✧ALEPH Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the LORD’s law. ✧2Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart. ✧3Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways. ✧4You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them. ✧5Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes! ✧6Then I wouldn’t be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments. ✧7I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments. ✧8I will observe your statutes. Don’t utterly forsake me. BETH ✧9How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. ✧10With my whole heart I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments. ✧11I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. ✧12Blessed are you, LORD. Teach me your statutes. ✧13With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth. ✧14I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches. ✧15I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways. ✧16I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word. GIMEL ✧17Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word. ✧18Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law. ✧19I am a stranger on the earth. Don’t hide your commandments from me. ✧20My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times. ✧21You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments. ✧22Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes. ✧23Though princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate on your statutes. ✧24Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors. DALETH ✧25My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word! ✧26I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes. ✧27Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works. ✧28My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word. ✧29Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously! ✧30I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me. ✧31I cling to your statutes, LORD. Don’t let me be disappointed. ✧32I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free. HE ✧33Teach me, LORD, the way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end. ✧34Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart. ✧35Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them. ✧36Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain. ✧37Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways. ✧38Fulfill your promise to your servant, that you may be feared. ✧39Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good. ✧40Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness. VAV ✧41Let your loving kindness also come to me, LORD, your salvation, according to your word. ✧42So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word. ✧43Don’t snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, for I put my hope in your ordinances. ✧44So I will obey your law continually, forever and ever. ✧45I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts. ✧46I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed. ✧47I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them. ✧48I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes. ZAYIN ✧49Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope. ✧50This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me. ✧51The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don’t swerve from your law. ✧52I remember your ordinances of old, LORD, and have comforted myself. ✧53Indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked who forsake your law. ✧54Your statutes have been my songs in the house where I live. ✧55I have remembered your name, LORD, in the night, and I obey your law. ✧56This is my way, that I keep your precepts. HETH ✧57The LORD is my portion. I promised to obey your words. ✧58I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word. ✧59I considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes. ✧60I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments. ✧61The ropes of the wicked bind me, but I won’t forget your law. ✧62At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances. ✧63I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts. ✧64The earth is full of your loving kindness, LORD. Teach me your statutes. TETH ✧65You have treated your servant well, according to your word, LORD. ✧66Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments. ✧67Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word. ✧68You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes. ✧69The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts. ✧70Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law. ✧71It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes. ✧72The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. YODH ✧73Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments. ✧74Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word. ✧75LORD, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me. ✧76Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant. ✧77Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight. ✧78Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts. ✧79Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes. ✧80Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be disappointed. KAPF ✧81My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word. ✧82My eyes fail for your word. I say, “When will you comfort me?” ✧83For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes. ✧84How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me? ✧85The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law. ✧86All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me! ✧87They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn’t forsake your precepts. ✧88Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth. LAMEDH ✧89LORD, your word is settled in heaven forever. ✧90Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains. ✧91Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you. ✧92Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. ✧93I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me. ✧94I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts. ✧95The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes. ✧96I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless. MEM ✧97How I love your law! It is my meditation all day. ✧98Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me. ✧99I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation. ✧100I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts. ✧101I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word. ✧102I have not turned away from your ordinances, for you have taught me. ✧103How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth! ✧104Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. NUN ✧105Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path. ✧106I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances. ✧107I am afflicted very much. Revive me, LORD, according to your word. ✧108Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. LORD, teach me your ordinances. ✧109My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won’t forget your law. ✧110The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts. ✧111I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart. ✧112I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end. SAMEKH ✧113I hate double-minded men, but I love your law. ✧114You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word. ✧115Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God. ✧116Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope. ✧117Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually. ✧118You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain. ✧119You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies. ✧120My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments. AYIN ✧121I have done what is just and righteous. Don’t leave me to my oppressors. ✧122Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me. ✧123My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word. ✧124Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes. ✧125I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies. ✧126It is time to act, LORD, for they break your law. ✧127Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold. ✧128Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way. PE ✧129Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them. ✧130The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple. ✧131I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments. ✧132Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name. ✧133Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me. ✧134Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts. ✧135Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes. ✧136Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your law. TZADHE ✧137You are righteous, LORD. Your judgments are upright. ✧138You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy. ✧139My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words. ✧140Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them. ✧141I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts. ✧142Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth. ✧143Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight. ✧144Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. QOPH ✧145I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, LORD! I will keep your statutes. ✧146I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes. ✧147I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words. ✧148My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on your word. ✧149Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, LORD, according to your ordinances. ✧150They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law. ✧151You are near, LORD. All your commandments are truth. ✧152Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever. RESH ✧153Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your law. ✧154Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise. ✧155Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don’t seek your statutes. ✧156Great are your tender mercies, LORD. Revive me according to your ordinances. ✧157Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies. ✧158I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don’t observe your word. ✧159Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, LORD, according to your loving kindness. ✧160All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. SIN AND SHIN ✧161Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words. ✧162I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder. ✧163I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law. ✧164Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances. ✧165Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble. ✧166I have hoped for your salvation, LORD. I have done your commandments. ✧167My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly. ✧168I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you. TAV ✧169Let my cry come before you, LORD. Give me understanding according to your word. ✧170Let my supplication come before you. Deliver me according to your word. ✧171Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes. ✧172Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are righteousness. ✧173Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts. ✧174I have longed for your salvation, LORD. Your law is my delight. ✧175Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me. ✧176I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.