Psalms 96:1-119:176 Oh sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the lands.

Leeser⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Oh sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the lands. ² Sing unto the Lord, bless his name: announce from day to day his salvation. ³ Relate among the nations his honor, among all the people his wonders. ⁴ For the Lord is great, and greatly praised: he is to be feared above all gods. ⁵ For all the gods of the nations are idols; but the Lord hath made the heavens. ⁶ Glory and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. ⁷ Ascribe unto the Lord, O ye families of the people, ascribe unto the Lord honor and strength. ⁸ Ascribe unto the Lord the honor due unto his name: bear hither a present, and come unto his courts. ⁹ Bow down unto the Lord in the beauty of holiness: tremble before him, all ye lands. ¹⁰ Say among the nations, “The Lord reigneth;” therefore also the world is ever firmly established that it shall hot be moved: he will judge the people in equity. ¹¹ Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad: let the sea roar, with all that filleth it. ¹² Let the field exult, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy, ¹³ Before the Lord; for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he will judge the world with righteousness, and people in his truth. ⁹⁷ ¹ The Lord reigneth: let the earth be glad; let the multitude of isles rejoice. ² Clouds and thick darkness are round about him: righteousness and justice are the support of his throne. ³ A fire goeth before him, and burneth up round about his adversaries. ⁴ His lightnings give light to the world: the earth seeth it, and trembleth. ⁵ The mountains melt away like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of all the earth. ⁶ The heavens tell of his righteousness, and all the people his glory. ⁷ Made ashamed shall be all that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: unto him bow down all the gods. ⁸ Zion heareth it, and rejoiceth; and glad are the daughters of Judah, because of thy decrees, O Lord. ⁹ For thou, O Lord, art the most high above all the earth: thou art greatly exalted above all gods. ¹⁰ Ye that love the Lord, hate ye the evil: he preserveth the souls of his pious ones; out of the hand of the wicked he ever delivereth them. ¹¹ Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart. ¹² Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord, and give thanks to his holy memorial. ⁹⁸ ¹ A psalm. Oh sing unto the Lord a new song; for he hath done wonderful things: his right hand and his holy arm have gotten him the victory. ² The Lord hath made known his salvation: before the eyes of the nations hath he revealed his righteousness. ³ He hath remembered his kindness and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. ⁴ Shout joyfully unto the Lord, all the lands: break forth, and rejoice, and sing praises. ⁵ Sing praises unto the Lord with the harp,—with the harp, and the voice of psalmody. ⁶ With trumpets and the sound of cornet shout joyfully before the King, the Lord. ⁷ Let the sea roar, with all that filleth it; the world, with those that dwell therein. ⁸ Let the rivers clap their hands; let the mountains be joyful together, ⁹ Before the Lord; for he cometh to judge the earth: he will judge the world with righteousness, and people with equity. ⁹⁹ ¹ The Lord reigneth; people tremble: he sitteth enthroned over the cherubim; the earth is moved. ² The Lord is great in Zion; and he is exalted above all the people. ³ They will give thanks to thy name, great, and terrible, and holy it is. ⁴ And to the power of the king who loveth justice and righteousness hast thou truly executed in Jacob. ⁵ Exalt ye the Lord our God, and bow yourselves down before his footstool: he is holy.— ⁶ Moses and Aaron were among his priests, and Samuel among those that call on his name; they called on the Lord, and he answered them. ⁷ In the pillar of cloud he used to speak unto them: they kept his testimonies, and the statutes which he had given unto them. ⁸ O Lord, our God, thou didst answer them: thou wast a forgiving God unto them, yet also an avenger for their wrong doings. ⁹ Exalt the Lord our God, and bow yourselves down before his holy mount; for holy is the Lord our God. ¹⁰⁰ ¹ A psalm of thanksgiving. Shout joyfully unto the Lord, all ye lands. ² Serve the Lord with joy; come before his presence with triumphal song. ³ Know, that the Lord is God indeed: it is he that hath made us, and his are we—his people and the flock of his pasture. ⁴ Enter his gates with thanksgiving, his courts with praise: give thanks unto him, bless his name. ⁵ For the Lord is good; to eternity endureth his kindness; and unto the latest generation his truth. ¹⁰¹ ¹ By David, a psalm. Of kindness and justice will I sing: unto thee, O Lord, will I sing praises. ² I will carefully regard the way of the perfect: oh when will thou come unto me? I will walk in the integrity of my heart in the midst of my house. ³ I will not set before my eyes a godless thing; to commit a departure from righteousness do I hate; it shall not cleave to me. ⁴ A perverse heart shall depart from me: evil will I not know. ⁵ Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbor, him will I destroy: whoso hath proud eyes and a haughty heart, him will I not suffer. ⁶ My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may abide with me: he that walketh in the way of the perfect, he it is that shall serve me. ⁷ He that practiseth deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that speaketh falsehoods shall not succeed before my eyes. ⁸ Every morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land, cutting off from the city of the Lord all the wrong-doers. ¹⁰² ¹ A prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out before the Lord his complaint. ^(102:2) O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come unto thee. ² ^(102:3) Hide not thy face from me on the day when I am distressed; incline unto me thy ear; on the day when I call, answer me speedily. ³ ^(102:4) For my days vanish in smoke, and my bones are burning like a hearth. ⁴ ^(102:5) Struck by heat like the herb and dried up is my heart; for I forget to eat my bread. ⁵ ^(102:6) Because of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my flesh. ⁶ ^(102:7) I am like the pelican of the wilderness: I am become like the owl amid ruins. ⁷ ^(102:8) I watch, and I am become like a night-bird sitting alone upon the housetop. ⁸ ^(102:9) All the day my enemies reproach me: they that mock me swear by me. ⁹ ^(102:10) For ashes do I eat like bread, and my drink I mingle with weeping; ¹⁰ ^(102:11) Because of thy indignation and thy wrath; for thou hadst lifted me up, and hast cast me down. ¹¹ ^(102:12) My days are like a