| [1] | ALEPH. Blessed [are] the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD. |
| [2] | Blessed [are] they that keep his testimonies, [and that] seek him with the whole heart. |
| [3] | They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways. |
| [4] | Thou hast commanded [us] to keep thy precepts diligently. |
| [5] | O 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 praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. |
| [8] | I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly. |
| [9] | BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed [thereto] according to thy word. |
| [10] | With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. |
| [11] | Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. |
| [12] | Blessed [art] thou, O LORD: 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 riches. |
| [15] | I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. |
| [16] | I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. |
| [17] | GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, [that] I may live, and keep thy word. |
| [18] | Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. |
| [19] | I [am] a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. |
| [20] | My soul breaketh for the longing [that it hath] unto thy judgments at all times. |
| [21] | Thou hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, which do err from thy commandments. |
| [22] | Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies. |
| [23] | Princes also did sit [and] speak against me: [but] thy servant did meditate in thy statutes. |
| [24] | Thy testimonies also [are] my delight [and] my counsellors. |
| [25] | DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word. |
| [26] | I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes. |
| [27] | Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works. |
| [28] | My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word. |
| [29] | Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously. |
| [30] | I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid [before me]. |
| [31] | I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame. |
| [32] | I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart. |
| [33] | HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it [unto] the end. |
| [34] | Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with [my] whole heart. |
| [35] | Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight. |
| [36] | Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. |
| [37] | Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; [and] quicken thou me in thy way. |
| [38] | Stablish thy word 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. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, [even] thy salvation, according to thy word. |
| [42] | So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word. |
| [43] | And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments. |
| [44] | So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever. |
| [45] | And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. |
| [46] | I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed. |
| [47] | And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. |
| [48] | My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes. |
| [49] | ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. |
| [50] | This [is] my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me. |
| [51] | The proud have had me greatly in derision: [yet] have I not declined from thy law. |
| [52] | I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself. |
| [53] | Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law. |
| [54] | Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. |
| [55] | I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law. |
| [56] | This I had, because I kept thy precepts. |
| [57] | CHETH. [Thou art] my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words. |
| [58] | I intreated thy favour with [my] whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. |
| [59] | I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. |
| [60] | I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. |
| [61] | The bands of the wicked have robbed me: [but] I have not forgotten thy law. |
| [62] | At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments. |
| [63] | I [am] a companion of all [them] that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts. |
| [64] | The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes. |
| [65] | TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word. |
| [66] | Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments. |
| [67] | Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. |
| [68] | Thou [art] good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. |
| [69] | The proud have forged a lie against me: [but] I will keep thy precepts with [my] whole heart. |
| [70] | Their heart is as fat as grease; [but] 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] | JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. |
| [74] | They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word. |
| [75] | I know, O LORD, that thy judgments [are] right, and [that] thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. |
| [76] | Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word 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 dealt perversely with me without a cause: [but] I will meditate in thy precepts. |
| [79] | Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies. |
| [80] | Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed. |
| [81] | CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: [but] I hope in thy word. |
| [82] | Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? |
| [83] | For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; [yet] do I not forget thy statutes. |
| [84] | How many [are] the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? |
| [85] | The proud have digged pits for me, which [are] not after thy law. |
| [86] | All thy commandments [are] faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me. |
| [87] | They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts. |
| [88] | Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth. |
| [89] | LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. |
| [90] | Thy faithfulness [is] unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. |
| [91] | They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all [are] thy servants. |
| [92] | Unless thy law [had been] my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. |
| [93] | I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me. |
| [94] | I [am] thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts. |
| [95] | The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: [but] I will consider thy testimonies. |
| [96] | I have seen an end of all perfection: [but] thy commandment [is] exceeding broad. |
| [97] | MEM. O how love I thy law! it [is] my meditation all the day. |
| [98] | Thou through thy commandments hast made 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 ancients, because I keep thy precepts. |
| [101] | I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word. |
| [102] | I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me. |
| [103] | How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth! |
| [104] | Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. |
| [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: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word. |
| [108] | Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments. |
| [109] | My soul [is] continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law. |
| [110] | The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts. |
| [111] | Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they [are] the rejoicing of my heart. |
| [112] | I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, [even unto] the end. |
| [113] | SAMECH. I hate [vain] thoughts: 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 evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God. |
| [116] | Uphold me according unto thy word, 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 trodden down all them that err 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 trembleth 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 word of thy righteousness. |
| [124] | Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes. |
| [125] | I [am] thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies. |
| [126] | [It is] time for [thee], LORD, to work: [for] they have made void thy law. |
| [127] | Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold. |
| [128] | Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts [concerning] all [things to be] right; [and] I hate every false way. |
| [129] | PE. Thy testimonies [are] wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. |
| [130] | The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. |
| [131] | I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments. |
| [132] | Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name. |
| [133] | Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. |
| [134] | Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts. |
| [135] | Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes. |
| [136] | Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law. |
| [137] | TZADDI. Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, and upright [are] thy judgments. |
| [138] | Thy testimonies [that] thou hast commanded [are] righteous and very faithful. |
| [139] | My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. |
| [140] | Thy word [is] very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. |
| [141] | I [am] small and despised: [yet] do not I forget thy precepts. |
| [142] | Thy righteousness [is] an everlasting righteousness, and thy law [is] the truth. |
| [143] | Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: [yet] thy commandments [are] my delights. |
| [144] | The righteousness of thy testimonies [is] everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live. |
| [145] | KOPH. I cried with [my] whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes. |
| [146] | I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. |
| [147] | I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word. |
| [148] | Mine eyes prevent the [night] watches, that I might meditate in thy word. |
| [149] | Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment. |
| [150] | They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law. |
| [151] | Thou [art] near, O LORD; and all thy commandments [are] truth. |
| [152] | Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever. |
| [153] | RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law. |
| [154] | Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word. |
| [155] | Salvation [is] far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes. |
| [156] | Great [are] thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments. |
| [157] | Many [are] my persecutors and mine enemies; [yet] do I not decline from thy testimonies. |
| [158] | I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word. |
| [159] | Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness. |
| [160] | Thy word [is] true [from] the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments [endureth] for ever. |
| [161] | SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. |
| [162] | I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. |
| [163] | I hate and abhor lying: [but] thy law do I love. |
| [164] | Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. |
| [165] | Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. |
| [166] | LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and 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, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word. |
| [170] | Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word. |
| [171] | My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. |
| [172] | My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments [are] righteousness. |
| [173] | Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. |
| [174] | I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; 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 do not forget thy commandments. |