ALEPH.

¹ ¶ Blessed are those who walk in the perfect way, who walk in the law of the LORD.

² Blessed are those that keep his testimonies and that seek him with their whole heart.

³ For those who do no iniquity walk in his ways.

⁴ ¶ Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.

⁵ O that my ways were ordered to keep thy statutes!

⁶ Then I shall not be ashamed, when I have insight unto 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 do not utterly forsake me.

BETH.

⁹ ¶ With what shall a young man cleanse his way? when he shall keep thy word.

¹⁰ ¶ With my whole heart I have sought thee; O let me not err from thy commandments.

¹¹ ¶ Thy spoken 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 I have declared all the judgments of thy mouth.

¹⁴ I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies as above all riches.

¹⁵ I will meditate in thy precepts and consider thy ways.

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

GIMEL.

¹⁷ ¶ Deal bountifully with thy slave that I may live and keep thy word.

¹⁸ ¶ Open my eyes, and I shall behold the wonders of thy law.

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

²⁰ ¶ My soul is broken from desiring thy judgments at all times.

²¹ ¶ Thou hast reprehended the proud; cursed are those who err from thy commandments.

²² ¶ Remove from me reproach and contempt, for I have kept thy testimonies.

²³ ¶ Princes also sat and spoke against me as thy slave spoke according to thy statutes.

²⁴ ¶ For thy testimonies are my delight and my counsellors.

DALETH.

²⁵ ¶ My soul cleaves unto the dust; quicken me according to thy word.

²⁶ ¶ I have declared my ways, and thou didst hear me; teach me thy statutes.

²⁷ Make me to understand the way of thy precepts; so I shall meditate of thy wondrous works.

²⁸ ¶ My soul melts for heaviness; strengthen me according to thy word.

²⁹ Remove from me the way of lying, and from thy law grant me mercy.

³⁰ ¶ I have chosen the way of truth; I have laid thy judgments before me.

³¹ I have stuck unto thy testimonies; O LORD, put me not to shame.

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

HE.

³³ ¶ Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes, and I shall keep it unto the end.

³⁴ Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

³⁵ ¶ Make me to go in the path of thy commandments, for therein do I delight.

³⁶ Incline my heart unto thy testimonies and not to covetousness.

³⁷ ¶ Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity, and cause me to live in thy way.

³⁸ ¶ Confirm thy word unto thy slave, who is devoted to thy fear.

³⁹ ¶ Turn away my reproach which I have feared, for thy judgments are good.

⁴⁰ ¶ Behold, I have longed after thy precepts; cause me to live in thy righteousness.

VAU.

⁴¹ ¶ Let thy mercy come unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy spoken word.

⁴² And I shall answer him that reproaches me, by saying that I trust in thy word.

⁴³ ¶ And take not at any time the word of truth out of my mouth; for I wait for thy judgment.

⁴⁴ So shall I keep thy law continually from age to age.

⁴⁵ ¶ And I will walk at liberty, for I sought thy commandments.

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

ZAIN.

⁴⁹ ¶ Remember the word unto thy slave, in which thou hast caused me to wait.

⁵⁰ ¶ This is my comfort in my affliction; for thy spoken word has caused me to live.

⁵¹ ¶ The proud have had me greatly in derision; yet I have not deviated from thy law.

⁵² ¶ I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD, and have consoled myself.

⁵³ ¶ Horror has 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.

CHETH.

⁵⁷ ¶ My portion, O LORD, I have said, will be to keep thy words.

⁵⁸ ¶ I intreated thy presence with my whole heart; be merciful unto me according to thy word.

⁵⁹ ¶ I considered my ways and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

⁶⁰ I made haste and did not delay to keep thy commandments.

⁶¹ ¶ The company of the wicked have robbed me, but I have not forgotten thy law.

⁶² ¶ At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of the judgments of thy righteousness.

⁶³ ¶ I am a companion of all those that fear thee and of those that keep thy precepts.

