| 1 | ALEPH. Blessed are the perfect in the way, who walk in the law of Jehovah. |
| 2 | Blessed are they that observe his testimonies, that seek him with the whole heart; |
| 3 | Who also do no unrighteousness: they walk in his ways. |
| 4 | Thou hast enjoined thy precepts, to be kept diligently. |
| 5 | Oh that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! |
| 6 | Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. |
| 7 | I will give thee thanks with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. |
| 8 | I will keep thy statutes: forsake me not utterly. |
| 9 | BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his path? by taking heed according to thy word. |
| 10 | With my whole heart have I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandments. |
| 11 | Thy uword have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee. |
| 12 | Blessed art thou, Jehovah! teach me thy statutes. |
| 13 | With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. |
| 14 | I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as [much as] in all wealth. |
| 15 | I will meditate upon thy precepts, and have respect unto thy paths. |
| 16 | I delight myself in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word. |
| 17 | GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant [and] I shall live; and I will keep thy word. |
| 18 | Open mine eyes, and I shall behold wondrous things out of thy law. |
| 19 | I am a stranger in the land; hide not thy commandments from me. |
| 20 | My soul breaketh for longing after thy judgments at all times. |
| 21 | Thou hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, who wander from thy commandments. |
| 22 | Roll off from me reproach and contempt; for I observe thy testimonies. |
| 23 | Princes also did sit [and] talk together against me: thy servant doth meditate in thy statutes. |
| 24 | Thy testimonies also are my delight [and] my counsellors. |
| 25 | DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken me according to thy word. |
| 26 | I have declared my ways, and thou hast answered me: teach me thy statutes. |
| 27 | Make me to understand the way of thy precepts, and I will meditate upon thy wondrous works. |
| 28 | My soul melteth for sadness: strengthen me according to thy word. |
| 29 | Remove from me the way of falsehood, and graciously grant me thy law. |
| 30 | I have chosen the way of faithfulness; thy judgments have I set [before me]. |
| 31 | I cleave unto thy testimonies; Jehovah, let me not be ashamed. |
| 32 | I will run the way of thy commandments when thou shalt enlarge my heart. |
| 33 | HE. Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes, and I will observe it [unto] the end. |
| 34 | Give me understanding, and I will observe thy law; and I will keep it with [my] whole heart. |
| 35 | Make me to walk in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight. |
| 36 | Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to gain. |
| 37 | Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; quicken me in thy way. |
| 38 | Establish thy uword unto thy servant, who is [devoted] to thy fear. |
| 39 | Turn away my reproach which I fear; for thy judgments are good. |
| 40 | Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness. |
| 41 | VAU. And let thy loving-kindness come unto me, O Jehovah, -- thy salvation according to thy uword. |
| 42 | So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me; for I confide in thy word. |
| 43 | And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; because I have hoped in thy judgments. |
| 44 | Then will I keep thy law continually, for ever and ever; |
| 45 | And I will walk at liberty, for I have sought thy precepts; |
| 46 | And I will speak of thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed; |
| 47 | And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved; |
| 48 | And I will lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and I will meditate in thy statutes. |
| 49 | ZAIN. Remember the word for thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. |
| 50 | This is my comfort in mine affliction; for thy uword hath quickened me. |
| 51 | The proud have derided me beyond measure: I have not declined from thy law. |
| 52 | I remembered thy judgments of old, O Jehovah, and have comforted myself. |
| 53 | Burning indignation hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked who forsake thy law. |
| 54 | Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. |
| 55 | I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, and have kept thy law. |
| 56 | This I have had, because I have observed thy precepts. |
| 57 | CHETH. My portion, O Jehovah, I have said, is to keep thy words. |
| 58 | I have sought thy favour with [my] whole heart: be gracious unto me according to thy uword. |
| 59 | I have thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. |
| 60 | I have made haste, and not delayed, to keep thy commandments. |
| 61 | The bands of the wicked have wrapped me round: I have not forgotten thy law. |
| 62 | At midnight I rise up to give thanks unto thee, because of thy righteous judgments. |
| 63 | I am the companion of all that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts. |
| 64 | The earth, O Jehovah, is full of thy loving-kindness: teach me thy statutes. |
| 65 | TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Jehovah, according to thy word. |
| 66 | Teach me good discernment and knowledge; for I have believed in thy commandments. |
| 67 | Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep thy uword. |
| 68 | Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. |
| 69 | The proud have forged falsehood against me: I will observe thy precepts with [my] whole heart. |
| 70 | Their heart is as fat as grease: as for me, I delight in thy law. |
| 71 | It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes. |
| 72 | The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. |
| 73 | YOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments. |
| 74 | They that fear thee will see me, and rejoice; because I have hoped in thy word. |
| 75 | I know, Jehovah, that thy Judgments are righteousness, and that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me. |
| 76 | Oh let thy loving-kindness be for my comfort, according to thy uword unto thy servant. |
| 77 | Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight. |
| 78 | Let the proud be ashamed; for they have acted perversely towards me with falsehood: as for me, I meditate in thy precepts. |
| 79 | Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that know thy testimonies. |
| 80 | Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed. |
| 81 | CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; I hope in thy word. |
| 82 | Mine eyes fail for thy uword, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? |
| 83 | For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; I do not forget thy statutes. |
| 84 | How many shall be the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? |
| 85 | The proud have digged pits for me, which is not according to thy law. |
| 86 | All thy commandments are faithfulness. They persecute me wrongfully: help thou me. |
| 87 | They had almost consumed me upon the earth; but as for me, I forsook not thy precepts. |
| 88 | Quicken me according to thy loving-kindness, and I will keep the testimony of thy mouth. |
| 89 | LAMED. For ever, O Jehovah, thy word is settled in the heavens. |
