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📚✭Blessed are the undefiledin the way,
who walk in the law of the Lord.
2 📚Blessed are those
who keep his
testimonies✭,
and who seek✭ him with
their whole heart.
3 📚✭They also do no evil; they walk
in
his ways.
4 📚✭You have commanded us
to keep your
precepts✭ diligently.
5 📚✭Oh, that my ways were directed
to keep
your statutes✭!
6 📚Then I would not be ashamed✭,
when I pay attention to all your
commandments.
7 📚✭I will praise you with uprightness
of heart,
when I learn your righteous judgments✭.
8 📚✭I will keep your statutes.
Oh, do not utterly forsake me.
BETH
9 📚✭How can a young man make
his way clean?
By keeping watch on it
according to your word.
10 📚✭I have sought you with
my whole heart.
Oh, do not let me wander from
your commandments.
11 📚✭Your word I have hidden
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 have declared
all the judgments of your mouth.
14 📚✭I have rejoiced in the way
of your testimonies,
as much as in all riches.
15 📚✭I will meditate on your precepts,
and pay attention to your ways.
16 📚I will delight myself
in your statutes.
I will not forget your word.
GIMEL
17 📚✭Do good to your servant
that I may live
and keep your word.
18 📚✭Open my eyes that I may see
wonderful things from your law.
19 📚I am a stranger✭
on earth.
Do not hide your commandments
from me.
20 📚✭My soul breaks with the longing
that it has for
your judgments at all times.
21 📚You rebuke the proud,
who are accursed,
who go astray from your
commandments.
22 📚Remove reproach and contempt
from me,
for I have kept your testimonies.
23 📚✭Princes also sit and speak
against me;
but your servant meditates
on your statutes.
24 📚✭Your testimonies also are
my delight and
my counsellors.
DALETH
25 📚✭My soul clings to the dust.
Revive✭ me in accordance
with your word.
26 📚✭I declared my ways,
and you answered me.
Teach✭ me your statutes.
27 📚Make me understand the way
of your precepts;
so I will meditate on your wonderful
works.
28 📚✭My soul melts from heaviness.
Strengthen me according
to your word.
29 📚✭Remove from me the way
of lying,
and graciously grant me your law.
30 📚✭I have chosen the way
of truth;
I have placed your judgments before me.
31 📚✭I cling to your testimonies.
O LORD, do not put me to shame.
32 📚✭I will run in the path
of your commandments,
when you enlarge my heart.
HE
33 📚✭Teach me, O LORD, the way
of your statutes,
and I will keep it to the end.
34 📚Give me understanding,
and I will keep your law;
yes, I will observe it with my
whole heart.
35 📚✭Cause me to go in the path
of your commandments,
for I delight in it.
36 📚✭Turn my heart to your testimonies,
and not to covetousness.
37 📚✭Turn away my eyes from seeing
worthless things,
and revive me in your way.
38 📚✭Establish your word
to your servant,
who is devoted to your fear.
39 📚✭Turn away my reproach,
which I fear;
for your judgments are good.
40 📚✭See, I have longed for
your precepts.
Revive me in your righteousness.
VAV
41 📚✭Also let your mercies
come to me,
O LORD, your salvation,
according to
your word.
42 📚So I will have an answer
for him who taunts me;
for I trust in your word.
43 📚✭And do not take the word of truth
completely from my mouth;
for I have put hope
in your judgments.
44 📚✭So I will keep your law continually
forever and ever.
45 📚And I will walk in liberty;
for I seek your precepts.
46 📚I will speak of your testimonies
also before kings,
and will not be ashamed.
47 📚✭And I will delight myself
in your commandments,
which I love.
48 📚✭I will also lift my hands to your
commandments, which I love,
and I will meditate on your statutes.
ZAYIN
49 📚✭Remember the word
to your servant,
on which you have caused me
to hope.
50 📚✭This is my comfort
in my affliction;
for your word has revived me.
51 📚✭The proud have derided me
greatly;
yet I have not turned
away from your law.
52 📚✭I remembered your judgments
of old,
O LORD, and have comforted
myself.
53 📚✭Indignation has taken hold
of me because of the wicked
who forsake your law.
54 📚✭Your statutes have been
my songs in the house
of my pilgrimage.
55 📚✭I remember your name,
O LORD, in the night,
and keep your law.
56 📚✭This has been my way,
because I keep your precepts.
KHETH
57 📚✭You are my portion✭,
O LORD;
I have said that I would keep✭
your words.
58 📚✭I entreated your favour
with my whole heart.
Be merciful to me according
to your word.
59 📚I thought on my ways,
and turned my feet
to your testimonies.
60 📚✭I made haste, and did not delay
to keep your commandments.
61 📚✭The cords of the wicked
have bound me,
but I have not forgotten
your law.
