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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Ὠδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν.
¶ Πρὸς Κύριον ἐν τῷ θλίβεσθαί με ἐκέκραξα, καὶ εἰσήκουσέ μου.
( Ōdaʸ tōn anabathmōn.
¶ Pros Kurion en tōi thlibesthai me ekekraxa, kai eisaʸkouse mou. )

BrTr A Song of Degrees.
¶ In mine affliction I cried to the Lord, and he hearkened to me.

ULT Blessed are those whose ways are blameless,
⇔ who walk in the teaching of Yahweh.

UST How fortunate are those about whom no one can say truthfully that they have done things that are wrong,
⇔ those who always obey the laws of Yahweh.

BSB Blessed [fn] are those whose way is blameless,
⇔ who walk in the Law of the LORD.

119:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem of twenty-two stanzas, following the letters of the Hebrew alphabet; within a stanza, each verse begins with the same Hebrew letter.

OEB Happy they whose life is blameless,
⇔ who walk by the law of the Lord.

WEBBE ALEPH
⇔ Blessed are those whose ways are blameless,
⇔ who walk according to the LORD’s law.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET How blessed are those whose actions are blameless,
⇔ who obey the law of the Lord.

LSV [ALEPH] O the blessedness of those perfect in the way,
They are walking in the Law of YHWH,

FBV Aleph[fn]
⇔ Happy are those who do what is right, who follow what the Lord says.

119:0 This Psalm is an acrostic, that is each group of stanzas begin with one letter of the Hebrew alphabet, from Aleph to Taw.

T4T ◄Yahweh is pleased with/Happy are► those about whom no one can say truthfully that they have done things that are wrong,
⇔ those who always obey the laws of Yahweh.

LEB No LEB PSA 119:1 verse available

BBE ALEPH
⇔ Happy are they who are without sin in their ways, walking in the law of the Lord.

Moff Happy are they who live uprightly, living by the Eternal’s law!

JPS ALEPH. Happy are they that are upright in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.

ASV Blessed are they that are perfect in the way,
⇔ Who walk in the law of Jehovah.

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

YLT [Aleph.] O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah,

Drby ALEPH. Blessed are the perfect in the way, who walk in the law of Jehovah.

RV Blessed are they that are perfect in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.

Wbstr ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.

KJB-1769 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.[fn]

119.1 undefiled: or, perfect, or, sincere

KJB-1611 ¶ Blessed are the [fn]vndefiled in the way: who walke in the Law of the LORD.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

119:1 Or, perfect, or sincere.

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

Gnva ALEPH. Blessed are those that are vpright in their way, and walke in the Lawe of the Lord.
(ALEPH. Blessed are those that are upright in their way, and walk in the Law of the Lord. )

Cvdl Blessed are those yt be vndefiled in the waye: which walke in the lawe of ye LORDE.
(Blessed are those it be undefiled in the way: which walk in the law of ye/you_all LORD.)

Wycl The `title of the hundrid and nyntenthe salm. The song of greces. Whanne Y was set in tribulacioun, Y criede to the Lord; and he herde me.
(The `title of the hundred and nyntenthe psalm. The song of greces. When I was set in tribulation, I cried to the Lord; and he heard me.)

Luth Wohl denen, die ohne Wandel leben, die im Gesetz des HErr’s wandeln!
(Wohl those, the without Wandel life, the in_the law the LORD’s wandeln!)

ClVg Canticum graduum. [Ad Dominum cum tribularer clamavi, et exaudivit me.[fn]
(Canticum graduum. [Ad the_Master when/with tribularer clamavi, and exaudivit me. )

119.1 Canticum graduum. CASS. Beatitudinem, quam superior psalmus unita varietate cantavit, etc., usque ad his ergo gradibus inoffenso pede mentis ascenditur atque descenditur. AUG. Canticum graduum. Graduum nomen ambiguum apud nos, etc., usque ad et altitudinem deitatis ipsius. Primus gradus, a malis sæculi exire, et universæ vanitati renuntiare. CASS. Initium profectus est carnalia vitia relinquere et Domino supplicare; unde in veteri lege, quando emebatur mancipium gentile, radebantur ungues ejus et capilli tondebantur Deut. 12.. Quia oportet vanitatem quaque exuere, ut Dei obsequio mancipetur. Hic ab renuntiatione sæculi quibusdam gradibus meritorum ad perfectam et æternam pervenitur charitatem, quæ in summo locata est. Ad Dominum cum tribularer. CASS. Primo, ascendere incipiens, quia multos invenit obsidentes, a linguis eorum petit liberari: secundo, de permistione malorum conqueritur, Hei mihi.

119.1 Canticum graduum. CASS. Beatitudinem, how superior psalmus unita varietate cantavit, etc., until to his therefore gradibus inoffenso pede mentis went_upur and_yet descenditur. AUG. Canticum graduum. Graduum nomen ambiguum apud we, etc., until to and height deitatis ipsius. Primus gradus, from malis sæculi exire, and universæ vanitati renuntiare. CASS. The_beginning profectus it_is carnalia vitia relinquere and Master supplicare; whence in veteri lege, when emebatur mancipium gentile, radebantur ungues his and capilli tondebantur Deut. 12.. Because oportet vanitatem quaque exuere, as of_God obsequio mancipetur. Hic away renuntiatione sæculi quibusdam gradibus meritorum to perfectam and eternal arrivedur charitatem, which in summo locata it_is. Ad the_Master when/with tribularer. CASS. Primo, ascendere incipiens, because multos invenit obsidentes, from linguis their petit liberari: secundo, about permistione malorum conqueritur, Hei mihi.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-poetry

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(Some words not found in UHB: blessed blameless_of way the,walk in/on/at/with,law_of YHWH )

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Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See also: figs-parallelism)

Blessed are those

(Some words not found in UHB: blessed blameless_of way the,walk in/on/at/with,law_of YHWH )

Alternate translation: “How good it is for those”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

those whose ways are blameless

(Some words not found in UHB: blessed blameless_of way the,walk in/on/at/with,law_of YHWH )

How a person behaves is spoken of as “ways” or “paths.” Alternate translation: “those whose behavior is blameless” or “those whom no one can blame for doing wrong”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

who walk in the law of Yahweh

(Some words not found in UHB: blessed blameless_of way the,walk in/on/at/with,law_of YHWH )

The way a person lives or behaves is spoken of as walking. Alternate translation: “who live according to the law of Yahweh” or “who obey the law of Yahweh.” This phrase clarifies the meaning of “whose ways are blameless”

Parallel PSA 119:1

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