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

This hath been to me, That Thy precepts I have kept!

Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I -- in Thy law I have delighted.

Kaph. Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped.

[LAMED] Age-abidingly, O Yahweh, hath thy word been set up in the heavens.

How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth.

Through your precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

[Samek] I hate vain thoughts: but your law do I love.

Trembled from Thy fear hath my flesh, And from Thy judgments I have been afraid!

Therefore I esteem all your precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.

Pe. Wonderful are Thy testimonies, Therefore hath my soul kept them.

My zeal hath consumed me; because my enemies have forgotten thy words.

Tried is thy saying exceedingly, And Thy servant hath loved it.

I saw with hate those who were untrue to you; for they did not keep your saying.

[SHIN] Rulers, have persecuted me, without cause, But, of thy word, hath my heart stood in awe.

I hate and abhor lying: but your law do I love.

My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.

My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

My help cometh even from the LORD which hath made heaven and earth.

Jerusalem! that hath been builded, A true city, all joined together as one:

Greatly hath our soul been filled With the scorning of the easy ones, With the contempt of the arrogant!

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Save for Jehovah -- who hath been for us, (Pray, let Israel say),

Save for Jehovah -- who hath been for us, In the rising up of man against us,

Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

Our soul hath escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we have escaped.

Our help standeth in the name of the LORD, which hath made heaven and earth.

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.

The LORD hath done great things for us; of which we are glad.

A Song of the Ascents, by Solomon. If Jehovah doth not build the house, In vain have its builders laboured at it, If Jehovah doth not watch a city, In vain hath a watchman waked.

Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

Let them become like the grass of housetops, which, before it is pulled up, hath withered;

That hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.

I hoped for Jehovah -- hoped hath my soul, And for His word I have waited.

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Jehovah, my heart hath not been haughty, Nor have mine eyes been high, Nor have I walked in great things, And in things too wonderful for me.

Who hath sworn to Jehovah. He hath vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:

The LORD hath sworn in truth to David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.

As the dew of Hermon that descendeth on the mountains of Zion; for there hath Jehovah commanded the blessing, life for evermore.

For the LORD hath chosen Jacob to himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.

All that Jehovah pleased He hath done, In the heavens and in earth, In the seas and all deep places,

Causing vapours to ascend from the end of the earth, Lightnings for the rain He hath made, Bringing forth wind from His treasures.

He hath sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O thou land of Egypt, upon Pharaoh and all his servants.

Which hath made great lights! For his mercy endureth forever.

Who in our lowliness hath remembered us, For to the age is His kindness.

And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever.

O the happiness of him who doth seize, And hath dashed thy sucklings on the rock!

Though the LORD is high, yet hath he respect to the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.

Surely there hath not been a word on my tongue, but behold! O Yahweh, thou hast observed it on every side.

Knowledge too wonderful for me, It hath been set on high, I am not able for it.

And to me how precious have been Thy thoughts, O God, how great hath been their sum!

Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate you? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against you?

I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them my enemies.

When my spirit hath been feeble in me, Then Thou hast known my path; In the way in which I walk, They have hid a snare for me.

Looking on the right hand -- and seeing, And I have none recognizing; Perished hath refuge from me, There is none inquiring for my soul.

For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

Haste, answer me, O Jehovah, My spirit hath been consumed, Hide not Thou Thy face from me, Or I have been compared with those going down to the pit.

Man to vanity hath been like, His days are as a shadow passing by.

Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Free me, and deliver me From the hand of sons of a stranger, Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand is a right hand of falsehood,

How happy the people that is in such a case! How happy the people that hath Yahweh for its God!

Trust not in princes -- in a son of man, For he hath no deliverance.

Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:

Not in the strength of the horse, doth he delight, Not in the legs of a man, hath he pleasure:

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

For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.

He hath also established them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.

They praise the name of Jehovah, For His name alone hath been set on high, His honour is above earth and heavens.

And he hath lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints, even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Hallelujah!

For the LORD hath pleasure in his people, and helpeth the meek hearted.

Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.