Meditation on Psalm 119

I was meditating on psalm 119 so i copied it here from different sources and changed stuff here and there so that you can read them one by one and go deepre into them, i might try do a recording of them but since the chapter is so long probably i will do them section by section as they are divided here. we'll see


ALEPH

1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.

2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with their whole heart.

3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.

4 ¶ You have commanded us to keep your precepts diligently.

5 O that my ways were directed to keep your statutes!

6 Then I would not be put to shame, when I have respect all your commandments.


7 when I shall have learned your righteous judgments,
I will praise you with uprightness of heart.

8 I will keep your statutes: O do not give up on me.


BETH

9 How shall a young man cleanse his way? By living according to your word.

10 With my whole heart I have sought You: O let me not wander from your commandments.

11 Your word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against You.

12 Blessed are You, O LORD: teach me Your statutes.

13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of Your mouth.

14 I have taken as much delight in the way of your unchanging word, as in all wealth.

15 I will meditate on your orders,
and have respect for your ways

16 I will delight myself in Your statutes:
I will not forget Your word.


GIMEL

17 Be good to your servant, that I may live,
and keep thy word.

18 Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous truths in your law.

19 I am but an alien on earth:
hide not your commandments from me.

20 My soul is broken with desire for your laws at all times.

21 You have rebuked cursed proud men,
who reject Your commandments.

22Take away from me shame and bitter words; for I have kept your unchanging word in my heart.

23 Princes also sit and speak against me:
but I meditate on your statutes.

24 Thy testimonies are my delight and my counsellors.


DALETH

25 My soul is joined to the dust:
revive me with Your word.

26 I have declared my ways,
and You heard me: teach me Your statutes.

27 Help me to understand the meaning of your commandments: then my thoughts will be ever on your wonders.

28 My soul melts with sorrow:
strengthen me according to Your word.

29 Take from me every false way:
and in mercy give me your law.

30 I have chosen the way of truth:
Your judgments have I laid before me.

31 I have cling to your testimonies:
O LORD, put me not to shame.

32 I will run to follow commandments,
for you strengthen my heart.


HE

33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes;
and I shall keep it to the end.

34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law;
yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

35 Make me go in the way of your teachings; for they are my delight.

36 Incline my heart to your teachings, and not to love of money.

37 Turn away my eyes from lusting after material things; and quicken me in Your ways.

38 Establish your word in me, who is devoted to the fear of You.

39 Take away the shame which is my fear;
for your decisions are good.

40 Behold, I long after Your laws:
Strengthen me in your righteousness.


VAU

41 Let your mercies come to me, O LORD,
even your salvation, according to your promises.

42 So that I may have an answer for the man who would put me to shame; for I have faith in your word.

43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in your judgments.

44 So I will keep your law continually for ever and ever.

45 ¶ And I will walk in freedom: for I am devoted to your teaching.

46 I will speak of your declarations before kings,
and will not be ashamed.

47 And I will delight myself in your commandments, to which I have given my love.

48 So that my hands may be stretched out to your commands ; which I have loved; and I will meditate on your laws.


ZAIN

49 Remember your promise me,
upon which you have caused me to hope.

50 This is my comfort in my affliction:
for your word has strengthened me.

51 The proud have ridiculed me:
yet I have not turned from your law.


52 I have remember your judgements from times past, O Lord; and they have been my comfort
53 I am burning with wrath, because of the sinners who have given up your law.

54 Thy laws have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

55 At night I reflect on who you are, O LORD,
and have kept your law.

56 This has been true of me, that I have kept your orders in my heart.



CHETH

57 Lord you are mine:
I have said that I would be ruled by your words.

58 I have sought your favour with my whole heart:
be merciful to me as you promised.

59 I thought of the direction of my life, and turned my feet into the way of your unchanging word.

60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep your commandments.

61 ¶ The wicked try to drag me into sin:
but I have not forgotten thy law.

62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto You because of your righteous judgments.

63 I am a friend of all them that fear You, and of them that keep thy laws.

64 The earth, O LORD, is full of your mercy: teach me your laws.

Teth

65 You have done good to your servant, O Lord,
in keeping with your word.

66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge:
for I have believed your commandments.

67 I used to wander off until You disciplined me:
but now I keep your word.

68 You are good, and your works are good; give me knowledge of your rules.

69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep your laws with my whole heart.

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 might learn your laws.

72 ¶ The law of your mouth is better to me than millions in gold and silver.


JOD.

73 your hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.

74 They that fear you will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in your word.

75 I have seen, O Lord, that your decisions are right, and that in unchanging faith you have sent trouble on me.

76 Now let your unfailing love comfort me,
Just as you promised me your servant.

77 Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live: for your law is my delight.

78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in your laws.

79 Let those that have known your testimonies and fear be reconciled to me.

80 Let my heart be blameless in keeping your laws; that I may never be ashamed.


¶ CAPH.

81 My soul is wasted with desire for your salvation:
but I have hope in your word

82 My eyes are full of weariness with searching for your word, saying, When will you give me comfort?

83 I am shrivelled like a wineskin in the smoke, exhausted with waiting, but I cling to your laws and obey them.

84 How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those that persecute me?

85 The men of pride, who have turned away from your law, have set traps for me.

86 All your commandments are faithful. My enemies persecute me without cause, rescue me Oh God.

87 They had almost destroyed me; but I did not give up your laws.

88 Give me life in your mercy; so that I may be ruled by the unchanging word of your mouth


LAMED.

