How happy is every one that revereth Yahweh, who walketh in his ways!

Lo! thus, shall be blessed the man who revereth Yahweh.

Let all who hate Zion, be ashamed and shrink back:

If, iniquities, thou shouldest mark, O Yah, O My Lord, who could stand?

I have hoped, O my soul, for My Lord, more than they who watch for the morning, who watch for the morning.

Lo! bless Yahweh, all ye servants of Yahweh, who stand in the house of Yahweh, by night:

Who stand In the house of Yahweh, In the courts of the house of our God.

Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man, and of beast;

Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings:

Blessed be Yahweh out of Zion, Who inhabiteth Jerusalem, Praise ye Yah!

Who in our low estate, remembered us, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.

Who giveth food to all flesh, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.

O ruined daughter of Babylon, - how happy the man who shall repay thee thy dealing, wherewith thou didst deal with us!

How happy the man who shall snatch away and dash thy children against the crag.

Do I not hate, them who hate thee, O Yahweh? And loathe, them who rise up against thee?

Who have devised mischiefs in their heart , Every day, do they stir up wars:

Keep me, O Yahweh, from the hands of the lawless one, From the man of violence, wilt thou preserve me, - who have devised, to thrust at my steps:

As for the head of them who surround me, Let the mischief of their lips cover them:

They who are lawless, shall fall into the nooses thereof, while, I, at the same time, pass on.

Blessed be Yahweh, my Rock, who teacheth my hands to war, my fingers to fight:

My lovingkindness and my stronghold, my high tower and my deliverer - mine! My buckler, and he in whom I have sought refuge, - He that subdueth my people under me.

Who giveth victory unto kings - Who snatcheth away David his servant, from the calamitous sword.

Yahweh is ready to uphold all who are falling, and to raise all who are laid prostrate.

Near is Yahweh to all who call upon him, - to all them who call upon him in faithfulness.

The desire of them who revere him, will he fulfil, and, their cry, will he hear, and will save them.

Yahweh preserveth all who love him, but, all the lawless, will he destroy.

Do not ye trust in nobles, in a son of man who hath no deliverance:

Who made The heavens and the earth, The sea and all that is therein, Who keepeth faithfulness to times age-abiding:

Who executeth justice for the oppressed, who giveth food to the famishing, Yahweh, who liberateth prisoners;

Yahweh, who opened the eyes of the blind, Yahweh, who raiseth the prostrate, Yahweh, who loveth the righteous;

Yahweh, who preserveth sojourners, The fatherless and widows, he relieveth, - but, the way of the lawless, he overturneth.

Who covereth the heavens with clouds, preparing rain for the earth, who causeth the mountains to sprout grass:

Yahweh, hath pleasure, in them who revere him, in them who wait for his lovingkindness.

Who maketh thy boundaries to be peace, With the marrow of wheat, doth he satisfy thee:

Who sendeth his utterance to the earth, How swiftly, runneth his word!

Who giveth snow like wool, Hoar-frost - like ashes, he scattereth:

Casting forth his ice like crumbs, Before his cold, who can stand?

If they say - Come with us, - Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us watch in secret for him who is needlessly innocent;

Let us engulf them, like hades, alive, While in health, like them who are going down to the pit;

Yea he treasureth, for the upright, safety, A shield is he to them who walk in integrity,

From them who forsake the paths of rectitude, to walk in this ways of darkness;

Who rejoice to do wrong, exult in the perversities of the wrongful;

To rescue thee, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who with her speeches seduceth;

Who forsaketh the friend of her youth, and, the covenant of her God, hath forgotten;

None who go in unto her, come back, neither attain they unto the paths of life:

For, whom Yahweh loveth, he correcteth, he causeth pain to the son in whom he delighteth.

How happy the man who hath found wisdom, and the man who draweth forth understanding,

A tree of life, is she, to them who secure her, - and, they who hold her fast, are every one to be pronounced happy.

Withhold not good from them who ask it, when it is in power of thy hand to do it:

For, life, they are, to them who find them, - and, to every part of one's flesh, they bring healing.

An abandoned man, a man of iniquity, is he who - goeth on in perversity of mouth;

So, he that goeth in unto his neighbour's wife, no man shall be guiltless who toucheth her!

