Psalms 119:73-164 in English

⁷³ Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

⁷⁴ They that fear thee shall see me and be glad, Because I have hoped in thy word.

⁷⁵ I know, O Jehovah, that thy judgments are righteous, And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.

⁷⁶ Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness 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 put to shame; for they have overthrown me wrongfully: But I will meditate on thy precepts.

⁷⁹ Let those that fear thee turn unto me; And they shall know thy testimonies.

⁸⁰ Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, That I be not put to shame.

⁸¹ My soul fainteth for thy salvation; But I hope in thy word.

⁸² Mine eyes fail for thy word, While I say, When wilt thou comfort me?

⁸³ For I am become like a wine-skin 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, Who are not according to 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 observe the testimony of thy mouth.

⁸⁹ For ever, O Jehovah, Thy word is settled in heaven.

⁹⁰ Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.

⁹¹ They abide this day according to thine ordinances; For all things are thy servants.

⁹² Unless thy law had been my delight, 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 Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.

⁹⁸ Thy commandments make 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 aged, Because I have kept thy precepts.

¹⁰¹ I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word.

¹⁰² I have not turned aside from thine ordinances; 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 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.

¹⁰⁶ I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will observe thy righteous ordinances.

¹⁰⁷ I am afflicted very much: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according unto thy word.

¹⁰⁸ Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, O Jehovah, And teach me thine ordinances.

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 have I not gone astray from thy precepts.

¹¹¹ Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; For they are the rejoicing of my heart.

¹¹² I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes For ever, even unto the end.

¹¹³ I hate them that are of a double mind; 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 evil-doers, That I may 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 shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.

¹¹⁸ Thou hast set at nought 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 I have done justice and righteousness: 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 thy righteous word.

¹²⁴ Deal with thy servant according unto thy lovingkindness, And teach me thy statutes.

¹²⁵ I am thy servant; give me understanding, That I may know thy testimonies.

¹²⁶ It is time for Jehovah 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 Thy testimonies are wonderful; Therefore doth my soul keep them.

¹³⁰ The opening of thy words giveth light; It giveth understanding unto the simple.

¹³¹ I opened wide my mouth, and panted; For I longed for thy commandments.

¹³² Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me, As thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.

¹³³ Establish my footsteps in thy word; And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

¹³⁴ Redeem me from the oppression of man: So will I observe thy precepts.

¹³⁵ Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; And teach me thy statutes.

¹³⁶ Streams of water run down mine eyes, Because they observe not thy law.

¹³⁷ Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, And upright are thy judgments.

¹³⁸ Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness And very faithfulness.

¹³⁹ My zeal hath consumed me, Because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.

¹⁴⁰ Thy word is very pure; Therefore thy servant loveth it.

¹⁴¹ I am small and despised; Yet do I not forget thy precepts.

¹⁴² Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.

¹⁴³ Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; Yet thy commandments are my delight.

¹⁴⁴ Thy testimonies are righteous for ever: Give me understanding, and I shall live.

¹⁴⁵ I have called with my whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah: I will keep thy statutes.

¹⁴⁶ I have called unto thee; save me, And I shall observe thy testimonies.

¹⁴⁷ I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy words.

¹⁴⁸ Mine eyes anticipated the night-watches, That I might meditate on thy word.

¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thine ordinances.

¹⁵⁰ They draw nigh that follow after wickedness; They are far from thy law.

¹⁵¹ Thou art nigh, O Jehovah; And all thy commandments are truth.

¹⁵² Of old have I known from thy testimonies, That thou hast founded them for ever.

¹⁵³ Consider mine affliction, and deliver me; For I do not forget thy law.

¹⁵⁴ Plead thou my cause, and redeem 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 Jehovah: Quicken me according to thine ordinances.

¹⁵⁷ Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; Yet have I not swerved from thy testimonies.

¹⁵⁸ I beheld the treacherous, and was grieved, Because they observe not thy word.

¹⁵⁹ Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.

¹⁶⁰ The sum of thy word is truth; And every one of thy righteous ordinances endureth for ever.

¹⁶¹ Princes have persecuted me without a cause; But my heart standeth in awe of thy words.

¹⁶² I rejoice at thy word, As one that findeth great spoil.

¹⁶³ I hate and abhor falsehood; But thy law do I love.

¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day do I praise thee, Because of thy righteous ordinances.

⁷³ 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

⁷³ 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

⁷³ Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

⁷⁴ They that fear thee shall see me and be glad; because I have hoped in thy word.

⁷⁵ I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.

⁷⁶ Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness 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 have overthrown me wrongfully: but I will meditate in thy precepts.

⁷⁹ Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and they shall know thy testimonies.

⁸⁰ Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.

⁸¹ My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.

⁸² Mine eyes fail for thy word, while I say, 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, who 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 observe the testimony of thy mouth.

⁸⁹ 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 abide this day according to thine ordinances; for all things are thy servants.

⁹² Unless thy law had been my delight, 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 Oh how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

⁹⁸ Thy commandments make 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 aged, because I have kept thy precepts.

¹⁰¹ I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might observe thy word.

¹⁰² I have not turned aside 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 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and light unto my path,

¹⁰⁶ I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will observe 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 went I not astray 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, for ever, even unto the end.

¹¹³ I hate them that are of a double mind; 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 evil-doers; that I may 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 shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.

¹¹⁸ Thou hast set at nought 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 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 thy righteous word.

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 the 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 Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.

¹³⁰ The opening of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

¹³¹ I opened wide my mouth, and panted; for I longed for thy commandments.

¹³² Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.

¹³³ Order my footsteps in thy word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

¹³⁴ Redeem me from the oppression of man: so will I observe thy precepts.

¹³⁵ Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.

¹³⁶ Mine eyes run down with rivers of water, because they observe not thy law.

¹³⁷ Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.

¹³⁸ Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness and very faithfulness.

¹³⁹ My zeal hath consumed me, because mine adversaries 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 truth.

¹⁴³ Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delight.

¹⁴⁴ Thy testimonies are righteous for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.

¹⁴⁵ I have called with my whole heart; answer me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.

¹⁴⁶ I have called unto thee; save me, and I shall observe thy testimonies.

¹⁴⁷ I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy words.

¹⁴⁸ Mine eyes prevented the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.

¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy judgments.

¹⁵⁰ They draw nigh that follow after wickedness; they are far from thy law.

¹⁵¹ Thou art nigh, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.

¹⁵² Of old have I known from thy testimonies, that thou hast founded them for ever.

¹⁵³ Consider mine affliction, and deliver me; for I do not forget thy law.

¹⁵⁴ Plead thou my cause, and redeem 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 adversaries; yet have I not swerved from they testimonies.

¹⁵⁸ I beheld the treacherous dealers, and was grieved; because they observed not thy word.

¹⁵⁹ Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.

¹⁶⁰ The sum of thy word is truth; and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.

¹⁶¹ Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart standeth in awe of thy words.

¹⁶² I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.

¹⁶³ I hate and abhor falsehood; but thy law do I love.

¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day do I praise thee, because of thy righteous judgments.

⁷³ You created me and formed my body (OR, kept me safe); help me to be wise in order that I may learn ◄your commands/what you have commanded►.

⁷⁴ Those who have an awesome respect for you will see what you have done for me, and they will rejoice, because they will see that I have trusted in ◄your words/what you told us►.

⁷⁵ Yahweh, I know that ◄your regulations/the rules that you have given to us► are right/fair and that you have afflicted/punished me because you faithfully do what you have promised.

⁷⁶ Cause me to be comforted/encouraged by knowing that you faithfully love me, like you said to me that you would do.

⁷⁷ Be merciful to me in order that I may continue to live, because I am delighted with your laws.

⁷⁸ Cause the proud people who falsely accuse me to be ashamed, but as for me, I will continue ◄meditating on/thinking about► ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►.

⁷⁹ Cause those who revere you to come back to me in order that they may (OR, specifically, those who) know ◄your requirements/what you have instructed us to do►.

⁸⁰ Enable me to perfectly obey ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do► in order that I may not be ashamed because of not doing that.

⁸¹ I am very tired/exhausted while I wait for you to save me from my enemies; but I confidently expect that you will tell me what you will do.

⁸² My eyes are tired from waiting a long time for you to do what you promised/said that you would do, and I ask, “When will you help/encourage me?”

⁸³ I have become as useless as MET a wineskin that is shriveled from hanging a long time in the smoke inside a house, but I have not forgotten ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►.

⁸⁴ How long must I wait? When will you punish those who ◄persecute/cause trouble for► me?

⁸⁵ It is as though proud people have dug deep pits for me to fall into, people who do not obey your laws.

⁸⁶ All ◄your commands are/what you have commanded is► trustworthy; but people are ◄persecuting/causing trouble for► me by telling lies about me, so please help me!

⁸⁷ Those people have almost killed me, but I have not stopped obeying ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►.

⁸⁸ Because you faithfully love me, allow me to continue to live in order that I may continue to obey ◄your rules/what you have instructed us to do►.

⁸⁹ Yahweh, your words will last forever; they will last as long as heaven lasts.

⁹⁰ You will faithfully continue doing ◄ for people who are not yet born/in every generation► what you have ◄promised/said that you would do►; you have put the earth in its place, and it remains firmly there.

⁹¹ To this day, all things on the earth remain because you decided that they should remain; everything on the earth serves you.

⁹² If I had not been delighted in obeying your laws, I would have died because of what I was suffering.

⁹³ I will never forget ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►, because as a result of my obeying them you have enabled me to continue to live.

⁹⁴ I belong to you; save/rescue me from my enemies, because I have tried to obey ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►.

⁹⁵ Wicked men are waiting to kill me, but I will think about /what you have instructed us to do.

⁹⁶ I have learned that there is a limit/end for everything, but what you command ◄has no limits/never ends►.

⁹⁷ I love your laws very much. I ◄meditate on/think about► them all during the day.

⁹⁸ Because I know ◄your commands/what you have commanded►, and because I think about them all the time, I have become wiser than my enemies.

⁹⁹ I understand more than my teachers do, because I ◄meditate on/think about► ◄your requirements/what you have instructed us to do►.

¹⁰⁰ I understand more than many old people do, because I obey ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►.

¹⁰¹ I have avoided all evil behavior in order that I may obey ◄your words/what you have told us to do►.

¹⁰² I have not ◄turned away from/quit► obeying ◄your regulations/the rules that you have given to us►, because you have taught me while I have studied them.

¹⁰³ When I read your words, they are like MET sweet things that I taste/eat, yes, they are even sweeter than honey.

¹⁰⁴ Because I have learned ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►, I am able to understand many things; therefore, I hate all evil things that some people do.

¹⁰⁵ Your words are like MET a lamp to guide me; they are like a light MET to show me the path that I should walk on.

¹⁰⁶ I have solemnly promised, and I am solemnly promising it again, that I will always obey your ◄regulations/rules that you have given to us►, and they are all fair/just.

¹⁰⁷ Yahweh, I am suffering very much; cause me to be strong/healthy again, as you have promised to do.

¹⁰⁸ Yahweh, when I thank you while I pray, it is like MET a sacrifice to you; please accept it, and teach me your ◄regulations/rules that you have given to us►.

¹⁰⁹ My enemies are often trying to kill me IDM, but I do not forget your laws.

¹¹⁰ Wicked people have tried to seize me like a hunter tries to catch an animal with a trap MET, but I have not disobeyed ◄your principles of behavior/what you declared that we should do►.

¹¹¹ ◄Your requirements/What you have instructed us to do► are my possession forever; because of them PRS, I am joyful.

¹¹² I ◄have decided/am determined► IDM to obey ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do► until the day that I die MTY.

¹¹³ I hate people who are only partly committed to you, but I love your laws.

¹¹⁴ You are like a place where I can hide from my enemies, and you are like a shield MET behind which I am protected from them, and I trust in your promises.

¹¹⁵ You evil people, stay away from me in order than I may obey ◄my God's commands/what my God has commanded►!

¹¹⁶ Enable me to be strong, as you promised/said that you would do, in order that I may continue to live. I am confidently expecting that you will restore me; ◄do not disappoint me/do not allow me to be disappointed►.

¹¹⁷ Hold me up, in order that I will be safe and always ◄pay attention to/heed► ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►.

¹¹⁸ You reject all those who disobey ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►; but what they deceitfully plan to do will be ◄useless/in vain►.

¹¹⁹ You get rid of all the wicked people on the earth like SIM people throw away trash; therefore I love /what you have instructed us to do.

¹²⁰ I SYN tremble because I am afraid of you; I am afraid because you punish those who do not obey ◄your regulations/the rules that you have given to us►.

¹²¹ But I have done what is right and fair/just; so do not allow people to oppress/mistreat me.

¹²² Promise me that you will do good things for me and do not allow proud people to oppress me.

¹²³ My eyes are tired from waiting a long time for you to rescue me, for you to save me like you promised/said that you would.

¹²⁴ Do something for me to show that you faithfully love me, and teach me ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►.

¹²⁵ I am one who serves you; enable me to understand what you want me to know in order that I will know ◄your requirements/what you have instructed us to do►.

¹²⁶ Yahweh, now is the time for you to punish people because they have disobeyed your laws.

¹²⁷ Truly, I love ◄your commands/what you have commanded► more than I love gold; I love them more than I love very pure gold.

¹²⁸ So I conduct my life by ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►, and I hate all the evil things that some people do.

¹²⁹ ◄Your requirements are/All the things that you have instructed us to do are► wonderful, so I obey them with all my inner being.

¹³⁰ When someone explains ◄your words/what you have said►, it is as though they are lighting a light; what they say causes even people who have not learned your laws to be wise.

¹³¹ I eagerly desire to know ◄your commands/what you have commanded►, like SIM a dog that pants with its mouth open wanting to be fed.

¹³² Listen to me and act kindly to me, like you do to all those who love you MTY.

¹³³ Guide me as you promised/said that you would do and help me not to fall/sin; do not allow evil people to control what I do.

¹³⁴ Rescue/Save me from those who oppress me in order that I may obey ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►.

¹³⁵ Be kind to me and teach me ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►.

¹³⁶ I cry very much because many people do not obey your laws.

¹³⁷ Yahweh, you are righteous and ◄your regulations/the rules that you have given to us► are just/fair.

¹³⁸ ◄Your requirements/All the things that you have instructed us to do► are true and are all very right and fair.

¹³⁹ I am ◄furious/very angry► because my enemies disregard ◄your words/what you have told us to do►.

¹⁴⁰ ◄Your promises are/All the things that you have said that you will do are► dependable and I love them.

¹⁴¹ I am not important and people despise me, but I do not forget ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►.

¹⁴² You are righteous and you will be righteous forever, and your laws will never be changed.

¹⁴³ I constantly have troubles/difficulties and I am worried, but ◄your commands cause/what you have commanded causes► me to be happy.

¹⁴⁴ ◄Your requirements are/All the things that you have instructed us to do are► always fair; help me to understand them in order that I may continue to live.

¹⁴⁵ Yahweh, with all my inner being I call out to you; answer me and I will obey ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►.

¹⁴⁶ I call out to you; save/rescue me in order that I can continue to obey all ◄your requirements/the things that you have instructed us to do►.

¹⁴⁷ Each morning I arise before dawn and call to you to help me; I confidently expect you to do what you have ◄promised/said that you will do►.

¹⁴⁸ All during the night I am awake, and I ◄meditate on/think about► what you have ◄promised/said that you would do►.

¹⁴⁹ Yahweh, because you faithfully love me, listen to me while I pray, and keep me safe because of my obeying ◄your regulations/what you have told us to do►.

¹⁵⁰ Those evil people who oppress/persecute me are coming closer to me; they do not pay any attention to your laws.

¹⁵¹ But Yahweh, you are near to me, and I know that ◄your commands/what you command► will never be changed.

¹⁵² Long ago I found out about ◄your requirements/all the things that you have instructed us to do►, and I know that you intended them to last forever.

¹⁵³ Look at me and see that I am suffering very much, and heal me, because I do not forget your laws.

¹⁵⁴ Defend me when others accuse me, and rescue me from them; allow me to continue to live, as you promised/said that you would.

¹⁵⁵ Wicked people do not obey ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►, so you will certainly not save them.

¹⁵⁶ Yahweh, you are very merciful; allow me to continue to live because of my obeying ◄your regulations/the rules that you have given to us►.

¹⁵⁷ Many people are my enemies and many people ◄cause me to suffer/persecute me►, but I ◄do not turn aside from/have not stopped obeying► LIT ◄your requirements/what you have instructed us to do►.

¹⁵⁸ When I look at those who are not faithful to you, I am disgusted because they do not obey ◄your requirements/what you have instructed us to do►.

¹⁵⁹ Yahweh, notice that I love ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►; because you faithfully love me, allow me to continue to live.

¹⁶⁰ All that you have said is truth, and all ◄your regulations/the rules that you have given to us► will endure forever.

¹⁶¹ Rulers persecute me for no reason, but in my inner being I revere ◄your words/what you have said►.

¹⁶² I am happy about ◄your words/what you have promised to do for me►, as happy as someone who has found a great treasure.

¹⁶³ I thoroughly hate DOU all lies but I love your laws.

¹⁶⁴ Seven/Many times each day I thank you for ◄your regulations/the rules that you have given to us►, and they are all just/fair.

⁷³ YODH Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.

⁷⁴ Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.

⁷⁵ Yahweh, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

⁷⁶ Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.

⁷⁷ Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight.

⁷⁸ Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.

⁷⁹ Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.

⁸⁰ Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be disappointed.

⁸¹ KAPF My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.

⁸² My eyes fail for your word. I say, “When will you comfort me?”

⁸³ For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes.

⁸⁴ How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?

⁸⁵ The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law.

⁸⁶ All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!

⁸⁷ They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn’t forsake your precepts.

⁸⁸ Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth.

⁸⁹ LAMEDH Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever.

⁹⁰ Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.

⁹¹ Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you.

⁹² Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

⁹³ I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me.

⁹⁴ I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.

⁹⁵ The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.

⁹⁶ I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless.

⁹⁷ MEM How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.

⁹⁸ Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.

⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.

¹⁰⁰ I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.

¹⁰¹ I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.

¹⁰² I have not turned away from your ordinances, for you have taught me.

