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Psalms 119

1 The Prophet exhorteth the children of God to frame their lives according to his holie worde. 123 Also he sheweth wherein the true service of God standeth, that is, when we serve him according to his worde, and not after our own fantasies.
1.Blessed are athose that are upright in their waie, and walk in the Law of the Lord.
2.Blessed are thei that keep his testimonies, and seek him with their whole heart.
3.Surely they work bnone iniquity, that walk in his waies.
4.Thou hast commanded to keep thy precepts diligently.
5.cOh that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes.
6.Then should I not be confounded, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
7.I wil praise thee with an upright dheart, when I shal learn the ejudgements of thy righteousness.
8.I wil keep thy statutes: forsake me not foverlong. 116 BETH.
9.Wherewith shal a ayong man redress his waie? in taking heed thereto according to thy word.
10.With my whole heart have I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandments.
11.I have bhid thy promise in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
12.Blessed art thou, ô Lord: teach me thy statutes.
13.With my lips have I declared all the judgements of thy mouth.
14.I have had as great cdelite in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches.
15.I wil meditate in thy precepts, and consider thy waies.
16.I wil delite in thy statutes, and I wil not forget thy word. GIMEL.
17.Be beneficial unto thy servant, that I maie alive and keep thy word.
18.Open mine eies, that I maie se the wonders of thy Law.
19.I am a bstranger upon earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
20.Mine heart breaketh for the desire to thy judgements alwaie.
21.Thou chast destroyed the proud: cursed are they that do err from thy commandments.
22.Remove from me shame and contempt: for I have kept thy testimonies.
23.dPrinces also did sit, and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
24.Also thy testimonies are my delite, and my counsellors. DALETH.
25.My soul cleaveth to the adust: quicken me according to thy word.
26.I have bdeclared my waies, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
27.Make me to understand the waie of thy precepts, and I wil meditate in thy wonderous works.
28.My soul melteth for heaviness: raise me up according unto thy cword.
29.Take from me the dwaie of lying, and grant me graciously thy Law.
30.I have chosen the waie of trueth, and thy judgements have I laied
31.I have cleaved to thy testimonies, ô Lord: confound me not.
32.I wil run the waie of thy commandments, when thou cshalt enlarge mine heart. HE.
33.Teach ame, ô Lord, the waie of thy statutes, and I wil keep it unto the end.
34.Give me understanding, and I wil keep thy Law: yea, I wil keep it with my whole bheart.
35.Direct me in the path of thy commandments: for therein is my delite.
36.Incline mine heart unto thy testimonies, and not to ccovetousness.
37.Turn awaie mine deyes from regarding vanitie, and quicken me in thy waie.
38.Stablish thy promise to thy servant, because he feareth thee.
39.Take awaie emy rebuke that I fear: for thy judgements are good.
40.Behold, I desire thy commandments: fquicken me in thy righteousness, VAV.
41.And let thy aloving kindness come unto me, ô Lord, and thy salvation according to thy promise.
42.So shal I bmake answer unto my blasphemers: for I trust in thy word.
43.And take not the word of trueth utterly out of my mouth: for I wait for thy judgements.
44.So shal I alwaie keep thy Law for ever and ever.
45.And I wil cwalk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
46.I wil speak also of thy testimonies before dKings, and wil not be ashamed.
47.And my delite shalbe in thy commandments, which I have loved.
48.Mine hands also wil I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and I wil meditate in thy statutes. ZAIN.
49.Remember athe promise made to thy servant, wherein thou hast caused me to trust.
50.It is my comfort in my trouble: for thy promise hathe quickened me.
51.The bproud have had me exceedingly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy Law.
52.I remembred thy cjudgements of old, ô Lord, and have been comforted.
53.dFear is come upon me for the wicked, that forsake thy Law.
54.Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my epilgrimage.
55.I have remembred thy Name, ô Lord, in the fnight, and have kept thy Law.
56.gThis I had because I kept thy precepts. CHETH.
57.O Lord, that art my aportion, I have determined to keep thy words.
58.I made my supplication in thy presence with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy promise.
59.I have considered my bwaies, and turned my feet into thy testimonies.
60.I made haste and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
61.The bands of the wicked have crobbed me: but I have not forgotten thy Law.
62.At midnight wil I rise to give thanks unto thee, because of thy righteous judgements.
