Psalms 80:1-119:176 To the Chief Musician. For "the Lilies of Testimony." Asaph’s. A Melody. O Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Thou who leddest forth Joseph like a rock, Thou who art throned on the cherubim, appear!

Rotherham⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ [To the Chief Musician. For "the Lilies of Testimony." Asaph’s. A Melody.]
O Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Thou who leddest forth Joseph like a rock, Thou who art throned on the cherubim, appear! ² Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, And come! to our salvation. ³ O God, bring us back, And light up thy face, That we may be saved. ⁴ O Yahweh, God of hosts! How long hast thou been wroth with the prayer of thy people? ⁵ Thou hast fed them with the food of tears, And hast caused them to drink the water of weeping in threefold abundance. ⁶ Thou dost make us an object of contention to our neighbours, And, our foes, find mockery for themselves. ⁷ O God of hosts, bring us back, And light up thy face, That we may be saved.
⁸ A vine out of Egypt, thou didst remove, Thou didst cast out nations, and plant it; ⁹ Thou didst make a clear space before it, So it rooted well its roots, and filled up the land; ¹⁰ Covered were the mountains with its shade, And, with its boughs, the mighty cedars. ¹¹ It thrust forth its branches as far as the sea,––And, unto the River, its shoots. ¹² Wherefore hast thou broken down its fences, So that all who pass along the way, pluck its fruit? ¹³ The boar out of the forest, browseth upon it, And, the wild beast of the field, pastureth thereon. ¹⁴ O God of hosts, return, we pray thee,––Look down out of the heavens, and see, And inspect this vine: ¹⁵ Yea the stock which thy right hand planted, Even upon the son thou didst secure for thyself. ¹⁶ To be burned with fire, it is cut down,––At the rebuke of thy countenance, they will perish. ¹⁷ Let thy hand be, Upon the Man of thy right hand, Upon the Son of Man thou didst secure for thyself; ¹⁸ So will we not draw back from thee, Thou wilt bring us to life, And, on thy Name, will we call. ¹⁹ O Yahweh, God of hosts! bring us back, Light up thy face, That we may be saved.
⁸¹ ¹ [To the Chief Musician. On "the Gittith." Asaph’s.]
Shout ye for joy, unto God our strength, Sound the note of triumph, to the God of Jacob; ² Raise a melody, and strike the timbrel, The lyre so sweet, with the harp: ³ Blow, at the new moon, the horn, At the full moon, for the day of our sacred festival: ⁴ For, a statute to Israel, it is, A regulation, by the God of Jacob; ⁵ A testimony in Joseph, he appointed it, When he went forth over the land of Egypt: A language I liked not, used I to hear; ⁶ I took away, from the burden, his shoulder, his hands, from the clay, were set free. ⁷ In distress, thou didst cry, and I delivered thee,––I answered thee, within a hiding–place of thunder, I proved thee by the waters of Meribah. [Selah.]
⁸ Hear, O my people, and I will adjure thee, O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me! ⁹ There shall not be, within thee, a foreign GOD,––Neither shalt thou bow down to a strange GOD: ¹⁰ I, Yahweh, am thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt,––Open wide thy mouth, that I may fill it. ¹¹ But my people, hearkened not, unto my voice, Even, Israel, inclined not unto me. ¹² So then I let them go on in the stubbornness of their own heart,[––] They might walk in their own counsels! ¹³ If, my people, were hearkening unto me, [If,] Israel, in my ways, would walk, ¹⁴ Right soon, their foes, would I subdue, And, against their adversaries, would I turn my hand: ¹⁵ The haters of Yahweh, should come cringing unto him, Then let their own good time be age–abiding! ¹⁶ Then would he feed them from the marrow of the wheat, Yea, out of the rock––with honey, would I satisfy thee.
⁸² ¹ [A Melody of Asaph.]
God, hath taken his place in the august assembly, In the midst of the gods, will he judge. ² How long will ye judge perversely, And, the countenances of the lawless, uplift? [Selah.] ³ Vindicate the weak and the fatherless, The oppressed and the poor, see righted; ⁴ Deliver the weak and the needy, Out of the hand of the lawless, make rescue. ⁵ They know not, neither can they perceive, In darkness, they wander, All the foundations of the earth do shake.
⁶ I, said, Gods, ye are, Yea, sons of the Highest, are ye all; ⁷ But indeed, like the earth–born, shall ye die! And, like one of the princes, shall ye fall! ⁸ Arise! O God, judge thou the earth, For, thou, wilt inherit all the nations.
⁸³ ¹ [A Song, a Melody of Asaph.]
O God, Do not keep quiet, Do not hold thy peace, Neither be thou still, O GOD! ² For lo! thine enemies, are tumultuous, And, they who hate thee, have lifted up the head; ³ Against thy people, they craftily devise a secret plot, And conspire against thy treasured ones. ⁴ They have said––Come, and let us wipe them out from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more. ⁵ For they have taken counsel with one heart, Against thee––a covenant, would they solemnize–– ⁶ The tents of Edom, and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagarenes; ⁷ Gebal and Ammon, and Amalek, The Philistines, with the dwellers in Tyre; ⁸ Even Assyria hath joined herself with them, They have become an arm to the sons of Lot. [Selah.]
⁹ Make them like Midian, like Sisera, like Jabin, by the torrent of Kishon; ¹⁰ They perished at En–dor, They become manure for the soil! ¹¹ Make them––their nobles––like Oreb and like Zeeb, And, like Zebah and like Zalmunna, all their princes: ¹² Who said––Let us take a possession for ourselves, The pastures of God! ¹³ O my God, make them, As whirling [dust], As chaff before a wind; ¹⁴ As a fire burneth a forest,––And as a flame setteth mountains ablaze, ¹⁵ So, wilt thou pursue them with thy tempest,––And, with thy storm–wind, wilt terrify them: ¹⁶ Fill thou their faces with dishonour, That men may seek thy Name, O Yahweh; ¹⁷ Let them turn pale, and be terrified to futurity, Yea let them blush, and perish: ¹⁸ That men may know that, thou, Whose Name alone is Yahweh, Art Most High over all the earth.
⁸⁴ ¹ [To the Chief Musician. On "the Gittith." For the Sons of Korah. A Melody.]
How lovely are thy habitations, O Yahweh of hosts! ² My soul, longeth––yea even languisheth––for the courts of Yahweh,––My heart and my flesh, shout aloud for a Living GOD. ³ Even the sparrow, hath found a home, And, the swallow, a nest for herself, where she hath laid her young, Thine altars, O Yahweh of hosts, My king and my God! ⁴ How happy are they who abide in thy house,––Still are they praising thee. [Selah.] ⁵ How happy the men whose strength is in thee, Festive processions are in their heart. ⁶ Passing through the balsam–vale, A place of fountains, they make it, Yea, with blessings, is it covered by the early rain. ⁷ They go from strength to strength, Each one appeareth before God in Zion.
⁸ O Yahweh, God of hosts, hear thou my prayer,––Give hear, thou God of Jacob. [Selah.] ⁹ Our Shield, behold thou, O God, And look upon the face of thine Anointed One. ¹⁰ For better is a day in thy courts, than a thousand, I choose rather to stand at the threshold in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of lawlessness. ¹¹ For, a sun and shield, is Yahweh God,––Grace and glory, will Yahweh give, He will not withhold what is good, from them who walk without blame. ¹² O Yahweh of hosts! How happy the man who trusteth in thee!
⁸⁵ ¹ [To the Chief Musician. For the Sons of Korah. A Melody.]
Thou hast accepted, O Yahweh, thy land, Thou hast brought back the captives of Jacob; ² Thou hast taken away, the iniquity of thy people, Thou hast covered, all their sin. [Selah.] ³ Thou hast withdrawn all thine indignation, Thou hast ceased from the glow of thine anger. ⁴ Restore us, O God of our salvation, And take away thy vexation towards us. ⁵ To times age–abiding, wilt thou be angry with us? Wilt thou prolong thine anger, from generation to generation? ⁶ Wilt not, thou thyself, again give us life, That, thy people, may rejoice in thee. ⁷ Show us, O Yahweh, thy lovingkindness, And, thy salvation, wilt thou grant us.
⁸ I will hear, what GOD––Yahweh––will speak,––For he will bespeak prosperity to his people, And to his men of lovingkindness, And to them who return with their heart unto him. ⁹ Surely, near unto them who revere him, is his salvation, That the Glory, may settle down, in our land. ¹⁰ Lovingkindness and faithfulness, have met together, Righteousness and prosperity, have kissed each other; ¹¹ Faithfulness, out of the earth, doth spring forth, And, righteousness, out of the heavens, hath looked down. ¹² Yahweh himself too, will give us the blessing, And, our land, shall yield her increase. ¹³ Righteousness, before him, shall march long,––That he may make, into a way, the steps of its feet.