¹⁰³ How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!

¹⁰⁴ Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.

¹⁰⁵ NUN Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

¹⁰⁶ I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.

¹⁰⁷ I am afflicted very much. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your word.

¹⁰⁸ Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. Yahweh, teach me your ordinances.

¹⁰⁹ My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won’t forget your law.

¹¹⁰ The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.

¹¹¹ I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

¹¹² I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end.

¹¹³ SAMEKH I hate double-minded men, but I love your law.

¹¹⁴ You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.

¹¹⁵ Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.

¹¹⁶ Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.

¹¹⁷ Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.

¹¹⁸ You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain.

¹¹⁹ You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies.

¹²⁰ My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments.

¹²¹ AYIN I have done what is just and righteous. Don’t leave me to my oppressors.

¹²² Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me.

¹²³ My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.

¹²⁴ Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.

¹²⁵ I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.

¹²⁶ It is time to act, Yahweh, for they break your law.

¹²⁷ Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.

¹²⁸ Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way.

¹²⁹ PE Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them.

¹³⁰ The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.

¹³¹ I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments.

¹³² Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.

¹³³ Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me.

¹³⁴ Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts.

¹³⁵ Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.

¹³⁶ Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your law.

¹³⁷ TZADHE You are righteous, Yahweh. Your judgments are upright.

¹³⁸ You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.

¹³⁹ My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.

¹⁴⁰ Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.

¹⁴¹ I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts.

¹⁴² Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.

¹⁴³ Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.

¹⁴⁴ Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.

¹⁴⁵ QOPH I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will keep your statutes.

¹⁴⁶ I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes.

¹⁴⁷ I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.

¹⁴⁸ My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on your word.

¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your ordinances.

¹⁵⁰ They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law.

¹⁵¹ You are near, Yahweh. All your commandments are truth.

¹⁵² Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever.

¹⁵³ RESH Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your law.

¹⁵⁴ Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.

¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don’t seek your statutes.

¹⁵⁶ Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh. Revive me according to your ordinances.

¹⁵⁷ Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies.

¹⁵⁸ I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don’t observe your word.

¹⁵⁹ Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your loving kindness.

¹⁶⁰ All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.

¹⁶¹ SIN AND SHIN Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.

¹⁶² I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.

¹⁶³ I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.

¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.

⁷³ YODH Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.

⁷⁴ Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.

⁷⁵ Yahweh, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

⁷⁶ Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.

⁷⁷ Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight.

⁷⁸ Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.

⁷⁹ Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.

⁸⁰ Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be disappointed.

⁸¹ KAPF My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.

⁸² My eyes fail for your word. I say, “When will you comfort me?”

⁸³ For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes.

⁸⁴ How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?

⁸⁵ The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law.

⁸⁶ All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!

⁸⁷ They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn’t forsake your precepts.

⁸⁸ Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth.

⁸⁹ LAMEDH Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever.

⁹⁰ Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.

⁹¹ Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you.

⁹² Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

⁹³ I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me.

⁹⁴ I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.

⁹⁵ The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.

⁹⁶ I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless.

⁹⁷ MEM How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.

⁹⁸ Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.

⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.

¹⁰⁰ I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.

¹⁰¹ I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.

¹⁰² I have not turned away from your ordinances, for you have taught me.

¹⁰³ How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!

¹⁰⁴ Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.

¹⁰⁵ NUN Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

¹⁰⁶ I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.

¹⁰⁷ I am afflicted very much. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your word.

¹⁰⁸ Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. Yahweh, teach me your ordinances.

¹⁰⁹ My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won’t forget your law.

¹¹⁰ The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.

¹¹¹ I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

¹¹² I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end.

¹¹³ SAMEKH I hate double-minded men, but I love your law.

¹¹⁴ You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.

¹¹⁵ Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.

¹¹⁶ Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.

¹¹⁷ Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.

¹¹⁸ You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain.

¹¹⁹ You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies.

¹²⁰ My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments.

¹²¹ AYIN I have done what is just and righteous. Don’t leave me to my oppressors.

¹²² Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me.

¹²³ My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.

¹²⁴ Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.

¹²⁵ I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.

¹²⁶ It is time to act, Yahweh, for they break your law.

¹²⁷ Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.

¹²⁸ Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way.

¹²⁹ PE Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them.

¹³⁰ The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.

¹³¹ I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments.

¹³² Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.

¹³³ Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me.

¹³⁴ Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts.

¹³⁵ Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.

¹³⁶ Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your law.

¹³⁷ TZADHE You are righteous, Yahweh. Your judgments are upright.

¹³⁸ You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.

¹³⁹ My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.

¹⁴⁰ Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.

¹⁴¹ I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts.

¹⁴² Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.

¹⁴³ Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.

¹⁴⁴ Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.

¹⁴⁵ QOPH I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will keep your statutes.

¹⁴⁶ I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes.

¹⁴⁷ I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.

¹⁴⁸ My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on your word.

¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your ordinances.

¹⁵⁰ They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law.

¹⁵¹ You are near, Yahweh. All your commandments are truth.

¹⁵² Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever.

¹⁵³ RESH Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your law.

¹⁵⁴ Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.

¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don’t seek your statutes.

¹⁵⁶ Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh. Revive me according to your ordinances.

¹⁵⁷ Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies.

¹⁵⁸ I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don’t observe your word.

¹⁵⁹ Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your loving kindness.

¹⁶⁰ All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.

¹⁶¹ SIN AND SHIN Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.

¹⁶² I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.

¹⁶³ I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.

¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.

⁷³ YODH Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.

⁷⁴ Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.

⁷⁵ LORD, I know that your judgements are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

⁷⁶ Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.

⁷⁷ Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight.

⁷⁸ Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.

⁷⁹ Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.

⁸⁰ Let my heart be blameless towards your decrees, that I may not be disappointed.

⁸¹ KAPF My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.

⁸² My eyes fail for your word. I say, “When will you comfort me?”

⁸³ For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes.

⁸⁴ How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgement on those who persecute me?

⁸⁵ The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law.

⁸⁶ All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!

⁸⁷ They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn’t forsake your precepts.

⁸⁸ Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth.

⁸⁹ LAMEDH LORD, your word is settled in heaven forever.

⁹⁰ Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.

⁹¹ Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you.

⁹² Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

⁹³ I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me.

⁹⁴ I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.

⁹⁵ The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.

⁹⁶ I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless.

⁹⁷ MEM How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.

⁹⁸ Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.

⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.

¹⁰⁰ I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.

¹⁰¹ I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.

¹⁰² I have not turned away from your ordinances, for you have taught me.

¹⁰³ How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!

¹⁰⁴ Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.

¹⁰⁵ NUN Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

¹⁰⁶ I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.

¹⁰⁷ I am afflicted very much. Revive me, LORD, according to your word.

¹⁰⁸ Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. LORD, teach me your ordinances.

¹⁰⁹ My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won’t forget your law.

¹¹⁰ The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.

¹¹¹ I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

¹¹² I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end.

¹¹³ SAMEKH I hate double-minded men, but I love your law.

¹¹⁴ You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.

¹¹⁵ Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.

¹¹⁶ Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.

¹¹⁷ Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.

¹¹⁸ You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain.

¹¹⁹ You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies.

¹²⁰ My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgements.

¹²¹ AYIN I have done what is just and righteous. Don’t leave me to my oppressors.

¹²² Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me.

¹²³ My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.

¹²⁴ Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.

¹²⁵ I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.

¹²⁶ It is time to act, LORD, for they break your law.

¹²⁷ Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.

¹²⁸ Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way.

¹²⁹ PE Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them.

¹³⁰ The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.

¹³¹ I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments.

¹³² Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.

¹³³ Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me.

¹³⁴ Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts.

¹³⁵ Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.

¹³⁶ Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your law.

¹³⁷ TZADHE You are righteous, LORD. Your judgements are upright.

¹³⁸ You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.

¹³⁹ My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.

¹⁴⁰ Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.

¹⁴¹ I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts.

¹⁴² Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.

¹⁴³ Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.

¹⁴⁴ Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.

¹⁴⁵ QOPH I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, LORD! I will keep your statutes.

¹⁴⁶ I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes.

¹⁴⁷ I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.

¹⁴⁸ My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on your word.

¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, LORD, according to your ordinances.

¹⁵⁰ They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law.

¹⁵¹ You are near, LORD. All your commandments are truth.

¹⁵² Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever.

¹⁵³ RESH Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your law.

¹⁵⁴ Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.

¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don’t seek your statutes.

¹⁵⁶ Great are your tender mercies, LORD. Revive me according to your ordinances.

¹⁵⁷ Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies.

¹⁵⁸ I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don’t observe your word.

¹⁵⁹ Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, LORD, according to your loving kindness.

¹⁶⁰ All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.

¹⁶¹ SIN AND SHIN Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.

¹⁶² I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.

¹⁶³ I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.

¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.

⁷³ JOD Your hands have made me, and given me form: give me wisdom, so that I may have knowledge of your teaching.

⁷⁴ Your worshippers will see me and be glad; because my hope has been in your word.

⁷⁵ I have seen, O Lord, that your decisions are right, and that in unchanging faith you have sent trouble on me.

⁷⁶ Let your mercy now be my comfort, as you have said to your servant.

⁷⁷ Let your gentle mercies come to me, so that I may have life; for your law is my delight.

⁷⁸ Let the men of pride be shamed; because they have falsely given decision against me; but I will give thought to your orders.

⁷⁹ Let your worshippers be turned to me, and those who have knowledge of your words.

⁸⁰ Let all my heart be given to your orders, so that I may not be put to shame.

⁸¹ CAPH My soul is wasted with desire for your salvation: but I have hope in your word.

⁸² My eyes are full of weariness with searching for your word, saying, When will you give me comfort?

⁸³ For I have become like a wine-skin black with smoke; but I still keep the memory of your rules.

⁸⁴ How short is the life of your servant! when will you give your decision against those who are attacking me?

⁸⁵ The men of pride, who are turned away from your law, have put nets for me.

⁸⁶ All your teachings are certain; they go after me with evil design; give me your help.

⁸⁷ They had almost put an end to me on earth; but I did not give up your orders.

⁸⁸ Give me life in your mercy; so that I may be ruled by the unchanging word of your mouth.

⁸⁹ LAMED For ever, O Lord, your word is fixed in heaven.

⁹⁰ Your faith is unchanging from generation to generation: you have put the earth in its place, and it is not moved.

⁹¹ They are ruled this day by your decisions; for all things are your servants.

⁹² If your law had not been my delight, my troubles would have put an end to me.

⁹³ I will ever keep your orders in mind; for in them I have life.

⁹⁴ I am yours, O be my saviour; for my desire has been for your rules.

⁹⁵ The sinners have been waiting for me to give me up to destruction; but I will give all my mind to your unchanging ward.

⁹⁶ I have seen that nothing on earth is complete; but your teaching is very wide.

⁹⁷ MEM O what love I have for your law! I give thought to it all the day.

⁹⁸ Your teaching has made me wiser than my haters: for it is mine for ever.

⁹⁹ I have more knowledge than all my teachers, because I give thought to your unchanging word.

¹⁰⁰ I have more wisdom than the old, because I have kept your orders.

¹⁰¹ I have kept back my feet from all evil ways, so that I might be true to your word.

¹⁰² My heart has not been turned away from your decisions; for you have been my teacher.

¹⁰³ How sweet are your sayings to my taste! truly, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth!

¹⁰⁴ Through your orders I get wisdom; for this reason I am a hater of every false way.

¹⁰⁵ NUN Your word is a light for my feet, ever shining on my way.

¹⁰⁶ I have made an oath and kept it, to be guided by your upright decisions.

¹⁰⁷ I am greatly troubled, O Lord, give me life in keeping with your word.

¹⁰⁸ Take, O Lord, the free offerings of my mouth, and give me knowledge of your decisions.

¹⁰⁹ My soul is ever in danger; but I still keep the memory of your law.

¹¹⁰ Sinners have put a net to take me; but I was true to your orders.

¹¹¹ I have taken your unchanging word as an eternal heritage; for it is the joy of my heart.

¹¹² My heart is ever ready to keep your rules, even to the end.

¹¹³ SAMECH I am a hater of men of doubting mind; but I am a lover of your law.

¹¹⁴ You are my secret place and my breastplate against danger; my hope is in your word.

¹¹⁵ Go far from me, you evil-doers; so that I may keep the teachings of my God.

¹¹⁶ Be my support as you have said, and give me life; let not my hope be turned to shame.

¹¹⁷ Let me not be moved, and I will be safe, and ever take delight in your rules.

¹¹⁸ You have overcome all those who are wandering from your rules; for all their thoughts are false.

¹¹⁹ All the sinners of the earth are like waste metal in your eyes; and for this cause I give my love to your unchanging word.

¹²⁰ My flesh is moved for fear of you; I give honour to your decisions.

¹²¹ AIN I have done what is good and right: you will not give me into the hands of those who are working against me.

¹²² Take your servant's interests into your keeping; let me not be crushed by the men of pride.

¹²³ My eyes are wasted with desire for your salvation, and for the word of your righteousness.

¹²⁴ Be good to your servant in your mercy, and give me teaching in your rules.

¹²⁵ I am your servant; give me wisdom, so that I may have knowledge of your unchanging word.

¹²⁶ It is time, O Lord, for you to let your work be seen; for they have made your law without effect.

¹²⁷ For this reason I have greater love far your teachings than for gold, even for shining gold.

¹²⁸ Because of it I keep straight in all things by your orders; and I am a hater of every false way.

¹²⁹ PE Your unchanging word is full of wonder; for this reason my soul keeps it.

¹³⁰ The opening of your words gives light; it gives good sense to the simple.

¹³¹ My mouth was open wide, waiting with great desire for your teachings.

¹³² Let your eyes be turned to me, and have mercy on me, as it is right for you to do to those who are lovers of your name.

¹³³ Let my steps be guided by your word; and let not sin have control over me.

¹³⁴ Make me free from the cruel rule of man; then I will keep your orders.

¹³⁵ Let your servant see the shining of your face; give me knowledge of your rules.

¹³⁶ Rivers of water are flowing from my eyes, because men do not keep your law.

¹³⁷ TZADE O Lord, great is your righteousness, and upright are your decisions.

¹³⁸ You have given your unchanging word in righteousness, and it is for ever.

¹³⁹ My passion has overcome me; because my haters are turned away from your words.

¹⁴⁰ Your word is of tested value; and it is dear to your servant.

¹⁴¹ I am small and of no account; but I keep your orders in mind.

¹⁴² Your righteousness is an unchanging righteousness, and your law is certain.

¹⁴³ Pain and trouble have overcome me: but your teachings are my delight.

¹⁴⁴ The righteousness of your unchanging word is eternal; give me wisdom so that I may have life.

¹⁴⁵ KOPH I have made my prayer with all my heart; give answer to me, O Lord: I will keep your rules.

¹⁴⁶ My cry has gone up to you; take me out of trouble, and I will be guided by your unchanging word.

¹⁴⁷ Before the sun is up, my cry for help comes to your ear; my hope is in your words.

¹⁴⁸ In the night watches I am awake, so that I may give thought to your saying.

¹⁴⁹ Let my voice come to you, in your mercy; O Lord, by your decisions give me life.

¹⁵⁰ Those who have evil designs against me come near; they are far from your law.

¹⁵¹ You are near, O Lord; and all your teachings are true.

¹⁵² I have long had knowledge that your unchanging word is for ever.

¹⁵³ RESH O see my trouble, and be my saviour; for I keep your law in my mind,

¹⁵⁴ Undertake my cause, and come to my help, give me life, as you have said.

¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far from evil-doers; for they have made no search for your rules.

¹⁵⁶ Great is the number of your mercies, O Lord; give me life in keeping with your decisions.

¹⁵⁷ Great is the number of those who are against me; but I have not been turned away from your unchanging word.

¹⁵⁸ I saw with hate those who were untrue to you; for they did not keep your saying.

¹⁵⁹ See how great is my love for your orders: give me life, O Lord, in keeping with your mercy.

¹⁶⁰ Your word is true from the first; and your upright decision is unchanging for ever.

¹⁶¹ SHIN Rulers have been cruel to me without cause; but I have the fear of your word in my heart.

¹⁶² I am delighted by your saying, like a man who makes discovery of great wealth.

¹⁶³ I am full of hate and disgust for false words; but I am a lover of your law.

¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day do I give you praise, because of your upright decisions.

⁷³ YOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments.

⁷⁴ They that fear thee will see me, and rejoice; because I have hoped in thy word.

⁷⁵ I know, Jehovah, that thy Judgments are righteousness, and that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.

⁷⁶ Oh let thy loving-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 have acted perversely towards me with falsehood: as for me, I meditate in thy precepts.

⁷⁹ Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that know thy testimonies.

⁸⁰ Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.

⁸¹ CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; 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; I do not forget thy statutes.

⁸⁴ How many shall be the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

⁸⁵ The proud have digged pits for me, which is not according to thy law.

⁸⁶ All thy commandments are faithfulness. They persecute me wrongfully: help thou me.

⁸⁷ They had almost consumed me upon the earth; but as for me, I forsook not thy precepts.

⁸⁸ Quicken me according to thy loving-kindness, and I will keep the testimony of thy mouth.

⁸⁹ LAMED. For ever, O Jehovah, thy word is settled in the heavens.

⁹⁰ Thy faithfulness is from generation to generation: thou hast established the earth, and it standeth.

⁹¹ By thine ordinances they stand this day; for all things are thy servants.

⁹² Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

⁹³ I will never forget thy precepts; for by them thou hast quickened me.

⁹⁴ I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.

⁹⁵ The wicked have awaited me to destroy me; but I attend unto thy testimonies.

⁹⁶ I have seen an end of all perfection: thy commandment is exceeding broad.

⁹⁷ MEM. Oh how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

⁹⁸ Thy commandments make 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 aged, because I have observed thy precepts.

¹⁰¹ I have refrained my feet from every evil path, that I might keep thy word.

¹⁰² I have not departed from thy judgments; for it is thou that hast taught me.

¹⁰³ How sweet are thy *words unto my taste! more than honey to my mouth!

¹⁰⁴ From thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false path.

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; O Jehovah, quicken me according to thy word.

¹⁰⁸ Accept, I beseech thee, Jehovah, the voluntary-offerings of my mouth, and teach me thy judgments.

¹⁰⁹ My life is continually in my hand; but I do not forget thy law.

