| 1 | ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. |
| 2 | Blessed are they who search his testimonies: that seek him with their whole heart. |
| 3 | For they that work iniquity, have not walked in his ways. |
| 4 | Thou hast commanded thy commandments to be kept most diligently. |
| 5 | O! that my ways may be directed to keep thy justifications. |
| 6 | Then shall I not be confounded, when I shall look into all thy commandments. |
| 7 | I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned the judgments of thy justice. |
| 8 | I will keep thy justifications: O! do not thou utterly forsake me. |
| 9 | BETH. By what doth a young man correct his way? by observing thy words. |
| 10 | With my whole heart have I sought after thee: let me not stray from thy commandments. |
| 11 | Thy words have I hidden in my heart, that I may not sin against thee. |
| 12 | Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy justifications. |
| 13 | With my lips I have pronounced all the judgments of thy mouth. |
| 14 | I have been delighted in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches. |
| 15 | I will meditate on thy commandments: and I will consider thy ways. |
| 16 | I will think of thy justifications: I will not forget thy words. |
| 17 | GIMEL. Give bountifully to thy servant, enliven me: and I shall keep thy words. |
| 18 | Open thou my eyes: and I will consider the wondrous things of thy law. |
| 19 | I am a sojourner on the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. |
| 20 | My soul hath coveted to long for thy justifications, at all times. |
| 21 | Thou hast rebuked the proud: they are cursed who decline from thy commandments. |
| 22 | Remove from reproach and contempt: because I have sought after thy testimonies. |
| 23 | For princes sat, and spoke against me: but thy servant was employed in thy justifications. |
| 24 | For thy testimonies are my meditation: and thy justifications my counsel. |
| 25 | DALETH. My soul hath cleaved to the pavement: quicken thou me according to thy word. |
| 26 | I have declared my ways, and thou hast heard me: teach me thy justifications. |
| 27 | Make me to understand the way of thy justifications: and I shall be exercised in thy wondrous works. |
| 28 | My soul hath slumbered through heaviness: strengthen thou me in thy words. |
| 29 | Remove from me the way of iniquity: and out of thy law have mercy on me. |
| 30 | I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments I have not forgotten. |
| 31 | I have stuck to thy testimonies, O Lord: put me not to shame. |
| 32 | I have run the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart. |
| 33 | HE. Set before me for a law the way of thy justifications, O Lord: and I will always seek after it. |
| 34 | Give me understanding, and I will search thy law; and I will keep it with my whole heart. |
| 35 | Lead me into the path of thy commandments; for this same I have desired. |
| 36 | Incline my heart into thy testimonies and not to covetousness. |
| 37 | Turn away my eyes that they may not behold vanity: quicken me in thy way. |
| 38 | Establish thy word to thy servant, in thy fear. |
| 39 | Turn away my reproach, which I have apprehended: for thy judgments are delightful. |
| 40 | Behold I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy justice. |
| 41 | VAU. Let thy mercy also come upon me, O Lord: thy salvation according to thy word. |
| 42 | So shall I answer them that reproach me in any thing; that I have trusted in thy words. |
| 43 | And take not thou the word of truth utterly out of my mouth: for in thy words have I hoped exceedingly. |
| 44 | So shall I always keep thy law, for ever and ever. |
| 45 | And I walked at large: because I have sought after thy commandments. |
| 46 | And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings: and I was not ashamed. |
| 47 | I meditated also on thy commandments, which I loved. |
| 48 | And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments, which I loved: and I was exercised in thy justifications. |
| 49 | ZAIN. Be thou mindful of thy word to thy servant, in which thou hast given me hope. |
| 50 | This hath comforted me in my humiliation: because thy word hath enlivened me. |
| 51 | The proud did iniquitously altogether: but I declined not from thy law. |
| 52 | I remembered, O Lord, thy judgments of old: and I was comforted. |
| 53 | A fainting hath taken hold of me, because of the wicked that forsake thy law. |
| 54 | Thy justifications were the subject of my song, in the place of my pilgrimage. |
| 55 | In the night I have remembered thy name, O Lord: and have kept thy law. |
| 56 | This happened to me: because I sought after thy justifications. |
| 57 | HETH. O Lord, my portion, I have said, I would keep the law. |
| 58 | I entreated thy face with all my heart: have mercy on me according to thy word. |
| 59 | I have thought on my ways: and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. |
| 60 | I am ready, and am not troubled: that I may keep thy commandments. |
| 61 | The cords of the wicked have encompassed me: but I have not forgotten thy law. |
