Psalms 92:1-119:176 A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath. It is a good thing to give praise to the Lord, and to make melody to your name, O Most High;

BBE⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath. It is a good thing to give praise to the Lord, and to make melody to your name, O Most High; ² To make clear your mercy in the morning, and your unchanging faith every night; ³ On a ten-corded instrument, and on an instrument of music with a quiet sound. ⁴ For you, O Lord, have made me glad through your work; I will have joy in the works of your hands. ⁵ O Lord, how great are your works! and your thoughts are very deep. ⁶ A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in. ⁷ When the sinners come up like the grass, and all the workers of evil do well for themselves, it is so that their end may be eternal destruction. ⁸ But you, O Lord, are on high for ever. ⁹ For see! your haters, O Lord, will be put to death; all the workers of evil will be put to flight; ¹⁰ But my horn is lifted up like the horn of the ox: the best oil is flowing on my head. ¹¹ My eyes have seen trouble come on my haters; my ears have news of the fate of the evil-doers who have come up against me. ¹² The good man will be like a tall tree in his strength; his growth will be as the wide-stretching trees of Lebanon. ¹³ Those who are planted in the house of the Lord will come up tall and strong in his gardens. ¹⁴ They will give fruit even when they are old; they will be fertile and full of growth; ¹⁵ For a sign that the Lord is upright; he is my Rock, there is no deceit in him. ⁹³ ¹ The Lord is King; he is clothed with glory; the Lord is clothed with strength; power is the cord of his robe; the world is fixed, so that it may not be moved. ² The seat of your power has been from the past; you are eternal. ³ The rivers send up, O Lord, the rivers send up their voices; they send them up with a loud cry. ⁴ The Lord in heaven is stronger than the noise of great waters, yes, he is stronger than the great waves of the sea. ⁵ Your witness is most certain; it is right for your house to be holy, O Lord, for ever. ⁹⁴ ¹ O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen. ² Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride. ³ How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners have joy over us? ⁴ Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves. ⁵ Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled, ⁶ They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father; ⁷ And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it. ⁸ Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise? ⁹ Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed? ¹⁰ He who is the judge of the nations, will he not give men the reward of their acts, even he who gives knowledge to man? ¹¹ The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath. ¹² Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law; ¹³ So that you may give him rest from the days of evil, till a hole is made ready for the destruction of the sinners. ¹⁴ The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his support from his heritage; ¹⁵ But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true. ¹⁶ Who will give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil? ¹⁷ If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death. ¹⁸ If I say, My foot is slipping; your mercy, O Lord, is my support. ¹⁹ Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul. ²⁰ What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law? ²¹ They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong. ²² But the Lord is my safe resting-place; my God is the Rock where I am safe. ²³ And he has made their evil designs come back on themselves, cutting them off in their sin; the Lord our God will put an end to them. ⁹⁵ ¹ O come, let us make songs to the Lord; sending up glad voices to the Rock of our salvation. ² Let us come before his face with praises; and make melody with holy songs. ³ For the Lord is a great God, and a great King over all gods. ⁴ The deep places of the earth are in his hand; and the tops of the mountains are his. ⁵ The sea is his, and he made it; and the dry land was formed by his hands. ⁶ O come, let us give worship, falling down on our knees before the Lord our Maker. ⁷ For he is our God; and we are the people to whom he gives food, and the sheep of his flock. Today, if you would only give ear to his voice! ⁸ Let not your hearts be hard, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the waste land; ⁹ When your fathers put me to the test and saw my power and my work. ¹⁰ For forty years I was angry with this generation, and said, They are a people whose hearts are turned away from me, for they have no knowledge of my ways; ¹¹ And I made an oath in my wrath, that they might not come into my place of rest. ⁹⁶ ¹ O make a new song to the Lord; let all the earth make melody to the Lord. ² Make songs to the Lord, blessing his name; give the good news of his salvation day by day. ³ Make clear his glory to the nations, and his wonders to all the peoples. ⁴ For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised; he is more to be feared than all other gods. ⁵ For all the gods of the nations are false gods; but the Lord made the heavens. ⁶ Honour and glory are before him: strong and fair is his holy place. ⁷ Give to the Lord, O you families of the peoples, give to the Lord glory and strength. ⁸ Give to the Lord the glory of his name; take with you an offering and come into his house. ⁹ O give worship to the Lord in holy robes; be in fear before him, all the earth. ¹⁰ Say among the nations, The Lord is King; yes, the world is ordered so that it may not be moved; he will be an upright judge of the peoples. ¹¹ Let the heavens have joy and the earth be glad; let the sea be thundering with all its waters; ¹² Let the field be glad, and everything which is in it; yes, let all the trees of the wood be sounding with joy, ¹³ Before the Lord, for he is come; he is come to be the judge of the earth; the earth will be judged in righteousness, and the peoples with unchanging faith. ⁹⁷ ¹ The Lord is King, let the earth have joy; let all the sea-lands be glad. ² Dark clouds are round him; his kingdom is based on righteousness and right judging. ³ Fire goes before him, burning up all those who are against him round about. ⁴ His bright flames give light to the world; the earth saw it with fear. ⁵ The mountains became like wax at the coming of the Lord, at the coming of the Lord of all the earth. ⁶ The heavens gave out the news of his righteousness, and all the people saw his glory. ⁷ Shamed be all those who give worship to images, and take pride in false gods; give him worship, all you gods. ⁸ Zion gave ear and was glad; and the daughters of Judah were full of joy, because of your decisions, O Lord. ⁹ For you, Lord, are most high over the earth; you are lifted up over all other gods. ¹⁰ You who are lovers of the Lord, be haters of evil; he keeps the souls of his saints; he takes them out of the hand of sinners. ¹¹ Light is shining on the lovers of righteousness, and for the upright in heart there is joy. ¹² Be glad in the Lord, you upright men; praising the memory of his holy name. ⁹⁸ ¹ A Psalm. O make a new song to the Lord, because he has done works of wonder; with his right hand, and with his holy arm, he