| 1 | [Aleph.] O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah, |
| 2 | O the happiness of those keeping His testimonies, With the whole heart they seek Him. |
| 3 | Yea, they have not done iniquity, In His ways they have walked. |
| 4 | Thou hast commanded us Thy precepts to keep diligently, |
| 5 | O that my ways were prepared to keep Thy statutes, |
| 6 | Then I am not ashamed In my looking unto all Thy commands. |
| 7 | I confess Thee with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Thy righteousness. |
| 8 | Thy statutes I keep, leave me not utterly! |
| 9 | [Beth.] With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe -- according to Thy word. |
| 10 | With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands. |
| 11 | In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee. |
| 12 | Blessed [art] Thou, O Jehovah, teach me Thy statutes. |
| 13 | With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Thy mouth. |
| 14 | In the way of Thy testimonies I have joyed, As over all wealth. |
| 15 | In Thy precepts I meditate, And I behold attentively Thy paths. |
| 16 | In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word. |
| 17 | [Gimel.] Confer benefits on Thy servant, I live, and I keep Thy word. |
| 18 | Uncover mine eyes, and I behold wonders out of Thy law. |
| 19 | A sojourner I [am] on earth, Hide not from me Thy commands. |
| 20 | Broken hath my soul for desire Unto Thy judgments at all times. |
| 21 | Thou hast rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Thy commands. |
| 22 | Remove from me reproach and contempt, For Thy testimonies I have kept. |
| 23 | Princes also sat -- against me they spoke, Thy servant doth meditate in Thy statutes, |
| 24 | Thy testimonies also [are] my delight, The men of my counsel! |
| 25 | [Daleth.] Cleaved to the dust hath my soul, Quicken me according to Thy word. |
| 26 | My ways I have recounted, And Thou answerest me, teach me Thy statutes, |
| 27 | The way of Thy precepts cause me to understand, And I meditate in Thy wonders. |
| 28 | My soul hath dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Thy word. |
| 29 | The way of falsehood turn aside from me And with Thy law favour me. |
| 30 | The way of faithfulness I have chosen, Thy judgments I have compared, |
| 31 | I have adhered to Thy testimonies, O Jehovah, put me not to shame. |
| 32 | The way of Thy commands I run, For Thou dost enlarge my heart! |
| 33 | [He.] Show me, O Jehovah, the way of Thy statutes, And I keep it -- [to] the end. |
| 34 | Cause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the whole heart. |
| 35 | Cause me to tread in the path of Thy commands, For in it I have delighted. |
| 36 | Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, And not unto dishonest gain. |
| 37 | Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me. |
| 38 | Establish to Thy servant Thy saying, That [is] concerning Thy fear. |
| 39 | Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Thy judgments [are] good. |
| 40 | Lo, I have longed for Thy precepts, In Thy righteousness quicken Thou me, |
| 41 | [Waw.] And meet me doth Thy kindness, O Jehovah, Thy salvation according to Thy saying. |
| 42 | And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For I have trusted in Thy word. |
| 43 | And Thou takest not utterly away From my mouth the word of truth, Because for Thy judgment I have hoped. |
| 44 | And I keep Thy law continually, To the age and for ever. |
| 45 | And I walk habitually in a broad place, For Thy precepts I have sought. |
| 46 | And I speak of Thy testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed. |
| 47 | And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved, |
| 48 | And I lift up my hands unto Thy commands, That I have loved, And I do meditate on Thy statutes! |
| 49 | [Zain.] Remember the word to Thy servant, On which Thou hast caused me to hope. |
| 50 | This [is] my comfort in mine affliction, That Thy saying hath quickened me. |
| 51 | The proud have utterly scorned me, From Thy law I have not turned aside. |
| 52 | I remembered Thy judgments of old, O Jehovah, And I comfort myself. |
| 53 | Horror hath seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Thy law. |
| 54 | Songs have been to me Thy statutes, In the house of my sojournings. |
| 55 | I have remembered in the night Thy name, O Jehovah, And I do keep Thy law. |
| 56 | This hath been to me, That Thy precepts I have kept! |
| 57 | [Cheth.] My portion [is] Jehovah; I have said -- to keep Thy words, |
| 58 | I appeased Thy face with the whole heart, Favour me according to Thy saying. |
| 59 | I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies. |
| 60 | I have made haste, And delayed not, to keep Thy commands. |
| 61 | Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, Thy law I have not forgotten. |
| 62 | At midnight I rise to give thanks to Thee, For the judgments of Thy righteousness. |
