The dead praise not Jah, neither any that go down into silence;

Jehovah is for me, I will not fear; what can man do unto me?

I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of Jah.

Jah hath chastened me sore; but he hath not given me over unto death.

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

I will keep thy statutes: forsake me not utterly.

With my whole heart have I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandments.

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

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

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

I cleave unto thy testimonies; Jehovah, let me not be ashamed.

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to gain.

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

And I will speak of thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed;

The proud have derided me beyond measure: I have not declined from thy law.

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

I have made haste, and not delayed, to keep thy commandments.

The bands of the wicked have wrapped me round: I have not forgotten thy law.

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

For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; I do not forget thy statutes.

The proud have digged pits for me, which is not according to thy law.

They had almost consumed me upon the earth; but as for me, I forsook not thy precepts.

I have not departed from thy judgments; for it is thou that hast taught me.

My life is continually in my hand; but I do not forget thy law.

The wicked have laid a snare for me; but I have not wandered from thy precepts.

Uphold me according to thy word, that I may live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope.

AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.

Be surety for thy servant for good; let not the proud oppress me.

Establish my steps in thy word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

Mine eyes run down with streams of water, because they keep not thy law.

I am little and despised: thy precepts have I not forgotten.

Mine eyes anticipate the night-watches, that I may meditate in thy word.

RESH. See mine affliction, and deliver me; for I have not forgotten thy law.

Salvation is far from the wicked; for they seek not thy statutes.

Many are my persecutors and mine oppressors; I have not declined from thy testimonies.

I beheld them that deal treacherously, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.

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

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

{A Song of degrees. Of David.} If it had not been Jehovah who was for us oh let Israel say --

If it had not been Jehovah who was for us, when men rose up against us,

Blessed be Jehovah, who gave us not up a prey to their teeth!

For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

Happy is the man that hath filled his quiver with them. They shall not be ashamed when they speak with enemies in the gate.

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth; yet they have not prevailed against me.

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom;

{A Song of degrees. Of David.} Jehovah, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; neither do I exercise myself in great matters, and in things too wonderful for me.

I will not come into the tent of my house, I will not go up to the couch of my bed;

I will not give sleep to mine eyes, slumber to mine eyelids,

For thy servant David's sake, turn not away the face of thine anointed.

Jehovah hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne;

{A Song of degrees.} Behold, bless Jehovah, all ye servants of Jehovah, who by night stand in the house of Jehovah.

They have a mouth, and they speak not; eyes have they, and they see not;

They have ears, and they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouth.

The moon and stars for rule over the night, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever:

If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to my palate: if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

Jehovah will perfect what concerneth me: thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, endureth for ever; forsake not the works of thine own hands.

For there is not yet a word on my tongue, but lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.

And if I say, Surely darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night;

Even darkness hideth not from thee, and the night shineth as the day: the darkness is as the light.

My bones were not hidden from thee when I was made in secret, curiously wrought in the lower parts of the earth.

Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? and do not I loathe them that rise up against thee?

The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way-side; they have set traps for me. Selah.

Grant not, O Jehovah, the desire of the wicked; further not his device: they would exalt themselves. Selah.

Let burning coals fall on them; let them be cast into the fire; into deep waters, that they rise not up again.

Let not the man of evil tongue be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the man of violence to his ruin.

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise deeds of wickedness with men that are workers of iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties.

Let the righteous smite me, it is kindness; and let him reprove me, it is an excellent oil which my head shall not refuse: for yet my prayer also is for them in their calamities.

For unto thee, Jehovah, Lord, are mine eyes; in thee do I trust: leave not my soul destitute.

And enter not into judgment with thy servant; for in thy sight no man living shall be justified.

Answer me speedily, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, or I shall be like unto them that go down into the pit.

Put not confidence in nobles, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

He delighteth not in the strength of the horse, he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man;

He hath not dealt thus with any nation; and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Hallelujah!

And he established them for ever and ever; he made for them a statute which shall not pass.