He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth.

Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

Fools, because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.

He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves of the sea are still.

Then are they glad because they are quiet; so he bringeth them to their desired haven.

He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

Again, they are diminished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself to prayer.

My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.

The works of the LORD are great, sought out by all them that have pleasure in them.

The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.

They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.

Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!

Their idols are silver and gold; the work of men's hands.

They that make them are like them; so is every one that trusteth in them.

Ye are blessed of the LORD who made heaven and earth.

The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

I said in my haste, All men are liars.

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

ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.

Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, who do err from thy commandments.

Thy testimonies also are my delight, and my counselors.

Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.

I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.

How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

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

All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.

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

Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than my enemies: for they are ever with me.

I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

How sweet are thy words to my taste! yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

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

PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.

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

Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.

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

They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.

Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.

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

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

I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.

My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.

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

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

Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us; for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

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

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

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

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

Lo, children are a heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

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

The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

They that make them are like them: so is every one that trusteth in them.

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

I will praise thee: for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: wonderful are thy works; and that my soul well knoweth.

How precious also are thy thoughts to me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

Who imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they assembled for war.

When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.

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

But my eyes are to thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.

Attend to my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.

Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that are bowed down.

The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:

Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens.

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; who taketh away the life of its owners.

Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared to her.

Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

For they are life to those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Lest thou shouldst ponder the path of life, her ways are movable, that thou canst not know them.

And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

These six things doth the LORD hate: yes, seven are an abomination to him:

A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.

They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.

For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

Riches and honor are with me; durable riches and righteousness.

Now therefore hearken to me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

There is a way which seemeth right to a man, but the end of it are the ways of death.

The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.