⁶⁴ ¶ The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy and teaches me thy statutes.

TETH.

⁶⁵ ¶ Thou hast dealt well with thy slave, O LORD, according unto thy word,

⁶⁶ which teaches me discernment and knowledge, for I have believed thy commandments.

⁶⁷ ¶ Before I was humbled, I went into error, but now I keep thy spoken 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 became fat like grease, but I delight in thy law.

⁷¹ ¶ It was good for me that I have been humbled, that I might learn thy statutes.

⁷² ¶ The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.

JOD.

⁷³ ¶ Thy hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding, and I shall learn thy commandments.

⁷⁴ ¶ Those that fear thee will be glad when they see me because I have waited on 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 mercy be for my comfort, according to thy spoken word unto thy slave.

⁷⁷ Let thy mercy come unto 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 unto me and those that have known thy testimonies.

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

CAPH.

⁸¹ ¶ My soul faints with desire for thy salvation as I await thy word.

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

⁸³ ¶ For I am become like a wine skin in the smoke; yet I have not forgotten thy statutes.

⁸⁴ ¶ How many are the days of thy slave? When wilt thou execute judgment on those that persecute me?

⁸⁵ ¶ The proud have dug pits for me, but they do not proceed according to thy law.

⁸⁶ All thy commandments are of the same truth; they persecute me wrongfully; help me.

⁸⁷ They have almost consumed me upon earth, but I have not forsaken thy precepts.

⁸⁸ ¶ Cause me to live according to thy mercy, so I shall keep the testimony of thy mouth.

LAMED.

⁸⁹ ¶ For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in the heavens.

⁹⁰ Thy truth is from generation to generation; thou hast established the earth, and it perseveres.

⁹¹ They persevere unto this day by thy ordinance; for they are all thy slaves.

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

⁹³ ¶ I will never forget thy precepts; for with them thou hast caused me to live.

⁹⁴ ¶ I am thine, keep 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.

MEM.

⁹⁷ ¶ O how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

⁹⁸ ¶ Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies, for they are eternal unto me.

⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers, for thy testimonies have been my meditation.

¹⁰⁰ I understand more than the elders 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 have been thy spoken words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

¹⁰⁴ Through thy precepts I have obtained understanding; therefore I have hated every false way.

NUN.

¹⁰⁵ ¶ Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my way.

¹⁰⁶ ¶ I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep the judgments of thy righteousness.

¹⁰⁷ ¶ I am afflicted very much; cause me to live, O LORD, according to thy word.

¹⁰⁸ ¶ Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill 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 did not I err from thy precepts.

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

¹¹² I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes always, even unto the end.

SAMECH.

¹¹³ ¶ I hate vain thoughts; but I love thy law.

¹¹⁴ ¶ Thou art my hiding place and my shield; I have waited for thy word.

¹¹⁵ ¶ Depart from me, ye evildoers; for I will keep the commandments of my God.

¹¹⁶ ¶ Uphold me according unto thy word, and I shall live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope.

¹¹⁷ Hold me up, and I shall be saved, and I shall delight in thy statutes continually.

¹¹⁸ ¶ Thou hast trodden down all those that err from thy statutes; for their deceit is falsehood.

¹¹⁹ Thou dost cause all the wicked of the earth to come undone like dross; therefore I have loved thy testimonies.

¹²⁰ My flesh trembles for fear of thee, and I am afraid of thy judgments.

AIN.

¹²¹ ¶ I have complied with judgment and righteousness; do not leave me to my oppressors.

¹²² Be surety for thy slave for good; do not let the proud do violence unto me.

¹²³ ¶ Mine eyes fail for thy saving health and for the spoken word of thy righteousness.

¹²⁴ ¶ Deal with thy slave according to thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.

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

¹²⁶ ¶ It is time for thee, O LORD, to act; for they have dissipated thy law.

