Dross! Thou hast caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Thy testimonies.

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.

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

Time for Jehovah to work! they have made void Thy law.

Therefore I have loved Thy commands Above gold -- even fine gold.

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

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

Rivulets of waters have come down mine eyes, Because they have not kept Thy law!

Small I am, and despised, Thy precepts I have not forgotten.

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

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.

I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, For Thy word I have hoped.

Mine eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate in Thy saying.

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

Of old I have known Thy testimonies, That to the age Thou hast founded them!

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

Far from the wicked is salvation, For Thy statutes they have not sought.

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

I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because Thy saying they have not kept.

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.

Falsehood I have hated, yea I abominate it, Thy law I have loved.

Seven times in a day I have praised Thee, Because of the judgments of Thy righteousness.

Abundant peace have those loving Thy law, And they have no stumbling-block.

I have waited for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy commands I have done.

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

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.

I wandered as a lost sheep, seek Thy servant, For Thy precepts I have not forgotten!

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

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

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

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

For thither have tribes gone up, Tribes of Jah, companies of Israel, To give thanks to the name of Jehovah.

For there have sat thrones of judgment, Thrones of the house of David.

A Song of the Ascents. Unto Thee I have lifted up mine eyes, O dweller in the heavens.

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

Our soul as a bird hath escaped from a snare of fowlers, The snare was broken, and we have escaped.

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.

A Song of the Ascents, by Solomon. If Jehovah doth not build the house, In vain have its builders laboured at it, If Jehovah doth not watch a city, In vain hath a watchman waked.

Often they distressed me from my youth, Yet they have not prevailed over me.

Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows.

And the passers by have not said, 'The blessing of Jehovah is on you, We blessed you in the Name of Jehovah!'

A Song of the Ascents. From depths I have called Thee, Jehovah.

I hoped for Jehovah -- hoped hath my soul, And for His word I have waited.

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.

Have I not compared, and kept silent my soul, As a weaned one by its mother? As a weaned one by me is my soul.

'Lo, we have heard it in Ephratah, We have found it in the fields of the forest.

This is My rest for ever and ever, Here do I sit, for I have desired it.

There I cause to spring up a horn for David, I have arranged a lamp for Mine anointed.

For I have known that great is Jehovah, Yea, our Lord is above all gods.

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

Ears they have, and they give not ear, Nose -- there is no breath in their mouth!

O Jehovah, all kings of earth confess Thee, When they have heard the sayings of Thy mouth.

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!

I recount them! than the sand they are more, I have waked, and I am still with Thee.

With perfect hatred I have hated them, Enemies they have become to me.

Who have devised evils in the heart, All the day they assemble for wars.

Preserve me, Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked, From one of violence Thou keepest me, Who have devised to overthrow my steps.

The proud hid a snare for me -- and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah.

I have said to Jehovah, 'My God art Thou, Hear, Jehovah, the voice of my supplications.'

I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.

A Psalm, by David. O Jehovah, I have called Thee, haste to me, Give ear to my voice when I call to Thee.

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.

But to Thee, O Jehovah, my Lord, are mine eyes, In Thee I have trusted, Make not bare my soul.

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.

Looking on the right hand -- and seeing, And I have none recognizing; Perished hath refuge from me, There is none inquiring for my soul.

I have cried unto thee, O Jehovah, I have said, 'Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.'

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.

I have remembered days of old, I have meditated on all Thine acts, On the work of Thy hand I muse.

I have spread forth my hands unto Thee, My soul is as a weary land for Thee. Selah.

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.

Cause me to hear in the morning Thy kindness, For in Thee I have trusted, Cause me to know the way that I go, For unto Thee I have lifted up my soul.

My kind one, and my bulwark, My tower, and my deliverer, My shield, and in whom I have trusted, Who is subduing my people under me!

His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished.

He hath not done so to any nation, As to judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye Jah!

Fear of Jehovah is a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!

'Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?

Because I have called, and ye refuse, I stretched out my hand, and none is attending,

And ye slight all my counsel, And my reproof ye have not desired.

Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen.

They have not consented to my counsel, They have despised all my reproof,

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

Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil.

For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not.

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

In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness.

For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.

The way of the wicked is as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble.

The path of life -- lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths -- thou knowest not.

And hast said, 'How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,

And I have not hearkened to the voice of my directors, And to my teachers have not inclined mine ear.

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

For, at a window of my house, Through my casement I have looked out,

Sacrifices of peace-offerings are by me, To-day I have completed my vows.