Psalms 119 Summary: Meaning, Themes & Reflection

1. Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, 2. Blessed are those who keep his statutes, 3. Yes, they do nothing wrong. 4. You have commanded your precepts, 5. Oh that my ways were steadfast 6. Then I wouldn"t be disappointed, 7. I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, 8. I will observe your statutes. 9. How can a young man keep his way pure? 10. With my whole heart I have sought you. 11. I have hidden your word in my heart, 12. Blessed are you, Yahweh. 13. With my lips, 14. I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, 15. I will meditate on your precepts, 16. I will delight myself in your statutes. 17. Do good to your servant. 18. Open my eyes, 19. I am a stranger on the earth. 20. My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times. 21. You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, 22. Take reproach and contempt away from me, 23. Though princes sit and slander me, 24. Indeed your statutes are my delight, 25. My soul is laid low in the dust. 26. I declared my ways, and you answered me. 27. Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! 28. My soul is weary with sorrow; 29. Keep me from the way of deceit. 30. I have chosen the way of truth. 31. I cling to your statutes, Yahweh. 32. I run in the path of your commandments, 33. Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your statutes. 34. Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. 35. Direct me in the path of your commandments, 36. Turn my heart toward your statutes, 37. Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. 38. Fulfill your promise to your servant, 39. Take away my disgrace that I dread, 40. Behold, I long for your precepts! 41. Let your loving kindness also come to me, Yahweh, 42. So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, 43. Don"t snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, 44. So I will obey your law continually, 45. I will walk in liberty, 46. I will also speak of your statutes before kings, 47. I will delight myself in your commandments, 48. I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. 49. Remember your word to your servant, 50. This is my comfort in my affliction, 51. The arrogant mock me excessively, 52. I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh, 53. Indignation has taken hold on me, 54. Your statutes have been my songs 55. I have remembered your name, Yahweh, in the night, 56. This is my way, 57. Yahweh is my portion. 58. I sought your favor with my whole heart. 59. I considered my ways, 60. I will hurry, and not delay, 61. The ropes of the wicked bind me, 62. At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, 63. I am a friend of all those who fear you, 64. The earth is full of your loving kindness, Yahweh. 65. You have treated your servant well, 66. Teach me good judgment and knowledge, 67. Before I was afflicted, I went astray; 68. You are good, and do good. 69. The proud have smeared a lie upon me. 70. Their heart is as callous as the fat, 71. It is good for me that I have been afflicted, 72. The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. 73. Your hands have made me and formed me. 74. Those who fear you will see me and be glad, 75. Yahweh, I know that your judgments are righteous, 76. Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, 77. Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; 78. Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. 79. Let those who fear you turn to me. 80. Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, 81. My soul faints for your salvation. 82. My eyes fail for your word. 83. For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. 84. How many are the days of your servant? 85. The proud have dug pits for me, 86. All of your commandments are faithful. 87. They had almost wiped me from the earth, 88. Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, 89. Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever. 90. Your faithfulness is to all generations. 91. Your laws remain to this day, 92. Unless your law had been my delight, 93. I will never forget your precepts, 94. I am yours. 95. The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. 96. I have seen a limit to all perfection, 97. How I love your law! 98. Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, 99. I have more understanding than all my teachers, 100. I understand more than the aged, 101. I have kept my feet from every evil way, 102. I have not turned away from your ordinances, 103. How sweet are your promises to my taste, 104. Through your precepts, I get understanding; 105. Your word is a lamp to my feet, 106. I have sworn, and have confirmed it, 107. I am afflicted very much. 108. Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. 109. My soul is continually in my hand, 110. The wicked have laid a snare for me, 111. I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, 112. I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, 113. I hate double-minded men, 114. You are my hiding place and my shield. 115. Depart from me, you evildoers, 116. Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. 117. Hold me up, and I will be safe, 118. You reject all those who stray from your statutes, 119. You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. 120. My flesh trembles for fear of you. 121. I have done what is just and righteous. 122. Ensure your servant"s well-being. 123. My eyes fail looking for your salvation, 124. Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. 125. I am your servant. Give me understanding, 126. It is time to act, Yahweh, 127. Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, 128. Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. 129. Your testimonies are wonderful, 130. The entrance of your words gives light. 131. I opened my mouth wide and panted, 132. Turn to me, and have mercy on me, 133. Establish my footsteps in your word. 134. Redeem me from the oppression of man, 135. Make your face shine on your servant. 136. Streams of tears run down my eyes, 137. You are righteous, Yahweh. 138. You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. 139. My zeal wears me out, 140. Your promises have been thoroughly tested, 141. I am small and despised. 142. Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. 143. Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. 144. Your testimonies are righteous forever. 145. I have called with my whole heart. 146. I have called to you. Save me! 147. I rise before dawn and cry for help. 148. My eyes stay open through the night watches, 149. Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. 150. They draw near who follow after wickedness. 151. You are near, Yahweh. 152. Of old I have known from your testimonies, 153. Consider my affliction, and deliver me, 154. Plead my cause, and redeem me! 155. Salvation is far from the wicked, 156. Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh. 157. Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. 158. I look at the faithless with loathing, 159. Consider how I love your precepts. 160. All of your words are truth. 161. Princes have persecuted me without a cause, 162. I rejoice at your word, 163. I hate and abhor falsehood. 164. Seven times a day, I praise you, 165. Those who love your law have great peace. 166. I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh. 167. My soul has observed your testimonies. 168. I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, 169. Let my cry come before you, Yahweh. 170. Let my supplication come before you. 171. Let my lips utter praise, 172. Let my tongue sing of your word, 173. Let your hand be ready to help me, 174. I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh. 175. Let my soul live, that I may praise you. 176. I have gone astray like a lost sheep.