1 ALEPH.
2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies,
3 Yea, they do no unrighteousness;
4 Thou hast commanded
5 Oh that my ways were established
6 Then shall I not be put to shame,
7 I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart,
8 I will observe thy statutes:
9 BETH.
10 With my whole heart have I sought thee:
11 Thy word have I laid up in my heart,
12 Blessed art thou, O Jehovah:
13 With my lips have I declared
14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies,
15 I will meditate on thy precepts,
16 I will delight myself in thy statutes:
17 GIMEL.
18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold
19 I am a sojourner in the earth:
20 My soul breaketh for the longing
21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed,
22 Take away from me reproach and contempt;
23 Princes also sat and talked against me;
24 Thy testimonies also are my delight
25 DALETH.
26 I declared my ways, and thou answeredst me:
27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts:
28 My soul melteth for heaviness:
29 Remove from me the way of falsehood;
30 I have chosen the way of faithfulness:
31 I cleave unto thy testimonies:
32 I will run the way of thy commandments,
33 HE.
34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law;
35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments;
36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies,
37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity,
38 Confirm unto thy servant thy word,
39 Turn away my reproach whereof I am afraid;
40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts:
41 VAV.
42 So shall I have an answer for him that reproacheth me;
43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth;
44 So shall I observe thy law continually
45 And I shall walk at liberty;
46 I will also speak of thy testimonies before kings,
47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments,
48 I will lift up my hands also unto thy commandments, which I have loved;
49 ZAYIN.
50 This is my comfort in my affliction;
51 The proud have had me greatly in derision:
52 I have remembered thine ordinances of old, O Jehovah,
53 Hot indignation hath taken hold upon me,
54 Thy statutes have been my songs
55 I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night,
56 This I have had,
57 HHETH.
58 I entreated thy favor with my whole heart:
59 I thought on my ways,
60 I made haste, and delayed not,
61 The cords of the wicked have wrapped me round;
62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee
63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee,
64 The earth, O Jehovah, is full of thy lovingkindness:
65 TETH.
66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge;
67 Before I was afflicted I went astray;
68 Thou art good, and doest good;
69 The proud have forged a lie against me:
70 Their heart is as fat as grease;
71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted;
72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me
73 YODH.
74 They that fear thee shall see me and be glad,
75 I know, O Jehovah, that thy judgments are righteous,
76 Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness be for my comfort,
77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live;
78 Let the proud be put to shame;
79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me;
80 Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes,
81 KAPH.
82 Mine eyes fail for thy word,
83 For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke;
84 How many are the days of thy servant?
85 The proud have digged pits for me,
86 All thy commandments are faithful:
87 They had almost consumed me upon earth;
88 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness;
89 LAMEDH.
90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations:
91 They abide this day according to thine ordinances;
92 Unless thy law had been my delight,
93 I will never forget thy precepts;
94 I am thine, save me;
95 The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me;
96 I have seen an end of all perfection;
97 MEM.
98 Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies;
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers;
100 I understand more than the aged,
101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way,
102 I have not turned aside from thine ordinances;
103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste!
104 Through thy precepts I get understanding:
105 NUN.
106 I have sworn, and have confirmed it,
107 I am afflicted very much:
108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, O Jehovah,
109 My soul is continually in my hand;
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me;
111 Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever;
112 I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes
113 SAMEKH.
114 Thou art my hiding-place and my shield:
115 Depart from me, ye evil-doers,
116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live;
117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe,
118 Thou hast set at nought all them that err from thy statutes;
119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross:
120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee;
121 AYIN.
122 Be surety for thy servant for good:
123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation,
124 Deal with thy servant according unto thy lovingkindness,
125 I am thy servant; give me understanding,
126 It is time for Jehovah to work;
127 Therefore I love thy commandments
128 Therefore I esteem all
129 PE.
130 The opening of thy words giveth light;
131 I opened wide my mouth, and panted;
132 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me,
133 Establish my footsteps in thy word;
134 Redeem me from the oppression of man:
135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant;
136 Streams of water run down mine eyes,
137 TSADHE.
138 Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness
139 My zeal hath consumed me,
140 Thy word is very pure;
141 I am small and despised;
142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,
143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me;
144 Thy testimonies are righteous for ever:
145 QOPH.
146 I have called unto thee; save me,
147 I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried:
148 Mine eyes anticipated the night-watches,
149 Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness:
150 They draw nigh that follow after wickedness;
151 Thou art nigh, O Jehovah;
152 Of old have I known from thy testimonies,
153 RESH.
154 Plead thou my cause, and redeem me:
155 Salvation is far from the wicked;
156 Great are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah:
157 Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries;
158 I beheld the treacherous, and was grieved,
159 Consider how I love thy precepts:
160 The sum of thy word is truth;
161 SHIN.
162 I rejoice at thy word,
163 I hate and abhor falsehood;
164 Seven times a day do I praise thee,
165 Great peace have they that love thy law;
166 I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah,
167 My soul hath observed thy testimonies;
168 I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies;
169 TAV.
170 Let my supplication come before thee:
171 Let my lips utter praise;
172 Let my tongue sing of thy word;
173 Let thy hand be ready to help me;
174 I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah;
175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee;
176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep;