I am Your servant; give me understanding [the ability to learn and a teachable heart]
That I may know Your testimonies.

It is time, O Lord, for you to let your work be seen; for they have made your law without effect.

Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.

PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.

Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.

My steps establish by Thy saying, And any iniquity doth not rule over me.

Though I may be small and despised, I do not neglect your precepts.

My cry has gone up to you; take me out of trouble, and I will be guided by your unchanging word.

Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might be occupied in thy words.

Let my voice come to you, in your mercy; O Lord, by your decisions give me life.

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

O see my trouble, and be my saviour; for I keep your law in my mind,

Plead my cause, and redeem me, By thy word, give me life

I am delighted by your saying, like a man who makes discovery of great wealth.

I have been ruled by your orders; for all my ways are before you.

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

Let my lips be flowing with praise, because you have given me knowledge of your rules.

Let thy hand be ready to help me; For I have chosen thy precepts.

Give life to my soul so that it may give you praise; and let your decisions be my support.

What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?

My soul hath long dwelt among them that be enemies unto peace.

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

The Lord protects you;
the Lord is a shelter right by your side.

The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forth, and forevermore. A Song of Ascents. By David.

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

Jerusalem, built as a city should be,
solidly joined together,

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: "May those who love you be at ease.

Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.

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

Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are directed to Jehovah our God, until he be gracious unto us.

Be gracious unto us, O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud. A Song of Ascents. By David.

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

Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to 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.

Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.

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 our mouth will be filled with laughter, and our tongue with rejoicing: then shall they say among the nations, Jehovah magnified to do with those.

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

He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing, will certainly come again with joy, carrying his sheaves. A Song of Ascents. By Solomon.

A Song of the Ascents, by Solomon. If Jehovah doth not build the house, In vain have its builders laboured at it, If Jehovah doth not watch a city, In vain hath a watchman waked.

In vain you get up early and stay up late,
working hard to have enough food—
yes, He gives sleep to the one He loves.

Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the 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.

For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.

Yea, see thou thy children's children. Peace be upon Israel.

The Lord is righteous;
He has cut in two the [thick] cords of the wicked [which enslaved the people of Israel].

Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.

Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.

If thou, LORD wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss, O LORD who may abide it?

But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

He will redeem Israel from all their sins. A Song of Ascents. By David.

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.

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.

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

Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.

For the LORD hath chosen Zion, to be a habitation for himself; he hath longed for her.

He said, "This will be my resting place forever; I will live here, for I have chosen it.

I will clothe his enemies with shame,
but the crown he wears will be glorious.”

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Lo, how good and how pleasant The dwelling of brethren -- even together!

It is like the dew of Hermon, which flows down upon the hills of Zion. Indeed that is where the Lord has decreed a blessing will be available -- eternal life.

{A Song of degrees.} Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.

Let the Lord be praised. O you servants of the Lord, give praise to the name of the Lord.

Indeed, the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel to be his special possession.

For the Lord will be judge of his people's cause; his feelings will be changed to his servants.

The idols of the nations are of silver and gold,
made by human hands.

They that make them shall be like unto them; Yea, every one that trusteth in them.

Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.

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

To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.

To him by whom the earth was stretched out over the waters: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:

The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.

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

By him Pharaoh and his army were overturned in the Red Sea: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

Hanging our instruments of music on the trees by the waterside.

For there those who had taken us prisoners made request for a song; and those who had taken away all we had gave us orders to be glad, saying, Give us one of the songs of Zion.

If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand be crippled!

If I let you go out of my thoughts, and if I do not put Jerusalem before my greatest joy, let my tongue be fixed to the roof of my mouth.

O Lord, keep in mind against the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; how they said, Let it be uncovered, uncovered even to its base.

O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

By David. I confess Thee, with all my heart, Before the gods I do praise Thee.

I will bow down toward the temple of thy holiness, and celebrate thy name for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth; for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.

Even when trouble is round me, you will give me life; your hand will be stretched out against the wrath of my haters, and your right hand will be my salvation.

Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me; your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don't forsake the works of your own hands. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest.

I am shut in by you on every side, and you have put your hand on me.

Knowledge being wonderful from me; being high, I shall not be able for it

If I were to ascend to heaven, you would be there. If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be.

Even there will I be guided by your hand, and your right hand will keep me.

If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

My flesh was made by you, and my parts joined together in my mother's body.