comfort?
82 Mine eyes fail for thy *word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
83For I have become like a wine-skin black with smoke; but I still keep the memory of your rules.
83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; I do not forget thy statutes.
84How short is the life of your servant! when will you give your decision against those who are attacking me?
84 How many shall be the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
85The men of pride, who are turned away from your law, have put nets for me.
85 The proud have digged pits for me, which is not according to thy law.
86All your teachings are certain; they go after me with evil design; give me your help.
86 All thy commandments are faithfulness. They persecute me wrongfully: help thou me.
87They had almost put an end to me on earth; but I did not give up your orders.
87 They had almost consumed me upon the earth; but as for me, I forsook not thy precepts.
88Give me life in your mercy; so that I may be ruled by the unchanging word of your mouth.
88 Quicken me according to thy loving-kindness, and I will keep the testimony of thy mouth.
89 For ever, O Lord, your word is fixed in heaven.
89 LAMED. For ever, O Jehovah, thy word is settled in the heavens.
90Your faith is unchanging from generation to generation: you have put the earth in its place, and it is not moved.
90 Thy faithfulness is from generation to generation: thou hast established the earth, and it standeth.
91They are ruled this day by your decisions; for all things are your servants.
91 By thine ordinances they stand this day; for all things are thy servants.
92If your law had not been my delight, my troubles would have put an end to me.
92 Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
93I will ever keep your orders in mind; for in them I have life.
93 I will never forget thy precepts; for by them thou hast quickened me.
94I am yours, O be my saviour; for my desire has been for your rules.
94 I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
95The sinners have been waiting for me to give me up to destruction; but I will give all my mind to your unchanging ward.
95 The wicked have awaited me to destroy me; [but] I attend unto thy testimonies.
96I have seen that nothing on earth is complete; but your teaching is very wide.
96 I have seen an end of all perfection: thy commandment is exceeding broad.
97 O what love I have for your law! I give thought to it all the day.
97 MEM. Oh how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
98Your teaching has made me wiser than my haters: for it is mine for ever.
98 Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me.
99I have more knowledge than all my teachers, because I give thought to your unchanging word.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my meditation.
100I have more wisdom than the old, because I have kept your orders.
100 I understand more than the aged, because I have observed thy precepts.
101I have kept back my feet from all evil ways, so that I might be true to your word.
101 I have refrained my feet from every evil path, that I might keep thy word.
102My heart has not been turned away from your decisions; for you have been my teacher.
102 I have not departed from thy judgments; for it is thou that hast taught me.
103How sweet are your sayings to my taste! truly, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth!
103 How sweet are thy *words unto my taste! more than honey to my mouth!
104Through your orders I get wisdom; for this reason I am a hater of every false way.
104 From thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false path.
105 Your word is a light for my feet, ever shining on my way.
105 NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
106I have made an oath and kept it, to be guided by your upright decisions.
106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
107I am greatly troubled, O Lord, give me life in keeping with your word.
107 I am afflicted very much; O Jehovah, quicken me according to thy word.
108Take, O Lord, the free offerings of my mouth, and give me knowledge of your decisions.
108 Accept, I beseech thee, Jehovah, the voluntary-offerings of my mouth, and teach me thy judgments.
109My soul is ever in danger; but I still keep the memory of your law.
109 My life is continually in my hand; but I do not forget thy law.
110Sinners have put a net to take me; but I was true to your orders.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me; but I have not wandered from thy precepts.
111I have taken your unchanging word as an eternal heritage; for it is the joy of my heart.
111 Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112My heart is ever ready to keep your rules, even to the end.
112 I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes for ever, unto the end.
113 I am a hater of men of doubting mind; but I am a lover of your law.
113 SAMECH. The double-minded have I hated; but thy law do I love.
114You are my secret place and my breastplate against danger; my hope is in your word.
114 Thou art my hiding-place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
115Go far from me, you evil-doers; so that I may keep the teachings of my God.
115 Depart from me, ye evil-doers; and I will observe the commandments of myGod.
116Be my support as you have said, and give me life; let not my hope be turned to shame.
116 Uphold me according to thy *word, that I may live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117Let me not be moved, and I will be safe, and ever take delight in your rules.
117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe; and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
118You have overcome all those who are wandering from your rules; for all their thoughts are false.
118 Thou hast set at nought all them that wander from thy statutes; for their deceit is falsehood.
119All the sinners of the earth are like waste metal in your eyes; and for this cause I give my love to your unchanging word.
119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth [like] dross; therefore I love thy testimonies.
120My flesh is moved for fear of you; I give honour to your decisions.
120 My flesh shuddereth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
121 I have done what is good and right: you will not give me into the hands of those who are working against me.
121 AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
122Take your servant's interests into your keeping; let me not be crushed by the men of pride.
122 Be surety for thy servant for good; let not the proud oppress me.
123My eyes are wasted with desire for your salvation, and for the word of your righteousness.
123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the *word of thy righteousness.
124Be good to your servant in your mercy, and give me teaching in your rules.
124 Deal with thy servant according to thy loving-kindness, and teach me thy statutes.
125I am your servant; give me wisdom, so that I may have knowledge of your unchanging word.
125 I am thy servant; give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.
126It is time, O Lord, for you to let your work be seen; for they have made your law without effect.
126 It is time for Jehovah to work: they have made void thy law.
127For this reason I have greater love far your teachings than for gold, even for shining gold.
127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold, yea, above fine gold.
128Because of it I keep straight in all things by your orders; and I am a hater of every false way.
