Psaumes 119

Aleph. Blessed are those that be perfect in the way: walkyng in the lawe of God.

Blessed are they that kepe his testimonies: they seke hym with their whole heart.

Truely they walke in his wayes: who do no wickednesse.

Thou hast geuen charge: that we shoulde diligently kepe thy commaundementes.

I wishe that my wayes were directed: for to kepe thy statutes.

I shall take then no shame: when I haue regarde vnto all thy commaundementes.

I wyll confesse it vnto thee with an vpryght heart: when I shall haue learned the iudgementes of thy ryghteousnesse.

I wyll kepe thy statutes: wherfore forsake me not for any long tyme.

Beth Wherby shall a young man refourme his way: euen in guiding it accordyng to thy worde.

I haue sought thee with my whole heart: suffer me not to swarue from thy commaundementes.

I haue hyd thy wordes within my heart: for this ende, that I shoulde not sinne agaynst thee.

Blessed art thou O God: teache me thy statutes.

I haue declared with my lyppes: all the iudgementes of thy mouth.

I am delighted in the way of thy testimonies: as in all maner of riches.

I wyll study thy commaundementes: and I wyll consider thy wayes.

My delyght shalbe in thy statutes: and I wyll not forget thy worde.

Gimel Rewarde thy seruaunt, let me lyue: and I wyll kepe thy worde.

Open thou myne eyes: and I will beholde the wonderous thynges of thy lawe.

I am a straunger vpon earth: hyde not thy commaundementes from me.

My soule faynteth: for the very feruent desire that it hath alwaye vnto thy iudgementes.

Thou hast rebuked those that be proude and cursed: who do erre from thy commaundementes.

Withdrawe from me reproche and contempt: for that I haue kept thy testimonies.

Yea princes dyd syt and speake agaynst me: but thy seruaunt did geue hym selfe to the meditation of thy statutes.

Yea thy testimonies are my delyght: and my counsaylers.

Daleth My soule cleaueth to the dust: reuiue thou me accordyng to thy worde.

I haue made a declaration to thee of my wayes, and thou heardest me: O teache me thy statutes.

Make me to vnderstande the way of thy commaundementes: and I wyll geue my selfe to the meditation of thy wonderous workes.

My soule melteth away for very heauinesse: comfort thou me accordyng to thy worde.

Take from me the way of falshood: & witsafe me worthy to haue thy lawe.

I haue chosen the way of trueth: & I haue layde thy iudgementes before me.

I haue stuck fast vnto thy testimonies: O God confounde me not.

I wyll runne the way of thy commaundementes: when thou shalt set my heart at libertie.

He Teache me O God the way of thy statutes: and I wyll kepe it vnto the ende.

Geue me vnderstanding, & I wil kepe thy law: yea I wyll kepe it with my whole heart.

Leade me in the path of thy comaundementes: for therin is my delyght.

Encline myne heart vnto thy testimonies: and not to couetousnesse.

Turne away myne eyes, lest they beholde vanitie: cause me to lyue in thy way.

Make thy worde more euident vnto thy seruaunt: who is geuen to thy feare.

Take away the reproche that I am afraide of: for thy iudgemetes are good.

Behold I haue coueted after thy commaundementes: cause me to lyue in thy ryghteousnesse.

Vau Let thy louing mercie also come vnto me O God: euen thy saluation, accordyng to thy worde.

And I shall aunswere to hym that layeth thy worde to me for a reproche: for in thy worde I haue put my trust.

Take not the worde of trueth vtterly out of my mouth: for my hope is in thy iudgementes.

And I wyll alway kepe thy lawe: yea for euer and euer.

And I wyll walke in a large scope: for I seke thy commaundementes.

I wyll also speake of thy testimonies before kinges: & I will not be ashamed.

And my delyght shalbe in thy commaundementes: which I haue loued.

And I wyll lyft vp my handes vnto thy commaundementes which I haue loued: & my study shalbe in thy statutes.

Zain Be myndfull of thy promise made vnto thy seruaunt: wherin thou hast caused me to put my trust.

That same is my comfort in my affliction: for thy worde maketh me to lyue.

The proude haue had me exceedingly in derision: yet I haue not shrinked from thy lawe.

For I called to remembraunce thy iudgementes from the begynnyng of the worlde O God: and so I comforted my selfe.

An extreme vnnaturall heat hath assayled me, because of the vngodly: who transgresse thy lawe.

Thy statutes haue ben my songes: in the house of my pilgrimages.

I haue thought vpon thy name O God in the nyght season: and I haue kept thy lawe.

This came to passe for me: because I kept thy commaundementes.

Heth Thou art my portion O God: I haue purposed to kepe thy lawe.

I made myne humble petition to thy face with my whole heart: be mercifull vnto me according vnto thy word.

I haue considered mine owne wayes: and I haue turned my feete vnto thy testimonies.

I made haste and I made no delay: for to kepe thy commaundementes.

The vngodly haue tangled me in their snares: but I haue not forgotten thy lawe.

I wyll ryse at midnight to confesse me vnto thee: because of thy ryghteous iudgementes.

I am a companion of all them that feare thee: and kepe thy commaundementes.

The earth O God is replenished with thy louyng kyndnesse: O teache me thy statutes.

Teth O God thou hast dealt gratiouslye with thy seruaunt: according vnto thy worde.

Learne me the good taste & cunning: for I haue beleued thy commaundementes.

Before I felt affliction I swarued out of the way: but nowe I kepe thy word.

Thou art good and beneficiall: teache me thy statutes.

The proude haue forged a false tale agaynst me: but I wyll kepe thy commaundementes with my whole heart.

Their heart is as fat as brawne: but my delyght hath ben in thy lawe.

It is good for me that I am brought into miserie: by that meanes I shall learne thy statutes.

The lawe of thy mouth is dearer vnto me: then thousandes of golde & siluer.

Iod Thy handes haue made me and fashioned me: geue me vnderstanding, and I will learne thy comaundementes.

They that feare thee, shall see me, & reioyce: because I haue geuen earnest attendaunce vnto thy worde.

I know O God that thy iudgementes are iustice: and that thou hast caused me ryghtfully to be afflicted.

I beseche thee let thy louing kindnesse be a meanes to comfort me: accordyng to thy worde spoken vnto thy seruaunt.

Let thy pitifull mercies come vnto me, that I may lyue: for thy lawe is my delyght.

Let the proude be confounded, for they haue falsly reported me: but I wyll study thy commaundementes.

Let such as feare thee and knowe thy testimonies: returne vnto me.

Let myne heart be perfectly set in thy statutes: that I be not ashamed.

Caph My soule hath faynted after thy saluation: I geue earnest attedaunce vnto thy worde.

Myne eyes haue faynted after thy worde: whylest I say, when wilt thou comfort me.

For I am become like a bottel hanged in the smoke: yet I do not forget thy statutes.

Howe many are the dayes of thy seruaunt? when wilt thou geue iudgement agaynst them that persecute me?

The proude haue digged pittes for me: which is a thing not done accordyng to thy lawe.

All thy commaundementes are the trueth it selfe: they wrongfully persecute me, O be thou my ayde.

They had almost made an ende of me vpon the earth: but I forsoke not thy commaundementes.

Make me to lyue accordyng to thy pietie: and I wyll kepe the testimonies of thy mouth.

Lamed O God: thy worde endureth for euer in heauen.

Thy trueth appeareth to euery generation: thou hast layde the foundation of the earth, and it shall continue.