For I had kept the ways of Yahweh, and not broken away from my God;

So became I blameless with him, and kept myself from mine iniquity.

All the great ones of the earth, shall eat and bow down, Before him shall kneel, all that go down to the dust, Even he who had not kept alive, his own soul!

When I kept silence, my bones became worn out, Through my groaning all the day;

Thy mouth, hast thou thrust into wickedness, And, thy tongue, kept weaving deceit;

These things, hast thou done, and I have kept silence, Thou thoughtest that I should really be like thyself, I will convict thee, yea I will set thine offences in order before thine eyes.

They kept not the covenant of God, And, in his law, refused to walk;

In the pillar of cloud, used he to speak unto them, They kept his testimonies, and the statute he gave them.

Because he loved cursing, May it have come upon him, Because he delighted not in blessing, May it have kept far from him;

Thou, hast commanded thy precepts, that they should be diligently kept.

I have kept close to thy testimonies, O Yahweh! do not put me to shame.

I have remembered, in the night, thy Name, O Yahweh, and have kept thy law.

Before I was afflicted, I myself was going astray, but, now, thy word, have I kept.

Streams of water, have run down mine eyes, because men have not kept thy law.

I have seen traitors, and felt loathing, Because, thy word, they kept not.

My soul hath kept thy testimonies, yea I have loved them greatly.

I have kept thy precepts, and thy testimonies, For, all my ways, are before thee.

If, Yahweh, build not the house, in vain, have the builders of it toiled thereon, If, Yahweh, watch not the city, in vain, hath the watchman kept awake: