[ALEPH] How happy the men of blameless life, who walk in the law of Yahweh.

How happy they who observe his testimonies, with a whole heart, they seek him.

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

How few are the days of thy servant! When wilt thou execute sentence on my persecutors?

[MEM] Oh how I love thy law! All the day, is it my meditation.

How smooth to my palate is thy speech, More than honey, to my mouth.

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

May he not suffer thy foot, to slip, May thy keeper, not slumber!

Yahweh, will keep thee from all harm, He will keep thy life.

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 the man who hath filled his quiver with them! They will not be ashamed, but will speak with enemies in the gate.

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

Yahweh, is righteous, He hath cut asunder the cords of the lawless.

He, therefore, will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

Yahweh hath sworn unto David, in faithfulness, will he not turn from it, - Of the fruit of thy body, will I seat on thy throne.

For Yahweh hath chosen Zion, - He hath desired it as a dwelling for himself:

Lo! how good and how delightful, for brethren, to dwell together even as one.

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

Whatsoever Yahweh hath pleased, he hath done, - in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas, and all resounding deeps:

Causing vapours to ascend from the end of the earth, - Lightnings for the rain, hath he made, bringing forth wind out of his treasuries.

Give ye thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.

How shall we sing the song of Yahweh, on a foreign soil?

Remember, O Yahweh, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem, - how they continued to say - Overthrow! Overthrow! unto the foundation within it.

O ruined daughter of Babylon, - how happy the man who shall repay thee thy dealing, wherewith thou didst deal with us!

How happy the man who shall snatch away and dash thy children against the crag.

Though lofty is Yahweh, yet, the lowly, he regardeth, but, the haughty - afar off, doth he acknowledge.

Knowledge, too wonderful, for me! high, I cannot attain to it!

To me, then, how precious have thy desires become, O GOD! How numerous, the heads of them!

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.

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.

Put forth thy hands from on high: - Snatch me away and rescue me out of mighty waters, out of the hand of the sons of the alien,

Snatch me away and rescue me out of he hand of the sons of the alien, - whose mouth hath spoken deceit, and, whose right hand, is a right hand of falsehood: -

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

The desire of them who revere him, will he fulfil, and, their cry, will he hear, and will save them.

Yahweh preserveth all who love him, but, all the lawless, will he destroy.

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: -

Yahweh, who preserveth sojourners, The fatherless and widows, he relieveth, - but, the way of the lawless, he overturneth.

Yahweh, is building Jerusalem, The outcasts of Israel, will he gather together.

He is healing the broken in heart, - and binding up their hurts.

Counting the number of the stars, To all of them - names, he giveth.

Not in the strength of the horse, doth he delight, Not in the legs of a man, hath he pleasure:

For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates, He hath blessed thy children in thy midst:

Who maketh thy boundaries to be peace, With the marrow of wheat, doth he satisfy thee:

Who sendeth his utterance to the earth, How swiftly, runneth his word!

Who giveth snow like wool, Hoar-frost - like ashes, he scattereth:

He sendeth forth his word and melteth them, He causeth his wind to blow, the waters, stream along:

He hath not dealt so with any nation, and, his regulations, he maketh not known to them. Praise ye Yah!

Let them praise the Name of Yahweh, for, he, commanded, and they were created;

So caused he them to stand perpetually - age-abidingly, A decree, hath he given, and it passeth not beyond.

Therefore hath he exalted a horn for his people, a praise for all his men of lovingkindness, for the sons of Israel - a people near him, Praise ye Yah!

For Yahweh is taking pleasure in his people, He will beautify humbled ones with victory.

The high songs of GOD be in their throat, and a two-edged sword in their hand:

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and, scoffers, in scoffing, delight them? and, dullards, hate knowledge?

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

Yea he treasureth, for the upright, safety, A shield is he to them who walk in integrity,

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

But, the lawless, out of the earth, shall he cut off, and, traitors, shall they tear away therefrom.

In all thy ways, acknowledge him, and, he, will make straight thy paths.

For, whom Yahweh loveth, he correcteth, he causeth pain to the son in whom he delighteth.

How happy the man who hath found wisdom, and the man who draweth forth understanding,

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

Contend not with a man without cause, if he hath dealt thee no wrong.

For, an abomination to Yahweh, is the tortuous man, but, with the upright, he is intimate.

The curse of Yahweh, is in the house of the lawless one, but, the home of the righteous, he blesseth.

Though at scoffers he scoffeth, yet, to the humbled, he granteth favour.

So he taught me, and said to me - Let thy heart, lay hold of my words, Keep my commandments and live!

Exalt her, and she will set thee on high, she will bring thee to honour, when thou dust embrace her:

And thou shalt say - How I hated correction! and, reproof, my heart disdained;

For, before the eyes of Yahweh, are the ways of a man, - and, all his tracks, doth he consider:

His own iniquities, shall entrap him with the lawless, and, by the cords of his own sin, shall he be seized.

He, shall die, for lack of discipline, and, by the abounding of his perversity, shall he be lost.

How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie? how long ere thou rise from thy sleep?

An abandoned man, a man of iniquity, is he who - goeth on in perversity of mouth;

Hath perverse things in his heart, deviseth mischief on every occasion, strifes, he sendeth forth.

For this cause, suddenly cometh his doom, in a moment, shall he be torn in pieces and there be no mending.

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

Men despise not a thief, when he stealeth, to satisfy his appetite, because he is famished;

Yet, if found, he must pay back sevenfold, All the substance of his house, must he give:

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

Smiting and shame, shall he find, and, his reproach, shall not be wiped out;

For, jealousy, is the rage of a man, nor will he spare, in the day of avenging;

He will not look, at any ransom, neither will he consent, though thou increase the bribe.

Passing through the street, near her corner, and, on the way to her house, he sauntered along;

For the husband is not in his house, he hath gone on a journey afar;

A bag of silver, hath he taken in his hand, On the day of the full moon, will he enter his house.

Going after her instantly, as an ox, to the slaughter, he entereth, and, as in fetters, unto the correction of a fool.

At the top of the high places above the way, at the place where paths meet, she taketh her stand:

Or ever he had made the land and the wastes, or the top of the dry parts of the world:

When he prepared the heavens, there, was I! When he decreed a vault upon the face of the resounding deep;

When he made firm the skies above, when the fountains of the resounding deep, waxed strong;

When he fixed for the sea its bound, that, the waters, should not go beyond his bidding, when he decreed the foundations of the earth: -

Now, therefore, ye sons, hearken to me, for how happy are they who, to my ways, pay regard!

How happy the man that doth hearken to me, - keeping guard at my doors, day by day, watching at the posts of my gates;

For, he that findeth me, findeth life, and hath obtained favour from Yahweh;

But, he that misseth me, wrongeth his own soul, all who hate me, love death.

He that rebuketh a scoffer, getteth to himself contempt, and, he that reproveth a lawless man, getteth to himself his shame.

Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate thee, Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

Give to a wise man, and he will be wiser still, Inform a righteous man, and he will increase learning.

But he knoweth not, that the shades are there; In the depths of hades, are her guests.