has overcome. ² The Lord has given to all the knowledge of his salvation; he has made clear his righteousness in the eyes of the nations. ³ He has kept in mind his mercy and his unchanging faith to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. ⁴ Let all the earth send out a glad cry to the Lord; sounding with a loud voice, and praising him with songs of joy. ⁵ Make melody to the Lord with instruments of music; with a corded instrument and the voice of song. ⁶ With wind instruments and the sound of the horn, make a glad cry before the Lord, the King. ⁷ Let the sea be thundering, with all its waters; the world, and all who are living in it; ⁸ Let the streams make sounds of joy with their hands; let the mountains be glad together, ⁹ Before the Lord, for he has come as judge of the earth; judging the world in righteousness, and giving true decisions for the peoples. ⁹⁹ ¹ The Lord is King; let the peoples be in fear: his seat is on the winged ones; let the earth be moved. ² The Lord is great in Zion; he is high over all the nations. ³ Let them give praise to your name, for it is great and to be feared; holy is he. ⁴ The king's power is used for righteousness; you give true decisions, judging rightly in the land of Jacob. ⁵ Give high honour to the Lord our God, worshipping at his feet; holy is he. ⁶ Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among those who gave honour to his name; they made prayers to the Lord, and he gave answers to them. ⁷ His voice came to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept his witness, and the law which he gave them. ⁸ You gave them an answer, O Lord our God; you took away their sin, though you gave them punishment for their wrongdoing. ⁹ Give high honour to the Lord our God, worshipping with your faces turned to his holy hill; for the Lord our God is holy. ¹⁰⁰ ¹ A Psalm of Praise. Make a glad sound to the Lord, all the earth. ² Give worship to the Lord with joy; come before him with a song. ³ Be certain that the Lord is God; it is he who has made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep to whom he gives food. ⁴ Come into his doors with joy, and into his house with praise; give him honour, blessing his name. ⁵ For the Lord is good, and his mercy is never-ending; his faith is unchanging through all generations. ¹⁰¹ ¹ A Psalm. Of David. I will make a song of mercy and righteousness; to you, O Lord, will I make melody. ² I will do wisely in the way of righteousness: O when will you come to me? I will be walking in my house with a true heart. ³ I will not put any evil thing before my eyes; I am against all turning to one side; I will not have it near me. ⁴ The false heart I will send away from me: I will not have an evil-doer for a friend. ⁵ I will put to death anyone who says evil of his neighbour secretly; the man with a high look and a heart of pride is disgusting to me. ⁶ My eyes will be on those of good faith in the land, so that they may be living in my house; he who is walking in the right way will be my servant. ⁷ The worker of deceit will not come into my house; the false man will have no place before my eyes. ⁸ Morning by morning will I put to death all the sinners in the land, so that all evil-doers may be cut off from Jerusalem. ¹⁰² ¹ A Prayer of the man who is in trouble, when he is overcome, and puts his grief before the Lord. Give ear to my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to you. ² Let not your face be veiled from me in the day of my trouble; give ear to me, and let my cry be answered quickly. ³ My days are wasted like smoke, and my bones are burned up as in a fire. ⁴ My heart is broken; it has become dry and dead like grass, so that I give no thought to food. ⁵ Because of the voice of my sorrow, my flesh is wasted to the bone. ⁶ I am like a bird living by itself in the waste places; like the night-bird in a waste of sand. ⁷ I keep watch like a bird by itself on the house-top. ⁸ My haters say evil of me all day; those who are violent against me make use of my name as a curse. ⁹ I have had dust for bread and my drink has been mixed with weeping: ¹⁰ Because of your passion and your wrath, for I have been lifted up and then made low by you. ¹¹ My days are like a shade which is stretched out; I am dry like the grass. ¹² But you, O Lord, are eternal; and your name will never come to an end. ¹³ You will again get up and have mercy on Zion: for the time has come for her to be comforted. ¹⁴ For your servants take pleasure in her stones, looking with love on her dust. ¹⁵ So the nations will give honour to the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth will be in fear of his glory: ¹⁶ When the Lord has put up the walls of Zion, and has been been in his glory; ¹⁷ When he has given ear to the prayer of the poor, and has not put his request on one side. ¹⁸ This will be put in writing for the coming generation, and the people of the future will give praise to the Lord. ¹⁹ For from his holy place the Lord has seen, looking down on the earth from heaven; ²⁰ Hearing the cry of the prisoner, making free those for whom death is ordered; ²¹ So that they may give out the name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; ²² When the peoples are come together, and the kingdoms, to give worship to the Lord. ²³ He has taken my strength from me in the way; he has made short my days. ²⁴ I will say, O my God, take me not away before my time; your years go on through all generations: ²⁵ In the past you put the earth on its base, and the heavens are the work of your hands. ²⁶ They will come to an end, but you will still go on; they all will become old like a coat, and like a robe they will be changed: ²⁷ But you are the unchanging One, and your years will have no end. ²⁸ The children of your servants will have a safe resting-place, and their seed will be ever before you. ¹⁰³ ¹ Of David. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul; let everything in me give praise to his holy name. ² Give praise to the Lord, O my soul; let not all his blessings go from your memory. ³ He has forgiveness for all your sins; he takes away all your diseases; ⁴ He keeps back your life from destruction, crowning you with mercy and grace. ⁵ He makes your mouth full of good things, so that your strength is made new again like the eagle's. ⁶ The Lord gives decisions in righteousness for all who are in trouble. ⁷ He gave knowledge of his way to Moses, and made his acts clear to the children of Israel. ⁸ The Lord is kind and full of pity, not quickly made angry, but ever ready to have mercy. ⁹ His feeling will no longer be bitter; he will not keep his wrath for ever. ¹⁰ He has not given us the punishment for our sins, or the reward of our wrongdoing. ¹¹ For as the heaven is high over the earth, so great is his mercy to his worshippers. ¹² As far as the east is from the west, so far has he put our sins from us. ¹³ As a father has pity on his children, so the Lord has pity on his worshippers. ¹⁴ For he has knowledge of our feeble frame; he sees that we are only dust. ¹⁵ As for man, his days are as grass: his beautiful growth is like the flower of the field. ¹⁶ The wind goes over it and it is gone; and its place sees it no longer. ¹⁷ But the mercy of the Lord is eternal for his worshippers, and their children's children will see his righteousness; ¹⁸ If they keep his agreement, and have his laws