62 📚✭At midnight I will rise
to give thanks✭ to you,
because of your righteous judgments.
63 📚✭I am a companion of all
those who fear you,
and of those who keep your
precepts.
64 📚The earth, O LORD, is full✭
of your mercy.
Teach✭ me your statutes.
TETH
65 📚✭You have dealt well
with your servant,
O LORD, according to your word.
66 📚✭Teach me good judgment
and knowledge,
for I have believed your
commandments.
67 📚✭Before I was afflicted
I went astray,
but now I have kept your word.
68 📚You are good,
and do good.
Teach me your statutes.
69 📚✭The proud have forged a lie
against me,
but I will keep your precepts
with my whole heart.
70 📚✭Their heart is as fat as grease;
but I delight in your law.
71 📚✭It is good for me that
I have been afflicted that
I might learn your statutes.
72 📚✭To me the law of your mouth
is better than thousands
of pieces of gold
and silver.
YOD
73 📚Your hands have made me
and formed✭ me.
Give me understanding✭ that
I may learn your commandments.
74 📚✭Those who fear you will be glad
when they see me,
because I have hoped in your word.
75 📚✭I know, O LORD,
that your judgments are
right,
and that you in faithfulness
have afflicted me.
76 📚✭Let, I pray, your merciful kindness
be my comfort,
according to your word to your
servant.
77 📚✭Let your tender mercies come
to me that I may live,
for your law is my delight.
78 📚✭Let the proud be ashamed,
for they treated me wrongly,
without a cause;
but I will meditate on your precepts.
79 📚✭Let those who fear you turn
to me,
and those who have known your
testimonies.
80 📚Let my heart be blameless✭
in your statutes,
so that I may not be ashamed✭.
KAPH
81 📚✭My soul faints✭ for your salvation;
but I hope✭ in your word.
82 📚My eyes fail for your word,
saying, “When will you
comfort me?”
83 📚✭For I have become like a bottle
in the smoke;
yet I do not forget✭
your statutes.
84 📚How many are the days
of your servant?
When will you execute judgment
on those who persecute me?
85 📚✭The proud have dug pits for me,
which is not according
to your law.
86 📚All your commandments
are trustworthy✭.
They persecute me wrongfully.
Help me!
87 📚✭They almost made an end of me
on earth,
but I did not forsake your precepts.
88 📚✭Revive me according
to your loving kindness;
so I will keep the testimony
of your mouth.
LAMED
89 📚✭Forever, O LORD,
your word stands firm in heaven.
90 📚✭Your faithfulness is
to all generations.
You have established the earth,
and it remains.
91 📚They continue to this day in
accordance with your ordinances✭.
For all things ✭ are
your servants.
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 with them you have revived me.
94 📚✭I am yours; save me,
for I have sought your precepts.
95 📚✭The wicked have waited for me
to destroy me;
but I will consider your
testimonies.
96 📚✭I have seen an end of all
perfection;
but your commandment is
exceedingly broad.
MEM
97 📚✭O how I love your law!
It is my meditation✭
all the day.
98 📚✭Through your commandments
you have made me wiser than
my enemies,
for they are always with me.
99 📚I have more understanding
than all my teachers,
for your testimonies are
my meditation.
100 📚I understand more than
the ancients,
because I keep your precepts.
101 📚✭I have withheld my feet
from every evil way,
that I might keep your word.
102 📚✭I have not departed from
your judgments,
for you have taught me.
103 📚✭How sweet are your words to
my taste!
Yes, sweeter than honey
to my mouth!
104 📚✭Through your precepts
I get understanding;
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 that
I will keep your
righteous judgments,
and I will perform it.
107 📚✭I am greatly afflicted.
Revive me, O LORD, according
to your word.
108 📚Accept, I pray, the freewill
offerings of my mouth, O LORD,
and teach✭ me your judgments.
109 📚My soul is continually
in my hand;
yet I do not forget your law.
110 📚✭The wicked have laid a snare
for me;
yet I have not gone astray from
your precepts.
111 📚✭I have taken your testimonies
as a heritage forever,
for they are the rejoicing
of my heart.
112 📚✭I have inclined my heart to
perform your statutes continually,
to the end.
SAMEKH
113 📚✭I hate divided thoughts,
but I love your law.
114 📚You are my hiding place
and my shield✭.
I hope✭ in your word.
115 📚✭Depart from me, you evildoers;
for I will keep the commandments
of my God.
116 📚✭Uphold me according
to your word,
that I may live;
and do not let me be ashamed
of my hope.
117 📚Hold me up, and I will be safe,
and I will observe your statutes
continually.
118 📚✭You reject all those who go astray
from your statutes,
for their deceit is falsehood.
119 📚✭You put an end to all the wicked
of the earth like dross;
therefore I love your testimonies.
