Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Thy judgments are good.

Lo, I have longed for Thy precepts, In Thy righteousness quicken Thou me,

Waw. And meet me doth Thy kindness, O Jehovah, Thy salvation according to Thy saying.

And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For I have trusted in Thy word.

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

And I lift up my hands unto Thy commands, That I have loved, And I do meditate on Thy statutes!

Zain. Remember the word to Thy servant, On which Thou hast caused me to hope.

This is my comfort in mine affliction, That Thy saying hath quickened me.

The proud have utterly scorned me, From Thy law I have not turned aside.

Horror hath seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Thy law.

Songs have been to me Thy statutes, In the house of my sojournings.

This hath been to me, That Thy precepts I have kept!

Cheth. My portion is Jehovah; I have said -- to keep Thy words,

I appeased Thy face with the whole heart, Favour me according to Thy saying.

I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies.

Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, Thy law I have not forgotten.

Of Thy kindness, O Jehovah, the earth is full, Thy statutes teach Thou me!

The goodness of reason and knowledge teach me, For in Thy commands I have believed.

Good Thou art, and doing good, Teach me Thy statutes.

Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts.

Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes.

Better to me is the law of Thy mouth Than thousands of gold and silver!

Yod. Thy hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Thy commands.

Those fearing Thee see me and rejoice, Because for Thy word I have hoped.

I have known, O Jehovah, That righteous are Thy judgments, And in faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me.

Let, I pray Thee, Thy kindness be to comfort me, According to Thy saying to Thy servant.

Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law is my delight.

Ashamed are the proud, For with falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate in Thy precepts.

Those fearing Thee turn back to me, And those knowing Thy testimonies.

My heart is perfect in Thy statutes, So that I am not ashamed.

Kaph. Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped.

Consumed have been mine eyes for Thy word, Saying, 'When doth it comfort me?'

How many are the days of Thy servant? When dost Thou execute Against my pursuers judgment?

The proud have digged for me pits, That are not according to Thy law.

All Thy commands are faithfulness, With falsehood they have pursued me, Help Thou me.

Almost consumed me on earth have they, And I -- I have not forsaken Thy precepts.

According to Thy kindness quicken Thou me, And I keep the testimony of Thy mouth!

Unless Thy law were my delights, Then had I perished in mine affliction.

To the age I forget not Thy precepts, For by them Thou hast quickened me.

I am Thine, save Thou me, For Thy precepts I have sought.

Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand.

Mem. O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it is my meditation.

Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it is before me to the age.

Above all my teachers I have acted wisely. For Thy testimonies are my meditation.

From every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word.

From Thy judgments I turned not aside, For Thou -- Thou hast directed me.

How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth.

Nun. A lamp to my foot is Thy word, And a light to my path.

I have been afflicted very much, O Jehovah, quicken me, according to Thy word.

Free-will-offerings of my mouth, Accept, I pray Thee, O Jehovah, And Thy judgments teach Thou me.

My soul is in my hand continually, And Thy law I have not forgotten.

The wicked have laid a snare for me, And from thy precepts I wandered not.

I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart are they.

I have inclined my heart To do Thy statutes, to the age -- to the end!

My hiding place and my shield art Thou, For Thy word I have hoped.

Turn aside from me, ye evil-doers, And I keep the commands of my God.

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

Support Thou me, and I am saved, And I look on Thy statutes continually.

Trembled from Thy fear hath my flesh, And from Thy judgments I have been afraid!

Ain. I have done judgment and righteousness, Leave me not to mine oppressors.

Make sure Thy servant for good, Let not the proud oppress me.

Do with Thy servant according to Thy kindness. And Thy statutes teach Thou me.

Thy servant am I -- cause me to understand, And I know Thy testimonies.

Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, Every path of falsehood I have hated!

Pe. Wonderful are Thy testimonies, Therefore hath my soul kept them.

My mouth I have opened, yea, I pant, For, for Thy commands I have longed.

Look unto me, and favour me, As customary to those loving Thy name.

My steps establish by Thy saying, And any iniquity doth not rule over me.

Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Thy precepts,

Thy face cause to shine on Thy servant, And teach me Thy statutes.

Cut me off hath my zeal, For mine adversaries forgot Thy words.

Adversity and distress have found me, Thy commands are my delights.

The righteousness of Thy testimonies is to Cause me to understand, and I live!

Koph. I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O Jehovah, Thy statutes I keep,

I have called Thee, save Thou me, And I do keep Thy testimonies.

My voice hear, according to Thy kindness, Jehovah, according to Thy judgment quicken me.

Near have been my wicked pursuers, From Thy law they have been far off.

Resh. See my affliction, and deliver Thou me, For Thy law I have not forgotten.

Plead my plea, and redeem me, According to Thy saying quicken me.

Thy mercies are many, O Jehovah, According to Thy judgments quicken me.

Many are my pursuers, and adversaries, From Thy testimonies I have not turned aside.

See, for thy precepts I have loved, Jehovah, According to Thy kindness quicken me.

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

Kept hath my soul Thy testimonies, And I do love them exceedingly.

I have kept Thy precepts and Thy testimonies, For all my ways are before Thee!

Taw. My loud cry cometh near before Thee, O Jehovah; According to Thy word cause me to understand.

My supplication cometh in before Thee, According to Thy saying deliver Thou me.

My lips do utter praise, For Thou dost teach me Thy statutes.

My tongue doth sing of Thy saying, For all Thy commands are righteous.

Thy hand is for a help to me, For Thy commands I have chosen.

I have longed for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy law is my delight.

My soul liveth, and it doth praise Thee, And Thy judgments do help me.

A Song of the Ascents. Unto Jehovah in my distress I have called, And He answereth me.

O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!

Woe to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.

Too much hath my soul dwelt with him who is hating peace.

A Song of the Ascents. I lift up mine eyes unto the hills, Whence doth my help come?

My help is from Jehovah, maker of heaven and earth,

A Song of the Ascents, by David. I have rejoiced in those saying to me, 'To the house of Jehovah we go.'

For the sake of my brethren and my companions, Let me speak, I pray thee, 'Peace be in thee.'