5 Oh, that my ways were directed
To keep Your statutes!
6 aThen I would not be ashamed,
When I look into all Your commandments.
7 I will praise You with uprightness of heart,
When I learn Your righteous judgments.
8 I will keep Your statutes;
Oh, do not forsake me utterly!
ב Beth
9 How can a young man cleanse his way?
By taking heed according to Your word.
10 With my whole heart I have
asought You;
Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments!
11 aYour word I have hidden in my heart,
That I might not sin against You.
12 Blessed
are You, O
Lord!
Teach me Your statutes.
13 With my lips I have
adeclared
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 meditate on Your precepts,
And
1 contemplate Your ways.
16 I will
adelight myself in Your statutes;
I will not forget Your word.
ג Gimel
17 aDeal bountifully with Your servant,
That I may live and keep Your word.
18 Open my eyes, that I may see
Wondrous things from Your law.
19 aI
am a stranger in the earth;
Do not hide Your commandments from me.
20 aMy soul
1 breaks with longing
For Your judgments at all times.
21 You rebuke the proud—the cursed,
Who stray from Your commandments.
22 aRemove from me reproach and contempt,
For I have kept Your testimonies.
23 Princes also sit
and speak against me,
But Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
24 Your testimonies also
are my delight
And my counselors.
ד Daleth
25 aMy soul clings to the dust;
bRevive me according to Your word.
26 I have declared my ways, and You answered me;
aTeach me Your statutes.
27 Make me understand the way of Your precepts;
So
ashall I meditate on Your wonderful works.
28 aMy soul
1 melts from heaviness;
Strengthen me according to Your word.
29 Remove from me the way of lying,
And grant me Your law graciously.
30 I have chosen the way of truth;
Your judgments I have laid
before me.
31 I cling to Your testimonies;
O
Lord, do not put me to shame!
32 I will run the course of Your commandments,
For You shall
aenlarge my heart.
ה He
33 aTeach me, O
Lord, the way of Your statutes,
And I shall keep it
to the end.
34 aGive me understanding, and I shall keep Your law;
Indeed, I shall observe it with
my whole heart.
35 Make me walk in the path of Your commandments,
For I delight in it.
36 1Incline my heart to Your testimonies,
And not to
acovetousness.
37 aTurn
1 away my eyes from
blooking at worthless things,
And revive me in
1 Your way.
38 aEstablish Your word to Your servant,
Who
is devoted to fearing You.
39 Turn away my reproach which I dread,
For Your judgments
are good.
40 Behold, I long for Your precepts;
Revive me in Your righteousness.
ו Waw
41 Let Your mercies come also to me, O
Lord—
Your salvation according to Your word.
42 So shall I have an answer for him who
1 reproaches me,
For I trust in Your word.
43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth,
For I have hoped in Your ordinances.
44 So shall I keep Your law continually,
Forever and ever.
45 And I will walk
1 at
aliberty,
For I seek Your precepts.
46 aI will speak of Your testimonies also before kings,
And will not be ashamed.
47 And I will delight myself in Your commandments,
Which I love.
48 My hands also I will lift up to Your commandments,
Which I love,
And I will meditate on Your statutes.
ז Zayin
49 Remember the word to Your servant,
Upon which You have caused me to hope.
50 This
is my
acomfort in my affliction,
For Your word has given me life.
51 The proud have me in great derision,
Yet I do not turn aside from Your law.
52 I remembered Your judgments of old, O
Lord,
And have comforted myself.
53 aIndignation has taken hold of me
Because of the wicked, who forsake Your law.
54 Your statutes have been my songs
In the house of my pilgrimage.
55 aI remember Your name in the night, O
Lord,
And I keep Your law.
56 This has become mine,
Because I kept Your precepts.
ח Heth
57 aYou are my portion, O
Lord;
I have said that I would keep Your words.
58 I entreated Your favor with
my whole heart;
Be merciful to me according to Your word.
59 I
athought about my ways,
And turned my feet to Your testimonies.
60 I made haste, and did not delay
To keep Your commandments.
61 The cords of the wicked have bound me,
But I have not forgotten Your law.
62 aAt midnight I will rise to give thanks to You,
Because of Your righteous judgments.
