Psalm 119 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹ I will keep thy justifications: O! do not thou utterly forsake me.

² By what doth a young man correct his way? by observing thy words.

³ 0 With my whole heart have I sought after thee: let me not stray from thy commandments.

⁴ 1 Thy words have I hidden in my heart, that I may not sin against thee.

⁵ 2 Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy justifications.

⁶ 3 With my lips I have pronounced all the judgments of thy mouth.

⁷ 4 I have been delighted in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches.

⁸ 5 I will meditate on thy commandments: and I will consider thy ways.

⁹ 6 I will think of thy justifications: I will not forget thy words.

¹⁰ 7 Give bountifully to thy servant, enliven me: and I shall keep thy words.

¹¹ 8 Open thou my eyes: and I will consider the wondrous things of thy law.

¹² 9 I am a sojourner on the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

¹³ 0 My soul hath coveted to long for thy justifications, at all times.

¹⁴ 1 Thou hast rebuked the proud: they are cursed who decline from thy commandments.

¹⁵ 2 Remove from reproach and contempt: because I have sought after thy testimonies.

¹⁶ 3 For princes sat, and spoke against me: but thy servant was employed in thy justifications.

¹⁷ 4 For thy testimonies are my meditation: and thy justifications my counsel.

¹⁸ 5 My soul hath cleaved to the pavement: quicken thou me according to thy word.

¹⁹ 6 I have declared my ways, and thou hast heard me: tech me thy justifications.

²⁰ 7 Make me to understand the way of thy justifications: and I shall be exercised in thy wondrous works.

²¹ 8 My soul hath slumbered through heaviness: strengthen thou me in thy words.

²² 9 Remove from me the way of iniquity: and out of thy law have mercy on me.

²³ 0 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments I have not forgotten.

²⁴ 1 I have stuck to thy testimonies, O Lord: put me not to shame.

²⁵ 2 I have run the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart.

²⁶ 3 Set before me for a law the way of thy justifications, O Lord: and I will always seek after it.

²⁷ 4 Give me understanding, and I will search thy law ; and I will keep it with my whole heart.

²⁸ 5 Lead me into the path of thy commandments; for this same I have desired.

²⁹ 6 Incline my heart into thy testimonies and not to covetousness.

³⁰ 7 Turn away my eyes that they may not behold vanity: quicken me in thy way.

³¹ 8 Establish thy word to thy servant, in thy fear.

³² 9 Turn away my reproach, which I have apprehended: for thy judgments are delightful.

³³ 0 Behold I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy justice.

³⁴ 1 Let thy mercy also come upon me, O Lord: thy salvation according to thy word.

³⁵ 2 So shall I answer them that reproach me in any thing; that I have trusted in thy words.

³⁶ 3 And take not thou the word of truth utterly out of my mouth: for in thy words have I hoped exceedingly.

³⁷ 4 So shall I always keep thy law, for ever and ever.

³⁸ 5 And I walked at large: because I have sought after thy commandments.

³⁹ 6 And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings: and I was not ashamed.

⁴⁰ 7 I meditated also on thy commandments, which I loved.

⁴¹ 8 And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments, which I loved: and I was exercised in thy justifications.

⁴² 9 Be thou mindful of thy word to thy servant, in which thou hast given me hope.

⁴³ 0 This hath comforted me in my humiliation: because thy word hath enlivened me.

⁴⁴ 1 The proud did iniquitously altogether: but I declined not from thy law.

⁴⁵ 2 I remembered, O Lord, thy judgments of old: and I was comforted.

⁴⁶ 3 A fainting hath taken hold of me, because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

⁴⁷ 4 Thy justifications were the subject of my song, in the place of my pilgrimage.

⁴⁸ 5 In the night I have remembered thy name, O Lord: and have kept thy law.

⁴⁹ 6 This happened to me: because I sought after thy justifications.

⁵⁰ 7 O Lord, my portion, I have said, I would keep the law.

⁵¹ 8 I entreated thy face with all my heart: have mercy on me according to thy word.

⁵² 9 I have thought on my ways: and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

⁵³ 0 I am ready, and am not troubled: that I may keep thy commandments.

⁵⁴ 1 The cords of the wicked have encompassed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.

⁵⁵ 2 I rose at midnight to give praise to thee; for the judgments of thy justification.

⁵⁶ 3 I am a partaker with all them that fear thee, and that keep thy commandments.

⁵⁷ 4 The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy justifications.

⁵⁸ 5 Thou hast done well with thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word.

⁵⁹ 6 Teach me goodness and discipline and knowledge; for I have believed thy commandments.

⁶⁰ 7 Before I was humbled I offended; therefore have I kept thy word.

⁶¹ 8 Thou art good; and in thy goodness teach me thy justifications.

⁶² 9 The iniquity of the proud hath been multiplied over me: but I will seek thy commandments with my whole heart.