in mind to do them. ¹⁹ The Lord has made ready his high seat in the heavens; his kingdom is ruling over all. ²⁰ Give praise to the Lord, you his angels, who are great in strength, doing his orders, and waiting for his voice. ²¹ Give praise to the Lord, all you his armies; and you his servants who do his pleasure. ²² Give praise to the Lord, all his works, in all places under his rule: give praise to the Lord, O my soul. ¹⁰⁴ ¹ Give praise to the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great; you are robed with honour and power. ² You are clothed with light as with a robe; stretching out the heavens like a curtain: ³ The arch of your house is based on the waters; you make the clouds your carriage; you go on the wings of the wind: ⁴ He makes winds his angels, and flames of fire his servants. ⁵ He has made the earth strong on its bases, so that it may not be moved for ever and ever; ⁶ Covering it with the sea as with a robe: the waters were high over the mountains; ⁷ At the voice of your word they went in flight; at the sound of your thunder they went away in fear; ⁸ The mountains came up and the valleys went down into the place which you had made ready for them. ⁹ You made a limit over which they might not go, so that the earth would never again be covered by them. ¹⁰ You sent the springs into the valleys; they are flowing between the hills. ¹¹ They give drink to every beast of the field; the mountain asses come to them for water. ¹² The birds of the air have their resting-places by them, and make their song among the branches. ¹³ He sends down rain from his store-houses on the hills: the earth is full of the fruit of his works. ¹⁴ He makes the grass come up for the cattle, and plants for the use of man; so that bread may come out of the earth; ¹⁵ And wine to make glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shining, and bread giving strength to his heart. ¹⁶ The trees of the Lord are full of growth, the cedars of Lebanon of his planting; ¹⁷ Where the birds have their resting-places; as for the stork, the tall trees are her house. ¹⁸ The high hills are a safe place for the mountain goats, and the rocks for the small beasts. ¹⁹ He made the moon for a sign of the divisions of the year; teaching the sun the time of its going down. ²⁰ When you make it dark, it is night, when all the beasts of the woods come quietly out of their secret places. ²¹ The young lions go thundering after their food; searching for their meat from God. ²² The sun comes up, and they come together, and go back to their secret places to take their rest. ²³ Man goes out to his work, and to his business, till the evening. ²⁴ O Lord, how great is the number of your works! in wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of the things you have made. ²⁵ There is the great, wide sea, where there are living things, great and small, more than may be numbered. ²⁶ There go the ships; there is that great beast, which you have made as a plaything. ²⁷ All of them are waiting for you, to give them their food in its time. ²⁸ They take what you give them; they are full of the good things which come from your open hand. ²⁹ If your face is veiled, they are troubled; when you take away their breath, they come to an end, and go back to the dust. ³⁰ If you send out your spirit, they are given life; you make new the face of the earth. ³¹ Let the glory of the Lord be for ever; let the Lord have joy in his works: ³² At whose look the earth is shaking; at whose touch the mountains send out smoke. ³³ I will make songs to the Lord all my life; I will make melody to my God while I have my being. ³⁴ Let my thoughts be sweet to him: I will be glad in the Lord. ³⁵ Let sinners be cut off from the earth, and let all evil-doers come to an end. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul. Give praise to the Lord. ¹⁰⁵ ¹ O give praise to the Lord; give honour to his name, talking of his doings among the peoples. ² Let your voice be sounding in songs and melody; let all your thoughts be of the wonder of his works. ³ Have glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who are searching after the Lord be glad. ⁴ Let your search be for the Lord and for his strength; let your hearts ever be turned to him. ⁵ Keep in mind the great works which he has done; his wonders, and the decisions of his mouth; ⁶ O you seed of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his loved ones. ⁷ He is the Lord our God: he is judge of all the earth. ⁸ He has kept his agreement in mind for ever, the word which he gave for a thousand generations; ⁹ The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac; ¹⁰ And he gave it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an eternal agreement; ¹¹ Saying, To you will I give the land of Canaan, the measured line of your heritage: ¹² When they were still small in number, and strange in the land; ¹³ When they went about from one nation to another, and from one kingdom to another people. ¹⁴ He would not let anyone do them wrong; he even kept back kings because of them, ¹⁵ Saying, Put not your hand on those who have been marked with my holy oil, and do my prophets no wrong. ¹⁶ And he took away all food from the land, so that the people were without bread. ¹⁷ He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was given as a servant for a price: ¹⁸ His feet were fixed in chains; his neck was put in iron bands; ¹⁹ Till the time when his word came true; he was tested by the word of the Lord. ²⁰ The king sent men to take off his chains; even the ruler of the people, who let him go free. ²¹ He made him lord of his house, and ruler over everything he had; ²² To give his chiefs teaching at his pleasure, and so that his law-givers might get wisdom from him. ²³ Then Israel came into Egypt, and Jacob was living in the land of Ham. ²⁴ And his people were greatly increased, and became stronger than those who were against them. ²⁵ Their hearts were turned to hate against his people, so that they made secret designs against them. ²⁶ He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, the man of his selection. ²⁷ He let his signs be seen among the people, and his wonders in the land of Ham. ²⁸ He sent black night and made it dark; and they did not go against his word. ²⁹ At his word their waters were turned to blood, and he sent death on all their fish. ³⁰ Their land was full of frogs, even in the rooms of the king. ³¹ He gave the word, and there came the dog-fly, and insects over all the land. ³² He gave them ice for rain, and flaming fire in their land. ³³ He gave their vines and their fig-trees to destruction, and the trees of their land were broken down. ³⁴ At his word the locusts came, and young locusts more than might be numbered, ³⁵ And put an end to all the plants of their land, taking all the fruit of the earth for food. ³⁶ He put to death the first child of every family in the land, the first-fruits of their strength. ³⁷ He took his people out with silver and gold: there was not one feeble person among them. ³⁸ Egypt was glad when they went; for the fear of them had come down on them. ³⁹ A cloud was stretched over them for a cover; and he sent fire to give light in the night. ⁴⁰ At the people's request he sent birds, and gave them the bread of heaven for food. ⁴¹ His hand made the rock open, and the waters came streaming out; they went down through the dry