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

For me [the] wicked [lie in] wait to destroy me. I give attention to your testimonies.

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

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

Though the wicked lay a trap for me, I haven't wandered away from your precepts.

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

You reject all who stray from Your statutes,
for their deceit is a lie.

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

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

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

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

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

I see the treacherous and loathe them,
Because they do not respect Your law.

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

Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

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

"LORD, deliver me from lips that lie and tongues that deceive."

Lo, He slumbereth not, nor sleepeth, He who is preserving Israel.

Lo, as eyes of men-servants Are unto the hand of their masters, As eyes of a maid-servant Are unto the hand of her mistress, So are our eyes unto Jehovah our God, Till that He doth favour us.

Our soul is greatly filled
With the scoffing of those who are at ease,
And with the contempt of the proud [who disregard God’s law].

It is vain for you to rise up early, to lie down late, to eat the bread of sorrows: so to his beloved one he giveth sleep.

Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

Lo, surely thus is the man blessed who is fearing Jehovah.

But I refrain my soul and keep it low, like as a child that is weaned from his mother; Yea, my soul is even as a weaned child.

"I will not enter my house, or lie down on my bed,

Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.

We will go into his tabernacle, and fall low on our knees before his footstool.

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Lo, how good and how pleasant The dwelling of brethren -- even together!

A Song of the Ascents. Lo, bless Jehovah, all servants of Jehovah, Who are standing in the house of Jehovah by night.

Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever:

Remember, O Jehovah, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, Lay it bare, Lay it bare, down to its foundation!

Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.

You carefully observe me when I travel or when I lie down to rest; you are aware of everything I do.

For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.

If I ascend the heavens -- there Thou art, And spread out a couch in Sheol, lo, Thee!

Even there Your hand will lead me,
And Your right hand will lay hold of me.

They rebel against you and act deceitfully; your enemies lie.

As when the one plows and breaks open the ground [and the soil scatters behind him],
Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol [by the injustices of the wicked].

But my eyes [are] toward you, O Yahweh, my Lord; I have taken refuge in you. Do not lay bare my soul.

Watch me from the hands of the snare they will lay for me, and the snares of those working iniquity.

Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.

Jehovah is causing the meek to stand, Making low the wicked unto the earth.

He hath made them fast for ever and ever; he hath given them a law which shall not be broken.

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

We’ll find all kinds of valuable property
and fill our houses with plunder.

Throw in your lot with us,
and we’ll all share our money”—

And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

Turn back at my reproof, lo, I pour forth to you my spirit, I make known my words with you.

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;

Even to lay up for the upright substance, A shield for those walking uprightly.

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

She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

My son, let not these things depart from thine eyes, but keep my law and my counsel:

When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go away! Come back later.
I’ll give it tomorrow”—when it is there with you.

Do not take up a cause at law against a man for nothing, if he has done you no wrong.

Though He scoffs at the scoffers and scorns the scorners,
Yet He gives His grace [His undeserved favor] to the humble [those who give up self-importance].

For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

So he taught me, and said to me - Let thy heart, lay hold of my words, Keep my commandments and live!

Listen, my son: accept my words, and you'll live a long, long time.

Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she is thy life.

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

“Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to lie down and rest”—

My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

{When you walk}, she will lead you, {When you lie down}, she will watch over you, and [when] you awake, she will converse [with] you.

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

Men do not have a low opinion of a thief who takes food when he is in need of it:

My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

And, lo, a woman to meet him -- (A harlot's dress, and watchful of heart,

One time without, one time in the broad ways; and she will lie in wait near every corner.

Come, let us lie together, and take our pleasure till it be daylight.

He took a fist full of cash and he'll return home in a month."

For many slain she has laid low, and countless [are] all of her killings.

Grab hold of my instruction in lieu of money and knowledge instead of the finest gold,

It is by me that kings reign
and rulers enact just law;

In his setting his law to the sea, and the waters shall not pass by his mouth; in his making firm the foundations of the earth:

Lay aside simplicity and live; walk in the way of understanding."

He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.

Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

It shall not help the wicked, though they lay all their hands together; but the seed of the righteous shall be preserved.

Lo, the righteous in the earth is recompensed, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

He who is of low position and has a servant, is better than one who has a high opinion of himself and is in need of bread.

He who makes sport of the word will come to destruction, but the respecter of the law will be rewarded.

The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord—
how much more, human hearts.

The fear of the Lord is the teaching of wisdom; and a low opinion of oneself goes before honour.

He who gives attention to the law of right will get good; and whoever puts his faith in the Lord is happy.

A fool has no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may lay itself bare.

When the evil-doer comes, a low opinion comes with him, and with the loss of honour comes shame.

He who keeps the law keeps his soul; but death will be the fate of him who takes no note of the word.

A person with great anger bears the penalty;
if you rescue him, you’ll have to do it again.

Listen to advice and accept discipline, and you'll be wise for the rest of your life.

Don’t love sleep, or you will become poor;
open your eyes, and you’ll have enough to eat.

Don't say "I'll avenge that wrong!" Wait on the LORD and he will deliver you.

Thorns and snares lie in the path of the perverse person, but whoever is cautious stays far away from them.

The slacker says, “There’s a lion outside!
I’ll be killed in the public square!”