⁸⁶ ¹ [A Prayer. David’s.]
Bow down, O Yahweh, thine ear––answer me, For, oppressed and needy, am I; ² O guard my life, For, a man of lovingkindness, am I,––Save thy servant, O thou my God, [Thy servant] who trusteth in thee; ³ Show me favour, O My Lord, For, unto thee, do I cry, all the day; ⁴ Rejoice the soul of thy servant, For, unto thee, O My Lord, my soul, do I lift. ⁵ For, thou, O My Lord, art good and forgiving, And abundant in lovingkindness, to all who call upon thee. ⁶ Give ear, O Yahweh, unto my prayer, And attend unto the voice of my supplications. ⁷ In the day of my distress, will I call upon thee, For thou wilt answer me.
⁸ There is none like unto thee, among the gods, O My Lord, And nothing like thy works. ⁹ All nations whom thou hast made, Shall come in and bow down before thee, O My Lord, That they may glorify thy Name. ¹⁰ For great thou art, and doest wondrous things, Thou, O God, of thyself alone. ¹¹ Point out to me, O Yahweh, thy way, I will walk steadfastly in thy truth, My heart will rejoice to revere thy Name. ¹² I will give thee thanks, Adonay, my God, with all my heart, And will glorify thy Name unto times age–abiding. ¹³ For, thy lovingkindness, is great towards me, And thou hast rescued my soul from Hades beneath. ¹⁴ O God, the insolent, have arisen against me, And, the assembly of tyrants, have sought my life, And have not set thee before them. ¹⁵ But, thou, O My Lord, art, A God of compassion and favour, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness a faithfulness. ¹⁶ Turn thou unto me, and show me favour,––Give thy strength to thy servant, And save the son of thy handmaid. ¹⁷ Perform with me a token for good,––That they who hate me may see and be ashamed, In that, thou, Yahweh, hast helped me and comforted me.
⁸⁷ ¹ [For the Sons of Korah. A Melody, a Song.]
His foundation, is in the holy mountains: ² Yahweh loveth the gates of Zion, More than all the dwellings of Jacob. ³ Glorious things, are to be spoken of thee, O city of God. [Selah.]
⁴ I will mention Rahab and Babylon, to them who know me––Lo! Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia, This one was born there. ⁵ But, of Zion, it shall be said––This man and that were born in her, And the Highest himself shall establish her. ⁶ Yahweh, will record, when he enrolleth the peoples, This one was born there. [Selah.] ⁷ As well the singers as the flute–players [are saying], ––All my springs, are in thee!
⁸⁸ ¹ [A Song, a Melody. For the Sons of Korah. To the Chief Musician. On "Mahalath." For alternate Song. An Instructive Psalm. By Heman the Ezrahite.]
O Yahweh, God of my salvation, By day, have I made outcry, In the night, [also] before thee. ² Let my prayer, come into thy presence, Bow down thine ear to my loud cry. ³ For my soul, is sated with misfortunes, And, my life––unto Hades, hath drawn near; ⁴ I am counted with them who descend into the pit, I have become as a man that is without help; ⁵ Among the dead, is my couch,––Like the slain that lie in the grave, Where thou rememberest them no more, Yea, they, from thy hand, are cut off; ⁶ Thou hast laid me, In the lowest pit, In dark places, In the deeps: ⁷ Upon me, hath rested thine indignation, And, with all thy breakers, hast thou caused affliction. [Selah.] ⁸ Thou hast far removed mine acquaintances from me,––Thou hast made me an abomination unto them, Shut up, and I cannot go forth! ⁹ Mine eye, hath dimmed through affliction; I have called upon thee, O Yahweh, all day long, I have spread out, unto thee, my hands.
¹⁰ For the dead, wilt thou perform a wonder? Or shall, the shades, arising, give thee thanks? [Selah.] ¹¹ Shall Thy lovingkindness be recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness, in destruction? ¹² Shall any wonder of thine, be known in the dark? Or, thy righteousness, in the land of forgetfulness? ¹³ But, I, unto thee, O Yahweh, have cried for help, And, in the morning, my prayer will confront thee! ¹⁴ Wherefore, O Yahweh, shouldst thou reject my soul? shouldst thou hide thy face from me? ¹⁵ Afflicted have I been, and dying, from youth, I have borne the terror of thee––I shall be distracted! ¹⁶ Over me, have passed thy bursts of burning anger, The alarms of thee have put an end to me; ¹⁷ They have surrounded me like waters, all the day, They have come circling against me together: ¹⁸ Thou hast far removed from me, lover and friend, Mine acquaintances, are in darkness.
⁸⁹ ¹ [An Instructive Psalm, by Ethan the Ezrahite.]
The lovingkindnesses of Yahweh, age–abidingly will I sing, To generation after generation, will I make known thy faithfulness with my mouth. ² For I said, To times age–abiding, shall lovingkindness be built up, As for the heavens, thou wilt establish thy faithfulness therein. ³ I have solemnised a covenant, for my chosen one, I have sworn unto David my servant: ⁴ Unto times age–abiding, will I establish thy seed, And will build up, unto generation after generation, thy throne. [Selah.]
⁵ So shall the heavens praise thy wondrousness, O Yahweh,––Yea, thy faithfulness, in the convocation of holy ones. ⁶ For whom, in the skies, can one compare unto Yahweh? [Or] can one liken unto Yahweh, among the sons of the mighty? ⁷ A GOD inspiring awe in the circle of the holy ones, exceedingly, And to be reverenced above all who are round about him. ⁸ O Yahweh, God of hosts! Who, like thee, is mighty, O Yah! With thy faithfulness round about thee: ⁹ Thou, rulest over the swelling of the sea, When the rolling waves thereof lift themselves, Thou, dost bid them be still: ¹⁰ Thou, hast crushed––as one slain––Rahab, With thy strong arm, hast thou scattered thy foes. ¹¹ Thine, are the heavens, Yea, thine, the earth, The world and the fulness thereof, Thou, didst found them; ¹² The north and the south, Thou, didst create them,––Tabor and Hermon, with thy Name, shall shout for joy: ¹³ Thine is an arm with might, Strong is thy hand, High is thy right hand; ¹⁴ Righteousness and justice, are the establishing of thy throne, Lovingkindness and faithfulness, go before thy face.
¹⁵ How happy are the people who know the joyful sound! O Yahweh! in the light of thy countenance, shall they firmly march along; ¹⁶ In thy Name, shall they exult all the day, And, in thy righteousness, shall they be exalted. ¹⁷ For, the beauty of their strength, thou art, And, in thine acceptance, shall our horns be exalted. ¹⁸ For, to Yahweh, belongeth our Shield, And, to the Holy One of Israel, belongeth our King.
¹⁹ Then spakest thou in vision of thy men of lovingkindness, and saidst––I have laid help upon a mighty one, I have exalted one chosen from among the people; ²⁰ I have found David my servant, With mine own holy oil, have I anointed him; ²¹ With whom my hand shall be firm, Yea, mine arm, shall strengthen him; ²² No foe shall make exactions on him, Nor shall, a son of perversity, humiliate him; ²³ And I will shatter, from before him, his adversaries, And, them who hate him, will I smite; ²⁴ And, my faithfulness and my lovingkindness, shall be with him, And, in my Name, exalted shall be his horn; ²⁵ And I will set, in the sea, his hand, And, in the rivers, his right hand; ²⁶ He, shall cry out unto me, My Father, thou art, My GOD, and my Rock of Salvation! ²⁷ Yea, I, will appoint him, firstborn, Most High to the kings of the earth! ²⁸ Age–abidingly, will I keep for him my lovingkindness, And, my covenant, hath been made steadfast for him; ²⁹ Therefore will I appoint, to futurity, his seed, And his throne as the days of the heavens. ³⁰ If his sons forsake my law, And, in my regulations, do not walk; ³¹ If, my statutes, they profane, And, my commandments, do not keep: ³² Then will I punish, with a rod, their transgression; And, with stripes, their iniquity: ³³ But, my lovingkindness, will I not frustrate from them, Neither will I falsify my faithfulness; ³⁴ I will not violate my covenant, And that which hath proceeded out of my lips, will I not alter: ³⁵ One thing, have I sworn by my holiness, Verily, to David, will I not lie; ³⁶ His seed, age–abidingly, shall remain, And, his throne, be like the sun before me; ³⁷ Like the moon, shall it be established unto times age–abiding, And, a witness, in the skies, hath been made sure. [Selah.]
