1: ALEPH. Blessed [are] the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
2: Blessed [are] they that keep his testimonies, [and that] seek him with the whole heart.
3: They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
4: Thou hast commanded [us] to keep thy precepts diligently.
5: O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
6: Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to all thy commandments.
7: I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
8: I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
9: BETH. Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed [to it], according to thy word.
10: With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
11: Thy word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.
12: Blessed [art] thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
13: With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
14: I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as [much as] in all riches.
15: I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect to thy ways.
16: I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
17: GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, [that] I may live, and keep thy word.
18: Open thou my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
19: I [am] a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
20: My soul breaketh for the longing [that it hath] to thy judgments at all times.
21: Thou hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, who do err from thy commandments.
22: Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
23: Princes also did sit [and] speak against me: [but] thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
24: Thy testimonies also [are] my delight, [and] my counselors.
25: DALETH. My soul cleaveth to the dust: revive thou me according to thy word.
26: I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
27: Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
28: My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according to thy word.
29: Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
30: I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid [before me].
31: I have adhered to thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
32: I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
33: HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it [to] the end.
34: Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yes, I shall observe it with [my] whole heart.
35: Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for in that do I delight.
36: Incline my heart to thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
37: Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity; [and] revive thou me in thy way.
38: Establish thy word to thy servant, who [is devoted] to thy fear.
39: Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments [are] good.
40: Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: revive me in thy righteousness.
41: VAU. Let thy mercies come also to me, O LORD, [even] thy salvation, according to thy word.
42: So shall I have with which to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
43: And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
44: So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
45: And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
46: I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
47: And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
48: My hands also will I lift to thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
49: ZAIN. Remember the word to thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
50: This [is] my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath revived me.
51: The proud have had me greatly in derision: [yet] I have not declined from thy law.
52: I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
53: Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
54: Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
55: I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
56: This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
57: CHETH. [Thou art] my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
58: I entreated thy favor with [my] whole heart: be merciful to me according to thy word.
59: I thought on my ways, and turned my feet to thy testimonies.
60: I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
61: The bands of the wicked have robbed me: [but] I have not forgotten thy law.
62: At midnight I will rise to give thanks to thee, because of thy righteous judgments.
63: I [am] a companion of all [them] that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
64: The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.
65: TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according to thy word.
66: Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
67: Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
68: Thou [art] good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
69: The proud have forged a lie against me: [but] I will keep thy precepts with [my] whole heart.
70: Their heart is as gross as fat; [but] I delight in thy law.
71: [It is] good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
72: The law of thy mouth [is] better to me than thousands of gold and silver.
73: JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
74: They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
75: I know, O LORD, that thy judgments [are] right, and [that] thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
76: Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word to thy servant.
77: Let thy tender mercies come to me, that I may live: for thy law [is] my delight.
78: Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: [but] I will meditate in thy precepts.
79: Let those that fear thee turn to me, and those that have known thy testimonies.
80: Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I may not be ashamed.
81: CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: [but] I hope in thy word.
82: My eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
83: For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; [yet] I do not forget thy statutes.
84: How many [are] the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
85: The proud have digged pits for me, which [are] not according to thy law.
86: All thy commandments [are] faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
87: They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.
88: Revive me after thy loving-kindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
89: LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
90: Thy faithfulness [is] to all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
91: They continue this day according to thy ordinances: for all [are] thy servants.
92: Unless thy law [had been] my delights, I should then have perished in my affliction.
93: I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast revived me.
94: I [am] thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
95: The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: [but] I will consider thy testimonies.
96: I have seen an end of all perfection: [but] thy commandment [is] exceeding broad.
97: MEM. O how I love thy law! it [is] my meditation all the day.
98: Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than my enemies: for they [are] ever with me.
99: I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies [are] my meditation.
100: I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
101: I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
102: I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
103: How sweet are thy words to my taste! [yes, sweeter] than honey to my mouth!
104: Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
105: NUN. Thy word [is] a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.
106: I have sworn, and I will perform [it], that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
107: I am afflicted very much: revive me, O LORD, according to thy word.
108: Accept, I beseech thee, the free-will-offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
109: My soul [is] continually in my hand: yet I do not forget thy law.
110: The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
111: Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they [are] the rejoicing of my heart.
112: I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes always, [even to] the end.
113: SAMECH. I hate [vain] thoughts: but thy law do I love.
114: Thou [art] my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
115: Depart from me, ye evil-doers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
116: Uphold me according to thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117: Support me, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect to thy statutes continually.
118: Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
119: Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth [like] dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
120: My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
121: AIN. I have done judgment and justice; leave me not to my oppressors.
122: Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
123: My eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
124: Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
125: I [am] thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
126: [It is] time for [thee], LORD, to work: [for] they have made void thy law.
127: Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yes, above fine gold.
128: Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts [concerning] all [things to be] right; [and] I hate every false way.
129: PE. Thy testimonies [are] wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
130: The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding to the simple.
131: I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
132: Look thou upon me, and be merciful to me, as thou usest to do to those that love thy name.
133: Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
134: Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
135: Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thy statutes.
136: Rivers of waters run down my eyes, because they keep not thy law.
137: TSADDI. Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, and upright [are] thy judgments.
138: Thy testimonies [that] thou hast commanded [are] righteous and very faithful.
139: My zeal hath consumed me; because my enemies have forgotten thy words.
140: Thy word [is] very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
141: I [am] small and despised: [yet] I do not forget thy precepts.
142: Thy righteousness [is] an everlasting righteousness, and thy law [is] the truth.
143: Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: [yet] thy commandments [are] my delights.
144: The righteousness of thy testimonies [is] everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
145: KOPH. I cried with [my] whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.
146: I cried to thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
147: I came before the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
148: My eyes anticipated the [night] watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
149: Hear my voice, according to thy loving-kindness: O LORD, revive me according to thy judgment.
150: They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.
151: Thou [art] near, O LORD; and all thy commandments [are] truth.
152: Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
153: RESH. Consider my affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.
154: Plead my cause, and deliver me: revive me according to thy word.
155: Salvation [is] far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
156: Great [are] thy tender mercies, O LORD: revive me according to thy judgments.
157: Many [are] my persecutors and my enemies; [yet] I do not decline from thy testimonies.
158: I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
159: Consider how I love thy precepts: revive me, O LORD, according to thy loving-kindness.
160: Thy word [is] true [from] the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments [endureth] for ever.
161: SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
162: I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
163: I hate and abhor lying: [but] thy law do I love.
164: Seven times a day do I praise thee, because of thy righteous judgments.
165: Great peace have they who love thy law: and nothing shall cause them to stumble.
166: LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and performed thy commandments.
167: My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
168: I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways [are] before thee.
169: TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.
170: Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.
171: My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
172: My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments [are] righteousness.
173: Let thy hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
174: I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law [is] my delight.
175: Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
176: I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.