| 63 | A companion I [am] to all who fear Thee, And to those keeping Thy precepts. |
| 64 | Of Thy kindness, O Jehovah, the earth is full, Thy statutes teach Thou me! |
| 65 | [Teth.] Good Thou didst with Thy servant, O Jehovah, According to Thy word. |
| 66 | The goodness of reason and knowledge teach me, For in Thy commands I have believed. |
| 67 | Before I am afflicted, I -- I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept. |
| 68 | Good Thou [art], and doing good, Teach me Thy statutes. |
| 69 | Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts. |
| 70 | Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I -- in Thy law I have delighted. |
| 71 | Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes. |
| 72 | Better to me [is] the law of Thy mouth Than thousands of gold and silver! |
| 73 | [Yod.] Thy hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Thy commands. |
| 74 | Those fearing Thee see me and rejoice, Because for Thy word I have hoped. |
| 75 | I have known, O Jehovah, That righteous [are] Thy judgments, And [in] faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me. |
| 76 | Let, I pray Thee, Thy kindness be to comfort me, According to Thy saying to Thy servant. |
| 77 | Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law [is] my delight. |
| 78 | Ashamed are the proud, For [with] falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate in Thy precepts. |
| 79 | Those fearing Thee turn back to me, And those knowing Thy testimonies. |
| 80 | My heart is perfect in Thy statutes, So that I am not ashamed. |
| 81 | [Kaph.] Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped. |
| 82 | Consumed have been mine eyes for Thy word, Saying, `When doth it comfort me?` |
| 83 | For I have been as a bottle in smoke, Thy statutes I have not forgotten. |
| 84 | How many [are] the days of Thy servant? When dost Thou execute Against my pursuers judgment? |
| 85 | The proud have digged for me pits, That [are] not according to Thy law. |
| 86 | All Thy commands [are] faithfulness, [With] falsehood they have pursued me, Help Thou me. |
| 87 | Almost consumed me on earth have they, And I -- I have not forsaken Thy precepts. |
| 88 | According to Thy kindness quicken Thou me, And I keep the testimony of Thy mouth! |
| 89 | [Lamed.] To the age, O Jehovah, Thy word is set up in the heavens. |
| 90 | To all generations Thy faithfulness, Thou didst establish earth, and it standeth. |
| 91 | According to Thine ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole [are] Thy servants. |
| 92 | Unless Thy law [were] my delights, Then had I perished in mine affliction. |
| 93 | To the age I forget not Thy precepts, For by them Thou hast quickened me. |
| 94 | I [am] Thine, save Thou me, For Thy precepts I have sought. |
| 95 | Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand. |
| 96 | Of all perfection I have seen an end, Broad [is] Thy command -- exceedingly! |
| 97 | [Mem.] O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it [is] my meditation. |
| 98 | Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it [is] before me to the age. |
| 99 | Above all my teachers I have acted wisely. For Thy testimonies [are] my meditation. |
| 100 | Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept. |
| 101 | From every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word. |
| 102 | From Thy judgments I turned not aside, For Thou -- Thou hast directed me. |
| 103 | How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth. |
| 104 | From Thy precepts I have understanding, Therefore I have hated every false path! |
| 105 | [Nun.] A lamp to my foot [is] Thy word, And a light to my path. |
| 106 | I have sworn, and I confirm [it], To keep the judgments of Thy righteousness. |
| 107 | I have been afflicted very much, O Jehovah, quicken me, according to Thy word. |
| 108 | Free-will-offerings of my mouth, Accept, I pray Thee, O Jehovah, And Thy judgments teach Thou me. |
| 109 | My soul [is] in my hand continually, And Thy law I have not forgotten. |
| 110 | The wicked have laid a snare for me, And from thy precepts I wandered not. |
| 111 | I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart [are] they. |
| 112 | I have inclined my heart To do Thy statutes, to the age -- [to] the end! |
| 113 | [Samech.] Doubting ones I have hated, And Thy law I have loved. |
| 114 | My hiding place and my shield [art] Thou, For Thy word I have hoped. |
| 115 | Turn aside from me, ye evil-doers, And I keep the commands of my God. |
| 116 | Sustain me according to Thy saying, And I live, and Thou puttest me not to shame Because of my hope. |
| 117 | Support Thou me, and I am saved, And I look on Thy statutes continually. |
| 118 | Thou hast trodden down All going astray from Thy statutes, For falsehood [is] their deceit. |
| 119 | Dross! Thou hast caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Thy testimonies. |
