[1] Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.
[2] Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.
[3] They do no iniquity; they walk in His ways.
[4] You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.
[5] Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!
[6] Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.
[7] I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.
[8] I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me. BETH
[9] How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.
[10] With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.
[11] I have hidden Your word 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 proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth.
[14] I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches.
[15] I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways.
[16] I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word. GIMEL
[17] Deal 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] I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.
[20] My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.
[21] You rebuke the arrogant— the cursed who stray from Your commandments.
[22] Remove my scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.
[23] Though rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
[24] Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors. DALETH
[25] My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.
[26] I recounted my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes.
[27] Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders.
[28] My soul melts with sorrow; strengthen me according to Your word.
[29] Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.
[30] I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.
[31] I cling to Your testimonies, O LORD; let me not be put to shame.
[32] I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart. HE
[33] Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end.
[34] Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
[35] Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.
[36] Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
[37] Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
[38] Establish Your word to Your servant, to produce reverence for You.
[39] Turn away the disgrace I dread, for Your judgments are good.
[40] How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness. WAW
[41] May Your loving devotion come to me, O LORD, Your salvation, according to Your promise.
[42] Then I can answer him who taunts, for I trust in Your word.
[43] Never take Your word of truth from my mouth, for I hope in Your judgments.
[44] I will always obey Your law, forever and ever.
[45] And I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts.
[46] I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.
[47] I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
[48] I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes. ZAYIN
[49] Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope.
[50] This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life.
[51] The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.
[52] I remember Your judgments of old, O LORD, and in them I find comfort.
[53] Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law.
[54] Your statutes are songs to me in the house of my pilgrimage.
[55] In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.
[56] This is my practice, for I obey Your precepts. HETH
[57] The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.
[58] I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise.
[59] I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.
[60] I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.
[61] Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law.
[62] At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments.
[63] I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.
[64] The earth is filled with Your loving devotion, O LORD; teach me Your statutes. TETH
[65] You are good to Your servant, O LORD, according to Your word.
[66] Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.
[67] Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.
[68] You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.
[69] Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.
[70] Their hearts are hard and callous, but I delight in Your law.
[71] It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
[72] The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. YODH
[73] Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
[74] May those who fear You see me and rejoice, for I have hoped in Your word.
[75] I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
[76] May Your loving devotion comfort me, I pray, according to Your promise to Your servant.
[77] May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.
[78] May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.
[79] May those who fear You turn to me, those who know Your testimonies.
[80] May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame. KAPH
[81] My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
[82] My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”
[83] Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
[84] How many days must Your servant wait? When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?
[85] The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.
[86] All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!
[87] They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts.
[88] Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth. LAMEDH
[89] Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.
[90] Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.
[91] Your ordinances stand to this day, for all things are servants to You.
[92] If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
[93] I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.
[94] I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
[95] The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.
[96] I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit. MEM
[97] Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.
[98] Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.
[99] I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.
[100] I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.
[101] I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.
[102] I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me.
[103] How sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in my mouth!
[104] I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way. NUN
[105] Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
[106] I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
[107] I am severely afflicted, O LORD; revive me through Your word.
[108] Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me Your judgments.
[109] I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law.
[110] The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.
[111] Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
[112] I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, even to the very end. SAMEKH
[113] The double-minded I despise, but Your law I love.
[114] You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.
[115] Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
[116] Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; let me not be ashamed of my hope.
[117] Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes.
[118] You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.
[119] All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.
[120] My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments. AYIN
[121] I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.
[122] Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
[123] My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.
[124] Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion, and teach me Your statutes.
[125] I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.
[126] It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.
[127] Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
[128] Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way. PE
[129] Wonderful are Your testimonies; therefore I obey them.
[130] The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.
[131] I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.
[132] Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name.
[133] Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
[134] Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts.
[135] Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.
[136] My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed. TZADE
[137] Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.
[138] The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful.
[139] My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.
[140] Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.
[141] I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.
[142] Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.
[143] Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.
[144] Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. KOPH
[145] I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes.
[146] I call to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies.
[147] I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
[148] My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word.
[149] Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion; give me life according to Your justice.
[150] Those who follow after wickedness draw near; they are far from Your law.
[151] You are near, O LORD, and all Your commandments are true.
[152] Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You have established them forever. RESH
[153] Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law.
[154] Defend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word.
[155] Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes.
[156] Great are Your mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your ordinances.
[157] Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.
[158] I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.
[159] Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.
[160] The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever. SIN and SHIN
[161] Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.
[162] I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil.
[163] I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.
[164] Seven times a day I praise You for Your righteous judgments.
[165] Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your instruction; nothing can make them stumble.
[166] I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, and I carry out Your commandments.
[167] I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly.
[168] I obey Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You. TAW
[169] May my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.
[170] May my plea come before You; rescue me according to Your promise.
[171] My lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes.
[172] My tongue sings of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.
[173] May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.
[174] I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.
[175] Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me.
[176] I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.