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¹ [ALEPH] How happy the men of blameless life, who walk in the law of Yahweh.² How happy they who observe his testimonies, with a whole heart, they seek him.³ Yea, they have not wrought perversity, In his ways, have they walked.

⁴ Thou, hast commanded thy precepts, that they should be diligently kept.⁵ Oh would that my ways might be settled! that I might keep thy statutes.⁶ Then, shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

⁷ I will thank thee with uprightness of heart, when I have learned thy righteous regulations.⁸ Thy statutes, will I keep, Do not thou forsake me utterly.

⁹ [BETH] Wherewithal can a young man keep pure his way? By taking heed, according to thy word.

¹⁰ With all my heart, have I sought thee, Suffer me not to be led astray from thy commandments.

¹¹ In my heart, have I treasured what thou hast said, to the end I may not sin against thee.

¹² Blessed art thou, O Yahweh - Teach me thy statutes.

¹³ With my lips, have I recounted All the regulations of thy mouth.¹⁴ In the way of thy testimonies, have I rejoiced, Like as over all riches.¹⁵ In thy precepts, will I meditate, that I may discern thy paths.¹⁶ In thy statutes, will I find my dear delight, I will not forget thy word.

¹⁷ [GIMEL] Bestow thy bounties upon thy servant - let me live, That I may observe thy word.

¹⁸ Unveil thou mine eyes, that I may discern Wondrous things out of thy law.

¹⁹ A sojourner, am, I, in the earth, Do not hide from me, thy commandments.

²⁰ My soul is crushed with longing for thy just decisions at all times.

²¹ Thou hast rebuked the proud as accursed, who stray from thy commandments.

²² Roll from off me, reproach and contempt, For, thy testimonies, have I observed.

²³ Even rulers have taken their seat, against me, have talked, Thy servant, will still meditate in thy statutes.

²⁴ Yea, thy testimonies, are my dear delight, My counsellors.

²⁵ [DALETH] My soul, cleaveth to the dust, Give me life, according to thy word.

²⁶ My ways, I recounted, and thou didst answer me, Teach me thy statutes.²⁷ The way of thy precepts, cause thou me to understand, and I will indeed meditate in thy wonders.

²⁸ My soul weepeth itself away, for grief, Confirm thou me, according to thy word.²⁹ The way of falsehood, take thou from me, and, with thy law, O favour me.

³⁰ The way of faithfulness, have I chosen, Thy regulations, have I deemed right.³¹ I have kept close to thy testimonies, O Yahweh! do not put me to shame.³² The way of thy commandments, will I run, for thou wilt enlarge my heart.

³³ HE.Point out to me, O Yahweh, the way of thy statutes, that I may observe it unto the end.³⁴ Give me understanding, that I may observe thy law, that I may keep it with a whole heart.

³⁵ Guide me in the path of thy commandments, for, therein, do I find pleasure.³⁶ Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not unto unjust gain.

³⁷ Turn away mine eyes, from beholding vanity, In thy way, give me life.

³⁸ Establish, unto thy servant, thy word, which pertaineth to the reverence of thee.

³⁹ Cause to pass away my reproach, that I have feared, for, thy regulations, are good.

⁴⁰ Lo! I have longed for thy precepts, In thy righteousness, give me life.

⁴¹ [WAW] And let thy lovingkindness reach me, O Yahweh, thy salvation, according to thy word.⁴² So shall I have something to answer him that reproacheth me, That I have trusted in thy word.

⁴³ And do not snatch away from my mouth the word of truth in any wise, because, for thy regulation, have I waited.⁴⁴ That I may keep thy law continually, to times age-abiding and beyond.

⁴⁵ That I may walk to and fro in a large place, because, thy precepts, have I sought.⁴⁶ That I may speak of thy testimonies before kings, and not be ashamed.⁴⁷ That I may find dear delight in thy commandments, which I have loved.⁴⁸ That I may lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and may meditate in thy statutes.

