This is the day which Jehovah has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

Then I shall not be ashamed, when I have respect to all Your Commandments.

BETH: With what shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your Word.

Bow my heart to Your testimonies, and not to unjust gain.

I will speak of Your testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.

I looked for Your favor with all my heart; be merciful to me according to Your Word.

They who fear You will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in Your Word.

I beseech You, let Your merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to Your Word to Your servant.

Let the proud be ashamed; for they perverted my cause with lying; I will think on Your Commandments.

Let my heart be sound in Your Precepts, so that I may not be ashamed.

Uphold me according to Your Word, that I may live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope.

Hold me up, and I shall be safe; and I will always have respect to Your Precepts.

Be surety for Your servant for good; let not the proud press me down.

Therefore I count all Your Commandments concerning all things to be right; I hate every false way.

PE: Your testimonies are wonderful; therefore my soul keeps them.

Look on me, and be merciful to me, as You usually do to those who love Your name.

What shall be given to you? Or what shall be done to you, O false tongue?

He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber.

The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; those who love you shall be blessed.

Peace be within your walls, blessings within your palaces.

For my brothers and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within you.

A Song of degrees. They who trust in Jehovah shall be like Mount Zion; it is not shaken, but remains forever.

And those who turn aside to their crooked ways, Jehovah shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity; peace shall be on Israel.

Blessed is the man who has his quiver full of them; they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

For you shall surely eat the labor of your hands; you shall be happy, and all is well with you.

Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine by the sides of your house; your sons shall be like olive plants around your table.

Behold! So shall the man be blessed who fears Jehovah.

Yea, you shall see the sons of your sons. Peace be on Israel.

Let them all be ashamed and turned back, those who hate Zion.

Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which dries up before it grows up,

And those who pass by have never said, The blessing of Jehovah be on you; we bless you in the name of Jehovah.

But there is forgiveness with You, that You may be feared.

Surely I have behaved and have quieted my soul, as one weaned by its mother; my soul on me is like one weaned.

Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and Your saints shout for joy.

A Song of degrees. Behold, bless Jehovah, all servants of Jehovah, who stand by night in the house of Jehovah.

To Him who by wisdom made the heavens; for His mercy endures forever.

The sun to rule by day; for His mercy endures forever.

the moon and stars to rule by night; for His mercy endures forever.

There we sat down by the rivers of Babylon; also, we wept when we remembered Zion.

If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me, even the night shall be light around me.

The proud have hidden cords and a trap for me; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set snares for me. Selah.

Let burning coals fall on them; let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, so that they do not rise up again.

Do not let an evil speaker be established in the earth; evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Let my prayer be set forth before You as incense, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Let the righteous strike me; it shall be a kindness; and let him correct me, it is oil on my head, let not my head refuse it; for still my prayer also shall be against their wickedness.

Hear me quickly, O Jehovah; my spirit fails; do not hide Your face from me, lest I be like those who go down into the Pit.

Bow down Your heavens, O Jehovah, and come down; touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

so that our sons may be like plants grown up in their youth; and our daughters may be like corner-stones, polished like a palace building;

and our storehouses may be full, furnishing kind to kind; and our flocks may breed thousands and ten thousands outside;

and our oxen may be loaded; there is no breaking in nor going out and no crying in our streets.

Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised; and there is no searching out His greatness.

He appoints the number of the stars; He calls them all by their names.

Let praise be to Jehovah from the earth, the sea-monsters, and all deeps;

Let Israel rejoice in his Maker; let the sons of Zion be joyful in their King.

Let the saints be joyful in glory; let them sing aloud on their beds.

Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand,

for they shall be an ornament of grace to your head and chains around your neck.

My son, if sinners lure you, do not be willing.

and they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own desires.

But whoever listens to me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear Jehovah and depart from evil.

Healing shall be to your navel and marrow to your bones.

and your barns shall be filled with plenty, and your presses shall burst with new wine.

My son, do not despise the chastening of Jehovah; nor be weary with His correction;

she is more precious than rubies; and all the things you can desire are not to be compared with her.

Jehovah has founded the earth by wisdom; by understanding He has founded the heavens.

By His knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

and they shall be life to your soul and grace to your neck;

When you lie down, you shall not be afraid; yea, you shall lie down, and your sleep shall be sweet.

Do not be afraid of sudden fear, nor of the destroying of the wicked, when it comes.

For Jehovah shall be your hope, and shall keep your foot from being taken.

Do not plan evil against your neighbor, since he dwells trustingly by you.

The wise shall inherit glory; but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of your life shall be many.

When you go, your steps shall not be narrowed, and when you run, you shall not stumble.

Avoid it; do not pass by it; turn from it, and pass on!

My son, listen to my words; bow down your ear to my sayings.

Ponder the path of your feet, and all your ways will be established.

My son, listen to my wisdom; bow your ear to my understanding;

that strangers not be filled with your strength, and your labors be in the house of a stranger;

Should your overflowing spring be scattered abroad as rivers of waters in the streets.

Let them be only your own, and not strangers' with you.

Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of your youth.

Like the loving deer and pleasant doe, let her breasts satisfy you at all times, and be ravished always with her love.

And why will you, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sin.

Go to the ant, sluggard; consider her ways and be wise;

For by means of a harlot a man comes to a piece of bread; and another man's wife will hunt for the precious life.

Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; whoever touches her shall not be innocent.

He shall get a wound and dishonor; and his shame shall not be wiped away.

He will not take any ransom; nor will he be willing if you multiply the gifts.

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

She stands in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the path.

O simple ones, understand wisdom; and, fools, be of an understanding heart.

Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.