63.I am dcompanion of all them that fear thee, and keep thy precepts.
64.The earth, ô Lord, is full of thy mercy: eteach me thy statutes. TETH.
65.O Lord, thou hast dealt agraciously with thy servant according unto thy word.
66.Teach me good judgement & knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
67.Before I was bafflicted, I went astray: but now I keep thy word.
68.Thou art good and gracious: teach me thy statutes.
69.The proud have imagined a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
70.cTheir heart is fat as grease: but my delite is in thy Law.
71.It is dgood for me that I have been afflicted, that I maie learn thy statutes.
72.The Law of thy mouth is better unto me, then thousands of gold and silver. JOD.
73.Thine hands have amade me & facioned me: give me understanding therefore, that I maie learn thy commandments.
74.So they that bfear thee, seing me shal rejoyce, because I have trusted in thy word.
75.I knowe, ô Lord, that thy judgements are right, and that thou hast afflicted me ^justly.
76.I praie thee that thy mercie maie comfort me according to thy promise unto thy servant.
77.Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I maie clive: for thy Law is my delite.
78.Let the proud be ashamed: for they have dealt wickedly and falsely with me: but I meditate in thy precepts.
79.Let such as fear thee dturn unto me, and they that eknow thy testimonies.
80.Let mine heart be upright in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed. CAPH.
81.My soul afainteth for thy salvation: yet I wait for thy word.
82.Mine eyes fail for thy promise, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
83.For I am like a bbottel in the smoke: yet do I not forget thy statutes.
84.How manie are the cdaies of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgement on them that persecute me?
85.The proud have ddigged pittes for me, which is not after thy Law.
86.All thy commandments are true: they persecute me falsely: ehelp me.
87.They had almost consumed fme upon the earth: but I forsoke not thy precepts.
88.Quicken me according to thy loving kindness, so shal I keep the testimony of thy mouth. LAMED.
89.O Lord, thy word endureth for ever in aheaven.
90.Thy trueth is from generation to generation: thou hast laied the foundation of the earth, and it abideth.
91.They bcontinue even to this daie by thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.
92.Except thy Law had been my delite, I should now have perished in mine affliction.
93.I wil never forget thy precepts: for by them thou hast quickened me.
94.I am cthine, save me: for I have sought thy precepts.
95.The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I wil consider thy testimonies.
96.I dhave seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding large. MEM.
97.Oh how love I thy Law! ait is my meditation continually.
98.By thy commandments thou hast made me wiser then mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
99.I have had more bunderstanding then all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
100.I understood more then the ancient, because I kept thy precepts.
101.I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
102.I have not declined from thy judgements: for cthou didest teach me.
103.How sweet are thy promises unto my mouth! yea, more then honie unto my mouth.
104.By thy precepts I have gotten understanding: therefore I hate all the ways of falsehood. NUN.
105.Thy worde is a alanterne unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
106.I have bsworn and wil perform it, that I wil keep thy righteous judgements.
107.I am very sore afflicted: ô Lord, quicken me according to thy word.
108.O Lord, I beseech thee accept the cfree offerings of my mouth, and teach me thy judgements.
109.My dsoul is continually in mine hand: yet do I not forget thy Law.
110.The wicked have layed a snare for me: but I swerved not from thy precepts.
111.Thy testimonies have I taken as an eheritage for ever, for they are the joy of mine heart.
112.I have applied mine heart to fulfill thy statutes alwaie, even unto the end. SAMECH.
113.I hate avain inventions: but thy Law do I love.
114.Thou art my refuge and shield, and I trust in thy word.
115.bAwaie from me, ye wicked: for I wil keep the commandments of my God.
116.Stablish me according to thy promise, that I may live, and disappoint me not of mine hope.
117.cStay thou me, and I shalbe safe, and I wil delite continually in thy statutes.
118.Thou hast trodden down all them that depart from thy statutes: for their ddeceit is vain.
119.Thou hast taken away all the wicked of the earth like edross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
120.My flesh ftrembleth for fear of thee, and I am afraid of thy judgements. AIN.
121.I have executed judgement and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
122.aAnswer for thy servant in that, which is good, and let not the proud oppress me.
123.Mine eyes have failed in waiting for thy salvation, and for thy just promise.
124.Deal with thy bservant according to thy mercie, and teach me thy statutes.