³⁸ Yet, thou thyself, hast cast off, and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine Anointed One! ³⁹ Thou hast cast down the covenant of thy Servant, Thou hast profaned, to the earth, his crown; ⁴⁰ Thou hast broken down all his defenses, Thou hast laid his fortresses in ruins; ⁴¹ All the passers by the way, have plundered him, He hath become a reproach to his neighbours; ⁴² Thou hast raised the right hand of his adversaries, Thou hast gladdened all his enemies; ⁴³ Yea thou hast turned the edge of his sword, Neither hast thou caused him to stand in the battle; ⁴⁴ Thou hast brought to an end his splendour, And, his throne––to the ground, hast thou hurled; ⁴⁵ Thou hast shortened the days of his youths,––Thou hast covered him with shame. [Selah.] ⁴⁶ How long, O Yahweh, Wilt thou hide thyself utterly? Shall thine indignation, burn like fire? ⁴⁷ Remember how short–lived, I, am, Wherefore, in vain, hast thou created all the sons of Adam? ⁴⁸ Who is the man that shall live, and not see death? That can deliver his soul from the hand of hades. [Selah.] ⁴⁹ Where are thy former lovingkindnesses, O My Lord? Thou didst swear unto David, in thy faithfulness! ⁵⁰ Remember, O My Lord, the reproach of thy servants, I have carried in my bosom the insult of the peoples: ⁵¹ In that thy foes have reproached, O Yahweh, In that they have reproached the footsteps of thine Anointed One! ⁵² Blessed be Yahweh to times age–abiding, Amen, and Amen! ⁹⁰ ¹ [BOOK THE FOURTH]
¶ [A Prayer by Moses, the Man of God.]
Lord! a dwelling–place, hast, thou, become to us, From generation to generation: ² Before, the mountains, were born, Or thou hadst brought forth the earth and the world, Even, from age to age, thou, [wast] GOD. ³ Thou causest man to return unto dust, And hast said––Return, ye sons of Adam! ⁴ For, a thousand years, in thine eyes, [are], As yesterday, in that it passed away, Or [as] a watch in the night. ⁵ Thou hast snatched them away, A sleep, do they become, In the morning, [they are] like grass that shooteth up, ⁶ In the morning, it sprouteth and shooteth up, By the evening, it is cut down and withered.
⁷ For we are consumed in thine anger, And, in thy wrath, are we dismayed; ⁸ Thou hast set, Our iniquities before thee, Our secret near the luminary of thy face. ⁹ For, all our days, decline in thy wrath,––We end our years like a sigh. ¹⁰ The days of our years, have, in them, three score years and ten, And, if, by reason of strength, they have fourscore years, Yet, their boast, is labour and sorrow, For it hath passed quickly, and we have flown away. ¹¹ Who knoweth the strength of thine anger? Even, according to the fear of thee, is thy wrath!
¹² How to number our days, so grant us to know, That we may win us a heart that hath wisdom. ¹³ Return, Yahweh, oh how long? And have compassion upon thy servants; ¹⁴ Satisfy us, in the morning, with thy lovingkindness, That we may shout aloud and be glad, Throughout all our days. ¹⁵ Make us glad, according to, The days thou hast humbled us, The years we have seen misfortune: ¹⁶ Let thy work, appear unto thy servants, And, thy majesty, upon their children; ¹⁷ And let the delightfulness of Adonay our God be upon us,––And, the work of our hands, establish thou upon us, Yea, the work of our hands, establish thou it.
⁹¹ ¹ He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High, Under the shadow of the Almighty, will tarry, ² Saying of Yahweh––My refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I will trust. ³ For, he, will rescue thee, From the snare of the fowler, From the destructive pestilence. ⁴ With his pinion, will he cover thee, And, under his wings, shalt thou seek refuge, A shield and buckler, is his faithfulness. ⁵ Thou shalt not be afraid, Of the dread of the night, Of the arrow that flieth by day; ⁶ Of the pestilence that, in darkness, doth walk, Of the plague that layeth waste at noonday. ⁷ There shall fall, at thy side, a thousand, Yea, myriads, at thy right hand, Unto thee, shall it not come nigh; ⁸ Save only, with thine own eyes, shalt thou discern, And, the recompense of the lawless, shalt thou see.
⁹ Because, thou, [hast made] Yahweh, my refuge,––The Most High, thou hast made thy dwelling–place, ¹⁰ There shall not be sent unto thee misfortune, Nor shall, plague, come near into thy tent; ¹¹ For, his messengers, will he charge concerning thee, To keep thee, in all thy ways; ¹² On hands, will they bear thee up, Lest thou strike, against a stone, thy foot; ¹³ On the lion and adder, shalt thou tread, Shalt trample on young lion and crocodile. ¹⁴ Because, on me, he hath set firm his love, Therefore will I deliver him, I will set him on high, Because he hath known my Name; ¹⁵ He shall call me, and I will answer him, With him, will, I, be, in distress, I will rescue him, and will honour him; ¹⁶ With length of days, will I satisfy him, And will show him my salvation.
⁹² ¹ [A Melody, a Song, For the Sabbath–day.]
It is good to give thanks to Yahweh, And to sing praises unto thy Name, O Most High; ² To declare, in the morning, thy lovingkindness, And thy faithfulness at night; ³ Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon a harp, With resounding music on the lyre. ⁴ For thou hast made me glad, O Yahweh, in thy doing, In the works of thy hands, will I shout for joy. ⁵ How great have grown thy works, Yahweh, [How] very deep are laid thy plans! ⁶ A man that is brutish, cannot know, And, a dullard, cannot discern this:––
⁷ When the lawless do thrive like grass, And all the workers of iniquity have blossomed, It is that they may be destroyed for ever. ⁸ But, thou, shalt be on high age–abidingly, O Yahweh. ⁹ For lo! thine enemies, Yahweh, For lo! thine enemies, shall perish, They shall be scattered––all the workers of iniquity; ¹⁰ But thou wilt exalt, as [those of] the buffalo, my horn, I have been anointed, with fresh oil. ¹¹ So hath mine eye descried them who were lying in wait for me,––Of my wicked assailants, mine ears, shall hear. ¹² The righteous, like the palm–tree, shall thrive, Like the cedar in Lebanon, shall he grow; ¹³ They who are planted in the house of Yahweh, In the courts of our God, shall flourish; ¹⁴ Still shall they bear fruit in old age, Vigorous and fresh, shall they be: ¹⁵ To declare that upright is Yahweh, My Rock, and no perversity in him.
⁹³ ¹ Yahweh, hath become king, With majesty, is he clothed,––Clothed is Yahweh, With strength, hath he girded himself, Surely he hath fixed the world, It shall not be shaken. ² Established hath been thy throne from of old, From age–past times, thou art. ³ The floods have lifted up, O Yahweh, The floods have lifted up––their voice, The floods have lifted up––their dashing waves. ⁴ With the sounds of many waters, Majestic are the breakers of the sea, Majestic on high, is Yahweh. ⁵ Thy testimonies, are strongly confirmed, To thy house, befitting is holiness, O Yahweh––to length of days.
⁹⁴ ¹ O GOD of avenging––Yahweh, GOD of avenging, shine forth: ² Lift up thyself, O judge of the earth, Render a recompense unto the proud. ³ How long shall the lawless, O Yahweh, How long shall the lawless exult? ⁴ They pour forth [words], they speak arrogantly, All the workers of iniquity, do boast: ⁵ Thy people, O Yahweh, they will crush, And, thine inheritance, tread down; ⁶ The widow and sojourner, they will slay, And, the fatherless, murder. ⁷ Yet have they said––Yah, doth not see, The God of Jacob, doth not understand. ⁸ Understand, ye brutish among the people, And, ye dullards, when will ye show discretion? ⁹ He that planteth the ear, shall he not hear? Or, that fashioneth the eye, shall he not have power to see? ¹⁰ He that correcteth nations, shall he not reprove? He that teacheth man knowledge! ¹¹ Yahweh, knoweth the plans of men, That, they, are a breath!