⁶³ 0 Their heart is curdled like milk: but I have meditated on thy law.

⁶⁴ 1 It is good for me that thou hast humbled me, that I may learn thy justifications.

⁶⁵ 2 The law of thy mouth is good to me, above thousands of gold and silver.

⁶⁶ 3 Thy hands have made me and formed me: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments.

⁶⁷ 4 They that fear thee shall see me, and shall be glad: because I have greatly hoped in thy words.

⁶⁸ 5 I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are equity: and in thy truth thou hast humbled me.

⁶⁹ 6 O! let thy mercy be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.

⁷⁰ 7 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, and I shall live: for thy law is my meditation.

⁷¹ 8 Let the proud be ashamed, because they have done unjustly towards me: but I will be employed in thy commandments.

⁷² 9 Let them that fear thee turn to me" and they that know thy testimonies.

⁷³ 0 Let my heart be undefiled in thy justifications, that I may not be confounded.

⁷⁴ 1 My soul hath fainted after thy salvation: and in thy word I have very much hoped.

⁷⁵ 2 My eyes have failed for thy word, saying: When wilt thou comfort me?

⁷⁶ 3 For I am become like a bottle in the frost: I have not forgotten thy justifications.

⁷⁷ 4 How many are the days of thy servant: when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

⁷⁸ 5 The wicked have told me fables: but not as thy law.

⁷⁹ 6 All thy statutes are truth: they have persecuted me unjustly, do thou help me.

⁸⁰ 7 They had almost made an end of me upon earth: but I have not forsaken thy commandments.

⁸¹ 8 Quicken thou me according to thy mercy: and I shall keep the testimonies of thy mouth.

⁸² 9 For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven.

⁸³ 0 Thy truth unto all generations: thou hast founded the earth, and it continueth.

⁸⁴ 1 By thy ordinance the day goeth on: for all things serve thee.

⁸⁵ 2 Unless thy law had been my meditation, I had then perhaps perished in my abjection.

⁸⁶ 3 Thy justifications I will never forget: for by them thou hast given me life.

⁸⁷ 4 I am thine, save thou me: for I have sought thy justifications.

⁸⁸ 5 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I have understood thy testimonies.

⁸⁹ 6 I have seen an end to all persecution: thy commandment is exceeding broad.

⁹⁰ 7 O how have I loved thy law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day.

⁹¹ 8 Through thy commandment, thou hast made me wiser than my enemies: for it is ever with me.

⁹² 9 I have understood more than all my teachers: because thy testimonies are my meditation.

⁹³ 00 I have had understanding above ancients: because I have sought thy commandments.

⁹⁴ 01 I have restrained my feet from every evil way: that I may keep thy words.

⁹⁵ 02 I have not declined from thy judgments, because thou hast set me a law.

⁹⁶ 03 How sweet are thy words to my palate! more than honey to my mouth.

⁹⁷ 04 By thy commandments I have had understanding: therefore have I hated every way of iniquity.

⁹⁸ 05 Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths.

⁹⁹ 06 I have sworn and am determined to keep the judgments of thy justice.

¹⁰⁰ 07 I have been humbled, O Lord, exceedingly: quicken thou me according to thy word.

¹⁰¹ 08 The free offerings of my mouth make acceptable, O Lord: and teach me thy judgments.

¹⁰² 09 My soul is continually in my hands: and I have not forgotten thy law.

¹⁰³ 10 Sinners have laid a snare for me: but I have not erred from thy precepts.

¹⁰⁴ 11 I have purchased thy testimonies for an inheritance for ever: because they are a joy to my heart.

¹⁰⁵ 12 I have inclined my heart to do thy justifications for ever, for the reward.

¹⁰⁶ 13 I have hated the unjust: and have loved thy law.

¹⁰⁷ 14 Thou art my helper and my protector: and in thy word I have greatly hoped.

¹⁰⁸ 15 Depart from me, ye malignant: and I will search the commandments of my God.

¹⁰⁹ 16 Uphold me according to thy word, and I shall live: and let me not be confounded in my expectation.

¹¹⁰ 17 Help me, and I shall be saved: and I will meditate always on thy justifications.

¹¹¹ 18 Thou hast despised all them that fall off from thy judgments; for their thought is unjust.

¹¹² 19 I have accounted all the sinners of the earth prevaricators: therefore have I loved thy testimonies.

¹¹³ 20 Pierce thou my flesh with thy fear: for I am afraid of thy judgments.

¹¹⁴ 21 I have done judgment and justice: give me not up to them that slander me.

¹¹⁵ 22 Uphold thy servant unto good: let not the proud calumniate me.

¹¹⁶ 23 My eyes have fainted after thy salvation: and for the word of thy justice.

¹¹⁷ 24 Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy: and teach me thy justifications.

¹¹⁸ 25 I am thy servant: give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.

¹¹⁹ 26 It is time, O Lord, to do: they have dissipated thy law.

