They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

This, is the gate for Yahweh, Such as are righteous, shall enter therein.

Then I would not be put to shame, as long as I have respect for all your teaching.

I will praise you with an upright heart, as I learn your righteous decrees.

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

Thou hast rebuked the proud as accursed, who stray from thy commandments.

Establish Your word to Your servant,
As that which produces reverence for You.

ו VavLet Your faithful love come to me, Lord,
Your salvation, as You promised.

{Zayin} O think upon thy servant, as concerning thy word, wherein thou hast caused me to put my trust.

This has become mine [as the gift of Your grace],
That I observe Your precepts [accepting them with loving obedience].

I have given my mind to do your pleasure with all my heart; have mercy on me, as you have said.

ט TetLord, You have treated Your servant well,
just as You promised.

Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.

May Your faithful love comfort me
as You promised Your servant.

Let the proud be ashamed; for they have acted perversely towards me with falsehood: as for me, I meditate in thy precepts.

But let such as fear thee, and know thy testimonies, be turned unto me.

My eyes grow weary
looking for what You have promised;
I ask, “When will You comfort me?”

For I have been as a bottle in smoke, Thy statutes I have not forgotten.

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

Lamedh.
Forever, O Lord,
Your word is settled in heaven [standing firm and unchangeable].

I am Yours, save me [as Your own];
For I have [diligently] sought Your precepts and required them [as my greatest need].

Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

As a result, I am determined to carry out your statutes forever. Samek

Sustain me as You promised, and I will live;
do not let me be ashamed of my hope.

You have removed all the wicked of the earth like dross [for they have no value];
Therefore I love Your testimonies.

Be the guarantee for Your servant for good [as Judah was the guarantee for Benjamin];
Do not let the arrogant oppress me.

My eyes fail as I look for your salvation and for your righteous promise.

Therefore I esteem as right all Your precepts concerning everything;
I hate every false way.

I open my mouth and pant as I long for your commands.

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

Listen to me because of your loyal love! O Lord, revive me, as you typically do!

As concerning thy testimonies, I have known ever since the beginning that thou hast grounded them for ever.

Defend my cause and redeem me;
give me life as You promised.

Your compassion is great, O Lord. Revive me, as you typically do!

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

As for lies, I hate and abhor them; but thy law do I love.

I am looking in hope for your deliverance, LORD, as I carry out your commands.

Let my prayer come before you; take me out of trouble, as you have said.

I wandered as a lost sheep, seek Thy servant, For Thy precepts I have not forgotten!

Woe to me, for I sojourn in Meshech,
and I live among the tents of Kedar [among hostile people]!

Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:

To which the [twelve] tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord,
[As was decreed as] an ordinance for Israel,
To give thanks to the name of the Lord.

Ask ye the peace of Jerusalem, At rest are those loving thee.

Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.

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

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

{A Song of degrees.} They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.

As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.

Do good, O Yahweh, unto such as are good, even unto such as are upright in their hearts.

As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.

A Song of the Ascents. In Jehovah's turning back to the captivity of Zion, We have been as dreamers.

Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.

Those who shed tears as they plant will shout for joy when they reap the harvest.

The one who weeps as he walks along, carrying his bag of seed, will certainly come in with a shout of joy, carrying his sheaves of grain.

As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.

How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them! He will not be ashamed as they confront their enemies at the city gate. A Song of Ascents

How blessed are all who fear the LORD as they follow in his ways.

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

So that they which go by, say not so much as, "the LORD prosper you, we wish you good luck in the name of the LORD."

Lord, listen to my voice; let your ears pay attention to what I ask of you!

Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.

For Yahweh hath chosen Zion, - He hath desired it as a dwelling for himself:

As for his enemies, I shall clothe them with shame; but upon himself shall his crown flourish."

Lo! how good and how delightful, for brethren, to dwell together even as one.

As the good oil on the head, Coming down on the beard, the beard of Aaron, That cometh down on the skirt of his robes,

As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

For Yah has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his special possession.

And He gave their land as a heritage,
A heritage to Israel His people.

As for the images of the heathen, they are but silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

[Those who] make them become like them, [as does] everyone who trusts in them.

But as for Pharaoh and his host, he overthrew them in the reed sea! For his mercy endureth forever.

And gave their land as a heritage,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;

to Israel his servant as a possession, for his gracious love is everlasting

There we sat down and cried by the rivers of Babylon as we remembered Zion.

for there our captors ask us to compose songs; those who mock us demand that we be happy, saying: "Sing for us a song about Zion!"

May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth
if I do not remember you,
if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!

O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

For though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly; as for the proud, he beholdeth them afar off.

If I ascend the heavens, there, thou art! If I spread out hades as my couch, behold thee!

And if I should say, "Surely darkness will cover me, and [the] light around me [will be as] night,"

Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was being formed in secret,
And intricately and skillfully formed [as if embroidered with many colors] in the depths of the earth.

Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

My hate for them is complete; my thoughts of them are as if they were making war on me.

They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder is under their lips. Selah.

The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set traps for me. Selah.

So I say to the LORD, "You are my God; listen to my voice as I plead for mercy, LORD.

As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Do not let a {slanderer} be established in the land; as for [the] man of violence, let evil hunt him quickly.

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

O let not mine heart be inclined to any evil thing, to be minded as the ungodly or wicked men; lest I eat of such things as please them.

Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness; And let him reprove me, it shall be as oil upon the head; Let not my head refuse it: For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.

Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.

Nevertheless, my eyes are on you, Lord GOD, as I seek protection in you. Don't leave me defenseless!

I cry with my voice to Yahweh. With my voice, I ask Yahweh for mercy.

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.

As a result, my spirit is desolate within me, and my mind within me is appalled.

I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

As a demonstration of your loyal love, destroy my enemies! Annihilate all who threaten my life, for I am your servant.