places like a river. ⁴² For he kept in mind his holy word, and Abraham, his servant. ⁴³ And he took his people out with joy, the men of his selection with glad cries: ⁴⁴ And gave them the lands of the nations; and they took the work of the peoples for a heritage; ⁴⁵ So that they might keep his orders, and be true to his laws. Give praise to the Lord. ¹⁰⁶ ¹ Let the Lord be praised. O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. ² Who is able to give an account of the great acts of the Lord, or to make clear all his praise? ³ Happy are they whose decisions are upright, and he who does righteousness at all times. ⁴ Keep me in mind, O Lord, when you are good to your people; O let your salvation come to me; ⁵ So that I may see the well-being of the people of your selection, and have a part in the joy of your nation, and take pride in your heritage. ⁶ We are sinners like our fathers, we have done wrong, our acts are evil. ⁷ Our fathers did not give thought to your wonders in Egypt; they did not keep in memory the great number of your mercies, but gave you cause for wrath at the sea, even at the Red Sea. ⁸ But he was their saviour because of his name, so that men might see his great power. ⁹ By his word the Red Sea was made dry: and he took them through the deep waters as through the waste land. ¹⁰ And he took them safely out of the hands of their haters, and kept them from the attacks of those who were against them. ¹¹ And the waters went over their haters; all of them came to an end. ¹² Then they had faith in his words; they gave him songs of praise. ¹³ But their memory of his works was short; not waiting to be guided by him, ¹⁴ They gave way to their evil desires in the waste land, and put God to the test in the dry places. ¹⁵ And he gave them their request, but sent a wasting disease into their souls. ¹⁶ They were full of envy against Moses among the tents, and against Aaron, the holy one of the Lord. ¹⁷ The earth opening put an end to Dathan, covering up Abiram and his band. ¹⁸ And a fire was lighted among their tents; the sinners were burned up by the flames. ¹⁹ They made a young ox in Horeb, and gave worship to an image of gold. ²⁰ And their glory was changed into the image of an ox, whose food is grass. ²¹ They had no memory of God their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt; ²² Works of wonder in the land of Ham, and things of fear by the Red Sea. ²³ And he was purposing to put an end to them if Moses, his special servant, had not gone up before him, between him and his people, turning back his wrath, to keep them from destruction. ²⁴ They were disgusted with the good land; they had no belief in his word; ²⁵ Talking against him secretly in their tents, they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord. ²⁶ So he made an oath against them, to put an end to them in the waste land: ²⁷ That their children might be mixed among the nations, and sent away into other lands. ²⁸ And they were joined to Baal-peor, and took part in the offerings to the dead. ²⁹ So they made him angry by their behaviour; and he sent disease on them. ³⁰ Then Phinehas got up, and made prayer for them; and the disease went no farther. ³¹ And all the generations coming after him kept the memory of his righteousness for ever. ³² They made God angry again at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled because of them; ³³ For they made his spirit bitter, and he said unwise things. ³⁴ They did not put an end to the peoples, as the Lord had said; ³⁵ But they were joined to the nations, learning their works. ³⁶ And they gave worship to images; which were a danger to them: ³⁷ They even made offerings of their sons and their daughters to evil spirits, ³⁸ And gave the blood of their sons and their daughters who had done no wrong, offering them to the images of Canaan; and the land was made unclean with blood. ³⁹ So they became unclean through their works, going after their evil desires. ⁴⁰ Then the wrath of the Lord was burning against his people, and he was angry with his heritage. ⁴¹ And he gave them into the hands of the nations; and they were ruled by their haters. ⁴² By them they were crushed, and made low under their hands. ⁴³ Again and again he made them free; but their hearts were turned against his purpose, and they were overcome by their sins. ⁴⁴ But when their cry came to his ears, he had pity on their trouble: ⁴⁵ And kept in mind his agreement with them, and in his great mercy gave them forgiveness. ⁴⁶ He put pity into the hearts of those who made them prisoners. ⁴⁷ Be our saviour, O Lord our God, and let us come back together from among the nations, so that we may give honour to your holy name, and have glory in your praise. ⁴⁸ Praise be to the Lord God of Israel for ever and for ever; and let all the people say, So be it. Give praise to the Lord. ¹⁰⁷ ¹ O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. ² Let those whose cause the Lord has taken up say so, his people whom he has taken out of the hands of their haters; ³ Making them come together out of all the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. ⁴ They were wandering in the waste places; they saw no way to a resting-place. ⁵ Their souls became feeble for need of food and drink. ⁶ Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles; ⁷ Guiding them in the right way, so that they might come into the town of their resting-place. ⁸ Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men! ⁹ He gives its desire to the unresting soul, so that it is full of good things. ¹⁰ Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron; ¹¹ Because they went against the words of God, and gave no thought to the laws of the Most High: ¹² So that he made their hearts weighted down with grief; they were falling, and had no helper. ¹³ Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles. ¹⁴ He took them out of the dark and the black night, and all their chains were broken. ¹⁵ Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men! ¹⁶ The doors of brass are broken by his arm, and the bands of iron are cut in two. ¹⁷ Foolish men, because of their sins, and because of their wrongdoing, are troubled; ¹⁸ They are disgusted by all food, and they come near to the doors of death. ¹⁹ Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles. ²⁰ He sent his word and made them well, and kept them safe from the underworld. ²¹ Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men! ²² Let them make offerings of praise, giving news of his works with cries of joy. ²³ Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in the great waters; ²⁴ They see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. ²⁵ For at his word comes up the storm-wind, lifting high the waves. ²⁶ The sailors go up to heaven, and down into the deep; their souls are wasted because of their trouble. ²⁷ They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing. ²⁸ Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles. ²⁹ He makes the storm into a calm, so that the waves are at peace. ³⁰ Then they are glad, because the sea is quiet, and he takes them to the harbour of their desire. ³¹ Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men! ³² Let them give glory to him in the meeting of the people, and praise among the chiefs. ³³ He makes rivers into waste places, and springs of water into a dry land; ³⁴ He makes a fertile