Psalms 96:1-119:176 O sing unto the LORD a new song; sing unto the LORD, all the earth.

JPS_ASV_Byz⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ O sing unto the LORD a new song; sing unto the LORD, all the earth. ² Sing unto the LORD, bless His name; proclaim His salvation from day to day. ³ Declare His glory among the nations, His marvellous works among all the peoples. ⁴ For great is the LORD, and highly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods. ⁵ For all the gods of the peoples are things of nought; but the LORD made the heavens. ⁶ Honour and majesty are before Him; strength and beauty are in His sanctuary. ⁷ Ascribe unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the peoples, ascribe unto the LORD glory and strength. ⁸ Ascribe unto the LORD the glory due unto His name; bring an offering, and come into His courts. ⁹ O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness; tremble before Him, all the earth. ¹⁰ Say among the nations: 'The LORD reigneth.' The world also is established that it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity. ¹¹ Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; ¹² Let the field exult; and all that is therein; then shall all the trees of the wood sing for joy; ¹³ Before the LORD, for He is come; for He is come to judge the earth; He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples in His faithfulness. ⁹⁷ ¹ The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad. ² Clouds and darkness are round about Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. ³ A fire goeth before Him, and burneth up His adversaries round about. ⁴ His lightnings lighted up the world; the earth saw, and trembled. ⁵ The mountains melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. ⁶ The heavens declared His righteousness, and all the peoples saw His glory. ⁷ Ashamed be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of things of nought; bow down to Him, all ye gods. ⁸ Zion heard and was glad, and the daughters of Judah rejoiced; because of Thy judgments, O LORD. ⁹ For Thou, LORD, art most high above all the earth; Thou art exalted far above all gods. ¹⁰ O ye that love the LORD, hate evil; He preserveth the souls of His saints; He delivered them out of the hand of the wicked. ¹¹ Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. ¹² Be glad in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks to His holy name. ⁹⁸ ¹ A Psalm. O sing unto the LORD a new song; for He hath done marvellous things; His right hand, and His holy arm, hath wrought salvation for Him. ² The LORD hath made known His salvation; His righteousness hath He revealed in the sight of the nations. ³ He hath remembered His mercy and His faithfulness toward the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. ⁴ Shout unto the LORD, all the earth; break forth and sing for joy, yea, sing praises. ⁵ Sing praises unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp and the voice of melody. ⁶ With trumpets and sound of the horn shout ye before the King, the LORD. ⁷ Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein; ⁸ Let the floods clap their hands; let the mountains sing for joy together; ⁹ Before the LORD, for He is come to judge the earth; He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity. ⁹⁹ ¹ The LORD reigneth; let the peoples tremble; He is enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake. ² The LORD is great in Zion; and He is high above all the peoples. ³ Let them praise Thy name as great and awful; Holy is He. ⁴ The strength also of the king who loveth justice - Thou hast established equity, Thou hast executed justice and righteousness in Jacob. ⁵ Exalt ye the LORD our God, and prostrate yourselves at His footstool; Holy is He. ⁶ Moses and Aaron among His priests, and Samuel among them that call upon His name, did call upon the LORD, and He answered them. ⁷ He spoke unto them in the pillar of cloud; they kept His testimonies, and the statute that He gave them. ⁸ O LORD our God, Thou didst answer them; a forgiving God wast Thou unto them, though Thou tookest vengeance of their misdeeds. ⁹ Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at His holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy. ¹⁰⁰ ¹ A Psalm of thanksgiving. Shout unto the LORD, all the earth. ² Serve the LORD with gladness; come before His presence with singing. ³ Know ye that the LORD He is God; it is He that hath made us, and we our His, His people, and the flock of His pasture. ⁴ Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise; give thanks unto Him, and bless His name. ⁵ For the LORD is good; His mercy endureth for ever; and His faithfulness unto all generations. ¹⁰¹ ¹ A Psalm of David. I will sing of mercy and justice; unto Thee, O LORD, will I sing praises. ² I will give heed unto the way of integrity; Oh when wilt Thou come unto me? I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart. ³ I will set no base thing before mine eyes; I hate the doing of things crooked; it shall not cleave unto me. ⁴ A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know no evil thing. ⁵ Whoso slandereth his neighbour in secret, him will I destroy; whoso is haughty of eye and proud of heart, him will I not suffer. ⁶ Mine eyes are upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he that walketh in a way of integrity, he shall minister unto me. ⁷ He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house; he that speaketh falsehood shall not be established before mine eyes. ⁸ Morning by morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land; to cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of the LORD. ¹⁰² ¹ (102:1) A Prayer of the afflicted, when he fainteth, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD. (102:2) O LORD, hear my prayer, and let my cry come unto Thee. ² (102:3) Hide not Thy face from me in the day of my distress; incline Thine ear unto me; in the day when I call answer me speedily. ³ (102:4) For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a hearth. ⁴ (102:5) My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; for I forget to eat my bread. ⁵ (102:6) By reason of the voice of my sighing my bones cleave to my flesh. ⁶ (102:7) I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places. ⁷ (102:8) I watch, and am become like a sparrow that is alone upon the housetop. ⁸ (102:9) Mine enemies taunt me all the day; they that are mad against me do curse by me. ⁹ (102:10) For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, ¹⁰ (102:11) Because of Thine indignation and Thy wrath; for Thou hast taken me up, and cast me away. ¹¹ (102:12) My days are like a lengthening shadow; and I am withered like grass. ¹² (102:13) But Thou, O LORD, sittest enthroned for ever; and Thy name is unto all generations. ¹³ (102:14) Thou wilt arise, and have compassion upon Zion; for it is time to be gracious unto her, for the appointed time is come. ¹⁴ (102:15) For Thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and love her dust. ¹⁵ (102:16) So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth Thy glory; ¹⁶ (102:17) When the LORD hath built up Zion, when He hath appeared in His glory; ¹⁷ (102:18) When He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, and hath not despised their prayer. ¹⁸ (102:19) This shall be written for the generation to come; and a people which shall be created shall praise the LORD. ¹⁹ (102:20) For He hath looked down from the height of His sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth; ²⁰ (102:21) To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; ²¹ (102:22) That men may tell of the name of the LORD in Zion, and His praise in Jerusalem; ²² (102:23) When the peoples are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD. ²³ (102:24) He weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days. ²⁴ (102:25) I say: 'O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days, Thou whose years endure throughout all generations. ²⁵ (102:26) Of old Thou didst lay the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of Thy hands. ²⁶ (102:27) They shall perish, but Thou shalt endure; yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt Thou change them, and they shall pass away; ²⁷ (102:28) But Thou art the selfsame, and Thy years shall have no end. ²⁸ (102:29) The children of Thy servants shall dwell securely, and their seed shall be established before Thee.' ¹⁰³ ¹ A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name. ² Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits; ³ Who forgiveth all thine iniquity; who healeth all Thy diseases; ⁴ Who redeemeth Thy life from the pit; who encompasseth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; ⁵ Who satisfieth thine old age with good things; so that Thy youth is renewed like the eagle. ⁶ The LORD executeth righteousness, and acts of justice for all that are oppressed. ⁷ He made known His ways unto Moses, His doings unto the children of Israel. ⁸ The LORD is full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. ⁹ He will not always contend; neither will He keep His anger for ever. ¹⁰ He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor requited us according to our iniquities. ¹¹ For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that fear Him. ¹² As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us. ¹³ Like as a father hath compassion upon his children, so hath the LORD compassion upon them that fear Him. ¹⁴ For He knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust. ¹⁵ As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. ¹⁶ For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof knoweth it no more. ¹⁷ But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear Him, and His righteousness unto children's children; ¹⁸ To such as keep His covenant, and to those that remember His precepts to do them. ¹⁹ The LORD hath established His throne in the heavens; and His kingdom ruleth over all. ²⁰ Bless the LORD, ye angels of His, ye mighty in strength, that fulfil His word, hearkening unto the voice of His word. ²¹ Bless the LORD, all ye His hosts; ye ministers of His, that do His pleasure. ²² Bless the LORD, all ye His works, in all places of His dominion; bless the LORD, O my soul. ¹⁰⁴ ¹ Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, Thou art very great; Thou art clothed with glory and majesty. ² Who coverest Thyself with light as with a garment, who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain; ³ Who layest the beams of Thine upper chambers in the waters, who makest the clouds Thy chariot, who walkest upon the wings of the wind; ⁴ Who makest winds Thy messengers, the flaming fire Thy ministers. ⁵ Who didst establish the earth upon its foundations, that it should not be moved for ever and ever; ⁶ Thou didst cover it with the deep as with a vesture; the waters stood above the mountains. ⁷ At Thy rebuke they fled, at the voice of Thy thunder they hasted away - ⁸ The mountains rose, the valleys sank down - unto the place which Thou hadst founded for them; ⁹ Thou didst set a bound which they should not pass over, that they might not return to cover the earth. ¹⁰ Who sendest forth springs into the valleys; they run between the mountains; ¹¹ They give drink to every beast of the field, the wild asses quench their thirst. ¹² Beside them dwell the fowl of the heaven, from among the branches they sing. ¹³ Who waterest the mountains from Thine upper chambers; the earth is full of the fruit of Thy works. ¹⁴ Who causeth the grass to spring up for the cattle, and herb for the service of man; to bring forth bread out of the earth, ¹⁵ And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, making the face brighter than oil, and bread that stayeth man's heart. ¹⁶ The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon, which He hath planted; ¹⁷ Wherein the birds make their nests; as for the stork, the fir-trees are her house. ¹⁸ The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the conies. ¹⁹ Who appointedst the moon for seasons; the sun knoweth his going down. ²⁰ Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. ²¹ The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God. ²² The sun ariseth, they slink away, and couch in their dens. ²³ Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening. ²⁴ How manifold are Thy works, O LORD! In wisdom hast Thou made them all; the earth is full of Thy creatures. ²⁵ Yonder sea, great and wide, therein are creeping things innumerable, living creatures, both small and great. ²⁶ There go the ships; there is leviathan, whom Thou hast formed to sport therein. ²⁷ All of them wait for Thee, that Thou mayest give them their food in due season. ²⁸ Thou givest it unto them, they gather it; Thou openest Thy hand, they are satisfied with good. ²⁹ Thou hidest Thy face, they vanish; Thou withdrawest their breath, they perish, and return to their dust. ³⁰ Thou sendest forth Thy spirit, they are created; and Thou renewest the face of the earth. ³¹ May the glory of the LORD endure for ever; let the LORD rejoice in His works! ³² Who looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; He toucheth the mountains, and they smoke. ³³ I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have any being. ³⁴ Let my musing be sweet unto Him; as for me, I will rejoice in the LORD. ³⁵ Let sinners cease out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah. ¹⁰⁵ ¹ O give thanks unto the LORD, call upon His name; make known His doings among the peoples. ² Sing unto Him, sing praises unto Him; speak ye of all His marvellous works. ³ Glory ye in His holy name; let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. ⁴ Seek ye the LORD and His strength; seek His face continually. ⁵ Remember His marvellous works that He hath done, His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth; ⁶ O ye seed of Abraham His servant, ye children of Jacob, His chosen ones. ⁷ He is the LORD our God; His judgments are in all the earth. ⁸ He hath remembered His covenant for ever, the word which He commanded to a thousand generations; ⁹ The covenant which He made with Abraham, and His oath unto Isaac; ¹⁰ And He established it unto Jacob for a statute, to Israel for an everlasting covenant; ¹¹ Saying: 'Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance.' ¹² When they were but a few men in number. Yea, very few, and sojourners in it, ¹³ And when they went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people, ¹⁴ He suffered no man to do them wrong, yea, for their sake He reproved kings: ¹⁵ 'Touch not Mine anointed ones, and do My prophets no harm.' ¹⁶ And He called a famine upon the land; He broke the whole staff of bread. ¹⁷ He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant; ¹⁸ His feet they hurt with fetters, his person was laid in iron; ¹⁹ Until the time that his word came to pass, the word of the LORD tested him. ²⁰ The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the peoples, and set him free. ²¹ He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his possessions; ²² To bind his princes at his pleasure, and teach his elders wisdom. ²³ Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. ²⁴ And He increased His people greatly, and made them too mighty for their adversaries. ²⁵ He turned their heart to hate His people, to deal craftily with His servants. ²⁶ He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron whom He had chosen. ²⁷ They wrought among them His manifold signs, and wonders in the land of Ham. ²⁸ He sent darkness, and it was dark; and they rebelled not against His word. ²⁹ He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. ³⁰ Their land swarmed with frogs, in the chambers of their kings. ³¹ He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats in all their borders. ³² He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. ³³ He smote their vines also and their fig-trees; and broke the trees of their borders. ³⁴ He spoke, and the locust came, and the canker-worm without number, ³⁵ And did eat up every herb in their land, and did eat up the fruit of their ground. ³⁶ He smote also all the first-born in their land, the first-fruits of all their strength. ³⁷ And He brought them forth with silver and gold; and there was none that stumbled among His tribes. ³⁸ Egypt was glad when they departed; for the fear of them had fallen upon them. ³⁹ He spread a cloud for a screen; and fire to give light in the night. ⁴⁰ They asked, and He brought quails, and gave them in plenty the bread of heaven. ⁴¹ He opened the rock, and waters gushed out; they ran, a river in the dry places. ⁴² For He remembered His holy word unto Abraham His servant; ⁴³ And He brought forth His people with joy, His chosen ones with singing. ⁴⁴ And He gave them the lands of the nations, and they took the labour of the peoples in possession; ⁴⁵ That they might keep His statutes, and observe His laws. Hallelujah. ¹⁰⁶ ¹ Hallelujah. O give thanks unto the LORD; for He is good; for His mercy endureth for ever. ² Who can express the mighty acts of the LORD, or make all His praise to be heard? ³ Happy are they that keep justice, that do righteousness at all times. ⁴ Remember me, O LORD, when Thou favourest Thy people; O think of me at Thy salvation; ⁵ That I may behold the prosperity of Thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of Thy nation, that I may glory with Thine inheritance. ⁶ We have sinned with our fathers, we have done iniquitously, we have dealt wickedly. ⁷ Our fathers in Egypt gave no heed unto Thy wonders; they remembered not the multitude of Thy mercies; but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea. ⁸ Nevertheless He saved them for His name's sake, that He might make His mighty power to be known. ⁹ And He rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up; and He led them through the depths, as through a wilderness. ¹⁰ And He saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. ¹¹ And the waters covered their adversaries; there was not one of them left. ¹² Then believed they His words; they sang His praise. ¹³ They soon forgot His works; they waited not for His counsel; ¹⁴ But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tried God in the desert. ¹⁵ And He gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. ¹⁶ They were jealous also of Moses in the camp, and of Aaron the holy one of the LORD. ¹⁷ The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. ¹⁸ And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. ¹⁹ They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped a molten image. ²⁰ Thus they exchanged their glory for the likeness of an ox that eateth grass. ²¹ They forgot God their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt; ²² Wondrous works in the land of Ham, terrible things by the Red Sea. ²³ Therefore He said that He would destroy them, had not Moses His chosen stood before Him in the breach, to turn back His wrath, lest He should destroy them. ²⁴ Moreover, they scorned the desirable land, they believed not His word; ²⁵ And they murmured in their tents, they hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD. ²⁶ Therefore He swore concerning them, that He would overthrow them in the wilderness; ²⁷ And that He would cast out their seed among the nations, and scatter them in the lands. ²⁸ They joined themselves also unto Baal of Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. ²⁹ Thus they provoked Him with their doings, and the plague broke in upon them. ³⁰ Then stood up Phinehas, and wrought judgment, and so the plague was stayed. ³¹ And that was counted unto him for righteousness, unto all generations for ever. ³² They angered Him also at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses because of them; ³³ For they embittered his spirit, and he spoke rashly with his lips. ³⁴ They did not destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them; ³⁵ But mingled themselves with the nations, and learned their works; ³⁶ And they served their idols, which became a snare unto them; ³⁷ Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons, ³⁸ And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood. ³⁹ Thus were they defiled with their works, and went astray in their doings. ⁴⁰ Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against His people, and He abhorred His inheritance. ⁴¹ And He gave them into the hand of the nations; and they that hated them ruled over them. ⁴² Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were subdued under their hand. ⁴³ Many times did He deliver them; but they were rebellious in their counsel, and sank low through their iniquity. ⁴⁴ Nevertheless He looked upon their distress, when He heard their cry; ⁴⁵ And He remembered for them His covenant, and repented according to the multitude of His mercies. ⁴⁶ He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captive. ⁴⁷ Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks unto Thy holy name, that we may triumph in Thy praise. ⁴⁸ Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting, and let all the people say: 'Amen.' Hallelujah. ¹⁰⁷ ¹ 'O give thanks unto the LORD, for He is good, for His mercy endureth for ever.' ² So let the redeemed of the LORD say, whom He hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary; ³ And gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the sea. ⁴ They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; they found no city of habitation. ⁵ Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. ⁶ Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distresses. ⁷ And He led them by a straight way, that they might go to a city of habitation. ⁸ Let them give thanks unto the LORD for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men! ⁹ For He hath satisfied the longing soul, and the hungry soul He hath filled with good. ¹⁰ Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron - ¹¹ Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the Most High. ¹² Therefore He humbled their heart with travail, they stumbled, and there was none to help - ¹³ They cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses. ¹⁴ He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands in sunder. ¹⁵ Let them give thanks unto the LORD for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men! ¹⁶ For He hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder. ¹⁷ Crazed because of the way of their transgression, and afflicted because of their iniquities - ¹⁸ Their soul abhorred all manner of food, and they drew near unto the gates of death - ¹⁹ They cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses; ²⁰ He sent His word, and healed them, and delivered them from their graves. ²¹ Let them give thanks unto the LORD for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men! ²² And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare His works with singing. ²³ They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters - ²⁴ These saw the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep; ²⁵ For He commanded, and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves thereof; ²⁶ They mounted up to the heaven, they went down to the deeps; their soul melted away because of trouble; ²⁷ They reeled to and fro, and staggered like a drunken man, and all their wisdom was swallowed up - ²⁸ They cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distresses. ²⁹ He made the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof were still. ³⁰ Then were they glad because they were quiet, and He led them unto their desired haven. ³¹ Let them give thanks unto the LORD for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men! ³² Let them exalt Him also in the assembly of the people, and praise Him in the seat of the elders. ³³ He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and watersprings into a thirsty ground; ³⁴ A fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. ³⁵ He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, and a dry land into watersprings. ³⁶ And there He maketh the hungry to dwell, and they establish a city of habitation; ³⁷ And sow fields, and plant vineyards, which yield fruits of increase. ³⁸ He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly, and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. ³⁹ Again, they are minished and dwindle away through oppression of evil and sorrow. ⁴⁰ He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way. ⁴¹ Yet setteth He the needy on high from affliction, and maketh his families like a flock. ⁴² The upright see it, and are glad; and all iniquity stoppeth her mouth. ⁴³ Whoso is wise, let him observe these things, and let them consider the mercies of the LORD. ¹⁰⁸ ¹ (108:1) A Song, a Psalm of David. (108:2) My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises, even with my glory. ² (108:3) Awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake the dawn. ³ (108:4) I will give thanks unto Thee, O LORD, among the peoples; and I will sing praises unto Thee among the nations. ⁴ (108:5) For Thy mercy is great above the heavens, and Thy truth reacheth unto the skies. ⁵ (108:6) Be Thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; and Thy glory be above all the earth. ⁶ (108:7) That Thy beloved may be delivered, save with Thy right hand, and answer me. ⁷ (108:8) God spoke in His holiness, that I would exult; that I would divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. ⁸ (108:9) Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre. ⁹ (108:10) Moab is my washpot; upon Edom do I cast my shoe; over Philistia do I cry aloud. ¹⁰ (108:11) Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will lead me unto Edom? ¹¹ (108:12) Hast not Thou cast us off, O God? and Thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts? ¹² (108:13) Give us help against the adversary; for vain is the help of man. ¹³ (108:14) Through God we shall do valiantly; for He it is that will tread down our adversaries. ¹⁰⁹ ¹ For the Leader. