| 1) | ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD. |
| 2) | Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. |
| 3) | They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways. |
| 4) | Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. |
| 5) | O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! |
| 6) | Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. |
| 7) | I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. |
| 8) | I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly. |
| 9) | BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. |
| 10) | With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. |
| 11) | Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. |
| 12) | Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes. |
| 13) | With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. |
| 14) | I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches. |
| 15) | I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. |
| 16) | I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. |
| 17) | GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word. |
| 18) | Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. |
| 19) | I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. |
| 20) | My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times. |
| 21) | Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments. |
| 22) | Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies. |
| 23) | Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes. |
| 24) | Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors. |
| 25) | DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word. |
| 26) | I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes. |
| 27) | Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works. |
| 28) | My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word. |
| 29) | Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously. |
| 30) | I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me. |
| 31) | I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame. |
| 32) | I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart. |
| 33) | HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end. |
| 34) | Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. |
| 35) | Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight. |
| 36) | Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. |
| 37) | Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way. |
| 38) | Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear. |
| 39) | Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good. |
| 40) | Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness. |
| 41) | VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word. |
| 42) | So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word. |
| 43) | And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments. |
| 44) | So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever. |
| 45) | And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. |
| 46) | I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed. |
| 47) | And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. |
| 48) | My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes. |
| 49) | ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. |
| 50) | This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me. |
| 51) | The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law. |
| 52) | I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself. |
| 53) | Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law. |
| 54) | Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. |
| 55) | I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law. |
| 56) | This I had, because I kept thy precepts. |
| 57) | CHETH. Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words. |
| 58) | I entreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. |
| 59) | I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. |
| 60) | I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. |
| 61) | The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law. |
| 62) | At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments. |
| 63) | I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts. |
| 64) | The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes. |
| 65) | TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word. |
| 66) | Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments. |
| 67) | Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. |
| 68) | Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. |
| 69) | The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart. |
| 70) | Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law. |
| 71) | It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. |
| 72) | The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. |
| 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 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) | CAPH. 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) | LAMED. 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) | MEM. 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) | 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: 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) | 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 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) | 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 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) | PE. 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) | TZADDI. 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) | KOPH. 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) | RESH. 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) | 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. |
| 165) | Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. |
| 166) | LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments. |
| 167) | My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. |
| 168) | I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee. |
| 169) | TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word. |
| 170) | Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word. |
| 171) | My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. |
| 172) | My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness. |
| 173) | Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. |
| 174) | I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight. |
| 175) | Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me. |
| 176) | I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments. |