Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.

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

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

I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.

Look thou upon me, and be merciful to me, as thou usest to do to those that love thy name.

Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thy statutes.

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

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

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

My zeal hath consumed me; because my enemies have forgotten thy words.

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

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

Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.

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

The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.

KOPH. I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.

I cried to thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.

I came before the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.

My eyes anticipated the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.

Hear my voice, according to thy loving-kindness: O LORD, revive me according to thy judgment.

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

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

Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.

RESH. Consider my affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.

Plead my cause, and deliver me: revive me according to thy word.

Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.

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

Consider how I love thy precepts: revive me, O LORD, according to thy loving-kindness.

Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.

SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

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

I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.

Seven times a day do I praise thee, because of thy righteous judgments.

Great peace have they who love thy law: and nothing shall cause them to stumble.

LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and performed thy commandments.

My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.

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

TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.

Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.

My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

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

Let thy hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.

I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.

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

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

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

The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.

The LORD will preserve thee from all evil: he will preserve thy soul.

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

Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.

Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.

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

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

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thy house: thy children like olive plants around thy table.

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

Yes, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel.

Lord, hear my voice: let thy ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.

Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.

Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.

For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thy anointed.

The LORD hath sworn in truth to David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them; their children also shall sit upon thy throne for ever.

Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations.

Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

I will worship towards thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.

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

The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works thy own hands.

Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.

Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

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

Thy eyes saw my substance, yet being imperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

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

For they speak against thee wickedly, and thy enemies take thy name in vain.

Surely the righteous shall give thanks to thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.

Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall encompass me; for thou wilt deal bountifully with me.

A Psalm of David. Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.

And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

I remember the days of old, I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.

Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like them that go down into the pit.

Cause me to hear thy loving-kindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way in which I should walk; for I lift up my soul to thee.

Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

Revive me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.

And of thy mercy cut off my enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.

Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot thy arrows, and destroy them.

Send thy hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;

David's Psalm of praise. 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.

One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.

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

And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.

They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.

All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee.

They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;