• Aleph

  • 1 How blessed are those whose way is blameless, Who walk in the law of Yahweh.
  • 2 How blessed are those who observe His testimonies, They seek Him with all their heart.
  • 3 They also do not work unrighteousness; They walk in His ways.
  • 4 You have commanded us, To keep Your precepts diligently.
  • 5 Oh may my ways be established To keep Your statutes!
  • 6 Then I shall not be ashamed When I look upon all Your commandments.
  • 7 I shall give thanks to You with uprightness of heart, When I learn Your righteous judgments.
  • 8 I shall keep Your statutes; Do not forsake me utterly!

  • Beth

  • 9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping it according to Your word.
  • 10 With all my heart I have sought You; Do not let me stray from Your commandments.
  • 11 Your word I have treasured in my heart, That I may not sin against You.
  • 12 Blessed are You, O Yahweh; Teach me Your statutes.
  • 13 With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Your mouth.
  • 14 I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As much as in all riches.
  • 15 I will muse upon Your precepts And look upon Your ways.
  • 16 I shall delight in Your statutes; I shall not forget Your word.

  • Gimel

  • 17 Deal bountifully with Your slave, That I may live and keep Your word.
  • 18 Open my eyes, that I may behold Wonderful things from Your law.
  • 19 I am a sojourner in the earth; Do not hide Your commandments from me.
  • 20 My soul is crushed with longing For Your judgments at all times.
  • 21 You rebuke the arrogant, the cursed, Who stray from Your commandments.
  • 22 Take away reproach and contempt from me, For I observe Your testimonies.
  • 23 Even though princes sit and talk against me, Your slave muses on Your statutes.
  • 24 Your testimonies also are my delight; They are my counselors.

  • Daleth

  • 25 My soul clings to the dust; Revive me according to Your word.
  • 26 I have recounted my ways, and You have answered me; Teach me Your statutes.
  • 27 Make me understand the way of Your precepts, So I will muse on Your wondrous deeds.
  • 28 My soul weeps because of grief; Raise me up according to Your word.
  • 29 Remove the false way from me, And graciously grant me Your law.
  • 30 I have chosen the faithful way; I have placed Your judgments before me.
  • 31 I cling to Your testimonies; O Yahweh, do not put me to shame!
  • 32 I shall run the way of Your commandments, For You will enlarge my heart.

  • He

  • 33 Instruct me, O Yahweh, in the way of Your statutes, That I may observe it to the end.
  • 34 Cause me to understand, that I may observe Your law And keep it with all my heart.
  • 35 Cause me to walk in the path of Your commandments, For I delight in it.
  • 36 Cause my heart to incline to Your testimonies And not to dishonest gain.
  • 37 Cause my eyes to turn away from looking at worthlessness, And revive me in Your ways.
  • 38 Cause Your word to be established for Your slave, As that which produces fear for You.
  • 39 Cause my reproach which I dread to pass away, For Your judgments are good.
  • 40 Behold, I long for Your precepts; Revive me in Your righteousness.

  • Vav

  • 41 May Your lovingkindnesses also come to me, O Yahweh, Your salvation according to Your word;
  • 42 So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, For I trust in Your word.
  • 43 And do not take away the word of truth utterly from my mouth, For I wait for Your judgments.
  • 44 So I will keep Your law continually, Forever and ever.
  • 45 And I will walk in a wide place, For I seek Your precepts.
  • 46 I will also speak of Your testimonies before kings And I shall not be ashamed.
  • 47 I shall delight in Your commandments, Which I love.
  • 48 And I shall lift up my hands to Your commandments, Which I love; And I will muse on Your statutes.

  • Zayin

  • 49 Remember the word to Your slave, In which You have made me wait.
  • 50 This is my comfort in my affliction, That Your word has revived me.
  • 51 The arrogant utterly scoff at me, Yet I do not turn aside from Your law.
  • 52 I have remembered Your judgments from of old, O Yahweh, And comfort myself.
  • 53 Burning indignation has seized me because of the wicked, Who forsake Your law.
  • 54 Your statutes have become my songs In the house of my sojourning.
  • 55 I remember in the night Your name, O Yahweh, So I keep Your law.
  • 56 This has become mine, That I observe Your precepts.

