They continue this day according to Your ordinances,
For all things [all parts of the universe] are Your servants.

The wicked wait for me to destroy me,
But I will consider Your testimonies.

Mem.
Oh, how I love Your law!
It is my meditation all the day.

How sweet are Your words to my taste,
Sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Nun.
Your word is a lamp to my feet
And a light to my path.

I am greatly afflicted;
Renew and revive me [giving me life], O Lord, according to Your word.

My life is continually in my hand,
Yet I do not forget Your law.

The wicked have laid a snare for me,
Yet I do not wander from Your precepts.

I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes
Forever, even to the end.

Samekh.
I hate those who are double-minded,
But I love and treasure Your law.

Uphold me according to Your word [of promise], so that I may live;
And do not let me be ashamed of my hope [in Your great goodness].

Ayin.
I have done justice and righteousness;
Do not leave me to those who oppress me.

Deal with Your servant according to Your [gracious] lovingkindness,
And teach me Your statutes.

It is time for the Lord to act;
They have broken Your law.

The unfolding of Your [glorious] words give light;
Their unfolding gives understanding to the simple (childlike).

Turn to me and be gracious to me and show me favor,
As is Your way to those who love Your name.

My eyes weep streams of water
Because people do not keep Your law.

I am small and despised,
But I do not forget Your precepts.

Your righteous testimonies are everlasting;
Give me understanding [the ability to learn and a teachable heart] that I may live.

I cried to You; save me
And I will keep Your testimonies.

Hear my voice according to Your [steadfast] lovingkindness;
O Lord, renew and refresh me according to Your ordinances.

You are near, O Lord,
And all Your commandments are truth.

Resh.
Look upon my agony and rescue me,
For I do not forget Your law.

Plead my cause and redeem me;
Revive me and give me life according to [the promise of] Your word.

Great are Your tender mercies and steadfast love, O Lord;
Revive me and give me life according to Your ordinances.

Many are my persecutors and my adversaries,
Yet I do not turn away from Your testimonies.

I see the treacherous and loathe them,
Because they do not respect Your law.

Consider how I love Your precepts;
Revive me and give me life, O Lord, according to Your lovingkindness.

I hate and detest falsehood,
But I love Your law.

Seven times a day I praise You,
Because of Your righteous ordinances.

I hope and wait [with complete confidence] for Your salvation, O Lord,
And I do Your commandments.

Tav.
Let my [mournful] cry come before You, O Lord;
Give me understanding [the ability to learn and a teachable heart] according to Your word [of promise].

Let my supplication come before You;
Deliver me according to Your word.

Let Your hand be ready to help me,
For I have chosen Your precepts.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep;
Seek Your servant, for I do not forget Your commandments.

In my trouble I cried to the Lord,
And He answered me.

What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you,
You deceitful tongue?—

Too long my soul has had its dwelling
With those who hate peace.

I will lift up my eyes to the hills [of Jerusalem]—
From where shall my help come?

He will not allow your foot to slip;
He who keeps you will not slumber.

The sun will not strike you by day,
Nor the moon by night.

I was glad when they said to me,
“Let us go to the house of the Lord.”

To which the [twelve] tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord,
[As was decreed as] an ordinance for Israel,
To give thanks to the name of the Lord.

Unto you I lift up my eyes,
O You who are enthroned in the heavens!

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master,
And as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,
So our eyes look to the Lord our God,
Until He is gracious and favorable toward us.

Blessed be the Lord,
Who has not given us as prey to be torn by their teeth.

For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land of the righteous,
So that the righteous will not reach out their hands to do wrong.

Do good, O Lord, to those who are good
And to those who are upright in their hearts.

But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways [in unresponsiveness to God],
The Lord will lead them away with those who do evil.
Peace be upon Israel.

When the Lord brought back the captives to Zion (Jerusalem),
We were like those who dream [it seemed so unreal].

Restore our captivity, O Lord,
As the stream-beds in the South (the Negev) [are restored by torrents of rain].

It is vain for you to rise early,
To retire late,
To eat the bread of anxious labors—
For He gives [blessings] to His beloved even in his sleep.

How blessed [happy and fortunate] is the man whose quiver is filled with them;
They will not be ashamed
When they speak with their enemies [in gatherings] at the [city] gate.

Blessed [happy and sheltered by God’s favor] is everyone who fears the Lord [and worships Him with obedience],
Who walks in His ways and lives according to His commandments.

May all who hate Zion
Be put to shame and turned backward [in defeat].

Nor do those who pass by say,
“The blessing of the Lord be upon you;
We bless you in the name of the Lord.”

Out of the depths [of distress] I have cried to You, O Lord.

Lord, hear my voice!
Let Your ears be attentive
To the voice of my supplications.

If You, Lord, should keep an account of our sins and treat us accordingly,
O Lord, who could stand [before you in judgment and claim innocence]?

I wait [patiently] for the Lord, my soul [expectantly] waits,
And in His word do I hope.

Lord, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes haughty;
Nor do I involve myself in great matters,
Or in things too difficult for me.

O Lord, remember on David’s behalf
All his hardship and affliction;

How he swore to the Lord
And vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:

I certainly will not permit my eyes to sleep
Nor my eyelids to slumber,

Arise, O Lord, to Your resting place,
You and the ark [the symbol] of Your strength.

The Lord swore to David
A truth from which He will not turn back:
“One of your descendants I will set upon your throne.

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For brothers to dwell together in unity!

It is like the dew of [Mount] Hermon
Coming down on the hills of Zion;
For there the Lord has commanded the blessing: life forevermore.

Lift up your hands to the sanctuary
And bless the Lord.

Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good;
Sing praises to His name, for it is gracious and lovely.

Who causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth;
Who makes lightning for the rain,
Who brings the wind from His storehouses;

And He gave their land as a heritage,
A heritage to Israel His people.

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
For His lovingkindness (graciousness, mercy, compassion) endures forever.

Give thanks to the God of gods,
For His lovingkindness endures forever.

Give thanks to the Lord of lords,
For His lovingkindness endures forever.

To Him who alone does great wonders,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;

To Him who made the heavens with skill,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;

To Him who stretched out the earth upon the waters,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;

To Him who made the great lights,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;

The sun to rule over the day,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;

The moon and stars to rule by night,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;

To Him who struck the firstborn of Egypt,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;

To Him who divided the Red Sea into parts,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;

And made Israel pass through the midst of it,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;

To Him who led His people through the wilderness,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;

To Him who struck down great kings,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;

Even a heritage to Israel His servant,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;

Who [faithfully] remembered us in our lowly condition,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;

Who gives food to all flesh,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;

Give thanks to the God of heaven,
For His lovingkindness (graciousness, mercy, compassion) endures forever.

Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth
If I do not remember you,
If I do not prefer Jerusalem
Above my chief joy.

Remember, O Lord, against the sons of Edom,
The day of [the fall of] Jerusalem,
Who said “Down, down [with her]
To her very foundation.”

O daughter of Babylon, you devastator,
How blessed will be the one
Who repays you [with destruction] as you have repaid us.

I will give You thanks with all my heart;
I sing praises to You before the [pagan] gods.

On the day I called, You answered me;
And You made me bold and confident with [renewed] strength in my life.

Though the Lord is exalted,
He regards the lowly [and invites them into His fellowship];
But the proud and haughty He knows from a distance.

Such [infinite] knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is too high [above me], I cannot reach it.

Even the darkness is not dark to You and conceals nothing from You,
But the night shines as bright as the day;
Darkness and light are alike to You.

How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!

If I could count them, they would outnumber the sand.
When I awake, I am still with You.