57Cheth. My portion is Jehovah; I have said — to keep Thy words,
58I appeased Thy face with the whole heart, Favour me according to Thy saying.
59I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies.
60I have made haste, And delayed not, to keep Thy commands.
61Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, Thy law I have not forgotten.
62At midnight I rise to give thanks to Thee, For the judgments of Thy righteousness.
63A companion I am to all who fear Thee, And to those keeping Thy precepts.
64Of Thy kindness, O Jehovah, the earth is full, Thy statutes teach Thou me!
65Teth. Good Thou didst with Thy servant, O Jehovah, According to Thy word.
66The goodness of reason and knowledge teach me, For in Thy commands I have believed.
67Before I am afflicted, I — I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept.
68Good Thou art, and doing good, Teach me Thy statutes.
69Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts.
70Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I — in Thy law I have delighted.
71Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes.
72Better to me is the law of Thy mouth Than thousands of gold and silver!
73Yod. Thy hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Thy commands.
74Those fearing Thee see me and rejoice, Because for Thy word I have hoped.
75I have known, O Jehovah, That righteous are Thy judgments, And in faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me.
76Let, I pray Thee, Thy kindness be to comfort me, According to Thy saying to Thy servant.
77Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law is my delight.
78Ashamed are the proud, For with falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate in Thy precepts.
79Those fearing Thee turn back to me, And those knowing Thy testimonies.
80My heart is perfect in Thy statutes, So that I am not ashamed.
81Kaph. Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped.
82Consumed have been mine eyes for Thy word, Saying, 'When doth it comfort me?'
83For I have been as a bottle in smoke, Thy statutes I have not forgotten.
84How many are the days of Thy servant? When dost Thou execute Against my pursuers judgment?
85The proud have digged for me pits, That are not according to Thy law.
86All Thy commands are faithfulness, With falsehood they have pursued me, Help Thou me.
87Almost consumed me on earth have they, And I — I have not forsaken Thy precepts.
88According to Thy kindness quicken Thou me, And I keep the testimony of Thy mouth!
89Lamed. To the age, O Jehovah, Thy word is set up in the heavens.
90To all generations Thy faithfulness, Thou didst establish earth, and it standeth.
91According to Thine ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole are Thy servants.
92Unless Thy law were my delights, Then had I perished in mine affliction.
93To the age I forget not Thy precepts, For by them Thou hast quickened me.
94I am Thine, save Thou me, For Thy precepts I have sought.
95Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand.
96Of all perfection I have seen an end, Broad is Thy command — exceedingly!
97Mem. O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it is my meditation.
98Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it is before me to the age.
99Above all my teachers I have acted wisely. For Thy testimonies are my meditation.
100Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept.
101From every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word.
102From Thy judgments I turned not aside, For Thou — Thou hast directed me.
103How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth.
104From Thy precepts I have understanding, Therefore I have hated every false path!
105Nun. A lamp to my foot is Thy word, And a light to my path.
106I have sworn, and I confirm it, To keep the judgments of Thy righteousness.
107I have been afflicted very much, O Jehovah, quicken me, according to Thy word.
108Free-will-offerings of my mouth, Accept, I pray Thee, O Jehovah, And Thy judgments teach Thou me.
109My soul is in my hand continually, And Thy law I have not forgotten.
110The wicked have laid a snare for me, And from thy precepts I wandered not.
111I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart are they.
112I have inclined my heart To do Thy statutes, to the age — to the end!
113Samech. Doubting ones I have hated, And Thy law I have loved.