shadow that declineth; and like the herb I wither. ¹² ^(102:13) But thou, O Lord, wilt sit enthroned for ever; and thy memorial is unto all generations. ¹³ ^(102:14) Thou wilt indeed arise; thou wilt have mercy upon Zion; for it is time to favor her, for the appointed time is coming. ¹⁴ ^(102:15) For thy servants hold dear her stones, and her very dust they cherish. ¹⁵ ^(102:16) Then shall nations fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory: ¹⁶ ^(102:17) When the Lord shalt have built up Zion, he appeareth in his glory; ¹⁷ ^(102:18) When he hath regarded the prayer of the forsaken, and doth not despise their prayer. ¹⁸ ^(102:19) This shall be written down for the latest generation; and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord. ¹⁹ ^(102:20) For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; the Lord hath cast from heaven his view to the earth: ²⁰ ^(102:21) To hear the sighing of the prisoner; to loosen those that are doomed to death: ²¹ ^(102:22) That men may proclaim in Zion the name of the Lord, and his praise in Jerusalem; ²² ^(102:23) When people are gathered together, and kingdoms, to serve the Lord.— ²³ ^(102:24) He hath weakened on the way my strength; he hath shortened my days. ²⁴ ^(102:25) I will say, O my God! take me not away in the midst of my days: throughout all generations are thy years. ²⁵ ^(102:26) In olden times didst thou lay the foundations of the earth; and the heavens are the work of thy hands. ²⁶ ^(102:27) These will indeed perish, but thou wilt ever exist: yea, all of them will wear out like a garment; as a vesture wilt thou change them, and they will be changed; ²⁷ ^(102:28) But thou art ever the same, and thy years will have no end. ²⁸ ^(102:29) The children of thy servants will dwell securely, and their seed will be firmly established before thee. ¹⁰³ ¹ Of David. Bless, O my soul, the Lord, and all that is within me, his holy name. ² Bless, O my soul, the Lord, and forget not all his benefits: ³ Who forgiveth all thy iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; ⁴ Who redeemeth from the pit thy life; who crowneth thee with kindness and mercies; ⁵ Who satisfieth with happiness thy spirit, so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s plumage. ⁶ The Lord executeth righteousness, and justice for all that are oppressed. ⁷ He made known his ways unto Moses, unto the children of Israel his acts. ⁸ Merciful and gracious is the Lord, long-suffering and abundant in kindness. ⁹ Not for all eternity will he contend; nor will he for ever retain his anger. ¹⁰ Not in accordance with our sins hath he dealt with us; nor according to our iniquities hath he requited us. ¹¹ For as high as heaven is above the earth, so mighty is his kindness toward those that fear him. ¹² As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed from us our transgressions. ¹³ As a father hath mercy on his children, so hath the Lord mercy on those that fear him. ¹⁴ For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. ¹⁵ As for man, like the grass are his days: as the blossom of the field, so doth he bloom. ¹⁶ When a wind but passeth over it, it is gone, and its place will recognize it no more. ¹⁷ But the kindness of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting over those that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children, ¹⁸ To such as keep his covenant, and to those who remember his precepts to execute them. ¹⁹ The Lord hath established in the heavens his throne; and his kingdom ruleth over all. ²⁰ Bless the Lord, ye his angels, mighty in strength, that execute his word, hearkening unto the voice of his word. ²¹ Bless ye the Lord, all his hosts, ye his ministers, that execute his will. ²² Bless the Lord, all his works, in all the places of his dominion; bless, O my soul, the Lord. ¹⁰⁴ ¹ Bless, O my soul, the Lord. O Lord my God, thou art very great; with glory and majesty art thou clothed. ² Thou art he who wrappeth himself in light as with a garment; who stretcheth out the heavens like a curtain; ³ Who frameth of the waters the beams of his upper-chambers; who maketh the clouds his chariot; who walketh along upon the wings of the wind: ⁴ Who maketh the winds his messengers; the flaming fire his ministers; ⁵ Who hath founded the earth upon her bases, that she should not be moved to all eternity. ⁶ Thou hadst covered the deep as with a garment: above the mountains stood the waters. ⁷ At thy rebuke they fled, at the voice of thy thunder they hastened away. ⁸ They ascended mountains; they went down valleys, unto the place which thou hadst founded for them. ⁹ Bounds hast thou set which they cannot pass over, that they return not again to cover the earth. ¹⁰ Thou art he who sendeth springs into the valleys, between mountains they run along. ¹¹ They give drink to all the beasts of the field: the wild asses quench thereon their thirst. ¹² By them have the fowls of the heaven ever their habitation, from between the branches they send forth their voice. ¹³ Who watereth the mountains from his upper-chambers: from the fruit of thy works is the earth satisfied. ¹⁴ Thou art he who causeth grass to grow for the cattle, and herbs by the service of man, that he may bring forth bread out of the earth; ¹⁵ And wine that maketh joyful the heart of man, and oil to brighten his face, and bread which strengtheneth the heart of man. ¹⁶ Full of sap are the trees of the Lord, the cedars of Lebanon which he hath planted; ¹⁷ Where the birds make their nests: the stork—fir-trees are her house. ¹⁸ The high mountains are for the wild goats: the rocks are a shelter for the conies. ¹⁹ He hath made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down. ²⁰ Thou causest darkness, and it becometh night, wherein creep forth all the beasts of the forest. ²¹ The young lions roar after their prey, and ask from God their food. ²² The sun ariseth, they withdraw to their lairs, and lie down in their dens. ²³ Man goeth then forth unto his work, and to his labor until the evening. ²⁴ How manifold are thy works, O Lord! