Psalms 119 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.

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