125.I am thy servant: grant me therefore understanding, that I maie knowe thy testimonies.
126.It is ctime for the Lord to work: for they have destroyed thy Law.
127.Therefore love I thy commandments above gold, yea, above most fine gold.
128.Therefore I esteem all thy precepts most just, and hate all false dways. PE.
129.Thy testimonies are awonderful: therefore doeth my soul keep them.
130.The entrance into thy bwords sheweth light, & giveth understanding to the simple.
131.I opened my mouth and cpanted, because I loved thy commandments.
132.Look upon me and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy Name.
133.Direct my steps in thy word, and let none iniquity have dominion over me.
134.Deliver me from the oppression of men, and I wil keep thy precepts.
135.Shewe the light of thy countenance upon thy servant, and teach me thy statutes.
136.Mine eyes gush dout with rivers of water, because they keep not thy Law. TSADDI.
137.Righteous art thou, ô Lord, and just are thy judgements.
138.Thou hast commanded ajustice by thy testimonies and truth especially.
139.*My zeal hath even consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
140.Thy word is proved bmost pure, and thy servant loveth it.
141.I am csmall and despised, yet do I not forget the precepts.
142.Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy Law is truth.
143.Trouble and anguish are come upon me: yet are thy commandments my delite.
144.The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: grant me understanding, and I shal dlive. KOPH.
145.I have acryed with my whole heart: hear me, ô Lord, and I wil keep thy statutes.
146.I called upon thee: save me, and I will keep thy testimonies.
147.I prevented the morning light, and cryed: for I waited on thy word.
148.Mine eyes bprevent the night watches to meditate in thy word.
149.Hear my voice according to thy loving kindness: ô Lord, quicken me according to thy ^judgement.
150.They draw near, that follow after cmalice, and are far from thy Law.
151.Thou art near, ô Lord: for all thy commandments are true.
152.I have knowen long since dby thy testimonies, that thou hast established them for ever. RESH.
153.Behold mine affliction, & deliver me: for I have not forgotten thy Law.
154.Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according unto thy aword.
155.Salvation is far from the wicked, because they seek not thy statutes.
156.Great are thy tender mercies, ô Lord: quicken me according to thy bjudgements.
157.My persecutors and mine oppressors are many: yet do I not swerve from thy testimonies.
158.I saw the transgressors and was cgrieved, because they kept not thy word.
159.Consider, ô Lord, how I dlove thy precepts: quicken me according to thy loving kindness.
160.The ebeginning of thy word is truth, and all the judgements of thy righteousness endure for ever. SCHIN.
161.Princes have apersecuted me without cause, but mine heart stood in awe of thy words.
162.I rejoyce at thy word, as one that findeth a great spoil.
163.I hate falsehood and abhor it, but thy Law do I love.
164.bSeven times a daie do I praise thee, because of thy righteous judgements.
165.They, cthat love thy Law, shal have great prosperity, and they shal have none hurt.
166.Lord, I have dtrusted in thy salvation, and have done thy commandments.
167.My soul hath kept thy testimonies: for I love them exceedingly.
168.I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: efor all my waies are before thee. TAV.
169.Let my complaint come before thee, ô Lord, and give me understanding, aaccording unto thy word.
170.Let my supplication come before thee, and deliver me according to thy promise.
171.My lips shal bspeak praise, when thou hast ctaugth me thy statutes.
172.My tongue shal intreate of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteous.
173.Let thine hand help me: for I have chosen thy precepts.
174.I have longed for thy salvation, ô Lord, and thy Law is my delite.
175.Let my soul live, & it shal praise thee, and thy djudgements shal help me.
176.I have egone astray like a lost sheep: seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments.

Notes

1-a.
Here they are not called blessed, which think themselves wise in their own judgement, nor which imagine to themselves a certain holiness, but they whose conversation is without hypocrisy.
3-b.
For they are ruled by God’s Spirit and embrace no doctrine but his.
5-c.
David acknowledges his imperfection, desiring God to reform it that his life may be conformable to God’s word.
7-d.
For true religion stands in serving God without hypocrisy.
7-e.
That is, your precepts, which contain perfect righteousness.
8-f.
He refuses not to be tried by tentations, but he fears to faint, if God succour not his infirmity in time. Beth.
9-a.
Because youth is most given to licentiousness, he chiefly warns them to frame their lives betime to God’s word.