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. ²⁵ Here is this great and wide-extended sea; therein are moving things without number, living creatures both small and great. ²⁶ There the ships make their way: there also is the leviathan, whom thou hast made to sport therein. ²⁷ All of these wait upon thee, to give them their food in its due season. ²⁸ What thou givest them they gather: thou openest thy hand, they are satisfied with good. ²⁹ Thou hidest thy face, they suddenly vanish: thou takest away their spirit, they perish, and to their dust they return. ³⁰ Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created; and thou renewest the face of the earth. ³¹ The glory of the Lord will endure for ever; the Lord will rejoice in his works: ³² He who looketh down on the earth, and she trembleth; who toucheth the mountains, and they smoke. ³³ I will sing unto the Lord while I live: I will sing praises to my God while I exist. ³⁴ May my speech be agreeable to him: I will indeed rejoice in the Lord. ³⁵ May the sinners cease from off the earth, and the wicked be no more. Bless, O my soul, the Lord. Hallelujah. ¹⁰⁵ ¹ O give thanks unto the Lord; call on his name: make known among the people his deeds. ² Sing unto, him, sing praises unto him: speak of all his wonderful works. ³ Glorify yourselves in his holy name: let the heart of those rejoice that seek the Lord. ⁴ Inquire after the Lord and his strength: seek his presence evermore. ⁵ Remember his wonderful works which he hath done; his tokens, and the decrees of his mouth; ⁶ O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob, his elect. ⁷ He is the Lord our God: over all the earth are his decrees. ⁸ He remembereth his covenant for ever, the word which he hath commanded, to the thousandth generation. ⁹ Which he covenanted with Abraham; and his oath unto Isaac; ¹⁰ And which he established unto Jacob as a statute, unto Israel as an everlasting covenant: ¹¹ Saying, “Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, as the portion of your inheritance.” ¹² When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it; ¹³ And when they wandered from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people: ¹⁴ He suffered no man to oppress them; yea, he reproved kings for their sake; ¹⁵ Saying, “Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm,”— ¹⁶ And he called for a famine over the land; every staff of bread he broke. ¹⁷ He sent a man before them; for a servant was Joseph sold; ¹⁸ They forced into fetters his feet; in iron was his body put: ¹⁹ Until the time that his word came to pass, when the saying of the Lord had purified him. ²⁰ The king sent and unfettered him; the ruler of people, and let him go free. ²¹ He appointed him lord of his house, and ruler of all his possession: ²² That he might bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his ancients wisdom. ²³ Then came Israel into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. ²⁴ And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries. ²⁵ He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilely with his servants. ²⁶ He sent Moses his servant, Aaron also whom he had made choice of. ²⁷ They displayed among them his effective signs, and wonders in the land of Ham. ²⁸ He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word. ²⁹ He changed their waters into blood, and slew their fish. ³⁰ Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the very chambers of their kings. ³¹ He spoke, and there came various wild beasts, lice also within all their boundary. ³² He gave them as their rain hail, and flames of fire in their land. ³³ And he smote their vines and their fig-trees, and broke the trees within their boundary. ³⁴ He spoke, and the locusts came, and crickets, and that without number; ³⁵ And they ate up all the herbs in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground. ³⁶ And he smote all the first-born in their land, the first of all their strength. ³⁷ And he brought them forth with silver and gold: and there was not one that stumbled among his tribes. ³⁸ Egypt rejoiced when they departed; for the dread of them was fallen upon them. ³⁹ He spread out a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light in the night. ⁴⁰ The people asked, and he brought quails, and with heavenly bread he satisfied them. ⁴¹ He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out: they ran in the dry places like a river. ⁴² For he remembered his holy word given to Abraham his servant. ⁴³ And he brought forth his people with gladness, with joyful song his elect. ⁴⁴ And he gave them the lands of nations; and the labor of people they obtained as an inheritance: ⁴⁵ So that they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Hallelujah. ¹⁰⁶ ¹ Hallelujah. Oh give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for to eternity endureth his kindness. ² Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? who can publish all his praise? ³ Happy are those that observe justice, that execute righteousness at all times. ⁴ Remember me, O Lord, when thou favorest thy people: oh visit me with thy salvation; ⁵ That I may look on the happiness of thy elect, that I may rejoice in the joy of thy nation, that I may glorify myself with thy inheritance. ⁶ We have sinned together with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. ⁷ Our fathers did not reflect on thy wonders in Egypt: they remembered not the multitude of thy kindnesses; but rebelled at the sea, even at the Red Sea. ⁸ Nevertheless he saved them for the sake of his name, to make known his might. ⁹ He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up; and he led them through the depths, as through the 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: not one of them was left. ¹² Then believed they in his words, they sang his praise. ¹³ Speedily they forgot his works, they waited not for his counsel; ¹⁴ And they felt a lustful longing in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. ¹⁵ And he gave them what they had asked; but sent dryness into their soul. ¹⁶ Moreover they envied Moses in the camp, and Aaron the holy one of the Lord. ¹⁷ The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered over the company of Abiram. ¹⁸ And a fire was kindled in their company: the flame burnt up the wicked. ¹⁹ They made a calf in Horeb, and bowed themselves down to a molten image. ²⁰ And they exchanged their glory for the similitude of an ox that eateth herbs. ²¹ They forgot God their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt, ²² Wonders in the land of Ham, terrible things by the Red Sea. ²³ He therefore spoke of destroying them: had not Moses his elect stood in the breach before him, to turn away his fury, that he might not destroy. ²⁴ And they despised the pleasant land, they believed not in his word; ²⁵ But they murmured in their tents, they hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord. ²⁶ He therefore lifted up his hand against them, to cause them to fall in the wilderness; ²⁷ And to let their seed fall among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands. ²⁸ And they joined themselves unto Ba’al-pe’or, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. ²⁹ And they provoked him to anger with their deeds: and there broke in among them the plague. ³⁰ Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and the plague was stayed. ³¹ And it was accounted unto him for righteousness, unto all generations for evermore. ³² They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, and evil happened