Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes. ZAYIN

ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.

I have seen, O Lord, that your decisions are right, and that in unchanging faith you have sent trouble on me.

I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.

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

Make my steps steady through Your promise;
don’t let any sin dominate me.

Before the sun is up, my cry for help comes to your ear; my hope is in your words.

I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because Thy saying they have not kept.

All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. SIN AND SHIN

/ (Sin/Shin) Rulers pursue me for no reason, yet I am more afraid of disobeying your instructions.

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

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

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

{A Song of degrees.} When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.

The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.

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

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

For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.

As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.

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

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

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

For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated! How blessed will be the one who repays you for what you dished out to us!

Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.

Do not let my heart turn to any evil thing
or perform wicked acts
with men who commit sin.
Do not let me feast on their delicacies.

Hear me, O LORD, and that soon, for my spirit waxeth faint; hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the grave.

LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.

Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.

He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.

He sends out His word and melts the ice;
He causes His wind to blow and the waters to flow.

Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.

Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:

Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:

Hear me therefore, O my son, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

“I was almost in total ruin
In the midst of the assembly and congregation.”

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

A heart full of evil designs, feet which are quick in running after sin;

My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

So she took him by his hand, kissing him, and without a sign of shame she said to him:

Hear me now therefore, O my son, and mark the words of my mouth.

I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes.

The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.

But he does not know that the spirits of the dead are there,
And that her guests are [already] in the depths of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.

He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

In the lips of him who has knowledge wisdom is seen; but a rod is ready for the back of him who is without sense.

The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

When the storm-wind is past, the sinner is seen no longer, but the upright man is safe for ever.

The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

A righteous son, turneth to life, but, he that pursueth wickedness, to his own death.

As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.

A son of earth, shall not be established, by lawlessness, but, the root of the righteous, shall not be disturbed.

Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.

Of the fruit of a man's mouth, shall he be satisfied with good, and, the dealing of the hands of a son of earth, shall be paid back to him.

A foolish man lets his trouble be openly seen, but a sharp man keeps shame secret.

A true mouth is ever constant; but a dissembling tongue is soon changed.

A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

Righteousness keepeth him who is perfect in the way, And wickedness overthroweth a sin offering.

Hastily gotten goods are soon spent; but they that be gathered together with the hand, shall increase.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his son's sons, and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.

He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

The wicked one is thrown down by his own sin,
but the righteous one has a refuge in his death.

Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.

A foolish son , spurneth the correction of his father, but, he that heedeth a reproof, sheweth prudence.

A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

A decision is upon the lips of a king; in judgment his mouth will not sin.

The grey head is a crown of glory, if it is seen in the way of righteousness.

A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

Son's sons are the crown of old men, and the glory of sons are their fathers.

He who keeps a sin covered is looking for love; but he who keeps on talking of a thing makes division between friends.

The lover of fighting is a lover of sin: he who makes high his doorway is looking for destruction.