country into a salt waste, because of the sins of those who are living there. ³⁵ He makes a waste land into a place of water, and a dry land into water-springs. ³⁶ And there he gives the poor a resting-place, so that they may make themselves a town; ³⁷ And put seed in the fields and make vine-gardens, to give them fruit. ³⁸ He gives them his blessing so that they are increased greatly, and their cattle do not become less. ³⁹ And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble and sorrow, ⁴⁰ He puts an end to the pride of kings, and sends them wandering in the waste lands where there is no way. ⁴¹ But he puts the poor man on high from his troubles, and gives him families like a flock. ⁴² The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped. ⁴³ Let the wise give thought to these things, and see the mercies of the Lord. ¹⁰⁸ ¹ A Song. A Psalm. Of David. O God, my heart is fixed; I will make songs and melody, even with my glory. ² Give out your sounds, O corded instruments: the dawn will be awaking with my song. ³ I will give you praise, O Lord, among the peoples; I will make melody to you among the nations. ⁴ For your mercy is higher than the heavens: and your unchanging faith than the clouds. ⁵ Be lifted up, O God, higher than the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth. ⁶ Let your right hand be stretched out for salvation, and give me an answer, so that your loved ones may be safe from danger. ⁷ This is the word of the holy God: I will be glad; I will make Shechem a heritage, measuring out the valley of Succoth. ⁸ Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver; ⁹ Moab is my washpot; on Edom is the resting-place of my shoe; over Philistia will I send out a glad cry. ¹⁰ Who will take me into the strong town? who will be my guide into Edom? ¹¹ Have you not sent us away from you, O God? and you go not out with our armies. ¹² Give us help in our trouble; for there is no help in man. ¹³ With God we will do great things; for by him will our haters be crushed underfoot. ¹⁰⁹ ¹ To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm. God of my praise, let my prayer be answered; ² For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me. ³ Words of hate are round about me; they have made war against me without cause. ⁴ For my love they give me back hate; but I have given myself to prayer. ⁵ They have put on me evil for good; hate in exchange for my love. ⁶ Put an evil man over him; and let one be placed at his right hand to say evil of him. ⁷ When he is judged, let the decision go against him; and may his prayer become sin. ⁸ Let his life be short; let another take his position of authority. ⁹ Let his children have no father, and his wife be made a widow. ¹⁰ Let his children be wanderers, looking to others for their food; let them be sent away from the company of their friends. ¹¹ Let his creditor take all his goods; and let others have the profit of his work. ¹² Let no man have pity on him, or give help to his children when he is dead. ¹³ Let his seed be cut off; in the coming generation let their name go out of memory. ¹⁴ Let the Lord keep in mind the wrongdoing of his fathers; and may the sin of his mother have no forgiveness. ¹⁵ Let them be ever before the eyes of the Lord, so that the memory of them may be cut off from the earth. ¹⁶ Because he had no mercy, but was cruel to the low and the poor, designing the death of the broken-hearted. ¹⁷ As he took pleasure in cursing, so let it come on him; and as he had no delight in blessing, let it be far from him. ¹⁸ He put on cursing like a robe, and it has come into his body like water, and into his bones like oil. ¹⁹ Let it be to him as a robe which he puts on, let it be like a band which is round him at all times. ²⁰ Let this be the reward given to my haters from the Lord, and to those who say evil of my soul. ²¹ But, O Lord God, give me your help, because of your name; take me out of danger, because your mercy is good. ²² For I am poor and in need, and my heart is wounded in me. ²³ I am gone like the shade when it is stretched out: I am forced out of my place like a locust. ²⁴ My knees are feeble for need of food; there is no fat on my bones. ²⁵ As for me, they make sport of me; shaking their heads when they see me. ²⁶ Give me help, O Lord my God; in your mercy be my saviour; ²⁷ So that they may see that it is the work of your hand; that you, Lord, have done it. ²⁸ They may give curses but you give blessing; when they come up against me, put them to shame; but let your servant be glad. ²⁹ Let my haters be clothed with shame, covering themselves with shame as with a robe. ³⁰ I will give the Lord great praise with my mouth; yes, I will give praise to him among all the people. ³¹ For he is ever at the right hand of the poor, to take him out of the hands of those who go after his soul. ¹¹⁰ ¹ A Psalm. Of David. The Lord said to my lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put all those who are against you under your feet. ² The Lord will send out the rod of your strength from Zion; be king over your haters. ³ Your people give themselves gladly in the day of your power; like the dew of the morning on the holy mountains is the army of your young men. ⁴ The Lord has made an oath, and will not take it back. You are a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek. ⁵ In the day of his wrath kings will be wounded by the Lord at your right hand. ⁶ He will be judge among the nations, the valleys will be full of dead bodies; the head over a great country will be wounded by him. ⁷ He will take of the stream by the way; so his head will be lifted up. ¹¹¹ ¹ Let the Lord be praised. I will give praise to the Lord with all my heart, among the upright, and in the meeting of the people. ² The works of the Lord are great, searched out by all those who have delight in them. ³ His work is full of honour and glory; and his righteousness is unchanging for ever. ⁴ Certain for ever is the memory of his wonders: the Lord is full of pity and mercy. ⁵ He has given food to his worshippers; he will keep his agreement in mind for ever. ⁶ He has made clear to his people the power of his works, giving them the heritage of the nations. ⁷ The works of his hands are faith and righteousness; all his laws are unchanging. ⁸ They are fixed for ever and ever, they are done in faith and righteousness. ⁹ He has sent salvation to his people; he has given his word for ever: holy is his name and greatly to be feared. ¹⁰ The fear of the Lord is the best part of wisdom: all those who keep his laws are wise: his praise is eternal. ¹¹² ¹ Let the Lord be praised. Happy is the man who gives honour to the Lord, and has great delight in his laws. ² His seed will be strong on the earth; blessings will be on the generation of the upright. ³ A store of wealth will be in his house, and his righteousness will be for ever. ⁴ For the upright there is a light shining in the dark; he is full of grace and pity. ⁵ All is well for the man who is kind and gives freely to others; he will make good his cause when he is judged. ⁶ He will not ever be moved; the memory of the upright will be living for ever. ⁷ He will have no fear of evil news; his heart is fixed, for his hope is in the Lord. ⁸ His heart is resting safely, he will have no fear, till he sees trouble come on his haters. ⁹ He has given with open hands to the poor; his righteousness