| 90 | Thy faithfulness is from generation to generation: thou hast established the earth, and it standeth. |
| 91 | By thine ordinances they stand this day; for all things are thy servants. |
| 92 | Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction. |
| 93 | I will never forget thy precepts; for by them thou hast quickened me. |
| 94 | I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts. |
| 95 | The wicked have awaited me to destroy me; [but] I attend unto thy testimonies. |
| 96 | I have seen an end of all perfection: thy commandment is exceeding broad. |
| 97 | MEM. Oh how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day. |
| 98 | Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me. |
| 99 | I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my meditation. |
| 100 | I understand more than the aged, because I have observed thy precepts. |
| 101 | I have refrained my feet from every evil path, that I might keep thy word. |
| 102 | I have not departed from thy judgments; for it is thou that hast taught me. |
| 103 | How sweet are thy uwords unto my taste! more than honey to my mouth! |
| 104 | From thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false path. |
| 105 | NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. |
| 106 | I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments. |
| 107 | I am afflicted very much; O Jehovah, quicken me according to thy word. |
| 108 | Accept, I beseech thee, Jehovah, the voluntary-offerings of my mouth, and teach me thy judgments. |
| 109 | My life is continually in my hand; but I do not forget thy law. |
| 110 | The wicked have laid a snare for me; but I have not wandered from thy precepts. |
| 111 | Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart. |
| 112 | I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes for ever, unto the end. |
| 113 | SAMECH. The double-minded have I hated; but thy law do I love. |
| 114 | Thou art my hiding-place and my shield: I hope in thy word. |
| 115 | Depart from me, ye evil-doers; and I will observe the commandments of my God. |
| 116 | Uphold me according to thy uword, that I may live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope. |
| 117 | Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe; and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually. |
| 118 | Thou hast set at nought all them that wander from thy statutes; for their deceit is falsehood. |
| 119 | Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth [like] dross; therefore I love thy testimonies. |
| 120 | My flesh shuddereth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments. |
| 121 | AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors. |
| 122 | Be surety for thy servant for good; let not the proud oppress me. |
| 123 | Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the uword of thy righteousness. |
| 124 | Deal with thy servant according to thy loving-kindness, and teach me thy statutes. |
| 125 | I am thy servant; give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies. |
| 126 | It is time for Jehovah to work: they have made void thy law. |
| 127 | Therefore I love thy commandments above gold, yea, above fine gold. |
| 128 | Therefore I regard all [thy] precepts concerning all things to be right: I hate every false path. |
| 129 | PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul observe them. |
| 130 | The entrance of thy words giveth light, giving understanding unto the simple. |
| 131 | I opened my mouth wide and panted; for I longed for thy commandments. |
| 132 | Turn unto me, and be gracious unto me, as thou art wont to do unto those that love thy name. |
| 133 | Establish my steps in thy uword; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. |
| 134 | Deliver me from the oppression of man; and I will keep thy precepts. |
| 135 | Make thy face to shine upon thy servant, and teach me thy statutes. |
| 136 | Mine eyes run down with streams of water, because they keep not thy law. |
| 137 | TZADE. Righteous art thou, Jehovah, and upright are thy judgments. |
| 138 | Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness and exceeding faithfulness. |
| 139 | My zeal destroyeth me, because mine oppressors have forgotten thy words. |
| 140 | Thy uword is exceeding pure, and thy servant loveth it. |
| 141 | I am little and despised: thy precepts have I not forgotten. |
| 142 | Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is truth. |
| 143 | Trouble and anguish have taken hold upon me: thy commandments are my delights. |
| 144 | The righteousness of thy testimonies is for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live. |
| 145 | KOPH. I have called with [my] whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah: I will observe thy statutes. |
| 146 | I call upon thee; save me, and I will keep thy testimonies. |
| 147 | I anticipate the morning-dawn and I cry: I hope in thy word. |
| 148 | Mine eyes anticipate the night-watches, that I may meditate in thy uword. |
| 149 | Hear my voice according to thy loving-kindness: O Jehovah, quicken me according to thy judgment. |
| 150 | They have drawn nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law. |
| 151 | Thou, Jehovah, art near, and all thy commandments are truth. |
| 152 | From thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever. |
| 153 | RESH. See mine affliction, and deliver me; for I have not forgotten thy law. |
| 154 | Plead my cause, and redeem me: quicken me according to thy uword. |
| 155 | Salvation is far from the wicked; for they seek not thy statutes. |
| 156 | Many are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah; quicken me according to thy judgments. |
| 157 | Many are my persecutors and mine oppressors; I have not declined from thy testimonies. |
| 158 | I beheld them that deal treacherously, and was grieved; because they kept not thy uword. |
| 159 | See how I have loved thy precepts: quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy loving-kindness. |
| 160 | The sum of thy word is truth, and every righteous judgment of thine is for ever. |
| 161 | SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. |
| 162 | I have joy in thy uword, as one that findeth great spoil. |
| 163 | I hate and abhor falsehood; thy law do I love. |
| 164 | Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. |
| 165 | Great peace have they that love thy law, and nothing doth stumble them. |
| 166 | I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah, and have done thy commandments. |
| 167 | My soul hath kept thy testimonies, and I love them exceedingly. |
| 168 | I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies; for all my ways are before thee. |
| 169 | TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, Jehovah: give me understanding according to thy word. |
| 170 | Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy uword. |
| 171 | My lips shall pour forth praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes. |
| 172 | My tongue shall speak aloud of thy uword; for all thy commandments are righteousness. |
| 173 | Let thy hand be for my help; for I have chosen thy precepts. |
| 174 | I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah, and thy law is my delight. |
| 175 | Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me. |
| 176 | I have gone astray like a lost sheep: seek thy servant; for I have not forgotten thy commandments. |