to Moses for their sake; ³³ Because they had embittered his spirit, and so he spoke thoughtlessly with his lips. ³⁴ They did not exterminate the nations, that the Lord had indicated to them; ³⁵ But they mingled themselves among the nations, and learned their doings. ³⁶ And they served their idols, and these became unto them a snare. ³⁷ Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto the evil spirits; ³⁸ And they shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood-guiltiness. ³⁹ Thus were they made unclean through their own doings, and went astray with their own deeds. ⁴⁰ therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, and be felt disgust for his own inheritance. ⁴¹ And he gave them up into the hand of the nations: and there ruled over them those that hated them. ⁴² And their enemies also oppressed them: and they were subdued under their hand. ⁴³ Many times did he deliver them; but they rebelled with their counsel, and they were brought low through their iniquity. ⁴⁴ Nevertheless he looked on when they were in distress, when he heard their entreaty. ⁴⁵ And he remembered unto them his covenant, and he bethought himself according to the abundance of his kindnesses; ⁴⁶ And be caused them to find mercy before all those that had carried them away captive. ⁴⁷ Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the nations, to give thanks unto thy holy name, to 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 BOOK FIFTH: Oh give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for unto eternity endureth his kindness. ² Thus let the Lord’s redeemed say, even those whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary; ³ And whom he hath gathered out of the various lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the sea. ⁴ They wandered about in the wilderness, in the desert path; they could not find an inhabited city: ⁵ Hungry and thirsty, their soul within them fainted. ⁶ Then they cried unto the Lord when they were in distress, and out of their afflictions he delivered them. ⁷ And he led them forth on the right way, that they might go to an inhabited city. ⁸ They therefore shall give thanks unto the Lord for his kindness, and proclaim his wonders to the children of men! ⁹ For he satisfied the longing soul, and the hungry soul he filled with good.— ¹⁰ Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, bound in misery and fetters of iron;— ¹¹ Because they have rebelled against the words of God, and have contemned the counsel of the Most High; ¹² And he humbled with trouble their heart; they stumbled, and there was none to help; ¹³ But when they cry unto the Lord when they are in distress, he saveth them out of their afflictions; ¹⁴ He bringeth them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and teareth their bands asunder. ¹⁵ They therefore shall give thanks unto the Lord for his kindness, and proclaim his wonders to the children of men! ¹⁶ For he hath broken the doors of copper, and the bolts of iron hath he hewn asunder.— ¹⁷ Fools, because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. ¹⁸ All manner of food their soul abhorreth; and they draw near unto the gates of death; ¹⁹ But when they cry unto the Lord when they are in distress, he saveth them out of their afflictions. ²⁰ He sendeth his word and healeth them, and delivereth them from their graves. ²¹ They therefore shall give thanks unto the Lord for his kindness, and proclaim his wonders to the children of men! ²² They shall also sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and relate his deeds with joyful song.— ²³ They who go down to the sea in ships, who do business on great waters;— ²⁴ These have seen the works of the Lord, and his wonders on the deep. ²⁵ For he spoke, and he raised the stormy wind, which lifteth up its waves. ²⁶ They would mount up to heaven, they would go down to the depths: their soul was melted because of their danger. ²⁷ They would reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and all their wisdom was exhausted. ²⁸ And they cried unto the Lord when they were in distress, and he brought them out of their afflictions. ²⁹ He calmed the storm into a whisper, and stilled were the waves of the sea. ³⁰ And they were rejoiced because they were silent: and then he guided them unto their desired haven. ³¹ They therefore shall give thanks unto the Lord for his kindness, and proclaim his wonders to the children of men! ³² And they must exalt him in the congregation of the people, and in the assembly of the elders must they praise him.— ³³ He changeth rivers into a wilderness, and water-springs into parched ground; ³⁴ A fruitful land into a salty waste, for the wickedness of those that dwell therein. ³⁵ He changeth the wilderness into a pool of water, and desert land into water-springs. ³⁶ And there he causeth to dwell the hungry, that they may found an inhabited city; ³⁷ And they sow fields, and plant vineyards, that they may yield the fruits of the annual product. ³⁸ He also blesseth them, and they multiply greatly, and he suffereth not their cattle to diminish. ³⁹ They were also diminished and bowed low through oppression, misfortune, and sorrow: ⁴⁰ He then poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in a pathless wilderness. ⁴¹ And he exalteth the needy from misery, and maketh his families like flocks. ⁴² The righteous shall see it, and rejoice; but all wickedness shall stop her mouth. ⁴³ Whoever is wise, let him observe these things, and let all understand the kindness of the Lord. ¹⁰⁸ ¹ A song or psalm of David. ^(108:2) My heart is firm, O God; I will sing and give praise, even with my spirit. ² ^(108:3) Awake, psaltery and harp: I will wake up the morning-dawn. ³ ^(108:4) I will give thee thanks among the people, O Lord: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. ⁴ ^(108:5) For great above the heavens is thy kindness, and thy truth reacheth even unto the skies. ⁵ ^(108:6) Exalt thyself above the heavens, O God; and above all the earth thy glory. ⁶ ^(108:7) In order that thy beloved may be delivered: help with thy right hand, and answer me. ⁷ ^(108:8) God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult, I will divide Shechem, and the valley of Succoth will I measure out. ⁸ ^(108:9) Mine id Gil’ad, and mine is Menasseh; Ephraim also is the strong-hold of my head; of Judah are my chiefs. ⁹ ^(108:10) Moab is my washpot; upon Edom will I cast my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph. ¹⁰ ^(108:11) Who will bring me into the fortified city? who will lead me as far as Edom? ¹¹ ^(108:12) Behold, it is thou, O God, who hast cast us off; and thou, O God, goest not forth with our armies. ¹² ^(108:13) Give us help against the assailant; for vain is the help of man. ¹³ ^(108:14) Through God shall we do valiantly; for