¹²⁷ ¶ Therefore I have loved thy commandments above gold, yea, above fine gold.

¹²⁸ Therefore I have esteemed all thy precepts concerning all things to be right and I have hated every false way.

PE.

¹²⁹ ¶ Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore does my soul keep them.

¹³⁰ ¶ The exposition of thy words gives light; it gives understanding unto the simple.

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

¹³² ¶ Look thou upon me and be merciful unto me, as thou didst use to do unto those that love thy name.

¹³³ ¶ Order my steps with thy word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

¹³⁴ ¶ Ransom me from the violence of men, and I will keep thy precepts.

¹³⁵ ¶ Make thy face to shine upon thy slave and teach me thy statutes.

¹³⁶ ¶ Rivers of waters ran down my eyes because they did not keep thy law.

TZADDI.

¹³⁷ ¶ Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.

¹³⁸ Thou hast commanded righteousness, which consists of thy testimonies and thy truth.

¹³⁹ ¶ My zeal has consumed me, because my enemies have forgotten thy words.

¹⁴⁰ ¶ Thy word is very pure; therefore thy slave loves it.

¹⁴¹ ¶ I am small and despised; yet I have not forgotten thy precepts.

¹⁴² ¶ Thy righteousness is eternal righteousness, and thy law is the truth.

¹⁴³ ¶ Trouble and anguish found me; but thy commandments were my delights.

¹⁴⁴ Thy testimonies are eternal righteousness; give me understanding, and I shall live.

KOPH.

¹⁴⁵ ¶ I cried with my whole heart; answer me, O LORD, and I will keep thy statutes.

¹⁴⁶ I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.

¹⁴⁷ ¶ I arose before the dawning of the morning and cried: I waited in thy word.

¹⁴⁸ My eyes anticipate the night watches that I might meditate in thy spoken word.

¹⁴⁹ ¶ Hear my voice according to thy mercy; O LORD, cause me to live according to thy judgment.

¹⁵⁰ ¶ Those that persecute me draw near unto evil; they have strayed 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.

RESH.

¹⁵³ ¶ Consider my affliction and deliver me; for I have not forgotten thy law.

¹⁵⁴ Plead my cause and redeem me; quicken me according to thy spoken word.

¹⁵⁵ ¶ Saving health is far from the wicked, for they do not seek thy statutes.

¹⁵⁶ ¶ Many are thy tender mercies, O LORD: cause me to live according to thy judgments.

¹⁵⁷ ¶ Many are my persecutors and my enemies; yet I do not deviate from thy testimonies.

¹⁵⁸ ¶ I beheld the transgressors and was grieved because they did not keep thy words.

¹⁵⁹ ¶ Consider, O LORD, that I love thy precepts; cause me to live according to thy mercy.

¹⁶⁰ ¶ The beginning of thy word is truth, and every one of the judgments of thy righteousness is eternal.

SCHIN.

¹⁶¹ ¶ Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of thy words.

¹⁶² ¶ I rejoice at thy spoken word, as one that finds great spoil.

¹⁶³ ¶ I hate and abhor lying, but I love thy law.

¹⁶⁴ ¶ Seven times a day do I praise thee because of the judgments of thy righteousness.

¹⁶⁵ ¶ Those who love thy law have great peace, and nothing shall cause them to stumble.

¹⁶⁶ ¶ LORD, I have waited for thy saving health and done thy commandments.

¹⁶⁷ ¶ My soul has kept thy testimonies, and I have loved them exceedingly.

¹⁶⁸ I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies, for all my ways are before thee.

TAU.

¹⁶⁹ ¶ 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 spoken word.

¹⁷¹ ¶ My lips shall overflow with praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

¹⁷² ¶ My tongue shall speak thy words; for all thy commandments are righteousness.

¹⁷³ ¶ Let thine hand help me, for I have chosen thy precepts.

¹⁷⁴ I have longed for thy saving health, 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 slave; for I have not forgotten thy commandments.