NHEB(i)
1 [For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.] God of my praise, do not remain silent,
2 for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.
3 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
4 In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.
5 They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
6 Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand.
7 When he is judged, let him come forth guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.
8 Let his days be few. Let another take his office.
9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
10 Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.
11 Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.
12 Let there be none to extend kindness to him, neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.
13 Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the LORD. Do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;
16 because he did not remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them.
17 Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He did not delight in blessing, and it was far from him.
18 He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones.
19 Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him.
20 This is the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, of those who speak evil against my soul.
21 But deal with me, the LORD the Lord, for your name's sake, because your loving kindness is good, deliver me;
22 for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.
23 I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust.
24 My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.
25 I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.
26 Help me, LORD, my God. Save me according to your loving kindness;
27 that they may know that this is your hand; that you, LORD, have done it.
28 They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice.
29 Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
30 I will give great thanks to the LORD with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.
31 For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.
110 1 [A Psalm by David.] The LORD says to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."
2 The LORD will send forth the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of your enemies.
3 Your people offer themselves willingly on the day of your power. On the holy mountains at sunrise the dew of your youth will be yours.
4 The LORD has sworn, and will not change his mind: "You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek."
5 The LORD is at your right hand. He will crush kings in the day of his wrath.
6 He will judge among the nations. He will heap up dead bodies. He will shatter the head throughout a vast territory.
7 He will drink of the brook in the way; therefore he will lift up his head.
111 1 Praise the LORD. I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation.
2 The LORD's works are great, pondered by all those who delight in them.
3 His work is honor and majesty. His righteousness endures forever.
4 He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered. The LORD is gracious and merciful.
5 He has given food to those who fear him. He always remembers his covenant.
6 He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them the heritage of the nations.
7 The works of his hands are truth and justice. All his precepts are sure.
8 They are established forever and ever. They are done in truth and uprightness.
9 He has sent redemption to his people. He has ordained his covenant forever. His name is holy and awesome.
10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever.
112 1 Praise the LORD. Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who delights greatly in his commandments.
2 His descendants will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright will be blessed.
3 Wealth and riches are in his house. His righteousness endures forever.
4 Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous.
5 It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.
6 For he will never be shaken. The righteous will be remembered forever.
7 He will not be afraid of evil news. His heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.
8 His heart is secure, he has no fears; in the end he will look in triumph on his adversaries.
9 He has scattered, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.
10 The wicked will see it, and be grieved. He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away. The desire of the wicked will perish.
113 1 Praise the LORD. Praise, you servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.
2 Blessed be the name of the LORD, from this time forth and forevermore.
3 From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, The LORD's name is to be praised.
4 The LORD is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens.
5 Who is like the LORD, our God, who has his seat on high,
6 Who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth?
7 He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap;
8 that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
9 He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise the LORD.
114 1 When Israel went forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language;
2 Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
3 The sea saw it, and fled. The Jordan was driven back.
4 The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs.
5 What was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you turned back?
6 You mountains, that you skipped like rams; you little hills, like lambs?
7 Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
8 who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of waters.
115 1 Not to us, LORD, not to us, but to your name be the glory, for your loving kindness and for your faithfulness.
2 Why should the nations say, "Where is their God, now?"
3 But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases.
4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
5 They have mouths, but they do not speak. They have eyes, but they do not see.
6 They have ears, but they do not hear. They have noses, but they do not smell.
7 They have hands, but they do not feel. They have feet, but they do not walk, neither do they speak through their throat.
8 Those who make them will be like them; yes, everyone who trusts in them.
9 Israel, trust in the LORD. He is their help and their shield.
10 House of Aaron, trust in the LORD. He is their help and their shield.
11 You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD. He is their help and their shield.
12 The LORD remembers us. He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel. He will bless the house of Aaron.
13 He will bless those who fear the LORD, both small and great.
14 May the LORD increase you more and more, you and your children.
15 Blessed are you by the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
16 The heavens are the heavens of the LORD; but the earth has he given to the descendants of Adam.
17 The dead do not praise the LORD, neither any who go down into silence;
18 But we will bless the LORD, from this time forth and forevermore. Praise the LORD.
116 1 I love the LORD, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.
