Instruction from Your lips is better for me
than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

Those who fear You will see me and rejoice,
for I put my hope in Your word.

May Your compassion come to me
so that I may live,
for Your instruction is my delight.

Let the arrogant be put to shame
for slandering me with lies;
I will meditate on Your precepts.

Let those who fear You,
those who know Your decrees, turn to me.

כ KafI long for Your salvation;
I put my hope in Your word.

My eyes grow weary
looking for what You have promised;
I ask, “When will You comfort me?”

The arrogant have dug pits for me;
they violate Your instruction.

Your faithfulness is for all generations;
You established the earth, and it stands firm.

They stand today in accordance with Your judgments,
for all things are Your servants.

I will never forget Your precepts,
for You have given me life through them.

I am Yours; save me,
for I have sought Your precepts.

Your commands make me wiser than my enemies,
for they are always with me.

I have not turned from Your judgments,
for You Yourself have instructed me.

נ NunYour word is a lamp for my feet
and a light on my path.

The wicked have set a trap for me,
but I have not wandered from Your precepts.

You reject all who stray from Your statutes,
for their deceit is a lie.

I tremble in awe of You;
I fear Your judgments.

My eyes grow weary looking for Your salvation
and for Your righteous promise.

It is time for the Lord to act,
for they have violated Your instruction.

I open my mouth and pant
because I long for Your commands.

I rise before dawn and cry out for help;
I put my hope in Your word.

Those who pursue evil plans come near;
they are far from Your instruction.

ר ReshConsider my affliction and rescue me,
for I have not forgotten Your instruction.

Salvation is far from the wicked
because they do not seek Your statutes.

I praise You seven times a day
for Your righteous judgments.

Lord, I hope for Your salvation
and carry out Your commands.

I obey Your precepts and decrees,
for all my ways are before You.

My lips pour out praise,
for You teach me Your statutes.

My tongue sings about Your promise,
for all Your commands are righteous.

May Your hand be ready to help me,
for I have chosen Your precepts.

I long for Your salvation, Lord,
and Your instruction is my delight.

I wander like a lost sheep;
seek Your servant,
for I do not forget Your commands.

I am for peace; but when I speak,
they are for war.

where the tribes, Yahweh’s tribes, go up
to give thanks to the name of Yahweh.
(This is an ordinance for Israel.)

There, thrones for judgment are placed,
thrones of the house of David.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May those who love you prosper;

Show us favor, Lord, show us favor,
for we’ve had more than enough contempt.

But as for those who turn aside to crooked ways,
the Lord will banish them with the evildoers.

Peace be with Israel.

Our mouths were filled with laughter then,
and our tongues with shouts of joy.
Then they said among the nations,
“The Lord has done great things for them.”

The Lord had done great things for us;
we were joyful.

You will surely eat
what your hands have worked for.
You will be happy,
and it will go well for you.

Lord, listen to my voice;
let Your ears be attentive
to my cry for help.

I wait for Yahweh; I wait
and put my hope in His word.

I wait for the Lord
more than watchmen for the morning—
more than watchmen for the morning.

Israel, put your hope in the Lord.
For there is faithful love with the Lord,
and with Him is redemption in abundance.

A Davidic song of ascents.Lord, my heart is not proud;
my eyes are not haughty.
I do not get involved with things
too great or too difficult for me.

until I find a place for the Lord,
a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

May Your priests be clothed with righteousness,
and may Your godly people shout for joy.

For the Lord has chosen Zion;
He has desired it for His home:

I will clothe its priests with salvation,
and its godly people will shout for joy.

There I will make a horn grow for David;
I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.

It is like the dew of Hermon
falling on the mountains of Zion.
For there the Lord has appointed the blessing—
life forevermore.

Praise Yahweh, for Yahweh is good;
sing praise to His name, for it is delightful.

For Yahweh has chosen Jacob for Himself,
Israel as His treasured possession.

For I know that Yahweh is great;
our Lord is greater than all gods.

He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain
and brings the wind from His storehouses.

He sent signs and wonders against you, Egypt,
against Pharaoh and all his officials.

For Yahweh will vindicate His people
and have compassion on His servants.

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good.
        His love is eternal.

but hurled Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea.
        His love is eternal.

for our captors there asked us for songs,
and our tormentors, for rejoicing:
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”

I will bow down toward Your holy temple
and give thanks to Your name
for Your constant love and truth.
You have exalted Your name
and Your promise above everything else.

They will sing of the Lord’s ways,
for the Lord’s glory is great.

The Lord will fulfill His purpose for me.
Lord, Your love is eternal;
do not abandon the work of Your hands.

You know when I sit down and when I stand up;
You understand my thoughts from far away.

For it was You who created my inward parts;
You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

God, how difficult Your thoughts are
for me to comprehend;
how vast their sum is!

The proud hide a trap with ropes for me;
they spread a net along the path
and set snares for me.Selah

I say to the Lord, “You are my God.”
Listen, Lord, to my cry for help.

When those who surround me rise up,
may the trouble their lips cause overwhelm them.

Let hot coals fall on them.
Let them be thrown into the fire,
into the abyss, never again to rise.

I know that the Lord upholds
the just cause of the poor,
justice for the needy.

Lord, set up a guard for my mouth;
keep watch at the door of my lips.

Let the righteous one strike me—
it is an act of faithful love;
let him rebuke me—
it is oil for my head;
let me not refuse it.
Even now my prayer is against
the evil acts of the wicked.

When their rulers will be thrown off
the sides of a cliff,
the people will listen to my words,
for they are pleasing.

Protect me from the trap they have set for me,
and from the snares of evildoers.

A Davidic Maskil. When he was in the cave. A prayer.I cry aloud to the Lord;
I plead aloud to the Lord for mercy.

Although my spirit is weak within me,
You know my way.

Along this path I travel
they have hidden a trap for me.

Look to the right and see:
no one stands up for me;
there is no refuge for me;
no one cares about me.

Listen to my cry,
for I am very weak.
Rescue me from those who pursue me,
for they are too strong for me.

Free me from prison
so that I can praise Your name.
The righteous will gather around me
because You deal generously with me.

Do not bring Your servant into judgment,
for no one alive is righteous in Your sight.

For the enemy has pursued me,
crushing me to the ground,
making me live in darkness
like those long dead.

Let me experience
Your faithful love in the morning,
for I trust in You.
Reveal to me the way I should go
because I long for You.

Rescue me from my enemies, Lord;
I come to You for protection.

Teach me to do Your will,
for You are my God.
May Your gracious Spirit
lead me on level ground.

and in Your faithful love destroy my enemies.
Wipe out all those who attack me,
for I am Your servant.

Davidic.May the Lord, my rock, be praised,
who trains my hands for battle
and my fingers for warfare.

Lord, what is man, that You care for him,
the son of man, that You think of him?

Reach down from heaven;
rescue me from deep water, and set me free
from the grasp of foreigners

God, I will sing a new song to You;
I will play on a ten-stringed harp for You—

Set me free and rescue me
from the grasp of foreigners
whose mouths speak lies,
whose right hands are deceptive.

Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom;
Your rule is for all generations.
The Lord is faithful in all His words
and gracious in all His actions.

He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him;
He hears their cry for help and saves them.

executing justice for the exploited
and giving food to the hungry.
The Lord frees prisoners.

The Lord reigns forever;
Zion, your God reigns for all generations.
Hallelujah!

Hallelujah!
How good it is to sing to our God,
for praise is pleasant and lovely.

who covers the sky with clouds,
prepares rain for the earth,
and causes grass to grow on the hills.

He provides the animals with their food,
and the young ravens, what they cry for.