And I will lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and I will meditate in thy statutes.

The proud have forged falsehood against me: I will observe thy precepts with my whole heart.

YOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments.

They that fear thee will see me, and rejoice; because I have hoped in thy word.

Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

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

Quicken me according to thy loving-kindness, and I will keep the testimony of thy mouth.

I will never forget thy precepts; for by them thou hast quickened me.

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

Depart from me, ye evil-doers; and I will observe the commandments of my God.

Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe; and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.

Deliver me from the oppression of man; and I will keep thy precepts.

KOPH. I have called with my whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah: I will observe thy statutes.

I call upon thee; save me, and I will keep thy testimonies.

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

Behold, he that keepeth Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul.

Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in, from henceforth and for evermore.

For my brethren and companions' sakes I will say, Peace be within thee!

Because of the house of Jehovah our God I will seek thy good.

But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel!

Jehovah will bless thee out of Zion; and mayest thou see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life,

And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

I will not come into the tent of my house, I will not go up to the couch of my bed;

I will not give sleep to mine eyes, slumber to mine eyelids,

Jehovah hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne;

If thy children keep my covenant, and my testimonies which I will teach them, their children also for evermore shall sit upon thy throne.

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

I will abundantly bless her provision; I will satisfy her needy ones with bread;

And I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.

There will I cause the horn of David to bud forth; I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.

His enemies will I clothe with shame; but upon himself shall his crown flourish.

For Jehovah will judge his people, and will repent in favour of his servants.

{A Psalm of David.} I will give thee thanks with my whole heart; before the gods will I sing psalms of thee.

I will bow down toward the temple of thy holiness, and celebrate thy name for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth; for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou wilt stretch forth thy hand against the anger of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.

Jehovah will perfect what concerneth me: thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, endureth for ever; forsake not the works of thine own hands.

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

I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted one, the right of the needy.

Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: let thy good Spirit lead me in a plain country.

O God, I will sing a new song unto thee; with the ten-stringed lute will I sing psalms unto thee:

{A Psalm of praise. Of David.} I will extol thee, my God, O King, and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

Every day will I bless thee, and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.

I will speak of the glorious splendour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.

And they shall tell of the might of thy terrible acts; and thy great deeds will I declare.

Jehovah keepeth all that love him, and all the wicked will he destroy.

As long as I live will I praise Jehovah; I will sing psalms unto my God while I have my being.

Jehovah will reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, from generation to generation. Halleluiah!

He that is wise will hear, and will increase learning; and the intelligent will gain wise counsels:

cast in thy lot among us; we will all have one purse:

How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge?

Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour forth my spirit unto you, I will make known to you my words.

I also will laugh in your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh;

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

in all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will make plain thy paths.

for Jehovah shall be thy confidence, and he will keep thy foot from being taken.

Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to-morrow I will give, when thou hast it by thee.

She shall give to thy head a garland of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow upon thee.

I will teach thee in the way of wisdom, I will lead thee in paths of uprightness.

How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance;

he will not regard any ransom, neither will he rest content though thou multipliest thy gifts.

he hath taken the money-bag with him, he will come home on the day of the full moon.

Hear, for I will speak excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

that I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasuries.

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

Impart to a wise man, and he will become yet wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase learning.

A good man obtaineth favour of Jehovah; but a man of mischievous devices will he condemn.

He that walketh with wise men becometh wise; but a companion of the foolish will be depraved.

A faithful witness will not lie; but a false witness uttereth lies.

A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him; he will not go unto the wise.

An oracle is on the lips of the king: his mouth will not err in judgment.

The fury of a king is as messengers of death; but a wise man will pacify it.

A man of many friends will come to ruin but there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

He that is gracious to the poor lendeth unto Jehovah; and what he hath bestowed will he repay unto him.

A sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, and will not even bring it to his mouth again.

Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware; reprove the intelligent, and he will understand knowledge.

The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; but a faithful man who shall find?

An inheritance obtained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

Say not, I will recompense evil: wait on Jehovah, and he shall save thee.

The king's heart in the hand of Jehovah is as brooks of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

Train up the child according to the tenor of his way, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Cast out the scorner, and contention will depart, and strife and ignominy shall cease.

for Jehovah will plead their cause, and despoil the soul of those that despoil them.

wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens.

For as he thinketh in his soul, so is he. Eat and drink! will he say unto thee; but his heart is not with thee.

Thy morsel which thou hast eaten must thou vomit up, and thou wilt have wasted thy sweet words.

Speak not in the ears of a foolish man, for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

for their redeemer is mighty; he will plead their cause against thee.

'They have smitten me, and I am not sore; they have beaten me, and I knew it not. When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.''

Wisdom is too high for a fool: he will not open his mouth in the gate.

If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not, will not he that weigheth the hearts consider it? And he that preserveth thy soul, he knoweth it; and he rendereth to man according to his work.

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me, I will render to the man according to his work.

Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.

whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.

If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.

To have respect of persons is not good; but for a piece of bread will a man transgress.

A servant is not corrected by words: he understandeth indeed, but he will not answer.

That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which will be done: and there is nothing new under the sun.