1ALEPH. Happy are they whose way is perfect, who walk in the law of the Lord. 2Happy are they who keep his testimonies, that seek him with all their heart. 3They also commit no injustice; in his ways do they walk. 4Thou thyself hast commanded us thy precepts, that we might keep them diligently. 5Oh that my ways were firmly directed to observe thy statutes! 6Then would I not be made ashamed, while I look at all thy commandments. 7I will thank thee with uprightness of heart, when I learn thy righteous ordinances. 8Thy statutes will I observe: oh forsake me not too greatly. 9BETH. Wherewithal shall a youth keep his way pure? by guarding it according to thy word. 10With all my heart have I sought thee: oh let me not wander astray from thy commandments. 11In my heart have I treasured up thy saying, in order that I may not sin against thee. 12Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy statutes. 13With my lips have I related all the ordinances of thy mouth. 14On the way of thy testimonies have I been glad, as over all wealth. 15On thy precepts will I meditate, and direct my look unto thy paths. 16In thy statutes will I seek my delight: I will not forget thy word. 17GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant: let me live, that I may observe thy word. 18Open thou my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. 19A stranger am I on the earth: hide not from me thy commandments. 20My soul is broken from longing for thy ordinances at all times. 21Thou hast rebuked the accursed proud, who go erringly astray from thy commandments. 22Roll away from me reproach and contempt; for thy testimonies have I kept. 23Although even princes should sit and speak against me, thy servant would still meditate on thy statutes. 24Also thy testimonies are my delight, my counsellors. 25DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: revive thou me according to thy word. 26My ways do I relate to thee, and thou answerest me: teach me thy statutes. 27Cause me to understand the way of thy precepts, that I may meditate on thy wonders. 28My soul droppeth away from grief: sustain me according to thy word. 29The way of falsehood do thou remove from me, and grant me graciously thy law. 30The way of truth have I chosen: thy ordinances have I set before me. 31I have adhered unto thy testimonies: O Lord, put me not to shame. 32The way of thy commandments will I run; for thou wilt enlarge my heart. 33HE. Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes, and I shall keep it in all its windings. 34Give me understanding, that I may keep thy law, and I will observe it with all my heart. 35Guide me on the path of thy commandments; for therein do I find my delight. 36Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to desire for gain. 37Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity: on thy way do thou give me life. 38Fulfill unto thy servant thy promise for those who are devoted to thy fear. 39Cause to pass away my disgrace of which I have dread; for thy ordinances are good. 40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: through thy righteousness do thou give my life. 41VAV. And let thy kindness come unto me, O Lord, thy salvation, according to thy promise. 42Then shall I have a word to answer the one that reproacheth me; for I trust in thy word. 43And snatch not the word of truth out of my mouth too greatly; for I wait for thy ordinances. 44So shall I observe thy law continually for ever and ever. 45And I will walk in an open space; for thy precepts have I sought. 46And I will speak of thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed. 47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I love. 48And so will I lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on thy statutes. 49ZAYIN. Remember thy word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to wait. 50This is my comfort in my affliction, that thy promise hath revived me. 51The presumptuous have held me too greatly in derision: yet have I not departed away from thy law. 52I remembered thy decrees which were from olden times, O Lord, and thus comforted myself. 53Horror seized on me because of the wicked that forsake thy law. 54Songs have thy statutes been unto me in the house of my pilgrimage. 55I remembered in the night thy name, O Lord, and observed thy law. 56This came to pass unto me, because I had kept thy precepts. 57CHETH. My portion is the Lord, have I said, that I might observe thy words. 58I make entreaty before thee with all my heart: be gracious unto me according to thy promise. 59I have thought over my ways, and made my feet return unto thy testimonies. 60I hastened, and delayed not to observe thy commandments. 61Companies of wicked men have surrounded me; but I have not forgotten thy law. 62At midnights do I constantly rise to give thanks unto thee, because of thy righteous decrees. 