11-b.
If God’s word be graven in our hearts, we shall be more able to resist the assaults of Satan: and therefore the Prophet desires God to instruct him daily more and more therein.
14-c.
The Prophet does not boast of his virtues, but sets forth an example for others to follow God’s word and leave worldly vanities. Gimel.
17-a.
He shows that we ought not to desire to live but to serve God, and that we can not serve him aright, except he open our eyes and minds.
19-b.
Seeing man’s life in this world is but a passage, what should become of him, if your word were not his guide?
21-c.
In all ages you have plagued all such, which maliciously and contemptuously depart from your truth.
23-d.
When the powers of the world gave false sentence against me, your word was a guide and counsellor to teach me what to do, and to comfort me. Daleth
25-a.
That is, it is almost brought to the grave, and without your word I can not live.
26-b.
I have confessed my offences, and now depend wholly on you.
28-c.
If God did not maintain us by his word, our life would drop away like water.
29-d.
Instruct me in your word, whereby my mind may be purged from vanity and taught to obey your will.
32-e.
By this he shows that we can neither chose good, cleave to God’s word, nor run forward in his way, except he make our hearts large to receive his grace, and willing to obey. HE.
33-a.
He shows that he can not follow on to the end, except God teach him oft times and lead him forward.
34-b.
Not only in outward conversation, but also with inward affection.
36-c.
Hereby meaning all other vices, because that covetousness is the root of all evil.
37-d.
Meaning, all his senses.
39-e.
Let me not fall to your dishonour, but let my heart still delight in your gracious word.
40-f.
Give me strength to continue in your word even to the end. VAV.
41-a.
He shows that God’s mercy & love is the first cause of our salvation.
42-b.
By trusting in God’s word he assures himself to be able to confute the slanders of his adversaries.
45-c.
They, that simply walk after God’s word, have no lets to entangle them, where as they that do contrary, are ever in nets and snares.
46-d.
He shows that the children of God ought not to suffer their Father’s glory to be obscured by the vain pomp of princes.
49-a.
Though he feel God’s hand still to lie upon him, yet he rests on his promise and comforts himself therein.
51-b.
Meaning, the wicked, which contemn God’s word, and tread his religion under foot.
52-c.
That is, the examples, whereby you declare yourself to be judge of the world.
53-d.
That is, a vehement zeal to your glory, and indignation against the wicked.
54-e.
In the course of this life and sorrowful exile.
55-f.
Even when others slept.
56-g.
That is, all these benefits. CHETH.
57-a.
I am persuaded that to keep your Law is an heritage and great gain for me.
59-b.
He shows that none can embrace the word of God, except he consider his own imperfections and ways.
61-c.
They have gone about to draw me into their company.
63-d.
Not only in mutual consent, but also with aid and succour.
64-e.
For the knowledge of God’s word is a singular token of his favour. TETH.
65-a.
Having proved by experience that God was true to his promise, he desires that he would increase his knowledge and judgement.
67-b.
So Jeremiah says (Jer. 31.18), that before the Lord touched him, he was like a calf untamed: so that the use of God’s rods is to call us home to God.
70-c.
Their heart is indurate and hardened, puffed up with prosperity and vain estimation of themselves.
71-d.
He confesses that before that he was chastened, he was rebelli- ous, as man by nature is. JOD.
73-a.
Because God leaves not his work, that he has begun, he desires a new grace that is, that he would continue his mercies.
74-b.
When God shows his grace toward any, he testifies to others that he fails not them that trust in him.
75-^.
Ebr., in truth.
77-c.
He declares, that when he felt not God’s mercies, he was as dead.
79-d.
That is, be comforted by my example.
79-e.
He shows that there can be no true fear of God without the know- ledge of his word. CAPH.
81-a.
Though my strength fail me, yet my soul groans and sighs, resting still in your word.
83-b.
Like a skin bottle or bladder that is parched in the smoke.
84-c.
How long will you afflict your servant?
85-d.
They have not only oppressed me violently, but also craftily con- spired against me.
86-e.
He assures himself, that God will deliver his and destroy such as unjustly persecute them.
87-f.
Finding no help in earth, he lifts up his eyes to heaven. LAMED.
89-a.
Because none should esteem God’s word, according to the changes of things in this world, he shows that it abides in heaven and therefore is immutable.
