א ALEPH.
Blessed are they that are {Or, upright in way}perfect in the way,
Who walk in the law of Jehovah.
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies,
That seek him with the whole heart.
Yea, they do no unrighteousness;
They walk in his ways.
Thou hast commanded us thy precepts,
That we should observe them diligently.
Oh that my ways were established
To observe thy statutes!
Then shall I not be put to shame,
When I have respect unto all thy commandments.
I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart,
When I learn thy righteous judgments.
I will observe thy statutes:
Oh forsake me not utterly.
ב BETH.
Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way?
By taking heed thereto according to thy word.
With my whole heart have I sought thee:
Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.
Thy word have I laid up in my heart,
That I might not sin against thee.
Blessed art thou, O Jehovah:
Teach me thy statutes.
With my lips have I declared
All the ordinances of thy mouth.
I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies,
As much as in all riches.
I will meditate on thy precepts,
And have respect unto thy ways.
I will delight myself in thy statutes:
I will not forget thy word.
ג GIMEL.
Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live;
So will I observe thy word.
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold
Wondrous things out of thy law.
I am a sojourner in the earth:
Hide not thy commandments from me.
My soul breaketh for the longing
That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times.
Thou hast rebuked the proud {Or, Cursed are they that &c.}that are cursed,
That do wander from thy commandments.
Take away from me reproach and contempt;
For I have kept thy testimonies.
Princes also sat and talked against me;
But thy servant did meditate on thy statutes.
Thy testimonies also are my delight
And {Hebrew: the men of my counsel.}my counsellors.
ד DALETH.
My soul cleaveth unto the dust:
Quicken thou me according to thy word.
I declared my ways, and thou answeredst me:
Teach me thy statutes.
Make me to understand the way of thy precepts:
So shall I meditate on thy wondrous works.
My soul {Hebrew: droppeth.}melteth for heaviness:
Strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
Remove from me the way of falsehood;
And grant me thy law graciously.
I have chosen the way of faithfulness:
Thine ordinances have I set before me.
I cleave unto thy testimonies:
O Jehovah, put me not to shame.
I will run the way of thy commandments,
When thou shalt enlarge my heart.
ה HE.
Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes;
And I shall keep it unto the end.
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law;
Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Make me to go in the path of thy commandments;
For therein do I delight.
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies,
And not to covetousness.
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity,
And quicken me in thy ways.
Confirm unto thy servant thy word,
{Or, Who is devoted to}Which is in order unto the fear of thee.
Turn away my reproach whereof I am afraid;
For thine ordinances are good.
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts:
Quicken me in thy righteousness.
ו VAV.
Let thy lovingkindnesses also come unto me, O Jehovah,
Even thy salvation, according to thy word.
So shall I have an answer for him that reproacheth me;
For I trust in thy word.
And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth;
For I have hoped in thine ordinances.
So shall I observe thy law continually
For ever and ever.
And I shall walk at liberty;
For I have sought thy precepts.
I will also speak of thy testimonies before kings,
And shall not be put to shame.
And I will delight myself in thy commandments,
Which I have loved.
I will lift up my hands also unto thy commandments, which I have loved;
And I will meditate on thy statutes.
ז ZAYIN.
Remember the word unto thy servant,
{Or, Wherein}Because thou hast made me to hope.
This is my comfort in my affliction;
{Or, That}For thy word hath quickened me.
The proud have had me greatly in derision:
Yet have I not swerved from thy law.
I have remembered thine ordinances of old, O Jehovah,
And have comforted myself.
{Or, Horror}Hot indignation hath taken hold upon me,
Because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
Thy statutes have been my songs
In the house of my pilgrimage.
I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night,
And have observed thy law.
This I have had,
{Or, That}Because I have kept thy precepts.
ח HHETH.
{Or, Jehovah is my portion, have I said: That may observe &c.}Jehovah is my portion:
I have said that I would observe thy words.
I entreated thy favor with my whole heart:
Be merciful unto me according to thy word.
I thought on my ways,
And turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
I made haste, and delayed not,
To observe thy commandments.
The cords of the wicked have wrapped me round;
But I have not forgotten thy law.
At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee
Because of thy righteous ordinances.
I am a companion of all them that fear thee,
And of them that observe thy precepts.
The earth, O Jehovah, is full of thy lovingkindness:
Teach me thy statutes.
ט TETH.
Thou hast dealt well with thy servant,
O Jehovah, according unto thy word.
Teach me good judgment and knowledge;
For I have believed in thy commandments.
Before I was afflicted I went astray;
But now I observe thy word.
Thou art good, and doest good;
Teach me thy statutes.
The proud have forged a lie against me:
With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.
Their heart is as fat as grease;
But I delight in thy law.
It is good for me that I have been afflicted;
That I may learn thy statutes.