¹¹⁰ The wicked have laid a snare for me; but I have not wandered from thy precepts.

¹¹¹ Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

¹¹² I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes for ever, unto the end.

¹¹³ SAMECH. The double-minded have I hated; 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 evil-doers; and I will observe the commandments of my God.

¹¹⁶ Uphold me according to 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 set at nought all them that wander 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 shuddereth 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 to thy loving-kindness, and teach me thy statutes.

¹²⁵ I am thy servant; give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.

¹²⁶ It is time for Jehovah to work: they have made void thy law.

¹²⁷ Therefore I love thy commandments above gold, yea, above fine gold.

¹²⁸ Therefore I regard all thy precepts concerning all things to be right: I hate every false path.

¹²⁹ PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul observe them.

¹³⁰ The entrance of thy words giveth light, giving understanding unto the simple.

¹³¹ I opened my mouth wide and panted; for I longed for thy commandments.

¹³² Turn unto me, and be gracious unto me, as thou art wont to do unto those that love thy name.

¹³³ Establish my steps in thy *word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

¹³⁴ Deliver me from the oppression of man; and I will keep thy precepts.

¹³⁵ Make thy face to shine upon thy servant, and teach me thy statutes.

¹³⁶ Mine eyes run down with streams of water, because they keep not thy law.

¹³⁷ TZADE. Righteous art thou, Jehovah, and upright are thy judgments.

¹³⁸ Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness and exceeding faithfulness.

¹³⁹ My zeal destroyeth me, because mine oppressors have forgotten thy words.

¹⁴⁰ Thy *word is exceeding pure, and thy servant loveth it.

¹⁴¹ I am little and despised: thy precepts have I not forgotten.

¹⁴² Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is truth.

¹⁴³ Trouble and anguish have taken hold upon me: thy commandments are my delights.

¹⁴⁴ The righteousness of thy testimonies is for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.

¹⁴⁵ KOPH. I have called with my whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah: I will observe thy statutes.

¹⁴⁶ I call upon thee; save me, and I will keep thy testimonies.

¹⁴⁷ I anticipate the morning-dawn and I cry: I hope in thy word.

¹⁴⁸ Mine eyes anticipate the night-watches, that I may meditate in thy *word.

¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice according to thy loving-kindness: O Jehovah, quicken me according to thy judgment.

¹⁵⁰ They have drawn nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.

¹⁵¹ Thou, Jehovah, art near, and all thy commandments are truth.

¹⁵² From thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.

¹⁵³ RESH. See mine affliction, and deliver me; for I have not forgotten thy law.

¹⁵⁴ Plead my cause, and redeem me: quicken me according to thy *word.

¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far from the wicked; for they seek not thy statutes.

¹⁵⁶ Many are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah; quicken me according to thy judgments.

¹⁵⁷ Many are my persecutors and mine oppressors; I have not declined from thy testimonies.

¹⁵⁸ I beheld them that deal treacherously, and was grieved; because they kept not thy *word.

¹⁵⁹ See how I have loved thy precepts: quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy loving-kindness.

¹⁶⁰ The sum of thy word is truth, and every righteous judgment of thine is for ever.

¹⁶¹ SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

¹⁶² I have joy in thy *word, as one that findeth great spoil.

¹⁶³ I hate and abhor falsehood; thy law do I love.

¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.

⁷³ Yodh You created me and made me what I am; help me to learn and better understand your commandments.

⁷⁴ May those who worship you be happy when they see me, for I place my confidence in your word.

⁷⁵ Lord, I know that what you decide is right; you brought me down in order to help me because you are trustworthy.

⁷⁶ May your trustworthy love comfort me as your promised me, your servant.

⁷⁷ Be compassionate to me so I may live, for I love your teachings.

⁷⁸ Bring down those proud people who wronged me with their lies. I will spend time thinking about your instructions.

⁷⁹ Let those who follow you turn to me, those who understand your laws.

⁸⁰ May I be innocent in the way I keep your rules so that I won't be ashamed.

⁸¹ Kaph I'm exhausted waiting for you to save me, but my hope is in your word.

⁸² I strain my eyes looking for you to keep your promises, asking “When will you comfort me?”

⁸³ I've become like a wineskin that's been shriveled up by smoke, but I have not forgotten to do as you say.

⁸⁴ How long do I have to wait before you punish my persecutors?

⁸⁵ These arrogant people have dug pits to trap me, these people who don't care anything about your law.

⁸⁶ All your commands are trustworthy. Help me against these people who persecute me with their lies!

⁸⁷ They have almost killed me, but I have not given up on what you say.

⁸⁸ Since you love me with your trustworthy love, don't let me die, so I can go on following the instructions you have given.

⁸⁹ Lamedh Your word, Lord, lasts forever. It stands firm in the heavens.

⁹⁰ Your faithfulness lasts for all generations, as permanent as the earth you created.

⁹¹ Your judgments stand—they are as true today as ever—for everything serves your will.

⁹² If I didn't love your teachings, my suffering would have killed me.

⁹³ I will never forget your instructions, for through them you give me life.

⁹⁴ I belong to you, so please save me! I am committed to following your rules.

⁹⁵ Even though wicked people are waiting to ambush and kill me, I will focus my mind on what you say.

⁹⁶ I recognize that human perfection has its limits, but your law is limitless.

⁹⁷ Mem I really love your law! I meditate on it all day long.

⁹⁸ Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for I'm always thinking about your instructions.

⁹⁹ In fact I have a better insight than all of my teachers because I spend time concentrating on what you say.

¹⁰⁰ I even understand more than the elders because I follow your directions.

¹⁰¹ I avoid any course of action that leads to evil, because I want to remain faithful to your word.

¹⁰² I have not disregarded your instructions because you yourself taught me what to do.

¹⁰³ Your words taste so sweet to me! They are sweeter than honey to my mouth.

¹⁰⁴ I gain understanding from what you say, so I hate any way of life that's just a lie.

¹⁰⁵ Nun Your word is a lamp that shows me where to walk, it's a light for my path.

¹⁰⁶ I've made a promise, and I will keep it: I will keep your rules that are always right!

¹⁰⁷ Lord, I'm really suffering! Please let me live, as you have promised.

¹⁰⁸ Lord, please accept my offerings of praise that I freely give you. Teach me your rules.

¹⁰⁹ My life is always at risk, but I will not forget your law.

¹¹⁰ Wicked people have set a trap for me, but I will not stray from your commandments.

¹¹¹ I will always hold on to what you say for your words make me really happy,

¹¹² I have made up my mind to follow your instructions to the very end.

¹¹³ Samekh I hate people who are two-faced, but I love your law.

¹¹⁴ You keep me safe and you defend me, your word gives me reason to hope.

¹¹⁵ Leave me alone, you evil people, and let me keep the commandments of my God.

¹¹⁶ Support me, Lord, as you promised, so I can live. Don't let my hope turn into discouragement.

¹¹⁷ Support me, so I can be saved and always pay attention to your instructions.

¹¹⁸ You reject all those who don't follow your instructions—they're fooling themselves by living a lie.

¹¹⁹ You treat the wicked people on earth as something worthless to be discarded; therefore I love your laws.

¹²⁰ I have goose bumps thinking of you—I'm in awe! I'm scared of your judgments!

¹²¹ Ayin I have done what's fair and right, so please don't abandon me to my enemies.

¹²² Please promise you'll take care of me, your servant. Don't let these arrogant people mistreat me.

¹²³ I strain my eyes looking for your salvation, watching for you to fulfill your promise to make everything good.

¹²⁴ Please treat me, your servant, according to your trustworthy love. Teach me what you want me to do.

¹²⁵ I am your servant. Please give me discernment so I can understand your instructions.

¹²⁶ Lord, it's time for you to act, for these people have broken your laws.

¹²⁷ This is why I love your commandments more than gold, more than the finest gold.

¹²⁸ All of your rules are right in every way, and so I hate any way of life that's just a lie.

¹²⁹ Pe Your laws are truly wonderful—that's why I keep them!

¹³⁰ Studying your words brings light so that even the uneducated can understand.

¹³¹ With keen desire I long for what you have to say.

¹³² Please pay attention to me and be kind to me, as you are with those who love you.

¹³³ Tell me by your word the way I should go, and don't let any kind of evil control me.

¹³⁴ Save me from cruel people so I can follow your instructions.

¹³⁵ Please look favorably on me, your servant, teach me what I should do.

¹³⁶ My tears stream down as I weep for those who don't keep your law.

¹³⁷ Tsadhe Lord, you are right, and what you decide is just!

¹³⁸ You have given your instructions which are fair and totally trustworthy.

¹³⁹ My devotion is burning me up inside because my enemies ignore your words.

¹⁴⁰ Your promises have been proved true, and that's why I, your servant, love them.

¹⁴¹ I may be unimportant and looked down on, but I don't forget your commandments.

¹⁴² Your goodness and justice last forever; and your law is the truth.

¹⁴³ When I have problems and sadness, your commands make me happy.

¹⁴⁴ Your laws are always right; help me to understand what they mean so I can live.

¹⁴⁵ Qoph My whole being is crying out! Lord, please answer me! I will follow your instructions.

¹⁴⁶ I pray to you, asking, “Please save me!” so I can do what you say.

¹⁴⁷ I get up before dawn, and call out to you for help and put my hope in your word.

¹⁴⁸ During the night I stay awake, meditating on your word.

¹⁴⁹ Listen to what I have to say, Lord, because of your trustworthy love. Keep me alive, Lord, because you always do what's right.

¹⁵⁰ Evil people come running to attack me—they totally disregard your law.

¹⁵¹ But you, Lord, are close beside me; all your commandments are true.

¹⁵² Long ago I realized that your laws will last forever.

¹⁵³ Resh Please look at my suffering and save me! I have not forgotten your teachings.

¹⁵⁴ Plead my case, and save me as you promised! Let me live!

¹⁵⁵ Wicked people can't be saved, because they don't care about what you say.

¹⁵⁶ Lord, your mercy is so great! Because you are always fair, please let me live!

¹⁵⁷ Despite the many people who persecute and mistreat me, I have not strayed from your laws.

¹⁵⁸ Watching these unfaithful people disgusts me because they take no notice of your word.

¹⁵⁹ See how much I love your commandments, Lord. Please let me live because of your trustworthy love.

¹⁶⁰ Your word can be summed up in one word: truth! All of your just laws will last forever.

¹⁶¹ Shin Leaders persecute me for no reason, but I am in awe only of your word.

¹⁶² Your word makes me so happy—I'm like someone who discovers immense treasure.

¹⁶³ I hate and detest lies, but I love your teachings.

¹⁶⁴ I praise you seven times a day because your laws are good.

⁷³ IOD. Thine hands haue made me and fashioned me: giue mee vnderstanding therefore, that I may learne thy commandements.

⁷⁴ So they that feare thee, seeing mee shall reioyce, because I haue trusted in thy worde.

⁷⁵ I knowe, O Lord, that thy iudgements are right, and that thou hast afflicted me iustly.

⁷⁶ I pray thee that thy mercie may comfort me according to thy promise vnto thy seruant.

⁷⁷ Let thy tender mercies come vnto me, that I may liue: for thy Lawe is my delite.

⁷⁸ Let the proude be ashamed: for they haue dealt wickedly and falsely with me: but I meditate in thy precepts.

⁷⁹ Let such as feare thee turne vnto me, and they that knowe thy testimonies.

⁸⁰ Let mine heart bee vpright in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.

⁸¹ CAPH. My soule fainteth for thy saluation: yet I waite for thy worde.

⁸² Mine eyes faile for thy promise, saying, when wilt thou comfort me?

⁸³ For I am like a bottell in the smoke: yet doe I not forget thy statutes.

⁸⁴ Howe many are the dayes of thy seruant? When wilt thou execute iudgement on them that persecute me?

⁸⁵ The proude haue digged pittes for mee, which is not after thy Lawe.

⁸⁶ All thy commandements are true: they persecute me falsely: helpe me.

⁸⁷ They had almost consumed me vpon the earth: but I forsooke not thy precepts.

⁸⁸ Quicken me according to thy louing kindnes: so shall I keepe the testimony of thy mouth.

⁸⁹ LAMED. O Lord, thy worde endureth for euer in heauen.

⁹⁰ Thy trueth is from generation to generation: thou hast layed the foundation of the earth, and it abideth.

⁹¹ They continue euen to this day by thine ordinances: for all are thy seruants.

⁹² Except thy Lawe had bene my delite, I should now haue perished in mine affliction.

⁹³ I wil neuer forget thy precepts: for by them thou hast quickened me.

⁹⁴ I am thine, saue me: for I haue sought thy precepts.

⁹⁵ The wicked haue waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.

⁹⁶ I haue seene an ende of all perfection: but thy commandement is exceeding large.

⁹⁷ MEM. Oh howe loue I thy Lawe! it is my meditation continually.

⁹⁸ By thy commandements thou hast made mee wiser then mine enemies: for they are euer with mee.

⁹⁹ I haue had more vnderstading then all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

¹⁰⁰ I vnderstoode more then the ancient, because I kept thy precepts.

¹⁰¹ I haue refrained my feete from euery euil way, that I might keepe thy word.

¹⁰² I haue not declined from thy iudgements: for thou didest teach me.

¹⁰³ Howe sweete are thy promises vnto my mouth! yea, more then hony vnto my mouth.

¹⁰⁴ By thy precepts I haue gotten vnderstanding: therefore I hate all the wayes of falshoode.

¹⁰⁵ NUN. Thy worde is a lanterne vnto my feete, and a light vnto my path.

¹⁰⁶ I haue sworne and will performe it, that I will keepe thy righteous iudgements.

¹⁰⁷ I am very sore afflicted: O Lord, quicken me according to thy word.

¹⁰⁸ O Lord, I beseeche thee accept the free offerings of my mouth, and teach mee thy iudgements.

¹⁰⁹ My soule is continually in mine hande: yet doe I not forget thy Lawe.

¹¹⁰ The wicked haue layed a snare for mee: but I swarued not from thy precepts.

¹¹¹ Thy testimonies haue I taken as an heritage for euer: for they are the ioy of mine heart.

¹¹² I haue applied mine heart to fulfill thy statutes alway, euen vnto the ende.

¹¹³ SAMECH. I hate vaine inuentions: but thy Lawe doe I loue.

¹¹⁴ Thou art my refuge and shield, and I trust in thy worde.

¹¹⁵ Away from mee, yee wicked: for I will keepe the commandements of my God.

¹¹⁶ Stablish me according to thy promise, that I may liue, and disappoint me not of mine hope.

¹¹⁷ Stay thou mee, and I shall be safe, and I will delite continually in thy statutes.

¹¹⁸ Thou hast troden downe all them that depart from thy statutes: for their deceit is vaine.

¹¹⁹ Thou hast taken away all ye wicked of the earth like drosse: therefore I loue thy testimonies.

¹²⁰ My flesh trembleth for feare of thee, and I am afraide of thy iudgements.

¹²¹ AIN. I haue executed iudgement and iustice: leaue me not to mine oppressours.

¹²² Answere for thy seruant in that, which is good, and let not the proude oppresse me.

¹²³ Mine eyes haue failed in waiting for thy saluation, and for thy iust promise.

¹²⁴ Deale with thy seruant according to thy mercie, and teache me thy statutes.

¹²⁵ I am thy seruant: graunt mee therefore vnderstanding, that I may knowe thy testimonies.

¹²⁶ It is time for thee Lord to worke: for they haue destroyed thy Lawe.

¹²⁷ Therefore loue I thy commandements aboue golde, yea, aboue most fine golde.

¹²⁸ Therefore I esteeme all thy precepts most iust, and hate all false wayes.

¹²⁹ PE. Thy testimonies are wonderfull: therefore doeth my soule keepe them.

¹³⁰ The entrance into thy wordes sheweth light, and giueth vnderstanding to the simple.

¹³¹ I opened my mouth and panted, because I loued thy commandements.

¹³² Looke vpon mee and bee mercifull vnto me, as thou vsest to doe vnto those that loue thy Name.

¹³³ Direct my steppes in thy worde, and let none iniquitie haue dominion ouer me.

¹³⁴ Deliuer mee from the oppression of men, and I will keepe thy precepts.

¹³⁵ Shew the light of thy countenance vpon thy seruant, and teache me thy statutes.

¹³⁶ Mine eyes gush out with riuers of water, because they keepe not thy Lawe.

¹³⁷ TSADDI. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and iust are thy iudgements.

¹³⁸ Thou hast commanded iustice by thy testimonies and trueth especially.

¹³⁹ My zeale hath euen consumed mee, because mine enemies haue forgotten thy wordes.

¹⁴⁰ Thy word is prooued most pure, and thy seruant loueth it.

¹⁴¹ I am small and despised: yet do I not forget thy precepts.

¹⁴² Thy righteousnesse is an euerlasting righteousnes, and thy Lawe is trueth.

¹⁴³ Trouble and anguish are come vpon me: yet are thy commandements my delite.

¹⁴⁴ The righteousnes of thy testimonies is euerlasting: graunt me vnderstanding, and I shall liue.

¹⁴⁵ KOPH. I haue cried with my whole heart: heare me, O Lord, and I will keepe thy statutes.

¹⁴⁶ I called vpon thee: saue mee, and I will keepe thy testimonies.

¹⁴⁷ I preuented the morning light, and cried: for I waited on thy word.

¹⁴⁸ Mine eyes preuent the night watches to meditate in thy word.

¹⁴⁹ Heare my voyce according to thy louing kindenesse: O Lord, quicken me according to thy iudgement.

¹⁵⁰ They drawe neere, that follow after malice, and are farre from thy Lawe.

¹⁵¹ Thou art neere, O Lord: for all thy commandements are true.

¹⁵² I haue knowen long since by thy testimonies, that thou hast established them for euer.

¹⁵³ RESH. Beholde mine affliction, and deliuer mee: for I haue not forgotten thy Lawe.

¹⁵⁴ Pleade my cause, and deliuer me: quicken me according vnto thy word.

¹⁵⁵ Saluation is farre from the wicked, because they seeke not thy statutes.

¹⁵⁶ Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to thy iudgements.

