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¹ ALEPH. Blessed are the perfect in the way, who walk in the law of Jehovah.

² Blessed are they that observe his testimonies, that seek him with the whole heart;

³ Who also do no unrighteousness: they walk in his ways.

⁴ Thou hast enjoined thy precepts, to be kept diligently.

⁵ Oh that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

⁶ Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

⁷ I will give thee thanks with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.

⁸ I will keep thy statutes: forsake me not utterly.

⁹ BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his path? by taking heed according to thy word.

¹⁰ With my whole heart have I sought thee: 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, Jehovah! 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 wealth.

¹⁵ I will meditate upon thy precepts, and have respect unto thy paths.

¹⁶ I delight myself in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word.

¹⁷ GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant [and] I shall live; and I will keep thy word.

¹⁸ Open mine eyes, and I shall behold wondrous things out of thy law.

¹⁹ I am a stranger in the land; hide not thy commandments from me.

²⁰ My soul breaketh for longing after thy judgments at all times.

²¹ Thou hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, who wander from thy commandments.

²² Roll off from me reproach and contempt; for I observe thy testimonies.

²³ Princes also did sit [and] talk together against me: thy servant doth meditate in thy statutes.

²⁴ Thy testimonies also are my delight [and] my counsellors.

²⁵ DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken me according to thy word.

²⁶ I have declared my ways, and thou hast answered me: teach me thy statutes.

²⁷ Make me to understand the way of thy precepts, and I will meditate upon thy wondrous works.

²⁸ My soul melteth for sadness: strengthen me according to thy word.

²⁹ Remove from me the way of falsehood, and graciously grant me thy law.

³⁰ I have chosen the way of faithfulness; thy judgments have I set [before me].

³¹ I cleave unto thy testimonies; Jehovah, let me not be ashamed.

³² I will run the way of thy commandments when thou shalt enlarge my heart.

³³ HE. Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes, and I will observe it [unto] the end.

³⁴ Give me understanding, and I will observe thy law; and I will keep it with [my] whole heart.

³⁵ Make me to walk in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.

³⁶ Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to gain.

³⁷ Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; quicken me in thy way.

³⁸ Establish thy word unto 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: quicken me in thy righteousness.

⁴¹ VAU. And let thy loving-kindness come unto me, O Jehovah,—thy salvation according to thy word.

⁴² So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me; for I confide in thy word.

⁴³ And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; because I have hoped in thy judgments.

⁴⁴ Then will I keep thy law continually, for ever and ever;

⁴⁵ And I will walk at liberty, for I have sought thy precepts;

⁴⁶ And I will speak of thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed;

⁴⁷ And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved;

⁴⁸ And I will lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and I will meditate in thy statutes.

⁴⁹ ZAIN. Remember the word for thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.

⁵⁰ This is my comfort in mine affliction; for thy word hath quickened me.

⁵¹ The proud have derided me beyond measure: I have not declined from thy law.

⁵² I remembered thy judgments of old, O Jehovah, and have comforted myself.

⁵³ Burning indignation hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked who forsake thy law.

⁵⁴ Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

⁵⁵ I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, and have kept thy law.

⁵⁶ This I have had, because I have observed thy precepts.

⁵⁷ CHETH. My portion, O Jehovah, I have said, is to keep thy words.

⁵⁸ I have sought thy favour with [my] whole heart: be gracious unto me according to thy word.

⁵⁹ I have thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

⁶⁰ I have made haste, and not delayed, to keep thy commandments.

⁶¹ The bands of the wicked have wrapped me round: I have not forgotten thy law.

⁶² At midnight I rise up to give thanks unto thee, because of thy righteous judgments.

⁶³ I am the companion of all that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.

⁶⁴ The earth, O Jehovah, is full of thy loving-kindness: teach me thy statutes.

⁶⁵ TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Jehovah, according to thy word.

⁶⁶ Teach me good discernment and knowledge; for I have believed in thy commandments.

⁶⁷ Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep thy word.

⁶⁸ Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.

⁶⁹ The proud have forged falsehood against me: I will observe thy precepts with [my] whole heart.

⁷⁰ Their heart is as fat as grease: as for me, 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 unto me than thousands of gold and silver.

⁷³ YOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments.

⁷⁴ They that fear thee will see me, and rejoice; because I have hoped in thy word.

⁷⁵ I know, Jehovah, that thy Judgments are righteousness, and that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.

⁷⁶ Oh let thy loving-kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.

⁷⁷ Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight.

⁷⁸ Let the proud be ashamed; for they have acted perversely towards me with falsehood: as for me, I meditate in thy precepts.

⁷⁹ Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that know thy testimonies.

⁸⁰ Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.

⁸¹ CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; I hope in thy word.

⁸² Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

⁸³ For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; I do not forget thy statutes.

⁸⁴ How many shall be the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

⁸⁵ The proud have digged pits for me, which is not according to thy law.

⁸⁶ All thy commandments are faithfulness. They persecute me wrongfully: help thou me.

⁸⁷ They had almost consumed me upon the earth; but as for me, I forsook not thy precepts.

⁸⁸ Quicken me according to thy loving-kindness, and I will keep the testimony of thy mouth.

