18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
19 I ama stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hathunto thy judgments at all times.
21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that arecursed, which do err from thy commandments.
22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
23 Princes also did sit andspeak against me: butthy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
24 Thy testimonies also aremy delight andmy 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 untothe end.
34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with mywhole 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; andquicken thou me in thy way.
38 Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devotedto thy fear.
39 Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments aregood.
40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
41 VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, eventhy 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 ismy comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yethave 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 artmy portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
58 I intreated thy favour with mywhole 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: butI have not forgotten thy law.
62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
63 I ama companion of all themthat 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 artgood, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
69 The proud have forged a lie against me: butI will keep thy precepts with mywhole heart.
70 Their heart is as fat as grease; butI delight in thy law.
71 It isgood for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
72 The law of thy mouth isbetter 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 areright, and thatthou 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 ismy delight.
78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: butI 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: butI 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; yetdo I not forget thy statutes.
84 How many arethe days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that
persecute me?
85 The proud have digged pits for me, which arenot after thy law.
86 All thy commandments arefaithful: 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 isunto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all arethy servants.
92 Unless thy law had beenmy 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 amthine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: butI will consider thy testimonies.
96 I have seen an end of all perfection: butthy commandment isexceeding broad.
97 MEM. O how love I thy law! it ismy meditation all the day.
98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they areever
with me.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies aremy 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, sweeterthan honey to my mouth!
104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
105 NUN. Thy word isa 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 iscontinually 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 arethe rejoicing of my heart.
112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even untothe end.
113 SAMECH. I hate vainthoughts: but thy law do I love.
114 Thou artmy 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 isfalsehood.
119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth likedross: 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 amthy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
126 It istime for thee, LORD, to work: forthey have made void thy law.
127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
128 Therefore I esteem all thyprecepts concerningall things to beright; andI hate every false
way.
129 PE. Thy testimonies arewonderful: 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 artthou, O LORD, and upright arethy judgments.
138 Thy testimonies thatthou hast commanded arerighteous and very faithful.
139 My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
140 Thy word isvery pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
141 I amsmall and despised: yetdo not I forget thy precepts.
142 Thy righteousness isan everlasting righteousness, and thy law isthe truth.
143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yetthy commandments aremy delights.
144 The righteousness of thy testimonies iseverlasting: give me understanding, and I shall
live.
145 KOPH. I cried with mywhole 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 nightwatches, 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 artnear, O LORD; and all thy commandments aretruth.
152 Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.