¹⁵⁷ My persecutours and mine oppressours are many: yet doe I not swarue from thy testimonies.

¹⁵⁸ I saw the transgressours and was grieued, because they kept not thy worde.

¹⁵⁹ Consider, O Lord, how I loue thy preceptes: quicken mee according to thy louing kindenesse.

¹⁶⁰ The beginning of thy worde is trueth, and all the iudgements of thy righteousnesse endure for euer.

¹⁶¹ SCHIN. Princes haue persecuted mee without cause, but mine heart stood in awe of thy wordes.

¹⁶² I reioyce at thy worde, as one that findeth a great spoyle.

¹⁶³ I hate falshoode and abhorre it, but thy Lawe doe I loue.

¹⁶⁴ Seuen times a day doe I praise thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.

⁷³ JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding, that I may learn Thy commandments.

⁷⁴ They that fear Thee shall see me and be glad, because I have hope in Thy word.

⁷⁵ I know, O LORD, that Thy judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me.

⁷⁶ Let, I pray Thee, Thy lovingkindness be ready to comfort me, according to Thy promise 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 put to shame, for they have distorted my cause with falsehood; but I will meditate in Thy precepts.

⁷⁹ Let those that fear Thee return unto me, and they that know Thy testimonies.

⁸⁰ Let my heart be undivided in Thy statutes, in order that I may not be put to shame.

⁸¹ CAPH. My soul pineth for Thy salvation; in Thy word do I hope.

⁸² Mine eyes fail for Thy word, saying: 'When wilt Thou comfort me?'

⁸³ For I am become like a wine-skin 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 is not according to Thy law.

⁸⁶ All Thy commandments are faithful; they persecute me for nought; help Thou me.

⁸⁷ They had almost consumed me upon earth; but as for me, I forsook not Thy precepts.

⁸⁸ Quicken me after Thy lovingkindness, and I will observe the testimony of Thy mouth.

⁸⁹ LAMED. For ever, O LORD, Thy word standeth fast in heaven.

⁹⁰ Thy faithfulness is unto all generations; Thou hast established the earth, and it standeth.

⁹¹ They stand this day according to Thine ordinances; for all things are Thy servants.

⁹² Unless Thy law had been my delight, 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 to every purpose; but Thy commandment is exceeding broad.

⁹⁷ MEM. O how love I Thy law! It is my meditation all the day.

⁹⁸ Thy commandments make 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 mine elders, because I have keep Thy precepts.

¹⁰¹ I have refrained my feet from every evil way, in order that I might observe Thy word.

¹⁰² I have not turned aside from Thine ordinances; for Thou hast instructed me.

¹⁰³ How sweet are Thy words unto my palate! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

¹⁰⁴ From 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 have confirmed it, to observe Thy righteous ordinances.

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 Thine ordinances.

¹⁰⁹ My soul is continually in my hand; yet have I not forgotten Thy law.

¹¹⁰ The wicked have laid a snare for me; yet went I not astray from Thy precepts.

¹¹¹ Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

¹¹² I have inclined my heart to perform Thy statutes, for ever, at every step.

¹¹³ SAMECH. I hate them that are of a double mind; but Thy law do I love.

¹¹⁴ Thou art my covert and my shield; in Thy word do I hope.

¹¹⁵ Depart from me, ye evildoers; that I may keep the commandments of my God.

¹¹⁶ Uphold me according unto Thy word, that I may live; and put me not to shame in my hope.

¹¹⁷ Support Thou me, and I shall be saved; and I will occupy myself with Thy statutes continually.

¹¹⁸ Thou hast made light of all them that err from Thy statutes; for their deceit is vain.

¹¹⁹ Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross; therefore I love Thy testimonies.

¹²⁰ My flesh shuddereth for fear of Thee; and I am afraid of Thy judgments.

¹²¹ AIN. I have done justice and righteousness; 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 Thy righteous word.

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 the LORD to work; 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; every false way I hate.

¹²⁹ PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul keep them.

¹³⁰ The opening of Thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

¹³¹ I opened wide my mouth, and panted; for I longed for Thy commandments.

¹³² Turn Thee towards me, and be gracious unto me, as is Thy wont to do unto those that love Thy name.

¹³³ Order my footsteps by Thy word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

¹³⁴ Redeem me from the oppression of man, and I will observe Thy precepts.

¹³⁵ Make Thy face to shine upon Thy servant; and teach me Thy statutes.

¹³⁶ Mine eyes run down with rivers of water, because they observe not Thy law.

¹³⁷ TZADE. Righteous art Thou, O LORD, and upright are Thy judgments.

¹³⁸ Thou hast commanded Thy testimonies in righteousness and exceeding faithfulness.

¹³⁹ My zeal hath undone me, because mine adversaries have forgotten Thy words.

¹⁴⁰ Thy word is tried to the uttermost, and Thy servant loveth it.

¹⁴¹ I am small and despised; yet have I not forgotten Thy precepts.

¹⁴² Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Thy law is the truth.

¹⁴³ Trouble and anguish have overtaken me; yet Thy commandments are my delight.

¹⁴⁴ Thy testimonies are righteous for ever; give me understanding, and I shall live.

¹⁴⁵ KOPH. I have called with my whole heart; answer me, O LORD; I will keep Thy statutes.

¹⁴⁶ I have called Thee, save me, and I will observe Thy testimonies.

¹⁴⁷ I rose early at dawn, and cried; I hoped in Thy word.

¹⁴⁸ Mine eyes forestalled the night-watches, that I might meditate in Thy word.

¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice according unto Thy lovingkindness; quicken me, O LORD, as Thou art wont.

¹⁵⁰ They draw nigh that follow after wickedness; they are far from Thy law.

¹⁵¹ Thou art nigh, O LORD; and all Thy commandments are truth.

¹⁵² Of old have I known from Thy testimonies that Thou hast founded them for ever.

¹⁵³ RESH. O see mine affliction, and rescue me; for I do not forget Thy law.

¹⁵⁴ Plead Thou my cause, and redeem me; quicken me according to Thy word.

¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far from the wicked; for they seek not Thy statutes.

¹⁵⁶ Great are Thy compassions, O LORD; quicken me as Thou art wont.

¹⁵⁷ Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; yet have I not turned aside from Thy testimonies.

¹⁵⁸ I beheld them that were faithless, and strove with them; because they observed not Thy word.

¹⁵⁹ O see how I love Thy precepts; quicken me, O LORD, according to Thy lovingkindness.

¹⁶⁰ The beginning of Thy word is truth; and all Thy righteous ordinance endureth for ever.

¹⁶¹ SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart standeth in awe of Thy words.

¹⁶² I rejoice at Thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.

¹⁶³ I hate and abhor falsehood; Thy law do I love.

¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day do I praise Thee, because of Thy righteous ordinances.

⁷³ (י) Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

⁷⁴ (י) They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; Because I have hoped in thy word.

⁷⁵ (י) I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, And that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.

⁷⁶ (י) Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, According to thy word unto thy servant.

⁷⁷ (י) Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: For thy law is my delight.

⁷⁸ (י) Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: But I will meditate in thy precepts.

⁷⁹ (י) Let those that fear thee turn unto me, And those that have known thy testimonies.

⁸⁰ (י) Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; That I be not ashamed.

⁸¹ (כ) My soul fainteth for thy salvation: But I hope in thy word.

⁸² (כ) Mine eyes fail for thy word, Saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

⁸³ (כ) For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.

⁸⁴ (כ) How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

⁸⁵ (כ) The proud have digged pits for me, Which are not after thy law.

⁸⁶ (כ) All thy commandments are faithful: They persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.

⁸⁷ (כ) They had almost consumed me upon earth; But I forsook not thy precepts.

⁸⁸ (כ) Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; So shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.

⁸⁹ (ל) For ever, O Lord, Thy word is settled in heaven.

⁹⁰ (ל) Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.

⁹¹ (ל) They continue this day according to thine ordinances: For all are thy servants.

⁹² (ל) Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

⁹³ (ל) I will never forget thy precepts: For with them thou hast quickened me.

⁹⁴ (ל) I am thine, save me; For I have sought thy precepts.

⁹⁵ (ל) The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: But I will consider thy testimonies.

⁹⁶ (ל) I have seen an end of all perfection: But thy commandment is exceeding broad.

⁹⁷ (מ) O how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.

⁹⁸ (מ) Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: For they are ever with me.

⁹⁹ (מ) I have more understanding than all my teachers: For thy testimonies are my meditation.

¹⁰⁰ (מ) I understand more than the ancients, Because I keep thy precepts.

¹⁰¹ (מ) I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might keep thy word.

¹⁰² (מ) I have not departed from thy judgments: For thou hast taught me.

¹⁰³ (מ) How sweet are thy words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

¹⁰⁴ (מ) Through thy precepts I get understanding: Therefore I hate every false way.

¹⁰⁵ (נ) Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And a light unto my path.

¹⁰⁶ (נ) I have sworn, and I will perform it, That I will keep thy righteous judgments.

¹⁰⁷ (נ) I am afflicted very much: Quicken me, O Lord, according unto thy word.

¹⁰⁸ (נ) Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, And teach me thy judgments.

¹⁰⁹ (נ) My soul is continually in my hand: Yet do I not forget thy law.

¹¹⁰ (נ) The wicked have laid a snare for me: Yet I erred not from thy precepts.

¹¹¹ (נ) Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: For they are the rejoicing of my heart.

¹¹² (נ) I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes Alway, even unto the end.

¹¹³ (ס) I hate vain thoughts: But thy law do I love.

¹¹⁴ (ס) Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

¹¹⁵ (ס) Depart from me, ye evildoers: For I will keep the commandments of my God.

¹¹⁶ (ס) Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: And let me not be ashamed of my hope.

¹¹⁷ (ס) Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: And I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.

¹¹⁸ (ס) Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: For their deceit is falsehood.

¹¹⁹ (ס) Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: Therefore I love thy testimonies.

¹²⁰ (ס) My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; And I am afraid of thy judgments.

¹²¹ (ע) I have done judgment and justice: Leave me not to mine oppressors.

¹²² (ע) Be surety for thy servant for good: Let not the proud oppress me.

¹²³ (ע) Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, And for the word of thy righteousness.

¹²⁴ (ע) Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, And teach me thy statutes.

¹²⁵ (ע) I am thy servant; give me understanding, That I may know thy testimonies.

¹²⁶ (ע) It is time for thee, Lord, to work: For they have made void thy law.

¹²⁷ (ע) Therefore I love thy commandments Above gold; yea, above fine gold.

¹²⁸ (ע) Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; And I hate every false way.

¹²⁹ (פ) Thy testimonies are wonderful: Therefore doth my soul keep them.

¹³⁰ (פ) The entrance of thy words giveth light; It giveth understanding unto the simple.

¹³¹ (פ) I opened my mouth, and panted: For I longed for thy commandments.

¹³² (פ) Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, As thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.

¹³³ (פ) Order my steps in thy word: And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

¹³⁴ (פ) Deliver me from the oppression of man: So will I keep thy precepts.

¹³⁵ (פ) Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; And teach me thy statutes.

¹³⁶ (פ) Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, Because they keep not thy law.

¹³⁷ (צ) Righteous art thou, O Lord, And upright are thy judgments.

¹³⁸ (צ) Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous And very faithful.

¹³⁹ (צ) My zeal hath consumed me, Because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.

¹⁴⁰ (צ) Thy word is very pure: Therefore thy servant loveth it.

¹⁴¹ (צ) I am small and despised: Yet do not I forget thy precepts.

¹⁴² (צ) Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And thy law is the truth.

¹⁴³ (צ) Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: Yet thy commandments are my delights.

¹⁴⁴ (צ) The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: Give me understanding, and I shall live.

¹⁴⁵ (ק) I cried with my whole heart; Hear me, O Lord: I will keep thy statutes.

¹⁴⁶ (ק) I cried unto thee; save me, And I shall keep thy testimonies.

¹⁴⁷ (ק) I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.

¹⁴⁸ (ק) Mine eyes prevent the night watches, That I might meditate in thy word.

¹⁴⁹ (ק) Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O Lord, quicken me according to thy judgment.

¹⁵⁰ (ק) They draw nigh that follow after mischief: They are far from thy law.

¹⁵¹ (ק) Thou art near, O Lord; And all thy commandments are truth.

¹⁵² (ק) Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old That thou hast founded them for ever.

¹⁵³ (ר) Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: For I do not forget thy law.

¹⁵⁴ (ר) Plead my cause, and deliver me: Quicken me according to thy word.

¹⁵⁵ (ר) Salvation is far from the wicked: For they seek not thy statutes.

¹⁵⁶ (ר) Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord: Quicken me according to thy judgments.

¹⁵⁷ (ר) Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; Yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.

¹⁵⁸ (ר) I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; Because they kept not thy word.

¹⁵⁹ (ר) Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Lord, according to thy lovingkindness.

¹⁶⁰ (ר) Thy word is true from the beginning: And every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.

¹⁶¹ (ש) Princes have persecuted me without a cause: But my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

¹⁶² (ש) I rejoice at thy word, As one that findeth great spoil.

¹⁶³ (ש) I hate and abhor lying: But thy law do I love.

¹⁶⁴ (ש) Seven times a day do I praise thee Because of thy righteous judgments.

⁷³ YOD. Thy hands have made me and established me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

⁷⁴ Those that fear thee will see me and be rejoiced; because I have waited for thy word.

⁷⁵ I know, O Lord, that thy decrees are righteous, and that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.

⁷⁶ Let, I pray thee, thy kindness come to comfort me, according to thy promise unto thy servant.

⁷⁷ Let thy mercies come unto me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight.

⁷⁸ Let the presumptuous be made ashamed; because they have without a cause dealt perversely with me; but I will indeed meditate on thy precepts.

⁷⁹ Let those that fear thee return unto me, and those that know thy testimonies.

⁸⁰ Let my heart be entire in thy statutes, in order that I may not be put to shame.

⁸¹ CAPH. My soul ardently desireth for thy salvation: for thy word do I wait.

⁸² My eyes look eagerly for thy promise, 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 justice on my persecutors?

⁸⁵ The presumptuous have dug pits for me, which is not in accordance with thy law.

⁸⁶ All thy commandments are founded on truth: without cause they persecute me; help thou me.

⁸⁷ But little was wanting that they had consumed me upon earth; but I have truly not forsaken thy precepts.

⁸⁸ According to thy kindness give me life, that I may observe the testimony of thy mouth.

⁸⁹ LAMED. To eternity, O Lord, standeth firm thy word with the heavens.

⁹⁰ Unto all generations endureth thy faithfulness: thou hast established the earth, and she standeth.

⁹¹ According to thy ordinances they exist this day: for all are thy servants.

⁹² Unless thy law had been my delights, I should long since have been lost in my affliction.

⁹³ Never will I forget thy precepts; for with them thou hast kept me alive.

⁹⁴ Thine am I, save me; for thy precepts have I sought.

⁹⁵ Wicked men have waited for me to destroy me; but I will reflect on thy testimonies.

⁹⁶ Of all perfection have I seen the end; but thy commandment is exceedingly extended.

⁹⁷ MEM. Oh how do I love thy law! all the day is it my meditation.

⁹⁸ Wiser than my enemy doth thy commandment make me; for it is perpetually with me.

⁹⁹ Above all my teachers have I obtained intelligence; for thy testimonies are my meditation.

¹⁰⁰ More than the elders do I possess understanding; because thy precepts do I keep.

¹⁰¹ From every evil path have I withholden my feet, in order that I might observe thy word.

¹⁰² From thy ordinances have I not departed; for thou hast instructed me.

¹⁰³ How much sweeter are to my palate thy sayings than honey to my mouth!

¹⁰⁴ Through thy precepts shall I obtain understanding: therefore do I hate every path of falsehood.

¹⁰⁵ NUN. A lamp unto my feet is thy word, and a light unto my path.

¹⁰⁶ I have sworn, and I will perform it, to observe thy righteous ordinances.

¹⁰⁷ I am afflicted exceedingly much: O Lord, revive me, according to thy word.

¹⁰⁸ Receive in favor the freewill-offerings of my mouth, I beseech thee, O Lord, and teach me thy ordinances.

¹⁰⁹ My life is in my hand continually: yet thy law do I not forget.

¹¹⁰ The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet have I not erred from thy precepts.

¹¹¹ I have taken thy testimonies as a heritage to eternity; for they are the joy of my heart.

¹¹² I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes always, in all their ways.

¹¹³ SAMECH. Those of divided thoughts I hate; but thy law do I love.

¹¹⁴ My shelter and my shield art thou: for thy word do I wait.

¹¹⁵ Depart from me, ye evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of God.

¹¹⁶ Uphold me according to thy promise, that I may live, and let me not be made ashamed of my hope.

¹¹⁷ Support me that I may be placed in safety, and I will direct my regard unto thy statutes continually.

¹¹⁸ Thou hast trodden down all that erringly stray from thy statutes; for falsehood is their deceit.

¹¹⁹ Like dross dost thou put away all the wicked of the earth: therefore do I love thy testimonies.

¹²⁰ My 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.

¹²² Protect thy servant for good: let not the presumptuous oppress me.

¹²³ My eyes look eagerly for thy salvation, and for thy righteous promise.

¹²⁴ Deal with thy servant according to thy kindness, and thy statutes do thou teach me.

¹²⁵ I am thy servant: give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.

¹²⁶ It is time to act for the Lord: they have broken thy law.

¹²⁷ Therefore do I love thy commandments more than gold, and more than fine gold.

¹²⁸ Therefore do I esteem all thy precepts in all things as right: every path of falsehood do I hate.

¹²⁹ PE. Wonderful are thy testimonies: therefore doth my soul keep them.

¹³⁰ The opening of thy words giveth light, it giveth understanding unto the simple.

¹³¹ I opened my mouth, and panted for breath; because for thy commandments did I long.

¹³² Turn thou unto me, and be gracious unto me, as is thy wont unto those that love thy name.

¹³³ My steps establish thou through thy promise, and suffer not any wrong to have dominion over me.

¹³⁴ Deliver me from the oppression of man, and I will observe thy precepts.