¹²⁰ 27 Therefore have I loved thy commandments above gold and the topaz.

¹²¹ 28 Therefore was I directed to all thy commandments: I have hated all wicked ways.

¹²² 29 Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul hath sought them.

¹²³ 30 The declaration of thy words giveth light: and giveth understanding to little ones.

¹²⁴ 31 I opened my mouth and panted: because I longed for thy commandments.

¹²⁵ 32 Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me, according to the judgment of them that love thy name.

¹²⁶ 33 Direct my steps according to thy word: and let no iniquity have dominion over me.

¹²⁷ 34 Redeem me from the calumnies of men: that I may keep thy commandments.

¹²⁸ 35 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thy justifications.

¹²⁹ 36 My eyes have sent forth springs of water: because they have not kept thy law.

¹³⁰ 37 Thou art just, O Lord: and thy judgment is right.

¹³¹ 38 Thou hast commanded justice thy testimonies: and thy truth exceedingly.

¹³² 39 My zeal hath made me pine away: because my enemies forgot thy words.

¹³³ 40 Thy word is exceedingly refined: and thy servant hath loved it.

¹³⁴ 41 I am very young and despised; but I forgot not thy justifications.

¹³⁵ 42 Thy justice is justice for ever: and thy law is the truth.

¹³⁶ 43 Trouble and anguish have found me: thy commandments are my meditation.

¹³⁷ 44 Thy testimonies are justice for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.

¹³⁸ 45 I cried with my whole heart, hear me, O Lord: I will seek thy justifications.

¹³⁹ 46 I cried unto thee, save me: that I may keep thy commandments.

¹⁴⁰ 47 I prevented the dawning of the day, and cried: because in thy words I very much hoped.

¹⁴¹ 48 My eyes to thee have prevented the morning: that I might meditate on thy words.

¹⁴² 49 Hear thou my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy: and quicken me according to thy mercy.

¹⁴³ 50 They that persecute me have drawn nigh to iniquity; but they are gone far off from the law.

¹⁴⁴ 51 Thou art near, O Lord: and all thy ways are truth.

¹⁴⁵ 52 I have known from the beginning concerning thy testimonies: that thou hast founded them for ever.

¹⁴⁶ 53 See my humiliation and deliver me: for I have not forgotten the law.

¹⁴⁷ 54 Judge my judgment and redeem me: quicken thou me for thy word's sake.

¹⁴⁸ 55 Salvation is far from sinners; because they have not sought thy justifications.

¹⁴⁹ 56 Many, O Lord, are thy mercies: quicken me according to thy judgment.

¹⁵⁰ 57 Many are they that persecute me, and afflict me; but I have not declined from thy testimonies.

¹⁵¹ 58 I beheld the transgressors, and I pined away; because they kept not thy word.

¹⁵² 59 Behold I have loved thy commandments, O Lord; quicken me thou in thy mercy.

¹⁵³ 60 The beginning of thy words is truth: all the judgments of thy justice are for ever.

¹⁵⁴ 61 Princes have persecuted me without cause: and my heart hath been in awe of thy words.

¹⁵⁵ 62 I will rejoice at thy words, as one that hath found great spoil.

¹⁵⁶ 63 I have hated and abhorred iniquity; but I have loved thy law.

¹⁵⁷ 64 Seven times a day I have given praise to thee, for the judgments of thy justice.

¹⁵⁸ 65 Much peace have they that love thy law, and to them there is no stumbling block

¹⁵⁹ 66 I looked to thy salvation, O Lord: and I loved thy commandments.

¹⁶⁰ 67 My soul hath kept thy testimonies: and hath loved them exceedingly.

¹⁶¹ 68 I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies: because all my ways are in thy sight.

¹⁶² 69 Let my supplication, O Lord, come near in thy sight: give me understanding according to thy word.

¹⁶³ 70 Let my request come in before thee; deliver thou me according to thy word.

¹⁶⁴ 71 My lips shall utter a hymn, when thou shalt teach me thy justifications.

¹⁶⁵ 72 My tongue shall pronounce thy word: because all thy commandments are justice.

¹⁶⁶ 73 Let thy hand be with me to save me; for I have chosen thy precepts.

¹⁶⁷ 74 I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my meditation.

¹⁶⁸ 75 My soul shall live and shall praise thee: and thy judgments shall help me.

¹⁶⁹ 76 I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost: seek thy servant, because I have not forgotten thy commandments.

¹⁷⁰ In my trouble I cried to the Lord: and he heard me.

¹⁷¹ O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, and a deceitful tongue.

¹⁷² What shall be given to thee, or what shall be added to thee, to a deceitful tongue.

¹⁷³ The sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals that lay waste.

¹⁷⁴ Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with the inhabitants of cedar:

¹⁷⁵ my soul hath been long a sojourner.

¹⁷⁶ With them that hate peace I was peaceable: when I spoke to them they fought against me without cause.