89 O Lord, your word stands firm in the heavens for ever.

90 Your faith is unchanging from generation to generation: you have put the earth in its place, and it is not moved.

91 They continue this day according to your decrees: for all are your servants.

92 If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

93 I will ever keep your orders in mind; for in them I have life.

94 I am yours, O be my saviour; for my desire has been for your laws.

95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will contemplate on commands.

96 Even perfection has its limits: but your commands have no limit.


MEM

97 O how love I your law! It is my meditate on it all day long.

98 Your teaching has made me wiser than my enemies: for it is mine for ever.

99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for I meditate on your unchanging word.

100 I have more wisdom than the old, because I have kept your orders.

101 ¶ I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep your laws.

102 I have not departed from your judgments: for you have taught me well.

103 How sweet are your words unto my taste! Yes, even sweeter than honey to my mouth!

104 Through your teachings I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.


NUN

105 Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.

106 I have made an oath and kept it, to be guided by your upright decisions.

107 I am greatly troubled, O Lord, give me life in keeping with your word.

108 I beseech you, accept, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me your judgments.

109 My life is always in danger: yet I will not forget your laws.

110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I never turned away from your laws.

111 I have taken testimonies as a heritage for ever: for they are the joy of my heart.

112 I have inclined my heart to perform your laws always, even to the end.


SAMECH

113 I hate unproductive thoughts: but I love your law.

114 You are my refuge and my shield: your word is my only source of hope.

115 Depart from me, you evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.

116 Sustain me according to your word,that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.

117 Hold thou me up, and I will be safe, and ever take delight in your teachings.

118 You have overcome all those who are wandering from your rules; for all their thoughts are false.

119 All the wicked of the earth are the scum you skim off: therefore I give my love to your unchanging word.

120 My flesh trembles for fear of you;
and I fear your judgments.


AIN

121 I have done what just and righteous: leave me not to my oppressors.
122 Guarantee a blessing for me: let not the proud oppress me.

123 My eyes are wasted with desire for your salvation, and for the word of your righteousness.

124 Deal with your servant according to your mercy, and teach me your laws.

125 I am your servant; give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.

126 LORD it is time for you, to act: for they have rejected your law.

127 Therefore I love your commandments more than gold; even the finest gold.

128 Therefore I value all your instructions concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.


PE

129 Your unchanging word is full of wonder; that is why my soul keeps it.

130 As your words are taught, they give light;
Even the simple can understand them

131 I opened my mouth, and panted:
for I longed for your commandments.

132 Turn your eyes to me, and have mercy on me, as you do to those all lovers of your name.

133 Let my steps be guided by your word;
and let not sin have control over me.

134 Deliver me from the oppression of man:
so will I keep your ways.

135 Let you face shine on your servant;
and teach me your decrees.

136 Rivers of waters run down my eyes, because men do not keep your law.




TZADDI

137 Righteous are you, O LORD, and upright are your judgments.

138 You have given your unchanging word in righteousness, and it is for ever.

139 My zeal has consumed me, because my enemies have forgotten your words.

140 Your word is very pure: therefore your servant loves it.

141 I am insignificant and despised: yet I will not forget your teachings.

142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your law is the truth.

143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: you’re your commandments are my delights.

144 The righteousness of your testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.


KOPH

145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD:
I will keep your laws.

146 I cried to you; save me,
that I may keep your testimonies.

147 Before the sun is up, my cry for help comes to your ear; my hope is in your words.

148 In the night watches I am awake, so that I may give thought to your saying.

149 Hear my voice in your unfailing love: O LORD, strengthen me according in your justice.

150 Those lawless people are coming near to attack me: they live far from your law.

151 You are near, O LORD; and all your commandments are truth.

152 I have long had knowledge that your unchanging word is for ever.


RESH

153 Consider my affliction, and deliver me:
for I do not forget your law.

154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to your word.

155 Salvation is far from the wicked:
for they seek not your laws.

156 Great are your tender mercies, O LORD:
strengthen me according to your judgments.

157 Many are my persecutors and my enemies;
yet do I not turn from your unchanging word.

158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved;
because they kept not your word.

159 Consider how I love your teachings: quicken me,
O LORD, according to your loving kindness.

160 Your word is true from the beginning: and every one of your righteous judgments endures for ever.


SCHIN

161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause:
but my heart stands in awe of your word.

162 I rejoice at your word, as one that finds a great treasure.

163 I hate and abhor lying: but I love your law.

164 Seven times a day do I praise you because of your righteous judgments.

165 Great peace have they who love your law:
and nothing shall offend them.

166 LORD, I have hoped for your salvation,
and kept your commandments.

167 My soul has kept your unchanging word;
great is my love for it.

168 I have keep your laws and your testimonies:
for you all my ways.


TAU

169 Let my cry come to you, O LORD:
give me wisdom in keeping with your word.

170 Let my supplication come before you:
deliver me according to your word.
171 My lips will utter praise, when you teach me your ways.

172 My tongue shall speak of your word:
for all your commandments are righteousness.

173 Let your hand help me;
for I have chosen your instructions.

174 I have longed for your salvation, O LORD;
and your law is my delight.

175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise you;
and let your judgments sustain me.

176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep;
seek your servant;
for I do not forget your commands.