¹² How happy the man whom thou correctest, O Yah! And whom, out of thy law, thou instructest! ¹³ That thou mayest give him rest from the days of misfortune, Until there be digged––for the lawless one––a pit. ¹⁴ For Yahweh, will not abandon, his people, And, his inheritance, will he not forsake; ¹⁵ For, unto righteousness, shall the judicial sentence return, Then shall follow it––all the upright in heart. ¹⁶ Who will rise up for me, against the evil–doers? Who will make a stand for me, against the workers of iniquity? ¹⁷ If, Yahweh, had not been a help to me, Soon had sunk into silence––my soul! ¹⁸ If I say, My foot, hath slipped, Thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, supporteth me. ¹⁹ In the multitude of my cares within me, Thy consolations, delight my soul. ²⁰ Shall the throne that inflicteth ruin, have fellowship with thee, That frameth oppression, by statute? ²¹ They make an attack on the life of the righteous one,––And, innocent blood, they condemn. ²² But, Yahweh, hath become for me a high tower, And my God, my rock of refuge. ²³ Thus hath he brought back on them their iniquity, And, by their own wickedness, will he destroy them, Destroy them, will Yahweh our God.
⁹⁵ ¹ Come, let us make a joyful noise to Yahweh, Let us shout in triumph, to the rock of our salvation! ² O let us come before his face with thanksgiving, With the sounds of strings, let us shout aloud to him. ³ For, a great GOD, is Yahweh, And a great king, above all gods. ⁴ In whose hand, are the hidden recesses of the earth, And, the peaks of the mountains, are his; ⁵ Whose, is the sea, for, he, made it, And, the dry land, his hands, did form. ⁶ Enter! let us bow down, and bend low, Let us kneel, before Yahweh our maker;
⁷ For, he, is our God, And, we, are the people of his pasture, and the flock of his hand. Today, if, to his voice, ye will hearken, ⁸ Do not harden your heart as at Meribah, As on the day of Massah, in the desert; ⁹ When your fathers, tested me, They proved me, yea they also saw what I could do. ¹⁰ Forty years, loathed I that generation, So I said––A people going astray in heart, they are, Even they, have not known my ways! ¹¹ And I sware in mine anger,––Verily they shall not enter into my rest.
⁹⁶ ¹ Sing to Yahweh, a song that is new, Sing to Yahweh, all the earth; ² Sing to Yahweh, bless ye his Name,––Tell the tidings, from day to day, of his salvation: ³ Recount, Among the nations, his glory, Among all the peoples, his wonders. ⁴ For great is Yahweh, and worthy to be mightily praised, To be revered is he above all gods; ⁵ For, all the gods of the peoples, are things of nought––But, Yahweh, made, the heavens. ⁶ Praise and majesty, are before him, Strength and beauty, are in his sanctuary. ⁷ Give to Yahweh, ye families of the peoples, Give to Yahweh, glory and strength; ⁸ Give to Yahweh, the glory of his Name, Bring a present, and enter his courts; ⁹ Bow down to Yahweh, in the adornment of holiness, Be in anguish at his presence, all the earth!
¹⁰ Say among the nations, Yahweh, hath become King, Surely he hath fixed the world, it shall not be shaken, He will judge the peoples with equity. ¹¹ Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth exult, Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; ¹² Let the field, leap for joy, and all that is therein, Then, shall all the trees of the forest, shout in triumph, ¹³ Before Yahweh, for he is coming, For he is coming to judge the earth,––He will judge the world, in righteousness, And the peoples, in his faithfulness.
⁹⁷ ¹ Yahweh, hath become king, Let the earth exult, Let the multitude of coastlands rejoice. ² Clouds and thick darkness, are round about him, Righteousness and justice, are the establishing of his throne. ³ Fire, before him, proceedeth, That it may consume, round about, his adversaries. ⁴ His lightnings, have illumined, the world, The earth, hath seen, and hath trembled; ⁵ The mountains, like wax, have melted, At the presence of Yahweh, At the presence, of the Lord of all the earth. ⁶ The heavens, have declared, his righteousness,––And all the peoples, have seen, his glory. ⁷ Let all who serve an image, be ashamed, They who boast themselves in things of nought, Bow down unto him, all ye gods.
⁸ Zion, hath heard and rejoiced, And the daughters of Judah, have exulted, Because of thy righteous decisions, O Yahweh: ⁹ For, thou, Yahweh, art Most High over all the earth, Greatly hast thou exalted thyself above all gods. ¹⁰ Ye lovers of Yahweh! be haters of wrong,––He preserveth the lives of his men of lovingkindness, From the hand of the lawless, will he rescue them. ¹¹ Light, is sown for the righteous one, And, for the upright in heart, rejoicing: ¹² Rejoice, ye righteous, in Yahweh, And give ye thanks, at the mention of his holiness.
⁹⁸ ¹ [A Melody.]
Sing to Yahweh, a song that is new, For, wonderful things, hath he done, His own right hand and his holy arm, have brought him salvation. ² Yahweh, hath made known, his salvation, Before the eyes of the nations, hath he revealed his righteousness; ³ He hath remembered his lovingkindness and his faithfulness towards the house of Israel,––All the ends of the earth, have seen, the salvation of our God.
⁴ Shout aloud to Yahweh, all the earth, Break forth and make a joyful noise and sweep the strings; ⁵ Sweep the strings to Yahweh, With the lyre, With the lyre, and the voice of melody; ⁶ With trumpets and the sound of a horn, Shout aloud, before the king––Yahweh. ⁷ Let the sea, roar, and the fulness thereof, The world, and they who dwell therein; ⁸ Let, the floods, clap their hands, Together, let, the mountains, make a joyful noise, ⁹ Before Yahweh, for he is coming––to judge the earth,––He will judge the world, in righteousness, And the peoples, with equity.
⁹⁹ ¹ Yahweh, hath become king, Let the peoples, tremble, He is enthroned on the cherubim, Let the earth, shake. ² Yahweh, in Zion, is great, And, high, is he over all the peoples. ³ Let them thank his Name––great and reverend, Holy, is he! ⁴ Yea, with the strength of a king––justice, he loveth,––Thou, hast established equity, Justice and righteousness in Jacob, thou, hast wrought. ⁵ Exalt Yahweh our God, And bow down at his footstool, Holy, is he!
⁶ Moses and Aaron, [were] among his priests, And, Samuel, [was] among them who were calling upon his Name, Who were calling upon Yahweh, and, he, used to answer them: ⁷ In the pillar of cloud, used he to speak unto them, They kept his testimonies, and the statute he gave them. ⁸ O Yahweh our God! thou, answeredst them,––A pardoning GOD, thou becamest to them, Yet one bringing vengeance on their deeds. ⁹ Exalt Yahweh our God, And bow down towards his holy mountain, For, holy, is Yahweh our God.
¹⁰⁰ ¹ [A Melody for Thanksgiving.]
Make a joyful noise to Yahweh, all the earth: ² Serve Yahweh with rejoicing, Enter before him, with shouts of triumph. ³ Know that, Yahweh, he, is God,––He, made us, and not, we ourselves, His people, and the flock of his pasture. ⁴ Enter ye his gates, with thanksgiving, his courts, with praise, Give ye thanks to him, bless ye his Name; ⁵ For good is Yahweh, Age–abiding is his lovingkindness, And, unto generation after generation, his faithfulness.
¹⁰¹ ¹ [David’s. A Melody.]
Of lovingkindness and of justice, will I sing! Unto thee, O Yahweh, will I touch the strings! ² I will behave myself wisely in a blameless way, When wilt thou come in unto me? I will walk to and fro in the blamelessness of my heart,––in the midst of my house: ³ I will not set before mine eyes, a vile thing,––The doing of them who fall away, I hate, It shall not cleave unto me; ⁴ A perverse heart, shall depart from me, A maker of mischief, will I not acknowledge; ⁵ He that uttereth slander in secret against his friend, him, will I root out; One of lofty eyes, and of an ambitious heart, him shall I not be able to endure. ⁶ Mine eyes, shall be upon the faithful of the land, That they may dwell with me,––he that walketh in a blameless way, he, shall attend me. ⁷ There shall not dwell in the midst of my house, One who worketh deceit,––he that speaketh falsehoods, shall not be established before mine eyes; ⁸ Morning by morning, will I uproot, All the lawless ones of the land, That I may cut off, out of the city of Yahweh––All the workers of iniquity.
¹⁰² ¹ [A Prayer for the Humbled One when he is about to faint, and, before Yahweh, poureth out his grief.]
O Yahweh, hear thou my prayer, and let, my cry for help, unto thee, enter in. ² Do not hide thy face from me, In the day when I am in distress,––Bend down unto me thine ear, In the day when I call, speedily answer me. ³ For, consumed in smoke, are my days, And, my bones, like a burning mass, are scorched through; ⁴ Smitten like herbage, so is my heart dried up, For I have forgotten to eat my food. ⁵ At the noise of my groaning, my bone, hath cleaved, to my flesh: ⁶ I am like the pelican of the desert, I have become as an owl among ruins. ⁷ I have watched and am become, Like a bird sitting alone upon a housetop. ⁸ All the day, have mine enemies, reproached me, And, they who are mad against me, by me, have sworn. ⁹ For, ashes––like bread, have I eaten, And, my drink––with my tears, have I mingled; ¹⁰ Because of thine indignation and thy wrath, For thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. ¹¹ My days, are like a shadow extended, And, I, as green herbage, do wither.
