Mem. O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it is my meditation.

Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it is before me to the age.

Nun. A lamp to my foot is Thy word, And a light to my path.

My soul is in my hand continually, And Thy law I have not forgotten.

Thou hast trodden down All going astray from Thy statutes, For falsehood is their deceit.

Look unto me, and favour me, As customary to those loving Thy name.

Tried is thy saying exceedingly, And Thy servant hath loved it.

Thy righteousness is righteousness to the age, And Thy law is truth.

The righteousness of Thy testimonies is to Cause me to understand, and I live!

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

The sum of Thy word is truth, And to the age is every judgment of Thy righteousness!

I do rejoice concerning Thy saying, As one finding abundant spoil.

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!

Too much hath my soul dwelt with him who is hating peace.

My help is from Jehovah, maker of heaven and earth,

Lo, He slumbereth not, nor sleepeth, He who is preserving Israel.

Jehovah is thy preserver, Jehovah is thy shade on thy right hand,

Jerusalem -- the builded one -- Is as a city that is joined to itself together.

Peace is in thy bulwark, rest in thy high places,

Lo, as eyes of men-servants Are unto the hand of their masters, As eyes of a maid-servant Are unto the hand of her mistress, So are our eyes unto Jehovah our God, Till that He doth favour us.

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

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Save for Jehovah -- who hath been for us, (Pray, let Israel say),

Save for Jehovah -- who hath been for us, In the rising up of man against us,

Then alive they had swallowed us up, In the burning of their anger against us,

Then the waters had overflowed us, The stream passed over our soul,

Blessed is Jehovah who hath not given us, A prey to their teeth.

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

Our help is in the name of Jehovah, Maker of the heavens and earth!

A Song of the Ascents. Those trusting in Jehovah are as Mount Zion, It is not moved -- to the age it abideth.

Jerusalem! mountains are round about her, And Jehovah is round about His people, From henceforth even unto the age.

As to those turning to their crooked ways, Jehovah causeth them to go with workers of iniquity. Peace on Israel!

A Song of the Ascents. In Jehovah's turning back to the captivity of Zion, We have been as dreamers.

Then filled with laughter is our mouth, And our tongue with singing, Then do they say among nations, 'Jehovah did great things with these.'

Jehovah did great things with us, We have been joyful.

Turn again, O Jehovah, to our captivity, As streams in the south.

Whoso goeth on and weepeth, Bearing the basket of seed, Surely cometh in with singing, bearing his sheaves!

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah are sons, A reward is the fruit of the womb.

As arrows in the hand of a mighty one, So are the sons of the young men.

A Song of the Ascents. O the happiness of every one fearing Jehovah, Who is walking in His ways.

The labour of thy hands thou surely eatest, Happy art thou, and good is to thee.

Thy wife is as a fruitful vine in the sides of thy house, Thy sons as olive plants around thy table.

Lo, surely thus is the man blessed who is fearing Jehovah.

Jehovah is righteous, He hath cut asunder cords of the wicked.

They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,

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

But with Thee is forgiveness, that Thou mayest be feared.

My soul is for the Lord, More than those watching for morning, Watching for morning!

Israel doth wait on Jehovah, For with Jehovah is kindness, And abundant with Him is redemption.

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.

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

As the good oil on the head, Coming down on the beard, the beard of Aaron, That cometh down on the skirt of his robes,

As dew of Hermon -- That cometh down on hills of Zion, For there Jehovah commanded the blessing -- Life unto the age!

Praise ye Jah! for Jehovah is good, Sing praise to His name, for it is pleasant.

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

O Jehovah, Thy name is to the age, O Jehovah, Thy memorial to all generations.

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

Like them are their makers, Every one who is trusting in them.

Blessed is Jehovah from Zion, Inhabiting Jerusalem -- praise ye Jah!

Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age is His kindness.

Give ye thanks to the God of gods, For to the age is His kindness.

Give ye thanks to the Lord of lords, For to the age is His kindness.

To Him doing great wonders by Himself alone, For to the age is His kindness.

To Him making the heavens by understanding, For to the age is His kindness.

To Him spreading the earth over the waters, For to the age is His kindness.

To Him making great lights, For to the age is His kindness.

The sun to rule by day, For to the age is His kindness.

The moon and stars to rule by night, For to the age is His kindness.

To Him smiting Egypt in their first-born, For to the age is His kindness.

And bringing forth Israel from their midst, For to the age is His kindness.

By a strong hand, and a stretched-out-arm, For to the age is His kindness.

To Him cutting the sea of Suph into parts, For to the age is His kindness,

And caused Israel to pass through its midst, For to the age is His kindness,

And shook out Pharaoh and his force in the sea of Suph, For to the age is His kindness.

To Him leading His people in a wilderness, For to the age is His kindness.

To Him smiting great kings, For to the age is His kindness.

Yea, He doth slay honourable kings, For to the age is His kindness.

Even Sihon king of the Amorite, For to the age is His kindness.

And Og king of Bashan, For to the age is His kindness.

And He gave their land for inheritance, For to the age is His kindness.

An inheritance to Israel His servant, For to the age is His kindness.

Who in our lowliness hath remembered us, For to the age is His kindness.

And He delivereth us from our adversaries, For to the age is His kindness.

Giving food to all flesh, For to the age is His kindness.

Give ye thanks to the God of the heavens, For to the age is His kindness!

For there our captors asked us the words of a song, And our spoilers -- joy: 'Sing ye to us of a song of Zion.'

O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, O the happiness of him who repayeth to thee thy deed, That thou hast done to us.

And they sing in the ways of Jehovah, For great is the honour of Jehovah.

For high is Jehovah, and the lowly He seeth, And the haughty from afar He knoweth.

Jehovah doth perfect for me, O Jehovah, Thy kindness is to the age, The works of Thy hands let not fall!

For there is not a word in my tongue, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all!

And I say, 'Surely darkness bruiseth me, Then night is light to me.

Also darkness hideth not from Thee, And night as day shineth, as is darkness so is light.

I confess Thee, because that with wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful are Thy works, And my soul is knowing it well.

They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder is under their lips. Selah.

A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence -- evil hunteth to overflowing.

My prayer is prepared -- incense before Thee, The lifting up of my hands -- the evening present.

The righteous doth beat me in kindness. And doth reprove me, Oil of the head my head disalloweth not, For still my prayer is about their vexations.

As one tilling and ripping up in the land, Have our bones been scattered at the command of Saul.