¹³⁵ Let thy face shine upon thy servant, and teach me thy statutes.

¹³⁶ Streams of water have run down my eyes; because they had not observed thy law.

¹³⁷ TZADDE. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy decrees.

¹³⁸ Thou hast commanded thy testimonies, as righteous and faithful exceedingly.

¹³⁹ My zeal destroyeth me; because my assailants have forgotten thy words.

¹⁴⁰ Thy promise is greatly refined, and thy servant loveth it.

¹⁴¹ I am little and despised: yet thy precepts have I not forgotten.

¹⁴² Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.

¹⁴³ Distress and trouble have overtaken me: yet are thy commandments my delights.

¹⁴⁴ Righteous are thy testimonies for everlasting: give me understanding, that I may live.

¹⁴⁵ KOPH. I have called with all my heart: answer me, O Lord: thy statutes will I keep.

¹⁴⁶ I have called on thee, save me, and I will observe thy testimonies.

¹⁴⁷ I come before thee in the dawn of morning, and cry: for thy word do I wait.

¹⁴⁸ My eyes are awake before the night-watches, that I may meditate in thy saying.

¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice according to thy kindness: O Lord, according to thy decree do thou grant me life.

¹⁵⁰ They that pursue mischievous devices draw nigh: from thy law are they far.

¹⁵¹ Near art thou, O Lord; and all thy commandments are the truth.

¹⁵² Of old already I knew of thy testimonies; because for eternity hast thou founded them.

¹⁵³ RESH. Look on my affliction, and release me; for thy law have I not forgotten.

¹⁵⁴ Plead my cause, and deliver me: according to thy promise do thou revive me.

¹⁵⁵ Far from the wicked is salvation; because thy statutes have they not sought for.

¹⁵⁶ Thy mercies are abundant, O Lord; according to thy decrees do thou revive me.

¹⁵⁷ Many are my persecutors and my assailants: yet from thy testimonies do I not turn away.

¹⁵⁸ I beheld the treacherous, and felt disgust; because they observed not thy saying.

¹⁵⁹ Behold that I love thy precepts: O Lord, according to thy kindness do thou revive me.

¹⁶⁰ The summit of thy word is truth: and the whole of thy righteous judgment endureth for ever.

¹⁶¹ SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but of thy word standeth my heart in dread.

¹⁶² I am rejoiced over thy promise, as one that findeth great spoil.

¹⁶³ Falsehood I hate and abhor: but thy law do I love.

¹⁶⁴ Seven times in the day do I praise thee because of thy righteous decrees.

⁷³ Thy hands have made and fashioned me; Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments!

⁷⁴ They who fear thee shall see me and rejoice, Because I trust in thy word.

⁷⁵ I know, O LORD! that thy judgments are right, And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.

⁷⁶ O let thy loving-kindness be my comfort, According to thy promise to thy servant!

⁷⁷ Let thy tender mercies come to me, that I may live! For thy law is my delight.

⁷⁸ May the proud be put to shame, who wrong me without cause! But I will meditate on thy precepts.

⁷⁹ Let those who fear thee turn unto me, And they that know thine ordinances!

⁸⁰ May my heart be perfect in thy statutes, That I may not be put to shame!

⁸¹ My soul fainteth for thy salvation; In thy promise do I trust.

⁸² Mine eyes fail with looking for thy promise; When. say I, wilt thou comfort me?

⁸³ Yea, 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 upon my persecutors?

⁸⁵ The proud have digged pits for me; They who do not regard thy law.

⁸⁶ All thy commandments are faithful; They persecute me without cause; help thou me!

⁸⁷ They had almost consumed me from the earth; But I forsook not thy precepts.

⁸⁸ Quicken me according to thy loving-kindness, That I may keep the law of thy mouth!

⁸⁹ Thy word, O LORD! abideth for ever, Being established like the heavens;

⁹⁰ Thy faithfulness endureth to all generations. Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.

⁹¹ They continue to this day according to their ordinances; For they are all subject to thee.

⁹² Had not thy law been my delight, I should have perished in my affliction.

⁹³ I will never forget thy precepts; For by them thou revivest me.

⁹⁴ I am thine, help me! For I seek thy precepts.

⁹⁵ The wicked lie in wait to destroy me; But I will have regard to thine ordinances.

⁹⁶ I have seen an end of all perfection; But thy law is exceeding broad.

⁹⁷ O how I love thy law! It is my daily meditation.

⁹⁸ Thou hast made me wiser than my enemies by thy precepts; For they are ever before me.

⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thine ordinances are my meditation.

¹⁰⁰ I have more wisdom than the ancients, Because I keep thy precepts.

¹⁰¹ I have restrained my feet from every evil way, That I might keep thy word.

¹⁰² I depart not from thy statutes, For thou teachest me!

¹⁰³ How sweet are thy words to my taste; Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

¹⁰⁴ From thy precepts I learn wisdom; Therefore do I hate every false way.

¹⁰⁵ Thy word is a lamp to my feet, And a light to my path.

¹⁰⁶ I have sworn, and I will perform it, That I will keep thy righteous statutes.

¹⁰⁷ I am exceedingly afflicted; Revive me, O LORD! according to thy word!

¹⁰⁸ Accept, O LORD! the free-will offering of my mouth, And teach me thy statutes!

¹⁰⁹ My life is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law.

¹¹⁰ The wicked lay snares for me, Yet do I not go astray from thy precepts.

¹¹¹ I have made thine ordinances my possession for ever; For they are the joy of my heart.

¹¹² I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes, Always,—even to the end.

¹¹³ I hate impious men, And thy law I do love.

¹¹⁴ Thou art my hiding-place and my shield; In thy word I put my trust!

¹¹⁵ Depart from me, ye evil-doers! For I will keep the commandments of my God.

¹¹⁶ Uphold me according to thy promise, that I may live; And let me not be ashamed of my hope!

¹¹⁷ Do thou hold me up, and I shall be safe, And I will have respect to thy statutes continually!

¹¹⁸ Thou castest off all who depart from thy laws; For their deceit is vain.

¹¹⁹ Thou throwest away all the wicked of the earth, like dross; Therefore I love thine ordinances.

¹²⁰ My flesh trembleth through fear of thee, And I am afraid of thy judgments.

¹²¹ I have done justice and equity; O leave me not to mine oppressors.

¹²² Be surety for thy servant for good; Let not the proud oppress me!

¹²³ Mine eyes fail with looking for thy help, And for thy righteous promise.

¹²⁴ Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy, And teach me thy statutes!

¹²⁵ I am thy servant; give me understanding, That I may know thine ordinances!

¹²⁶ It is time for thee, O LORD! to act; For men 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; I hate every false way.

¹²⁹ Wonderful are thine ordinances; Therefore do I observe them.

¹³⁰ The communication of thy precepts giveth light; It giveth understanding to the simple.

¹³¹ I open my mouth and pant: For I long for thy commandments.

¹³² Look thou upon me, and be gracious to me, As is just to those who love thy name!

¹³³ Establish my footsteps in thy word, And let no iniquity have dominion over me!

¹³⁴ Redeem me from the oppression of men, So will I keep thy precepts!

¹³⁵ Let thy face shine on thy servant, And teach me thy statutes!

¹³⁶ Rivers of water run down mine eyes, Because men keep not thy law.

¹³⁷ Righteous art thou, O LORD! And just are thy judgments!

¹³⁸ Just are the ordinances which thou hast ordained, And altogether righteous.

¹³⁹ My zeal consumeth me, Because my enemies forget thy word.

¹⁴⁰ Thy word is very pure, Therefore thy servant loveth it.

¹⁴¹ Of mean condition am I, and despised; Yet do I not forget thy precepts.

¹⁴² Thy righteousness is everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.

¹⁴³ Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me, But thy laws are my delight.

¹⁴⁴ The justice of thine ordinances is everlasting; Give me understanding, and I shall live!

¹⁴⁵ I cry to thee with my whole heart; Hear me, O LORD! that I may keep thy statutes.

¹⁴⁶ I cry unto thee; save me, And I will observe thine ordinances.

¹⁴⁷ I come before the dawn with my prayer; I trust in thy promise!

¹⁴⁸ My eyes anticipate the night-watches, That I may meditate upon thy promise.

¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice according to thy loving-kindness; O LORD! revive me according to thy mercy!

¹⁵⁰ Near are they whose aim is mischief; They are far from thy law;

¹⁵¹ Yet thou art near, O LORD! And all thy commandments are truth!

¹⁵² Long have I known concerning thine ordinances, That thou hast founded them for ever.

¹⁵³ Look upon my affliction, and deliver me! For I do not forget thy law.

¹⁵⁴ Maintain my cause, and redeem me; Revive me according to thy promise!

¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far from the wicked, Because they seek not thy statutes.

¹⁵⁶ Great is thy compassion, O LORD! Revive thou me according to thine equity!

¹⁵⁷ Many are my persecutors and my enemies, Yet do I not depart from thine ordinances.

¹⁵⁸ I behold the transgressors, and am grieved Because they regard not thy word.

¹⁵⁹ Behold, how I love thy precepts! O LORD! revive me according to thy loving-kindness!

¹⁶⁰ The whole of thy word is truth, And all thy righteous judgments endure for ever.

¹⁶¹ Princes have persecuted me without cause; But my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

¹⁶² I rejoice in thy word, As one that hath found great spoil.

¹⁶³ I hate and abhor lying, And thy law do I love.

¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day do I praise thee On account of thy righteous judgments.

⁷³ Your hands have made me and fashioned me; make me wise to learn your commandments.

⁷⁴ Those who fear you shall see me with joy, for in your word have I hoped.

⁷⁵ I know, O Lord, that your judgements are right, and in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

⁷⁶ Let your love be a comfort to me, for so have you promised your servant.

⁷⁷ Visit me with your quickening pity, for your law is my delight.

⁷⁸ Put the proud to shame, who have wronged me falsely: I will muse on your precepts.

⁷⁹ Let those turn to me who fear you, that they may learn your charges.

⁸⁰ Let my heart be sound in your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.

⁸¹ My long for you to rescue me, I put my hope in your word.

⁸² My eyes pine away for your promise: saying, “When will you comfort me?”

⁸³ Though shrivelled like wine-skin in smoke, your statutes I have not forgotten.

⁸⁴ How few are the days of your servant! When will you judge those who harass me?

⁸⁵ Proud people have dug for me pits people who do not conform to your law.

⁸⁶ All your commandments are trusty. With falsehood they harass me: help me.

⁸⁷ They had nearly made an end of me, yet I did not forget your precepts.

⁸⁸ Spare me in your kindness, and I will observe the charge of your mouth.

⁸⁹ Forever, O Lord, is your word fixed firmly in the heavens.

⁹⁰ Your truth endures age after age; it is established on earth, and it stands.

⁹¹ By your appointment they stand this day, for all are your servants.

⁹² Had not your law been my joy, in my misery then had I perished.

⁹³ I will never forget your precepts, for through them you have put life in me.

⁹⁴ I am yours, O save me, for I give my mind to your precepts.

⁹⁵ The wicked lay wait to destroy me, but I give heed to your charge.

⁹⁶ I have seen a limit to all things: but your commandment is spacious exceedingly.

⁹⁷ O how I love your law! All the day long I muse on it.

⁹⁸ Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies: for it is mine forever.

⁹⁹ I am prudent above all my teachers, for your charges are my meditation.

¹⁰⁰ I have insight more than the aged, because I observe your precepts.

¹⁰¹ I refrain my foot from all wicked ways, that I may keep your word.

¹⁰² I turn not aside from your judgements, for you yourself are my teacher.

¹⁰³ How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

¹⁰⁴ Insight I win through your precepts, therefore every false way I hate.

¹⁰⁵ Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.

¹⁰⁶ I have sworn an oath, and will keep it, to observe your righteous judgements.

¹⁰⁷ I am afflicted sorely: revive me, O Lord, as you said.

¹⁰⁸ Accept, Lord, my willing praise, and teach me your judgements.

¹⁰⁹ My life is in ceaseless peril; but I do not forget your law.

¹¹⁰ The wicked set traps for me, yet I do not stray from your precepts.

¹¹¹ In your charges are my everlasting inheritance, they are the joy of my heart.

¹¹² I am resolved to perform your statutes forever, to the utmost.

¹¹³ I hate people of divided heart, but your law do I love.

¹¹⁴ You are my shelter and shield: in your word do I hope.

¹¹⁵ Begone, you wicked people, I will keep the commands of my God.

¹¹⁶ Uphold me and spare me, as you have promised: O disappoint me not.

¹¹⁷ Hold me up, and I shall be saved: and your statutes shall be my unceasing delight.

¹¹⁸ All who swerve from your statutes you spurn: their cunning is in vain.

¹¹⁹ All the wicked of earth you count as dross, therefore I love your charges.

¹²⁰ My flesh, for fear of you, shudders, and I stand in awe of your judgements.

¹²¹ Justice and right have I practised, do not leave me to my oppressors.

¹²² Be your servant's surety for good, let not the proud oppress me.

¹²³ My eyes pine for your salvation, and for your righteous promise.

¹²⁴ Deal in your love with your servant, and teach me your statutes.

¹²⁵ Your servant am I; instruct me, that I may know your charges.

¹²⁶ It is time for the Lord to act: they have violated your law.

¹²⁷ Therefore I love your commandments above gold, above fine gold.

¹²⁸ So by all your precepts I guide me, and every false way I hate.

¹²⁹ Your decrees are wonderful, gladly I keep them.

¹³⁰ When your word is unfolded, light breaks; it imparts to the simple wisdom.

¹³¹ With open mouth I pant with longing for your commandments.

¹³² Turn to me with your favour, as is just to those who love you.

¹³³ Steady my steps by your word, so that sin have no power over me.

¹³⁴ Set me free from those who oppress me, and I shall observe your precepts.

¹³⁵ Shine with your face on your servant, and teach me your statutes.

¹³⁶ My eyes run down with rills of water, because your law is not kept.

¹³⁷ Righteous are you, O Lord, and right are your ordinances.

¹³⁸ The laws you has ordered are just, and trusty exceedingly.

¹³⁹ My jealousy has undone me, that my foes have forgotten your words.

¹⁴⁰ Your word has been tested well; and your servant loves it.

¹⁴¹ I am little and held in contempt, but your precepts I have not forgotten.

¹⁴² Just is your justice forever, and trusty is your law.

¹⁴³ Stress and strain are upon me, but your commandments are my delight.

¹⁴⁴ Right are your charges forever, instruct me that I may live.

¹⁴⁵ With my whole heart I cry; O answer me. I would keep your statutes, O Lord.

¹⁴⁶ I cry to you: O save me, and I will observe your charges.

¹⁴⁷ Ere the dawn I cry for your help: in your word do I hope.

¹⁴⁸ Awake I meet the night-watches, to muse upon your sayings.

¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice in your kindness: O Lord, by your judgements revive me.

¹⁵⁰ Near me are wicked tormentors, who are far from thoughts of your law;

¹⁵¹ but near, too, are you, O Lord, and all your commandments are trusty.

¹⁵² Long have I known from your charges that you have founded them for all time.

¹⁵³ Look on my misery, and rescue me; for I do not forget your law.

¹⁵⁴ Defend my cause and redeem me: revive me, as you have promised.

¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far from the wicked, for their mind is not in your statutes.

¹⁵⁶ Great is your pity, O Lord: Revive me, as you have ordained.

¹⁵⁷ My foes and tormentors are many, but I have not declined from your charges.

¹⁵⁸ I behold the traitors with loathing, for they do not observe your word.

¹⁵⁹ Behold how I love your precepts: revive me, O Lord!, in your kindness.

¹⁶⁰ The sum of your word is truth, all your laws are just and eternal.

¹⁶¹ Princes have harassed me wantonly: but my heart stands in awe of your word.

¹⁶² Over your word I rejoice as one who finds great spoil.

¹⁶³ Falsehood I hate and abhor, but your law do I love.

¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day do I praise you because of your righteous judgements.

⁷³ Your hands have made me and fashioned me; make me wise to learn your commandments.

⁷⁴ Those who fear you shall see me with joy, for in your word have I hoped.

⁷⁵ I know, O Lord, that your judgments are right, and in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

⁷⁶ Let your love be a comfort to me, for so have you promised your servant.

⁷⁷ Visit me with your quickening pity, for your law is my delight.

⁷⁸ Put the proud to shame, who have wronged me falsely: I will muse on your precepts.

⁷⁹ Let those turn to me who fear you, that they may learn your charges.

⁸⁰ Let my heart be sound in your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.

⁸¹ My long for you to rescue me, I put my hope in your word.

⁸² My eyes pine away for your promise: saying, “When will you comfort me?”

⁸³ Though shrivelled like wine-skin in smoke, your statutes I have not forgotten.

⁸⁴ How few are the days of your servant! When will you judge those who harass me?

⁸⁵ Proud people have dug for me pits people who do not conform to your law.

⁸⁶ All your commandments are trusty. With falsehood they harass me: help me.

⁸⁷ They had nearly made an end of me, yet I did not forget your precepts.

⁸⁸ Spare me in your kindness, and I will observe the charge of your mouth.

⁸⁹ Forever, O Lord, is your word fixed firmly in the heavens.

⁹⁰ Your truth endures age after age; it is established on earth, and it stands.

⁹¹ By your appointment they stand this day, for all are your servants.

⁹² Had not your law been my joy, in my misery then had I perished.

⁹³ I will never forget your precepts, for through them you have put life in me.

⁹⁴ I am yours, O save me, for I give my mind to your precepts.

⁹⁵ The wicked lay wait to destroy me, but I give heed to your charge.

⁹⁶ I have seen a limit to all things: but your commandment is spacious exceedingly.

⁹⁷ O how I love your law! All the day long I muse on it.

⁹⁸ Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies: for it is mine forever.

⁹⁹ I am prudent above all my teachers, for your charges are my meditation.

¹⁰⁰ I have insight more than the aged, because I observe your precepts.

¹⁰¹ I refrain my foot from all wicked ways, that I may keep your word.

¹⁰² I turn not aside from your judgments, for you yourself are my teacher.

