What aileth thee, O sea, that thou fleest? O Jordan, that thou turnest back?

Ye mountains, that ye start like rams? Ye hills, like the young of the flock?

Ye that revere Yahweh! trust in Yahweh, Their help and their shield, is he!

The dead, cannot praise Yah, nor any that go down into silence;

I believed that I should speak, I, was greatly depressed.

Thou didst, thrust sore, at me that I might fall, But, Yahweh, hath helped me.

I shall not die, but live, That I may recount the doings of Yah.

Blessed be he that entereth, In the Name of Yahweh, we have blessed you, out of the house of Yahweh.

Thou, hast commanded thy precepts, that they should be diligently kept.

Oh would that my ways might be settled! that I might keep thy statutes.

In thy precepts, will I meditate, that I may discern thy paths.

[GIMEL] Bestow thy bounties upon thy servant - let me live, That I may observe thy word.

Unveil thou mine eyes, that I may discern Wondrous things out of thy law.

HE.Point out to me, O Yahweh, the way of thy statutes, that I may observe it unto the end.

Give me understanding, that I may observe thy law, that I may keep it with a whole heart.

Cause to pass away my reproach, that I have feared, for, thy regulations, are good.

So shall I have something to answer him that reproacheth me, That I have trusted in thy word.

That I may keep thy law continually, to times age-abiding and beyond.

That I may walk to and fro in a large place, because, thy precepts, have I sought.

That I may speak of thy testimonies before kings, and not be ashamed.

That I may find dear delight in thy commandments, which I have loved.

That I may lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and may meditate in thy statutes.

This, is my comfort in mine affliction, that, thy word, hath given me life.

[HETH] My portion, is Yahweh, I have promised that I would keep thy words.

It is, well for me, that I was afflicted, That I might learn thy statutes.

[YODH] Thine own hands, have made me, and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

They who revere thee, shall see me and rejoice, that, for thy word, I waited.

I know, O Yahweh, that righteous are thy regulations, and, in faithfulness, didst thou afflict me.

Let thy compassions reach me, that I may live, for, thy law, is my dear delight.

Let my heart be thorough in thy statutes, that I may not be ashamed.

From every way of wickedness, have I withheld my feet, that I might keep thy word.

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

Uphold me according to thy word, that I may live, and do not shame me out of my hope!

Sustain me, that I may be saved, and may find dear delight in thy statutes continually.

It is time that Yahweh should work, They have frustrated thy law!

Righteous are thy testimonies, unto times age-abiding, Give me understanding, that I may live.

I have cried out unto thee, oh save me, That I may keep thy testimonies.

Long, have I known, from thy testimonies, That, to times age-abiding, thou didst establish them.

See thou that, thy precepts, I have loved, O Yahweh, according to thy lovingkindness, give me life.

Let my soul live, that it may praise thee, So shall thy regulation help me.

Unto Yahweh, in the distress that befell me, I cried - and he answered me.

Woe is me, That I sojourn in Meshek, - That I abide near the tents of Kedar!

Long, hath my soul had her dwelling with him that hateth peace:

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

He that, doth indeed go forth, and weep, bearing seed enough to trail along, doth, surely come in, with shouting, bringing his sheaves.

How happy is every one that revereth Yahweh, who walketh in his ways!

But, with thee, is forgiveness, that thou mayest be revered.

May Yahweh, bless thee, out of Zion, even he that made heaven and earth.

For, I, know that great is Yahweh, yea, our Lord, is beyond all gods.

O house of Levi! bless Yahweh, Ye that revere Yahweh! bless Yahweh.

To him that doeth great wonders, by himself alone, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.

To him that made the heavens with understanding, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.

To him that stretched out the earth above the waters, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.

To him that made great lights, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.

To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.

To him that divided the Red Sea into division, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.

To him that led his people through the desert, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.

To him that smote great kings, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.

And they will sing of the ways of Yahweh, That great is the glory of Yahweh:

I thank thee, in that fearfully was my being distinguished, Wonderful are thy works, and, mine own soul, is observing them intently!

I know that Yahweh will execute, the right of the oppressed one, the vindication of the needy.

Let not my heart incline to a matter of wrong, that I should busy myself with practices in lawlessness, with men working iniquity, and let me not eat of their dainties.

Let a righteous man smite me - a lovingkindness, that he should correct me, an oil for the head which let not my head refuse! For, yet, even my prayer, shall be in their calamities.

Look to the right hand and see, that there is none that, for me, hath regard, - Escape is lost to me, There is no one to care for my life.

O bring forth, out of prison, my soul, That I may give thanks unto thy Name, - About me, let the righteous gather round, for thou wilt deal bountifully with me.

My lovingkindness and my stronghold, my high tower and my deliverer - mine! My buckler, and he in whom I have sought refuge, - He that subdueth my people under me.

O Yahweh! bow thy heavens and come down, Touch the mountains, that they smoke:

Flash forth lightning, that thou mayest scatter them, Send out thine arrows, that thou mayest confound them:

That, our sons, may be like plants well grown while yet young, - Our daughters, like corner pillars, - carved, in the construction of a palace:

How happy the people that is in such a case! How happy the people that hath Yahweh for its God!

The praise of Yahweh, my mouth shall speak, That all flesh may bless his holy Name, Unto times age-abiding and beyond.

His spirit, goeth forth, he returneth to his ground, In that very day, his thoughts perish.

How happy is he that hath the GOD of Jacob as his help, whose hope, is on Yahweh his God: -

Who made The heavens and the earth, The sea and all that is therein, Who keepeth faithfulness to times age-abiding:

Praise him, O ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens;

Praise ye Yah, Sing to Yahweh a song that is new, his praise in the convocation of the men of lovingkindness.

Let Israel rejoice in him that made him, Let the sons of Zion exult in their king;

Surely, in vain, is spread the net, in the sight of aught that hath wings!

Such are the ways of every one that graspeth with greed, The life of the owners thereof, it taketh away!

Whereas, he that hearkeneth unto me, shall dwell safely, and be at rest, without dread of misfortune.

So that thou direct, unto wisdom, thine ear, bend thy heart, unto understanding;

To him that observeth the paths of justice, yea, the way of his men of lovingkindness, he doth guard.

To rescue thee from the way of the wrongful, from the man that speaketh perverse things;

To rescue thee, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who with her speeches seduceth;

To the end that thou walk in the way of good men, and, the paths of the righteous, that thou observe.

Devise not against thy neighbour an injury, seeing that, he, dwelleth securely by thee.

Hear, ye sons, the correction of a father, and attend, that ye may know understanding.

Above all that must be guarded, keep thou thy heart, for, out of it, are the issues of life.

Make level the track of thy foot, that, all thy ways, may be directed aright:

That thou mayest preserve discretion, - and, as for knowledge, that thy lips may guard it.

For, with sweet droppings, drip the lips of her that is a stranger, and, smoother than oil, is her mouth;

Lest thou give, to other men, thy vigour, and thy years, to him that is cruel:

Eyes that are lofty, a tongue that is false, and hands shedding innocent blood;

One that uttereth lies - a false witness, and one sending forth strifes between brethren.

To keep thee from the wicked woman, from the flattery of the tongue of her that is a stranger.

So, he that goeth in unto his neighbour's wife, no man shall be guiltless who toucheth her!

He that committeth adultery with a woman, lacketh sense, A destroyer of his own life, is he that doeth it;

That thou mayest be kept, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who, with her speeches, doth flatter.

Until an arrow cleaveth his liver, as a bird hasteth into a snare, and knoweth not, that, for his life, it is!

That I may cause them who love me to inherit substance, and, their treasuries, I may fill.