KAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; But I hope in thy word.

Mine eyes fail for thy word, While I say, When wilt thou comfort me?

How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

The proud have digged pits for me, Who are not according to thy law.

All thy commandments are faithful: They persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.

They had almost consumed me upon earth; But I forsook not thy precepts.

LAMEDH. Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; So shall I observe the testimony of thy mouth.

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

I will never forget thy precepts; For with them thou hast quickened 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.

Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.

Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; For they are ever with me.

I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thy testimonies are my meditation.

I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word.

I have not turned aside from thine ordinances; For thou hast taught me.

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

NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.

I am afflicted very much: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according unto thy word.

Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, O Jehovah, And teach me thine ordinances.

My soul is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law.

The wicked have laid a snare for me; Yet have I not gone astray from thy precepts.

Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; For they are the rejoicing of my heart.

I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes For ever, even unto the end.

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

Depart from me, ye evil-doers, That I may keep the commandments of my God.

Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live; And let me not be ashamed of my hope.

Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.

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

AYIN. I have done justice and righteousness: Leave me not to mine oppressors.

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

Deal with thy servant according unto thy lovingkindness, And teach me thy statutes.

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

PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; Therefore doth my soul keep them.

I opened wide my mouth, and panted; For I longed for thy commandments.

Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me, As thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.

Establish my footsteps in thy word; And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

Redeem me from the oppression of man: So will I observe thy precepts.

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; And teach me thy statutes.

My zeal hath consumed me, Because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; Yet thy commandments are my delight.

Thy testimonies are righteous for ever: Give me understanding, and I shall live.

QOPH. I have called with my whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah: I will keep thy statutes.

I have called unto thee; save me, And I shall observe thy testimonies.

Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thine ordinances.

RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me; For I do not forget thy law.

Plead thou my cause, and redeem me: Quicken me according to thy word.

Great are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah: Quicken me according to thine ordinances.

Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; Yet have I not swerved from thy testimonies.

Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.

SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; But my heart standeth in awe of thy words.

My soul hath observed thy testimonies; And I love them exceedingly.

I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; For all my ways are before thee.

TAV. Let my cry come near before thee, O Jehovah: Give me understanding according to thy word.

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

Let my lips utter praise; For thou teachest me thy statutes.

Let my tongue sing of thy word; For all thy commandments are righteousness.

Let thy hand be ready to help me; For I have chosen thy precepts.

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

Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; And let thine ordinances help me.

In my distress I cried unto Jehovah, And he answered me.

Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, And from a deceitful tongue.

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

My soul hath long had her dwelling With him that hateth peace.

I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come?

My help cometh from Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.

I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go unto the house of Jehovah.

For my brethren and companions'sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, Let Israel now say,

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up: Yet they have not prevailed against me.

The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.

Lord, hear my voice: Let thine ears be attentive To the voice of my supplications.

I wait for Jehovah, my soul doth wait, And in his word do I hope.

My soul waiteth for the Lord More than watchmen wait for the morning; Yea, more than watchmen for the morning.

Jehovah, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; Neither do I exercise myself in great matters, Or in things too wonderful for me.

Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child with his mother, Like a weaned child is my soul within me.

Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, Nor go up into my bed;

If thy children will keep my covenant And my testimony that I shall teach them, Their children also shall sit upon thy throne for evermore.

This is my resting-place for ever: Here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her skill .

Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I remember thee not; If I prefer not Jerusalem Above my chief joy.

I will give thee thanks with my whole heart: Before the gods will I sing praises unto thee.

In the day that I called thou answeredst me, Thou didst encourage me with strength in my soul.

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me; Thou wilt stretch forth thy hand against the wrath of mine enemies, And thy right hand will save me.

Jehovah will perfect that which concerneth me: Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, endureth for ever; Forsake not the works of thine own hands.

O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known me .

Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off.

Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways.

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

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

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it.

If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.

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

If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night;

For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.

I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Wonderful are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.

My frame was not hidden from thee, When I was made in secret, And curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance; And in thy book they were all written, Even the days that were ordained for me , When as yet there was none of them.

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

Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.