Psalm 116:1-119:48
Lexham English Bible
Thanksgiving for God’s Deliverance
116 I love him, because Yahweh has heard
the voice of my supplications.[a]
2 Because he has inclined his ear to me,
I will call all my days.[b]
3 The ropes of death encircled me,
and the distresses of Sheol found me.
I found trouble and grief.
4 Then I called on the name of Yahweh:
“O Yahweh, please save my life!”
5 Gracious is Yahweh and righteous,
and our God is merciful.
6 Yahweh watches over the simple.
I was brought low, but he gave me victory.
7 Return, O my soul, to your repose,
for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.
8 For you have rescued me[c] from death,
my eyes[d] from tears, my feet from stumbling.
9 I will walk before Yahweh
in the land[e] of the living.
10 I believed when I spoke,
“I am afflicted greatly.”
11 I said in my haste,
“Everyone[f] is a liar.”
12 What shall I give back to Yahweh
for all his benefits to me?
13 I will lift up the cup of salvation
and proclaim the name of Yahweh.
14 I will pay my vows made to Yahweh
in the presence of all his people.
15 Costly in Yahweh’s view[g] is
the death of his faithful ones.
16 Ah, Yahweh, I am indeed your servant;
I am your servant, the child of your maidservant.
You have loosed my bonds.
17 I will offer to you a sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and proclaim the name of Yahweh.
18 I will pay my vows made to Yahweh
in the presence of all his people,
19 in the courts of the house[h] of Yahweh,
in the midst of you, O Jerusalem.
Praise Yah![i]
Let All Peoples Praise Yahweh
117 Praise Yahweh, all you nations;
extol him, all you peoples.
2 For his loyal love is mighty on our behalf,
and the faithfulness of Yahweh is forever.
Praise Yah![j]
Praise to God for His Loyal Love
118 Give thanks to Yahweh for he is good,
for his loyal love is forever.
2 Let Israel say,
“His loyal love is forever.”
3 Let the house of Aaron say,
“His loyal love is forever.”
4 Let those who fear Yahweh say,
“His loyal love is forever.”
5 Out of my distress I called to Yah.[k]
Yah answered me, setting me in a broad place.
6 Yahweh is for me; I do not fear.
What can mere humans[l] do to me?
7 Yahweh is for me as my helper,
and so I will look in triumph on those who hate me.
8 It is better to take refuge in Yahweh
than to trust in humans.[m]
9 It is better to take refuge in Yahweh
than to trust princes.
10 All nations surrounded me.
In the name of Yahweh I opposed them indeed.
11 They surrounded me; yes, they surrounded me.
In the name of Yahweh I opposed them indeed.
12 They surrounded me like bees;
they were extinguished like a fire of thorns.
In the name of Yahweh I opposed them indeed.
13 You pushed me hard[n] to make me fall,
but Yahweh helped me.
14 Yah[o] is my strength and my song,[p]
and he has become my salvation.[q]
15 The sound of rejoicing and salvation[r]
is in the tents of the righteous;
the right hand of Yahweh has done valiantly.
16 The right hand of Yahweh has exalted;
the right hand of Yahweh has done valiantly.
17 I will not die but live,
and tell of the works of Yah.[s]
18 Yah has disciplined me severely,
but he did not consign[t] me to death.
19 Open to me the gates of righteousness,
that I may enter through them
and give thanks to Yah.[u]
20 This is the gate of Yahweh,
through which the righteous will enter.
21 I will give thanks to you for you have answered me,
and you have become my salvation.[v]
22 The stone the builders rejected
has become the chief cornerstone.
23 This is from Yahweh;
it is wonderful in our eyes.
24 This is the day Yahweh has worked;[w]
let us rejoice and be glad in him.[x]
25 O Yahweh, please save;
O Yahweh, please grant success.
26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of Yahweh.
We bless you[y] from the house[z] of Yahweh.
27 Yahweh is God, and he has given us light.[aa]
Bind the festal sacrifice[ab] with cords[ac]
to the horns[ad] of the altar.
28 You are my God, and I will give thanks to you.
You are my God; I will exalt you.
29 Give thanks to Yahweh for he is good,
for his loyal love is forever.
Aleph[ae]
119 Blessed are those whose way is blameless,
who walk in the law of Yahweh.
2 Blessed are those who keep his testimonies;
they seek him with a whole heart.
3 They also do no wrong;
they walk in his ways.
4 You have commanded[af] your precepts,
that we should keep them diligently.
5 Oh that my ways were steadfast,
to keep your statutes!
6 Then I would not be ashamed
when I look to all your commands.
7 I will give you thanks with an upright heart,
when I learn your righteous laws.
8 I will heed your statutes;
do not utterly forsake me.
Beth
9 How can a young man keep his way pure?
By taking heed according to your word.
10 With my whole heart I have sought you;
do not let me stray from your commands.
11 In my heart I have hidden your word,[ag]
so that I may not sin against you.
12 Blessed are you, O Yahweh.
Teach me your statutes.
