For my love they are my foes; but I am in prayer.

because he did not remember to do mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, and sought to kill the broken-hearted.

But You, Lord Jehovah, deal kindly with me for Your name's sake; because Your mercy is good, deliver me.

They will curse, but You will bless; they arise, and are ashamed; but let Your servant rejoice.

Not to us, O Jehovah, not to us, but to Your name give glory, for Your mercy and for Your truth's sake.

But our God is in Heaven; He has done whatever He has pleased.

They have mouths, but they do not speak; they have eyes, but they do not see;

they have ears, but they do not hear; they have noses, but they do not smell;

they have hands, but they do not handle; they have feet, but they do not walk; they do not mutter through their throat.

The heavens, even the heavens, are Jehovah's; but the earth He has given to the sons of men.

But we will bless Jehovah from this time forth and forevermore. Praise Jehovah!

All the nations surround me, but in the name of Jehovah I will destroy them.

They surround me; yea, they surround me, but in the name of Jehovah I will destroy them.

You have thrust hard at me so that I might fall; but Jehovah helped me.

I shall not die, but live and declare the works of Jehovah.

Jehovah has sorely chastened me; but He has not given me over to death.

Princes also sat and spoke against me; but Your servant thought on Your Precepts.

The bands of the wicked have robbed me; but I have not forgotten Your Law.

Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now I have kept Your Word.

Their heart is without feeling, like fat; but I delight in Your Law.

They had almost finished me on earth; but I did not forsake Your Commandments.

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me; but I will think on Your testimonies.

SAMECH: I hate half-hearted thoughts; but Your Law do I love.

SHIN: Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in fear of Your Word.

I hate and despise lying; but I love Your Law.

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

A Song of degrees. They who trust in Jehovah shall be like Mount Zion; it is not shaken, but remains forever.

Blessed is the man who has his quiver full of them; they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

But there is forgiveness with You, that You may be feared.

I will clothe his enemies with shame; but his crown shall shine on him.

They have mouths, but they do not speak; they have eyes, but they do not see;

they have ears, but they do not hear, nor is there breath in their mouths.

but threw Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea; for His mercy endures forever.

Though Jehovah is high, yet He has respect to the lowly; but the proud He knows afar off.

For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Jehovah, You know it altogether.

Yea, the darkness does not hide from You; but the night shines as the day; as is the darkness, so is the light to You.

But my eyes are on You, O Lord Jehovah; in You I take refuge, do not leave my soul naked.

I looked on my right hand, and I watched, but no one recognized me; escape was lost to me; no man cared for my soul.

Jehovah watches over all those who love Him; but all the wicked He will destroy.

Jehovah preserves the strangers; He relieves the orphan and widow, but the way of the wicked He turns upside down.

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

but you have despised all my advice, and would have none of my warning.

Then they shall call upon me, and I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me;

But whoever listens to me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

My son, forget not my law; but let your heart keep my commandments;

For the crooked man is hateful to Jehovah, but His secret is with the righteous.

The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; but He blesses the home of the just.

Surely He scorns the scorners; but He gives grace to the lowly.

The wise shall inherit glory; but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more to the perfect day.

but afterward she is as bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

but if he is found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the goods of his house.

But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul; all who hate me love death.

If you are wise, you shall be wise for yourself; but if you scorn, you alone shall bear it.

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

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother.

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivers from death.

Jehovah will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry; but He casts away the desire of the wicked.

He who deals with a lazy hand becomes poor; but the hand of the hard worker makes rich.

He who gathers in summer is a wise son; but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.

Blessings are on the head of the just; but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

The memory of the just is blessed; but the name of the wicked shall rot.

The wise in heart will receive commandments; but a babbling fool shall fall.

He who walks uprightly walks surely; but he who twists his ways shall be known.

He who winks the eye causes sorrow; but a babbling fool shall fall.

The mouth of a righteous one is a well of life; but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

Hatred stirs up fights, but love covers all sins.

In the lips of him who has understanding, wisdom is found; but a rod is for the back of him who is without understanding.

Wise ones store up knowledge; but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

He who keeps instruction is in the way of life; but he who refuses reproof goes astray.

In the multitude of words, sin is not lacking; but he who holds back his lips is wise.

The lips of the righteous feed many; but fools die for lack of wisdom.

What the wicked fears shall come upon him; but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

As the storm passes, so the wicked is no more; but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

The fear of Jehovah prolongs days; but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

The hope of the righteous is gladness; but the hope of the wicked shall perish.

The way of Jehovah is strength to the upright; but ruin is to the workers of iniquity.

The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom; but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.

The lips of the righteous know what is pleasing; but the mouth of the wicked what is contrary.

False balances are hateful to Jehovah; but a just weight is His delight.

Pride comes, then shame comes; but with the lowly is wisdom.

The integrity of the upright shall guide them; but the crookedness of traitors shall destroy them.

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

The righteousness of the perfect shall make his way right, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but deceivers shall be taken in lust.

A hypocrite corrupts his neighbor with his mouth; but through knowledge the just shall be delivered.

By the blessing of the upright the city is lifted up, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

One despising his friend lacks heart, but a man of understanding remains silent.

One going with slander is a revealer of secrets, but the faithful of spirit keeps the matter hidden.

Where there is no wisdom, the people fall; but in the multitude of wise men there is safety.

The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

The wicked makes a deceitful wage; but one sowing righteousness has a sure reward.

So righteousness tends to life; but one pursuing evil, it is to his own death.

They who are of a perverse heart are hateful to Jehovah, but the upright in the way are His delight.

Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be innocent; but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

There is one who scatters and yet increases; but one who withholds just due comes only to poverty.

He who withholds grain, the people shall curse him; but blessing is on the head of him who sells.

He who carefully seeks good gets favor; but he who seeks mischief, it shall come to him.

He who trusts in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall blossom like a branch.