I have restrained my feet from every evil way,
That I may keep Your word.

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

How pleasing is what you have to say to me tasting better than honey.

Out of thy precepts, will I get understanding, For this cause, do I hate every false way.

I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.

The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.

I have taken your unchanging word as an eternal heritage; for it is the joy of my heart.

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

You are my hiding place and my shield;
I wait for Your word.

Uphold me according to thy word, that I may live, and do not shame me out of my hope!

Support me, that I may be saved, and I will carry out your statutes consistently.

Thou hast set at nought all them that err from thy statutes; For their deceit is falsehood.

My flesh trembles out of fear of you, and I am in awe of your judgments. Ayin

ע AyinI have done what is just and right;
do not leave me to my oppressors.

My eyes grow tired as I wait for your deliverance, for your reliable promise to be fulfilled.

It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.

Because of it I keep straight in all things by your orders; and I am a hater of every false way.

Your unchanging word is full of wonder; for this reason my soul keeps it.

The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

I opened wide my mouth, and panted; For I longed for thy commandments.

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.

My eyes weep streams of water
Because people do not keep Your law.

You have given your unchanging word in righteousness, and it is for ever.

My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.

Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.

I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.

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

[KOPH] I have cried out with all my heart, answer me, O Yahweh; Thy statutes, will I observe.

My cry has gone up to you; take me out of trouble, and I will be guided by your unchanging word.

I rise before dawn and cry out for help;
I put my hope in Your word.

I look forward to the night watches, when I may meditate on what you have said.

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

Of old I have known from Your testimonies
That You have founded them forever.

Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.

I see the treacherous and loathe them,
Because they do not respect Your law.

/ (Sin/Shin) Rulers pursue me for no reason, yet I am more afraid of disobeying your instructions.

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

Falsehood I have hated, yea I abominate it, Thy law I have loved.

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

Lord, I hope for Your salvation
and carry out Your commands.

My soul has kept your unchanging word; great is my love for it.

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

Let my lips pour out praise, because you teach me your statutes.

Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.

I have gone out of the way like a wandering sheep; make search for your servant; for I keep your teachings ever in mind.

A song of ascents. In my distress I cried out to the Lord and he answered me.

What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?

Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with burning coals of broom-wood.

What misery that I have stayed in Meshech,
that I have lived among the tents of Kedar!

My soul dwelt much upon it with Him hating peace.

Yahweh [is] your protector; Yahweh [is] your shade at your right hand.

The LORD preserveth thee from all evil; yea, it is the LORD that keepeth thy soul.

The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

Jerusalem is built as a city, that is at unity in itself.

To it the tribes ascend the tribes of the LORD as decreed to Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

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

For sake of the house of Jehovah our God I will seek out good for 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.

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

{A Song of degrees of David.} If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;

If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

they had swallowed us up alive, when they were so wrathfully displeased at us.

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 confide in Jehovah are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved; it abideth for ever.

For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the {land} of the righteous, lest the righteous stretch out their hands to do wickedness.

Do what is good, Lord, to the good,
to those whose hearts are upright.

When the Lord brought back the captives to Zion (Jerusalem),
We were like those who dream [it seemed so unreal].

Then our mouths were filled with laughter, and our tongues formed joyful shouts. Then it was said among the nations, "The LORD has done great things for them."

He who goes back and forth weeping, carrying his bag of seed [for planting],
Will indeed come again with a shout of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.

{A Song of degrees for Solomon.} Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

How blessed [happy and fortunate] is the man whose quiver is filled with them;
They will not be ashamed
When they speak with their enemies [in gatherings] at the [city] gate.

For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.

"Since my youth they have often persecuted me," let Israel repeat it,

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

All them that have an evil will to Zion shall be confounded, and made to turn back from it.

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

{A Song of degrees.} Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.

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

If thou, LORD wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss, O LORD who may abide it?

But there is forgiveness with You,
That You may be feared and worshiped [with submissive wonder].

I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

My soul waiteth for the Lord More than watchmen wait for the morning; Yea, more than watchmen for the morning.

Israel doth wait on Jehovah, For with Jehovah is kindness, And abundant with Him is redemption.

But I refrain my soul and keep it low, like as a child that is weaned from his mother; Yea, my soul is even as a weaned child.

Israel doth wait on Jehovah, From henceforth, and unto the age!

Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.

Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.

We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.

The LORD hath sworn in truth unto 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.

This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

I will abundantly supply what she needs; I will give her poor all the food they need.

{A Song of degrees of David.} Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;

It is like the dew of [Mount] Hermon
Coming down on the hills of Zion;
For there the Lord has commanded the blessing: life forevermore.

A song of ascents.Now praise the Lord,
all you servants of the Lord
who stand in the Lord’s house at night!

The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.