because it [is] a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

Rise up, O God, judge the earth, because you shall inherit all the nations.

Because better [is] a day in your courtyards than a thousand [elsewhere]. I would rather be at the threshold of the house of my God than to dwell in [the] tents of wickedness.

Because Yahweh God [is] a sun and a shield; Yahweh gives grace and honor. He does not withhold good from those who walk blamelessly.

I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, because he will speak peace to his people, even his faithful [ones], but let them not return to folly.

Incline, O Yahweh, your ear [and] answer me, because I [am] poor and needy.

Watch over my life because I [am] faithful. You [are] my God; save your servant. [I am] the one who trusts you.

Be gracious to me, O Lord, because I call to you {all day long}.

Make glad the soul of your servant, because {I desire you}, O Lord.

In the day of my trouble I call to you, because you answer me.

because your loyal love [is] great toward me, and you will have delivered my life from Sheol below.

Show me a sign of Your goodness;
my enemies will see and be put to shame
because You, Lord, have helped and comforted me.

My eyes are wasting away because of my trouble: Lord, my cry has gone up to you every day, my hands are stretched out to you.

[The] heavens are yours, [the] earth yours as well, [the] world with its fullness, [because] you founded them.

because our shield belongs to Yahweh, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.

I will not dishonor my covenant, because I will not change what I have spoken.

Who can know the intensity of your anger? Because our fear of you matches your wrath,

You shall not fear the terror by night; nor because of the arrow that flies by day;

Because you have made the Lord—my refuge,
the Most High—your dwelling place,

Because he is lovingly devoted to Me,
I will deliver him;
I will protect him because he knows My name.

For You have made me rejoice, Lord,
by what You have done;
I will shout for joy
because of the works of Your hands.

He will pay them back for their sin. He will destroy them because of their evil; the Lord our God will destroy them.

in the LORD's presence, because he is coming; indeed, he will come to judge the earth. He will judge the world fairly and its people reliably.

Zion hears and is glad,
and the towns of Judah rejoice
because of Your judgments, Lord.

O make a new song to the Lord, because he has done works of wonder; with his right hand, and with his holy arm, he has overcome.

Because of the sound of my groaning,
my flesh sticks to my bones.

Because ashes as bread I have eaten, And my drink with weeping have mingled,

because of Your indignation and wrath;
for You have picked me up and thrown me aside.

You rise up and take pity on Zion, because [it is] time to favor it, for [the] appointed time has come.

He would not let anyone do them wrong; he even kept back kings because of them,

Egypt was glad when they departed, because the fear of them had fallen upon them.

Yet He saved them because of His name,
to make His power known.

They angered the Lord at the waters of Meribah,
and Moses suffered because of them;

Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

Therefore, they became unclean because of what they did; they have acted like whores by their evil deeds.

He remembered his covenant with them, and relented because of his great loyal love.

because they rebelled against God’s commands
and despised the counsel of the Most High.

Fools suffered affliction
because of their rebellious ways and their sins.

They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.

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

and fruitful land into salty wasteland,
because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.

As for their enemies, they decreased in number and were beaten down, because of painful distress and suffering.

because your loyal love [is] great above [the] heavens, and your faithfulness [reaches] to [the] clouds.

Give us help against the enemy, because human help is useless.

Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

Because he loved cursing, let it come [upon] him. Because he did not delight in blessing, let it be far from him.

Because he wore a curse as his robe, let it enter {his body} like water, and into his bones like oil.

But You, Yahweh my Lord,
deal kindly with me because of Your name;
deliver me because of the goodness of Your faithful love.

Help me, O Lord my God! Because you are faithful to me, deliver me!

because he stands at the right hand of the needy, to deliver him from those who threaten his life.

Not to us, Yahweh, not to us,
but to Your name give glory
because of Your faithful love, because of Your truth.

I love the Lord because He has heard
my appeal for mercy.

Because He has turned His ear to me,
I will call out to Him as long as I live.

O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.

I will give thanks to You
because You have answered me
and have become my salvation.

I will thank thee with an unfeigned heart, because I am learned in the judgments of thy righteousness.

My soul weeps because of grief; strengthen me according to your word.

I will go quickly in the way of your teaching, because you have given me a free heart.

Help me live my life by your commands, because my joy is in them.

Turn away the shame that I dread, because your ordinances are good.

And Thou takest not utterly away From my mouth the word of truth, Because for Thy judgment I have hoped.

I will walk freely in an open place
because I seek Your precepts.

I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.

Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope.

Horror has taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake your law.

This I had, because I kept your precepts.

At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto you because of your righteous judgments.

Teach me both knowledge and appropriate discretion, because I believe in your commands.

They that fear you will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in your word.

I know, Lord, that your regulations are just. You disciplined me because of your faithful devotion to me.

Let the men of pride be shamed; because they have falsely given decision against me; but I will give thought to your orders.

Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, because they [are] ever with me.

I have more insight than all my teachers
because Your decrees are my meditation.

I understand more than the ancients, because I keep your precepts.

I have inherited your decrees forever, because they are the joy of my heart.

Sustain me according to Thy saying, And I live, and Thou puttest me not to shame Because of my hope.

My body trembles because I fear you; I am afraid of your judgments.

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

I open my mouth and pant
because I long for Your commands.

Rivers of waters run down my eyes, because they keep not your law.

My zeal has consumed me, because my enemies have forgotten your words.

Listen to me because of your loyal love! O Lord, revive me, as you typically do!

Salvation is far from the wicked
because they do not seek Your statutes.

I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not your word.

Shin. Princes have pursued me without cause, And because of Thy words was my heart afraid.

Seven times a day do I praise you because of your righteous judgments.

I heed your precepts and testimonies, because all my ways [are] before you.

Let my lips be flowing with praise, because you have given me knowledge of your rules.

Let my tongue sing [of] your word, because all your commands [are] right.

Let your hand be my help, because I have chosen your precepts.

I have wandered like a lost sheep; seek your servant, because I do not forget your commands.

I was glad because they said to me, We will go into the house of the Lord.

Because of my brothers and friends,
I will say, “Peace be with you.”

Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek your good.

Let Israel hope in Jehovah, because with Jehovah there is loving-kindness, and with him is plenteous redemption;

Because of Your servant David,
do not reject Your anointed one.

“This is My resting place forever;
I will make My home here
because I have desired it.

[It is] like the dew of Hermon that runs down upon the mountains of Zion, because there Yahweh commanded the blessing-- life forever.

Praise the LORD, because the LORD is good; Sing to his name, for he is gracious.

Remember the day of Jerusalem's fall, LORD, because of the Edomites, who kept saying, "Tear it down! Tear it right down to its foundations!"