¹² But, thou, O Yahweh, age–abidingly wilt remain, And the memorial of thee, to generation after generation. ¹³ Thou, wilt arise, wilt have compassion upon Zion, Surely it is time to favour her, Surely the time appointed, hath come; ¹⁴ Seeing that thy servants, take pleasure, in her stones, And, her dust, they favour: ¹⁵ That the nations may revere thy Name, O Yahweh, And all the kings of the earth, thy glory. ¹⁶ When Yahweh, hath built up, Zion, Hath appeared in his glory; ¹⁷ Hath turned towards the prayer of the destitute, And not despised their prayer, ¹⁸ This, shall be written, for a later generation, And, a people to be created, will give praise unto Yah:–– ¹⁹ That he looked down, out of his holy height, Yahweh, from the heavens unto the earth, directed his gaze; –– ²⁰ To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To set free, them who were appointed to death. ²¹ To the end the Name of Yahweh, might be celebrated in Zion, And his praise in Jerusalem: ²² When the peoples, gather themselves together, And the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.
²³ He hath prostrated, in the way, my strength,––He hath shortened my days. ²⁴ I said, O my GOD, do not remove me in the midst of my days, Throughout the generation of generations, are thy years; ²⁵ Of old––the earth, thou didst found, And, the work of thy hands, are the heavens; ²⁶ They, shall perish, But, thou, wilt abide; And, they all, like a garment, shall fall in pieces, As a vesture, wilt thou change them and they shall vanish; ²⁷ But, thou, art, the same,––And, thy years, shall have no end: ²⁸ The children of thy servants, shall continue,––And, their seed, before thee, be established.
¹⁰³ ¹ Bless, O my soul, Yahweh,––And all that is within me, his holy Name; ² Bless, O my soul, Yahweh, And forget not all his dealings:–– ³ Who forgiveth all thine iniquity, Who healeth all thy diseases; ⁴ Who redeemeth, from destruction, thy life, Who crowneth thee, with lovingkindness and compassion: ⁵ Who satisfieth, with good, thine age, Thy youth, reneweth itself like an eagle.
⁶ Yahweh is one, who executeth righteousness, Yea vindication for all the oppressed. ⁷ Who made known his ways unto Moses, unto the sons of Israel, his doings. ⁸ Compassionate and gracious, is Yahweh,––Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness. ⁹ Not perpetually, will he contend, Nor age–abidingly, retain anger; ¹⁰ Not according to our sins, hath he dealt with us, Nor according to our iniquities, hath he treated us. ¹¹ For, as the heavens are exalted over the earth, His lovingkindness hath prevailed over them who revere him; ¹² As far as East from West, Hath he put far from us, our transgressions; ¹³ Like the compassion of a father for his children, Is, the compassion of Yahweh, for them who revere him; ¹⁴ For, he, knoweth how we are formed, He is mindful that, dust, we are. ¹⁵ As for man, like grass, are his days, Like the blossom of the field, so, doth he blossom; ¹⁶ For, a wind, hath passed over it, and it is gone, And its own place is acquainted with it no more. ¹⁷ But, the lovingkindness of Yahweh, is from one age even to another, Upon them who revere him, And his righteousness, to children’s children:–– ¹⁸ To such as keep his covenant, And remember his precepts, to do them.
¹⁹ Yahweh, in the heavens, hath established his throne, And, his kingdom, over all, hath dominion. ²⁰ Bless Yahweh, ye messengers of his,––Heroes of vigour, doing his word, To hearken [again] to the voice of his word; ²¹ Bless Yahweh, all ye his hosts, Attendants of his, doing his pleasure; ²² Bless Yahweh, all ye his works, In all places of his dominion, Bless, O my soul, Yahweh.
¹⁰⁴ ¹ Bless, O my soul, Yahweh,––Yahweh, my God, thou art exceedingly great, With honour and majesty, hast thou clothed thyself, ² Putting on light, as a robe, Stretching out the heavens, as a curtain; ³ Building, in the waters, his upper chambers,––Who maketh clouds his chariot, Who passeth along on the wings of the wind; ⁴ Making His messengers, winds, His attendants, a flaming fire; ⁵ He hath fixed the earth on its foundations, It is not to be shaken, to times age–abiding and beyond. ⁶ With the resounding deep––as a garment, hast thou covered it, Above the mountains, stand the waters; ⁷ At thy rebuke, they flee, At the voice of thy thunder, they hurry away; ⁸ Mountains rise, Valleys sink, Unto the place which thou hast fixed for them; ⁹ Bounds, hast thou set, which they are not to pass over, They are not to return to cover the earth.
¹⁰ Who hast sent forth springs, through the torrent–beds, Between the mountains, they flow along; ¹¹ They give drink, to every wild beast of the field, The wild asses do break their thirst. ¹² Over them, the bird of the heavens settleth down, From amidst the foliage, they utter a voice. ¹³ Who watereth the mountains out of his upper chambers, Out of the fruit of thy works, thou satisfiest the earth. ¹⁴ Who causeth the grass to shoot forth for the cattle, And the herb, for the service of man, That he may bring forth food out of the earth; ¹⁵ And, wine, may rejoice the heart of man, Making radiant his well–nourished face,––And, food, may, the heart of man, sustain. ¹⁶ Satisfied are, The trees of Yahweh, The cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; ¹⁷ Where the birds build their nests, The stork, in the fir–trees, hath her house; ¹⁸ The high mountains, are for the chamois, The crags, are a refuge for the conies.
¹⁹ He hath made the moon for seasons, And, the sun, knoweth his place for entering in. ²⁰ Thou causest darkness, and it becometh night, Therein, creepeth forth, Every wild beast of the forest; ²¹ The young lions, roaring for prey, And seeking, from GOD, their food. ²² The sun ariseth, they withdraw themselves, And, in their lairs, lay them down. ²³ Man goeth forth to his work, And to his labour, until evening. ²⁴ How thy works abound, O Yahweh! All of them––in wisdom, hast thou made, The earth is full of thy possession:–– ²⁵ This sea here, is great and broad on both hands,––Wherein are creeping things, even without number, Living things, small with great; ²⁶ There, ships, sail along, This sea–monster, thou hast formed to sport therein; ²⁷ All of them, for thee, do wait, That thou mayest give them their food in its season; ²⁸ Thou givest unto them, they gather, Thou openest thy hand, they are satisfied with good. ²⁹ Thou hidest thy face, they are dismayed, Thou withdrawest their spirit, They cease to breathe, And, unto their own dust, do they return: ³⁰ Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created, And thou renewest the face of the ground.
³¹ Be thy glory, O Yahweh, to times age–abiding, Let Yahweh rejoice in his own works: ³² Who looketh at the earth, and it trembleth, He toucheth the mountains, and they smoke. ³³ I will sing to Yahweh, as long as I live! Yea I will touch the strings to my God, while I continue; ³⁴ Pleasing unto him, be my meditation, I, will rejoice in Yahweh. ³⁵ Sinners shall be consumed out of the earth And, the lawless, no more, shall exist,––Bless, O my soul, Yahweh, Praise ye Yah!
¹⁰⁵ ¹ Give ye thanks to Yahweh, Call upon his Name, Make known, among the peoples, his doings; ² Sing ye to him, Make ye music to him, Speak ye of all his wonders. ³ Make your boast in his holy Name, Joyful be the heart of them who are seeking Yahweh. ⁴ Search out Yahweh and his strength, Seek diligently his face at all times. ⁵ Remember his wonders which he hath done, His portents, and the just decisions of his mouth. ⁶ O ye Seed of Abraham––his servants, Sons of Jacob––his chosen ones: ⁷ Yahweh himself, is our God, Through all the land, are his just decision.
