1 Blessed are those whose lives have integrity,
2 Blessed are those who obey his written instructions.
3 They do nothing wrong.
4 You have commanded
5 I pray that my ways may become firmly established
6 Then I will never feel ashamed
7 I will give thanks to you
8 I will obey your laws.
9 How can a young person keep his life pure?
10 I wholeheartedly searched for you.
11 I have treasured your promise in my heart
12 Thanks be to you, O Lord.
13 With my lips I have repeated
14 I find joy in the way ⌞shown by⌟ your written instructions
15 I want to reflect on your guiding principles
16 Your laws make me happy.
17 Be kind to me so that I may live
18 Uncover my eyes
19 I am a foreigner in this world.
20 My soul is overwhelmed with endless longing for your regulations.
21 You threaten arrogant people, who are condemned
22 Remove the insults and contempt that have fallen on me
23 Even though influential people plot against me,
24 Indeed, your written instructions make me happy.
25 I am close to death.
26 I told you what I have done, and you answered me.
27 Help me understand your guiding principles
28 I am drowning in tears.
29 Turn me away from a life of lies.
30 I have chosen a life of faithfulness.
31 I have clung tightly to your written instructions.
32 I will eagerly pursue your commandments
33 Teach me, O Lord, how to live by your laws,
34 Help me understand so that I can follow your teachings.
35 Lead me on the path of your commandments,
36 Direct my heart toward your written instructions
37 Turn my eyes away from worthless things.
38 Keep your promise to me
39 Take away insults, which I dread,
40 I long for your guiding principles.
41 Let your blessings reach me, O Lord.
42 Then I will have an answer for the one who insults me
43 Do not take so much as a single word of truth from my mouth.
44 I will follow your teachings forever and ever.
45 I will walk around freely
46 I will speak about your written instructions in the presence of kings
47 Your commandments, which I love, make me happy.
48 I lift my hands ⌞in prayer⌟ because of your commandments,
49 Remember the word ⌞you gave⌟ me.
50 This is my comfort in my misery:
51 Arrogant people have mocked me with cruelty,
52 I remembered your regulations from long ago, O Lord,
53 I am burning with anger because of wicked people,
54 Your laws have become like psalms to me
55 At night I remember your name, O Lord,
56 This has happened to me
57 You are my inheritance, O Lord.
58 With all my heart I want to win your favor.
59 I have thought about my life,
60 Without any hesitation I hurry to obey your commandments.
61 ⌞Though⌟ the ropes of wicked people are tied around me,
62 At midnight I wake up to give thanks to you
63 I am a friend to everyone who fears you
64 Your mercy, O Lord, fills the earth.
65 You have treated me well, O Lord,
66 Teach me ⌞to use⌟ good judgment and knowledge,
67 Before you made me suffer, I used to wander off,
68 You are good, and you do good things.
69 Arrogant people have smeared me with lies,
70 Their hearts are cold and insensitive,
71 It was good that I had to suffer
72 The teachings ⌞that come⌟ from your mouth are worth more to me
73 Your hands created me and made me what I am.
74 Those who fear you will see me and rejoice,
75 I know that your regulations are fair, O Lord,
76 Let your mercy comfort me
77 Let your compassion reach me so that I may live,
78 Let arrogant people be put to shame
79 Let those who fear you turn to me
80 Let my heart be filled with integrity in regard to your laws
81 My soul is weak from waiting for you to save me.
82 My eyes have become strained from looking for your promise.
83 Although I have become like a shriveled and dried out wineskin,
84 What is left of my life?
85 Arrogant people have dug pits to trap me
86 (All your commandments are reliable.)
87 They almost wiped me off ⌞the face of⌟ the earth.
88 Give me a new life through your mercy
89 O Lord, your word is established in heaven forever.
90 Your faithfulness endures throughout every generation.
91 All things continue to stand today because of your regulations,
92 If your teachings had not made me happy,
93 I will never forget your guiding principles,
94 I am yours.
95 The wicked people have waited for me in order to destroy me,
96 I have seen a limit to everything else,
97 Oh, how I love your teachings!
98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies,
99 I have more insight than all my teachers,
100 I have more wisdom than those with many years of experience,
101 I have kept my feet ⌞from walking⌟ on any evil path
102 I have not neglected your regulations,
103 How sweet the taste of your promise is!
104 From your guiding principles I gain understanding.
105 Your word is a lamp for my feet
106 I took an oath, and I will keep it.
107 I have suffered so much.
108 Please accept the praise I gladly give you, O Lord,
109 I always take my life into my own hands,
110 Wicked people have set a trap for me,
111 Your written instructions are mine forever.
112 I have decided to obey your laws.
113 I hate two-faced people,
114 You are my hiding place and my shield.
115 Get away from me, you evildoers,
116 Help me God, as you promised, so that I may live.
117 Hold me, and I will be safe,
118 You reject all who wander away from your laws,
119 You get rid of all wicked people on earth as if they were rubbish.
120 My body shudders in fear of you,
121 I have done what is fair and right.
122 Guarantee my well-being.
123 My eyes are strained from looking for you to save me
124 Treat me with kindness,
125 I am your servant.
126 It is time for you to act, O Lord.
127 I love your commandments more than gold, more than pure gold.
128 I follow the straight paths of your guiding principles.
129 Your written instructions are miraculous.
130 Your word is a doorway that lets in light,
131 I open my mouth and pant
132 Turn toward me, and have pity on me
133 Make my steps secure through your promise,
134 Save me from human oppression
135 Smile on me,
136 Streams of tears flow from my eyes
137 You are righteous, O Lord,
138 You have issued your written instructions.
139 My devotion ⌞for your words⌟ consumes me,
140 Your promise has been thoroughly tested,
141 I am unimportant and despised,
142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,
143 Trouble and hardship have found me,
144 Your written instructions are always right.
145 I have called out with all my heart. Answer me, O Lord.
146 I have called out.
147 I got up before dawn, and I cried out for help.
148 My eyes are wide-open throughout the nighttime hours
149 In keeping with your mercy, hear my voice.
150 Those who carry out plots against me are near,
151 You are near, O Lord,
152 Long ago I learned from your written instructions
153 Look at my misery, and rescue me,
154 Plead my case ⌞for me⌟, and save me.
155 Wicked people are far from being saved,
156 Your acts of compassion are many in number, O Lord.
157 I have many persecutors and opponents,
158 I have seen traitors,
159 See how I have loved your guiding principles!
160 There is nothing but truth in your word,
161 Influential people have persecuted me for no reason,
162 I find joy in your promise
163 I hate lying; I am disgusted with it.
164 Seven times a day I praise you
165 There is lasting peace for those who love your teachings.
166 I have waited with hope for you to save me, O Lord.
167 I have obeyed your written instructions.
168 I have followed your guiding principles and your written instructions,
169 Let my cry for help come into your presence, O Lord.
170 Let my plea for mercy come into your presence.
171 Let my lips pour out praise
172 Let my tongue sing about your promise
173 Let your hand help me
174 I have longed for you to save me, O Lord,
175 Let my soul have new life so that it can praise you.
176 I have wandered away like a lost lamb.