1 ALEPH. BLESSED are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.

2 Blessed are they who keep his testimonies, and seek him with the whole heart.

3 They also do no iniquity; they walk in his ways.

4 Thou hast commanded them to keep thy precepts diligently.

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

6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have observed 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 forsake me not utterly.

9 BETH. With what shall a young man cleanse his way in order that he may observe thy commandments?

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

11 Thy words have I impressed on my heart, that I might not sin against thee.

12 Blessed art thou, O LORD; teach me thy statutes.

13 With my lips have I repeated all thy righteous judgments.

14 I have been delighted in the way of thy testimonies, more than in all riches.

15 I have meditated in thy commandments, and am familiar with thy ways.

16 I have meditated in thy law in order that I may not forget thy words.

17 GAMEL. Answer thy servant, that I may live and keep thy words.

18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

19 I am a sojourner with thee; hide not thy commandments from me.

20 My soul is pleased and desires thy judgments at all times.

21 Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles, and cursed are those who go astray from thy commandments.

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

23 The ungodly sat and plotted against me; but I meditated in thy statutes.

24 I have meditated also in thy testimonies and in thy good counsel.

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

26 I have declared my ways and thou heardest me; teach me thy law.

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

28 My soul is vexed from meditation; quicken me according to thy word.

29 Remove from me the practices of the wicked, and teach me thy law.

30 I have chosen the way of thy truth: thy judgments have delighted me.

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

32 I have walked in the way of thy commandments, because thou hast made me joyful.

33 HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy commandments; and I shall keep them 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 fables.

37 Turn away mine eyes that they may not behold falsehood; and quicken thou me in thy way.

38 Strengthen thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thee.

39 Turn away my reproach: because thy judgments are good.

40 Behold, I have delighted in thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.

41 VAU. Let thy mercies come also to me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word.

42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him who reproaches me; for I trust in thy word.

43 Let not the word of truth depart from my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.

44 So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.

45 And I will walk at liberty because I have been delighted in thy commandments.

46 I will speak truthfully before kings, and will not be ashamed.

47 And I will meditate on thy commandments, which I have loved.

48 My hands also will I lift up to thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy commandments, and I will be glorified in thy faith.

49 ZEN. Remember thy word to thy servant, upon which thou hast made me to hope.

50 In it have I been comforted in my humiliation; for thy word has quickened me.

51 The ungodly have oppressed me greatly; yet have I not swerved from thy law.

52 I have remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD, and have been comforted; they have become a guide to me.

53 Horror has taken hold of 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 LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.

56 I have been comforted because I kept thy commandments.

57 KHETH. On the LORD'S business have I meditated, that I may keep thy commandments.

58 I entreated thy favor with my whole heart; save me according to thy word.

59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet to thy paths.

60 I prepared myself and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

61 The bands of the wicked have beset me; but I have not strayed from thy law.

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

63 I am a friend of all them that worship thee, and of them that keep thy commandments.

64 The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy; teach me thy statutes.

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

66 Teach me good judgment, grace, and knowledge; for I have believed thy commandments.

67 Even before I was humbled I believed; and I kept thy word.

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

69 The injustice of the proud has multiplied; but I keep thy commandments with my whole heart.

70 Their hearts are stubborn; but I keep thy law.

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

72 The law of thy mouth is better to me than thousands of things of gold and silver.

73 YOTH. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me; teach me thy law,

74 So that those who revere thee may see and rejoice, because I have hoped in thy word.

75 I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in thy faithfulness hast humbled me.

76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word to thy servant.

77 Let thy tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for I have been taught thy law.

78 Let the wicked be ashamed, for they have humbled me unjustly; but I have meditated in thy precepts.

79 Let those who reverence thee turn unto me, and those who have known thy testimonies.

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

81 CAPH. My soul hath longed for thy salvation, and I hope in thy word.

82 Mine eyes wait for thy word, when thou wilt comfort me.

83 For I have suffered all disgrace; yet do I not forget thy statutes.

84 How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

85 The wicked have digged a pit for me, which is not in accord with thy law.

86 All thy commandments are trustworthy; yet the wicked persecute me.

87 They had almost destroyed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy commandments.

88 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.