⁸ He hath remembered, unto times age–abiding, his covenant, The word he commanded, to a thousand generations; ⁹ Which he solemnised with Abraham, and his oath, to Isaac; ¹⁰ And confirmed it unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel, as a covenant age–abiding; ¹¹ Saying, To thee, will I give the land of Canaan, As your inherited portion; ¹² While as yet they were men easily counted,––A very few, and sojourners therein; ¹³ And they wandered from nation to nation, From a kingdom, to another people. ¹⁴ He suffered no son of earth to oppress them, And reproved––for their sakes––[even] kings! ¹⁵ Ye may not touch mine Anointed ones, And, to my Prophets, may ye do no wrong. ¹⁶ Then called he a famine over the land, All the staff of bread, he brake; ¹⁷ He sent before them a man, For a slave, was he sold––[even] Joseph; ¹⁸ They forced, into a fetter, his foot, Into the iron, entered his soul; ¹⁹ Until the time when his word came to pass, Speech of Yahweh, proved him; ²⁰ The king sent, and set him free, One having dominion over peoples, yet loosed he his bonds; ²¹ He appointed him lord to his household, And one having dominion over all he possessed; ²² That he might bind his rulers as he pleased, And, his elders, he might embue with wisdom. ²³ So Israel came into Egypt, And, Jacob, sojourned in the land of Ham; ²⁴ And he made his people exceeding fruitful,––And caused them to become stronger than their adversaries.
²⁵ He let them turn their heart––To hate his people, To deal treacherously with his servants; ²⁶ He sent Moses his servant, Aaron, whom he had chosen. ²⁷ He set among them his threatening signs, And his wonders, in the land of Ham; ²⁸ He sent darkness, and made it dark, But they rebelled against his words; ²⁹ He turned their waters into blood, And so caused their fish to die; ³⁰ Their land swarmed with frogs, In the chambers of their kings! ³¹ He spake, and there came in the gad–fly, Gnats, in all their bounds; ³² He made their showers––hail, A fire flaming throughout their land; ³³ And he smote their vines, and their fig–trees, And brake in pieces the trees of their bounds; ³⁴ He spake––then came the swarming locust,––The devouring locust, and that without number; ³⁵ And devoured all the herbage in their land, And devoured the fruit of their ground. ³⁶ Then smote he every firstborn in their land, The beginning of all their strength; ³⁷ Thus brought he them forth, with silver and gold, Nor was there, throughout his tribes, one that faltered; ³⁸ Egypt rejoiced when they went out, For the dread of them had fallen upon them. ³⁹ He spread out a cloud as a covering, And fire, to give light by night, ⁴⁰ They asked, and he brought in the quail,––And, with the bread of the heavens, he satisfied them; ⁴¹ He opened the rock, and there gushed forth waters, They flowed along, through parched places, as a river; ⁴² For he remembered his holy word, With Abraham his servant. ⁴³ Thus brought he forth his people with gladness,––With shouts of triumph, his chosen ones; ⁴⁴ And gave them, the lands of the nations, And, of the toil of the peoples, took they possession: ⁴⁵ In order that they might observe his statutes, And, over his laws, might keep watch, Praise ye Yah.
¹⁰⁶ ¹ Praise ye Yah, Give ye thanks to Yahweh––For he is good, For age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ² Who can relate the mighty deeds of Yahweh? can cause to be heard, all his praise? ³ How happy! They who observe justice, He that executeth righteousness at all times. ⁴ Remember me, O Yahweh, when thou acceptest thy people, Visit me, with thy salvation; ⁵ That I may look upon the welfare of thy chosen ones, That I may rejoice in the joy of thy nation, That I may glory, with thine inheritance.
⁶ We have sinned––with our fathers, We have acted perversely, we have committed lawlessness; ⁷ Our fathers, in Egypt, understood not thy wonders, They remembered not the abounding of thy lovingkindnesses, but rebelled by the sea––at the Red Sea. ⁸ Yet he saved them, for the sake of his Name, to make known his mighty power; ⁹ So he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up, And he led them through deeps, as pasture–land; ¹⁰ And saved them from the hand of one full of hatred, And redeemed them out of the hand of the foe; ¹¹ So the waters covered their adversaries, Not one from among them, was left. ¹² They believed therefore in his words, They sang his praise.
¹³ Soon forgat they his works,––They waited not for his counsel; ¹⁴ But lusted a lust in the desert, and tested GOD in the waste. ¹⁵ So he gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul. ¹⁶ And they became jealous of Moses in the camp,––of Aaron the holy one of Yahweh; ¹⁷ The earth opened and engulfed Dathan, and covered up the assembly of Abiram; ¹⁸ Then was kindled a fire in their assembly,––a flame, consumed the lawless ones. ¹⁹ They made a calf in Horeb,––and bowed down to a molten image; ²⁰ Thus changed they my glory, for the similitude of an ox that eateth grass. ²¹ They forgat GOD their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt: ²² Wonders in the land of Ham, Terrible things by the Red Sea. ²³ Then would he have bidden to destroy them,––had not Moses his chosen, stood in the breach before him, To turn back his wrath from destroying. ²⁴ And they refused the delightful land, They believed not his word; ²⁵ But murmured in their tents,––They hearkened not unto the voice of Yahweh. ²⁶ So he lifted up his hand unto them, that he would let them fall in the desert; ²⁷ And would disperse their seed among the nations, and would scatter them throughout the lands. ²⁸ Yet they let themselves be bound to Baal–peor,––and did eat sacrifices to the dead: ²⁹ So they provoked to anger by their doings, and a plague, made a breach among them. ³⁰ Then stood up Phinehas, and interposed, and stayed was the plague: ³¹ So it was counted unto him, for righteousness, To generation after generation, unto times age abiding. ³² And they provoked by the waters of Meribah,––And it fared ill with Moses, for their sakes; ³³ For they embittered his spirit, and he spake rashly with his lips.
³⁴ They destroyed not the peoples of which Yahweh had spoken to them; ³⁵ But had fellowship with the nations, and learned their doings; ³⁶ Yea they served their idols, and they became to them a snare: ³⁷ Yea they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to mischievous demons; ³⁸ And poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, And the land was polluted with blood–shed; ³⁹ And they became unclean by their works, and became unchaste in their doings. ⁴⁰ Then was kindled the anger of Yahweh with his people, and he abhorred his own inheritance. ⁴¹ So he delivered them up into the hand of the nations, And they who hated them, had dominion over them; ⁴² And their enemies oppressed them, And they were bowed down under their hand. ⁴³ Many times, did he rescue them,––But, they, rebelled by their counsel, and sank low in their iniquity. ⁴⁴ Then looked he on the distress which befell them,––when he heard their loud cry; ⁴⁵ Then remembered he, for them, his covenant, and was moved to pity, according to the abounding of his lovingkindnesses; ⁴⁶ And granted them compassion before all their captors. ⁴⁷ Save us, O Yahweh our God, and gather us from among the nations, That we may give thanks unto thy holy Name, That we may triumph aloud in thy praise. ⁴⁸ Blessed be Yahweh, God of Israel, from one age even unto another, And all the people, shall say, Amen! Praise ye Yah! ¹⁰⁷ ¹ [BOOK THE FIFTH]
¶ O give thanks to Yahweh––For he is good, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ² Let the redeemed of Yahweh say, Whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary; ³ And, out of the lands, hath gathered them––From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south. ⁴ They wandered about in the desert––in a waste, Way to a city to dwell in, found they none; ⁵ Hungry––yea thirsty, their soul, within them, fainted: ⁶ Then made they outcry to Yahweh, in their peril, Out of their distresses, he rescued them; ⁷ And led them by a straight road, That they might journey to a city to dwell in. ⁸ Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men; ⁹ For he hath satisfied the longing soul, and, the famished soul, hath he filled with good.
¹⁰ The dwellers in darkness and death–shade, bound with oppression and iron; ¹¹ Because they had rebelled against the sayings of GOD,––and, the counsel of the Most High, they had spurned; ¹² And he bowed down, with labour, their heart, They staggered, with no one to help, ¹³ Then made they outcry to Yahweh in their peril, Out of their distresses, he saved them; ¹⁴ He brought them forth out of darkness and death–shade, and, their fetters, he tare off. ¹⁵ Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men! ¹⁶ For he brake in pieces the doors of bronze, And, the bars of iron, he hewed asunder.
¹⁷ The perverse, by reason of their transgression, and on account of their iniquities, are afflicted; ¹⁸ All manner of food, their soul abhorreth, and so they draw near unto the gates of death, ¹⁹ Then make they outcry to Yahweh in their peril, and, out of their distresses, he saveth them. ²⁰ He sendeth his word, and healeth them, and delivereth them from their graves. ²¹ Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men! ²² Yea let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and recount his works with a shout.
²³ Men who go down to the sea, in ships, doing business through mighty waters; ²⁴ They, see the works of Yahweh, and his wonders in the deep; ²⁵ And he speaketh, and there ariseth a tempestuous wind, which lifteth on high its rolling waves; ²⁶ They mount the heavens, they descend the roaring deeps, their soul, by trouble, dissolveth; ²⁷ They reel and stagger, like a drunken man, and, all their wisdom, is engulfed, ²⁸ Then make they outcry to Yahweh in their peril, and, out of their distresses, he bringeth them forth, ²⁹ He calmeth the storm to a whisper, and silent are their rolling waves: ³⁰ Then are they glad, because they are hushed, And he guideth them unto their desired haven. ³¹ Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men! ³² Yea let them extol him in the convocation of the people, and, in the seated company of elders, let them praise him.