is for ever; his horn will be lifted up with honour. ¹⁰ The sinner will see it with grief; he will be wasted away with envy; the desire of the evil-doers will come to nothing. ¹¹³ ¹ Let the Lord be praised. O you servants of the Lord, give praise to the name of the Lord. ² Let blessing be on the name of the Lord, from this time and for ever. ³ From the coming up of the sun to its going down, the Lord's name is to be praised. ⁴ The Lord is high over all nations, and his glory is higher than the heavens. ⁵ Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high, ⁶ Looking down on the heavens, and on the earth? ⁷ He takes the poor man out of the dust, lifting him up from his low position; ⁸ To give him a place among the rulers, even with the rulers of his people. ⁹ He gives the unfertile woman a family, making her a happy mother of children. Give praise to the Lord. ¹¹⁴ ¹ When Israel came out of Egypt, the children of Jacob from a people whose language was strange to them; ² Judah became his holy place, and Israel his kingdom. ³ The sea saw it, and went in flight; Jordan was turned back. ⁴ The mountains were jumping like goats, and the little hills like lambs. ⁵ What was wrong with you, O sea, that you went in flight? O Jordan, that you were turned back? ⁶ You mountains, why were you jumping like goats, and you little hills like lambs? ⁷ Be troubled, O earth, before the Lord, before the God of Jacob; ⁸ Who made the rock into a water-spring, and the hard stone into a fountain. ¹¹⁵ ¹ Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name let glory be given, because of your mercy and your unchanging faith. ² Why may the nations say, Where is now their God? ³ But our God is in heaven: he has done whatever was pleasing to him. ⁴ Their images are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. ⁵ They have mouths, but no voice; they have eyes, but they see not; ⁶ They have ears, but no hearing; they have noses, but no sense of smell; ⁷ They have hands without feeling, and feet without power of walking; and no sound comes from their throat. ⁸ Those who make them are like them; and so is everyone who puts his faith in them. ⁹ O Israel, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate. ¹⁰ O house of Aaron, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate. ¹¹ You worshippers of the Lord, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate. ¹² The Lord has kept us in mind and will give us his blessing; he will send blessings on the house of Israel and on the house of Aaron. ¹³ He will send blessings on the worshippers of the Lord, on the small and on the great. ¹⁴ May the Lord give you and your children still greater increase. ¹⁵ May you have the blessing of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. ¹⁶ The heavens are the Lord's; but the earth he has given to the children of men. ¹⁷ The dead do not give praise to the Lord; or those who go down to the underworld. ¹⁸ But we will give praise to the Lord now and for ever. Praise be to the Lord. ¹¹⁶ ¹ I have given my love to the Lord, because he has given ear to the voice of my cry and my prayer. ² He has let my request come before him, and I will make my prayer to him all my days. ³ The nets of death were round me, and the pains of the underworld had me in their grip; I was full of trouble and sorrow. ⁴ Then I made my prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord, take my soul out of trouble. ⁵ The Lord is full of grace and righteousness; truly, he is a God of mercy. ⁶ The Lord keeps the simple; I was made low, and he was my saviour. ⁷ Come back to your rest, O my soul; for the Lord has given you your reward. ⁸ You have taken my soul from the power of death, keeping my eyes from weeping, and my feet from falling. ⁹ I will go before the Lord in the land of the living. ¹⁰ I still had faith, though I said, I am in great trouble; ¹¹ Though I said in my fear, All men are false. ¹² What may I give to the Lord for all the good things which he has done for me? ¹³ I will take the cup of salvation, and give praise to the name of the Lord. ¹⁴ I will make the offering of my oath to the Lord, even before all his people. ¹⁵ Dear in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his saints. ¹⁶ O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of her who is your servant; by you have my cords been broken. ¹⁷ I will give an offering of praise to you, and make my prayer in the name of the Lord. ¹⁸ I will make the offerings of my oath, even before all his people; ¹⁹ In the Lord's house, even in Jerusalem. Praise be to the Lord. ¹¹⁷ ¹ Let all the nations give praise to the Lord: let all the people give him praise. ² For great is his mercy to us, and his faith is unchanging for ever. Praise be to the Lord. ¹¹⁸ ¹ O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. ² Let Israel now say, that his mercy is unchanging for ever. ³ Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy is unchanging for ever. ⁴ Let all worshippers of the Lord now say, that his mercy is unchanging for ever. ⁵ I made my prayer to the Lord in my trouble: and the Lord gave me an answer, and put me in a wide place. ⁶ The Lord is on my side; I will have no fear: what is man able to do to me? ⁷ The Lord is my great helper: I will see my desire against my haters. ⁸ It is better to have faith in the Lord than to put one's hope in man. ⁹ It is better to have faith in the Lord than to put one's hope in rulers. ¹⁰ All the nations have come round me; but in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down. ¹¹ They are round me, yes, they are all about me; but in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down. ¹² They are round me like bees; but they are put out like a fire among thorns; for in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down. ¹³ I have been hard pushed by you, so that I might have a fall: but the Lord was my helper. ¹⁴ The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. ¹⁵ The sound of joy and salvation is in the tents of the upright; the right hand of the Lord does works of power. ¹⁶ The right hand of the Lord is lifted up; the right hand of the Lord does works of power. ¹⁷ Life and not death will be my part, and I will give out the story of the works of the Lord. ¹⁸ The hand of Jah has been hard on me; but he has not given me up to death. ¹⁹ Let the doors of righteousness be open to me; I will go in and give praise to the Lord. ²⁰ This is the door of the Lord's house; the workers of righteousness will go in through it. ²¹ I will give you praise, for you have given me an answer, and have become my salvation. ²² The stone which the builders put on one side has become the chief stone of the building. ²³ This is the Lord's doing; it is a wonder in our eyes. ²⁴ This is the day which the Lord has made; we will be full of joy and delight in it. ²⁵ Send salvation now, O Lord; Lord, send us your blessing. ²⁶ A blessing be on him who comes in the name of the Lord; we give you blessing from the house of the Lord. ²⁷ The Lord is God, and he has given us light; let the holy dance be ordered with branches, even up to the horns of the altar. ²⁸ You are my God, and I will give you praise; my God, and I will give honour to your name. ²⁹ O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. ¹¹⁹ ¹ ALEPH Happy are they who are without sin in their ways, walking in the law of the Lord. ² Happy