⁴⁹ [ZAYIN] Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.

⁵⁰ This, is my comfort in mine affliction, that, thy word, hath given me life.

⁵¹ Insolent men, have derided me exceedingly, From thy law, have I not swerved.

⁵² I have remembered thy regulations, which have come down from age-past times, O Yahweh, and have consoled myself.

⁵³ A raging heat, hath seized me, by reason of the lawless, who forsake thy law.

⁵⁴ Songs, have thy statutes become to me, in my house of sojourn.

⁵⁵ I have remembered, in the night, thy Name, O Yahweh, and have kept thy law.⁵⁶ This, have I had, because, thy precepts, have I observed.

⁵⁷ [HETH] My portion, is Yahweh, I have promised that I would keep thy words.

⁵⁸ I have sought the smile of thy face with all my heart, Show me favour, according to thy word.

⁵⁹ I have thought upon my ways, and have turned my feet unto thy testimonies.⁶⁰ I have hastened, and not delayed, to keep thy commandments.

⁶¹ The meshes of the lawless, have surrounded me, Thy law, have I not forgotten.

⁶² At midnight, I arise to give thanks unto thee, For thy righteous regulations.

⁶³ Companion, am I, to all who revere thee, and to them who keep thy precepts.

⁶⁴ Of thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, the earth, is full, Thy statutes, teach thou me.

⁶⁵ [TETH] Well, hast thou dealt with thy servant, O Yahweh, according to thy word.⁶⁶ Good judgment and knowledge, teach thou me, For, in thy commandments, have I trusted.

⁶⁷ Before I was afflicted, I myself was going astray, but, now, thy word, have I kept.

⁶⁸ Good, thou art, and doing good, Teach me thy statutes.

⁶⁹ Insolent men have plastered falsehood over me, I, with a whole heart, will observe thy precepts.⁷⁰ Gross, like fat, is their heart, I, in thy law, have found dear delight.

⁷¹ It is, well for me, that I was afflicted, That I might learn thy statutes.

⁷² Better to me, is the law of thy mouth, than thousands of gold and silver.

⁷³ [YODH] Thine own hands, have made me, and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

⁷⁴ They who revere thee, shall see me and rejoice, that, for thy word, I waited.

⁷⁵ I know, O Yahweh, that righteous are thy regulations, and, in faithfulness, didst thou afflict me.

⁷⁶ Let thy lovingkindness, I beseech thee, serve to comfort me, according to thy word to thy servant.⁷⁷ Let thy compassions reach me, that I may live, for, thy law, is my dear delight.

⁷⁸ Let insolent men, be ashamed, because, by means of falsehood, they have dealt with me perversely, I, will meditate in thy precepts.⁷⁹ Let them who revere thee, turn unto me, even they who know thy testimonies.

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

⁸¹ [KAPH] My soul, hath languished for thy salvation, For thy word, have I hoped.⁸² Mine eyes have failed for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

⁸³ Though I have been like a wine-skin in the smoke, thy statutes, have I not forgotten.

⁸⁴ How few are the days of thy servant! When wilt thou execute sentence on my persecutors?

⁸⁵ Insolent men digged for me pits, men who are not according to thy law.⁸⁶ All thy commandments, are faithful, With falsehood, have they persecuted me, O help me!⁸⁷ A little more, and they had consumed me in the earth, but, I, forsake not thy precepts.

⁸⁸ According to thy lovingkindness, give thou me life, so will I keep the testimonies of thy mouth.

⁸⁹ [LAMED] Age-abidingly, O Yahweh, hath thy word been set up in the heavens.⁹⁰ To generation after generation, is thy faithfulness, Thou hast established the earth, and it standeth.⁹¹ By thy regulations, do they stand to-day, for, all, are thy servants.

⁹² Had not thy law been my dear delight, then, had I perished in mine affliction.

⁹³ Unto times age-abiding, will I not forget thy precepts, For, by them, hast thou given me life.