128 Therefore I regard all [thy] precepts concerning all things to be right: I hate every false path.
129 Your unchanging word is full of wonder; for this reason my soul keeps it.
129 PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul observe them.
130The opening of your words gives light; it gives good sense to the simple.
130 The entrance of thy words giveth light, giving understanding unto the simple.
131My mouth was open wide, waiting with great desire for your teachings.
131 I opened my mouth wide and panted; for I longed for thy commandments.
132Let your eyes be turned to me, and have mercy on me, as it is right for you to do to those who are lovers of your name.
132 Turn unto me, and be gracious unto me, as thou art wont to do unto those that love thy name.
133Let my steps be guided by your word; and let not sin have control over me.
133 Establish my steps in thy *word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
134Make me free from the cruel rule of man; then I will keep your orders.
134 Deliver me from the oppression of man; and I will keep thy precepts.
135Let your servant see the shining of your face; give me knowledge of your rules.
135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant, and teach me thy statutes.
136Rivers of water are flowing from my eyes, because men do not keep your law.
136 Mine eyes run down with streams of water, because they keep not thy law.
137 O Lord, great is your righteousness, and upright are your decisions.
137 TZADE. Righteous art thou, Jehovah, and upright are thy judgments.
138You have given your unchanging word in righteousness, and it is for ever.
138 Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness and exceeding faithfulness.
139My passion has overcome me; because my haters are turned away from your words.
139 My zeal destroyeth me, because mine oppressors have forgotten thy words.
140Your word is of tested value; and it is dear to your servant.
140 Thy *word is exceeding pure, and thy servant loveth it.
141I am small and of no account; but I keep your orders in mind.
141 I am little and despised: thy precepts have I not forgotten.
142Your righteousness is an unchanging righteousness, and your law is certain.
142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is truth.
143Pain and trouble have overcome me: but your teachings are my delight.
143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold upon me: thy commandments are my delights.
144The righteousness of your unchanging word is eternal; give me wisdom so that I may have life.
144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.
145 I have made my prayer with all my heart; give answer to me, O Lord: I will keep your rules.
145 KOPH. I have called with [my] whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah: I will observe thy statutes.
146My cry has gone up to you; take me out of trouble, and I will be guided by your unchanging word.
146 I call upon thee; save me, and I will keep thy testimonies.
147Before the sun is up, my cry for help comes to your ear; my hope is in your words.
147 I anticipate the morning-dawn and I cry: I hope in thy word.
148In the night watches I am awake, so that I may give thought to your saying.
148 Mine eyes anticipate the night-watches, that I may meditate in thy *word.
149Let my voice come to you, in your mercy; O Lord, by your decisions give me life.
149 Hear my voice according to thy loving-kindness: O Jehovah, quicken me according to thy judgment.
150Those who have evil designs against me come near; they are far from your law.
150 They have drawn nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.
151You are near, O Lord; and all your teachings are true.
151 Thou, Jehovah, art near, and all thy commandments are truth.
152I have long had knowledge that your unchanging word is for ever.
152 From thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
153 O see my trouble, and be my saviour; for I keep your law in my mind,
153 RESH. See mine affliction, and deliver me; for I have not forgotten thy law.
154Undertake my cause, and come to my help, give me life, as you have said.
154 Plead my cause, and redeem me: quicken me according to thy *word.
155Salvation is far from evil-doers; for they have made no search for your rules.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked; for they seek not thy statutes.
156Great is the number of your mercies, O Lord; give me life in keeping with your decisions.
156 Many are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah; quicken me according to thy judgments.
157Great is the number of those who are against me; but I have not been turned away from your unchanging word.
157 Many are my persecutors and mine oppressors; I have not declined from thy testimonies.
158I saw with hate those who were untrue to you; for they did not keep your saying.
158 I beheld them that deal treacherously, and was grieved; because they kept not thy *word.
159See how great is my love for your orders: give me life, O Lord, in keeping with your mercy.
159 See how I have loved thy precepts: quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy loving-kindness.
160Your word is true from the first; and your upright decision is unchanging for ever.
160 The sum of thy word is truth, and every righteous judgment of thine is for ever.
161 Rulers have been cruel to me without cause; but I have the fear of your word in my heart.
161 SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
162I am delighted by your saying, like a man who makes discovery of great wealth.
162 I have joy in thy *word, as one that findeth great spoil.
163I am full of hate and disgust for false words; but I am a lover of your law.
163 I hate and abhor falsehood; thy law do I love.
164Seven times a day do I give you praise, because of your upright decisions.
164 Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.
165Great peace have lovers of your law; they have no cause for falling.
165 Great peace have they that love thy law, and nothing doth stumble them.
166Lord, my hope has been in your salvation; and I have kept your teachings.
166 I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah, and have done thy commandments.
167My soul has kept your unchanging word; great is my love for it.
167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies, and I love them exceedingly.
168I have been ruled by your orders; for all my ways are before you.
168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies; for all my ways are before thee.
169 Let my cry come before you, O Lord; give me wisdom in keeping with your word.
169 TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, Jehovah: give me understanding according to thy word.
170Let my prayer come before you; take me out of trouble, as you have said.
170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy *word.
171Let my lips be flowing with praise, because you have given me knowledge of your rules.
171 My lips shall pour forth praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
172Let my tongue make songs in praise of your word; for all your teachings are righteousness.
172 My tongue shall speak aloud of thy *word; for all thy commandments are righteousness.
173Let your hand be near for my help; for I have given my heart to your orders.
173 Let thy hand be for my help; for I have chosen thy precepts.
174All my desire has been for your salvation, O Lord; and your law is my delight.
174 I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah, and thy law is my delight.