The law of thy mouth is better unto me
Than thousands of gold and silver.
י YODH.
Thy hands have made me and {Or, established}fashioned me:
Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
They that fear thee shall see me and be glad,
Because I have hoped in thy word.
I know, O Jehovah, that thy judgments are righteous,
And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness be for my comfort,
According to thy word unto thy servant.
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live;
For thy law is my delight.
Let the proud be put to shame; for they have overthrown me {Or, with falsehood}wrongfully:
But I will meditate on thy precepts.
Let those that fear thee turn unto me;
{Anothing reading is, Even they that know.}And they shall know thy testimonies.
Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes,
That I be not put to shame.
כ KAPH.
My soul fainteth for thy salvation;
But I hope in thy word.
Mine eyes fail for thy word,
While I say, When wilt thou comfort me?
For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke;
Yet do I not forget thy statutes.
How many are the days of thy servant?
When wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
The proud have digged pits for me,
Who are not according to thy law.
All thy commandments are faithful:
They persecute me {Or, with falsehood}wrongfully; help thou me.
They had almost consumed me upon earth;
But I forsook not thy precepts.
Quicken me after thy lovingkindness;
So shall I observe the testimony of thy mouth.
ל LAMEDH.
For ever, O Jehovah,
Thy word is settled in heaven.
Thy faithfulness is unto all generations:
Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
{Or, As for thine ordinances, they abide this day}They abide this day according to thine ordinances;
For all things are thy servants.
Unless thy law had been my delight,
I should then have perished in mine affliction.
I will never forget thy precepts;
For with them thou hast quickened me.
I am thine, save me;
For I have sought thy precepts.
The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me;
But I will consider thy testimonies.
I have seen an end of all perfection;
But thy commandment is exceeding broad.
מ MEM.
Oh how love I thy law!
It is my meditation all the day.
{Or, Thou through thy commandments makest}Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies;
For they are ever with me.
I have more understanding than all my teachers;
For thy testimonies are my meditation.
I understand more than the aged,
Because I have kept thy precepts.
I have refrained my feet from every evil way,
That I might observe thy word.
I have not turned aside from thine ordinances;
For thou hast taught me.
How sweet are thy words unto my {Hebrew: palate.}taste!
Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Through thy precepts I get understanding:
Therefore I hate every false way.
נ NUN.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet,
And light unto my path.
I have sworn, and have confirmed it,
That I will observe thy righteous ordinances.
I am afflicted very much:
Quicken me, O Jehovah, according unto thy word.
Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, O Jehovah,
And teach me thine ordinances.
My soul is continually in my hand;
Yet do I not forget thy law.
The wicked have laid a snare for me;
Yet have I not gone astray from thy precepts.
Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever;
For they are the rejoicing of my heart.
I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes
For ever, even unto the end.
ס SAMEKH.
I hate them that are of a double mind;
But thy law do I love.
Thou art my hiding-place and my shield:
I hope in thy word.
Depart from me, ye evil-doers,
That I may keep the commandments of my God.
Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live;
And let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe,
And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.
Thou hast set at nought all them that err from thy statutes;
For their deceit is {Or, vain}falsehood.
Thou {Hebrew: causest to cease.}puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross:
Therefore I love thy testimonies.
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee;
And I am afraid of thy judgments.
ע AYIN.
I have done justice and righteousness:
Leave me not to mine oppressors.
Be surety for thy servant for good:
Let not the proud oppress me.
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation,
And for thy righteous word.
Deal with thy servant according unto thy lovingkindness,
And teach me thy statutes.
I am thy servant; give me understanding,
That I may know thy testimonies.
It is time for Jehovah to work;
For they have made void thy law.
Therefore I love thy commandments
Above gold, yea, above fine gold.
Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right;
And I hate every false way.
פ PE.
Thy testimonies are wonderful;
Therefore doth my soul keep them.
The opening of thy words giveth light;
It giveth understanding unto the simple.
I opened wide my mouth, and panted;
For I longed for thy commandments.
Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me,
As thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
Establish my footsteps in thy word;
And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Redeem me from the oppression of man:
So will I observe thy precepts.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant;
And teach me thy statutes.
Streams of water run down mine eyes,
Because they observe not thy law.
צ TSADHE.
Righteous art thou, O Jehovah,
And upright {Or, in thy judgements}are thy judgments.
Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness
And very faithfulness.
My zeal hath {Hebrew: cut me off.}consumed me,
Because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.
Thy word is very {Hebrew: tried, or, refined.}pure;
Therefore thy servant loveth it.
I am small and despised;
Yet do I not forget thy precepts.
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,
And thy law is truth.
Trouble and anguish have {Or, found me}taken hold on me;
Yet thy commandments are my delight.
Thy testimonies are righteous for ever:
Give me understanding, and I shall live.
ק QOPH.
I have called with my whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah:
I will keep thy statutes.