2 Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
3 The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.
4 Then I called on the name of the LORD: "LORD, I beg you, deliver my soul."
5 The LORD is Gracious and righteous. Yes, our God is merciful.
6 The LORD preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me.
7 Return to your rest, my soul, for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.
8 For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
10 I believed, therefore I said, "I am greatly afflicted."
11 I said in my haste, "All men are liars."
12 What will I give to the LORD for all his benefits toward me?
13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of the LORD.
14 I will pay my vows to the LORD, yes, in the presence of all his people.
15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his faithful ones.
16 LORD, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your handmaid. You have freed me from my chains.
17 I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on the name of the LORD.
18 I will pay my vows to the LORD, yes, in the presence of all his people,
19 in the courts of the LORD's house, in the midst of you, Jerusalem. Praise the LORD.
117 1 Praise the LORD, all you nations. Praise him, all you peoples.
2 For his loving kindness is great toward us. The LORD's faithfulness endures forever. Praise the LORD.
118 1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
2 Let Israel now say that his loving kindness endures forever.
3 Let the house of Aaron now say that his loving kindness endures forever.
4 Now let those who fear the LORD say that his loving kindness endures forever.
5 Out of my distress, I called on the LORD. The LORD answered me with freedom.
6 The LORD is my helper; I will not fear. What can humans do to me?
7 The LORD is my helper; and I will look in triumph on those who hate me.
8 It is better to take refuge in the LORD, than to put confidence in man.
9 It is better to take refuge in the LORD, than to put confidence in princes.
10 All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD, I cut them off.
11 They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In the name of the LORD I indeed cut them off.
12 They surrounded me like bees. They blazed like a fire among thorns. In the name of the LORD I cut them off.
13 I was pushed hard, to make me fall, but the LORD helped me.
14 The LORD is my strength and song. He has become my salvation.
15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. "The right hand of the LORD does valiantly.
16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted. The right hand of the LORD does valiantly."
17 I will not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
18 The LORD has punished me severely, but he has not given me over to death.
19 Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them and praise the LORD.
20 This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous will enter into it.
21 I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me, and have become my salvation.
22 The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
23 This is the LORD's doing. It is marvelous in our eyes.
24 This is the day that the LORD has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.
25 Save us now, we beg you, LORD. LORD, we beg you, send prosperity now.
26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. We have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.
27 The LORD is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.
28 You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God, I will exalt you.
29 Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
119 1 ALEPH. Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the LORD.
2 Blessed are those who keep his decrees, who seek him with their whole heart.
3 Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways.
4 You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them.
5 Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes.
6 Then I wouldn't be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments.
7 I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments.
8 I will observe your statutes. Do not utterly forsake me.
9 BET. How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.
10 With my whole heart, I have sought you. Do not let me wander from your commandments.
11 In my heart I have hidden your word, that I might not sin against you.
12 Blessed are you, LORD. Teach me your statutes.
13 With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.
15 I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways.
16 I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word.
17 GIMEL. Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live and keep your word.
18 Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your Law.
19 I am a stranger on the earth. Do not hide your commandments from me.
20 My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
21 You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments.
22 Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes.
23 Though princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate on your statutes.
24 Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors.
25 DALET. My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word.
26 I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes.
27 Let me understand the teaching of your precepts. Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.
28 My soul is weary with sorrow: strengthen me according to your word.
29 Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your Law graciously.
30 I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me.
31 I cling to your statutes, LORD. Do not let me be disappointed.
32 I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free.
33 HEY Teach me, LORD, the way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end.
34 Give me understanding, and I will keep your Law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.
35 Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them.
36 Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.
37 Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
38 Fulfill your promise to your servant, that you may be feared.
39 Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good.
