Psalm 119:1-24

Complete Jewish Bible

119 How happy are those whose way of life is blameless,
who live by the Torah of Adonai!
² How happy are those who observe his instruction,
who seek him wholeheartedly!
³ They do nothing wrong
but live by his ways.
⁴ You laid down your precepts
for us to observe with care.
⁵ May my ways be steady
in observing your laws.
⁶ Then I will not be put to shame,
since I will have fixed my sight on all your mitzvot.
⁷ I thank you with a sincere heart
as I learn your righteous rulings.
⁸ I will observe your laws;
don’t completely abandon me!

⁹ How can a young man keep his way pure?
By guarding it according to your word.
¹⁰ I seek you with all my heart;
don’t let me stray from your mitzvot.
¹¹ I treasure your word in my heart,
so that I won’t sin against you.
¹² Blessed are you, Adonai!
Teach me your laws.
¹³ I proclaim with my mouth
all the rulings you have spoken.
¹⁴ I rejoice in the way of your instruction
more than in any kind of wealth.
¹⁵ I will meditate on your precepts
and keep my eyes on your ways.
¹⁶ I will find my delight in your regulations.
I will not forget your word.

¹⁷ Deal generously with your servant;
then I will live and observe your word.
¹⁸ Open my eyes, so that I will see
wonders from your Torah.
¹⁹ Though I’m just a wanderer on the earth,
don’t hide your mitzvot from me.
²⁰ I am continually consumed
with longing for your rulings.
²¹ You rebuke the proud, the cursed,
who stray from your mitzvot.
²² Remove scorn and contempt from me,
because I observe your instruction.
²³ Even when princes sit and plot against me,
your servant meditates on your laws.
²⁴ Also your instructions are my delight;
they are my counselors.