¹⁰³ How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

¹⁰⁴ Insight I win through your precepts, therefore every false way I hate.

¹⁰⁵ Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.

¹⁰⁶ I have sworn an oath, and will keep it, to observe your righteous judgments.

¹⁰⁷ I am afflicted sorely: revive me, O Lord, as you said.

¹⁰⁸ Accept, Lord, my willing praise, and teach me your judgments.

¹⁰⁹ My life is in ceaseless peril; but I do not forget your law.

¹¹⁰ The wicked set traps for me, yet I do not stray from your precepts.

¹¹¹ In your charges are my everlasting inheritance, they are the joy of my heart.

¹¹² I am resolved to perform your statutes forever, to the utmost.

¹¹³ I hate people of divided heart, but your law do I love.

¹¹⁴ You are my shelter and shield: in your word do I hope.

¹¹⁵ Begone, you wicked people, I will keep the commands of my God.

¹¹⁶ Uphold me and spare me, as you have promised: O disappoint me not.

¹¹⁷ Hold me up, and I shall be saved: and your statutes shall be my unceasing delight.

¹¹⁸ All who swerve from your statutes you spurn: their cunning is in vain.

¹¹⁹ All the wicked of earth you count as dross, therefore I love your charges.

¹²⁰ My flesh, for fear of you, shudders, and I stand in awe of your judgments.

¹²¹ Justice and right have I practised, do not leave me to my oppressors.

¹²² Be your servant's surety for good, let not the proud oppress me.

¹²³ My eyes pine for your salvation, and for your righteous promise.

¹²⁴ Deal in your love with your servant, and teach me your statutes.

¹²⁵ Your servant am I; instruct me, that I may know your charges.

¹²⁶ It is time for the Lord to act: they have violated your law.

¹²⁷ Therefore I love your commandments above gold, above fine gold.

¹²⁸ So by all your precepts I guide me, and every false way I hate.

¹²⁹ Your decrees are wonderful, gladly I keep them.

¹³⁰ When your word is unfolded, light breaks; it imparts to the simple wisdom.

¹³¹ With open mouth I pant with longing for your commandments.

¹³² Turn to me with your favor, as is just to those who love you.

¹³³ Steady my steps by your word, so that sin have no power over me.

¹³⁴ Set me free from those who oppress me, and I shall observe your precepts.

¹³⁵ Shine with your face on your servant, and teach me your statutes.

¹³⁶ My eyes run down with rills of water, because your law is not kept.

¹³⁷ Righteous are you, O Lord, and right are your ordinances.

¹³⁸ The laws you has ordered are just, and trusty exceedingly.

¹³⁹ My jealousy has undone me, that my foes have forgotten your words.

¹⁴⁰ Your word has been tested well; and your servant loves it.

¹⁴¹ I am little and held in contempt, but your precepts I have not forgotten.

¹⁴² Just is your justice forever, and trusty is your law.

¹⁴³ Stress and strain are upon me, but your commandments are my delight.

¹⁴⁴ Right are your charges forever, instruct me that I may live.

¹⁴⁵ With my whole heart I cry; O answer me. I would keep your statutes, O Lord.

¹⁴⁶ I cry to you: O save me, and I will observe your charges.

¹⁴⁷ Ere the dawn I cry for your help: in your word do I hope.

¹⁴⁸ Awake I meet the night-watches, to muse upon your sayings.

¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice in your kindness: O Lord, by your judgments revive me.

¹⁵⁰ Near me are wicked tormentors, who are far from thoughts of your law;

¹⁵¹ but near, too, are you, O Lord, and all your commandments are trusty.

¹⁵² Long have I known from your charges that you have founded them for all time.

¹⁵³ Look on my misery, and rescue me; for I do not forget your law.

¹⁵⁴ Defend my cause and redeem me: revive me, as you have promised.

¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far from the wicked, for their mind is not in your statutes.

¹⁵⁶ Great is your pity, O Lord: Revive me, as you have ordained.

¹⁵⁷ My foes and tormentors are many, but I have not declined from your charges.

¹⁵⁸ I behold the traitors with loathing, for they do not observe your word.

¹⁵⁹ Behold how I love your precepts: revive me, O Lord!, in your kindness.

¹⁶⁰ The sum of your word is truth, all your laws are just and eternal.

¹⁶¹ Princes have harassed me wantonly: but my heart stands in awe of your word.

¹⁶² Over your word I rejoice as one who finds great spoil.

¹⁶³ Falsehood I hate and abhor, but your law do I love.

¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day do I praise you because of your righteous judgments.

⁷³ Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your mitzvot ·instructions·.

⁷⁴ Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.

⁷⁵ Adonai , I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

⁷⁶ Please let your cheshed ·loving-kindness· be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.

⁷⁷ Let your tender racham ·merciful love· come to me, that I may live; for your Torah ·Teaching· is my delight.

⁷⁸ Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.

⁷⁹ Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your testimonies.

⁸⁰ Let my heart be blameless toward your statutes, that I may not be disappointed. KAF

⁸¹ My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.

⁸² My eyes fail for your word. I say, “When will you comfort me?”

⁸³ For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes.

⁸⁴ How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgement on those who persecute me?

⁸⁵ The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your Torah ·Teaching·.

⁸⁶ All of your mitzvot ·instructions· are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!

⁸⁷ They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn’t forsake your precepts.

⁸⁸ Preserve my life according to your cheshed ·loving-kindness·, so I will obey the testimonies of your mouth. LAMED

⁸⁹ Adonai , your word is settled in heaven forever.

⁹⁰ Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.

⁹¹ Your judgments remain to this day, for all things serve you.

⁹² Unless your Torah ·Teaching· had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

⁹³ I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me.

⁹⁴ I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.

⁹⁵ The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your testimonies.

⁹⁶ I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your mitzvot ·instructions· are boundless. MEM

⁹⁷ How I 'ahav ·affectionately love· your Torah ·Teaching·! It is my meditation all day.

⁹⁸ I am wiser than my enemies, for your mitzvot ·instructions· are always with me.

⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.

¹⁰⁰ I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.

¹⁰¹ I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.

¹⁰² I have not turned aside from your judgments, for you have taught me.

¹⁰³ How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!

¹⁰⁴ Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. NUN

¹⁰⁵ Your word is a lamp candle to my feet, and a light for my path.

¹⁰⁶ I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous judgments.

¹⁰⁷ I am afflicted very much. Revive me, Adonai , according to your word.

¹⁰⁸ Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. Adonai , teach me your judgments.

¹⁰⁹ My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won’t forget your Torah ·Teaching·.

¹¹⁰ The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.

¹¹¹ I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

¹¹² I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end. SAMECH

¹¹³ I hate double-minded men, but I 'ahav ·affectionately love· your Torah ·Teaching·.

¹¹⁴ You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.

¹¹⁵ Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the mitzvot ·instructions· of my God.

¹¹⁶ Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.

¹¹⁷ Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.

¹¹⁸ You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain.

¹¹⁹ You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I 'ahav ·affectionately love· your testimonies.

¹²⁰ My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments. 'AYIN

¹²¹ I have done what is mishpat ·just· and upright. Don’t leave me to my oppressors.

¹²² Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me.

¹²³ My eyes fail looking for your yishu'ah ·salvation·, for your righteous word.

¹²⁴ Deal with your servant according to your cheshed ·loving-kindness·. Teach me your statutes.

¹²⁵ I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.

¹²⁶ It is time to act, Adonai , for they break your Torah ·Teaching·.

¹²⁷ Therefore I 'ahav ·affectionately love· your mitzvot ·instructions· more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.

¹²⁸ Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way. PEH or FEH

¹²⁹ Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them.

¹³⁰ The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.

¹³¹ I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your mitzvot ·instructions·.

¹³² Turn to me, and be merciful towards me, as you always do mishpat ·justice· to those who 'ahav ·affectionately love· your name.

¹³³ Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me.

¹³⁴ Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts.

¹³⁵ Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.

¹³⁶ Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your Torah ·Teaching·. TZADI

¹³⁷ You are righteous, Adonai . Your judgments are upright.

¹³⁸ Your testimonies you have enjoined are in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.

¹³⁹ My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.

¹⁴⁰ Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant 'ahav ·affectionately loves· them.

¹⁴¹ I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts.

¹⁴² Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your Torah ·Teaching· is truth.

¹⁴³ Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your mitzvot ·instructions· are my delight.

¹⁴⁴ Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. KOF or KUF

¹⁴⁵ Wholeheartedly I am calling on you; Answer me, Adonai ! I will keep your statutes.

¹⁴⁶ I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your testimonies.

¹⁴⁷ I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.

¹⁴⁸ My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on your word.

¹⁴⁹ Sh'ma ·Hear obey· my voice according to your cheshed ·loving-kindness·. Revive me, Adonai , according to your judgments.

¹⁵⁰ They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your Torah ·Teaching·.

¹⁵¹ You are near, Adonai . All your mitzvot ·instructions· are truth.

¹⁵² Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever. RESH

¹⁵³ Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your Torah ·Teaching·.

¹⁵⁴ Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.

¹⁵⁵ Yishu'ah ·Salvation· is far from the wicked, for they don’t seek your statutes.

¹⁵⁶ Great is your tender racham ·merciful love· to me, Adonai . Revive me according to your judgments.

¹⁵⁷ Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t deviated from your testimonies.

¹⁵⁸ I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don’t observe your word.

¹⁵⁹ Consider how I 'ahav ·affectionately love· your precepts. Revive me, Adonai , according to your cheshed ·loving-kindness·.

¹⁶⁰ All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous judgments endures forever. SIN and SHIN

¹⁶¹ Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.

¹⁶² I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.

¹⁶³ I hate and abhor falsehood. I 'ahav ·affectionately love· your Torah ·Teaching·.

¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous judgments.

⁷³ Your hands have made and fashioned me; give me understanding so that I may learn your commandments.

⁷⁴ Those who honor you will be glad when they see me because I find hope in your word.

⁷⁵ I know, Yahweh, that your decrees are just, and that in faithfulness you afflicted me.

⁷⁶ Let your covenant faithfulness comfort me, as you promised your servant.

⁷⁷ Show me compassion so that I may live, for your law is my delight.

⁷⁸ Let the proud be put to shame, for they have slandered me; but I will meditate on your instructions.

⁷⁹ May those who honor you turn to me, those who know your covenant decrees.

⁸⁰ May my heart be blameless with respect to your statutes so that I may not be put to shame.

⁸¹ I faint with longing that you might rescue me! I hope in your word.

⁸² My eyes long to see your promise; when will you comfort me?

⁸³ For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke; I do not forget your statutes.

⁸⁴ How long must your servant endure this; when will you judge those who persecute me?

⁸⁵ The proud have dug pits for me, defying your law.

⁸⁶ All your commandments are reliable; those people persecute me wrongfully; help me.

⁸⁷ They have almost made an end to me on earth, but I do not reject your instructions.

⁸⁸ By your steadfast love, keep me alive, so that I may obey your commands.

⁸⁹ Yahweh, your word stands forever; your word is established firmly in heaven.

⁹⁰ Your faithfulness lasts for all generations; you have established the earth, and it remains.

⁹¹ All things continue to this day, just as you said in your righteous decrees, for all things are your servants.

⁹² If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

⁹³ I will never forget your instructions, for through them you have kept me alive.

⁹⁴ I am yours; save me, for I seek your instructions.

⁹⁵ The wicked prepare to destroy me, but I will seek to understand your covenant decrees.

⁹⁶ I have seen that everything has its limits, but your commandments are broad, beyond limits.

⁹⁷ Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all day long.

⁹⁸ Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.

⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers, for I meditate on your covenant decrees.

¹⁰⁰ I understand more than those older than I am; this is because I have kept your instructions.

¹⁰¹ I have kept my feet back from every evil path so that I might observe your word.

¹⁰² I have not turned aside from your righteous decrees, for you have instructed me.

¹⁰³ How sweet are your words to my taste, yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

¹⁰⁴ Through your instructions I gain discernment; therefore I hate every false way.

¹⁰⁵ Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.

¹⁰⁶ I have sworn and have confirmed it, that I will observe your righteous decrees.

¹⁰⁷ I am very afflicted; keep me alive, Yahweh, as you have promised in your word.

¹⁰⁸ Yahweh, please accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, and teach me your righteous decrees.

¹⁰⁹ My life is always in my hand, yet I do not forget your law.

¹¹⁰ The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from your instructions.

¹¹¹ I claim your covenant decrees as my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

¹¹² My heart is set on obeying your statutes forever to the very end.

¹¹³ I hate those who have a double mind, but I love your law.

¹¹⁴ You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word.

¹¹⁵ Get away from me, you evil doers, so that I may observe the commandments of my God.

¹¹⁶ Sustain me by your word so that I may live and not be ashamed of my hope.

¹¹⁷ Support me, and I will be safe; I will always meditate on your statutes.

¹¹⁸ You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for those people are deceptive and unreliable.

¹¹⁹ You remove all the wicked of the earth like slag; therefore I love your solemn commands.

¹²⁰ My body trembles in fear of you, and I am afraid of your righteous decrees.

¹²¹ I do what is just and right; do not abandon me to my oppressors.

¹²² Guarantee the welfare of your servant; do not let the proud oppress me.

¹²³ My eyes grow tired as I wait for your salvation and for your righteous word.

¹²⁴ Show your servant your covenant faithfulness, and teach me your statutes.

¹²⁵ I am your servant; give me understanding so that I may know your covenant decrees.

¹²⁶ It is time for Yahweh to act, for people have broken your law.

¹²⁷ Truly I love your commandments more than gold, more than fine gold.

¹²⁸ Therefore I carefully follow all your instructions, and I hate every path of falsehood.

¹²⁹ Your rules are wonderful, that is why I obey them.

¹³⁰ The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the untrained.

¹³¹ I open my mouth and pant, for I long for your commandments.

¹³² Turn to me and have mercy on me, as you always do for those who love your name.

¹³³ Direct my footsteps by your word; do not let any sin rule me.

¹³⁴ Redeem me from human oppression so that I may observe your instructions.

¹³⁵ Let your face shine on your servant, and teach me your statutes.

¹³⁶ Streams of tears run down from my eyes because people do not observe your law.

¹³⁷ You are righteous, Yahweh, and your decrees are fair.

¹³⁸ You have given your covenant decrees righteously and faithfully.

¹³⁹ Anger has destroyed me because my adversaries forget your words.

¹⁴⁰ Your word has been tested very much, and your servant loves it.

¹⁴¹ I am insignificant and despised, yet I do not forget your instructions.

¹⁴² Your justice is forever right, and your law is trustworthy.

¹⁴³ Though distress and anguish have found me, your commandments are still my delight.

¹⁴⁴ Your covenant decrees are righteous forever; give me understanding that I may live.

¹⁴⁵ I cried out with my whole heart, “Answer me, Yahweh, I will keep your statutes.

¹⁴⁶ I call to you; save me, and I will observe your covenant decrees.”

¹⁴⁷ I rise before the dawn of the morning and cry for help. I hope in your words.

¹⁴⁸ My eyes are open before the night watches change so that I might meditate on your word.

¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice in your covenant faithfulness; keep me alive, Yahweh, as you have promised in your righteous decrees.

¹⁵⁰ Those who are persecuting me are coming closer to me, but they are far from your law.

¹⁵¹ You are near, Yahweh, and all your commandments are trustworthy.

¹⁵² Long ago I learned from your covenant decrees that you had set them in place forever.

¹⁵³ Look on my affliction and help me, for I do not forget your law.

¹⁵⁴ Plead my cause and redeem me; keep me, as you have promised in your word.

¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not love your statutes.

¹⁵⁶ Great are your merciful actions, Yahweh; keep me alive, as you always do.

¹⁵⁷ My persecutors and my foes are many, yet I have not turned from your covenant decrees.

¹⁵⁸ I view the treacherous with disgust because they do not keep your word.

¹⁵⁹ See how I love your instructions; keep me alive, Yahweh, as you have promised by your covenant faithfulness.

¹⁶⁰ The essence of your word is truth; every one of your righteous decrees lasts forever.

¹⁶¹ Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of your word.

¹⁶² I rejoice at your word like one who finds great plunder.

¹⁶³ I hate and despise falsehood, but I love your law.

¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day I praise you because of your righteous decrees.

⁷³ YODH Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.

⁷⁴ Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.

⁷⁵ Yahweh, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

⁷⁶ Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.

⁷⁷ Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight.

⁷⁸ Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.

⁷⁹ Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.

⁸⁰ Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be disappointed.

⁸¹ KAPF My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.

⁸² My eyes fail for your word. I say, “When will you comfort me?”

⁸³ For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes.

⁸⁴ How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?

⁸⁵ The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law.

⁸⁶ All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!

⁸⁷ They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn’t forsake your precepts.

⁸⁸ Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth.

⁸⁹ LAMEDH Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever.

⁹⁰ Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.

⁹¹ Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you.

⁹² Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

⁹³ I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me.

⁹⁴ I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.

⁹⁵ The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.

⁹⁶ I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless.

⁹⁷ MEM How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.

⁹⁸ Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.

⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.

¹⁰⁰ I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.

¹⁰¹ I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.

¹⁰² I have not turned away from your ordinances, for you have taught me.

¹⁰³ How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!

¹⁰⁴ Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.

¹⁰⁵ NUN Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

¹⁰⁶ I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.

¹⁰⁷ I am afflicted very much. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your word.

¹⁰⁸ Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. Yahweh, teach me your ordinances.

¹⁰⁹ My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won’t forget your law.

¹¹⁰ The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.

¹¹¹ I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

¹¹² I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end.

¹¹³ SAMEKH I hate double-minded men, but I love your law.

¹¹⁴ You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.

¹¹⁵ Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.

¹¹⁶ Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.

¹¹⁷ Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.

¹¹⁸ You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain.

¹¹⁹ You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies.

¹²⁰ My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments.

¹²¹ AYIN I have done what is just and righteous. Don’t leave me to my oppressors.

¹²² Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me.

¹²³ My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.

¹²⁴ Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.

¹²⁵ I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.

¹²⁶ It is time to act, Yahweh, for they break your law.

¹²⁷ Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.

¹²⁸ Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way.

¹²⁹ PE Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them.

¹³⁰ The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.

¹³¹ I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments.

¹³² Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.