| 120 | Trembled from Thy fear hath my flesh, And from Thy judgments I have been afraid! |
| 121 | [Ain.] I have done judgment and righteousness, Leave me not to mine oppressors. |
| 122 | Make sure Thy servant for good, Let not the proud oppress me. |
| 123 | Mine eyes have been consumed for Thy salvation. And for the saying of Thy righteousness. |
| 124 | Do with Thy servant according to Thy kindness. And Thy statutes teach Thou me. |
| 125 | Thy servant [am] I -- cause me to understand, And I know Thy testimonies. |
| 126 | Time for Jehovah to work! they have made void Thy law. |
| 127 | Therefore I have loved Thy commands Above gold -- even fine gold. |
| 128 | Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, Every path of falsehood I have hated! |
| 129 | [Pe.] Wonderful [are] Thy testimonies, Therefore hath my soul kept them. |
| 130 | The opening of Thy words enlighteneth, Instructing the simple. |
| 131 | My mouth I have opened, yea, I pant, For, for Thy commands I have longed. |
| 132 | Look unto me, and favour me, As customary to those loving Thy name. |
| 133 | My steps establish by Thy saying, And any iniquity doth not rule over me. |
| 134 | Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Thy precepts, |
| 135 | Thy face cause to shine on Thy servant, And teach me Thy statutes. |
| 136 | Rivulets of waters have come down mine eyes, Because they have not kept Thy law! |
| 137 | [Tzade.] Righteous [art] Thou, O Jehovah, And upright [are] Thy judgments. |
| 138 | Thou hast appointed Thy testimonies, Righteous and exceeding faithful, |
| 139 | Cut me off hath my zeal, For mine adversaries forgot Thy words. |
| 140 | Tried [is] thy saying exceedingly, And Thy servant hath loved it. |
| 141 | Small I [am], and despised, Thy precepts I have not forgotten. |
| 142 | Thy righteousness [is] righteousness to the age, And Thy law [is] truth. |
| 143 | Adversity and distress have found me, Thy commands [are] my delights. |
| 144 | The righteousness of Thy testimonies [is] to Cause me to understand, and I live! |
| 145 | [Koph.] I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O Jehovah, Thy statutes I keep, |
| 146 | I have called Thee, save Thou me, And I do keep Thy testimonies. |
| 147 | I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, For Thy word I have hoped. |
| 148 | Mine eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate in Thy saying. |
| 149 | My voice hear, according to Thy kindness, Jehovah, according to Thy judgment quicken me. |
| 150 | Near have been my wicked pursuers, From Thy law they have been far off. |
| 151 | Near [art] Thou, O Jehovah, And all Thy commands [are] truth. |
| 152 | Of old I have known Thy testimonies, That to the age Thou hast founded them! |
| 153 | [Resh.] See my affliction, and deliver Thou me, For Thy law I have not forgotten. |
| 154 | Plead my plea, and redeem me, According to Thy saying quicken me. |
| 155 | Far from the wicked [is] salvation, For Thy statutes they have not sought. |
| 156 | Thy mercies [are] many, O Jehovah, According to Thy judgments quicken me. |
| 157 | Many [are] my pursuers, and adversaries, From Thy testimonies I have not turned aside. |
| 158 | I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because Thy saying they have not kept. |
| 159 | See, for thy precepts I have loved, Jehovah, According to Thy kindness quicken me. |
| 160 | The sum of Thy word [is] truth, And to the age [is] every judgment of Thy righteousness! |
| 161 | [Shin.] Princes have pursued me without cause, And because of Thy words was my heart afraid. |
| 162 | I do rejoice concerning Thy saying, As one finding abundant spoil. |
| 163 | Falsehood I have hated, yea I abominate [it], Thy law I have loved. |
| 164 | Seven [times] in a day I have praised Thee, Because of the judgments of Thy righteousness. |
| 165 | Abundant peace have those loving Thy law, And they have no stumbling-block. |
| 166 | I have waited for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy commands I have done. |
| 167 | Kept hath my soul Thy testimonies, And I do love them exceedingly. |
| 168 | I have kept Thy precepts and Thy testimonies, For all my ways are before Thee! |
| 169 | [Taw.] My loud cry cometh near before Thee, O Jehovah; According to Thy word cause me to understand. |
| 170 | My supplication cometh in before Thee, According to Thy saying deliver Thou me. |
| 171 | My lips do utter praise, For Thou dost teach me Thy statutes. |
| 172 | My tongue doth sing of Thy saying, For all Thy commands [are] righteous. |
| 173 | Thy hand is for a help to me, For Thy commands I have chosen. |
| 174 | I have longed for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy law [is] my delight. |
| 175 | My soul liveth, and it doth praise Thee, And Thy judgments do help me. |
| 176 | I wandered as a lost sheep, seek Thy servant, For Thy precepts I have not forgotten! |