³³ He turneth Rivers into a desert, and, Springs of Water, into thirsty ground, ³⁴ A Land of Fruit, into a waste of salt, For the wickedness of them who dwell therein. ³⁵ He turneth A Desert, into a pool of water, and, A Parched Land into springs of water; ³⁶ And hath caused the famished to dwell there, And they have built them a city to dwell in; ³⁷ And have sown fields, and planted vineyards, and made them fruits of increase: ³⁸ Thus hath he blessed them, and they have multiplied greatly, And, their cattle, he maketh not few. ³⁹ So have they become few and been brought low, By oppression, misfortune, and sorrow; ⁴⁰ He poureth contempt upon nobles, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste; ⁴¹ But he hath set the needy on high from affliction, and made families, like a flock:–– ⁴² The upright seeth and is glad, And, all perverseness, hath closed her mouth. ⁴³ Who is wise? then let him observe these things! and diligently consider the lovingkindness of Yahweh.
¹⁰⁸ ¹ [A Song, a Melody: David’s.]
Fixed, is my heart, O God, I will sing and touch the strings, even mine honour. ² Awake, O harp and lyre, I will awaken the dawn! ³ I will thank thee among the peoples, O Yahweh, and will sing praise unto thee, among the tribes of men. ⁴ For, great, above the heavens, is thy lovingkindness, and, as far as the skies, thy faithfulness. ⁵ Be thou exalted above the heavens, O God, And, above all the earth, be thy glory.
⁶ To the end thy beloved ones may be delivered, Oh save thou with thy right hand and answer me! ⁷ God, hath spoken in his holiness, I will exult! I will apportion Shechem! And, the Vale of Succoth, will I measure out; ⁸ Mine, is Gilead––mine, Manasseh, but, Ephraim, is the defence of my head, Judah, is my commander’s staff; ⁹ Moab, is my wash–bowl, Upon Edom, will I throw my shoe, Over Philistia, raise a shout of triumph. ¹⁰ Who will conduct me to a fortified city? Who will lead me as far as Edom? ¹¹ Hast not thou, O God, rejected us? and wilt not go forth, O God, with our hosts. ¹² Grant us help out of distress, for, vain, is the deliverance of man: ¹³ In God, shall we do valiantly, He himself, therefore, shall tread down our adversaries.
¹⁰⁹ ¹ [To the Chief Musician. David’s. A Melody.]
O God of my praise, do not be silent; ² For, the mouth of the lawless one and the mouth of the deceiver, against me, are open, They have spoken to me with false tongue; ³ And, with words of hatred, have they surrounded me, and have made war upon me without cause: ⁴ For my love, they have been accusing me, while, I, was at prayer: ⁵ Yea they have returned unto me––Evil for good; and, Hatred for my love.
⁶ Set in charge over him, one who is lawless, and let, an accuser, stand at his right hand; ⁷ When he is judged, let him go out condemned, and let, his own petition, become a sin; ⁸ Let his days become few, his overseership, let another take; ⁹ Let his children become fatherless, and his wife a widow; ¹⁰ Let his children, wander about, and beg, Let them be driven out of their ruins; ¹¹ Let the creditor take aim at all that he hath, and let strangers prey on the fruit of his toil; ¹² Let him have no one to continue lovingkindness, and there be none to favour his fatherless children; ¹³ Let his posterity be for cutting off, In another generation, let their name be wiped out; ¹⁴ Remembered be the iniquity of his fathers against Yahweh, and, the sin of his mother, let it not be wiped out; ¹⁵ Let them be before Yahweh continually, and let the memory of them, be cut off out of the earth. ¹⁶ Because that he remembered not to show lovingkindness, but pursued the man that was oppressed and needy, that, the downhearted, he might slay. ¹⁷ Because he loved cursing, May it have come upon him, Because he delighted not in blessing, May it have kept far from him; ¹⁸ Because he clothed himself in cursing as his outer garment, therefore may it have entered like water into his inward part, and like oil into his bones; ¹⁹ Be it his, as a garment he shall wrap round him, and for a girdle he shall, at all times, gird on: ²⁰ This, be the reward of mine accusers, from Yahweh, even of them who are speaking wrongfully against my life.
²¹ But, thou, Yahweh, Adonay, deal effectually with me, for the sake of thy Name, Since good is thy lovingkindness, O rescue me; ²² For, oppressed and needy, I am, and, my heart, is wounded within me. ²³ As a shadow when it stretcheth out, I am gone, I am shaken off like the locust; ²⁴ My knees, tremble from fasting, and, my flesh, faileth of fatness: ²⁵ So, I, am become a reproach for them, They see me, they shake their head. ²⁶ Help me! O Yahweh my God, Save me, according to thy lovingkindness: ²⁷ That they may know that, Thine own hand, this is, Thou, Yahweh, hast done it. ²⁸ They, may curse if, thou, wilt bless,––Mine assailants, shall be ashamed, but, thy servant, shall rejoice; ²⁹ Mine accusers shall be clothed with confusion, and shall wrap about them, like a cloak, their own shame. ³⁰ I will thank Yahweh loudly with my mouth, Yea, in the midst of multitudes, will I praise him; ³¹ Because he standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save, from them who would pass sentence on his life.
¹¹⁰ ¹ [David’s. A Melody.]
The declaration of Yahweh to my Lord––Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thy foes thy footstool. ² Thy sceptre of strength, will Yahweh extend out of Zion, Tread thou down, in the midst of thy foes. ³ Thy people, will freely offer themselves, in the day of thine army,––in the splendours of holiness, out of the womb of the dawn, To thee, [shall spring forth] the dew of thy youth. ⁴ Yahweh, hath sworn––and will not repent, Thou, [shalt be] a priest unto times age–abiding, after the manner of Melchizedek.
⁵ My Lord, on thy right hand,––hath shattered––in the day of his anger––kings; ⁶ He will judge among the nations––full of dead bodies! He hath shattered the head over a land far extended: ⁷ Of the torrent in the way, will he drink; ––For this cause, will he lift up [his] head.
¹¹¹ ¹ Praise ye Yah! I will give thanks unto Yahweh, with a whole heart, in the circle of the upright and the assembly. ² Great are the works of Yahweh, sought out, by all who find pleasure therein. ³ Honourable and majestic, is his doing, and, his righteousness, standeth for aye. ⁴ A memorial, hath he made by his wonders, Gracious and compassionate, is Yahweh. ⁵ Food, hath he given to them who revere him, He will remember, age–abidingly, his covenant.
⁶ The might of his works, hath he declared to his people, that he may give them the inheritance of the nations. ⁷ The works of his hands, are faithful and just, Firm are all his precepts; ⁸ Upheld to futurity, to times age–abiding, done in faithfulness and equity. ⁹ Ransom, hath he sent to his people, He hath commanded, to times age–abiding, his covenant, Holy and reverend, is his Name. ¹⁰ The beginning of wisdom, is the reverence of Yahweh, Good discretion, have all that do them, His praise, endureth for aye.
¹¹² ¹ Praise ye Yah! How happy is the man who revereth Yahweh, In his commandments, delighteth he greatly; ² Mighty in the earth, shall be his seed, The generation of the upright, shall be blessed; ³ Wealth and riches, shall be in his house, and, his righteousness, standeth for aye. ⁴ Risen––in darkness, is light to the upright, The gracious and compassionate and righteous. ⁵ Well for a man showing favour and lending! He shall sustain his affairs with justice.
⁶ Surely, unto times age–abiding, shall he not be shaken, In remembrance, age–abiding, shall the righteous one remain; ⁷ Of evil tidings, shall he not be afraid, Established is his heart, led to trust in Yahweh; ⁸ Upheld is his heart, he shall not be afraid, until that he gazeth on his foes. ⁹ He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the needy, His righteousness, standeth for aye, His horn, shall be exalted in honour. ¹⁰ The lawless one, shall see, and be indignant, his teeth, will he gnash and melt away, The craving of the lawless, shall vanish.