he it is that will tread down our adversaries. ¹⁰⁹ ¹ To the chief musician, by David, a psalm. O God of my praise, do not keep silence. ² For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken with me with the tongue of falsehood. ³ Also with words of hatred have they encompassed me, and they fight against me without a cause. ⁴ In recompense for my love are they my accusers, while I have nothing but prayer. ⁵ And they impose evil on me in recompense for good, and hatred in lieu of my love. ⁶ Appoint thou a wicked man over him: and let an accuser stand at his right hand. ⁷ When he is to be judged, let him go forth guilty, and let his prayer become sin. ⁸ Let his days be few, and let another take his office. ⁹ Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. ¹⁰ Let his children be continually moving about, and beg, and let them seek their bread out of their ruined places. ¹¹ Let the creditor lay snares after all that he hath, and let strangers plunder his labor. ¹² Let him have none that extendeth kindness, and let there be none that is gracious to his fatherless children. ¹³ Let his posterity be cut off: in another generation let their name be blotted out. ¹⁴ Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the Lord, and let the sin of his mother not be blotted out. ¹⁵ Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off from the earth their memory. ¹⁶ For the reason that he remembered not to show kindness; but persecuted the poor and needy man, and the grieved in heart to put him to death. ¹⁷ As he loved cursing, so let it come over him: and as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. ¹⁸ And he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, and it cometh like water within him, and like oil into his bones. ¹⁹ Let it be unto him as a garment in which he wrappeth himself, and for a girdle let him be continually girded with it. ²⁰ Let this be the reward of my accusers from the Lord, and of those that speak evil against my soul. ²¹ But thou, O Eternal Lord, deal with me for the sake of thy name: because thy kindness is good, deliver thou me. ²² For poor and needy am I, and my heart is deeply wounded within me. ²³ Like the shadow when it declineth do I hasten away: I am driven suddenly off like the locusts. ²⁴ My knees stumble through fasting, and my flesh faileth of fatness. ²⁵ And I am become a reproach unto them: when they see me, they shake their head. ²⁶ Help me, O Lord my God: O save me according to thy kindness: ²⁷ That they may know that this is thy hand: that thou, Lord, hast truly done it. ²⁸ Let them then curse, but do thou bless: when they arise, let them be made ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice. ²⁹ Let my accusers be clothed with confusion, and let them wrap themselves, as with a mantle, in their own shame. ³⁰ I will thank the Lord greatly with my mouth, and in the midst of many will I praise him. ³¹ For he ever standeth at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those that judge his soul. ¹¹⁰ ¹ By David, a psalm. The Eternal saith unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I place thy enemies as a stool for thy feet. ² The staff of thy strength will the Eternal stretch forth out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thy enemies. ³ Thy people will bring freewill-gifts on the day of thy power, in the ornaments of holiness: as out of the bosom of the morning-dawn so is thine the dew of thy youth. ⁴ The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent of it, Thou shalt be a priest for ever after the order of Malki-zedek. ⁵ The Lord at thy right hand crusheth kings on the day of his wrath. ⁶ He will judge among the nations—there shall be a fulness of corpses—he crusheth heads on a wide-spread land. ⁷ From the brook will he drink on the way: therefore will he lift up the head. ¹¹¹ ¹ Hallelujah. I will thank the Lord with all my heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation. ² Great are the works of the Lord, they are sought for by them in all their desires. ³ Glorious and majestic is his doing, and his righteousness endureth for ever. ⁴ He hath made a memorial for his wonderful works: gracious and merciful is the Lord. ⁵ He hath given sustenance unto those that fear him: he will for ever be mindful of his covenant. ⁶ The power of his works hath he told unto his people, that he might give them the heritage of nations. ⁷ The works of his hands are truth and justice: faultless are all his precepts. ⁸ They are well supported for ever and eternally: they are framed in truth and uprightness. ⁹ Redemption hath he sent unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and to be feared is his name. ¹⁰ The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord; a good understanding have all that fulfill his commandments: his praise endureth for ever. ¹¹² ¹ Hallelujah. Happy is the man that feareth the Lord, that greatly delighteth in his commandments. ² His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. ³ Plenty and riches shall be in his house, and his righteousness shall endure for ever. ⁴ There ariseth in the darkness a light to the upright: he is gracious, and merciful, and righteous. ⁵ Well will it be with the man who is kind, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with justice. ⁶ Surely unto eternity shall he not be moved: in everlasting remembrance shall the righteous be held. ⁷ Of an evil report shall he not be afraid: his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord. ⁸ Well supported is his heart, he shall not be afraid, until he looketh on the punishment of his assailants. ⁹ He distributeth, he giveth to the needy: his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted in honor. ¹⁰ The wicked shall see it, and be vexed; he will gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the longing of the wicked shall perish. ¹¹³ ¹ Hallelujah. Praise, O ye servants of the Lord, praise ye the name of the Lord. ² Let the name of the Lord be blessed from this time forth and for evermore. ³ From the rising of the sun unto his going down the name of the Lord is praised. ⁴ High above all nations is the Lord, above the heavens is his glory. ⁵ Who is like the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high? ⁶ Who condescendeth to view what is done in the heavens, and on the earth? ⁷ He raiseth up out of the dust the poor, from the dunghill he lifteth up the needy: ⁸ That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people. ⁹ He causeth the barren woman to dwell in the midst of her household, the joyful mother of children. Hallelujah. ¹¹⁴ ¹ When Israel went forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of a strange language: ² Judah became his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. ³ The sea beheld it, and fled: the Jordan was driven backward. ⁴ The mountains skipped like wethers, the hills like lambs. ⁵ What aileth thee, O sea, that thou fleest? thou, O Jordan, that thou art driven backward? ⁶ Ye mountains, that ye skip like wethers? ye hills, like lambs? ⁷ At the presence of the Lord tremble, O earth, at the presence of the God of Jacob; ⁸ Who changeth the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of water. ¹¹⁵ ¹ Not for our sake, O Lord, not for our sake, but unto thy name give glory, for the sake of thy kindness, for the sake of thy truth. ² Wherefore should the nations say, Where now is their God? ³ Whereas our God is in the heavens: whatsoever he desireth hath he done. ⁴ Their idols are sliver and gold, the work of the hands of man. ⁵ A mouth they have, but speak not; eyes they have, but see not; ⁶ Ears they have, but hear not; a nose they have, but smell not. ⁷ They have hands, but they touch not; they have feet, but they walk not: nor do they give any utterance by their throat. ⁸ Like them are those that make them, 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 ye in the Lord—he is their help and their shield. ¹² The Lord hath even been mindful of us, he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron; ¹³ He will bless those that fear the Lord, the small together with the great. ¹⁴ May the Lord increase you more and more, you and your children. ¹⁵ Blessed are 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 Not the dead can praise the Lord, nor all those that go down into the silence of death. ¹⁸ But as for us, we will bless the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. Hallelujah. ¹¹⁶ ¹ It is lovely to me that the Lord heareth my voice, my supplications. ² For he hath inclined his ear unto me: therefore throughout all my days will I call on him. ³ The bands of death had compassed me, and the pangs of the nether world had overtaken me; I had met with distress and sorrow: ⁴ I then called on the name of the Lord, I beseech thee, O Lord, release my soul. ⁵ Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; and our God is merciful. ⁶ The Lord preserveth the simple: I was in misery, and he helped 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, my eyes from tears, my feet from falling. ⁹ I will walk before the Lord in the land of life. ¹⁰ I believe, therefore will I speak: I was greatly afflicted; ¹¹ I indeed said in my despondency, Every man is a liar. ¹² What shall I give in return unto the Lord for all his bounties toward me? ¹³ The cup of salvation will I lift up, and on the name of the Lord will I call. ¹⁴ My vows will I pay unto the Lord, yea, in the presence of all his people. ¹⁵ Grievous in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his pious ones. ¹⁶ O Lord, truly am I thy servant, I am thy servant,—the son of thy handmaid: thou hast loosened my fetters. ¹⁷ Unto thee will I offer the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and on the name of the Lord will I call. ¹⁸ My vows will I pay unto the Lord, yea, in the presence of all his people, ¹⁹ In the courts of the house of the Lord, in thy midst, O Jerusalem. Hallelujah. ¹¹⁷ ¹ Praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. ² For mighty is his kindness over us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Hallelujah. ¹¹⁸ ¹ O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; because unto eternity endureth his kindness. ² Let Israel then say so; because to eternity endureth his kindness. ³ Let the house of Aaron then say so; because to eternity endureth his kindness. ⁴ Let those who fear the Lord then say so; because to eternity endureth his kindness. ⁵ From the midst of distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me with enlargement. ⁶ The Lord is for me; I will not fear: what can a man do unto me? ⁷ The Lord is for me, among those that help me: therefore shall I indeed look on the punishment of those that hate me. ⁸ It is better to seek shelter with the Lord than to trust in man. ⁹ It is better to seek shelter with the Lord than to trust in princes. ¹⁰ All nations encompassed me about; but in the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off. ¹¹ They encompassed me about: yea, they compassed about, but in the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off. ¹² They encompassed me about like bees; they blazed up like the fire of thorns; but in the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off. ¹³ Thou hast thrust violently at me that I might fall; but the Lord assisted me. ¹⁴ My strength and song is the Lord, 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 doth valiantly. ¹⁶ The right hand of the Lord is exalted: the right hand of the Lord doth valiantly. ¹⁷ I shall not die, but I shall live, and relate the works of the Lord. ¹⁸ Severely hath the Lord chastised me; but unto death hath he not given me up. 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 which belongeth unto the Lord, the righteous shall enter thereby. ²¹ I will thank thee: for thou but answered me, and art become my salvation. ²² The stone which the builders rejected is become the chief corner-stone. ²³ From the Lord is this come to pass, it is marvelous in our eyes. ²⁴ This is the day which the Lord hath made, we will be glad and rejoice thereon. ²⁵ We beseech thee, O Lord, save us now: we beseech thee, O Lord, send us now prosperity. ²⁶ Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord: we bless you out of the house of the Lord. ²⁷ God is the Lord, and he giveth us light: bind the festive sacrifice with cords, leading it up to the horns of the altar. ²⁸ Thou art my God, and I will thank thee: my God, I will exalt thee. ²⁹ Oh give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; because to eternity endureth his kindness. ¹¹⁹ ¹ ALEPH. Happy are they whose way is perfect, who walk in the law of the Lord. ² Happy are they who keep his testimonies, that seek him with all their heart. ³ They also commit no injustice; in his ways do they walk. ⁴ Thou thyself hast commanded us thy precepts, that we might keep them diligently. ⁵ Oh that my ways were firmly directed to observe thy statutes! ⁶ Then would I not be made ashamed, while I look at all thy commandments. ⁷ I will thank thee with uprightness of heart, when I learn thy righteous ordinances. ⁸ Thy statutes will I observe: oh forsake me not too greatly. ⁹ BETH. Wherewithal shall a youth keep his way pure? by guarding it according to thy word. ¹⁰ With all my heart have I sought thee: oh let me not wander astray from thy commandments. ¹¹ In my heart have I treasured up thy saying, in order that I may not sin against thee. ¹² Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy statutes. ¹³ With my lips have I related all the ordinances of thy mouth. ¹⁴ On the way of thy testimonies