40 Look, I long for your precepts. Revive me in your righteousness.
41 WAW. Let your loving kindness also come to me, LORD, your salvation, according to your word.
42 So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word.
43 Do not snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, for I put my hope in your ordinances.
44 So I will obey your Law continually, forever and ever.
45 I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts.
46 I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed.
47 I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.
48 I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes.
49 ZAYIN. Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope.
50 This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me.
51 The arrogant mock me excessively, but I do not swerve from your Law.
52 I remember your ordinances of old, LORD, and have comforted myself.
53 Indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked who forsake your Law.
54 Your statutes have been my songs, in the house where I live.
55 I have remembered your name, LORD, in the night, and I obey your Law.
56 This is my way, that I keep your precepts.
57 HET. The LORD is my portion. I promised to obey your words.
58 I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.
59 I considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes.
60 I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments.
61 The ropes of the wicked bind me, but I won't forget your Law.
62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances.
63 I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.
64 The earth is full of your loving kindness, LORD. Teach me your statutes.
65 TET. Do good to your servant, according to your word, LORD.
66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.
67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.
68 You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes.
69 The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.
70 Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your Law.
71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes.
72 The Law you have spoken is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
73 YOD Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
74 Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.
75 LORD, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have humbled me.
76 Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.
77 Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your Law is my delight.
78 Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.
79 Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.
80 Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be disappointed.
81 KAPH. My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.
82 My eyes fail for your word. I say, "When will you comfort me?"
83 For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I do not forget your statutes.
84 How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?
85 The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your Law.
86 All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me.
87 They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I did not forsake your precepts.
88 Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth.
89 LAMED. LORD, your word is settled in heaven forever.
90 Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.
91 Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you.
92 Unless your Law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
93 I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me.
94 I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.
95 The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.
96 I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless.
97 MEM. How I love your Law. It is my meditation all day.
98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.
100 I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.
101 I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.
102 I have not turned aside from your ordinances, for you have taught me.
103 How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth.
104 Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.
105 NUN. Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.
106 I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.
107 I am afflicted very much. Revive me, LORD, according to your word.
108 Please accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, LORD, and teach me your ordinances.
109 My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won't forget your Law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven't gone astray from your precepts.
111 I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
112 I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end.
113 SAMEKH. I hate double-minded men, but I love your Law.
114 You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.
115 Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.
116 Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117 Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.
118 You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain.
119 You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies.
120 My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments.
121 AYIN. I have done what is just and righteous. Do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 Ensure your servant's well-being. Do not let the proud oppress me.
123 My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.
124 Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.
125 I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.
126 It is time to act, LORD, for they break your Law.
127 Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.
128 Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way.
129 PEY. Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them.
130 The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.
131 I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments.
132 Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.
133 Establish my footsteps in your word. Do not let any iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts.
135 Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.
136 Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they do not observe your Law.
137 TZADE. You are righteous, LORD. Your judgments are upright.
138 You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.
139 My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.
140 Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
141 I am small and despised. I do not forget your precepts.
142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your Law is truth.
143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.
144 Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
145 QOPH. I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, LORD. I will keep your statutes.
146 I have called to you. Save me. I will obey your statutes.
147 I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.
148 My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on your word.
149 Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, LORD, according to your ordinances.
150 They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your Law.
151 You are near, LORD. All your commandments are truth.
152 Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever.
153 RESH. Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I do not forget your Law.
154 Plead my cause, and redeem me. Revive me according to your promise.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek your statutes.
156 Great are your tender mercies, LORD. Revive me according to your ordinances.
157 Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven't swerved from your testimonies.
158 I look at the faithless with loathing, because they do not observe your word.
159 Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, LORD, according to your loving kindness.
160 All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.
161 SIN and SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.
162 I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great spoil.
163 I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your Law.
164 Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.
165 Those who love your Law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.
166 I have hoped for your salvation, LORD. I have done your commandments.
167 My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly.
168 I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you.
169 TAW. Let my cry come before you, LORD. Give me understanding according to your word.
170 Let my petition come before you. Deliver me according to your word.
171 Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes.
172 Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are righteousness.
173 Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
174 I have longed for your salvation, LORD. Your Law is my delight.
175 Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me.
176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I do not forget your commandments.