89 LAMED. For ever thou art, O LORD; thy word is established in heaven.

90 Thy faithfulness is to all generations; thou hast established the earth, and it abides.

91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances; for all are thy servants.

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

93 I will never forget thy commandments, because they are my very life.

94 I am thine, deliver me; for I have kept thy commandments.

95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me; but I understand thy testimonies.

96 I have seen the futility of all things; but thy commandment is exceeding broad.

97 MEM. O how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.

98 Make me wiser than mine enemies, because I have obeyed thy commandments.

99 Give me more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my meditation.

100 I understand more than the elders, because I keep thy statutes.

101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy commandments.

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

103 How sweet are thy words to the taste! yea, sweeter than honey to the mouth!

104 I have meditated on thy commandments; therefore I hate the way of the wicked.

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

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

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

108 With the words of my mouth be pleased, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.

109 My soul is continually in thy hands; I do not forget thy law.

110 Sinners have laid a snare for me; yet I erred not from thy commandments.

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 truly, even to the end.

113 SEMKETH. I hate the wicked; but thy law do I love.

114 Thou art my shelter and my refuge: I hope in thy word.

115 Depart from me, O you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.

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

117 Help me and I shall be safe, and I will be continually mindful of thy commandments.

118 Thou hast rejected all them that stray from thee; for their thought is ungodly.

119 Sustain me, and I shall be safe, and I will always meditate on thy commandments.

120 My flesh shrinks for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

121 AI. O thou that doeth judgment and justice, leave me not in the hand of mine oppressors.

122 Comfort thy servant with goodness; let not the proud slander me.

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

124 Deal with thy servant according to thy mercies, and teach me thy law.

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

126 It is time to serve the LORD; for they have nullified thy law.

127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold, yea, above precious stones.

128 Therefore I love all thy commandments; and I hate every way of the wicked.

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

130 Make plain thy word and enlighten and give understanding to the simple.

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

132 Look upon me, and be merciful to me, because I love thy name.

133 Direct my steps in thy path; let not the wicked have dominion over me.

134 Deliver me from the oppression of man; so will I keep thy statutes.

135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy law.

136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.

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

138 Thou hast commanded thy testimony in righteousness and faithfulness.

139 Zeal hath consumed me because thine enemies have forgotten thy word.

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

141 I am small and despised; yet I do not forget thy commandments.

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

143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me; yet I meditate on thy commandments.

144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting; give me understanding, and I shall live.

145 KOPH. I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD; I will keep thy statutes.

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

147 I arose at the dawn of the morning, and cried; I hoped in thy word.

148 Mine eyes open before the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.

149 Hear my voice according to thy lovingkindness, O LORD; quicken me according to thy judgment.

150 They draw near who follow after mischief; they are far from thy law.

151 Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth. Mine eyes open before the night watch to meditate on thy word.

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

153 RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me; for I do not forget thy law.

154 Judge my case, and deliver me; quicken me according to thy word.

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

156 Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD; quicken me according to thy judgments.

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

158 I beheld the transgressors and I knew they had not kept thy word.

159 Consider how I love thy commandments; quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.

160 The foundation of thy word is truth; and every one of thy righteous judgments endures for ever.

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

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

163 I hate and despise evil; but thy law do I love.

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

165 Great peace have they which love thy law; and they shall have no infirmity.

166 LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.

167 My soul has kept thy testimonies, and I love them exceedingly.

168 I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies; for all my ways are before thee.

169 TAU. Let my cry come before thee, O LORD; save me according to thy word.

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

171 My tongue shall speak of thy word; for all thy commandments are righteous.

172 My lips shall speak of thy praise when thou hast taught me thy commandments.

173 Let thine hand help me; for I have delighted in thy statutes.

174 I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and I meditate on thy law.

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 do not forget thy commandments.