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, keep not silence; ² For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me; they have spoken unto me with a lying tongue. ³ They compassed me about also with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause. ⁴ In return for my love they are my adversaries; but I am all prayer. ⁵ And they have laid upon me evil for good, and hatred for my love: ⁶ 'Set Thou a wicked man over him; and let an adversary stand at his right hand. ⁷ When he is judged, let him go forth condemned; and let his prayer be turned into sin. ⁸ Let his days be few; let another take his charge. ⁹ Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. ¹⁰ Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; and let them seek their bread out of their desolate places. ¹¹ Let the creditor distrain all that he hath; and let strangers make spoil of his labour. ¹² Let there be none to extend kindness unto him; neither let there be any to be gracious unto his fatherless children. ¹³ Let his posterity be cut off; in the generation following let their name be blotted out. ¹⁴ Let the iniquity of his fathers be brought to remembrance unto the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. ¹⁵ Let them be before the LORD continually, that He may cut off the memory of them from the earth. ¹⁶ Because that he remembered not to do kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, and the broken in heart he was ready to slay. ¹⁷ Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; and he delighted not in blessing, and it is far from him. ¹⁸ He clothed himself also with cursing as with his raiment, and it is come into his inward parts like water, and like oil into his bones. ¹⁹ Let it be unto him as the garment which he putteth on, and for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.' ²⁰ This would mine adversaries effect from the LORD, and they that speak evil against my soul. ²¹ But Thou, O GOD the Lord, deal with me for Thy name's sake; because Thy mercy is good, deliver Thou me. ²² For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. ²³ I am gone like the shadow when it lengtheneth; I am shaken off as the locust. ²⁴ My knees totter through fasting; and my flesh is lean, and hath no fatness. ²⁵ I am become also a taunt unto them; when they see me, they shake their head. ²⁶ Help me, O LORD my God; O save me according to Thy mercy; ²⁷ That they may know that this is Thy hand; that Thou, LORD, hast done it. ²⁸ Let them curse, but bless Thou; when they arise, they shall be put to shame, but Thy servant shall rejoice. ²⁹ Mine adversaries shall be clothed with confusion, and shall put on their own shame as a robe. ³⁰ I will give great thanks unto the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise Him among the multitude; ³¹ Because He standeth at the right hand of the needy, to save him from them that judge his soul. ¹¹⁰ ¹ A Psalm of David. The LORD saith unto my lord: 'Sit thou at My right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.' ² The rod of Thy strength the LORD will send out of Zion: 'Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.' ³ Thy people offer themselves willingly in the day of thy warfare; in adornments of holiness, from the womb of the dawn, thine is the dew of thy youth. ⁴ The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent: 'Thou art a priest for ever after the manner of Melchizedek.' ⁵ The Lord at thy right hand doth crush kings in the day of His wrath. ⁶ He will judge among the nations; He filleth it with dead bodies, He crusheth the head over a wide land. ⁷ He will drink of the brook in the way; therefore will he lift up the head. ¹¹¹ ¹ Hallelujah. I will give thanks unto the LORD with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation. ² The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have delight therein. ³ His work is glory and majesty; and His righteousness endureth for ever. ⁴ He hath made a memorial for His wonderful works; the LORD is gracious and full of compassion. ⁵ He hath given food unto them that fear Him; He will ever be mindful of His covenant. ⁶ He hath declared to His people the power of His works, in giving them the heritage of the nations. ⁷ The works of His hands are truth and justice; all His precepts are sure. ⁸ They are established for ever and ever, they are done in truth and uprightness. ⁹ He hath sent redemption unto His people; He hath commanded His covenant for ever; Holy and awful is His name. ¹⁰ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all they that do thereafter; His praise endureth for ever. ¹¹² ¹ Hallelujah. Happy is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in His commandments. ² His seed shall be mighty upon earth; the generation of the upright shall be blessed. ³ Wealth and riches are in his house; and his merit endureth for ever. ⁴ Unto the upright He shineth as a light in the darkness, gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. ⁵ Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth, that ordereth his affairs rightfully. ⁶ For he shall never be moved; the righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance. ⁷ He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is stedfast, trusting in the LORD. ⁸ His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he gaze upon his adversaries. ⁹ He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the needy; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted in honour. ¹⁰ The wicked shall see it, and be vexed; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away; the desire of the wicked shall perish. ¹¹³ ¹ Hallelujah. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD. ² Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for ever. ³ From the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof the LORD'S name is to be praised. ⁴ The LORD is high above all nations, His glory is above the heavens. ⁵ Who is like unto the LORD our God, that is enthroned on high, ⁶ That looketh down low upon heaven and upon the earth? ⁷ Who raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the needy out of the dunghill; ⁸ That He may set him with princes, even with the princes of His people. ⁹ Who maketh the barren woman to dwell in her house as a joyful mother of children. Hallelujah. ¹¹⁴ ¹ When Israel came forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; ² Judah became His sanctuary, Israel His dominion. ³ The sea saw it, and fled; the Jordan turned backward. ⁴ The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like young sheep. ⁵ What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? thou Jordan, that thou turnest backward? ⁶ Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams; ye hills, like young sheep? ⁷ Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; ⁸ Who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters. ¹¹⁵ ¹ Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto Thy name give glory, for Thy mercy, and for Thy truth's sake. ² Wherefore should the nations say: 'Where is now their God?' ³ But our God is in the heavens; whatsoever pleased Him He hath done. ⁴ Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. ⁵ They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; ⁶ They have ears, but they hear not; noses have they, but they smell not; ⁷ They have hands, but they handle not; feet have they, but they walk not; neither speak they with their throat. ⁸ They that make them shall be like unto them; yea, every one that trusteth in them. ⁹ O Israel, trust thou in the LORD! He is their help and their shield! ¹⁰ O house of Aaron, trust ye in the LORD! He is their help and their shield! ¹¹ Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield. ¹² The LORD hath been mindful of us, He will bless - He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron. ¹³ He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great. ¹⁴ The LORD increase you more and more, you and your children. ¹⁵ Blessed be ye of the LORD who made heaven and earth. ¹⁶ The heavens are the heavens of the LORD; but the earth hath He given to the children of men. ¹⁷ The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence; ¹⁸ But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for ever. Hallelujah. ¹¹⁶ ¹ I love that the LORD should hear my voice and my supplications. ² Because He hath inclined His ear unto me, therefore will I call upon Him all my days. ³ The cords of death compassed me, and the straits of the nether-world got hold upon me; I found trouble and sorrow. ⁴ But I called upon the name of the LORD: 'I beseech thee, O LORD, deliver my soul.' ⁵ Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is compassionate. ⁶ The LORD preserveth the simple; I was brought low, and He saved me. ⁷ Return, O my soul, unto Thy rest; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee. ⁸ For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling. ⁹ I shall walk before the LORD in the lands of the living. ¹⁰ I trusted even when I spoke: 'I am greatly afflicted.' ¹¹ I said in my haste: 'All men are liars.' ¹² How can I repay unto the LORD all His bountiful dealings toward me? ¹³ I will lift up the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD. ¹⁴ My vows will I pay unto the LORD, yea, in the presence of all His people. ¹⁵ Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints. ¹⁶ I beseech Thee, O LORD, for I am Thy servant; I am Thy servant, the son of Thy handmaid; Thou hast loosed my bands. ¹⁷ I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD. ¹⁸ I will pay my vows unto the LORD, yea, in the presence of all His people; ¹⁹ In the courts of the LORD'S house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Hallelujah. ¹¹⁷ ¹ O praise the LORD, all ye nations; laud Him, all ye peoples. ² For His mercy is great toward us; and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Hallelujah. ¹¹⁸ ¹ 'O give thanks unto the LORD, for He is good, for His mercy endureth for ever.' ² So let Israel now say, for His mercy endureth for ever, ³ So let the house of Aaron now say, for His mercy endureth for ever. ⁴ So let them now that fear the LORD say, for His mercy endureth for ever. ⁵ Out of my straits I called upon the LORD; He answered me with great enlargement. ⁶ The LORD is for me; I will not fear; what can man do unto me? ⁷ The LORD is for me as my helper; and I shall gaze upon them that hate me. ⁸ It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man. ⁹ It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes. ¹⁰ All nations compass me about; verily, in the name of the LORD I will cut them off. ¹¹ They compass me about, yea, they compass me about; verily, in the name of the LORD I will cut them off. ¹² They compass me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns; verily, in the name of the LORD I will cut them off. ¹³ Thou didst thrust sore at me that I might fall; but the LORD helped me. ¹⁴ The LORD is my strength and song; and He is become my salvation. ¹⁵ The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous; the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly. ¹⁶ The right hand of the LORD is exalted; the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly. ¹⁷ I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD. ¹⁸ The LORD hath chastened me sore; but He hath not given me over unto death. ¹⁹ Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will enter into them, I will give thanks unto the LORD. ²⁰ This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter into it. ²¹ I will give thanks unto Thee, for Thou hast answered me, and art become my salvation. ²² The stone which the builders rejected is become the chief corner-stone. ²³ This is the LORD'S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. ²⁴ This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. ²⁵ We beseech Thee, O LORD, save now! We beseech Thee, O LORD, make us now to prosper! ²⁶ Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD; we bless you out of the house of the LORD. ²⁷ The LORD is God, and hath given us light; order the festival procession with boughs, even unto the horns of the altar. ²⁸ Thou art my God, and I will give thanks unto Thee; Thou art my God, I will exalt Thee. ²⁹ O give thanks unto the LORD, for He is good, for His mercy endureth for ever. ¹¹⁹ ¹ ALEPH. Happy are they that are upright in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD. ² Happy are they that keep His testimonies, that seek Him with the whole heart. ³ Yea, they do no unrighteousness; they walk in His ways. ⁴ Thou hast ordained Thy precepts, that we should observe them diligently. ⁵ Oh that my ways were directed to observe Thy statutes! ⁶ Then should I not be ashamed, when I have regard unto all Thy commandments. ⁷ I will