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[1][Aleph.] O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah,
[2]O the happiness of those keeping His testimonies, With the whole heart they seek Him.
[3]Yea, they have not done iniquity, In His ways they have walked.
[4]Thou hast commanded us Thy precepts to keep diligently,
[5]O that my ways were prepared to keep Thy statutes,
[6]Then I am not ashamed In my looking unto all Thy commands.
[7]I confess Thee with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Thy righteousness.
[8]Thy statutes I keep, leave me not utterly!
[9][Beth.] With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe -- according to Thy word.
[10]With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands.
[11]In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.
[12]Blessed [art] Thou, O Jehovah, teach me Thy statutes.
[13]With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Thy mouth.
[14]In the way of Thy testimonies I have joyed, As over all wealth.
[15]In Thy precepts I meditate, And I behold attentively Thy paths.
[16]In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word.
[17][Gimel.] Confer benefits on Thy servant, I live, and I keep Thy word.
[18]Uncover mine eyes, and I behold wonders out of Thy law.
[19]A sojourner I [am] on earth, Hide not from me Thy commands.
[20]Broken hath my soul for desire Unto Thy judgments at all times.
[21]Thou hast rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Thy commands.
[22]Remove from me reproach and contempt, For Thy testimonies I have kept.
[23]Princes also sat -- against me they spoke, Thy servant doth meditate in Thy statutes,
[24]Thy testimonies also [are] my delight, The men of my counsel!
[25][Daleth.] Cleaved to the dust hath my soul, Quicken me according to Thy word.
[26]My ways I have recounted, And Thou answerest me, teach me Thy statutes,
[27]The way of Thy precepts cause me to understand, And I meditate in Thy wonders.
[28]My soul hath dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Thy word.
[29]The way of falsehood turn aside from me And with Thy law favour me.
[30]The way of faithfulness I have chosen, Thy judgments I have compared,
[31]I have adhered to Thy testimonies, O Jehovah, put me not to shame.
[32]The way of Thy commands I run, For Thou dost enlarge my heart!
[33][He.] Show me, O Jehovah, the way of Thy statutes, And I keep it -- [to] the end.
[34]Cause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the whole heart.
[35]Cause me to tread in the path of Thy commands, For in it I have delighted.
[36]Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, And not unto dishonest gain.
[37]Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me.
[38]Establish to Thy servant Thy saying, That [is] concerning Thy fear.
[39]Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Thy judgments [are] good.
[40]Lo, I have longed for Thy precepts, In Thy righteousness quicken Thou me,
[41][Waw.] And meet me doth Thy kindness, O Jehovah, Thy salvation according to Thy saying.
[42]And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For I have trusted in Thy word.
[43]And Thou takest not utterly away From my mouth the word of truth, Because for Thy judgment I have hoped.
[44]And I keep Thy law continually, To the age and for ever.
[45]And I walk habitually in a broad place, For Thy precepts I have sought.
[46]And I speak of Thy testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed.
[47]And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved,
[48]And I lift up my hands unto Thy commands, That I have loved, And I do meditate on Thy statutes!
[49][Zain.] Remember the word to Thy servant, On which Thou hast caused me to hope.
[50]This [is] my comfort in mine affliction, That Thy saying hath quickened me.
[51]The proud have utterly scorned me, From Thy law I have not turned aside.
[52]I remembered Thy judgments of old, O Jehovah, And I comfort myself.
[53]Horror hath seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Thy law.
[54]Songs have been to me Thy statutes, In the house of my sojournings.
[55]I have remembered in the night Thy name, O Jehovah, And I do keep Thy law.
[56]This hath been to me, That Thy precepts I have kept!
[57][Cheth.] My portion [is] Jehovah; I have said -- to keep Thy words,
[58]I appeased Thy face with the whole heart, Favour me according to Thy saying.
[59]I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies.
[60]I have made haste, And delayed not, to keep Thy commands.
[61]Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, Thy law I have not forgotten.
[62]At midnight I rise to give thanks to Thee, For the judgments of Thy righteousness.
[63]A companion I [am] to all who fear Thee, And to those keeping Thy precepts.
[64]Of Thy kindness, O Jehovah, the earth is full, Thy statutes teach Thou me!
[65][Teth.] Good Thou didst with Thy servant, O Jehovah, According to Thy word.
[66]The goodness of reason and knowledge teach me, For in Thy commands I have believed.
[67]Before I am afflicted, I -- I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept.
[68]Good Thou [art], and doing good, Teach me Thy statutes.
[69]Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts.
[70]Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I -- in Thy law I have delighted.
[71]Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes.
[72]Better to me [is] the law of Thy mouth Than thousands of gold and silver!
[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.
[165]Abundant peace have those loving Thy law, And they have no stumbling-block.
[166]I have waited for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy commands I have done.
[167]Kept hath my soul Thy testimonies, And I do love them exceedingly.
[168]I have kept Thy precepts and Thy testimonies, For all my ways are before Thee!
[169][Taw.] My loud cry cometh near before Thee, O Jehovah; According to Thy word cause me to understand.
[170]My supplication cometh in before Thee, According to Thy saying deliver Thou me.
[171]My lips do utter praise, For Thou dost teach me Thy statutes.
[172]My tongue doth sing of Thy saying, For all Thy commands [are] righteous.
[173]Thy hand is for a help to me, For Thy commands I have chosen.
[174]I have longed for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy law [is] my delight.
[175]My soul liveth, and it doth praise Thee, And Thy judgments do help me.
[176]I wandered as a lost sheep, seek Thy servant, For Thy precepts I have not forgotten!
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