Douay Bible - Psalms Chapter 118

Psalms 118:1
[ALEPH] Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.

Psalms 118:2
Blessed are they who search his testimonies: that seek him with their whole heart.

Psalms 118:3
For they that work iniquity, have not walked in his ways.

Psalms 118:4
Thou hast commanded thy commandments to be kept most diligently.

Psalms 118:5
O! that my ways may be directed to keep thy justifications.

Psalms 118:6
Then shall I not be confounded, when I shall look into all thy commandments.

Psalms 118:7
I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned the judgments of thy justice.

Psalms 118:8
I will keep thy justifications: O! do not thou utterly forsake me.

Psalms 118:9
[BETH] By what doth a young man correct his way? by observing thy words.

Psalms 118:10
With my whole heart have I sought after thee: let me not stray from thy commandments.

Psalms 118:11
Thy words have I hidden in my heart, that I may not sin against thee.

Psalms 118:12
Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy justifications.

Psalms 118:13
With my lips I have pronounced all the judgments of thy mouth.

Psalms 118:14
I have been delighted in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches.

Psalms 118:15
I will meditate on thy commandments: and I will consider thy ways.

Psalms 118:16
I will think of thy justifications: I will not forget thy words.

Psalms 118:17
[GIMEL] Give bountifully to thy servant, enliven me: and I shall keep thy words.

Psalms 118:18
Open thou my eyes: and I will consider the wondrous things of thy law.

Psalms 118:19
I am a sojourner on the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

Psalms 118:20
My soul hath coveted to long for thy justifications, at all times.

Psalms 118:21
Thou hast rebuked the proud: they are cursed who decline from thy commandments.

Psalms 118:22
Remove from reproach and contempt: because I have sought after thy testimonies.

Psalms 118:23
For princes sat, and spoke against me: but thy servant was employed in thy justifications.

Psalms 118:24
For thy testimonies are my meditation: and thy justifications my counsel.

Psalms 118:25
[DALETH] My soul hath cleaved to the pavement: quicken thou me according to thy word.

Psalms 118:26
I have declared my ways, and thou hast heard me: tech me thy justifications.

Psalms 118:27
Make me to understand the way of thy justifications: and I shall be exercised in thy wondrous works.

Psalms 118:28
My soul hath slumbered through heaviness: strengthen thou me in thy words.

Psalms 118:29
Remove from me the way of iniquity: and out of thy law have mercy on me.

Psalms 118:30
I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments I have not forgotten.

Psalms 118:31
I have stuck to thy testimonies, O Lord: put me not to shame.

Psalms 118:32
I have run the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart.

Psalms 118:33
[HE] Set before me for a law the way of thy justifications, O Lord: and I will always seek after it.

Psalms 118:34
Give me understanding, and I will search thy law ; and I will keep it with my whole heart.

Psalms 118:35
Lead me into the path of thy commandments; for this same I have desired.

Psalms 118:36
Incline my heart into thy testimonies and not to covetousness.

Psalms 118:37
Turn away my eyes that they may not behold vanity: quicken me in thy way.

Psalms 118:38
Establish thy word to thy servant, in thy fear.

Psalms 118:39
Turn away my reproach, which I have apprehended: for thy judgments are delightful.

Psalms 118:40
Behold I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy justice.

Psalms 118:41
[VAU] Let thy mercy also come upon me, O Lord: thy salvation according to thy word.

Psalms 118:42
So shall I answer them that reproach me in any thing; that I have trusted in thy words.

Psalms 118:43
And take not thou the word of truth utterly out of my mouth: for in thy words have I hoped exceedingly.

Psalms 118:44
So shall I always keep thy law, for ever and ever.

Psalms 118:45
And I walked at large: because I have sought after thy commandments.

Psalms 118:46
And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings: and I was not ashamed.

Psalms 118:47
I meditated also on thy commandments, which I loved.

Psalms 118:48
And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments, which I loved: and I was exercised in thy justifications.

Psalms 118:49
[ZAIN] Be thou mindful of thy word to thy servant, in which thou hast given me hope.

Psalms 118:50
This hath comforted me in my humiliation: because thy word hath enlivened me.

Psalms 118:51
The proud did iniquitously altogether: but I declined not from thy law.

Psalms 118:52
I remembered, O Lord, thy judgments of old: and I was comforted.

Psalms 118:53
A fainting hath taken hold of me, because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

Psalms 118:54
Thy justifications were the subject of my song, in the place of my pilgrimage.

Psalms 118:55
In the night I have remembered thy name, O Lord: and have kept thy law.

Psalms 118:56
This happened to me: because I sought after thy justifications.

Psalms 118:57
[HETH] O Lord, my portion, I have said, I would keep the law.

Psalms 118:58
I entreated thy face with all my heart: have mercy on me according to thy word.

Psalms 118:59
I have thought on my ways: and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

Psalms 118:60
I am ready, and am not troubled: that I may keep thy commandments.

