“1 ALEPH. Blessed [are] the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law
of the LORD. 2 Blessed [are] they that keep his testimonies, [and that]
seek him with the whole heart. 3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in
his ways.”
“4 Thou hast commanded [us] 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 respect 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 forsake
me not utterly.”
“9 BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed
[thereto] according to thy word.”
“10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from
thy commandments.”
“11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against
thee.”
“12 Blessed [art] thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.”
“13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. 14 I
have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as [much as] in all riches.
15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. 16 I
will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.”
“17 GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, [that] I may live, and
keep thy word.”
“18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy
law.”
“19 I [am] a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from
me.”
“20 My soul breaketh for the longing [that it hath] unto thy judgments
at all times.”
“21 Thou hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, which do err from
thy commandments.”
“22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy
testimonies.”
“23 Princes also did sit [and] speak against me: [but] thy servant did
meditate in thy statutes.”
“24 Thy testimonies also [are] my delight [and] my counsellors.”
“25 DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according
to thy word.”
“26 I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy
statutes. 27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I
talk of thy wondrous works.”
“28 My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto
thy word. 29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law
graciously.”
“30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid [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.”
“33 HE. 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 mine eyes from beholding vanity; [and] quicken thou me
in thy way.”
“38 Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who [is devoted] to thy fear.”
“39 Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments [are] good.”
“40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy
righteousness.”
“41 VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, [even] thy
salvation, according to thy word. 42 So shall I have wherewith to answer
him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.”
“43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of 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: for I seek thy precepts. 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 My
hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and
I will meditate in thy statutes.”
“49 ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast
caused me to hope.”
“50 This [is] my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened
me.”
“51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: [yet] have I not
declined from thy law.”
“52 I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted
myself.”
“53 Horror hath 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.”
“57 CHETH. [Thou art] my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would
keep thy words.”
“58 I intreated thy favour with [my] whole heart: be merciful unto me
according to thy word.”
“59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. 60
I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.”
“61 The bands 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 thy
righteous judgments.”
“63 I [am] a companion of all [them] that fear thee, and of them that
keep thy precepts.”
“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
unto thy word. 66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have
believed thy commandments.”
“67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy
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 is as fat as grease;
[but] I delight in thy law.”
“71 [It is] good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn
thy statutes.”
“72 The law of thy mouth [is] better unto me than thousands of gold
and silver.”
“73 JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me
understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.”
“74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have
hoped in 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 merciful kindness be for my comfort,
according to thy word unto thy servant. 77 Let thy tender mercies 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 sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.”
“81 CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: [but] I hope in thy
word. 82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort
me?”
“83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; [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 proud have digged pits for me, which [are] not after thy law.
86 All thy commandments [are] faithful: they persecute me wrongfully;
help thou me. 87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook
not thy precepts.”
“88 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony
of thy mouth.”
“89 LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. 90 Thy
faithfulness [is] unto all generations: thou hast established the earth,
and it abideth. 91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances:
for all [are] thy servants.”
“92 Unless thy law [had been] my delights, I should then have perished
in mine affliction.”
“93 I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast
quickened me.”
“94 I [am] thine, save 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.”
“97 MEM. O how love I thy law! it [is] my meditation all the day.”
“98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine
enemies: for they [are] ever with me. 99 I have more understanding than
all my teachers: for thy testimonies [are] my meditation. 100 I
understand more than the ancients, 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 are thy words unto my taste! [yea, sweeter] than honey
to my mouth! 104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I
hate every false way.”
“105 NUN. Thy word [is] a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto 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 unto 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 do I not forget thy law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy
precepts.”
“111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they
[are] the rejoicing of my heart. 112 I have inclined mine heart to
perform thy statutes alway, [even unto] the end.”
“113 SAMECH. I hate [vain] thoughts: but thy law do I love.”
“114 Thou [art] my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.”
“115 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of
my God.”
“116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me
not be ashamed of my hope. 117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and
I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.”
“118 Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for
their deceit [is] falsehood. 119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the
earth [like] dross: therefore I love thy testimonies. 120 My flesh
trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.”
“121 AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine
oppressors. 122 Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud
oppress me.”
“123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy
righteousness.”
“124 Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy
statutes. 125 I [am] thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know
thy testimonies.”
“126 [It is] time for [thee], LORD, to work: [for] they have made void
thy law.”
“127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine
gold. 128 Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts [concerning] all [things
to be] right; [and] I hate every false way.”
“129 PE. Thy testimonies [are] wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep
them.”
“130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth 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 usest to do
unto those that love thy name.”
“133 Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have
dominion over me.”
“134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy
precepts.”
“135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy
statutes.”
“136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy
law.”
“137 TZADDI. Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, and upright [are] thy
judgments. 138 Thy testimonies [that] thou hast commanded [are]
righteous and very faithful.”
“139 My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy
words.”
“140 Thy word [is] very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.”
“141 I [am] small and despised: [yet] do not I forget thy precepts.”
“142 Thy righteousness [is] an everlasting righteousness, and thy law
[is] the truth.”
“143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: [yet] thy commandments
[are] my delights. 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 unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy
testimonies.”
“147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy
word. 148 Mine eyes prevent the [night] watches, that I might meditate
in thy word.”
“149 Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken
me according to thy judgment.”
“150 They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far 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.”
“153 RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not
forget thy law. 154 Plead my cause, 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 was grieved; because they kept
not thy word.”
“159 Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according
to thy lovingkindness.”
“160 Thy word [is] true [from] the beginning: and every one of thy
righteous judgments [endureth] for ever.”
“161 SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart
standeth in awe of thy word.”
“162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.”
“163 I hate and abhor lying: [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 nothing shall
offend them.”
“166 LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.”
“167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways [are]
before thee.”
“169 TAU. 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 word.”
“171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy
statutes.”
“172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments [are]
righteousness.”
“173 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. 174 I
have longed for thy salvation, 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 servant;
for I do not forget thy commandments.” (Psalm 119:1-176 AV)
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