63 I
am a companion of all who fear You,
And of those who keep Your precepts.
64 aThe earth, O
Lord, is full of Your mercy;
Teach me Your statutes.
ט Teth
65 You have dealt well with Your servant,
O
Lord, according to Your word.
66 Teach me good judgment and
aknowledge,
For I believe Your commandments.
67 Before I was
aafflicted I went astray,
But now I keep Your word.
68 You
are agood, and do good;
Teach me Your statutes.
69 The proud have
aforged a lie against me,
But I will keep Your precepts with
my whole heart.
70 aTheir heart is
1 as fat as grease,
But I delight in Your law.
71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
That I may learn Your statutes.
72 aThe law of Your mouth
is better to me
Than thousands of
coins of gold and silver.
י Yod
73 aYour hands have made me and fashioned me;
Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.
74 aThose who fear You will be glad when they see me,
Because I have hoped in Your word.
75 I know, O
Lord,
athat Your judgments
are right,
And
that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
76 Let, I pray, Your merciful kindness be for my comfort,
According to Your word to Your servant.
77 Let Your tender mercies come to me, that I may live;
For Your law
is my delight.
78 Let the proud
abe ashamed,
For they treated me wrongfully with falsehood;
But I will meditate on Your precepts.
79 Let those who fear You turn to me,
Those who know Your testimonies.
80 Let my heart be blameless regarding Your statutes,
That I may not be ashamed.
ך Kaph
81 aMy soul faints for Your salvation,
But I hope in Your word.
82 My eyes fail
from searching Your word,
Saying, “When will You comfort me?”
83 For
aI have become like a wineskin in smoke,
Yet I do not forget Your statutes.
84 aHow many
are the days of Your servant?
bWhen will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?
85 aThe proud have dug pits for me,
Which
is not according to Your law.
86 All Your commandments
are faithful;
They persecute me
awrongfully;
Help me!
87 They almost made an end of me on earth,
But I did not forsake Your precepts.
88 Revive me according to Your lovingkindness,
So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth.
ל Lamed
89 aForever, O
Lord,
Your word
1 is settled in heaven.
90 Your faithfulness
endures to all generations;
You established the earth, and it
1 abides.
91 They continue this day according to
aYour ordinances,
For all
are Your servants.
92 Unless Your law
had been my delight,
I would then have perished in my affliction.
93 I will never forget Your precepts,
For by them You have given me life.
94 I
am Yours, save me;
For I have sought Your precepts.
95 The wicked wait for me to destroy me,
But I will
1 consider Your testimonies.
96 aI have seen the consummation of all perfection,
But Your commandment
is exceedingly broad.
ם Mem
97 Oh, how I love Your law!
aIt
is my meditation all the day.
98 You, through Your commandments, make me
awiser than my enemies;
For they
are ever with me.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers,
aFor Your testimonies
are my meditation.
100 aI understand more than the
1 ancients,
Because I keep Your precepts.
101 I have restrained my feet from every evil way,
That I may keep Your word.
102 I have not departed from Your judgments,
For You Yourself have taught me.
103 aHow sweet are Your words to my taste,
Sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 Through Your precepts I get understanding;
Therefore I hate every false way.
ן Nun
105 aYour word
is a lamp to my feet
And a light to my path.
106 aI have sworn and confirmed
That I will keep Your righteous judgments.
107 I am afflicted very much;
Revive me, O
Lord, according to Your word.
108 Accept, I pray,
athe freewill offerings of my mouth, O
Lord,
And teach me Your judgments.
109 aMy life
is continually
1 in my hand,
Yet I do not forget Your law.
110 aThe wicked have laid a snare for me,
Yet I have not strayed from Your precepts.
111 aYour testimonies I have taken as a
1 heritage forever,
For they
are the rejoicing of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes
Forever, to the very end.
ס Samek
113 I hate the
1 double-minded,
But I love Your law.
114 aYou
are my hiding place and my shield;
I hope in Your word.
115 aDepart from me, you evildoers,
For I will keep the commandments of my God!
116 Uphold me according to Your word, that I may live;
And do not let me
abe ashamed of my hope.
117 1Hold me up, and I shall be safe,
And I shall observe Your statutes continually.
118 You reject all those who stray from Your statutes,
For their deceit
is falsehood.