¹³³ Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me.

¹³⁴ Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts.

¹³⁵ Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.

¹³⁶ Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your law.

¹³⁷ TZADHE You are righteous, Yahweh. Your judgments are upright.

¹³⁸ You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.

¹³⁹ My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.

¹⁴⁰ Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.

¹⁴¹ I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts.

¹⁴² Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.

¹⁴³ Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.

¹⁴⁴ Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.

¹⁴⁵ QOPH I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will keep your statutes.

¹⁴⁶ I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes.

¹⁴⁷ I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.

¹⁴⁸ My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on your word.

¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your ordinances.

¹⁵⁰ They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law.

¹⁵¹ You are near, Yahweh. All your commandments are truth.

¹⁵² Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever.

¹⁵³ RESH Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your law.

¹⁵⁴ Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.

¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don’t seek your statutes.

¹⁵⁶ Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh. Revive me according to your ordinances.

¹⁵⁷ Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies.

¹⁵⁸ I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don’t observe your word.

¹⁵⁹ Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your loving kindness.

¹⁶⁰ All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.

¹⁶¹ SIN AND SHIN Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.

¹⁶² I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.

¹⁶³ I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.

¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.

⁷³ YODH Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.

⁷⁴ Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.

⁷⁵ LORD, I know that your judgements are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

⁷⁶ Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.

⁷⁷ Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight.

⁷⁸ Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.

⁷⁹ Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.

⁸⁰ Let my heart be blameless towards your decrees, that I may not be disappointed.

⁸¹ KAPF My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.

⁸² My eyes fail for your word. I say, “When will you comfort me?”

⁸³ For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes.

⁸⁴ How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgement on those who persecute me?

⁸⁵ The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law.

⁸⁶ All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!

⁸⁷ They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn’t forsake your precepts.

⁸⁸ Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth.

⁸⁹ LAMEDH LORD, your word is settled in heaven forever.

⁹⁰ Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.

⁹¹ Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you.

⁹² Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

⁹³ I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me.

⁹⁴ I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.

⁹⁵ The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.

⁹⁶ I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless.

⁹⁷ MEM How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.

⁹⁸ Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.

⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.

¹⁰⁰ I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.

¹⁰¹ I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.

¹⁰² I have not turned away from your ordinances, for you have taught me.

¹⁰³ How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!

¹⁰⁴ Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.

¹⁰⁵ NUN Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

¹⁰⁶ I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.

¹⁰⁷ I am afflicted very much. Revive me, LORD, according to your word.

¹⁰⁸ Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. LORD, teach me your ordinances.

¹⁰⁹ My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won’t forget your law.

¹¹⁰ The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.

¹¹¹ I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

¹¹² I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end.

¹¹³ SAMEKH I hate double-minded men, but I love your law.

¹¹⁴ You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.

¹¹⁵ Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.

¹¹⁶ Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.

¹¹⁷ Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.

¹¹⁸ You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain.

¹¹⁹ You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies.

¹²⁰ My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgements.

¹²¹ AYIN I have done what is just and righteous. Don’t leave me to my oppressors.

¹²² Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me.

¹²³ My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.

¹²⁴ Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.

¹²⁵ I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.

¹²⁶ It is time to act, LORD, for they break your law.

¹²⁷ Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.

¹²⁸ Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way.

¹²⁹ PE Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them.

¹³⁰ The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.

¹³¹ I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments.

¹³² Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.

¹³³ Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me.

¹³⁴ Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts.

¹³⁵ Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.

¹³⁶ Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your law.

¹³⁷ TZADHE You are righteous, LORD. Your judgements are upright.

¹³⁸ You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.

¹³⁹ My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.

¹⁴⁰ Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.

¹⁴¹ I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts.

¹⁴² Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.

¹⁴³ Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.

¹⁴⁴ Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.

¹⁴⁵ QOPH I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, LORD! I will keep your statutes.

¹⁴⁶ I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes.

¹⁴⁷ I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.

¹⁴⁸ My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on your word.

¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, LORD, according to your ordinances.

¹⁵⁰ They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law.

¹⁵¹ You are near, LORD. All your commandments are truth.

¹⁵² Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever.

¹⁵³ RESH Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your law.

¹⁵⁴ Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.

¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don’t seek your statutes.

¹⁵⁶ Great are your tender mercies, LORD. Revive me according to your ordinances.

¹⁵⁷ Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies.

¹⁵⁸ I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don’t observe your word.

¹⁵⁹ Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, LORD, according to your loving kindness.

¹⁶⁰ All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.

¹⁶¹ SIN AND SHIN Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.

¹⁶² I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.

¹⁶³ I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.

¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.

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 to thy servant.

⁷⁷ Let thy tender mercies come to 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 to me, and those that have known thy testimonies.

⁸⁰ Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I may not be ashamed.

⁸¹ CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.

⁸² My eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

⁸³ For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet I do 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 according to 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 Revive me after thy loving-kindness; 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 to all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.

⁹¹ They continue this day according to thy ordinances: for all are thy servants.

⁹² Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in my affliction.

⁹³ I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast revived 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 I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

⁹⁸ Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than my 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 to my taste! yes, 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 to my feet, and a light to my path.

¹⁰⁶ I have sworn, and I will perform it , that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

¹⁰⁷ I am afflicted very much: revive me, O LORD, according to thy word.

¹⁰⁸ Accept, I beseech thee, the free-will-offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.

¹⁰⁹ My soul is continually in my hand: yet I do 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 my heart to perform thy statutes always, even to 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 evil-doers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.

¹¹⁶ Uphold me according to thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.

¹¹⁷ Support me, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect to 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 my oppressors.

¹²² Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.

¹²³ My eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.

¹²⁴ Deal with thy servant according to 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; yes, 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 to the simple.

¹³¹ I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.

¹³² Look thou upon me, and be merciful to me, as thou usest to do to 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 my eyes, because they keep not thy law.

¹³⁷ TSADDI. 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 my enemies have forgotten thy words.

¹⁴⁰ Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.

¹⁴¹ I am small and despised: yet I do not 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 to thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.

¹⁴⁷ I came before the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.

¹⁴⁸ My eyes anticipated the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.

¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice, according to thy loving-kindness: O LORD, revive 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 my affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.

¹⁵⁴ Plead my cause, and deliver me: revive 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: revive me according to thy judgments.

¹⁵⁷ Many are my persecutors and my enemies; yet I do 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: revive me, O LORD, according to thy loving-kindness.

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.

⁷³ YODH Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.

⁷⁴ Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.

⁷⁵ LORD, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

⁷⁶ Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.

⁷⁷ Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your Torah is my delight.

⁷⁸ Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.

⁷⁹ Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.

⁸⁰ Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be disappointed.

⁸¹ KAPF My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.

⁸² My eyes fail for your word. I say, “When will you comfort me?”

⁸³ For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes.

⁸⁴ How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?

⁸⁵ The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your Torah.

⁸⁶ All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!

⁸⁷ They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn’t forsake your precepts.

⁸⁸ Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth.

⁸⁹ LAMEDH LORD, your word is settled in heaven forever.

⁹⁰ Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.

⁹¹ Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you.

⁹² Unless your Torah had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

⁹³ I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me.

⁹⁴ I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.

⁹⁵ The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.

⁹⁶ I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless.

⁹⁷ MEM How I love your Torah! It is my meditation all day.

⁹⁸ Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.

⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.

¹⁰⁰ I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.

¹⁰¹ I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.

¹⁰² I have not turned away from your ordinances, for you have taught me.

¹⁰³ How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!

¹⁰⁴ Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.

¹⁰⁵ NUN Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

¹⁰⁶ I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.

¹⁰⁷ I am afflicted very much. Revive me, LORD, according to your word.

¹⁰⁸ Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. LORD, teach me your ordinances.

¹⁰⁹ My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won’t forget your Torah.

¹¹⁰ The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.

¹¹¹ I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

¹¹² I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end.

¹¹³ SAMEKH I hate double-minded men, but I love your Torah.

¹¹⁴ You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.

¹¹⁵ Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.

¹¹⁶ Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.

¹¹⁷ Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.

¹¹⁸ You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain.

¹¹⁹ You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies.

¹²⁰ My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments.

¹²¹ AYIN I have done what is just and righteous. Don’t leave me to my oppressors.

¹²² Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me.

¹²³ My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.

¹²⁴ Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.

¹²⁵ I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.

¹²⁶ It is time to act, LORD, for they break your Torah.

¹²⁷ Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.

¹²⁸ Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way.

¹²⁹ PE Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them.

¹³⁰ The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.

¹³¹ I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments.

¹³² Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.

¹³³ Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me.

¹³⁴ Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts.

¹³⁵ Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.

¹³⁶ Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your Torah.

¹³⁷ TZADHE You are righteous, LORD. Your judgments are upright.

¹³⁸ You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.

¹³⁹ My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.

¹⁴⁰ Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.

¹⁴¹ I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts.

¹⁴² Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your Torah is truth.

¹⁴³ Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.

¹⁴⁴ Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.

¹⁴⁵ QOPH I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, LORD! I will keep your statutes.

¹⁴⁶ I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes.

¹⁴⁷ I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.

¹⁴⁸ My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on your word.

¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, LORD, according to your ordinances.

¹⁵⁰ They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your Torah.

¹⁵¹ You are near, LORD. All your commandments are truth.

¹⁵² Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever.

¹⁵³ RESH Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your Torah.

¹⁵⁴ Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.

¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don’t seek your statutes.

¹⁵⁶ Great are your tender mercies, LORD. Revive me according to your ordinances.

¹⁵⁷ Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies.

¹⁵⁸ I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don’t observe your word.

¹⁵⁹ Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, LORD, according to your loving kindness.

¹⁶⁰ All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.

¹⁶¹ SIN AND SHIN Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.

¹⁶² I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.

¹⁶³ I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your Torah.

¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.

⁷³ YODH Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.

⁷⁴ Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.

⁷⁵ LORD, I know that your judgements are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

⁷⁶ Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.

⁷⁷ Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your Torah is my delight.

⁷⁸ Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.

⁷⁹ Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.

⁸⁰ Let my heart be blameless towards your decrees, that I may not be disappointed.

⁸¹ KAPF My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.

⁸² My eyes fail for your word. I say, “When will you comfort me?”

⁸³ For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes.

⁸⁴ How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgement on those who persecute me?

⁸⁵ The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your Torah.

⁸⁶ All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!

⁸⁷ They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn’t forsake your precepts.

⁸⁸ Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth.

⁸⁹ LAMEDH LORD, your word is settled in heaven forever.

⁹⁰ Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.

⁹¹ Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you.

⁹² Unless your Torah had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

⁹³ I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me.

⁹⁴ I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.

⁹⁵ The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.

⁹⁶ I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless.

⁹⁷ MEM How I love your Torah! It is my meditation all day.

⁹⁸ Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.

⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.

¹⁰⁰ I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.

¹⁰¹ I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.

¹⁰² I have not turned away from your ordinances, for you have taught me.

¹⁰³ How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!

¹⁰⁴ Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.

¹⁰⁵ NUN Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

¹⁰⁶ I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.

¹⁰⁷ I am afflicted very much. Revive me, LORD, according to your word.

¹⁰⁸ Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. LORD, teach me your ordinances.

¹⁰⁹ My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won’t forget your Torah.

¹¹⁰ The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.

¹¹¹ I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

¹¹² I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end.

¹¹³ SAMEKH I hate double-minded men, but I love your Torah.

¹¹⁴ You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.

¹¹⁵ Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.

¹¹⁶ Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.

¹¹⁷ Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.

¹¹⁸ You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain.

¹¹⁹ You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies.

¹²⁰ My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgements.

¹²¹ AYIN I have done what is just and righteous. Don’t leave me to my oppressors.

¹²² Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me.

¹²³ My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.

¹²⁴ Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.

¹²⁵ I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.

¹²⁶ It is time to act, LORD, for they break your Torah.

¹²⁷ Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.

¹²⁸ Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way.

¹²⁹ PE Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them.

¹³⁰ The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.

¹³¹ I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments.

¹³² Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.

¹³³ Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me.

¹³⁴ Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts.

¹³⁵ Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.

¹³⁶ Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your Torah.

¹³⁷ TZADHE You are righteous, LORD. Your judgements are upright.

¹³⁸ You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.

¹³⁹ My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.

¹⁴⁰ Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.

¹⁴¹ I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts.

¹⁴² Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your Torah is truth.

¹⁴³ Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.

¹⁴⁴ Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.

¹⁴⁵ QOPH I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, LORD! I will keep your statutes.

¹⁴⁶ I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes.

¹⁴⁷ I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.

¹⁴⁸ My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on your word.

¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, LORD, according to your ordinances.

¹⁵⁰ They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your Torah.

¹⁵¹ You are near, LORD. All your commandments are truth.

¹⁵² Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever.

¹⁵³ RESH Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your Torah.

¹⁵⁴ Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.

¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don’t seek your statutes.

¹⁵⁶ Great are your tender mercies, LORD. Revive me according to your ordinances.

¹⁵⁷ Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies.

¹⁵⁸ I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don’t observe your word.

¹⁵⁹ Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, LORD, according to your loving kindness.

¹⁶⁰ All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.

¹⁶¹ SIN AND SHIN Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.

¹⁶² I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.

¹⁶³ I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your Torah.

¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.

⁷³ Jod. Thine hands made me, and formed me; give thou understanding to me, that I learn thy behests.

⁷⁴ They that dread thee shall see me, and they shall be glad; for I hoped more on thy words.

⁷⁵ Lord, I knew, that thy dooms be equity; and in thy truth thou hast made me meek.

⁷⁶ Thy mercy be made, that it comfort me; by thy speech to thy servant.

⁷⁷ Thy merciful doings come to me, and I shall live; for thy law is my thinking.

⁷⁸ They that be proud be shamed, for unjustly they did wickedness against me; but I shall be exercised in thy behests.

⁷⁹ They that dread thee be turned to me; and they that know thy witnessings.

⁸⁰ Mine heart be made unwemmed in thy justifyings; that I be not shamed.

⁸¹ Caph. My soul failed into thine health; and I hoped more in thy word.

⁸² Mine eyes failed into thy speech; saying, When shalt thou comfort me?

⁸³ For I am made as a bouget or bottle in frost; I have not forgotten thy justifyings.

⁸⁴ How many be the days of thy servant; when thou shalt make doom of them that pursue me?

⁸⁵ Wicked men told to me janglings; but not as thy law.

⁸⁶ All thy commandments be truth; wicked men have pursued me, help thou me.

⁸⁷ Almost they ended me in the earth; but I forsook not thy command-ments.

⁸⁸ By thy mercy quicken thou me; and I shall keep the witnessings of thy mouth.

⁸⁹ Lamed. Lord, thy word dwelleth in heaven; without end.

⁹⁰ Thy truth dwelleth in generation, and into generation; thou hast founded the earth, and it dwelleth.

⁹¹ The day lasteth continually by thy ordinances; for all things serve to thee.

⁹² But for thy law was my thinking; then peradventure I had perished in my lowness.

⁹³ Without end I shall not forget thy justifyings; for in those or them thou hast quickened me.

⁹⁴ I am thine, make thou me safe; for I have sought thy justifyings.

⁹⁵ Sinners abode me, for to lose me; I understood thy witnessings.

⁹⁶ I saw the end of all end; thy commandment is full large.

⁹⁷ Mem. Lord, how loved I or I loved thy law; all day it is my thinking.

⁹⁸ Above mine enemies thou madest me prudent by thy commandment; for it is to me without end.

⁹⁹ I understood over all men teaching me; for thy witnessings is my thinking.

¹⁰⁰ I understood above eld or old men; for I sought thy commandments.

¹⁰¹ I forbade my feet from all evil way; that I keep thy words.

¹⁰² I bowed not from thy dooms; for thou hast set law to me.

¹⁰³ Thy speeches be full sweet to my cheeks; above honey to my mouth.

¹⁰⁴ I understood of thy behests; there-fore I hated all the ways of wickedness.

¹⁰⁵ Nun. Thy word is a lantern to my feet; and a light to my paths.

¹⁰⁶ I swore, and purposed steadfastly; to keep the dooms of thy rightfulness or rightwiseness.

¹⁰⁷ I am made low by all things; Lord, quicken thou me by thy word.

¹⁰⁸ Lord, make thou well pleasing the willful things of my mouth; and teach thou me thy dooms.

¹⁰⁹ My soul is evermore in mine hands; and I forgat not thy law.

¹¹⁰ Sinners setted a snare to me; and I erred not from thy commandments.

¹¹¹ I purchased thy witnessings by heritage without end; for those or they be the full out joying of mine heart.

¹¹² I bowed mine heart to do thy justifyings without end; for reward.

¹¹³ Samech. I hated wicked men; and I loved thy law.

¹¹⁴ Thou art mine helper, and mine up-taker; and I hoped more in thy word.

¹¹⁵ Ye wicked men, bow away from me; and I shall seek the command-ments of my God.

¹¹⁶ Up-take thou me by thy word, and I shall live; and shame thou not me for mine abiding.

¹¹⁷ Help thou me, and I shall be safe; and I shall bethink evermore in thy justifyings.

¹¹⁸ Thou hast forsaken all men going away from thy dooms; for the thought of them is unjust.

¹¹⁹ I areckoned all the sinners of earth to be breakers of the law; therefore I loved thy witnessings.

¹²⁰ Nail thou my flesh with thy dread; for I dreaded of thy dooms.

¹²¹ Ain. I did doom and rightwise-ness; betake thou not me to them that falsely challenge me.

¹²² Take up thy servant into goodness; they that be proud challenge not me.

¹²³ Mine eyes failed into thine health; and into the speech of thy rightful-ness or rightwiseness.

¹²⁴ Do thou with thy servant after thy mercy; and teach thou me thy justify-ings.

¹²⁵ I am thy servant; give thou under-standing to me, that I know thy witnessings.

¹²⁶ Lord, it is time to do; they have destroyed thy law.

¹²⁷ Therefore I loved thy command-ments; more than gold and topaz.

¹²⁸ Therefore I was dressed to all thy behests; I hated all wicked way.

¹²⁹ Pe. Lord, thy witnessings be wonderful; therefore my soul sought those or them.

¹³⁰ Declaring of thy words lighteneth; and it giveth understanding to meek men.

¹³¹ I opened my mouth, and drew the spirit; for I desired thy commandments.

¹³² Behold thou on me, and have mercy on me; by the doom of them that love thy name.

¹³³ Dress thou my goings by thy speech; that all unrightfulness have not lordship on me.