That thou mayest be kept, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who, with her speeches, doth flatter.

All of them, shall be plain, to them who would understand, and just, to such as would gain knowledge.

I love, them who love me, and, they who diligently seek me, find me:

That I may cause them who love me to inherit substance, and, their treasuries, I may fill.

Now, therefore, ye sons, hearken to me, for how happy are they who, to my ways, pay regard!

But, he that misseth me, wrongeth his own soul, all who hate me, love death.

To invite them who pass by the way, who are going straight on in their paths:

He becometh poor, who dealeth with a slack hand, but, the hand of the diligent, maketh rich.

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so, is the sluggard, to them who send him.

As a ring of gold in the snout of a swine, is a woman of beauty who hath abandoned discretion.

There is who scattereth, and increaseth yet more, and who withholdeth of what is due, only to come to want.

There is who babbleth, as with thrusts of a sword, but, the tongue of the wise, hath healing.

There is who feigneth himself rich, yet hath nothing at all, who pleadeth poverty, yet hath great substance.

He that walketh in his uprightness, is one who revereth Yahweh, but, he that is crooked in his way, is one who despiseth him.

Shall they not, become vagrants, who devise evil? but, lovingkindness and faithfulness, be to them who devise good.

The oppressor of the poor, hath reproached his Maker, but he that sheweth favour to the needy, is one who, holdeth Him in honour.

The good-pleasure of a king, is due to a servant who is discreet, but, his indignation, shall be against him that bringeth shame.

A scoffer, loveth not, one who reproveth him, unto the wise, doth he not go.

He, troubleth his own house, who graspeth with greed, but, he that hateth gifts, shall live.

An abomination to Yahweh, is every one who is haughty in heart, hand to hand, he shall not be held innocent.

The wrath of a king, meaneth messengers of death, but, a man who is wise, will appease it.

The highway of the upright, is to avoid evil, He preserveth his soul, who guardeth his way.

A prudent servant, shall rule over a son who causeth shame, and, in the midst of brothers, shall he share the inheritance.

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a dullard? that he who is without sense, may acquire wisdom.

A man lacking sense, is one who striketh hands, giving security, before his neighbour.

A lover of transgression, is one who loveth strife, he that heighteneth his door, seeketh grievous harm.

Sparing of his words, is one who valueth knowledge, and, of a thoughtful spirit, is a man of intelligence.

The spirit of a man, sustaineth his sickness, but, a dejected spirit, who can bear it?

Who hath found a wife, hath found a blessing, and hath obtained favour from Yahweh.

A man having many friends, shall come to ruin, but there is a loving one, who sticketh closer than a brother.

House and substance, are an inheritance from one's fathers, but, from Yahweh, cometh a wife who is prudent.

One who guardeth the commandment, guardeth his life, he that is reckless in his ways, shall die.

A lender to Yahweh, is one who sheweth favour to the poor, and, his good deed, He will pay him back.

The charm of a man, is his lovingkindness, - and better a poor man, than one who deceiveth.

Wine is, a scoffer, and strong drink, a brawler, every one therefore who erreth therein, is unwise.

Honour, hath the man who sitteth away from strife, but, any fool, may break through.

A kind man one may call, a great man, - but, a faithful man, who can find?

Who can say, I have cleansed my heart, I am pure from my sin?

Take his garment who is pledge for a stranger, - then, for a woman unknown, accept him as surety.

A revealer of secrets, is one who goeth about talebearing, therefore, with him who openeth his lips, shalt thou not have fellowship.

The gaining of treasures with a tongue of falsehood, is a vapour driven away, they who seek them seek death,

The man who wandereth from the way of discretion, in the gathered host of the shades, shall settle down.

Desirable treasure and oil, are in the home of the wise, but, a man who is a dullard, will destroy it.

A false witness, shall perish, but, the man who hearkeneth, with abiding effect, shall speak.

A deep chasm, is the mouth of strange women, he with whom Yahweh is indignant, falleth there.

To cause thee to know the meaning of faithful sayings, that thou mayest give back faithful sayings to them who ask thee.

Be not of them who strike hands, of them who are sureties for debts:

Seest thou a man prompt in his business? before kings, shall he stand, he shall not stand before men who are obscure.