91-b.
Seeing the earth and all creatures remain in that estate, wherein you have created them, much more your truth remains constant and unchangeable.
94-c.
He proves by effect, that he is God’s child, because he seeks to understand his word.
96-d.
There is no thing so perfect in earth, but it has an end: only God’s word lasts forever. MEM.
97-a.
He shows that we cannot love God’s word, except we exercise ourselves therein and practice it.
99-b.
Whosoever does submit himself only to God’s word, shall not only be safe against the practices of his enemies, but also learn more wisdom, then they that profess it, and are men of experience.
102-c.
So then of ourselves we can do nothing, but when God does in- wardly instruct us with his Spirit, we feel his graces sweeter then honey. NUN.
105-a.
Of ourselves we are but darkness, and can not see, except we be lightened with God’s word.
106-b.
So all the faithful ought to bind themselves to God by a solemn oath and promise, to stir up their zeal to embrace God’s word.
108-c.
That is, my prayers and thanksgiving, which sacrifice Hosea calls the calves of the lips. Hos. 14.2.
109-d.
That is, I am in continual danger of my life.
111-e.
I esteemed no worldly things, but made your word my inheritance.
113-a.
Whosoever will embrace God’s word aright, must abhor all fantasies and imaginations both of himself and of others
115-b.
And hinder me not to keep the Law of the Lord.
117-c.
He desires God’s continual assistance lest he should faint in this race, which he had begun.
118-d.
The crafty practices of them that contemn your Law, shall be brought to naught.
119-e.
Which infected your people, as dross does the metal.
120-f.
Your judgements do not only teach me obedience, but cause me to fear, considering my own weakness, which fear causes repentance. AIN.
122-a.
Put yourself between my enemies and me, as if you were my pledge.
124-b.
He boasts not that he is God’s servant, but hereby puts God in mind, that as he made him his by his grace, so he would continue his favour toward him.
126-c.
The Prophet shows that when the wicked have brought all things to confusion, and God’s word to utter contempt, then is it God’s time to help and send remedy.
128-d.
That is, whatsoever dissents from the purity of your word. PE.
129-a.
Containing high and secret mysteries, so that I am moved with admiration and reverence.
130-b.
The simple idiots, that submit themselves to God, have their eyes opened, and their minds illuminated so soon as they begin to read God’s word.
131-c.
My zeal toward your word was so great.
136-d.
He shows what ought to be the zeal of God’s children, when they see his word contemned. TSADDI.
138-a.
We can not confess God to be righteous, except we live uprightly and truly, as he has commanded.
139-*.
Ps. 69.9, 2 Pet. 2.1.
140-b.
Gold has need to be fined, but your word: is perfection itself.
141-c.
This is the true trial, to praise God in adversity.
144-d.
So that the life of man without the knowledge of God is death. KOPH.
145-a.
He shows that all his affections and whole heart were bent to Godward for to have help in his dangers.
148-b.
He is more earnest in the study of God’s word, then they, that kept the watch, were in their charge.
149-^.
Or, custom.
150-c.
He shows the nature of the wicked to be to persecute against their conscience.
152-d.
His faith is grounded upon God’s word, that he would ever be at hand when his children be oppressed.
154-a.
For without God’s promise there is no hope of deliverance.
156-b.
According to your promise made in the Law, which because the wicked lack, they can have no hope of salvation.
158-c.
My zeal consumed me, when I saw their malice and contempt of your glory.
159-d.
It is a sure sign of our adoption, when we love the Law of God.
160-e.
Since the first promise, even to the end all your sayings are true. SCHIN.
161-a.
The threatenings and persecutions of princes could not cause me to shrink to confess you, whom I more fear then men.
164-b.
That is, often and sundry times.
165-c.
For their conscience assures them, that they please you, whereas they, that love not you, have the contrary.
166-d.
He shows that we must first have faith, before we can work and please God.
168-e.
I had no respect of men, but set you always before my eyes, as the judge of my doings. TAV.
169-a.
As you have promised to be the schoolmaster unto all them, that depend upon you.
171-b.
The word signifies to pour forth continually.
171-c.
All his prayer and desire is, to profit in the word of God.
175-d.
That is, your provident care over me, and wherewith you will judge my enemies.
176-e.
Being chased to and fro by my enemies, and having no place to rest in.