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 119,99 Ps 119,99
Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, that shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
For what great nation is there, that hath {Or, God}a god so nigh unto them, as Jehovah our God is whensoever we call upon him?
And what great nation is there, that hath statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
Thy testimonies also are my delightAnd {Hebrew: the men of my counsel.}my counsellors.
And, lo, Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God; and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.
And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favor in the eyes of Jehovah, he will bring me again, and show me both it, and his habitation:
but if he say thus, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
and that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
{Or, Every scripture is inspired of God, and profitable}Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for {Or, discipline}instruction which is in righteousness:
that the man of God may be complete, furnished completely unto every good work.
And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
and said unto them, Ye are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto the place that I have prepared for it.
For because ye bare it not at the first, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not according to the ordinance.
And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and went in, according to the commandment of the king by the words of Jehovah, to cleanse the house of Jehovah.
And the priests went in unto the inner part of the house of Jehovah, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of Jehovah into the court of the house of Jehovah. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad to the brook Kidron.
Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of Jehovah; and they sanctified the house of Jehovah in eight days: and on the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.
Then they went in to Hezekiah the king within the palace, and said, We have cleansed all the house of Jehovah, and the altar of burnt-offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the table of showbread, with all the vessels thereof.
Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away when he trespassed, have we prepared and sanctified; and, behold, they are before the altar of Jehovah.
Then Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of Jehovah.
And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he-goats, for a sin-offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of Jehovah.
So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: and they killed the rams, and sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and sprinkled the blood upon the altar.
And they brought near the he-goats for the sin-offering before the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands upon them:
and the priests killed them, and they made a sin-offering with their blood upon the altar, to make atonement for all Israel; for the king commanded that the burnt-offering and the sin-offering should be made for all Israel.
And he set the Levites in the house of Jehovah with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was of Jehovah by his prophets.
And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt-offering upon the altar. And when the burnt-offering began, the song of Jehovah began also, and the trumpets, together with the instruments of David king of Israel.
And all the assembly worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded; all this continued until the burnt-offering was finished.
And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves and worshipped.
Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises unto Jehovah with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.
Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have {Hebrew: filled your hand.}consecrated yourselves unto Jehovah; come near and bring sacrifices and thank-offerings into the house of Jehovah. And the assembly brought in sacrifices and thank-offerings; and as many as were of a willing heart brought burnt-offerings.
And the number of the burnt-offerings which the assembly brought was threescore and ten bullocks, a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt-offering to Jehovah.
And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.
But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt-offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the priests had sanctified themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
And also the burnt-offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace-offerings, and with the drink-offerings for every burnt-offering. So the service of the house of Jehovah was set in order.
And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, because of that which God had prepared for the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that had good understanding in the service of Jehovah. So they did eat throughout the feast for the seven days, offering sacrifices of peace-offerings, and {Or, giving thanks}making confession to Jehovah, the God of their fathers.
The priests said not, Where is Jehovah? and they that handle the law knew me not: the {Hebrew: shepherds.}rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes hath {Or, made of it falsehood}wrought falsely.
The wise men are put to shame, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of Jehovah; and what manner of wisdom is in them?
At that season Jesus answered and said, I {Or, praise}thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes:
And he answered and said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
he shall not honor his father {Some ancient authorities add or his mother.}. And ye have made void the {Some ancient authorities read law.}word of God because of your tradition.
Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
{Isaiah 29:13.}This people honoreth me with their lips;But their heart is far from me.
But in vain do they worship me,Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men.
Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.
Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full from extortion and excess.
Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous,
and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets.
Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of {Greek: Gehenna.}hell?
Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them shall ye kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:
that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar.
Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
For when by reason of the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need again {Or, that one teach you which are the rudiments}that some one teach you the rudiments of the {Greek: beginning.}first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.