NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my way.

Thy spoken word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin against thee.

BETH. With what shall a young man cleanse his way? when he shall keep thy word.

LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in the heavens.

MEM. O how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

ALEPH. Blessed are those who walk in the perfect way, who walk in the law of the LORD.

The exposition of thy words gives light; it gives understanding unto the simple.

Open my eyes, and I shall behold the wonders of thy law.

The beginning of thy word is truth, and every one of the judgments of thy righteousness is eternal.

Those who love thy law have great peace, and nothing shall cause them to stumble.

The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy and teaches me thy statutes.

I am afflicted very much; cause me to live, O LORD, according to thy word.

HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes, and I shall keep it unto the end.

I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies as above all riches.

How sweet have been thy spoken words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy slave, in which thou hast caused me to wait.

It was good for me that I have been humbled, that I might learn thy statutes.

GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy slave that I may live and keep thy word.

DALETH. My soul cleaves unto the dust; quicken me according to thy word.

JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding, and I shall learn thy commandments.

With my whole heart I have sought thee; O let me not err from thy commandments.

I have chosen the way of truth; I have laid thy judgments before me.

PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore does my soul keep them.

TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy slave, O LORD, according unto thy word,

Blessed are those that keep his testimonies and that seek him with their whole heart.

My flesh trembles for fear of thee, and I am afraid of thy judgments.

TZADDI. Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.

Thou art my hiding place and my shield; I have waited for thy word.

Before I was humbled, I went into error, but now I keep thy spoken word.

My tongue shall speak thy words; for all thy commandments are righteousness.

SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts; but I love thy law.

CAPH. My soul faints with desire for thy salvation as I await thy word.

I will meditate in thy precepts and consider thy ways.

VAU. Let thy mercy come unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy spoken word.

CHETH My portion, O LORD, I have said, will be to keep thy words.

Thy righteousness is eternal righteousness, and thy law is the truth.

This is my comfort in my affliction; for thy spoken word has caused me to live.

Order my steps with thy word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

I will run the way of thy commandments when thou shalt enlarge my heart.

And I will walk at liberty, for I sought thy commandments.

Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity, and cause me to live in thy way.

SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of thy words.

I rejoice at thy spoken word, as one that finds great spoil.

KOPH. I cried with my whole heart; answer me, O LORD, and I will keep thy statutes.

Through thy precepts I have obtained understanding; therefore I have hated every false way.

AIN. I have complied with judgment and righteousness; do not leave me to my oppressors.

I am a companion of all those that fear thee and of those that keep thy precepts.

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies and not to covetousness.

I will delight myself in thy statutes; I will not forget thy words.

Thy word is very pure; therefore thy slave loves it.

I have more understanding than all my teachers, for thy testimonies have been my meditation.

I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.

Therefore I have esteemed all thy precepts concerning all things to be right and I have hated every false way.

I am a stranger in the earth; hide not thy commandments from me.

Mine eyes fail for thy saving health and for the spoken word of thy righteousness.

My soul melts for heaviness; strengthen me according to thy word.

TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD; give me understanding according to thy word.

I have taken thy testimonies as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

which teaches me discernment and knowledge, for I have believed thy commandments.

RESH. Consider my affliction and deliver me; for I have not forgotten thy law.

Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.

I will praise thee with uprightness of heart when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies, for they are eternal unto me.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy slave; for I have not forgotten thy commandments.

The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.

Seven times a day do I praise thee because of the judgments of thy righteousness.

For thy testimonies are my delight and my counsellors.

Make me to go in the path of thy commandments, for therein do I delight.

Make me to understand the way of thy precepts; so I shall meditate of thy wondrous works.

My soul is broken from desiring thy judgments at all times.

I considered my ways and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

I have seen an end of all perfection, but thy commandment is exceeding broad.

Thy truth is from generation to generation; thou hast established the earth, and it perseveres.

Unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in my affliction.

I arose before the dawning of the morning and cried: I waited in thy word.

Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.

Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.

I will lift up My hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and I will meditate in thy statutes.

Thou art good and doest good; teach me thy statutes.

Let thine hand help me, for I have chosen thy precepts.

So shall I keep thy law continually from age to age.

My eyes anticipate the night watches that I might meditate in thy spoken word.

Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.

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

Rivers of waters ran down my eyes because they did not keep thy law.

O that my ways were ordered to keep thy statutes!

For those who do no iniquity walk in his ways.

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

It is time for thee, O LORD, to act; for they have dissipated thy law.

And take not at any time the word of truth out of my mouth; for I wait for thy judgment.

Then I shall not be ashamed, when I have insight unto all thy commandments.

I will never forget thy precepts; for with them thou hast caused me to live.

