Cause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the whole heart.

Cause me to tread in the path of Thy commands, For in it I have delighted.

Establish to Thy servant Thy saying, That is concerning Thy fear.

Waw. And meet me doth Thy kindness, O Jehovah, Thy salvation according to Thy saying.

And I keep Thy law continually, To the age and for ever.

And I lift up my hands unto Thy commands, That I have loved, And I do meditate on Thy statutes!

Zain. Remember the word to Thy servant, On which Thou hast caused me to hope.

Songs have been to me Thy statutes, In the house of my sojournings.

I have remembered in the night Thy name, O Jehovah, And I do keep Thy law.

This hath been to me, That Thy precepts I have kept!

Cheth. My portion is Jehovah; I have said -- to keep Thy words,

I appeased Thy face with the whole heart, Favour me according to Thy saying.

I have made haste, And delayed not, to keep Thy commands.

At midnight I rise to give thanks to Thee, For the judgments of Thy righteousness.

A companion I am to all who fear Thee, And to those keeping Thy precepts.

Teth. Good Thou didst with Thy servant, O Jehovah, According to Thy word.

Better to me is the law of Thy mouth Than thousands of gold and silver!

Yod. Thy hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Thy commands.

Let, I pray Thee, Thy kindness be to comfort me, According to Thy saying to Thy servant.

Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law is my delight.

Those fearing Thee turn back to me, And those knowing Thy testimonies.

The proud have digged for me pits, That are not according to Thy law.

According to Thy kindness quicken Thou me, And I keep the testimony of Thy mouth!

Lamed. To the age, O Jehovah, Thy word is set up in the heavens.

To all generations Thy faithfulness, Thou didst establish earth, and it standeth.

According to Thine ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole are Thy servants.

To the age I forget not Thy precepts, For by them Thou hast quickened me.

Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand.

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.

How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth.

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

I have sworn, and I confirm it, To keep the judgments of Thy righteousness.

I have been afflicted very much, O Jehovah, quicken me, according to Thy word.

I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart are they.

I have inclined my heart To do Thy statutes, to the age -- to the end!

Sustain me according to Thy saying, And I live, and Thou puttest me not to shame Because of my hope.

Dross! Thou hast caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Thy testimonies.

Ain. I have done judgment and righteousness, Leave me not to mine oppressors.

Do with Thy servant according to Thy kindness. And Thy statutes teach Thou me.

Thy servant am I -- cause me to understand, And I know Thy testimonies.

Time for Jehovah to work! they have made void Thy law.

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

Thy face cause to shine on Thy servant, And teach me Thy statutes.

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!

I have called Thee, save Thou me, And I do keep Thy testimonies.

Mine eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate in Thy saying.

My voice hear, according to Thy kindness, Jehovah, according to Thy judgment quicken me.

Of old I have known Thy testimonies, That to the age Thou hast founded them!

Plead my plea, and redeem me, According to Thy saying quicken me.

Thy mercies are many, O Jehovah, According to Thy judgments quicken me.

See, for thy precepts I have loved, Jehovah, According to Thy kindness quicken me.

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.

Seven times in a day I have praised Thee, Because of the judgments of Thy righteousness.

Kept hath my soul Thy testimonies, And I do love them exceedingly.

Taw. My loud cry cometh near before Thee, O Jehovah; According to Thy word cause me to understand.

My supplication cometh in before Thee, According to Thy saying deliver Thou me.

My lips do utter praise, For Thou dost teach me Thy statutes.

Thy hand is for a help to me, For Thy commands I have chosen.

My soul liveth, and it doth praise Thee, And Thy judgments do help me.

What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!

Woe to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.

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

He suffereth not thy foot to be moved, Thy preserver slumbereth not.

By day the sun doth not smite thee, Nor the moon by night.

A Song of the Ascents, by David. I have rejoiced in those saying to me, 'To the house of Jehovah we go.'

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

For thither have tribes gone up, Tribes of Jah, companies of Israel, To give thanks to the name of Jehovah.

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

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

Do good, O Jehovah, to the good, And to the upright in their hearts.

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.'

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

Those sowing in tears, with singing do reap,

Vain for you who are rising early, Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, So He giveth to His beloved one sleep.

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

Confounded and turn backward do all hating Zion.

Lord, hearken to my voice, Thine ears are attentive to the voice of my supplications.

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Jehovah, my heart hath not been haughty, Nor have mine eyes been high, Nor have I walked in great things, And in things too wonderful for me.

Who hath sworn to Jehovah. He hath vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:

If I give sleep to mine eyes, To mine eyelids -- slumber,

Till I do find a place for Jehovah, Tabernacles for the Mighty One of Jacob.

We come in to His tabernacles, We bow ourselves at His footstool.

Arise, O Jehovah, to Thy rest, Thou, and the ark of Thy strength,

Thy priests do put on righteousness, And Thy pious ones cry aloud.

Jehovah hath sworn truth to David, He turneth not back from it: Of the fruit of thy body, I set on the throne for thee.

If thy sons keep My covenant, And My testimonies that I teach them, Their sons also for ever and ever, Do sit on the throne for thee.

For Jehovah hath fixed on Zion, He hath desired it for a seat to Himself,

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

And her priests I clothe with salvation, And her pious ones do sing aloud.

There I cause to spring up a horn for David, I have arranged a lamp for Mine anointed.

His enemies I do clothe with shame, And upon him doth his crown flourish!

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.

Causing vapours to ascend from the end of the earth, Lightnings for the rain He hath made, Bringing forth wind from His treasures.

And He gave their land an inheritance, An inheritance to Israel His people,