have I been glad, as over all wealth. ¹⁵ On thy precepts will I meditate, and direct my look unto thy paths. ¹⁶ In thy statutes will I seek my delight: I will not forget thy word. ¹⁷ GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant: let me live, that I may observe thy word. ¹⁸ Open thou my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. ¹⁹ A stranger am I on the earth: hide not from me thy commandments. ²⁰ My soul is broken from longing for thy ordinances at all times. ²¹ Thou hast rebuked the accursed proud, who go erringly astray from thy commandments. ²² Roll away from me reproach and contempt; for thy testimonies have I kept. ²³ Although even princes should sit and speak against me, thy servant would still meditate on thy statutes. ²⁴ Also thy testimonies are my delight, my counsellors. ²⁵ DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: revive thou me according to thy word. ²⁶ My ways do I relate to thee, and thou answerest me: teach me thy statutes. ²⁷ Cause me to understand the way of thy precepts, that I may meditate on thy wonders. ²⁸ My soul droppeth away from grief: sustain me according to thy word. ²⁹ The way of falsehood do thou remove from me, and grant me graciously thy law. ³⁰ The way of truth have I chosen: thy ordinances have I set before me. ³¹ I have adhered unto thy testimonies: O Lord, put me not to shame. ³² The way of thy commandments will I run; for thou wilt enlarge my heart. ³³ HE. Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes, and I shall keep it in all its windings. ³⁴ Give me understanding, that I may keep thy law, and I will observe it with all my heart. ³⁵ Guide me on the path of thy commandments; for therein do I find my delight. ³⁶ Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to desire for gain. ³⁷ Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity: on thy way do thou give me life. ³⁸ Fulfill unto thy servant thy promise for those who are devoted to thy fear. ³⁹ Cause to pass away my disgrace of which I have dread; for thy ordinances are good. ⁴⁰ Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: through thy righteousness do thou give my life. ⁴¹ VAV. And let thy kindness come unto me, O Lord, thy salvation, according to thy promise. ⁴² Then shall I have a word to answer the one that reproacheth me; for I trust in thy word. ⁴³ And snatch not the word of truth out of my mouth too greatly; for I wait for thy ordinances. ⁴⁴ So shall I observe thy law continually for ever and ever. ⁴⁵ And I will walk in an open space; for thy precepts have I sought. ⁴⁶ And I will speak of thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed. ⁴⁷ And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I love. ⁴⁸ And so will I lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on thy statutes. ⁴⁹ ZAYIN. Remember thy word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to wait. ⁵⁰ This is my comfort in my affliction, that thy promise hath revived me. ⁵¹ The presumptuous have held me too greatly in derision: yet have I not departed away from thy law. ⁵² I remembered thy decrees which were from olden times, O Lord, and thus comforted myself. ⁵³ Horror seized on me because of the wicked that forsake thy law. ⁵⁴ Songs have thy statutes been unto me in the house of my pilgrimage. ⁵⁵ I remembered in the night thy name, O Lord, and observed thy law. ⁵⁶ This came to pass unto me, because I had kept thy precepts. ⁵⁷ CHETH. My portion is the Lord, have I said, that I might observe thy words. ⁵⁸ I make entreaty before thee with all my heart: be gracious unto me according to thy promise. ⁵⁹ I have thought over my ways, and made my feet return unto thy testimonies. ⁶⁰ I hastened, and delayed not to observe thy commandments. ⁶¹ Companies of wicked men have surrounded me; but I have not forgotten thy law. ⁶² At midnights do I constantly rise to give thanks unto thee, because of thy righteous decrees. ⁶³ An associate am I unto all that fear thee, and unto those that keep thy precepts. ⁶⁴ Of thy kindness, O Lord, is the earth full: teach me thy statutes. ⁶⁵ TETH. Thou hast shown goodness on thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word. ⁶⁶ The best of discernment and knowledge do thou teach me; for in thy commandments do I believe. ⁶⁷ Before I was afflicted I was in error; but now I observe thy saying. ⁶⁸ Thou art good, and doing good: teach me thy statutes. ⁶⁹ The presumptuous have invented falsehoods against me; but I will with all my heart indeed keep thy precepts. ⁷⁰ Gross as fat is their heart; but I take truly delight in thy law. ⁷¹ It is well for me that I have been afflicted, in order that I might learn thy statutes. ⁷² Better is unto me the law of thy mouth than thousands of gold and silver. ⁷³ YOD. Thy hands have made me and established me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. ⁷⁴ Those that fear thee will see me and be rejoiced; because I have waited for thy word. ⁷⁵ I know, O Lord, that thy decrees are righteous, and that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me. ⁷⁶ Let, I pray thee, thy kindness come to comfort me, according to thy promise unto thy servant. ⁷⁷ Let thy mercies come unto me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight. ⁷⁸ Let the presumptuous be made ashamed; because they have without a cause dealt perversely with me; but I will indeed meditate on thy precepts. ⁷⁹ Let those that fear thee return unto me, and those that know thy testimonies. ⁸⁰ Let my heart be entire in thy statutes, in order that I may not be put to shame. ⁸¹ CAPH. My soul ardently desireth for thy salvation: for thy word do I wait. ⁸² My eyes look eagerly for thy promise, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? ⁸³ For I am become like a bottle in the smoke: yet do I not forget thy statutes. ⁸⁴ How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute justice on my persecutors? ⁸⁵ The presumptuous have dug pits for me, which is not in accordance with thy law. ⁸⁶ All thy commandments are founded on truth: without cause they persecute me; help thou me. ⁸⁷ But little was wanting that they had consumed me upon earth; but I have truly not forsaken thy precepts. ⁸⁸ According to thy kindness give me life, that I may observe the testimony of thy mouth. ⁸⁹ LAMED. To eternity, O Lord, standeth firm thy word with the heavens. ⁹⁰ Unto all generations endureth thy faithfulness: thou hast established the earth, and she standeth. ⁹¹ According to thy ordinances they exist this day: for all are thy servants. ⁹² Unless thy law had been my delights, I should long since have been lost in my affliction. ⁹³ Never will I forget thy precepts; for with them thou hast kept me alive. ⁹⁴ Thine am I, save me; for thy precepts have I sought. ⁹⁵ Wicked men have waited for me to destroy me; but I will reflect on