ח Heth

57 dYou are my portion, O Lord;

I have said that I would keep Your words.

58 I entreated Your favor with my whole heart;

Be merciful to me according to Your word.

59 I ethought about 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 fAt midnight I will rise to give thanks to You,

Because of Your righteous judgments.

63 I am a companion of all who fear You,

And of those who keep Your precepts.

64 gThe earth, O Lord, is full of Your mercy;

Teach me Your statutes.

ט Teth

65 You have dealt well with Your servant,

O Lord, according to Your word.

66 Teach me good judgment and hknowledge,

For I believe Your commandments.

67 Before I was iafflicted I went astray,

But now I keep Your word.

68 You are jgood, and do good;

Teach me Your statutes.

69 The proud have kforged 2a lie against me,

But I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart.

70 lTheir heart is 3as fat as grease,

But I delight in Your law.

71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted,

That I may learn Your statutes.

72 mThe law of Your mouth is better to me

Than thousands of coins of gold and silver.

י Yod

73 nYour hands have made me and fashioned me;

Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.

74 oThose who fear You will be glad when they see me,

Because I have hoped in Your word.

75 I know, O Lord, pthat Your judgments are 4right,

And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

76 Let, I pray, Your merciful kindness be for 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 qbe ashamed,

For they treated me wrongfully with falsehood;

But I will meditate on Your precepts.

79 Let those who fear You turn to me,

Those who know Your testimonies.

80 Let my heart be blameless regarding Your statutes,

That I may not be ashamed.

כ‍ Kaph

81 rMy soul faints for Your salvation,

But I hope in Your word.

82 My eyes fail from searching Your word,

Saying, “When will You comfort me?”

83 For sI have become like a wineskin in smoke,

Yet I do not forget Your statutes.

84 tHow many are the days of Your servant?

uWhen will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?

85 vThe proud have dug pits for me,

Which is not according to Your law.

86 All Your commandments are faithful;

They persecute me wwrongfully;

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 lovingkindness,

So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth.

ל Lamed

89 xForever, O Lord,

Your word 5is settled in heaven.

90 Your faithfulness endures to all generations;

You established the earth, and it 6abides.

91 They continue this day according to yYour ordinances,

For all are Your servants.

92 Unless Your law had been my delight,

I would then have perished in my affliction.

93 I will never forget Your precepts,

For by them You have given me life.

94 I am Yours, save me;

For I have sought Your precepts.

95 The wicked wait for me to destroy me,

But I will 7consider Your testimonies.

96 zI have seen the consummation of all perfection,

But Your commandment is exceedingly broad.

מ‍ Mem

97 Oh, how I love Your law!

aIt is my meditation all the day.

98 You, through Your commandments, make me bwiser than my enemies;

For they are ever with me.

99 I have more understanding than all my teachers,

cFor Your testimonies are my meditation.

100 dI understand more than the 8ancients,

Because I keep Your precepts.

101 I have restrained my feet from every evil way,

That I may keep Your word.

102 I have not departed from Your judgments,

For You Yourself have taught me.

103 eHow sweet are Your words to my taste,

Sweeter than honey to my mouth!

104 Through Your precepts I get understanding;

Therefore I hate every false way.

נ‍ Nun

105 fYour word is a lamp to my feet

And a light to my path.

106 gI have sworn and confirmed

That I will keep Your righteous judgments.

107 I am afflicted very much;

Revive me, O Lord, according to Your word.

108 Accept, I pray, hthe freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord,

And teach me Your judgments.

109 iMy life is continually 9in my hand,

Yet I do not forget Your law.

110 jThe wicked have laid a snare for me,

Yet I have not strayed from Your precepts.

111 kYour testimonies I have taken as a 1heritage forever,

For they are the rejoicing of my heart.

112 I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes

Forever, to the very end.