I dunno, you're the one who seems to worship a book.
Psalm 119 THE WORD OF YAHWEH
ALEPH
119:1
Blessed are they who are perfect in the way,
Who walk in the law of Yahweh.
2 Blessed are they who keep his testimonies,
Who seek him with the whole heart.
3 Yea, they do no unrighteousness;
They walk in his ways.
4 You have commanded [us] your precepts,
That we should observe them diligently.
5 Oh that my ways were established
To observe your statutes!
6 Then shall I not be put to shame,
When I have respect unto all your commandments.
7 I will give thanks unto you with uprightness of heart,
When I learn your righteous judgments.
8 I will observe your statutes;
Oh forsake me not utterly.
BETH
9 Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way?
By taking heed [thereto] according to your word.
10 With my whole heart have I sought you;
Oh let me not wander from your commandments.
11 Your word have I laid up in my heart,
That I might not sin against you.
12 Blessed are you, O Yahweh;
Teach me your statutes.
13 With my lips I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies,
As much as in all riches.
15 I will meditate on your precepts
And have respect unto your ways.
16 I will delight myself in your statutes;
I will not forget your word.
GIMEL
17 Deal bountifully with your servant,
That I may live;
So will I observe your word.
18 Open my eyes,
That I may behold wondrous things out of your law.
19 I am a sojourner in the earth;
Hide not your commandments from me.
20 My soul breaks for the longing
That it has unto your ordinances at all times.
21 You have rebuked the proud,
Who are cursed,
Who wander from your commandments.
22 Take away from me reproach and contempt;
For I have kept your testimonies.
23 Princes also sat and talked against me;
[But] your servant did meditate on your statutes.
24 Your testimonies also are my delight
[And] my counselors.
DALETH
25 My soul cleaves unto the dust;
Quicken me according to your word.
26 I declared my ways,
And you answered me.
Teach me your statutes.
27 Make me to understand the way of your precepts;
So shall I meditate on your wondrous works.
28 My soul melts for heaviness;
Strengthen me according unto your word.
29 Remove from me the way of falsehood;
And grant me your law graciously.
30 I have chosen the way of faithfulness;
Your ordinances have I set [before me];
31 I cleave unto your testimonies;
O Yahweh, put me not to shame.
32 I will run the way of your commandments,
When you shall enlarge my heart.
HE
33 Teach me, O Yahweh, the way of your statutes;
And I shall keep it unto the end.
34 Give me understanding,
and I shall keep your law;
Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
35 Make me to go in the path of your commandments;
For therein do I delight.
36 Incline my heart unto your testimonies,
And not to covetousness.
37 Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity
And quicken me in your ways.
38 Confirm unto your servant your word,
Which [is in order] unto the fear of you.
39 Turn away my reproach whereof I am afraid;
For your ordinances are good.
40 Behold, I have longed after your precepts;
Quicken me in your righteousness.
VAV
41 Let your lovingkindnesss also come unto me, O Yahweh,
Even your salvation,
According to your word.
42 So shall I have an answer for him who reproaches me;
For I trust in your word.
43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth;
For I have hoped in your ordinances.
44 So shall I observe your law continually
For ever and ever.
45 And I shall walk at liberty;
For I have sought your precepts.
46 I will also speak of your testimonies before kings
And shall not be put to shame.
47 And I will delight myself in your commandments,
Which I have loved.
48 I will lift up my hands also unto your commandments,
Which I have loved;
And I will meditate on your statutes.
ZAYIN
49 Remember the word unto your servant,
Because you have made me to hope.
50 This is my comfort in my affliction;
For your word has quickened me.
51 The proud have had me greatly in derision;
[Yet] have I not swerved from your law.
52 I have remembered your ordinances of old, O Yahweh,
And have comforted myself.
53 Hot indignation has taken hold upon me,
Because of the wicked who forsake your law.
54 Your statutes have been my songs
In the house of my pilgrimage.
55 I have remembered your name, O Yahweh, in the night,
And have observed your law.
56 This I have had,
Because I have kept your precepts.
CHETH
57 Yahweh is my portion;
I have said that I would observe your words.
