¹ [ALEPH.] How happy the men of blameless life, who walk in the law of Yahweh.

² How happy they who observe his testimonies, with a whole heart, they seek him.

³ Yea, they have not wrought perversity, In his ways, have they walked.

⁴ Thou, hast commanded thy precepts, that they should be diligently kept.

⁵ Oh would that my ways might be settled! that I might keep thy statutes.

⁶ Then, shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

⁷ I will thank thee with uprightness of heart, when I have learned thy righteous regulations.

⁸ Thy statutes, will I keep, Do not thou forsake me utterly.

⁹ [BETH.] Wherewithal can a young man keep pure his way? By taking heed, according to thy word.

¹⁰ With all my heart, have I sought thee, Suffer me not to be led astray from thy commandments.

¹¹ In my heart, have I treasured what thou hast said, to the end I may not sin against thee.

¹² Blessed art thou, O Yahweh—Teach me thy statutes.

¹³ With my lips, have I recounted All the regulations of thy mouth.

¹⁴ In the way of thy testimonies, have I rejoiced, Like as over all riches.

¹⁵ In thy precepts, will I meditate, that I may discern thy paths.

¹⁶ In thy statutes, will I find my dear delight, I will not forget thy word.

¹⁷ [GIMEL.] Bestow thy bounties upon thy servant—let me live, That I may observe thy word.

¹⁸ Unveil thou mine eyes, that I may discern Wondrous things out of thy law.

¹⁹ A sojourner, am, I, in the earth, Do not hide from me, thy commandments.

²⁰ My soul is crushed with longing for thy just decisions at all times.

²¹ Thou hast rebuked the proud as accursed, who stray from thy commandments.

²² Roll from off me, reproach and contempt, For, thy testimonies, have I observed.

²³ Even rulers have taken their seat, against me, have talked, Thy servant, will still meditate in thy statutes.

²⁴ Yea, thy testimonies, are my dear delight, My counsellors.

²⁵ [DALETH.] My soul, cleaveth to the dust, Give me life, according to thy word.

²⁶ My ways, I recounted, and thou didst answer me, Teach me thy statutes.

²⁷ The way of thy precepts, cause thou me to understand, and I will indeed meditate in thy wonders.

²⁸ My soul weepeth itself away, for grief, Confirm thou me, according to thy word.

²⁹ The way of falsehood, take thou from me, and, with thy law, O favour me.

³⁰ The way of faithfulness, have I chosen, Thy regulations, have I deemed right.

³¹ I have kept close to thy testimonies, O Yahweh! do not put me to shame.

³² The way of thy commandments, will I run, for thou wilt enlarge my heart.

³³ [HE.] Point out to me, O Yahweh, the way of thy statutes, that I may observe it unto the end.

³⁴ Give me understanding, that I may observe thy law, that I may keep it with a whole heart.

³⁵ Guide me in the path of thy commandments, for, therein, do I find pleasure.

³⁶ Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not unto unjust gain.

³⁷ Turn away mine eyes, from beholding vanity, In thy way, give me life.

³⁸ Establish, unto thy servant, thy word, which pertaineth to the reverence of thee.

³⁹ Cause to pass away my reproach, that I have feared, for, thy regulations, are good.

⁴⁰ Lo! I have longed for thy precepts, In thy righteousness, give me life.

⁴¹ [WAW.] And let thy lovingkindness reach me, O Yahweh, thy salvation, according to thy word.

⁴² So shall I have something to answer him that reproacheth me, That I have trusted in thy word.

⁴³ And do not snatch away from my mouth the word of truth in any wise, because, for thy regulation, have I waited.

⁴⁴ That I may keep thy law continually, to times age-abiding and beyond.

⁴⁵ That I may walk to and fro in a large place, because, thy precepts, have I sought.

⁴⁶ That I may speak of thy testimonies before kings, and not be ashamed.

⁴⁷ That I may find dear delight in thy commandments, which I have loved.

⁴⁸ That I may lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and may meditate in thy statutes.

⁴⁹ [ZAYIN.] Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.

⁵⁰ This, is my comfort in mine affliction, that, thy word, hath given me life.

⁵¹ Insolent men, have derided me exceedingly, From thy law, have I not swerved.

⁵² I have remembered thy regulations, [which have come down] from age-past times, O Yahweh, and have consoled myself.

⁵³ A raging heat, hath seized me, by reason of the lawless, who forsake thy law.

⁵⁴ Songs, have thy statutes become to me, in my house of sojourn.

⁵⁵ I have remembered, in the night, thy Name, O Yahweh, and have kept thy law.

⁵⁶ This, have I had, because, thy precepts, have I observed.

⁵⁷ [HETH.] My portion, is Yahweh, I have promised that I would keep thy words.

⁵⁸ I have sought the smile of thy face with all my heart, Show me favour, according to thy word.

⁵⁹ I have thought upon my ways, and have turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

⁶⁰ I have hastened, and not delayed, to keep thy commandments.

⁶¹ The meshes of the lawless, have surrounded me, Thy law, have I not forgotten.

⁶² At midnight, I arise to give thanks unto thee, For thy righteous regulations.

⁶³ Companion, am I, to all who revere thee, and to them who keep thy precepts.

⁶⁴ Of thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, the earth, is full, Thy statutes, teach thou me.

⁶⁵ [TETH.] Well, hast thou dealt with thy servant, O Yahweh, according to thy word.

⁶⁶ Good judgment and knowledge, teach thou me, For, in thy commandments, have I trusted.

⁶⁷ Before I was afflicted, I myself was going astray, but, now, thy word, have I kept.

⁶⁸ Good, thou art, and doing good, Teach me thy statutes.

⁶⁹ Insolent men have plastered falsehood over me, I, with a whole heart, will observe thy precepts.

⁷⁰ Gross, like fat, is their heart, I, in thy law, have found dear delight.

⁷¹ It is, well for me, that I was afflicted, That I might learn thy statutes.

⁷² Better to me, is the law of thy mouth, than thousands of gold and silver.

⁷³ [YODH.] Thine own hands, have made me, and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

⁷⁴ They who revere thee, shall see me and rejoice, that, for thy word, I waited.

⁷⁵ I know, O Yahweh, that righteous are thy regulations, and, in faithfulness, didst thou afflict me.

⁷⁶ Let thy lovingkindness, I beseech thee, serve to comfort me, according to thy word to thy servant.

⁷⁷ Let thy compassions reach me, that I may live, for, thy law, is my dear delight.

⁷⁸ Let insolent men, be ashamed, because, by means of falsehood, they have dealt with me perversely, I, will meditate in thy precepts.

⁷⁹ Let them who revere thee, turn unto me, even they who know thy testimonies.

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

⁸¹ [KAPH.] My soul, hath languished for thy salvation, For thy word, have I hoped.

⁸² Mine eyes have failed for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

⁸³ Though I have been like a wine-skin in the smoke, thy statutes, have I not forgotten.

⁸⁴ How few are the days of thy servant! When wilt thou execute sentence on my persecutors?

⁸⁵ Insolent men digged for me pits, men who are not according to thy law.

⁸⁶ All thy commandments, are faithful, With falsehood, have they persecuted me, O help me!

⁸⁷ A little more, and they had consumed me in the earth, but, I, forsake not thy precepts.