Help me understand
the meaning of Your precepts
so that I can meditate on Your wonders.

Then I can answer the one who taunts me,
for I trust in Your word.

י YodYour hands made me and formed me;
give me understanding
so that I can learn Your commands.

I will never forget Your precepts,
For by them You have revived me and given me life.

Turn away from me, you evil men, so that I can observe the commands of my God.

Sustain me so that I can be safe
and always be concerned about Your statutes.

I am your servant. Give me insight, so that I can understand your rules.

Deliver me from oppressive men, so that I can keep your precepts.

Your rules remain just. Give me insight so that I can live.

I cried out to you, "Deliver me, so that I can keep your rules."

My eyes anticipate the nighttime hours, so that I can meditate on your word.

Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can't be moved, but remains forever.

It is vain for you to rise early, come home late, and work so hard for your food. Yes, he can provide for those whom he loves even when they sleep.

May they be like the grass on the rooftops which withers before one can even pull it up,

and can’t even fill the hands of the reaper
or the arms of the one who binds sheaves.

A Davidic song of ascents.How good and pleasant it is
when brothers live together in harmony!

They have mouths, but they can't speak. They have eyes, but they can't see.

They have ears, but they can't hear; neither is there any breath in their mouths.

How can we sing the Lord’s song
on foreign soil?

This knowledge is beyond me. It's lofty. I can't attain it.

Where can I go to escape Your Spirit?
Where can I flee from Your presence?

I look to my right and observe no one is concerned about me. There is nowhere I can go for refuge, and no one cares for me.

Free me from prison
so that I can praise Your name.
The righteous will gather around me
because You deal generously with me.

The Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise! No one can fathom his greatness!

He casts forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?