This has been my practice, for I observe your precepts.

I looked for Your favor with all my heart; be merciful to me according to Your Word.

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

I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.

Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.

Their heart is as fat as grease: as for me, I delight in thy law.

It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.

Instruction from Your lips is better for me
than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.

Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.

Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.

Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.

Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.

CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.

Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.

The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.

They had almost consumed me upon the earth; but as for me, I forsook not thy precepts.

LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.

Your faithfulness is for all generations;
You established the earth, and it stands firm.

They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.

I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.

I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.

O what love I have for your law! I give thought to it all the day.

Thou through thy commandments hast made 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.

Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept.

I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.

Through your orders I get wisdom; for this reason I am a hater of every false way.

נ NunYour word is a lamp for my feet
and a light on my path.

Free-will-offerings of my mouth, Accept, I pray Thee, O Jehovah, And Thy judgments teach Thou me.

The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.

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

I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes For ever, even unto the end.

My hiding place and my shield art Thou, For Thy word I have hoped.

Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.

Uphold me that I may be safe,
That I may have regard for Your statutes continually.

Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.

You have removed all the wicked of the earth like dross [for they have no value];
Therefore I love Your testimonies.

My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

(Ayin) I do what is fair and right. Do not abandon me to my oppressors!

Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.

Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.

It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.

For this reason I have greater love far your teachings than for gold, even for shining gold.

For this cause, all thy precepts concerning all things, I deem right, Every way of falsehood, I hate.

Pe.
Your testimonies are wonderful;
Therefore my soul keeps them.

I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.

Turn to me and be gracious to me, as [is] proper for those who love your name.

Make me free from the cruel rule of man; then I will keep your orders.

(Tsade) You are just, O Lord, and your judgments are fair.

You have given your unchanging word in righteousness, and it is for ever.

Cut me off hath my zeal, For mine adversaries forgot Thy words.

Thy testimonies are righteous for ever: Give me understanding, and I shall live.

I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, For Thy word I have hoped.

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

Be thou nigh at hand also, O LORD, for all thy commandments are true.

Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.

RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.

Fight for me and defend me! Revive me with your word!

Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.

I saw with hate those who were untrue to you; for they did not keep your saying.

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

Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.

Shin.
Princes persecute me without cause,
But my heart stands in [reverent] awe of Your words [so I can expect You to help me].

I am full of hate and disgust for false words; but I am a lover of your law.

I praise you seven [times] in the day for your righteous ordinances.

Great peace [is] for those who love your law, and they do not have a cause for stumbling.

LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.

My soul has kept your unchanging word; great is my love for it.

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

(Tav) Listen to my cry for help, O Lord! Give me insight by your word!

Listen to my appeal for mercy! Deliver me, as you promised.

Let my lips utter praise; For thou teachest me thy statutes.

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

Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.

I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

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

For too long I have had to reside with those who hate peace.

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

The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

Whither the tribes go up, even the tribes of Jehovah, For an ordinance for Israel, To give thanks unto the name of Jehovah.

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

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.

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

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.

Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

For long enough our soul has had its fill of the derision of the self-confident, the contempt of [the] arrogant.

{A Song of degrees. Of David.} If it had not been Jehovah who was for us oh let Israel say --

If it had not been Jehovah who was for us, when men rose up against us,

Blessed [be] Yahweh, who has not made us prey for their teeth.

{A Song of degrees.} They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.

As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.

For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.

The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.