13 With my lips I have told of
all the ordinances of your mouth.
14 In the way of your testimonies I have rejoiced
as I would over all riches.
15 I will meditate on your precepts
and look at[ah] your ways.
16 I will take delight in your statutes;
I will not forget your word.
Gimel
17 Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live
and heed your word.
18 Uncover my eyes, that I may look at[ai]
wonderful things from your law.
19 I am a sojourner on the earth;[aj]
do not hide your commands from me.
20 My soul is crushed with longing
for your ordinances at all times.
21 You rebuke the arrogant, the accursed,
who stray from your commands.
22 Remove from[ak] me scorn and contempt,
for I have kept your testimonies.
23 Even though princes sit and speak against me,
your servant meditates on your statutes.
24 Your testimonies are my delight,
my counselors.[al]
Daleth
25 My soul clings to the dust;
revive me according to your word.
26 I told of my ways, and you answered me;
teach me your statutes.
27 Make me understand the way of your precepts,
that I may meditate on your wonderful things.
28 My soul weeps[am] because of grief;
strengthen me according to your word.
29 Remove from me the deceptive way,
and graciously give me your law.
30 I have chosen the faithful way;
I have set your ordinances before me.
31 I cling to your testimonies;
O Yahweh, do not let me be put to shame.
32 I will run the way of your commands,
for you will enlarge my heart.[an]
Heʼ
33 Teach me, O Yahweh, the way of your statutes,
and I will keep it to the end.
34 Give me understanding, that I may keep your law
and heed it with my whole heart.
35 Cause me to walk in the path of your commands,
for I delight in it.
36 Incline my heart to your testimonies,
and not to dishonest gain.
37 Turn away my eyes from looking at what is worthless;
revive me in your ways.
38 Fulfill your word[ao] to your servant,
which is to bring about a reverence for you.
39 Turn away my disgrace that I dread,
for your ordinances are good.
40 Look, I have longed for your precepts;
revive me in your righteousness.
Waw
41 Let your acts of loyal love also come to me, O Yahweh,
your salvation according to your word.[ap]
42 Then I will have an answer for the one who taunts me,
for I trust your word.
43 And do not snatch the word of truth utterly from my mouth,
for I hope in your ordinances.
44 So I will heed your law continually,
forever and ever.
45 And I will go about freely,[aq]
for I have sought your precepts.
46 And I will speak of your testimonies before kings,
and will not be ashamed.
47 And I will take delight in your commands,
which I love.
48 And I will lift up my hands[ar] to your commands, which I love,
and I will meditate on your statutes.
Footnotes
- Psalm 116:1 Literally “my voice, my supplications”
- Psalm 116:2 Literally “in my days”
- Psalm 116:8 Hebrew “my soul.” If “soul” is accepted, then “death” means “the place of death,” that is, the netherworld.
- Psalm 116:8 Hebrew “eye”
- Psalm 116:9 Hebrew “lands”
- Psalm 116:11 Literally “All of the humankind”
- Psalm 116:15 Literally “in the eyes of Yahweh”
- Psalm 116:19 Or “temple”
- Psalm 116:19 Hebrew hallelujah
- Psalm 117:2 Hebrew hallelujah
- Psalm 118:5 A shortened form of “Yahweh”
- Psalm 118:6 Or “humankind”
- Psalm 118:8 Or “humankind”
- Psalm 118:13 Hebrew intensive “pushing, you pushed me”
- Psalm 118:14 A shortened form of “Yahweh”
- Psalm 118:14 Or “my might”
- Psalm 118:14 Or “victory”
- Psalm 118:15 Or “victory”
- Psalm 118:17 A shortened form of “Yahweh”
- Psalm 118:18 Hebrew “give”
- Psalm 118:19 A shortened form of “Yahweh”
- Psalm 118:21 Or “victory”
- Psalm 118:24 Or “made”
- Psalm 118:24 Or “in it”
- Psalm 118:26 Hebrew plural
- Psalm 118:26 Or “temple”
- Psalm 118:27 Or “made his light to shine upon to us”
- Psalm 118:27 Or “festal procession”
- Psalm 118:27 Or “branches”
- Psalm 118:27 Or “and lead up to the horns”
- Psalm 119:1 Psalm 119 is an acrostic psalm, with twenty-two stanzas corresponding to the letters of the Hebrew alphabet
- Psalm 119:4 Perhaps emphatic; Hebrew “you, you have commanded”
- Psalm 119:11 Or “promise”
- Psalm 119:15 That is, “examine”
- Psalm 119:18 That is, “examine”
- Psalm 119:19 That is, “here for a short time”
- Psalm 119:22 Literally “Roll off of”
- Psalm 119:24 Literally “the men of my counsel”
- Psalm 119:28 Or “is sleepless”
- Psalm 119:32 That is, “give greater understanding”
- Psalm 119:38 Or “your promise”
- Psalm 119:41 Or “your promise”
- Psalm 119:45 Literally “in the wide place”
- Psalm 119:48 Hebrew “palms”
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