are they who keep his unchanging word, searching after him with all their heart. ³ They do no evil; they go in his ways. ⁴ You have put your orders into our hearts, so that we might keep them with care. ⁵ If only my ways were ordered so that I might keep your rules! ⁶ Then I would not be put to shame, as long as I have respect for all your teaching. ⁷ I will give you praise with an upright heart in learning your right decisions. ⁸ I will keep your rules: O give me not up completely. ⁹ BETH How may a young man make his way clean? by guiding it after your word. ¹⁰ I have made search for you with all my heart: O let me not go wandering far from your teaching. ¹¹ I have kept your sayings secretly in my heart, so that I might do no sin against you. ¹² Praise be to you, O Lord: give me knowledge of your rules. ¹³ With my lips have I made clear all the decisions of your mouth. ¹⁴ I have taken as much delight in the way of your unchanging word, as in all wealth. ¹⁵ I will give thought to your orders, and have respect for your ways. ¹⁶ I will have delight in your rules; I will not let your word go out of my mind. ¹⁷ GIMEL Give me, your servant, the reward of life, so that I may keep your word; ¹⁸ Let my eyes be open to see the wonders of your law. ¹⁹ I am living in a strange land: do not let your teachings be kept secret from me. ²⁰ My soul is broken with desire for your decisions at all times. ²¹ Your hand has been against the men of pride, a curse is on those who go wandering out of your way. ²² Take away from me shame and bitter words; for I have kept your unchanging word in my heart. ²³ Rulers make evil designs against me; but your servant gives thought to your rules. ²⁴ Your unchanging word is my delight, and the guide of my footsteps. ²⁵ DALETH My soul is joined to the dust: O give me life, in keeping with your word. ²⁶ I put the record of my ways before you, and you gave me an answer: O give me knowledge of your rules. ²⁷ Make the way of your orders clear to me; then my thoughts will be ever on your wonders. ²⁸ My soul is wasted with sorrow; give me strength again in keeping with your word ²⁹ Take from me every false way; and in mercy give me your law. ³⁰ I have taken the way of faith: I have kept your decisions before me. ³¹ I have been true to your unchanging word; O Lord, do not put me to shame. ³² I will go quickly in the way of your teaching, because you have given me a free heart. ³³ HE O Lord, let me see the way of your rules, and I will keep it to the end. ³⁴ Give me wisdom, so that I may keep your law; going after it with all my heart. ³⁵ Make me go in the way of your teachings; for they are my delight. ³⁶ Let my heart be turned to your unchanging word, and not to evil desire. ³⁷ Let my eyes be turned away from what is false; give me life in your ways. ³⁸ Give effect to your word to your servant, in whose heart is the fear of you. ³⁹ Take away the shame which is my fear; for your decisions are good. ⁴⁰ See how great is my desire for your orders: give me life in your righteousness. ⁴¹ VAU Let your mercies come to me, O Lord, even your salvation, as you have said. ⁴² So that I may have an answer for the man who would put me to shame; for I have faith in your word. ⁴³ Take not your true word quite out of my mouth; for I have put my hope in your decisions. ⁴⁴ So that I may keep your law for ever and ever; ⁴⁵ So that my way may be in a wide place: because my search has been for your orders. ⁴⁶ So that I may give knowledge of your unchanging word before kings, and not be put to shame. ⁴⁷ And so that I may take delight in your teachings, to which I have given my love. ⁴⁸ And so that my hands may be stretched out to you; and I will give thought to your rules. ⁴⁹ ZAIN Keep in mind your word to your servant, for on it has my hope been fixed. ⁵⁰ This is my comfort in my trouble; that your sayings have given me life. ⁵¹ The men of pride have made great sport of me; but I have not been turned from your law. ⁵² I have kept the memory of your decisions from times past, O Lord; and they have been my comfort. ⁵³ I am burning with wrath, because of the sinners who have given up your law. ⁵⁴ Your rules have been melodies to me, while I have been living in strange lands. ⁵⁵ I have given thought to your name in the night, O Lord, and have kept your law. ⁵⁶ This has been true of me, that I have kept your orders in my heart. ⁵⁷ CHETH The Lord is my heritage: I have said that I would be ruled by your words. ⁵⁸ I have given my mind to do your pleasure with all my heart; have mercy on me, as you have said. ⁵⁹ I gave thought to my steps, and my feet were turned into the way of your unchanging word. ⁶⁰ I was quick to do your orders, and let no time be wasted. ⁶¹ The cords of evil-doers are round me; but I have kept in mind your law. ⁶² In the middle of the night I will get up to give you praise, because of all your right decisions. ⁶³ I keep company with all your worshippers, and those who have your orders in their memory. ⁶⁴ The earth, O Lord, is full of your mercy: give me knowledge of your rules. ⁶⁵ TETH You have done good to your servant, O Lord, in keeping with your word. ⁶⁶ Give me knowledge and good sense; for I have put my faith in your teachings. ⁶⁷ Before I was in trouble I went out of the way; but now I keep your word. ⁶⁸ You are good, and your works are good; give me knowledge of your rules. ⁶⁹ The men of pride have said false things about me; but I will keep your orders in my heart. ⁷⁰ Their hearts are shut up with fat; but my delight is in your law. ⁷¹ It is good for me to have been through trouble; so that I might come to the knowledge of your rules. ⁷² The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver. ⁷³ JOD Your hands have made me, and given me form: give me wisdom, so that I may have knowledge of your teaching. ⁷⁴ Your worshippers will see me and be glad; because my hope has been in your word. ⁷⁵ I have seen, O Lord, that your decisions are right, and that in unchanging faith you have sent trouble on me. ⁷⁶ Let your mercy now be my comfort, as you have said to your servant. ⁷⁷ Let your gentle mercies come to me, so that I may have life; for your law is my delight. ⁷⁸ Let the men of pride be shamed; because they have falsely given decision against me; but I will give thought to your orders. ⁷⁹ Let your worshippers be turned to me, and those who have knowledge of your words. ⁸⁰ Let all my heart be given to your orders, so that I may not be put to shame. ⁸¹ CAPH My soul is wasted with desire for your salvation: but I have hope in your word. ⁸² My eyes are full of weariness with searching for your word, saying, When will you give me comfort? ⁸³ For I have become like a wine-skin black with smoke; but I still keep the memory of your rules. ⁸⁴ How short is the life of your servant! when will you give your decision against those who are attacking me? ⁸⁵ The men of pride, who are turned away from your law, have put nets for me. ⁸⁶ All your teachings are certain; they go after me with evil design; give me your help. ⁸⁷ They had almost put an end to me on earth; but I did not give up your orders. ⁸⁸ Give me life in your mercy; so that I may be ruled by the unchanging word of your mouth. ⁸⁹ LAMED For ever, O Lord, your word is fixed in heaven. ⁹⁰ Your faith is unchanging from generation to generation: you have put the earth in its place, and it is not moved. ⁹¹ They are ruled this day by your decisions; for all things are your servants. ⁹² If your law had not been my delight, my troubles would have put an end to me. ⁹³ I will ever keep your orders in mind; for in them I have life. ⁹⁴ I am yours, O be my saviour; for my desire has been for your rules. ⁹⁵ The sinners have been waiting for me to give me up to destruction; but I will give all my mind to your unchanging ward. ⁹⁶ I have seen that nothing on earth is complete; but your teaching is very wide. ⁹⁷ MEM O what love I have for your law! I give thought to it all the day. ⁹⁸ Your teaching has made me wiser than my haters: for it is mine for ever. ⁹⁹ I have more knowledge than all my teachers, because I give thought to your unchanging word. ¹⁰⁰ I have more wisdom than the old, because I have kept your orders. ¹⁰¹ I have kept back my feet from all evil ways, so that I might be true to your word. ¹⁰² My heart has not been turned away from your decisions; for you have been my teacher. ¹⁰³ How sweet are your sayings to my taste! truly, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth! ¹⁰⁴ Through your orders I get wisdom; for this reason I am a hater of every false way. ¹⁰⁵ NUN Your word is a light for my feet, ever shining on my way. ¹⁰⁶ I have made an oath and kept it, to be guided by your upright decisions. ¹⁰⁷ I am greatly troubled, O Lord, give me life in keeping with your word. ¹⁰⁸ Take, O Lord, the free offerings of my mouth, and give me knowledge of your decisions. ¹⁰⁹ My soul is ever in danger; but I still keep the memory of your law. ¹¹⁰ Sinners have put a net to take me; but I was true to your orders. ¹¹¹ I have taken your unchanging word as an eternal heritage; for it is the joy of my heart. ¹¹² My heart is ever ready to keep your rules, even to the end. ¹¹³ SAMECH I am a hater of men of doubting mind; but I am a lover of your law. ¹¹⁴ You are my secret place and my breastplate against danger; my hope is in your word. ¹¹⁵ Go far from me, you evil-doers; so that I may keep the teachings of my God. ¹¹⁶ Be my support as you have said, and give me life; let not my hope be turned to shame. ¹¹⁷ Let me not be moved, and I will be safe, and ever take delight in your rules. ¹¹⁸ You have overcome all those who are wandering from your rules; for all their thoughts are false. ¹¹⁹ All the sinners of the earth are like waste metal in your eyes; and for this cause I give my love to your unchanging word. ¹²⁰ My flesh is moved for fear of you; I give honour to your decisions. ¹²¹ AIN I have done what is good and right: you will not give me into the hands of those who are working against me. ¹²² Take your servant's interests into your keeping; let me not be crushed by the men of pride. ¹²³ My eyes are wasted with desire for your salvation, and for the word of your righteousness. ¹²⁴ Be good to your servant in your mercy, and give me teaching in your rules. ¹²⁵ I am your servant; give me wisdom, so that I may have knowledge of your unchanging word. ¹²⁶ It is time, O Lord, for you to let your work be seen; for they have made your law without effect. ¹²⁷ For this reason I have greater love far your teachings than for gold, even for shining gold. ¹²⁸ Because of it I keep straight in all things by your orders; and I am a hater of every false way. ¹²⁹ PE Your unchanging word is full of wonder; for this reason my soul keeps it. ¹³⁰ The opening of your words gives light; it gives good sense to the simple. ¹³¹ My mouth was open wide, waiting with great desire for your teachings. ¹³² Let your eyes be turned to me, and have mercy on me, as it is right for you to do to those who are lovers of your name. ¹³³ Let my steps be guided by your word; and let not sin have control over me. ¹³⁴ Make me free from the cruel rule of man; then I will keep your orders. ¹³⁵ Let your servant see the shining of your face; give me knowledge of your rules. ¹³⁶ Rivers of water are flowing from my eyes, because men do not keep your law. ¹³⁷ TZADE O Lord, great is your righteousness, and upright are your decisions. ¹³⁸ You have given your unchanging word in righteousness, and it is for ever. ¹³⁹ My passion has overcome me; because my haters are turned away from your words. ¹⁴⁰ Your word is of tested value; and it is dear to your servant. ¹⁴¹ I am small and of no account; but I keep your orders in mind. ¹⁴² Your righteousness is an unchanging righteousness, and your law is certain. ¹⁴³ Pain and trouble have overcome me: but your teachings are my delight. ¹⁴⁴ The righteousness of your unchanging word is eternal; give me wisdom so that I may have life. ¹⁴⁵ KOPH I have made my prayer with all my heart; give answer to me, O Lord: I will keep your rules. ¹⁴⁶ My cry has gone up to you; take me out of trouble, and I will be guided by your unchanging word. ¹⁴⁷ Before the sun is up, my cry for help comes to your ear; my hope is in your words. ¹⁴⁸ In the night watches I am awake, so that I may give thought to your saying. ¹⁴⁹ Let my voice come to you, in your mercy; O Lord, by your decisions give me life. ¹⁵⁰ Those who have evil designs against me come near; they are far from your law. ¹⁵¹ You are near, O Lord; and all your teachings are true. ¹⁵² I have long had knowledge that your unchanging word is for ever. ¹⁵³ RESH O see my trouble, and be my saviour; for I keep your law in my mind, ¹⁵⁴ Undertake my cause, and come to my help, give me life, as you have said. ¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far from evil-doers; for they have made no search for your rules. ¹⁵⁶ Great is the number of your mercies, O Lord; give me life in keeping with your decisions. ¹⁵⁷ Great is the number of those who are against me; but I have not been turned away from your unchanging word. ¹⁵⁸ I saw with hate those who were untrue to you; for they did not keep your saying. ¹⁵⁹ See how great is my love for your orders: give me life, O Lord, in keeping with your mercy. ¹⁶⁰ Your word is true from the first; and your upright decision is unchanging for ever. ¹⁶¹ SHIN Rulers have been cruel to me without cause; but I have the fear of your word in my heart. ¹⁶² I am delighted by your saying, like a man who makes discovery of great wealth. ¹⁶³ I am full of hate and disgust for false words; but I am a lover of your law. ¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day do I give you praise, because of your upright decisions. ¹⁶⁵ Great peace have lovers of your law; they have no cause for falling. ¹⁶⁶ Lord, my hope has been in your salvation; and I have kept your teachings. ¹⁶⁷ My soul has kept your unchanging word; great is my love for it. ¹⁶⁸ I have been ruled by your orders; for all my ways are before you. ¹⁶⁹ TAU Let my cry come before you, O Lord; give me wisdom in keeping with your word. ¹⁷⁰ Let my prayer come before you; take me out of trouble, as you have said. ¹⁷¹ Let my lips be flowing with praise, because you have given me knowledge of your rules. ¹⁷² Let my tongue make songs in praise of your word; for all your teachings are righteousness. ¹⁷³ Let your hand be near for my help; for I have given my heart to your orders. ¹⁷⁴ All my desire has been for your salvation, O Lord; and your law is my delight. ¹⁷⁵ Give life to my soul so that it may give you praise; and let your decisions be my support. ¹⁷⁶ I have gone out of the way like a wandering sheep; make search for your servant; for I keep your teachings ever in mind.