Psalms 118:61
The cords of the wicked have encompassed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.

Psalms 118:62
I rose at midnight to give praise to thee; for the judgments of thy justification.

Psalms 118:63
I am a partaker with all them that fear thee, and that keep thy commandments.

Psalms 118:64
The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy justifications.

Psalms 118:65
[TETH] Thou hast done well with thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word.

Psalms 118:66
Teach me goodness and discipline and knowledge; for I have believed thy commandments.

Psalms 118:67
Before I was humbled I offended; therefore have I kept thy word.

Psalms 118:68
Thou art good; and in thy goodness teach me thy justifications.

Psalms 118:69
The iniquity of the proud hath been multiplied over me: but I will seek thy commandments with my whole heart.

Psalms 118:70
Their heart is curdled like milk: but I have meditated on thy law.

Psalms 118:71
It is good for me that thou hast humbled me, that I may learn thy justifications.

Psalms 118:72
The law of thy mouth is good to me, above thousands of gold and silver.

Psalms 118:73
[JOD] Thy hands have made me and formed me: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments.

Psalms 118:74
They that fear thee shall see me, and shall be glad: because I have greatly hoped in thy words.

Psalms 118:75
I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are equity: and in thy truth thou hast humbled me.

Psalms 118:76
O! let thy mercy be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.

Psalms 118:77
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, and I shall live: for thy law is my meditation.

Psalms 118:78
Let the proud be ashamed, because they have done unjustly towards me: but I will be employed in thy commandments.

Psalms 118:79
Let them that fear thee turn to me” and they that know thy testimonies.

Psalms 118:80
Let my heart be undefiled in thy justifications, that I may not be confounded.

Psalms 118:81
[CAPH] My soul hath fainted after thy salvation: and in thy word I have very much hoped.

Psalms 118:82
My eyes have failed for thy word, saying: When wilt thou comfort me?

Psalms 118:83
For I am become like a bottle in the frost: I have not forgotten thy justifications.

Psalms 118:84
How many are the days of thy servant: when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

Psalms 118:85
The wicked have told me fables: but not as thy law.

Psalms 118:86
All thy statutes are truth: they have persecuted me unjustly, do thou help me.

Psalms 118:87
They had almost made an end of me upon earth: but I have not forsaken thy commandments.

Psalms 118:88
Quicken thou me according to thy mercy: and I shall keep the testimonies of thy mouth.

Psalms 118:89
[LAMED] For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven.

Psalms 118:90
Thy truth unto all generations: thou hast founded the earth, and it continueth.

Psalms 118:91
By thy ordinance the day goeth on: for all things serve thee.

Psalms 118:92
Unless thy law had been my meditation, I had then perhaps perished in my abjection.

Psalms 118:93
Thy justifications I will never forget: for by them thou hast given me life.

Psalms 118:94
I am thine, save thou me: for I have sought thy justifications.

Psalms 118:95
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I have understood thy testimonies.

Psalms 118:96
I have seen an end to all persecution: thy commandment is exceeding broad.

Psalms 118:97
[MEM] O how have I loved thy law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day.

Psalms 118:98
Through thy commandment, thou hast made me wiser than my enemies: for it is ever with me.

Psalms 118:99
I have understood more than all my teachers: because thy testimonies are my meditation.

Psalms 118:100
I have had understanding above ancients: because I have sought thy commandments.

Psalms 118:101
I have restrained my feet from every evil way: that I may keep thy words.

Psalms 118:102
I have not declined from thy judgments, because thou hast set me a law.

Psalms 118:103
How sweet are thy words to my palate! more than honey to my mouth.

Psalms 118:104
By thy commandments I have had understanding: therefore have I hated every way of iniquity.

Psalms 118:105
[NUN] Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths.

Psalms 118:106
I have sworn and am determined to keep the judgments of thy justice.

Psalms 118:107
I have been humbled, O Lord, exceedingly: quicken thou me according to thy word.

Psalms 118:108
The free offerings of my mouth make acceptable, O Lord: and teach me thy judgments.

Psalms 118:109
My soul is continually in my hands: and I have not forgotten thy law.

Psalms 118:110
Sinners have laid a snare for me: but I have not erred from thy precepts.

Psalms 118:111
I have purchased thy testimonies for an inheritance for ever: because they are a joy to my heart.

Psalms 118:112
I have inclined my heart to do thy justifications for ever, for the reward.

Psalms 118:113
[SAMECH] I have hated the unjust: and have loved thy law.

Psalms 118:114
Thou art my helper and my protector: and in thy word I have greatly hoped.

Psalms 118:115
Depart from me, ye malignant: and I will search the commandments of my God.

Psalms 118:116
Uphold me according to thy word, and I shall live: and let me not be confounded in my expectation.

Psalms 118:117
Help me, and I shall be saved: and I will meditate always on thy justifications.

Psalms 118:118
Thou hast despised all them that fall off from thy judgments; for their thought is unjust.