120 📚✭My flesh trembles for fear
of you,
and I am in awe of your judgments.
AYIN
121 📚✭I have acted in justice and
righteousness;
do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 📚Give a pledge to your servant for good.
Do not let the proud oppress me.
123 📚✭My eyes fail for your salvation,
and for the word of your righteousness.
124 📚Deal✭ with your servant according
to your mercy,
and teach✭ me your statutes.
125 📚✭I am your servant.
Give me understanding so that I may
know your testimonies.
126 📚✭It is time for you,
LORD, to work,
for they have violated
your law.
127 📚✭Therefore I love your commandments
more than gold,
yes, more than fine gold.
128 📚Therefore I regard all your
precepts concerning everything
to be right✭,
and I hate every false way✭.
PEY
129 📚✭Your testimonies are
wonderful;
therefore my soul keeps them.
130 📚✭The entrance of your words
gives light;
it gives understanding
to the simple.
131 📚✭I opened my mouth
and panted,
for I longed for your commandments.
132 📚✭Look at me, and be merciful
to me,
as you always do to those who love
your name.
133 📚✭Direct my steps in your word,
and do not let any sin get the
mastery over me.
134 📚✭Deliver me from the oppression
of man;
so I will keep your precepts.
135 📚Make your face shine✭
on your servant,
and teach✭ me your statutes.
136 📚✭Rivers of water run down
my eyes,
because they do not keep your law.
TSADE
137 📚✭You are righteous,
O LORD,
and your judgments are upright.
138 📚Your testimonies that
you have commanded are
righteous and very
trustworthy✭.
139 📚✭My zeal has consumed me,
because my enemies have forgotten
your words.
140 📚✭Your word is very pure;
therefore your servant loves it.
141 📚I am small✭ and despised;
yet I do not forget✭ your
precepts.
142 📚✭Your righteousness is an
everlasting righteousness,
and your law is the truth.
143 📚✭Trouble and anguish have taken
hold of me;
yet your commandments are
my delight.
144 📚✭The righteousness of your testimonies
is everlasting;
give me understanding, and I will live.
KOPH
145 📚✭I cried out with my
whole heart.
Hear me, O LORD.
I will keep your statutes.
146 📚✭I cried out to you. Save me,
and I will keep your testimonies.
147 📚✭I rise before dawn in the morning,
and cry out. I hope in your word.
148 📚✭My eyes remain awake through
the night watches,
that I might meditate on your word.
149 📚✭Hear my voice, according to your
loving kindness.
O LORD, revive me according to
your judgment.
150 📚✭Those who follow evil draw near;
they are far from your law.
151 📚✭You are near, O LORD,
and all your commandments are truth.
152 📚✭Concerning your testimonies,
I have known for a long time
that you have established them
forever.
RESH
153 📚✭Consider my affliction,
and rescue me;
for I do not forget your law.
154 📚Plead my cause,
and rescue me.
Revive me according to your word.
155 📚✭Salvation is far from the wicked,
for they do not seek your statutes.
156 📚Great are your tender
mercies✭, O LORD.
Revive✭ me according
to your judgments.
157 📚✭Many are my persecutors
and my enemies;
yet I do not turn away
from your testimonies.
158 📚I saw the transgressors,
and was grieved
because they did not keep
your word.
159 📚✭Consider how I love your precepts.
Revive me, O LORD, according
to your loving kindness.
160 📚✭Your word is true
from the beginning,
and every one of your righteous
judgments remains
forever.
SHIN
161 📚Princes have persecuted✭ me
without a cause,
but my heart stands in awe✭
of your word.
162 📚✭I rejoice at your word,
like someone who
finds great plunder.
163 📚✭I hate and abhor lying,
but I love your law.
164 📚✭Seven times a day I praise you
because of your righteous
judgments.
165 📚✭Great peace have they
who love your law,
and nothing makes them stumble.
166 📚✭LORD, I hope for your salvation,
and do your commandments.
167 📚My soul has kept your testimonies,
and I love them exceedingly.
168 📚I have kept your precepts
and your testimonies,
for all my ways are
before you.
TAV
169 📚✭Let my cry come before you,
O LORD.
Give me understanding according
to your word.
170 📚Let my supplication come
before you.
Deliver me according to your word.
171 📚✭My lips will utter praise,
for you teach me your statutes.
172 📚✭My tongue will speak
of your word,
for all your commandments
are righteous.
173 📚Let your hand help✭ me,
for I have chosen✭ your precepts.
174 📚✭I have longed for your salvation,
O LORD, and your law is
my delight.
175 📚✭Let my soul live, and it will
praise you;
and let your judgments help me.
176 📚✭I have gone astray like
a lost sheep.
Seek your servant, for I do not
forget your commandments.