They came about me like bees, and are extinguished even as the fire among the thorns; for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

There are shouts of joy and victory
in the tents of the righteous:
“The Lord’s right hand performs valiantly!

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

I will praise You; for You have heard me, and are my salvation.

This is the day Jehovah hath made, We rejoice and are glad in it.

You are my God, and I will praise you; my God, and I will exalt you.

{Aleph} Blessed are those that be undefiled in the way, and walk in the law of the LORD.

Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with their whole heart;

Blessed are you, LORD! Teach me your statutes.

Thou rebukest the proud; and cursed are they that depart from thy commandments.

For thy testimonies are my delight, and my counsellors.

Make me go in the way of your teachings; for they are my delight.

Take away the rebuke that I am afraid of; for thy judgments are good.

Your statutes are my songs, no matter where I make my home.

Heth.
The Lord is my portion;
I have promised to keep Your words.

The cords of evil-doers are round me; but I have kept in mind your law.

(Tet) You are good to your servant, O Lord, just as you promised.

LORD, you are good, and do what is good; teach me your statutes.

Their minds are clogged as with greasy fat, but I find joy in your instruction.

I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou of very faithfulness hast caused me to be troubled.

Ashamed are the proud, For with falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate in Thy precepts.

My eyes are full of weariness with searching for your word, saying, When will you give me comfort?

How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou be avenged of mine adversaries?

The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.

All thy commandments are true. They persecute me falsely; O be thou my help.

They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.

I realize that everything has its limits, but your commands are beyond full comprehension.

Thou, through thy commandments, hast made me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me.

I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my study.

O how sweet are thy words unto my throat! Yea, sweeter than honey unto my mouth!

Thy testimonies have I claimed as my heritage forever; and why? They are the very joy of my heart.

Samekh.
I hate those who are double-minded,
But I love Your law.

You are my fortress and shield; I hope in your word.

You despise all who stray from your statutes, for they are deceptive and unreliable.

All the sinners of the earth are like waste metal in your eyes; and for this cause I give my love to your unchanging word.

I have done what is good and right: you will not give me into the hands of those who are working against me.

Mine eyes are wasted away with looking for thy health, and for the word of thy righteousness.

{Pe} Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul keep them.

Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. They give insight to the untrained.

Let your eyes be turned to me, and have mercy on me, as it is right for you to do to those who are lovers of your name.

Rivers of water are flowing from my eyes, because men do not keep your law.

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

The testimonies that thou hast commanded are exceeding righteous and true.

My passion has overcome me; because my haters are turned away from your words.

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.

Your righteous decrees are eternal; give me understanding, and I will live. Qof

They draw nigh that of malice persecute me, and are far from thy law.

Be thou nigh at hand also, O LORD, for all thy commandments are true.

Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.

Many there are that trouble me, and persecute me; yet do I not swerve from thy testimonies.

Your instructions are totally reliable; all your just regulations endure.

Great is the peace that they have which love thy law, and they are not offended at it.

I keep thy commandments and testimonies; for all my ways are before thee.

Yea my tongue shall sing of thy word; for all thy commandments are right.

I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.

My eyes are lifted up to the hills: O where will my help come from?

Our feet are standing inside your gates, Jerusalem.

For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

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

Unto you I lift up my eyes,
O You who are enthroned in the heavens!

Lo, as eyes of men-servants Are unto the hand of their masters, As eyes of a maid-servant Are unto the hand of her mistress, So are our eyes unto Jehovah our God, Till that He doth favour us.

Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us, for we are utterly despised.

Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

Our soul is escaped, even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler; the snare is broken and we are delivered.

{A song of the stairs} They that put their trust in the LORD are even as the mount Zion, which may not be removed, but standeth fast forever.

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

Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.

As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path, may the Lord remove them, along with those who behave wickedly! May Israel experience peace!

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

Restore our captivity, O Lord,
As the stream-beds in the South (the Negev) [are restored by torrents of rain].

They who are sowing with tears, with shouting, shall reap:

Vain for you who are rising early, Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, So He giveth to His beloved one sleep.

Lo, children, and the fruit of the womb are a heritage and gift, that cometh of the LORD.

Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant, even so are the young children.

O the happiness of the man Who hath filled his quiver with them, They are not ashamed, For they speak with enemies in the gate!

{A song of the stairs} Blessed are all they that fear the LORD, and walk in his ways.

They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,

Lord, hearken to my voice, Thine ears are attentive to the voice of my supplications.

But you are willing to forgive, so that you might be honored.

My soul waits for Jehovah more than morning-watchers who are watching for the morning.

{A song of the stairs} LORD, I am not high-minded; I have no proud looks. I do not exercise myself in great matters which are too high for me.

A Song of the Ascents. Lo, bless Jehovah, all servants of Jehovah, Who are standing in the house of Jehovah by night.

Who are standing in the house of Jehovah, In the courts of the house of our God.

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

Mouths are attributed to them, but they cannot speak; sight is attributed to them, but they cannot see;

ears are attributed to them, but they do not hear, and there is no breath in their mouths.

They that make them are like unto them; and so are all they that put their trust in them.

Who remembereth us, when we are in trouble! For his mercy endureth forever.

How are we to sing the song of the LORD on foreign soil?

O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewards you as you have served us.

Though the LORD is highly exalted, yet he pays attention to those who are lowly regarded, but he is aware of the arrogant from afar.

You scrutinize my life and my rest; you are familiar with all of my ways.

If I rise to heaven, there you are! If I lay down with the dead, there you are!

Even the darkness is not dark to You,
And the night is as bright as the day.
Darkness and light are alike to You.

For my reins are thine, thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.

My bones are not hid from thee, though I be made secretly, and fashioned beneath in the earth.

Mine unformed substance Thine eyes saw, And on Thy book all of them are written, The days they were formed -- And not one among them.

How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!

If I tell them, they are more in number than the sand; when I wake up, I am present with thee.