  • Heth

  • 57 Yahweh is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.
  • 58 I have sought to please Your face with all my heart; Be gracious to me according to Your word.
  • 59 I thought upon my ways And I turned my feet to Your testimonies.
  • 60 I hastened and did not delay To keep Your commandments.
  • 61 The cords of the wicked have encircled me, But I have not forgotten Your law.
  • 62 At midnight I shall rise to give thanks to You Because of Your righteous judgments.
  • 63 I am a companion of all those who fear You, And of those who keep Your precepts.
  • 64 The earth, O Yahweh, is full of Your lovingkindness; Teach me Your statutes.

  • Teth

  • 65 You have dealt well with Your slave, O Yahweh, according to Your word.
  • 66 Teach me good discernment and knowledge, For I believe in Your commandments.
  • 67 Before I was afflicted I went astray, But now I keep Your word.
  • 68 You are good and do good; Teach me Your statutes.
  • 69 The arrogant have smeared me with lying; With all my heart I will observe Your precepts.
  • 70 Their heart is covered with fat, But I delight in Your law.
  • 71 It is good for me that I was afflicted, That I may learn Your statutes.
  • 72 The law of Your mouth is better to me Than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

  • Yodh

  • 73 Your hands made me and established me; Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.
  • 74 May those who fear You see me and be glad, Because I wait for Your word.
  • 75 I know, O Yahweh, that Your judgments are righteous, And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
  • 76 Oh may Your lovingkindness comfort me, According to Your word to Your slave.
  • 77 May Your compassion come to me that I may live, For Your law is my delight.
  • 78 May the arrogant be ashamed, for they wrong me with lying; But I shall muse on Your precepts.
  • 79 May those who fear You turn to me, And those who know Your testimonies.
  • 80 May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, So that I will not be ashamed.

  • Kaph

  • 81 My soul fails with longing for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
  • 82 My eyes fail with longing for Your word, Saying, “When will You comfort me?”
  • 83 For I am like a wineskin in the smoke, But I do not forget Your statutes.
  • 84 How many are the days of Your slave? When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?
  • 85 The arrogant have dug pits for me, Men who are not in accord with Your law.
  • 86 All Your commandments are faithful; They have persecuted me with lying; help me!
  • 87 They almost made an end of me on the earth, But as for me, I did not forsake Your precepts.
  • 88 Revive me according to Your lovingkindness, So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth.

  • Lamedh

  • 89 Forever, O Yahweh, Your word stands firm in heaven.
  • 90 Your faithfulness endures from generation to generation; You established the earth, and it stands.
  • 91 They stand this day according to Your judgments, For all things are Your slaves.
  • 92 If Your law had not been my delight, Then I would have perished in my affliction.
  • 93 I will never forget Your precepts, For by them You have revived me.
  • 94 I am Yours, save me; For I have sought Your precepts.
  • 95 The wicked hope for me—to destroy me; I shall perceive Your testimonies.
  • 96 I have seen a limit to all perfection; Your commandment is exceedingly broad.

  • Mem

  • 97 Oh how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day.
  • 98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, For they are mine forever.
  • 99 I have more insight than all my teachers, For Your testimonies are my meditation.
  • 100 I perceive more than the aged, Because I have observed Your precepts.
  • 101 I have restrained my feet from every evil way, That I may keep Your word.
  • 102 I have not turned aside from Your judgments, For You Yourself have taught me.
  • 103 How sweet is Your word to my taste! Sweeter than honey to my mouth!
  • 104 From Your precepts I get perception; Therefore I hate every false way.

  • Nun

  • 105 Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.
  • 106 I have sworn and I have confirmed, To keep Your righteous judgments.
  • 107 I am exceedingly afflicted; O Yahweh, revive me according to Your word.
  • 108 Oh be pleased with the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Yahweh, And teach me Your judgments.
  • 109 My soul is continually in my hand, Yet I do not forget Your law.
  • 110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, Yet I have not wandered from Your precepts.
  • 111 I have inherited Your testimonies forever, For they are the joy of my heart.
  • 112 I have inclined my heart to do Your statutes Forever, to the end.

  • Samekh

  • 113 I hate those who are double-minded, But I love Your law.
  • 114 You are my hiding place and my shield; I wait for Your word.
  • 115 Depart from me, evildoers, That I may observe the commandments of my God.
  • 116 Sustain me according to Your word, that I may live; And do not put me to shame because of my hope.
  • 117 Uphold me that I may be saved, That I may have regard for Your statutes continually.
  • 118 You have rejected all those who stray from Your statutes, For their deceitfulness is a lie.
  • 119 You remove all the wicked of the earth like dross; Therefore I love Your testimonies.
  • 120 My flesh quakes for dread of You, And I am afraid of Your judgments.