63An associate am I unto all that fear thee, and unto those that keep thy precepts. 64Of thy kindness, O Lord, is the earth full: teach me thy statutes. 65TETH. Thou hast shown goodness on thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word. 66The best of discernment and knowledge do thou teach me; for in thy commandments do I believe. 67Before I was afflicted I was in error; but now I observe thy saying. 68Thou art good, and doing good: teach me thy statutes. 69The presumptuous have invented falsehoods against me; but I will with all my heart indeed keep thy precepts. 70Gross as fat is their heart; but I take truly delight in thy law. 71It is well for me that I have been afflicted, in order that I might learn thy statutes. 72Better is unto me the law of thy mouth than thousands of gold and silver. 73YOD. Thy hands have made me and established me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. 74Those that fear thee will see me and be rejoiced; because I have waited for thy word. 75I know, O Lord, that thy decrees are righteous, and that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me. 76Let, I pray thee, thy kindness come to comfort me, according to thy promise unto thy servant. 77Let thy mercies come unto me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight. 78Let the presumptuous be made ashamed; because they have without a cause dealt perversely with me; but I will indeed meditate on thy precepts. 79Let those that fear thee return unto me, and those that know thy testimonies. 80Let my heart be entire in thy statutes, in order that I may not be put to shame. 81CAPH. My soul ardently desireth for thy salvation: for thy word do I wait. 82My eyes look eagerly for thy promise, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? 83For I am become like a bottle in the smoke: yet do I not forget thy statutes. 84How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute justice on my persecutors? 85The presumptuous have dug pits for me, which is not in accordance with thy law. 86All thy commandments are founded on truth: without cause they persecute me; help thou me. 87But little was wanting that they had consumed me upon earth; but I have truly not forsaken thy precepts. 88According to thy kindness give me life, that I may observe the testimony of thy mouth. 89LAMED. To eternity, O Lord, standeth firm thy word with the heavens. 90Unto all generations endureth thy faithfulness: thou hast established the earth, and she standeth. 91According to thy ordinances they exist this day: for all are thy servants. 92Unless thy law had been my delights, I should long since have been lost in my affliction. 93Never will I forget thy precepts; for with them thou hast kept me alive. 94Thine am I, save me; for thy precepts have I sought. 95Wicked men have waited for me to destroy me; but I will reflect on thy testimonies. 96Of all perfection have I seen the end; but thy commandment is exceedingly extended. 97MEM. Oh how do I love thy law! all the day is it my meditation. 98Wiser than my enemy doth thy commandment make me; for it is perpetually with me. 99Above all my teachers have I obtained intelligence; for thy testimonies are my meditation. 100More than the elders do I possess understanding; because thy precepts do I keep. 101From every evil path have I withholden my feet, in order that I might observe thy word. 102From thy ordinances have I not departed; for thou hast instructed me. 103How much sweeter are to my palate thy sayings than honey to my mouth! 104Through thy precepts shall I obtain understanding: therefore do I hate every path of falsehood. 105NUN. A lamp unto my feet is thy word, and a light unto my path. 106I have sworn, and I will perform it, to observe thy righteous ordinances. 107I am afflicted exceedingly much: O Lord, revive me, according to thy word. 108Receive in favor the freewill–offerings of my mouth, I beseech thee, O Lord, and teach me thy ordinances. 109My life is in my hand continually: yet thy law do I not forget. 110The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet have I not erred from thy precepts. 111I have taken thy testimonies as a heritage to eternity; for they are the joy of my heart. 112I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes always, in all their ways. 113SAMECH. Those of divided thoughts I hate; but thy law do I love. 114My shelter and my shield art thou: for thy word do I wait. 115Depart from me, ye evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of God. 116Uphold me according to thy promise, that I may live, and let me not be made ashamed of my hope. 117Support me that I may be placed in safety, and I will direct my regard unto thy statutes continually. 