⁸⁹ LAMED. For ever, O Jehovah, thy word is settled in the heavens.

⁹⁰ Thy faithfulness is from generation to generation: thou hast established the earth, and it standeth.

⁹¹ By thine ordinances they stand this day; for all things are thy servants.

⁹² Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

⁹³ I will never forget thy precepts; for by them thou hast quickened me.

⁹⁴ I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.

⁹⁵ The wicked have awaited me to destroy me; [but] I attend unto thy testimonies.

⁹⁶ I have seen an end of all perfection: thy commandment is exceeding broad.

⁹⁷ MEM. Oh how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

⁹⁸ Thy commandments make me wiser than mine 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 aged, because I have observed thy precepts.

¹⁰¹ I have refrained my feet from every evil path, that I might keep thy word.

¹⁰² I have not departed from thy judgments; for it is thou that hast taught me.

¹⁰³ How sweet are thy words unto my taste! more than honey to my mouth!

¹⁰⁴ From thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false path.

¹⁰⁵ NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

¹⁰⁶ I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

¹⁰⁷ I am afflicted very much; O Jehovah, quicken me according to thy word.

¹⁰⁸ Accept, I beseech thee, Jehovah, the voluntary-offerings of my mouth, and teach me thy judgments.

¹⁰⁹ My life is continually in my hand; but I do not forget thy law.

¹¹⁰ The wicked have laid a snare for me; but I have not wandered from thy precepts.

¹¹¹ Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

¹¹² I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes for ever, unto the end.

¹¹³ SAMECH. The double-minded have I hated; 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; and I will observe 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 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe; and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.

¹¹⁸ Thou hast set at nought all them that wander 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 shuddereth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

¹²¹ AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.

¹²² Be surety for thy servant for good; let not the proud oppress me.

¹²³ Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.

¹²⁴ Deal with thy servant according to thy loving-kindness, and teach me thy statutes.

¹²⁵ I am thy servant; give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.

¹²⁶ It is time for Jehovah to work: they have made void thy law.

¹²⁷ Therefore I love thy commandments above gold, yea, above fine gold.

¹²⁸ Therefore I regard all [thy] precepts concerning all things to be right: I hate every false path.

¹²⁹ PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul observe them.

¹³⁰ The entrance of thy words giveth light, giving understanding unto the simple.

¹³¹ I opened my mouth wide and panted; for I longed for thy commandments.

¹³² Turn unto me, and be gracious unto me, as thou art wont to do unto those that love thy name.

¹³³ Establish my steps in thy word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

¹³⁴ Deliver me from the oppression of man; and I will keep thy precepts.

¹³⁵ Make thy face to shine upon thy servant, and teach me thy statutes.

¹³⁶ Mine eyes run down with streams of water, because they keep not thy law.

¹³⁷ TZADE. Righteous art thou, Jehovah, and upright are thy judgments.

¹³⁸ Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness and exceeding faithfulness.

¹³⁹ My zeal destroyeth me, because mine oppressors have forgotten thy words.

¹⁴⁰ Thy word is exceeding pure, and thy servant loveth it.

¹⁴¹ I am little and despised: thy precepts have I not forgotten.

¹⁴² Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is truth.

¹⁴³ Trouble and anguish have taken hold upon me: thy commandments are my delights.

¹⁴⁴ The righteousness of thy testimonies is for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.

¹⁴⁵ KOPH. I have called with [my] whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah: I will observe thy statutes.

¹⁴⁶ I call upon thee; save me, and I will keep thy testimonies.

¹⁴⁷ I anticipate the morning-dawn and I cry: I hope in thy word.

¹⁴⁸ Mine eyes anticipate the night-watches, that I may meditate in thy word.

¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice according to thy loving-kindness: O Jehovah, quicken me according to thy judgment.

¹⁵⁰ They have drawn nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.

¹⁵¹ Thou, Jehovah, art near, and all thy commandments are truth.

¹⁵² From thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.

¹⁵³ RESH. See mine affliction, and deliver me; for I have not forgotten thy law.

¹⁵⁴ Plead my cause, and redeem me: quicken me according to thy word.

¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far from the wicked; for they seek not thy statutes.

¹⁵⁶ Many are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah; quicken me according to thy judgments.

¹⁵⁷ Many are my persecutors and mine oppressors; I have not declined from thy testimonies.

¹⁵⁸ I beheld them that deal treacherously, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.

¹⁵⁹ See how I have loved thy precepts: quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy loving-kindness.

¹⁶⁰ The sum of thy word is truth, and every righteous judgment of thine is for ever.

¹⁶¹ SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

¹⁶² I have joy in thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.

¹⁶³ I hate and abhor falsehood; thy law do I love.

¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.

¹⁶⁵ Great peace have they that love thy law, and nothing doth stumble them.

¹⁶⁶ I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah, and have done 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, Jehovah: give me understanding according to thy word.

¹⁷⁰ Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.

¹⁷¹ My lips shall pour forth praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

¹⁷² My tongue shall speak aloud of thy word; for all thy commandments are righteousness.

¹⁷³ Let thy hand be for my help; for I have chosen thy precepts.

¹⁷⁴ I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah, 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 have not forgotten thy commandments.