58 I entreated your favor with my whole heart;
Be merciful unto me according to your word.
59 I thought on my ways,
And turned my feet unto your testimonies.
60 I made haste
And delayed not
To observe your commandments.
61 The cords of the wicked have wrapped me round;
[But] I have not forgotten your law.
62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto you
Because of your righteous ordinances.
63 I am a companion of all them who fear you
And of them who observe your precepts.
64 The earth, O Yahweh, is full of your lovingkindness;
Teach me your statutes.
TETH
65 You have dealt well with your servant, O Yahweh,
According unto your word.
66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge;
For I have believed in your commandments.
67 Before I was afflicted I went astray;
But now I observe your word.
68 You are good and do good;
Teach me your statutes.
69 The proud have forged a lie against me;
With my whole heart will I keep your precepts.
70 Their heart is as fat as grease;
But I delight in your law.
71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted;
That I may learn your statutes.
72 The law of your mouth is better unto me
Than thousands of gold and silver.
YODH
73 Your hands have made me
And fashioned me;
Give me understanding,
That I may learn your commandments.
74 They who fear you shall see me and be glad,
Because I have hoped in your word.
75 I know, O Yahweh, that your judgments are righteous,
And that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
76 Let, I pray you, your lovingkindness be for my comfort,
According to your word unto your servant.
77 Let your tender mercies come unto me, that I may live;
For your law is my delight.
78 Let the proud be put to shame;
For they have overthrown me wrongfully;
[But] I will meditate on your precepts.
79 Let those who fear you turn unto me;
And they shall know your testimonies.
80 Let my heart be perfect in your statutes,
That I be not put to shame.
KAPH
81 My soul faints for your salvation;
[But] I hope in your word.
82 My eyes fail for your word,
While I say, When will you comfort me?
83 For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke;
Yet do I not forget your statutes.
84 How many are the days of your servant?
When will you execute judgment on them who persecute me?
85 The proud have digged pits for me,
Who are not according to your law.
86 All your commandments are faithful;
They persecute me wrongfully;
Help me.
87 They had almost consumed me upon earth;
But I forsook not your precepts.
88 Quicken me after your lovingkindness;
So shall I observe the testimony of your mouth.
LAMEDH
89 For ever, O Yahweh,
Your word is settled in heaven.
90 Your faithfulness is unto all generations;
You have established the earth,
And it abides.
91 They abide this day according to your ordinances;
For all things are your servants.
92 Unless your law had been my delight,
I should then have perished in my affliction.
93 I will never forget your precepts;
For with them you have quickened me.
94 I am yours, save me;
For I have sought your precepts.
95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me;
[But] I will consider your testimonies.
96 I have seen an end of all perfection;
[But] your commandment is exceeding broad.
MEM
97 Oh how love I your law!
It is my meditation all the day.
98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies;
For they are ever with me.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers;
For your testimonies are my meditation.
100 I understand more than the aged,
Because I have kept your precepts.
101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way,
That I might observe your word.
102 I have not turned aside from your ordinances;
For you have taught me.
103 How sweet are your words unto my taste!
[Yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth!
104 Through your precepts I get understanding;
Therefore I hate every false way.
NUN
105 Your word is a lamp unto my feet
And light unto my path.
106 I have sworn and have confirmed it
That I will observe your righteous ordinances.
107 I am afflicted very much;
Quicken me, O Yahweh, according unto your word.
108 Accept, I beseech you, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, O Yahweh,
And teach me your ordinances.
109 My soul is continually in my hand;
Yet do I not forget your law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me;
Yet have I not gone astray from your precepts.
111 Your testimonies have I taken as a heritage forever;
For they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to perform your statutes
For ever,
Even unto the end.
SAMEKH
113 I hate them who are of a double mind;
But your law do I love.
114 You are my hiding-place and my shield;
I hope in your word.
115 Depart from me, you* evil-doers,
That I may keep the commandments of my God.
116 Uphold me according unto your word,
That I may live;
And let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117 Hold me up,
And I shall be safe
And shall have respect unto your statutes continually.
118 You have set at nought all them who err from your statutes;
For their deceit is falsehood.