⁹⁴ Thine, am I, - oh save me! For, thy precepts, have I sought.

⁹⁵ For me, have the lawless waited, to destroy me, Thy testimonies, will I diligently consider.

⁹⁶ To all perfection, have I seen an end, Broad is thy commandment, exceedingly.

⁹⁷ [MEM] Oh how I love thy law! All the day, is it my meditation.

⁹⁸ Beyond mine enemies, will thy commandment make me wise, for, age-abidingly, shall it be mine.⁹⁹ Beyond all my teachers, have I shown discretion, for, thy testimonies, are my meditation.¹⁰⁰ Beyond the elders, will I show understanding, for, thy precepts, have I observed.

¹⁰¹ From every way of wickedness, have I withheld my feet, that I might keep thy word.

¹⁰² From thy regulations, have I not turned aside, for, thou, hast directed me.

¹⁰³ How smooth to my palate is thy speech, More than honey, to my mouth.¹⁰⁴ Out of thy precepts, will I get understanding, For this cause, do I hate every false way.

¹⁰⁵ [NUN] A lamp to my feet, is thy word, and a light to my path.

¹⁰⁶ I sware, and have fulfilled, To keep thy righteous regulations.

¹⁰⁷ I have been afflicted exceedingly, - O Yahweh, give me life according to thy word.

¹⁰⁸ The freewill offerings of my mouth, accept, I pray thee, O Yahweh, And, thy regulations, teach thou me.

¹⁰⁹ My life, is in my hand continually, Yet, thy law, have I not forgotten.¹¹⁰ The lawless have set a snare for me, Yet, from thy precepts, have I not strayed.

¹¹¹ As an inheritance have I taken thy testimonies unto times age-abiding, for, the joy of my heart, they are.¹¹² I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes, Age-abidingly, to the end.

¹¹³ [SAMECH] Half-hearted ones, do I hate, but, thy law, do I love.

¹¹⁴ My hiding-place and my buckler, thou art, For thy word, have I waited.

¹¹⁵ Depart from me, ye evil-doers, - that I may observe the commandments of my God.

¹¹⁶ Uphold me according to thy word, that I may live, and do not shame me out of my hope!¹¹⁷ Sustain me, that I may be saved, and may find dear delight in thy statutes continually.

¹¹⁸ Thou hast made light of all who stray from thy statutes, for their fraud is, falsehood.¹¹⁹ Dross, have I accounted all the lawless of the earth, therefore do I love thy testimonies.¹²⁰ My flesh, bristled up from dread of thee, and, of thy regulations, stand I in fear.

¹²¹ [AYIN] I have done justice and righteousness, - Do not leave me to mine oppressors.¹²² Be thou surety for thy servant for good, Let not insolent men oppress me.

¹²³ Mine eyes, have become dim for thy salvation, and for thy righteous word.

¹²⁴ Deal with thy servant according to thy lovingkindness, and, thy statutes, teach thou me.¹²⁵ Thy servant, I am - give me understanding, so shall I get to know thy testimonies.

¹²⁶ It is time that Yahweh should work, They have frustrated thy law!

¹²⁷ For this cause, do I love thy commandments, More than gold, yea than fine gold!¹²⁸ For this cause, all thy precepts concerning all things, I deem right, Every way of falsehood, I hate.

¹²⁹ [PE] Wonderful are thy testimonies, For this cause, hath my soul observed them.

¹³⁰ The opening of thy words, sheddeth light, Giving understanding to the simple.

¹³¹ My mouth, have I opened wide, and panted, because, for thy commandments, have I longed.

¹³² Turn thyself unto me, and show me favour, - As is befitting, to the lovers of thy Name.

¹³³ My steps, direct thou by thy word, and let no iniquity, have dominion over me.

¹³⁴ Set me free from the oppression of man, so will I keep thy precepts.

¹³⁵ Thy face, light thou up on thy servant, and teach me thy statutes.