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

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

And I shall answer him that reproaches me, by saying that I trust in thy word.

Thou hast trodden down all those that err from thy statutes; for their deceit is falsehood.

Depart from me, ye evildoers; for I will keep the commandments of my God.

Remove from me the way of lying, and from thy law grant me mercy.

Thou hast reprehended the proud; cursed are those who err from thy commandments.

Remove from me reproach and contempt, for I have kept thy testimonies.

At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of the judgments of thy righteousness.

Thou dost cause all the wicked of the earth to come undone like dross; therefore I have loved thy testimonies.

Uphold me according unto thy word, and I shall live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope.

Therefore I have loved thy commandments above gold, yea, above fine gold.

Let, I pray thee, thy mercy be for my comfort, according to thy spoken word unto thy slave.

Princes also sat and spoke against me as thy slave spoke according to thy statutes.

For I am become like a wine skin in the smoke; yet I have not forgotten thy statutes.

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

Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes that I not be ashamed.

I understand more than the elders because I keep thy precepts.

Trouble and anguish found me; but thy commandments were my delights.

Make thy face to shine upon thy slave and teach me thy statutes.

I am small and despised; yet I have not forgotten thy precepts.

Look thou upon me and be merciful unto me, as thou didst use to do unto those that love thy name.

I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

Those that fear thee will be glad when they see me because I have waited on thy word.

Horror has taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

I will keep thy statutes; O do not utterly forsake me.

I am thy slave; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.

Let the proud be ashamed, for they dealt perversely with me without a cause, but I will meditate in thy precepts.

I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies, for all my ways are before thee.

I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep the judgments of thy righteousness.

I have not departed from thy judgments, for thou hast taught me.

I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes always, even unto the end.

Confirm thy word unto thy slave, who is devoted to thy fear.

My lips shall overflow with praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

All thy commandments are of the same truth; they persecute me wrongfully; help me.

The proud have had me greatly in derision; yet I have not deviated from thy law.

I hate and abhor lying, but I love thy law.

I have declared my ways, and thou didst hear me; teach me thy statutes.

Deal with thy slave according to thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.

Those that persecute me draw near unto evil; they have strayed from thy law.

They persevere unto this day by thy ordinance; for they are all thy slaves.

The proud have forged a lie against me, but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

Let thy mercy come unto me, that I may live, for thy law is my delight.

Behold, I have longed after thy precepts; cause me to live in thy righteousness.

I have stuck unto thy testimonies; O LORD, put me not to shame.

I opened my mouth and panted; for I longed for thy commandments.

Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.

I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD, and have consoled myself.

Thy testimonies are eternal righteousness; give me understanding, and I shall live.

I beheld the transgressors and was grieved because they did not keep thy words.

I intreated thy presence with my whole heart; be merciful unto me according to thy word.

My zeal has consumed me, because my enemies have forgotten thy words.

Consider, O LORD, that I love thy precepts; cause me to live according to thy mercy.

Let my supplication come before thee; deliver me according to thy spoken word.

Saving health is far from the wicked, for they do not seek thy statutes.

Plead my cause and redeem me; quicken me according to thy spoken word.

Be surety for thy slave for good; do not let the proud do violence unto me.

Cause me to live according to thy mercy, so I shall keep the testimony of thy mouth.

The company of the wicked have robbed me, but I have not forgotten thy law.

Turn away my reproach which I have feared, for thy judgments are good.

LORD, I have waited for thy saving health and done thy commandments.

The proud have dug pits for me, but they do not proceed according to thy law.

Their heart became fat like grease, but I delight in thy law.

Mine eyes fail for thy spoken word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee, and let thy judgments help me.

Thou hast commanded righteousness, which consists of thy testimonies and thy truth.

I have longed for thy saving health, O LORD, and thy law is my delight.

Hold me up, and I shall be saved, and I shall delight in thy statutes continually.

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

I am thine, keep me; for I have sought thy precepts.

Ransom me from the violence of men, and I will keep thy precepts.

Many are my persecutors and my enemies; yet I do not deviate from thy testimonies.

My soul has kept thy testimonies, and I have loved them exceedingly.

This I had, because I kept thy precepts.

Hear my voice according to thy mercy; O LORD, cause me to live according to thy judgment.

The wicked have laid a snare for me; yet did not I err from thy precepts.

My soul is continually in my hand; yet I do not forget thy law.

Many are thy tender mercies, O LORD: cause me to live according to thy judgments.

How many are the days of thy slave? When wilt thou execute judgment on those that persecute me?

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me, but I will consider thy testimonies.

They have almost consumed me upon earth, but I have not forsaken thy precepts.

I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.

Let those that fear thee turn unto me and those that have known thy testimonies.