Beginning

⁸⁹ Forever, Adonai,
Your word stands firm in the heavens.
⁹⁰ Your faithfulness endures from generation to generation.
You established the earth, and it stands.
⁹¹ Your judgments stand today,
for all things are Your servants.
⁹² If Your Torah had not been my delight,
I would have perished in my affliction.
⁹³ I will never forget Your precepts.
For with them You have kept me alive.
⁹⁴ I am Yours, save me!
For I have sought out Your precepts.
⁹⁵ The wicked wait for me to destroy me.
But I will study Your testimonies.
⁹⁶ I have seen a limit to all perfection,
yet Your commandment is boundless.

⁹⁷ O how I love Your Torah!
It is my meditation all day.
⁹⁸ Your mitzvot 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 have gained more understanding than all my elders,
for I have kept Your precepts.
¹⁰¹ I kept my feet from every evil way,
in order to follow Your word.
¹⁰² I do not turn away from Your rulings,
for You Yourself have taught me.
¹⁰³ How sweet is Your word to my taste—
yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
¹⁰⁴ From Your precepts I get discernment,
therefore I hate every false way.

¹⁰⁵ Your word is a lamp to my feet
and a light to my path.^[a]
106 I have sworn and confirmed
to observe Your righteous rulings.
¹⁰⁷ I am severely afflicted.
Keep me alive, Adonai, according to Your word.
¹⁰⁸ Please accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, Adonai,
and teach me Your rulings.
¹⁰⁹ My soul is continually in danger,
yet I have not forgotten Your Torah.
¹¹⁰ The wicked have set a snare for me,
yet I did not stray from Your precepts.
¹¹¹ Your testimonies I have as a heritage
forever, for they are my heart’s joy.
¹¹² I turned my heart to do Your decrees,
forever, to the very end.

¹¹³ I hate double-minded ones,
but Your Torah I love.
¹¹⁴ You are my hiding place and my shield
—in Your word I hope.
¹¹⁵ Away from me, evildoers,
so I may keep the mitzvot of my God!
¹¹⁶ Sustain me according to Your word, so I may live,
and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
¹¹⁷ Support me and I will be saved,
and study Your decrees continually.
¹¹⁸ You despise all who wander from Your decrees,
for their deceitfulness is in vain.
¹¹⁹ All the wicked of the earth You remove like dross.
Therefore I love Your testimonies.
¹²⁰ My flesh shudders for fear of You,
and I am in awe of Your judgments.

¹²¹ I did what is just and right.
Do not leave me to my oppressors.
¹²² Guarantee Your servant’s well-being.
Do not let arrogant ones oppress me.
¹²³ My eyes fail, longing for Your salvation
and for Your righteous word.
¹²⁴ Deal with Your servant as befits Your lovingkindness,
and teach me Your statutes.
¹²⁵ I am Your servant, give me discernment,
so I may understand Your testimonies.
¹²⁶ It is time for Adonai to act—
they have violated Your Torah!
¹²⁷ Therefore I love Your mitzvot
more than gold, more than pure gold.
¹²⁸ Therefore I esteem all Your precepts as right in every way
—every false way I hate.

¹²⁹ Your testimonies are wonderful.
Therefore my soul obeys them.
¹³⁰ The unfolding of Your words gives light,
giving understanding to the simple.
¹³¹ I opened my mouth wide and panted,
for I longed for Your mitzvot.
¹³² Turn to me and be gracious to me,
as is fitting to those who love Your Name.
¹³³ Direct my footsteps in Your word,
and let no iniquity get mastery over me.
¹³⁴ Redeem me from human oppression,
and I will keep Your precepts.
¹³⁵ Make Your face shine on Your servant,
and teach me Your decrees.
¹³⁶ Streams of water run down from my eyes,
because they do not observe Your Torah.

¹³⁷ Righteous are You, Adonai,
and Your judgments are upright.
¹³⁸ You have commanded righteousness,
Your testimonies, and great faithfulness.
¹³⁹ My zeal has consumed me,
because my foes forgot Your words.
¹⁴⁰ Your word is thoroughly refined,
and Your servant loves it.
¹⁴¹ I am insignificant and despised,
yet I have not forgotten Your precepts.
¹⁴² Your justice is righteousness forever,
and Your Torah is truth.
¹⁴³ Trouble and anguish have overtaken me,
yet Your mitzvot are my delight.
¹⁴⁴ Your testimonies are righteous forever
—make me understand, so I may live.

¹⁴⁵ I cried out with all my heart,
“Answer me, Adonai!
I will keep Your decrees.”
¹⁴⁶ I cried out to You, “Save me,
and I will keep Your testimonies.”
¹⁴⁷ I am up before dawn, crying for help—
I put my hope in Your word.
¹⁴⁸ My eyes are up before every night watch,
as I meditate on Your word.
¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice with Your lovingkindness.
Revive me, Adonai, with Your judgments.
¹⁵⁰ Pursuers of wicked schemes draw near—
they are far from Your Torah.
¹⁵¹ You are near, Adonai,
and all Your mitzvot are truth.
¹⁵² Long ago I learned from Your testimonies
that You founded them firmly forever.

¹⁵³ See my affliction and rescue me,
for I do not forget Your Torah.
¹⁵⁴ Defend my cause and redeem me.
Restore my life through Your word.
¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far from the wicked,
for they do not seek after Your decrees.
¹⁵⁶ Great are Your mercies, Adonai.
Restore my life with Your judgments.
¹⁵⁷ Many are my persecutors and my foes.
Yet I do not turn from Your testimonies.
¹⁵⁸ I see the treacherous and loathe them,
because they do not keep Your word.
¹⁵⁹ See how I loved Your precepts.
Restore my life, Adonai, with Your lovingkindness.
¹⁶⁰ Truth is the essence of Your word,
and all Your righteous rulings are eternal.

¹⁶¹ Princes persecute me for no reason,
but my heart is in awe of Your words.
¹⁶² I rejoice in Your word,
as one who finds great spoil.
¹⁶³ I hate and abhor falsehood,
but Your Torah I love.
¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day I praise You,
because of Your righteous judgments.
¹⁶⁵ Great peace have they who love Your Torah,
and nothing causes them to stumble.
¹⁶⁶ I hope for Your salvation, Adonai,
and do Your mitzvot.
¹⁶⁷ My soul has observed Your testimonies
and I love them exceedingly.
¹⁶⁸ I observe Your precepts and Your laws,
for all my ways are before You.

¹⁶⁹ Let my cry come to You, Adonai.
Grant me understanding by Your word.
¹⁷⁰ Let my supplication come before You.
Deliver me, according to Your promise.
¹⁷¹ My lips utter praise,
for You teach me Your statutes.
¹⁷² My tongue sings of Your word,
for all Your mitzvot are righteous.
¹⁷³ Let Your hand be ready to help me,
for I have chosen Your precepts.
¹⁷⁴ I long for Your deliverance, Adonai,
and Your Torah is my delight.
¹⁷⁵ Let my soul live and praise You,
and may Your rulings help me.
¹⁷⁶ I have strayed like a lost sheep—seek Your servant.
For I did not forget Your mitzvot.