All thy commandments are faithfulness. They persecute me wrongfully: help thou me.

By thine ordinances they stand this day; for all things are thy servants.

Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me.

I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my meditation.

How sweet are thy words unto my taste! more than honey to my mouth!

Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul observe them.

TZADE. Righteous art thou, Jehovah, and upright are thy judgments.

Trouble and anguish have taken hold upon me: thy commandments are my delights.

They have drawn nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.

Thou, Jehovah, art near, and all thy commandments are truth.

Many are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah; quicken me according to thy judgments.

Many are my persecutors and mine oppressors; I have not declined from thy testimonies.

I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies; for all my ways are before thee.

My tongue shall speak aloud of thy word; for all thy commandments are righteousness.

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

Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.

For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

Because of the house of Jehovah our God I will seek thy good.

Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are directed to Jehovah our God, until he be gracious unto us.

Be gracious unto us, O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, a torrent had gone over our soul;

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we have escaped.

Our help is in the name of Jehovah, the maker of heavens and earth.

{A Song of degrees.} They that confide in Jehovah are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved; it abideth for ever.

Jerusalem! mountains are round about her, and Jehovah is round about his people, from henceforth and for evermore.

Do good, O Jehovah, unto the good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.

{A Song of degrees.} When Jehovah turned the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with rejoicing: then said they among the nations, Jehovah hath done great things for them.

Jehovah hath done great things for us; and we are joyful.

Turn our captivity, O Jehovah, as the streams in the south.

Lo, children are an inheritance from Jehovah, and the fruit of the womb a reward.

As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.

Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless Jehovah.

Ye that stand in the house of Jehovah, in the courts of the house of our God.

For I know that Jehovah is great, and our Lord is above all gods.

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands:

They that make them are like unto them, every one that confideth in them.

Who hath remembered us in our low estate, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;

And hath delivered us from our oppressors, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever:

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

If I ascend up into the heavens thou art there; or if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there;

I will praise thee, for I am fearfully, wonderfully made. Marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

My bones were not hidden from thee when I was made in secret, curiously wrought in the lower parts of the earth.

Thine eyes did see my unformed substance, and in thy book all my members were written; during many days were they fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

But how precious are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee.

Who devise mischiefs in their heart; every day are they banded together for war.

I have said unto Jehovah, Thou art my God: give ear, O Jehovah, to the voice of my supplications.

{A Psalm of David.} Jehovah, I have called upon thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee.

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise deeds of wickedness with men that are workers of iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties.

When their judges are thrown down from the rocks, they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.

Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.

For unto thee, Jehovah, Lord, are mine eyes; in thee do I trust: leave not my soul destitute.

Attend unto my cry, for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I.

{A Psalm of David.} Jehovah, hear my prayer; give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, in thy righteousness.

Answer me speedily, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, or I shall be like unto them that go down into the pit.

{A Psalm of David.} Blessed be Jehovah my rock, who teacheth my hands to war, my fingers to fight;

Man is like to vanity; his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; our daughters as corner-columns, sculptured after the fashion of a palace:

Our granaries full, affording all manner of store; our sheep bringing forth thousands, ten thousands in our pastures;

Our kine laden with young; no breaking in and no going forth, and no outcry in our streets.

Jehovah is good to all; and his tender mercies are over all his works.

Jehovah upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all that are bowed down.

Jehovah openeth the eyes of the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the righteous;

Praise ye Jah! for it is good. Sing psalms of our God; for it is pleasant: praise is comely.

Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

Sing unto Jehovah with thanksgiving; sing psalms upon the harp unto our God:

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

Let them praise the name of Jehovah, for he it is that commanded, and they were created:

we shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors.

I also will laugh in your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh;

when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you:

so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom and thou apply thy heart to understanding;

whose paths are crooked, and who are perverted in their course:

She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst desire are not equal unto her.

Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

By his knowledge the deeps were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.

My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life.

My son, attend unto my wisdom, incline thine ear to my understanding;

and thou mourn in thine end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed;

and I have not hearkened unto the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to those that instructed me;

For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and he pondereth all his paths.

which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,

deceits are in his heart; he deviseth mischief at all times, he soweth discords.

These six things doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; feet that are swift in running to mischief;

For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life.

for she hath cast down many wounded, and all slain by her were strong.

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing tortuous or perverse in them.

They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.

for wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired are not equal to it.

Riches and honour are with me; durable wealth and righteousness.

When there were no depths, I was brought forth, when there were no fountains abounding with water.