thy testimonies. ⁹⁶ Of all perfection have I seen the end; but thy commandment is exceedingly extended. ⁹⁷ MEM. Oh how do I love thy law! all the day is it my meditation. ⁹⁸ Wiser than my enemy doth thy commandment make me; for it is perpetually with me. ⁹⁹ Above all my teachers have I obtained intelligence; for thy testimonies are my meditation. ¹⁰⁰ More than the elders do I possess understanding; because thy precepts do I keep. ¹⁰¹ From every evil path have I withholden my feet, in order that I might observe thy word. ¹⁰² From thy ordinances have I not departed; for thou hast instructed me. ¹⁰³ How much sweeter are to my palate thy sayings than honey to my mouth! ¹⁰⁴ Through thy precepts shall I obtain understanding: therefore do I hate every path of falsehood. ¹⁰⁵ NUN. A lamp unto my feet is thy word, and a light unto my path. ¹⁰⁶ I have sworn, and I will perform it, to observe thy righteous ordinances. ¹⁰⁷ I am afflicted exceedingly much: O Lord, revive me, according to thy word. ¹⁰⁸ Receive in favor the freewill-offerings of my mouth, I beseech thee, O Lord, and teach me thy ordinances. ¹⁰⁹ My life is in my hand continually: yet thy law do I not forget. ¹¹⁰ The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet have I not erred from thy precepts. ¹¹¹ I have taken thy testimonies as a heritage to eternity; for they are the joy of my heart. ¹¹² I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes always, in all their ways. ¹¹³ SAMECH. Those of divided thoughts I hate; but thy law do I love. ¹¹⁴ My shelter and my shield art thou: for thy word do I wait. ¹¹⁵ Depart from me, ye evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of God. ¹¹⁶ Uphold me according to thy promise, that I may live, and let me not be made ashamed of my hope. ¹¹⁷ Support me that I may be placed in safety, and I will direct my regard unto thy statutes continually. ¹¹⁸ Thou hast trodden down all that erringly stray from thy statutes; for falsehood is their deceit. ¹¹⁹ Like dross dost thou put away all the wicked of the earth: therefore do I love thy testimonies. ¹²⁰ My flesh trembleth shudderingly from dread of thee, and of thy decrees am I afraid. ¹²¹ ‘AYIN. I have executed justice and righteousness: leave me not to those who oppress me. ¹²² Protect thy servant for good: let not the presumptuous oppress me. ¹²³ My eyes look eagerly for thy salvation, and for thy righteous promise. ¹²⁴ Deal with thy servant according to thy kindness, and thy statutes do thou teach me. ¹²⁵ I am thy servant: give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies. ¹²⁶ It is time to act for the Lord: they have broken thy law. ¹²⁷ Therefore do I love thy commandments more than gold, and more than fine gold. ¹²⁸ Therefore do I esteem all thy precepts in all things as right: every path of falsehood do I hate. ¹²⁹ PE. Wonderful are thy testimonies: therefore doth my soul keep them. ¹³⁰ The opening of thy words giveth light, it giveth understanding unto the simple. ¹³¹ I opened my mouth, and panted for breath; because for thy commandments did I long. ¹³² Turn thou unto me, and be gracious unto me, as is thy wont unto those that love thy name. ¹³³ My steps establish thou through thy promise, and suffer not any wrong to have dominion over me. ¹³⁴ Deliver me from the oppression of man, and I will observe thy precepts. ¹³⁵ Let thy face shine upon thy servant, and teach me thy statutes. ¹³⁶ Streams of water have run down my eyes; because they had not observed thy law. ¹³⁷ TZADDE. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy decrees. ¹³⁸ Thou hast commanded thy testimonies, as righteous and faithful exceedingly. ¹³⁹ My zeal destroyeth me; because my assailants have forgotten thy words. ¹⁴⁰ Thy promise is greatly refined, and thy servant loveth it. ¹⁴¹ I am little and despised: yet thy precepts have I not forgotten. ¹⁴² Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth. ¹⁴³ Distress and trouble have overtaken me: yet are thy commandments my delights. ¹⁴⁴ Righteous are thy testimonies for everlasting: give me understanding, that I may live. ¹⁴⁵ KOPH. I have called with all my heart: answer me, O Lord: thy statutes will I keep. ¹⁴⁶ I have called on thee, save me, and I will observe thy testimonies. ¹⁴⁷ I come before thee in the dawn of morning, and cry: for thy word do I wait. ¹⁴⁸ My eyes are awake before the night-watches, that I may meditate in thy saying. ¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice according to thy kindness: O Lord, according to thy decree do thou grant me life. ¹⁵⁰ They that pursue mischievous devices draw nigh: from thy law are they far. ¹⁵¹ Near art thou, O Lord; and all thy commandments are the truth. ¹⁵² Of old already I knew of thy testimonies; because for eternity hast thou founded them. ¹⁵³ RESH. Look on my affliction, and release me; for thy law have I not forgotten. ¹⁵⁴ Plead my cause, and deliver me: according to thy promise do thou revive me. ¹⁵⁵ Far from the wicked is salvation; because thy statutes have they not sought for. ¹⁵⁶ Thy mercies are abundant, O Lord; according to thy decrees do thou revive me. ¹⁵⁷ Many are my persecutors and my assailants: yet from thy testimonies do I not turn away. ¹⁵⁸ I beheld the treacherous, and felt disgust; because they observed not thy saying. ¹⁵⁹ Behold that I love thy precepts: O Lord, according to thy kindness do thou revive me. ¹⁶⁰ The summit of thy word is truth: and the whole of thy righteous judgment endureth for ever. ¹⁶¹ SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but of thy word standeth my heart in dread. ¹⁶² I am rejoiced over thy promise, as one that findeth great spoil. ¹⁶³ Falsehood I hate and abhor: but thy law do I love. ¹⁶⁴ Seven times in the day do I praise thee because of thy righteous decrees. ¹⁶⁵ Abundant peace have they who love thy law; and thee is nothing that causeth them to stumble. ¹⁶⁶ I have hoped for thy salvation, O Lord, and thy commandments have I fulfilled. ¹⁶⁷ My soul hath observed thy testimonies, and I love them exceedingly. ¹⁶⁸ I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; because all my ways are before thee. ¹⁶⁹ TAV. Let my entreaty come near before thee, O Lord: according to thy word grant me understanding. ¹⁷⁰ Let my supplication come before thee: according to thy promise do thou deliver me. ¹⁷¹ My lips shall utter praise; because thou wilt teach me thy statutes. ¹⁷² My tongue shall speak loudly of thy promise; for all thy commandments are righteous. ¹⁷³ Let thy hand be ready to help me; for thy precepts have I chosen. ¹⁷⁴ I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my delights. ¹⁷⁵ Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee: and let thy decrees help me. ¹⁷⁶ I have gone erringly astray like a lost sheep: seek thy servant; for thy commandments have I not forgotten.