| 62 | I rose at midnight to give praise to thee; for the judgments of thy justification. |
| 63 | I am a partaker with all them that fear thee, and that keep thy commandments. |
| 64 | The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy justifications. |
| 65 | TETH. Thou hast done well with thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word. |
| 66 | Teach me goodness and discipline and knowledge; for I have believed thy commandments. |
| 67 | Before I was humbled I offended; therefore have I kept thy word. |
| 68 | Thou art good; and in thy goodness teach me thy justifications. |
| 69 | The iniquity of the proud hath been multiplied over me: but I will seek thy commandments with my whole heart. |
| 70 | Their heart is curdled like milk: but I have meditated on thy law. |
| 71 | It is good for me that thou hast humbled me, that I may learn thy justifications. |
| 72 | The law of thy mouth is good to me, above thousands of gold and silver. |
| 73 | JOD. Thy hands have made me and formed me: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments. |
| 74 | They that fear thee shall see me, and shall be glad: because I have greatly hoped in thy words. |
| 75 | I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are equity: and in thy truth thou hast humbled me. |
| 76 | O! let thy mercy be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. |
| 77 | Let thy tender mercies come unto me, and I shall live: for thy law is my meditation. |
| 78 | Let the proud be ashamed, because they have done unjustly towards me: but I will be employed in thy commandments. |
| 79 | Let them that fear thee turn to me and they that know thy testimonies. |
| 80 | Let my heart be undefiled in thy justifications, that I may not be confounded. |
| 81 | CAPH. My soul hath fainted after thy salvation: and in thy word I have very much hoped. |
| 82 | My eyes have failed for thy word, saying: When wilt thou comfort me? |
| 83 | For I am become like a bottle in the frost: I have not forgotten thy justifications. |
| 84 | How many are the days of thy servant: when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? |
| 85 | The wicked have told me fables: but not as thy law. |
| 86 | All thy statutes are truth: they have persecuted me unjustly, do thou help me. |
| 87 | They had almost made an end of me upon earth: but I have not forsaken thy commandments. |
| 88 | Quicken thou me according to thy mercy: and I shall keep the testimonies of thy mouth. |
| 89 | LAMED. For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven. |
| 90 | Thy truth unto all generations: thou hast founded the earth, and it continueth. |
| 91 | By thy ordinance the day goeth on: for all things serve thee. |
| 92 | Unless thy law had been my meditation, I had then perhaps perished in my abjection. |
| 93 | Thy justifications I will never forget: for by them thou hast given me life. |
| 94 | I am thine, save thou me: for I have sought thy justifications. |
| 95 | The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I have understood thy testimonies. |
| 96 | I have seen an end to all persecution: thy commandment is exceeding broad. |
| 97 | MEM. O how have I loved thy law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day. |
| 98 | Through thy commandment, thou hast made me wiser than my enemies: for it is ever with me. |
| 99 | I have understood more than all my teachers: because thy testimonies are my meditation. |
| 100 | I have had understanding above ancients: because I have sought thy commandments. |
| 101 | I have restrained my feet from every evil way: that I may keep thy words. |
| 102 | I have not declined from thy judgments, because thou hast set me a law. |
| 103 | How sweet are thy words to my palate! more than honey to my mouth. |
| 104 | By thy commandments I have had understanding: therefore have I hated every way of iniquity. |
| 105 | NUN. Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths. |
| 106 | I have sworn and am determined to keep the judgments of thy justice. |
| 107 | I have been humbled, O Lord, exceedingly: quicken thou me according to thy word. |
| 108 | The free offerings of my mouth make acceptable, O Lord: and teach me thy judgments. |
| 109 | My soul is continually in my hands: and I have not forgotten thy law. |
| 110 | Sinners have laid a snare for me: but I have not erred from thy precepts. |
| 111 | I have purchased thy testimonies for an inheritance for ever: because they are a joy to my heart. |
| 112 | I have inclined my heart to do thy justifications for ever, for the reward. |
| 113 | SAMECH. I have hated the unjust: and have loved thy law. |
| 114 | Thou art my helper and my protector: and in thy word I have greatly hoped. |
| 115 | Depart from me, ye malignant: and I will search the commandments of my God. |
| 116 | Uphold me according to thy word, and I shall live: and let me not be confounded in my expectation. |
| 117 | Help me, and I shall be saved: and I will meditate always on thy justifications. |
| 118 | Thou hast despised all them that fall off from thy judgments; for their thought is unjust. |