118Thou hast trodden down all that erringly stray from thy statutes; for falsehood is their deceit. 119Like dross dost thou put away all the wicked of the earth: therefore do I love thy testimonies. 120My flesh trembleth shudderingly from dread of thee, and of thy decrees am I afraid. 121‘AYIN. I have executed justice and righteousness: leave me not to those who oppress me. 122Protect thy servant for good: let not the presumptuous oppress me. 123My eyes look eagerly for thy salvation, and for thy righteous promise. 124Deal with thy servant according to thy kindness, and thy statutes do thou teach me. 125I am thy servant: give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies. 126It is time to act for the Lord: they have broken thy law. 127Therefore do I love thy commandments more than gold, and more than fine gold. 128Therefore do I esteem all thy precepts in all things as right: every path of falsehood do I hate. 129PE. Wonderful are thy testimonies: therefore doth my soul keep them. 130The opening of thy words giveth light, it giveth understanding unto the simple. 131I opened my mouth, and panted for breath; because for thy commandments did I long. 132Turn thou unto me, and be gracious unto me, as is thy wont unto those that love thy name. 133My steps establish thou through thy promise, and suffer not any wrong to have dominion over me. 134Deliver me from the oppression of man, and I will observe thy precepts. 135Let thy face shine upon thy servant, and teach me thy statutes. 136Streams of water have run down my eyes; because they had not observed thy law. 137TZADDE. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy decrees. 138Thou hast commanded thy testimonies, as righteous and faithful exceedingly. 139My zeal destroyeth me; because my assailants have forgotten thy words. 140Thy promise is greatly refined, and thy servant loveth it. 141I am little and despised: yet thy precepts have I not forgotten. 142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth. 143Distress and trouble have overtaken me: yet are thy commandments my delights. 144Righteous are thy testimonies for everlasting: give me understanding, that I may live. 145KOPH. I have called with all my heart: answer me, O Lord: thy statutes will I keep. 146I have called on thee, save me, and I will observe thy testimonies. 147I come before thee in the dawn of morning, and cry: for thy word do I wait. 148My eyes are awake before the night–watches, that I may meditate in thy saying. 149Hear my voice according to thy kindness: O Lord, according to thy decree do thou grant me life. 150They that pursue mischievous devices draw nigh: from thy law are they far. 151Near art thou, O Lord; and all thy commandments are the truth. 152Of old already I knew of thy testimonies; because for eternity hast thou founded them. 153RESH. Look on my affliction, and release me; for thy law have I not forgotten. 154Plead my cause, and deliver me: according to thy promise do thou revive me. 155Far from the wicked is salvation; because thy statutes have they not sought for. 156Thy mercies are abundant, O Lord; according to thy decrees do thou revive me. 157Many are my persecutors and my assailants: yet from thy testimonies do I not turn away. 158I beheld the treacherous, and felt disgust; because they observed not thy saying. 159Behold that I love thy precepts: O Lord, according to thy kindness do thou revive me. 160The summit of thy word is truth: and the whole of thy righteous judgment endureth for ever. 161SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but of thy word standeth my heart in dread. 162I am rejoiced over thy promise, as one that findeth great spoil. 163Falsehood I hate and abhor: but thy law do I love. 164Seven times in the day do I praise thee because of thy righteous decrees. 165Abundant peace have they who love thy law; and thee is nothing that causeth them to stumble. 166I have hoped for thy salvation, O Lord, and thy commandments have I fulfilled. 167My soul hath observed thy testimonies, and I love them exceedingly. 168I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; because all my ways are before thee. 169TAV. Let my entreaty come near before thee, O Lord: according to thy word grant me understanding. 170Let my supplication come before thee: according to thy promise do thou deliver me. 171My lips shall utter praise; because thou wilt teach me thy statutes. 172My tongue shall speak loudly of thy promise; for all thy commandments are righteous. 173Let thy hand be ready to help me; for thy precepts have I chosen. 174I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my delights. 175Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee: and let thy decrees help me. 176I have gone erringly astray like a lost sheep: seek thy servant; for thy commandments have I not forgotten.