119 You
1 put away all the wicked of the earth
alike dross;
Therefore I love Your testimonies.
120 aMy flesh trembles for fear of You,
And I am afraid of Your judgments.
ע Ayin
121 I have done justice and righteousness;
Do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 Be
asurety for Your servant for good;
Do not let the proud oppress me.
123 My eyes fail
from seeking Your salvation
And Your righteous word.
124 Deal with Your servant according to Your mercy,
And teach me Your statutes.
125 aI
am Your servant;
Give me understanding,
That I may know Your testimonies.
126 It is time for
You to act, O
Lord,
For they have
1 regarded Your law as void.
127 aTherefore I love Your commandments
More than gold, yes, than fine gold!
128 Therefore all
Your precepts
concerning all
thingsI consider
to be right;
I hate every false way.
פ Pe
129 Your testimonies are wonderful;
Therefore my soul keeps them.
130 The entrance of Your words gives light;
aIt gives understanding to the
bsimple.
131 I opened my mouth and
apanted,
For I longed for Your commandments.
132 aLook upon me and be merciful to me,
As Your custom
is toward those who love Your name.
133 aDirect my steps by Your word,
And
blet no iniquity have dominion over me.
134 aRedeem me from the oppression of man,
That I may keep Your precepts.
135 aMake Your face shine upon Your servant,
And teach me Your statutes.
136 aRivers of water run down from my eyes,
Because
men do not keep Your law.
ץ Tsadde
137 aRighteous
are You, O
Lord,
And upright
are Your judgments.
138 aYour testimonies,
which You have commanded,
Are righteous and very faithful.
139 aMy zeal has
1 consumed me,
Because my enemies have forgotten Your words.
140 aYour word
is very
1 pure;
Therefore Your servant 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 atruth.
143 Trouble and anguish have
1 overtaken me,
Yet Your commandments
are my delights.
144 The righteousness of Your testimonies
is everlasting;
Give me understanding, and I shall live.
ק Qoph
145 I cry out with
my whole heart;
Hear me, O
Lord!
I will keep Your statutes.
146 I cry out to You;
Save me, and I will keep Your testimonies.
147 aI rise before the dawning of the morning,
And cry for help;
I hope in Your word.
148 aMy eyes are awake through the
night watches,
That I may meditate on Your word.
149 Hear my voice according to Your lovingkindness;
O
Lord, revive me according to Your justice.
150 They draw near who follow after wickedness;
They are far from Your law.
151 You
are anear, O
Lord,
And all Your commandments
are truth.
152 Concerning Your testimonies,
I have known of old that You have founded them
aforever.
ר Resh
153 aConsider my affliction and deliver me,
For I do not forget Your law.
154 aPlead 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 1Great
are Your tender mercies, O
Lord;
Revive me according to Your judgments.
157 Many
are my persecutors and my enemies,
Yet I do not
aturn from Your testimonies.
158 I see the treacherous, and
aam disgusted,
Because they do not keep Your word.
159 Consider how I love Your precepts;
Revive me, O
Lord, according to Your lovingkindness.
160 The entirety of Your word
is truth,
And every one of Your righteous judgments
endures forever.
שׁ Shin
161 aPrinces persecute me without a cause,
But my heart stands in awe of Your word.
162 I rejoice at Your word
As one who finds great treasure.
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 aGreat peace have those who love Your law,
And
1 nothing causes them to stumble.
166 aLord, I hope for Your salvation,
And I do Your commandments.
167 My soul keeps Your testimonies,
And I love them exceedingly.
168 I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies,
aFor all my ways
are before You.
ת Tau
169 Let my cry come before You, O
Lord;
aGive me understanding according to Your word.
170 Let my
1 supplication come before You;
Deliver me according to Your word.
171 aMy lips shall utter praise,
For You teach me Your statutes.
172 My tongue shall speak of Your word,
For all Your commandments
are righteousness.
173 Let Your hand become my help,
For
aI have chosen Your precepts.
174 aI long for Your salvation, O
Lord,
And
bYour law
is my delight.
175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise You;
And let Your judgments help me.
176 aI have gone astray like a lost sheep;
Seek Your servant,
For I do not forget Your commandments.
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