The heavens declared His righteousness, And all the peoples have seen His honour.

He hath remembered His kindness, And His faithfulness to the house of Israel, All ends of earth have seen the salvation of our God.

In a pillar of cloud He speaketh unto them, They have kept His testimonies, And the statute He hath given to them.

I set not before mine eyes a worthless thing, The work of those turning aside I have hated, It adhereth not to me.

For consumed in smoke have been my days, And my bones as a fire-brand have burned.

Smitten as the herb, and withered, is my heart, For I have forgotten to eat my bread.

I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places.

I have watched, and I am As a bird alone on the roof.

All the day mine enemies reproached me, Those mad at me have sworn against me.

Because ashes as bread I have eaten, And my drink with weeping have mingled,

For Thy servants have been pleased with her stones, And her dust they favour.

How many have been Thy works, O Jehovah, All of them in wisdom Thou hast made, Full is the earth of thy possessions.

They have afflicted with fetters his feet, Iron hath entered his soul,

They have set among them the matters of His signs, And wonders in the land of Ham.

He hath sent darkness, and it is dark, And they have not provoked His word.

They have asked, and He bringeth quails, And with bread of heaven satisfieth them.

He hath opened a rock, and waters issue, They have gone on in dry places -- a river.

We have sinned with our fathers, We have done perversely, we have done wickedly.

Our fathers in Egypt, Have not considered wisely Thy wonders, They have not remembered The abundance of Thy kind acts, And provoke by the sea, at the sea of Suph.

They have hasted -- forgotten His works, They have not waited for His counsel.

They have forgotten God their saviour, The doer of great things in Egypt,

And they kick against the desirable land, They have not given credence to His word.

And they murmur in their tents, They have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah.

For they have provoked his spirit, And he speaketh wrongfully with his lips.

They have not destroyed the peoples, As Jehovah had said to them,

And they shed innocent blood -- Blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they have sacrificed to idols of Canaan, And the land is profaned with blood.

They wandered in a wilderness, in a desert by the way, A city of habitation they have not found.

And He humbleth with labour their heart, They have been feeble, and there is no helper.

They have seen the works of Jehovah, And His wonders in the deep.

And they rejoice because they are quiet, And He leadeth them to the haven of their desire.

For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me -- A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!

They have compassed me about, And they fight me without cause.

And wander continually do his sons, Yea, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places.

As a shadow when it is stretched out I have gone, I have been driven away as a locust.

My knees have been feeble from fasting, And my flesh hath failed of fatness.

And I -- I have been a reproach to them, They see me, they shake their head.

They revile, and Thou dost bless, They have risen, and are ashamed, And Thy servant doth rejoice.

The beginning of wisdom is fear of Jehovah, Good understanding have all doing them, His praise is standing for ever!

The mountains have skipped as rams, Heights as sons of a flock.

A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not,

Ears they have, and they hear not, A nose they have, and they smell not,

I have loved, because Jehovah heareth My voice, my supplication,

Compassed me have cords of death, And straits of Sheol have found me, Distress and sorrow I find.

I have believed, for I speak, I -- I have been afflicted greatly.

All nations have compassed me about, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off.

They have compassed me about, Yea, they have compassed me about, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off.

They compassed me about as bees, They have been extinguished as a fire of thorns, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off.

Yea, they have not done iniquity, In His ways they have walked.

With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands.

In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.

With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Thy mouth.

In the way of Thy testimonies I have joyed, As over all wealth.

Remove from me reproach and contempt, For Thy testimonies I have kept.

My ways I have recounted, And Thou answerest me, teach me Thy statutes,

The way of faithfulness I have chosen, Thy judgments I have compared,

I have adhered to Thy testimonies, O Jehovah, put me not to shame.

Cause me to tread in the path of Thy commands, For in it I have delighted.

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,

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 walk habitually in a broad place, For Thy precepts I have sought.

And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved,

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

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

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

I have remembered in the night Thy name, O Jehovah, And I do keep Thy law.

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

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

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

I have made haste, And delayed not, to keep Thy commands.

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

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

Before I am afflicted, I -- I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept.

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

Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I -- in Thy law I have delighted.

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

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.

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.

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 Thine ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole are Thy servants.

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

Of all perfection I have seen an end, Broad is Thy command -- exceedingly!

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

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

Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept.

From Thy precepts I have understanding, Therefore I have hated every false path!

I have sworn, and I confirm it, To keep the judgments of Thy righteousness.

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

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!

Samech. Doubting ones I have hated, And Thy law I have loved.

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