¹³⁶ Streams of water, have run down mine eyes, because men have not kept thy law.

¹³⁷ [ZADHE] Righteous art thou, O Yahweh, - and, equitable, are thy regulations.¹³⁸ Thou hast righteously commanded thy testimonies, yea in great faithfulness.

¹³⁹ My zeal, hath put an end to me, for mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.

¹⁴⁰ Refined is thy word, to the uttermost, and, thy servant loveth it.

¹⁴¹ Small, am I, and despised, Thy precepts, have I not forgotten.

¹⁴² Thy righteousness, is righteous to times age-abiding, and, thy law, is truth.

¹⁴³ Straitness and distress, have befallen me, Thy commandments, are my dear delights.¹⁴⁴ Righteous are thy testimonies, unto times age-abiding, Give me understanding, that I may live.

¹⁴⁵ [KOPH] I have cried out with all my heart, answer me, O Yahweh; Thy statutes, will I observe.¹⁴⁶ I have cried out unto thee, oh save me, That I may keep thy testimonies.

¹⁴⁷ I forestalled the twilight, and cried for help, For thy word, I waited.¹⁴⁸ Mine eyes forestalled the night-watches, To meditate in thy word.

¹⁴⁹ My voice, O hear, according to thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh! according to thy wont, give me life.

¹⁵⁰ They have drawn near, who pursue villainy, From thy law, have they gone far away.¹⁵¹ Near art thou, O Yahweh, and, all thy commandments, are truth.

¹⁵² Long, have I known, from thy testimonies, That, to times age-abiding, thou didst establish them.

¹⁵³ [RESH] Behold mine affliction, and rescue me, For, thy law, have I not forgotten.¹⁵⁴ Plead my cause, and redeem me, By thy word, give me life

¹⁵⁵ Far from the lawless, is salvation, For, thy statutes, have they not sought.

¹⁵⁶ Thy compassions, are great, O Yahweh, According to thy regulations, give me life.

¹⁵⁷ Many, are my persecutors and mine adversaries, From thy testimonies, have I not swerved.

¹⁵⁸ I have seen traitors, and felt loathing, Because, thy word, they kept not.

¹⁵⁹ See thou that, thy precepts, I have loved, O Yahweh, according to thy lovingkindness, give me life.

¹⁶⁰ The sum of thy word, is truth, and, age-abiding, is every one of thy righteous regulations.

¹⁶¹ [SHIN] Rulers, have persecuted me, without cause, But, of thy word, hath my heart stood in awe.

¹⁶² Joyful am I over thy word, Like the finder of spoil in abundance.

¹⁶³ Falsehood, I hate and abhor, Thy law, do I love.

¹⁶⁴ Seven times in the day, have I praised thee, For thy righteous regulations.

¹⁶⁵ Blessing in abundance, have the lovers of thy law, and nothing to make them stumble.

¹⁶⁶ I have looked for thy salvation, O Yahweh, and, thy commandments, have I done.

¹⁶⁷ My soul hath kept thy testimonies, yea I have loved them greatly.¹⁶⁸ I have kept thy precepts, and thy testimonies, For, all my ways, are before thee.

¹⁶⁹ [TAU] Let my shouting come near before thee, O Yahweh, According to thy word, give me understanding.¹⁷⁰ Let my supplication come in before thee, According to thy word, deliver me.

¹⁷¹ My lips, shall pour out, praise, When thou shalt teach me thy statutes.

¹⁷² My tongue, shall respond, with thy word, For, all thy commandments, are righteous.

¹⁷³ Be thy hand ready to help me, For, thy statutes, have I chosen.¹⁷⁴ I have longed for thy salvation, O Yahweh, and, thy law, is my dear delight.

¹⁷⁵ Let my soul live, that it may praise thee, So shall thy regulation help me.

¹⁷⁶ I have strayed like a wandering sheep, O seek thy servant, For, thy commandments, have I not forgotten.