I have called unto thee; save me,
And I shall observe thy testimonies.
I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried:
I hoped in thy words.
Mine eyes anticipated the night-watches,
That I might meditate on thy word.
Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness:
Quicken me, O Jehovah, {Or, as thou art wont}according to thine ordinances.
They draw nigh {Or, that persecute me with wickedness}that follow after wickedness;
They are far from thy law.
Thou art nigh, O Jehovah;
And all thy commandments are truth.
Of old have I known from thy testimonies,
That thou hast founded them for ever.
ר RESH.
Consider mine affliction, and deliver me;
For I do not forget thy law.
Plead thou my cause, and redeem me:
Quicken me according to thy word.
Salvation is far from the wicked;
For they seek not thy statutes.
Great are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah:
Quicken me according to thine ordinances.
Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries;
Yet have I not swerved from thy testimonies.
I beheld the treacherous, and {Or, loathed them}was grieved,
Because they observe not thy word.
Consider how I love thy precepts:
Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.
The sum of thy word is truth;
And every one of thy righteous ordinances endureth for ever.
שׁ SHIN.
Princes have persecuted me without a cause;
But my heart standeth in awe of thy words.
I rejoice at thy word,
As one that findeth great spoil.
I hate and abhor falsehood;
But thy law do I love.
Seven times a day do I praise thee,
Because of thy righteous ordinances.
Great peace have they that love thy law;
And they have no occasion of stumbling.
I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah,
And have done thy commandments.
My soul hath observed thy testimonies;
And I love them exceedingly.
I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies;
For all my ways are before thee.
ת TAV.
Let my cry come near before thee, O Jehovah:
Give me understanding according to thy word.
Let my supplication come before thee:
Deliver me according to thy word.
Let my lips utter praise;
For thou teachest me thy statutes.
Let my tongue sing of thy word;
For all thy commandments are righteousness.
Let thy hand be ready to help me;
For I have chosen thy precepts.
I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah;
And thy law is my delight.
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee;
And let thine ordinances help me.
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant;
For I do not forget thy commandments.
Querverweise zu Psalm 119,21 Ps 119,21
Let the proud be put to shame; for they have overthrown me {Or, with falsehood}wrongfully:But I will meditate on thy precepts.
With my whole heart have I sought thee:Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.
For though Jehovah is high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly;But the haughty he knoweth from afar.
The wicked have laid a snare for me;Yet have I not gone astray from thy precepts.
And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
Thou hast set at nought all them that err from thy statutes;For their deceit is {Or, vain}falsehood.
Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; yea, in the thing wherein they dealt proudly against them.
Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomination unto Jehovah, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and setteth it up in secret. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed be he that wresteth the justice due to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife, because he hath uncovered his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor in secret. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed be he that confirmeth not the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger;And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.
But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day, that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee.
Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low;And tread down the wicked where they stand.
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed;
The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.
But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
For {Or, Jehovah of hosts hath a day}there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low;
and testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law. Yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thine ordinances, (which if a man do, he shall live in them,) and {Hebrew: they gave a stubborn shoulder.}withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
Wherefore it shall come to pass, that, when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will {Hebrew: visit upon.}punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not Jehovah? he against whom we have sinned, and in whose ways they would not walk, neither were they obedient unto his {Or, teaching}law.
Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the {Hebrew: heart.}midst of the seas; yet thou art man, and not God, though thou didst set thy heart as the heart of God; —
behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that is hidden from thee;
by thy wisdom and by thine understanding thou hast gotten thee {Or, power}riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures;
by thy great wisdom and by thy traffic hast thou increased thy {Or, power}riches, and thy heart is lifted up because of thy {Or, power}riches; —
therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast set thy heart as the heart of God,
therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall {Or, profane}defile thy brightness.
They shall bring thee down to the pit; and thou shalt die the death of them that are slain, in the heart of the seas.
Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou art man, and not God, in the hand of him that {Or, profaneth}woundeth thee.
Thou shalt die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Therefore I {Or, have profaned}will profane the {Or, holy princes}princes of the sanctuary; and I {Or, have made}will make Jacob a {Or, devoted thing}curse, and Israel a reviling.
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives which they committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.
Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, even to cut off all Judah.
And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thy heart, though thou knewest all this,
but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine from them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.
Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.
As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah, we will not hearken unto thee.
For, behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
And they that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose word shall stand, mine, or theirs.
For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
And this shall be the sign unto you, saith Jehovah, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:
I say unto you, This man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; but he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us; for it is written, {Deuteronomy 21:23.}Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
But he giveth {Greek: a greater grace.}more grace. Wherefore the scripture saith, {Proverbs 3:34.}God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.
{Or, Likewise...elder; yea, all of you one to another. Gird yourselves with humility}Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.