Psalms

ALEPH. Blessed [are] the upright in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.

Blessed [are] they who keep His testimonies, and who seek Him with all the heart.

They also do no iniquity; they walk in His ways.

You have commanded [us] to keep Your commandments carefully.

O that my ways were fixed to keep Your statutes!

Then I shall not be ashamed, when I have respect to all Your commandments.

I will praise You with uprightness of heart when I have learned Your righteous judgments.

I will keep Your statutes; do not forsake me completely.

BETH. With what shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word.

With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me wander from Your commandments.

I have hidden Your word in my heart, so that I might not sin against You.

Blessed [are] You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.

With my lips I have declared all the judgments of Your mouth.

I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, [as much as] in all riches.

I will think on Your commandments and have respect to Your ways.

I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.

GIMEL. Deal bountifully with Your servant, [that] I may live and keep Your word.

Open my eyes, so that I may behold wonderful things out of Your law.

I [am] a stranger in the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.

My soul breaks for the longing that it has to Your judgments at all times.

You have rebuked the proud [who are] cursed, who go astray from Your commandments.

Remove cursing and scorn from me; for I have kept Your testimonies.

Princes also sat and spoke against me; [but] Your servant thought on Your statutes.

Your testimonies also [are] my delight [and] my advisers.

DALETH. My soul clings to the dust; give me life according to Your word.

I have declared my ways, and You hear me; teach me Your statutes.

Make me to understand the way of Your commandments, and I will speak of Your wonderful works.

My soul weeps [for] grief; strengthen me according to Your word.

Remove from me the way of lying; and grant me Your law graciously.

I have chosen the way of truth; I have laid Your judgments [before me].

I have stuck to Your testimonies; O LORD, do not put me to shame.

I will run the way of Your commandments, when You shall enlarge my heart.

HE. O LORD, teach me the way of Your statutes, and I shall keep it [to] the end.

Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law; yea, I shall observe it with all [my] heart.

Cause me to walk in the path of Your commandments; for I delight in them.

Bow my heart to Your testimonies, and not to unjust gain.

Turn away my eyes from seeing vanity; in Your way give me life.

Make Your word sure to Your servant, who [is devoted] to Your fear.

Turn away my shame which I fear; for Your judgments [are] good.

Behold, I have longed after Your commandments; in Your righteousness give me life.

VAU. Let Your mercies come to me, O LORD, even according to Your salvation, according to Your word.

And I shall have something to answer him who mocks me; for I trust in Your word.

And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in Your judgments.

And I shall keep Your law continually forever and ever.

And I will always walk in a broad place; for I seek Your commandments.

I will speak of Your testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.

And I will delight myself in Your commandments, which I have loved.

And I will lift up my hands to Your commandments which I have loved; and I will think on Your statutes.

ZAYIN. Remember the word to Your servant, on which You have caused me to hope.

This [is] my comfort in my affliction; for Your word has given me life.

The proud have utterly scorned me; yet I have not turned aside from Your law.

I remembered Your judgments of old, O LORD, and have comforted myself.

Horror has taken hold on me because of the wicked who forsake Your law.

Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

I have remembered Your name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept Your law.

This was done to me, because I kept Your commandments.

CHETH. [You are] my portion, O LORD; I have said that I would keep Your words.

I looked for Your favor with all [my] heart; be merciful to me according to Your word.

I thought on my ways, and turned my feet to Your testimonies.

I made haste and did not delay to keep Your commandments.

The bands of the wicked have robbed me; [but] I have not forgotten Your law.

At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You because of Your righteous judgments.

I [am] a companion of all who fear You, and of those who keep Your commandments.

O LORD, the earth is full of Your mercy; teach me Your statutes.

TETH. You have dealt well with Your servant, O LORD, according to Your word.

Teach me good judgment and knowledge; for I have believed Your commandments.

Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now I have kept Your word.

You [are] good, and do good; teach me Your statutes.

The proud have forged a lie against me; I will keep Your commandments with all [my] heart.

Their heart is without feeling, like fat; [but] I delight in Your law.

[It is] good for me that I have been afflicted, so that I might learn Your statutes.

The law of Your mouth [is] better to me than thousands of gold and silver.

JOD. Your hands have made me and formed me; give me understanding so that I may learn Your commandments.

They who fear You will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in Your word.

I know, O LORD, that Your judgments [are] right, and that You have afflicted me in faithfulness.

I beseech You, let Your merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to Your word to Your servant.

Let Your tender mercies come to me so that I may live; for Your law [is] my delight.

Let the proud be ashamed; for they perverted my cause with lying; I will think on Your commandments.

Let those who fear You turn to me, and those who have known Your testimonies.

Let my heart be sound in Your statutes, so that I may not be ashamed.

KAPH. My soul faints for Your salvation; I hope in Your word.

My eyes fail for Your word, saying, When will You comfort me?

For I am like a wineskin in the smoke; I do not forget Your statutes.

How many [are] the days of Your servant? When will You carry out judgment on my persecutors?

The proud have dug pits for me, which [are] not according to Your law.

All Your commandments [are] faithful; they persecute me [with] lying; help me.

They had almost finished me on earth; but I did not forsake Your commandments.

According to Your loving-kindness give me life; so shall I keep the testimony of Your mouth.

LAMED. Forever, O LORD, Your word is settled in the heavens.

Your faithfulness [is] to all generations; You have founded the earth, and it remains.

They stand to this day according to Your ordinances; for all [are] Your servants.

Unless Your law [had been] my delight, I should then have perished in my affliction.

I will never forget Your commandments; for with them You have given me life.

I [am] Yours, save me; for I have sought Your commandments.

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me; [but] I will think on Your testimonies.

I have seen an end to all perfection; Your commandment [is] exceedingly broad.

MEM. Oh how I love Your law! It [is] my meditation all the day.

Through Your commandments You make me wiser than my enemies, for they [are] ever with me.

I have more understanding than all my teachers; for Your testimonies [are] my prayer.

I understand more than the old men, because I keep Your commandments.

I have kept my feet from every evil way, so that I might keep Your word.

I have not departed from Your judgments; for You have taught me.

How sweet are Your words to my taste! More than honey to my mouth!

Through Your commandments I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.