  • Ayin

  • 121 I have done justice and righteousness; Do not leave me to my oppressors.
  • 122 Be for Your slave a guarantee for good; Do not let the arrogant oppress me.
  • 123 My eyes fail with longing for Your salvation And for Your righteous word.
  • 124 Deal with Your slave according to Your lovingkindness And teach me Your statutes.
  • 125 I am Your slave; give me understanding, That I may know Your testimonies.
  • 126 It is time for Yahweh to act, For they have broken Your law.
  • 127 Therefore I love Your commandments Above gold, even above fine gold.
  • 128 Therefore I deem all Your precepts concerning everything to be right, I hate every false way.

  • Pe

  • 129 Your testimonies are wonderful; Therefore my soul observes them.
  • 130 The unfolding of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple.
  • 131 I opened my mouth wide and panted, For I longed for Your commandments.
  • 132 Turn to me and be gracious to me, According to Your judgment for those who love Your name.
  • 133 Establish my steps in Your word, And do not let any wickedness overpower me.
  • 134 Redeem me from the oppression of man, That I may keep Your precepts.
  • 135 Make Your face shine upon Your slave, And teach me Your statutes.
  • 136 My eyes shed streams of water, Because they do not keep Your law.

  • Tsadhe

  • 137 Righteous are You, O Yahweh, And upright are Your judgments.
  • 138 In righteousness, You have commanded Your testimonies And in exceeding faithfulness.
  • 139 My zeal has consumed me, Because my adversaries have forgotten Your words.
  • 140 Your word is exceedingly refined, Therefore Your slave loves it.
  • 141 I am small and despised, Yet I do not forget Your precepts.
  • 142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And Your law is truth.
  • 143 Trouble and anguish have found me, Yet Your commandments are my delight.
  • 144 Righteous are Your testimonies forever; Give me understanding that I may live.

  • Qoph

  • 145 I called with all my heart; answer me, O Yahweh! I will observe Your statutes.
  • 146 I called to You; save me And I shall keep Your testimonies.
  • 147 I eagerly greet the dawn and cry for help; I wait for Your words.
  • 148 My eyes eagerly greet the night watches, That I may muse on Your word.
  • 149 Hear my voice according to Your lovingkindness; O Yahweh, revive me, according to Your judgments.
  • 150 Near are those who pursue wickedness; They are far from Your law.
  • 151 Near are You, O Yahweh, And all Your commandments are truth.
  • 152 Of old I have known from Your testimonies That You have founded them forever.

  • Resh

  • 153 See my affliction and rescue me, For I do not forget Your law.
  • 154 Plead my cause and redeem me; Revive me according to Your word.
  • 155 Salvation is far from the wicked, For they do not seek Your statutes.
  • 156 Many are Your compassions, O Yahweh; Revive me according to Your judgments.
  • 157 Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, Yet I do not turn aside from Your testimonies.
  • 158 I see the treacherous and loathe them, Those who do not keep Your word.
  • 159 See how I love Your precepts; O Yahweh, revive me according to Your lovingkindness.
  • 160 The sum of Your word is truth, And every one of Your righteous judgments is everlasting.

  • Sin/Shin

  • 161 Princes persecute me without cause, But my heart is in dread of Your words.
  • 162 I rejoice at Your word, As one who finds much spoil.
  • 163 I hate and abhor lying, But I love Your law.
  • 164 Seven times a day I praise You, Because of Your righteous judgments.
  • 165 Those who love Your law have much peace, And nothing causes them to stumble.
  • 166 I hope for Your salvation, O Yahweh, And I do Your commandments.
  • 167 My soul keeps Your testimonies, And I love them exceedingly.
  • 168 I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies, For all my ways are before You.

  • Tav

  • 169 Let my cry of lamentation come near before You, O Yahweh; Give me understanding according to Your word.
  • 170 Let my supplication come before You; Deliver me according to Your word.
  • 171 Let my lips pour forth praise, For You teach me Your statutes.
  • 172 Let my tongue answer with Your word, For all Your commandments are righteous.
  • 173 Let Your hand be ready to help me, For I have chosen Your precepts.
  • 174 I long for Your salvation, O Yahweh, And Your law is my delight.
  • 175 Let my soul live that it may praise You, And let Your judgments help me.
  • 176 I have wandered off like a lost sheep; search for Your slave, For I have not forgotten Your commandments.