give thanks unto Thee with uprightness of heart, when I learn Thy righteous ordinances. ⁸ I will observe Thy statutes; O forsake me not utterly. ⁹ BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man keep his way pure? By taking heed thereto according to Thy word. ¹⁰ With my whole heart have I sought Thee; O let me not err from Thy commandments. ¹¹ Thy word have I laid up in my heart, that I might not sin against Thee. ¹² Blessed art Thou, O LORD; teach me Thy statutes. ¹³ With my lips have I told all the ordinances of Thy mouth. ¹⁴ I have rejoiced in the way of Thy testimonies, as much as in all riches. ¹⁵ I will meditate in Thy precepts, and have respect unto Thy ways. ¹⁶ I will delight myself in Thy statutes; I will not forget Thy word. ¹⁷ GIMEL. Deal bountifully with Thy servant that I may live, and I will observe Thy word. ¹⁸ Open Thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Thy law. ¹⁹ I am a sojourner in the earth; hide not Thy commandments from me. ²⁰ My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto Thine ordinances at all times. ²¹ Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, that do err from Thy commandments. ²² Take away from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept Thy testimonies. ²³ Even though princes sit and talk against me, thy servant doth meditate in Thy statutes. ²⁴ Yea, Thy testimonies are my delight, they are my counsellors. ²⁵ DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust; quicken Thou me according to Thy word. ²⁶ I told of my ways, and Thou didst answer me; teach me Thy statutes. ²⁷ Make me to understand the way of Thy precepts, that I may talk of Thy wondrous works. ²⁸ My soul melteth away for heaviness; sustain me according unto Thy word. ²⁹ Remove from me the way of falsehood; and grant me Thy law graciously. ³⁰ I have chosen the way of faithfulness; Thine ordinances have I set before me. ³¹ I cleave unto Thy testimonies; O LORD, put me not to shame. ³² I will run the way of Thy commandments, for Thou dost enlarge my heart. ³³ HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of Thy statutes; and I will keep it at every step. ³⁴ Give me understanding, that I keep Thy law and observe it with my whole heart. ³⁵ Make me to tread 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, and quicken me in Thy ways. ³⁸ Confirm Thy word unto Thy servant, which pertaineth unto the fear of Thee. ³⁹ Turn away my reproach which I dread; for Thine ordinances are good. ⁴⁰ Behold, I have longed after Thy precepts; quicken me in Thy righteousness. ⁴¹ VAV. Let Thy mercies also come unto me, O LORD, even Thy salvation, according to Thy word; ⁴² That I may have an answer for him that taunteth me; for I trust in Thy word. ⁴³ And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I hope in Thine ordinances; ⁴⁴ So shall I observe Thy law continually for ever and ever; ⁴⁵ And I will walk at ease, for I have sought Thy precepts; ⁴⁶ I will also speak of Thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed. ⁴⁷ And I will delight myself in Thy commandments, which I have loved. ⁴⁸ I will lift up my hands also unto Thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in Thy statutes. ⁴⁹ ZAIN. Remember the word unto Thy servant, because Thou hast made me to hope. ⁵⁰ This is my comfort in my affliction, that Thy word hath quickened me. ⁵¹ The proud have had me greatly in derision; yet have I not turned aside from Thy law. ⁵² I have remembered Thine ordinances which are of old, O LORD, and have comforted myself. ⁵³ Burning indignation 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 observed Thy law. ⁵⁶ This I have had, that I have kept Thy precepts. ⁵⁷ HETH. My portion is the LORD, I have said that I would observe Thy words. ⁵⁸ I have entreated Thy favour with my whole heart; be gracious unto me according to Thy word. ⁵⁹ I considered my ways, and turned my feet unto Thy testimonies. ⁶⁰ I made haste, and delayed not, to observe Thy commandments. ⁶¹ The bands of the wicked have enclosed me; but I have not forgotten Thy law. ⁶² At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto Thee because of Thy righteous ordinances. ⁶³ I am a companion of all them that fear Thee, and of them that observe 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 discernment and knowledge; for I have believed Thy commandments. ⁶⁷ Before I was afflicted, I did err; but now I observe Thy word. ⁶⁸ Thou art good, and doest good; teach me Thy statutes. ⁶⁹ The proud have forged a lie against me; but I with my whole heart will keep Thy precepts. ⁷⁰ Their heart is gross like fat; but I delight in Thy law. ⁷¹ It is good for me that I have been afflicted, in order that I might learn Thy statutes. ⁷² The law of Thy mouth is better 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 shall see me and be glad, because I have hope in Thy word. ⁷⁵ I know, O LORD, that Thy judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me. ⁷⁶ Let, I pray Thee, Thy lovingkindness be ready to comfort me, according to Thy promise unto Thy servant. ⁷⁷ Let Thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; for Thy law is my delight. ⁷⁸ Let the proud be put to shame, for they have distorted my cause with falsehood; but I will meditate in Thy precepts. ⁷⁹ Let those that fear Thee return unto me, and they that know Thy testimonies. ⁸⁰ Let my heart be undivided in Thy statutes, in order that I may not be put to shame. ⁸¹ CAPH. My soul pineth for Thy salvation; in Thy word do I hope. ⁸² Mine eyes fail for Thy word, saying: 'When wilt Thou comfort me?' ⁸³ For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke; yet do I not forget Thy statutes. ⁸⁴ How many are the days of Thy servant? When wilt Thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? ⁸⁵ The proud have digged pits for me, which is not according to Thy law. ⁸⁶ All Thy commandments are faithful; they persecute me for nought; help Thou me. ⁸⁷ They had almost consumed me upon earth; but as for me, I forsook not Thy precepts. ⁸⁸ Quicken me after Thy lovingkindness, and I will observe the testimony of Thy mouth. ⁸⁹ LAMED. For ever, O LORD, Thy word standeth fast in heaven. ⁹⁰ Thy faithfulness is unto all generations; Thou hast established the earth, and it standeth. ⁹¹ They stand this day according to Thine ordinances; for all things are Thy servants. ⁹² Unless Thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction. ⁹³ I will never forget Thy precepts; for with them Thou hast quickened me. ⁹⁴ I am Thine, save me; for I have sought Thy precepts. ⁹⁵ The wicked have waited for me to destroy me; but I will consider Thy testimonies. ⁹⁶ I have seen an end to every purpose; but Thy commandment is exceeding broad. ⁹⁷ MEM. O how love I Thy law! It is my meditation all the day. ⁹⁸ Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. ⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers; for Thy testimonies are my meditation. ¹⁰⁰ I understand more than mine elders, because I have keep Thy precepts. ¹⁰¹ I have refrained my feet from every evil way, in order that I might observe Thy word. ¹⁰² I have not turned aside from Thine ordinances; for Thou hast instructed me. ¹⁰³ How sweet are Thy words unto my palate! