LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.

Thy faithfulness is to all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.

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

Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in my affliction.

I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast revived me.

I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.

I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.

MEM. O how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

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.

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

I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.

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

Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

NUN. Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.

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

I am afflicted very much: revive me, O LORD, according to thy word.

Accept, I beseech thee, the free-will-offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.

My soul is continually in my hand: yet I do not forget thy law.

The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.

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

I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes always, even to the end.

SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.

Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

Uphold me according to thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.

Support me, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect to thy statutes continually.

Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.

Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.

My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.

My eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.

Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.

I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.

It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.

Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yes, above fine gold.

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.