119 You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross;
Therefore I love your testimonies.
120 My flesh trembles for fear of you;
And I am afraid of your judgments.
AYIN
121 I have done justice and righteousness;
Leave me not to my oppressors.
122 Be surety for your servant for good;
Let not the proud oppress me.
123 My eyes fail for your salvation
And for your righteous word.
124 Deal with your servant according unto your lovingkindness
And teach me your statutes.
125 I am your servant;
Give me understanding,
That I may know your testimonies.
126 It is time for Yahweh to work;
[For] they have made void your law.
127 Therefore
I love your commandments above gold,
Yea, above fine gold.
128 Therefore
I esteem all [your] precepts concerning all [things] to be right;
[And] I hate every false way
PE
129 Your testimonies are wonderful;
Therefore
My soul keeps them.
130 The opening of your words gives light;
It gives understanding unto the simple.
131 I opened wide my mouth and panted;
For I longed for your commandments.
132 Turn unto me and have mercy upon me,
As you use to do unto those who love your name.
133 Establish my footsteps in your word;
And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Redeem me from the oppression of man;
So will I observe your precepts.
135 Make your face to shine upon your servant
And teach me your statutes.
136 Streams of water run down my eyes,
Because they observe not your law.
TSADHE
137 Righteous are you, O Yahweh,
And upright are your judgments.
138 You have commanded your testimonies in righteousness
And very faithfulness.
139 My zeal has consumed me,
Because my adversaries have forgotten your words.
140 Your word is very pure;
Therefore your servant loves it.
141 I am small and despised;
[Yet] do I not forget your precepts.
142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,
And your law is truth.
143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me;
[Yet] your commandments are my delight.
144 Your testimonies are righteous forever;
Give me understanding, and I shall live.
QOPH
145 I have called with my whole heart.
Answer me, O Yahweh;
I will keep your statutes.
146 I have called unto you;
Save me,
And I shall observe your testimonies.
147 I anticipated the dawning of the morning and cried;
I hoped in your words.
148 My eyes anticipated the night-watches,
That I might meditate on your word.
149 Hear my voice according unto your lovingkindness;
Quicken me, O Yahweh, according to your ordinances.
150 They draw nigh who follow after wickedness;
They are far from your law.
151 You are nigh, O Yahweh;
And all your commandments are truth.
152 Of old have I known from your testimonies
That you have founded them forever.
RESH
153 Consider my affliction and deliver me;
For I do not forget your law.
154 Plead my cause and redeem me;
Quicken me according to your word.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked;
For they seek not your statutes.
156 Great are your tender mercies, O Yahweh;
Quicken me according to your ordinances.
157 Many are my persecutors
And my adversaries;
[Yet] have I not swerved from your testimonies.
158 I beheld the treacherous
And was grieved,
Because they observe not your word.
159 Consider how I love your precepts;
Quicken me, O Yahweh, according to your lovingkindness.
160 The sum of your word is truth;
And everyone of your righteous ordinances [endures] forever.
SHIN
161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause;
But my heart stands in awe of your words.
162 I rejoice at your word,
As one who finds great spoil.
163 I hate and abhor falsehood;
[But] your law do I love.
164 Seven times a day do I praise you,
Because of your righteous ordinances.
165 Great peace have they who love your law;
And they have no occasion of stumbling.
166 I have hoped for your salvation, O Yahweh,
And have done your commandments.
167 My soul has observed your testimonies;
And I love them exceedingly.
168 I have observed your precepts
And your testimonies;
For all my ways are before you.
TAV
169 Let my cry come near before you, O Yahweh;
Give me understanding according to your word.
170 Let my supplication come before you;
Deliver me according to your word.
171 Let my lips utter praise;
For you teach me your statutes.
172 Let my tongue sing of your word;
For all your commandments are righteousness.
173 Let your hand be ready to help me;
For I have chosen your precepts.
174 I have longed for your salvation, O Yahweh;
And your law is my delight.
175 Let my soul live,
And it shall praise you;
And let your ordinances help me.
176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep;
Seek your servant;
For I do not forget your commandments.