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! ¹⁰⁴ From Thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. ¹⁰⁵ NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. ¹⁰⁶ I have sworn, and have confirmed it, to observe Thy righteous ordinances. 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 Thine ordinances. ¹⁰⁹ My soul is continually in my hand; yet have I not forgotten Thy law. ¹¹⁰ The wicked have laid a snare for me; yet went I not astray from Thy precepts. ¹¹¹ Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart. ¹¹² I have inclined my heart to perform Thy statutes, for ever, at every step. ¹¹³ SAMECH. I hate them that are of a double mind; but Thy law do I love. ¹¹⁴ Thou art my covert and my shield; in Thy word do I hope. ¹¹⁵ Depart from me, ye evildoers; that I may keep the commandments of my God. ¹¹⁶ Uphold me according unto Thy word, that I may live; and put me not to shame in my hope. ¹¹⁷ Support Thou me, and I shall be saved; and I will occupy myself with Thy statutes continually. ¹¹⁸ Thou hast made light of all them that err from Thy statutes; for their deceit is vain. ¹¹⁹ Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross; therefore I love Thy testimonies. ¹²⁰ My flesh shuddereth for fear of Thee; and I am afraid of Thy judgments. ¹²¹ AIN. I have done justice and righteousness; 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 Thy righteous word. ¹²⁴ Deal with Thy servant according unto Thy mercy, and teach me Thy statutes. ¹²⁵ I am Thy servant, give me understanding, that I may know Thy testimonies. ¹²⁶ It is time for the LORD to work; they have made void Thy law. ¹²⁷ Therefore I love Thy commandments above gold, yea, above fine gold. ¹²⁸ Therefore I esteem all Thy precepts concerning all things to be right; every false way I hate. ¹²⁹ PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul keep them. ¹³⁰ The opening of Thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. ¹³¹ I opened wide my mouth, and panted; for I longed for Thy commandments. ¹³² Turn Thee towards me, and be gracious unto me, as is Thy wont to do unto those that love Thy name. ¹³³ Order my footsteps by Thy word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. ¹³⁴ Redeem me from the oppression of man, and I will observe Thy precepts. ¹³⁵ Make Thy face to shine upon Thy servant; and teach me Thy statutes. ¹³⁶ Mine eyes run down with rivers of water, because they observe not Thy law. ¹³⁷ TZADE. Righteous art Thou, O LORD, and upright are Thy judgments. ¹³⁸ Thou hast commanded Thy testimonies in righteousness and exceeding faithfulness. ¹³⁹ My zeal hath undone me, because mine adversaries have forgotten Thy words. ¹⁴⁰ Thy word is tried to the uttermost, and Thy servant loveth it. ¹⁴¹ I am small and despised; yet have I not forgotten Thy precepts. ¹⁴² Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Thy law is the truth. ¹⁴³ Trouble and anguish have overtaken me; yet Thy commandments are my delight. ¹⁴⁴ Thy testimonies are righteous for ever; give me understanding, and I shall live. ¹⁴⁵ KOPH. I have called with my whole heart; answer me, O LORD; I will keep Thy statutes. ¹⁴⁶ I have called Thee, save me, and I will observe Thy testimonies. ¹⁴⁷ I rose early at dawn, and cried; I hoped in Thy word. ¹⁴⁸ Mine eyes forestalled the night-watches, that I might meditate in Thy word. ¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice according unto Thy lovingkindness; quicken me, O LORD, as Thou art wont. ¹⁵⁰ They draw nigh that follow after wickedness; they are far from Thy law. ¹⁵¹ Thou art nigh, O LORD; and all Thy commandments are truth. ¹⁵² Of old have I known from Thy testimonies that Thou hast founded them for ever. ¹⁵³ RESH. O see mine affliction, and rescue me; for I do not forget Thy law. ¹⁵⁴ Plead Thou my cause, and redeem me; quicken me according to Thy word. ¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far from the wicked; for they seek not Thy statutes. ¹⁵⁶ Great are Thy compassions, O LORD; quicken me as Thou art wont. ¹⁵⁷ Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; yet have I not turned aside from Thy testimonies. ¹⁵⁸ I beheld them that were faithless, and strove with them; because they observed not Thy word. ¹⁵⁹ O see how I love Thy precepts; quicken me, O LORD, according to Thy lovingkindness. ¹⁶⁰ The beginning of Thy word is truth; and all Thy righteous ordinance endureth for ever. ¹⁶¹ SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart standeth in awe of Thy words. ¹⁶² I rejoice at Thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. ¹⁶³ I hate and abhor falsehood; Thy law do I love. ¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day do I praise Thee, because of Thy righteous ordinances. ¹⁶⁵ Great peace have they that love Thy law; and there is no stumbling for them. ¹⁶⁶ I have hoped for Thy salvation, O LORD, and have done Thy commandments. ¹⁶⁷ My soul hath observed Thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. ¹⁶⁸ I have observed Thy precepts and Thy testimonies; for all my ways are before Thee. ¹⁶⁹ TAV. Let my cry come near before Thee, O LORD; give me understanding according to Thy word. ¹⁷⁰ Let my supplication come before Thee; deliver me according to Thy word. ¹⁷¹ Let my lips utter praise: because Thou teachest me Thy statutes. ¹⁷² Let my tongue sing of Thy word; for all Thy commandments are righteousness. ¹⁷³ Let Thy hand be ready to help me; for I have chosen Thy precepts. ¹⁷⁴ I have longed for Thy salvation, O LORD; and Thy law is my delight. ¹⁷⁵ Let my soul live, and it shall praise Thee; and let Thine ordinances help me. ¹⁷⁶ I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek Thy servant; for I have not forgotten Thy commandments.