¹³⁴ Again-buy thou me from the false challenges of men; that I keep thy behests.

¹³⁵ Lighten thy face on thy servant; and teach thou me thy justifyings.

¹³⁶ Mine eyes led forth the outgoings of waters; for they kept not thy law.

¹³⁷ Tzaddi. Lord, thou art just or rightwise; and thy doom is rightful or right.

¹³⁸ Thou hast commanded rightfulness or rightwiseness, thy witnessings; and thy truth greatly to be kept.

¹³⁹ My fervent love made me to be melted, either languished; for mine enemies forgat thy words.

¹⁴⁰ Thy speech is set afire; and thy servant loved it.

¹⁴¹ I am young, and despised; I forgat not thy justifyings.

¹⁴² Lord, thy rightfulness or rightwise-ness is rightfulness or rightwiseness without end; and thy law is truth.

¹⁴³ Tribulation and anguish have found me; thy behests is my thinking.

¹⁴⁴ Thy witnessings is equity without end; give thou understanding to me, and I shall live.

¹⁴⁵ Koph. I cried in all mine heart, Lord, hear thou me; I shall seek thy justifyings.

¹⁴⁶ I cried to thee, make thou me safe; that I keep thy commandments.

¹⁴⁷ I before came in ripeness, and I cried; I hoped above on thy words.

¹⁴⁸ Mine eyes before came to thee full early; that I should bethink on thy speeches.

¹⁴⁹ Lord, hear thou my voice by thy mercy; and quicken or enliven thou me by thy doom.

¹⁵⁰ They that pursue me nighed to wickedness; forsooth they be made far from thy law.

¹⁵¹ Lord, thou art nigh; and all thy ways be truth.

¹⁵² In the beginning I knew of thy witnessings; for thou hast founded those or them without end.

¹⁵³ Resh. See thou my meekness, and deliver thou me; for I forgat not thy law.

¹⁵⁴ Deem thou my doom, and again-buy thou me; quicken thou me for thy speech.

¹⁵⁵ Health is far from sinners; for they sought not thy justifyings.

¹⁵⁶ Lord, thy mercies be many; quicken thou me by thy doom.

¹⁵⁷ They be many that pursue me, and do tribulation to me; I bowed not away from thy witnessings.

¹⁵⁸ I saw breakers of the law, and I was melted, either languished; for they kept not thy speeches.

¹⁵⁹ Lord, see thou, for I loved thy commandments; quicken thou me in thy mercy.

¹⁶⁰ The beginning of thy word is truth; all the dooms of thy rightwise-ness be without end.

¹⁶¹ Schin. Princes pursued me with-out cause; and my heart dreaded of thy words.

¹⁶² I shall be glad on thy speeches; as he that findeth many spoils.

¹⁶³ I hated and loathed wickedness; forsooth I loved thy law.

¹⁶⁴ I said praisings to thee seven times in the day; on the dooms of thy rightfulness or rightwiseness.

⁷³ Jod. Thine hands made me, and formed me; give thou understanding to me, that I learn thy behests. (Thy hands made me, and formed me; now give thou me understanding, so that I can learn thy commandments.)

⁷⁴ They that dread thee shall see me, and they shall be glad; for I hoped more on thy words. (They who fear thee or They who revere thee, shall be glad when they see me; for I trust in thy words.)

⁷⁵ Lord, I knew, that thy dooms be equity; and in thy truth thou hast made me meek. (Lord, I know, that thy judgements be just; and that thou hast punished me because of thy faithfulness.)

⁷⁶ Thy mercy be made, that it comfort me; by thy speech to thy servant. (Let thy love comfort me; yea, according to thy word to thy servant.)

⁷⁷ Thy merciful doings come to me, and I shall live; for thy law is my thinking. (Let thy mercy come to me, and then I shall live; for thy Law is my delight.)

⁷⁸ They that be proud be shamed, for unjustly they did wickedness against me; but I shall be exercised in thy behests. (Let they who be proud be shamed, for unjustly, or for no reason, they did wickedly against me; but I shall think about thy precepts.)

⁷⁹ They that dread thee be turned to me; and they that know thy witnessings. (Let they who fear thee or Let they who revere thee, turn to me; yea, all who know thy teachings.)

⁸⁰ Mine heart be made unwemmed in thy justifyings; that I be not shamed. (Let my heart obey thy statutes, and be without blemish, or without fault; and so I shall not shamed.)

⁸¹ Caph. My soul failed into thine health; and I hoped more in thy word. (My soul fainteth waiting for thy salvation, or thy deliverance; but still I trust in thy word.)

⁸² Mine eyes failed into thy speech; saying, When shalt thou comfort me? (My eyes fail waiting for thy word; and so I ask, When shalt thou comfort me?)

⁸³ For I am made as a bouget, (or a bottle,) in frost; (yet) I have not forgotten thy justifyings. (For I am shriveled up, like a wineskin in the smoke; but I have not forgotten thy statutes.)

⁸⁴ How many be the days of thy servant; when thou shalt make doom of them that pursue me? (How many days must thy servant wait? when shalt thou bring judgement upon those who persecute me?)

⁸⁵ Wicked men told to me janglings; but (they be) not as thy law. (The wicked gossiped about me; and they do not obey thy Law.)

⁸⁶ All thy commandments be truth; wicked men have pursued me, help thou me. (All thy commandments (be) faithful or (be) trustworthy, (and shall stand forever); the wicked persecute me, help thou me!)

⁸⁷ Almost they ended me in the earth; but I forsook not thy commandments. (Yea, they almost brought me to an end here on the earth; but I did not forsake thy precepts.)

⁸⁸ By thy mercy quicken thou me; and I shall keep the witnessings of thy mouth. (In thy mercy or In thy love, grant thou me life; so that I can obey the teachings from thy mouth.)

⁸⁹ Lamed. Lord, thy word dwelleth in heaven; into without end. (Lord, thy word remaineth, or liveth, in heaven, forever.)

⁹⁰ Thy truth dwelleth in generation, and into generation; thou hast founded the earth, and it dwelleth. (Thy faithfulness remaineth for all generations; thou hast founded the earth, and it still remaineth.)

⁹¹ The day lasteth continually by thy ordinance(s); for all things serve to thee. (All things continue to this day according to thy ordinances; for all things serve thee./Thy ordinances, or thy decrees, continue to this day; for all things serve thee.)

⁹² But for thy law was my thinking; then peradventure I had perished in my lowness. (If thy Law had not been my delight; then I would have perished in my time of trouble.)

⁹³ Into Without end I shall not forget thy justifyings; for in those thou hast quickened me. (I shall never forget thy precepts; for through them thou hast given me life.)

⁹⁴ I am thine, make thou me safe; for I have sought thy justifyings. (I am thine, save thou me; for I have sought out thy precepts.)

⁹⁵ Sinners abode me, for to lose me; I understood thy witnessings. (The sinners have waited for me, to destroy me; but I shall think about thy teachings.)

⁹⁶ I saw the end of all end; thy commandment is full large. (I have seen the end of the end or I have seen that all things must end; but thy commandment shall go on forever.)

⁹⁷ Mem. Lord, how loved I thy law; all day it is my thinking. (Lord, how I love thy Law! I think about it all day long.)

⁹⁸ Above mine enemies thou madest me prudent by thy commandment; for it is to me into without end. (By thy commandments, thou hast made me more prudent than all my enemies; for thy commandments shall be with me forever.)

⁹⁹ I understood over all men teaching me; for thy witnessings is my thinking. (I have more understanding than all those who teach me; because I think about thy teachings.)

¹⁰⁰ I understood above eld men; for I sought thy commandments. (I have more understanding than the old men, that is, the elders; because I have kept thy precepts.)

¹⁰¹ I forbade my feet from all evil way; that I keep thy words (or so that I obey thy commands).

¹⁰² I bowed not from thy dooms; for thou hast set law to me. (I turned not away from thy judgements; for thou thyself hast taught me.)

¹⁰³ Thy speeches be full sweet to my cheeks; above honey to my mouth. (Thy words be exceedingly sweet to my taste; yea, sweeter in my mouth than honey.)

¹⁰⁴ I understood of thy behests; therefore I hated all the ways of wickedness. (I gained understanding through thy precepts; and now I hate all wicked ways.)

¹⁰⁵ Nun. Thy word is a lantern to my feet; and (a) light to my paths.

¹⁰⁶ I swore, and purposed steadfastly; to keep the dooms of thy rightfulness. (I swore, and steadfastly purposed, to obey thy righteous judgements.)

¹⁰⁷ I am made low by all things; Lord, quicken thou me by thy word. (I am brought down so very low, that is, I am greatly afflicted; Lord, grant thou me life according to thy word.)

¹⁰⁸ Lord, make thou well pleasing the willful things of my mouth; and teach thou me thy dooms. (Lord, accept thou the willing offerings, or the tributes, from my mouth; and teach thou me thy judgements.)

¹⁰⁹ My soul is evermore in mine hands; and I forgat not thy law. (My life is in my hands forevermore or My life is always in my hands; yet I never forget thy Law.)

¹¹⁰ Sinners setted a snare to me; and I erred not from thy commandments. (Sinners set a snare for me; but I did not stray from thy precepts.)

¹¹¹ I purchased thy witnessings by heritage into without end; for those be the full joying of mine heart. (Thy teachings be my inheritance forever; yea, they be the full out joy of my heart.)

¹¹² I bowed mine heart to do thy justifyings into without end; for reward. (I committed my heart to follow thy statutes; for they be my reward forever or for they shall be my reward until the day I die.)

¹¹³ Samech. I hated wicked men; and I loved thy law. (I hate the wicked; but I love thy Law.)

¹¹⁴ Thou art mine helper, and mine up-taker; and I hoped more in thy word. (Thou art my helper, and my defender; I put my hope in thy word.)

¹¹⁵ Ye wicked men, bow away from me; and I shall seek the commandments of my God. (All ye wicked people, go away from me; so that I can obey my God’s commandments.)

¹¹⁶ Up-take thou me by thy word, and I shall live; and shame thou not me for mine abiding. (Lift up thou me or Strengthen thou me according to thy word, so that I may live; and do not let me be shamed for trusting in thee.)

¹¹⁷ Help thou me, and I shall be safe; and I shall bethink evermore in thy justifyings. (Help thou me, and I shall be saved; and I shall think about thy statutes forevermore.)

¹¹⁸ Thou hast forsaken all men going away from thy dooms; for the thought of them is unjust. (Thou hast abandoned all who stray, or who go away, from thy statutes; for their thoughts be not just, or proper.)

¹¹⁹ I areckoned all the sinners of earth (to be) breakers of the law; therefore I loved thy witnessings. (Thou reckonest all the wicked of the earth to be but drit, or dirt; and so I love thy teachings.)

¹²⁰ Nail thou my flesh with thy dread; for I dreaded of thy dooms. (My flesh shaketh in fear of thee; because I fear thy judgements or because I revere thy justice.)

¹²¹ Ain. I did doom and rightwiseness; betake thou not me to them that falsely challenge me. (I did what is just and right; so do not thou deliver me up to those who will oppress me.)

¹²² Take up thy servant into goodness; they that be proud challenge not me. (Yea, protect thy servant; let not those who be proud oppress me.)

¹²³ Mine eyes failed into thine health; and into the speech of thy rightfulness. (My eyes fail looking for thy salvation, or for thy deliverance; and for the word of thy righteousness.)

¹²⁴ Do thou with thy servant after thy mercy; and teach thou me thy justifyings. (Do thou with thy servant according to thy love; and teach thou me thy statutes.)

¹²⁵ I am thy servant; give thou understanding to me, that I know thy witnessings (or so that I can know thy teachings).

¹²⁶ Lord, it is time to do; they have destroyed thy law. (Lord, it is time to act; for they have destroyed thy Law.)

¹²⁷ Therefore I loved thy commandments; more than gold and topaz. (Truly I love thy commandments; yea, more than gold and topaz.)

¹²⁸ Therefore I was (ad)dressed to all thy behests; I hated all wicked way. (And so I am directed, or guided, by all thy precepts; and I hate all wicked ways.)

¹²⁹ Pe. Lord, thy witnessings be wonderful; therefore my soul sought those. (Lord, thy teachings be wonderful; and so my soul gladly keepeth them or and so I gladly obey them.)

¹³⁰ Declaring of thy words lighteneth; and it giveth understanding to meek men. (The declaring, or the exposition, of thy words bringeth light, or enlightenment; and it giveth understanding even to the simple, or the untaught.)

¹³¹ I opened my mouth, and drew the spirit (or and drew my breath, yea, I panted); for I desired thy commandments.

¹³² Behold thou on me, and have mercy on me; by the doom of them that love thy name. (Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me; as thou hast decreed thou shalt do, for those who love thy name.)

¹³³ (Ad)dress thou my goings by thy speech; that all unrightfulness have not lordship on me. (Direct thou my ways according to thy word; and do not let any unrighteousness have lordship, or rule, over me.)

¹³⁴ Again-buy thou me from the false challenges of men; that I keep thy behests. (Save thou me from those who would oppress me; so that I can obey thy precepts.)

¹³⁵ Lighten thy face on thy servant; and teach thou me thy justifyings. (Let thy face shine upon thy servant; and teach thou me thy statutes.)

¹³⁶ Mine eyes led forth the outgoings of waters; for they kept not thy law. (My eyes stream with tears; because of those who do not obey thy Law.)

¹³⁷ Tzaddi. Lord, thou art just; and thy doom is rightful. (Lord, thou art just; and thy judgements, or thy decrees, be righteous.)

¹³⁸ Thou hast commanded rightfulness, thy witnessings; and thy truth greatly to be kept. (The teachings that thou hast commanded be right, and true; and greatly to be obeyed.)

¹³⁹ My fervent love made me to be melted, either languished; for mine enemies forgat thy words. (My fervent love for thee made me feel greatly distressed; because my enemies did not obey thy words.)

¹⁴⁰ Thy speech is set afire; and thy servant loved it. (Thy word is tried by fire; and thy servant loveth it.)

¹⁴¹ I am young, and despised; I forgat not thy justifyings. (I am young and despised; but I do not forget thy precepts.)

¹⁴² Lord, thy rightfulness is rightfulness into without end; and thy law is truth. (Lord, thy righteousness is righteousness forever; and thy Law is true forever or and thy Law is the truth forever.)

¹⁴³ Tribulation and anguish have found me; thy behests is my thinking. (Though trouble and anguish have found me; thy commandments still be my delight.)

¹⁴⁴ Thy witnessings is equity into without end (or Thy teachings be just forever); give thou understanding to me, and I shall live.

¹⁴⁵ Koph. I cried in all mine heart, Lord, hear thou me; I shall seek thy justifyings. (I cried with all my heart, O Lord, please answer me; for I shall follow thy statutes.)

¹⁴⁶ I cried to thee, make thou me safe; that I keep thy commandments. (I cried to thee, save thou me; so that I can keep thy commandments or and I shall obey thy commandments.)

¹⁴⁷ I before came in ripeness, and I cried; I hoped above on thy words. (I came before thee in the morning; I have great hope in thy words.)

¹⁴⁸ Mine eyes before came to thee full early; that I should bethink (on) thy speeches. (My eyes be open through the night or I lie awake all night; so that I can think about thy words.)

¹⁴⁹ Lord, hear thou my voice by thy mercy; and quicken thou me by thy doom. (Lord, hear thou me in thy mercy; and grant thou me life according to thy judgement./Lord, hear thou me in thy love; and grant thou me life by thy decree.)

¹⁵⁰ They that pursue me nighed to wickedness; forsooth they be made far from thy law. (They who pursue me approach near to wickedness; and they be made far from thy Law./They who wickedly pursue me come near to me; but they be made far from thy Law.)

¹⁵¹ Lord, thou art nigh; and all thy ways be truth. (Lord, thou art near; and all thy commandments be true.)

¹⁵² In the beginning I knew of thy witnessings; for thou hast founded those into without end. (Long ago I knew of thy teachings; for thou hast founded them to last forever.)

¹⁵³ Resh. See thou my meekness, and deliver thou me; for I forgat not thy law. (See thou my troubles, and save thou me; for I have not forgotten thy Law.)

¹⁵⁴ Deem thou my doom, and again-buy thou me; quicken me for thy speech. (Judge thou my case, and buy thou me back, that is, rescue me; yea, grant thou me life according to thy word, or thy promise.)

¹⁵⁵ Health is far from sinners; for they sought not thy justifyings. (Salvation is far from sinners; for they did not search out thy statutes or for they do not obey thy laws.)

¹⁵⁶ Lord, thy mercies be many; quicken thou me by thy doom. (Lord, thy constant love (is) great; grant thou me life according to thy judgement./Lord, thy mercy (is) great; grant thou me life by thy decree.)

¹⁵⁷ They be many that pursue me, and do tribulation to me; I bowed not away from thy witnessings. (There be many who persecute me, and give me trouble; but I have not turned away from thy teachings.)

¹⁵⁸ I saw breakers of the law, and I was melted, either languished; for they kept not thy speeches. (I saw the law-breakers, and I was greatly distressed; for they did not obey thy words, or thy commands.)

¹⁵⁹ Lord, see thou, for I loved thy commandments; quicken thou me in thy mercy. (Lord, see thou, how I love thy precepts; grant thou me life according to thy love.)

¹⁶⁰ The beginning of thy word is truth; all the dooms of thy rightwiseness be into without end. (The beginning of thy word is truth; and all thy righteous judgements be forever.)

¹⁶¹ Schin. Princes pursued me without cause; and my heart dreaded of thy words. (The rulers persecuted me for no reason; but my heart is in awe of thy words.)

¹⁶² I shall be glad on thy speeches; as he that findeth many spoils. (I shall be glad, or rejoice, in thy words; like he who findeth much prey.)

¹⁶³ I hated and loathed wickedness; forsooth I loved thy law. (I hate and loathe all lies; but I love thy Law.)

¹⁶⁴ I said praisings to thee seven times in the day; on the dooms of thy rightfulness. (Seven times a day I praise thee; for thy righteous judgements or for thy rightful decrees.)

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.