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?'

For I have been as a bottle in smoke, Thy statutes I have not forgotten.

[LAMED] Age-abidingly, O Yahweh, hath thy word been set up in the heavens.

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

I am yours, O be my saviour; for my desire has been for your rules.

The sinners have been waiting for me to give me up to destruction; but I will give all my mind to your unchanging ward.

My heart has not been turned away from your decisions; for you have been my teacher.

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

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

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

Mine eyes have been consumed for Thy salvation. And for the saying of Thy righteousness.

Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.

Pain and trouble have overcome me: but your teachings are my delight.

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

(Resh) See my pain and rescue me! For I do not forget your law.

Great is the number of those who are against me; but I have not been turned away from your unchanging word.

Rulers have been cruel to me without cause; but I have the fear of your word in my heart.

Lord, my hope has been in your salvation; and I have kept your teachings.

I have been ruled by your orders; for all my ways are before you.

All my desire has been for your salvation, O Lord; and your law is my delight.

Our feet have been standing in thy gates, O Jerusalem!

Jerusalem! that hath been builded, A true city, all joined together as one:

Favour us, O Jehovah, favour us, For greatly have we been filled with contempt,

Greatly hath our soul been filled With the scorning of the easy ones, With the contempt of the arrogant!

{A Song of degrees of David.} If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;

If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

We have escaped like a bird from the hunter's trap. The trap has been broken, and we have escaped.

For evil's scepter will not rest on the land that has been allotted to the righteous, and so the righteous will not direct themselves to do wrong.

A Song of the Ascents. In Jehovah's turning back to the captivity of Zion, We have been as dreamers.

Jehovah did great things with us, We have been joyful.

Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young (let Israel now say);

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Jehovah, my heart hath not been haughty, Nor have mine eyes been high, Nor have I walked in great things, And in things too wonderful for me.

My path and my couch Thou hast fanned, And with all my ways hast been acquainted.

Surely there hath not been a word on my tongue, but behold! O Yahweh, thou hast observed it on every side.

Knowledge too wonderful for me, It hath been set on high, I am not able for it.

I confess Thee, because that with wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful are Thy works, And my soul is knowing it well.

And to me how precious have been Thy thoughts, O God, how great hath been their sum!

And see if the way of pain is in me, and guide me in the eternal way.

O Lord God, the strength of my salvation, you have been a cover over my head in the day of the fight.

Their judges have been released by the sides of a rock, And they have heard my sayings, For they have been pleasant.

As one tilling and ripping up in the land, Have our bones been scattered at the command of Saul.

When my spirit hath been feeble in me, Then Thou hast known my path; In the way in which I walk, They have hid a snare for me.

Attend Thou unto my loud cry, For I have become very low, Deliver Thou me from my pursuers, For they have been stronger than I.

For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

Haste, answer me, O Jehovah, My spirit hath been consumed, Hide not Thou Thy face from me, Or I have been compared with those going down to the pit.

Man to vanity hath been like, His days are as a shadow passing by.

They praise the name of Jehovah, For His name alone hath been set on high, His honour is above earth and heavens.

and execute the judgment to which their enemies have been sentenced. All his loyal followers will be vindicated. Praise the Lord!

When your fear comes on you like a storm, and your trouble like a rushing wind; when pain and sorrow come on you.

For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain.

By His knowledge depths have been rent, And clouds do drop dew.

If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep.

For, a son I have been to my father -- tender, And an only one before my mother.

For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not some to stumble.

At the end of your life, you will lament
when your physical body has been consumed,

As a little thing I have been all evil, In the midst of an assembly and a company.

My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand,

Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth,

I have a feast of peace-offerings, for today my oaths have been effected.

For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.

At the outset of the ages, had I been established, in advance of the antiquities of the earth;

When there was no resounding deep, I had been brought forth, when there were no fountains, abounding with water;

Before mountains had been shaped, before hills, I was brought forth.

If thou hast been wise, thou hast been wise for thyself, And thou hast scorned -- thyself bearest it.

He pinching the eye shall give pain: and the foolish of lips shall fall.

The blessing of Jehovah it will make rich, and it will not add pain with it

When pride comes [boiling up with an arrogant attitude of self-importance], then come dishonor and shame,
But with the humble [the teachable who have been chiseled by trial and who have learned to walk humbly with God] there is wisdom and soundness of mind.

In the death of a wicked man, hope perisheth, And the expectation of the iniquitous hath been lost.

Evil one suffereth when he hath been surety for a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.

Hand to hand, the wicked man shall not be held innocent, but, the seed of the righteous, hath been delivered.

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, but a wife who puts him to shame is like bone cancer.

No iniquity is desired by the righteous, And the wicked have been full of evil.

Even, in laughter, the heart may be in pain, and, the latter end of gladness, be grief.

A soft answer will turn away wrath, and a word of pain will bring up anger.

The hell with her pain is known to the LORD; how much more then the hearts of men?

The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart, A good report maketh fat the bone.

Sayings of pleasantness are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.

It is better to come face to face with a bear whose young ones have been taken away than with a foolish man acting foolishly.

A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

The spirit of a man sustains him in sickness,
But as for a broken spirit, who can bear it?

All the brethren of the poor have hated him, Surely also his friends have been far from him, He is pursuing words -- they are not!

Judgments have been prepared for scorners, And stripes for the back of fools!

Who saith, 'I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?'

Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it.

You'll vomit up what little you've eaten, and your compliments will have been wasted.

My son, if thy heart hath been wise, My heart rejoiceth, even mine,

Who hath woe? Who hath outcry of pain? Who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? Who hath needless wounds? Who hath dullness of eyes?

And thou hast been as one lying down in the heart of the sea, And as one lying down on the top of a mast.

They smote me, I have not been sick, They beat me, I have not known. When I awake -- I seek it yet again!'

Thou hast been slothful in the day of straitness, Strait, is thy strength.

And lo, it hath gone up -- all of it -- thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down.

By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

He whose spirit is uncontrolled is like an unwalled town which has been broken into.

Weak have been the two legs of the lame, And a parable in the mouth of fools.

Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.

Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.

One who has been the cause of a man's death will go in flight to the underworld: let no man give him help.

A wise man is judged by the foolish man, And he hath been angry, And he hath laughed, and there is no rest.