Psalms 118:119
I have accounted all the sinners of the earth prevaricators: therefore have I loved thy testimonies.

Psalms 118:120
Pierce thou my flesh with thy fear: for I am afraid of thy judgments.

Psalms 118:121
[AIN] I have done judgment and justice: give me not up to them that slander me.

Psalms 118:122
Uphold thy servant unto good: let not the proud calumniate me.

Psalms 118:123
My eyes have fainted after thy salvation: and for the word of thy justice.

Psalms 118:124
Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy: and teach me thy justifications.

Psalms 118:125
I am thy servant: give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.

Psalms 118:126
It is time, O Lord, to do: they have dissipated thy law.

Psalms 118:127
Therefore have I loved thy commandments above gold and the topaz.

Psalms 118:128
Therefore was I directed to all thy commandments: I have hated all wicked ways.

Psalms 118:129
[PHE] Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul hath sought them.

Psalms 118:130
The declaration of thy words giveth light: and giveth understanding to little ones.

Psalms 118:131
I opened my mouth and panted: because I longed for thy commandments.

Psalms 118:132
Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me, according to the judgment of them that love thy name.

Psalms 118:133
Direct my steps according to thy word: and let no iniquity have dominion over me.

Psalms 118:134
Redeem me from the calumnies of men: that I may keep thy commandments.

Psalms 118:135
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thy justifications.

Psalms 118:136
My eyes have sent forth springs of water: because they have not kept thy law.

Psalms 118:137
[SADE] Thou art just, O Lord: and thy judgment is right.

Psalms 118:138
Thou hast commanded justice thy testimonies: and thy truth exceedingly.

Psalms 118:139
My zeal hath made me pine away: because my enemies forgot thy words.

Psalms 118:140
Thy word is exceedingly refined: and thy servant hath loved it.

Psalms 118:141
I am very young and despised; but I forgot not thy justifications.

Psalms 118:142
Thy justice is justice for ever: and thy law is the truth.

Psalms 118:143
Trouble and anguish have found me: thy commandments are my meditation.

Psalms 118:144
Thy testimonies are justice for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.

Psalms 118:145
[COPH] I cried with my whole heart, hear me, O Lord: I will seek thy justifications.

Psalms 118:146
I cried unto thee, save me: that I may keep thy commandments.

Psalms 118:147
I prevented the dawning of the day, and cried: because in thy words I very much hoped.

Psalms 118:148
My eyes to thee have prevented the morning: that I might meditate on thy words.

Psalms 118:149
Hear thou my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy: and quicken me according to thy mercy.

Psalms 118:150
They that persecute me have drawn nigh to iniquity; but they are gone far off from the law.

Psalms 118:151
Thou art near, O Lord: and all thy ways are truth.

Psalms 118:152
I have known from the beginning concerning thy testimonies: that thou hast founded them for ever.

Psalms 118:153
[RES] See my humiliation and deliver me: for I have not forgotten the law.

Psalms 118:154
Judge my judgment and redeem me: quicken thou me for thy word’s sake.

Psalms 118:155
Salvation is far from sinners; because they have not sought thy justifications.

Psalms 118:156
Many, O Lord, are thy mercies: quicken me according to thy judgment.

Psalms 118:157
Many are they that persecute me, and afflict me; but I have not declined from thy testimonies.

Psalms 118:158
I beheld the transgressors, and I pined away; because they kept not thy word.

Psalms 118:159
Behold I have loved thy commandments, O Lord; quicken me thou in thy mercy.

Psalms 118:160
The beginning of thy words is truth: all the judgments of thy justice are for ever.

Psalms 118:161
[SIN] Princes have persecuted me without cause: and my heart hath been in awe of thy words.

Psalms 118:162
I will rejoice at thy words, as one that hath found great spoil.

Psalms 118:163
I have hated and abhorred iniquity; but I have loved thy law.

Psalms 118:164
Seven times a day I have given praise to thee, for the judgments of thy justice.

Psalms 118:165
Much peace have they that love thy law, and to them there is no stumbling block

Psalms 118:166
I looked to thy salvation, O Lord: and I loved thy commandments.

Psalms 118:167
My soul hath kept thy testimonies: and hath loved them exceedingly.

Psalms 118:168
I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies: because all my ways are in thy sight.

Psalms 118:169
[TAU] Let my supplication, O Lord, come near in thy sight: give me understanding according to thy word.

Psalms 118:170
Let my request come in before thee; deliver thou me according to thy word.

Psalms 118:171
My lips shall utter a hymn, when thou shalt teach me thy justifications.

Psalms 118:172
My tongue shall pronounce thy word: because all thy commandments are justice.

Psalms 118:173
Let thy hand be with me to save me; for I have chosen thy precepts.

Psalms 118:174
I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my meditation.

Psalms 118:175
My soul shall live and shall praise thee: and thy judgments shall help me.

Psalms 118:176
I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost: seek thy servant, because I have not forgotten thy commandments.