| 119 | I have accounted all the sinners of the earth prevaricators: therefore have I loved thy testimonies. |
| 120 | Pierce thou my flesh with thy fear: for I am afraid of thy judgments. |
| 121 | AIN. I have done judgment and justice: give me not up to them that slander me. |
| 122 | Uphold thy servant unto good: let not the proud calumniate me. |
| 123 | My eyes have fainted after thy salvation: and for the word of thy justice. |
| 124 | Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy: and teach me thy justifications. |
| 125 | I am thy servant: give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies. |
| 126 | It is time, O Lord, to do: they have dissipated thy law. |
| 127 | Therefore have I loved thy commandments above gold and the topaz. |
| 128 | Therefore was I directed to all thy commandments: I have hated all wicked ways. |
| 129 | PHE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul hath sought them. |
| 130 | The declaration of thy words giveth light: and giveth understanding to little ones. |
| 131 | I opened my mouth and panted: because I longed for thy commandments. |
| 132 | Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me, according to the judgment of them that love thy name. |
| 133 | Direct my steps according to thy word: and let no iniquity have dominion over me. |
| 134 | Redeem me from the calumnies of men: that I may keep thy commandments. |
| 135 | Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thy justifications. |
| 136 | My eyes have sent forth springs of water: because they have not kept thy law. |
| 137 | SADE. Thou art just, O Lord: and thy judgment is right. |
| 138 | Thou hast commanded justice thy testimonies: and thy truth exceedingly. |
| 139 | My zeal hath made me pine away: because my enemies forgot thy words. |
| 140 | Thy word is exceedingly refined: and thy servant hath loved it. |
| 141 | I am very young and despised; but I forgot not thy justifications. |
| 142 | Thy justice is justice for ever: and thy law is the truth. |
| 143 | Trouble and anguish have found me: thy commandments are my meditation. |
| 144 | Thy testimonies are justice for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live. |
| 145 | COPH. I cried with my whole heart, hear me, O Lord: I will seek thy justifications. |
| 146 | I cried unto thee, save me: that I may keep thy commandments. |
| 147 | I prevented the dawning of the day, and cried: because in thy words I very much hoped. |
| 148 | My eyes to thee have prevented the morning: that I might meditate on thy words. |
| 149 | Hear thou my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy: and quicken me according to thy mercy. |
| 150 | They that persecute me have drawn nigh to iniquity; but they are gone far off from the law. |
| 151 | Thou art near, O Lord: and all thy ways are truth. |
| 152 | I have known from the beginning concerning thy testimonies: that thou hast founded them for ever. |
| 153 | RES. See my humiliation and deliver me: for I have not forgotten the law. |
| 154 | Judge my judgment and redeem me: quicken thou me for thy word's sake. |
| 155 | Salvation is far from sinners; because they have not sought thy justifications. |
| 156 | Many, O Lord, are thy mercies: quicken me according to thy judgment. |
| 157 | Many are they that persecute me, and afflict me; but I have not declined from thy testimonies. |
| 158 | I beheld the transgressors, and I pined away; because they kept not thy word. |
| 159 | Behold I have loved thy commandments, O Lord; quicken me thou in thy mercy. |
| 160 | The beginning of thy words is truth: all the judgments of thy justice are for ever. |
| 161 | SIN. Princes have persecuted me without cause: and my heart hath been in awe of thy words. |
| 162 | I will rejoice at thy words, as one that hath found great spoil. |
| 163 | I have hated and abhorred iniquity; but I have loved thy law. |
| 164 | Seven times a day I have given praise to thee, for the judgments of thy justice. |
| 165 | Much peace have they that love thy law, and to them there is no stumbling block. |
| 166 | I looked to thy salvation, O Lord: and I loved thy commandments. |
| 167 | My soul hath kept thy testimonies: and hath loved them exceedingly. |
| 168 | I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies: because all my ways are in thy sight. |
| 169 | TAU. Let my supplication, O Lord, come near in thy sight: give me understanding according to thy word. |
| 170 | Let my request come in before thee; deliver thou me according to thy word. |
| 171 | My lips shall utter a hymn, when thou shalt teach me thy justifications. |
| 172 | My tongue shall pronounce thy word: because all thy commandments are justice. |
| 173 | Let thy hand be with me to save me; for I have chosen thy precepts. |
| 174 | I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my meditation. |
| 175 | My soul shall live and shall praise thee: and thy judgments shall help me. |
| 176 | I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost: seek thy servant, because I have not forgotten thy commandments. |