¹¹³ ¹ Praise ye Yah! Praise, O ye servants of Yahweh, Praise the Name of Yahweh; ² Be the Name of Yahweh blessed, henceforth, even to times age–abiding. ³ From the rising of the sun unto the going in thereof, Worthy to be praised, is the Name of Yahweh: ⁴ High above all nations, is Yahweh, Above the heavens, his glory. ⁵ Who is like Yahweh our God? that goeth on high to dwell, ⁶ That cometh down low to look, through the heavens and through the earth; ⁷ That raiseth, out of the dust, the poor, From the dunghill, uplifteth the needy; ⁸ To give a seat with nobles, with the nobles of his people! ⁹ Causing the barren woman to dwell in a household, A mother of sons in her joy! Praise ye Yah.
¹¹⁴ ¹ When Israel came forth out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from among a people of strange tongue, ² Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his realm: ³ The sea, beheld, and fled, The Jordan, turned back; ⁴ The mountains, started like rams, The hills like the young of the flock? ⁵ What aileth thee, O sea, that thou fleest? O Jordan, that thou turnest back? ⁶ Ye mountains, that ye start like rams? Ye hills, like the young of the flock? ⁷ Before the Lord, be in anguish, O earth, Before the GOD of Jacob: ⁸ Who turneth The Rock into a pool of water, The Flint into springs of water.
¹¹⁵ ¹ Not unto us, O Yahweh, not unto us,––but, unto thine own Name, give glory, concerning thy lovingkindness, concerning thy faithfulness. ² Wherefore should the nations say, Pray where is their God? ³ When, our God, is in the heavens, Whatsoever he pleased, hath he done. ⁴ Their idols, are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men,–– ⁵ A mouth, have they, but they speak not, Eyes, have they, but they see not; ⁶ Ears, have they, but they hear not, A nose, have they, but they smell not: ⁷ Their hands! but they feel not, Their feet! but they walk not, No sound make they in their throat. ⁸ Like unto them, shall be they who make them, Every one who trusteth in them.
⁹ O Israel! trust thou in Yahweh, Their help and their shield, is he! ¹⁰ O house of Aaron! trust ye in Yahweh, Their help and their shield, is he! ¹¹ Ye that revere Yahweh! trust in Yahweh, Their help and their shield, is he! ¹² Yahweh, hath remembered us, he will bless––He will bless the house of Israel, He will bless the house of Aaron; ¹³ He will bless them who revere Yahweh, the small with the great. ¹⁴ Yahweh multiply you, You, and your children. ¹⁵ Blessed are ye of Yahweh, who made the heavens and the earth: ¹⁶ As for the heavens, the heavens, belong to Yahweh, but the earth, hath he given to the sons of men. ¹⁷ The dead, cannot praise Yah, nor any that go down into silence; ¹⁸ But, we, will bless Yah, from henceforth even unto times age–abiding. Praise ye Yah.
¹¹⁶ ¹ I love Yahweh––because he heareth my voice, my supplications; ² Because he hath bowed down his ear unto me, therefore, throughout my days, will I call. ³ The meshes of death encompassed me, and the distresses of hades, came upon me, Peril and sorrow, I found; ⁴ But, on the Name of Yahweh, I called––I beseech thee, Yahweh, deliver my soul. ⁵ Gracious is Yahweh and righteous, and, our God, is full of compassion. ⁶ Yahweh, preserveth the simple, I was brought low, when, to me, he granted salvation. ⁷ Return, O my soul, to thy rest, For, Yahweh, hath dealt bountifully with thee. ⁸ For thou hast rescued my soul from death,––mine eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling. ⁹ I will walk to and fro before Yahweh, in the lands of life.
¹⁰ I believed that I should speak, I, was greatly depressed. ¹¹ I, said in mine alarm, All men, are false! ¹² How shall I give back to Yahweh, All his benefits unto me? ¹³ The cup of salvation, will I lift, and, on the Name of Yahweh, will I call: ¹⁴ My vows––to Yahweh, will I pay, Might it be in presence of all his people! ¹⁵ Costly in the eyes of Yahweh, is, death, for his men of lovingkindness. ¹⁶ I beseech thee, O Yahweh––for, I, am thy servant,––I, am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid, Thou hast loosened my bonds. ¹⁷ To thee, will I sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and, on the Name of Yahweh, will I call: ¹⁸ My vows––to Yahweh, will I pay, Might it be in the presence of all his people; –– ¹⁹ In the courts of the house of Yahweh, In the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye Yah!
¹¹⁷ ¹ Praise Yahweh, all ye nations, Laud him, all ye tribes of men; ² For his lovingkindness, hath prevailed over us, and, the faithfulness of Yahweh, is to times age–abiding. Praise ye Yah!
¹¹⁸ ¹ Give ye thanks to Yahweh––For he is good, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ² I pray you! let Israel, say, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ³ I pray you! let the house of Aaron, say, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ⁴ I pray you! let them who revere Yahweh, say, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ⁵ Out of a strait, called I on Yah, He answered me with enlargement. ⁶ Yahweh, is on my side, I will not fear, What can man, do unto me? ⁷ Yahweh, is on my side, with them who help me, I, therefore shall gaze upon them who hate me. ⁸ It is, better to seek refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man: ⁹ It is, better to seek refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in nobles. ¹⁰ All nations, have compassed me about, In the Name of Yahweh, surely I will make them be circumcised; ¹¹ They have compassed me about––yea compassed me about, In the Name of Yahweh, surely I will make them be circumcised; ¹² They have compassed me about like wax bees, they have blazed up like the fire of thorns, In the Name of Yahweh, surely I will make them be circumcised. ¹³ Thou didst, thrust sore, at me that I might fall, But, Yahweh, hath helped me. ¹⁴ My might and melody, is Yah, and he hath become mine by salvation. ¹⁵ The voice of shouting and salvation, is in the tents of the righteous, The right hand of Yahweh, is doing valiantly: ¹⁶ The right hand of Yahweh, is exalted, The right hand of Yahweh, is doing valiantly. ¹⁷ I shall not die, but live, That I may recount the doings of Yah. ¹⁸ Yah, chastened me sore, But, unto death, did not deliver me.
¹⁹ Open to me the gates of righteousness, I will enter therein, I will give thanks unto Yah. ²⁰ This, is the gate for Yahweh, Such as are righteous, shall enter therein. ²¹ I will thank thee, because thou hast answered me, And hast become mine, by salvation. ²² A stone the builders refused, hath become the head of the corner: ²³ From Yahweh, hath this come to pass, The same, is marvelous in our eyes. ²⁴ This is the day, which Yahweh hath made, We will exult, and be glad therein. ²⁵ Ah now, Yahweh, do save, we beseech thee, Ah now, Yahweh, do send success, we beseech thee! ²⁶ Blessed be he that entereth, In the Name of Yahweh, we have blessed you, out of the house of Yahweh. ²⁷ Yahweh is GOD, and hath shed on us light,––Bind ye the festal sacrifice with cords, Up to the horns of the altar. ²⁸ My GOD, thou art, and I will thank thee,––My Elohim, I will exalt thee. ²⁹ Give ye thanks to Yahweh––For he is good, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness.
¹¹⁹ ¹ [ALEPH.] How happy the men of blameless life, who walk in the law of Yahweh. ² How happy they who observe his testimonies, with a whole heart, they seek him. ³ Yea, they have not wrought perversity, In his ways, have they walked.
⁴ Thou, hast commanded thy precepts, that they should be diligently kept. ⁵ Oh would that my ways might be settled! that I might keep thy statutes. ⁶ Then, shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
⁷ I will thank thee with uprightness of heart, when I have learned thy righteous regulations. ⁸ Thy statutes, will I keep, Do not thou forsake me utterly.
⁹ [BETH.] Wherewithal can a young man keep pure his way? By taking heed, according to thy word.
¹⁰ With all my heart, have I sought thee, Suffer me not to be led astray from thy commandments.
¹¹ In my heart, have I treasured what thou hast said, to the end I may not sin against thee.
¹² Blessed art thou, O Yahweh––Teach me thy statutes.
¹³ With my lips, have I recounted All the regulations of thy mouth. ¹⁴ In the way of thy testimonies, have I rejoiced, Like as over all riches. ¹⁵ In thy precepts, will I meditate, that I may discern thy paths. ¹⁶ In thy statutes, will I find my dear delight, I will not forget thy word.
¹⁷ [GIMEL.] Bestow thy bounties upon thy servant––let me live, That I may observe thy word.
¹⁸ Unveil thou mine eyes, that I may discern Wondrous things out of thy law.
¹⁹ A sojourner, am, I, in the earth, Do not hide from me, thy commandments.
²⁰ My soul is crushed with longing for thy just decisions at all times.
²¹ Thou hast rebuked the proud as accursed, who stray from thy commandments.
²² Roll from off me, reproach and contempt, For, thy testimonies, have I observed.
²³ Even rulers have taken their seat, against me, have talked, Thy servant, will still meditate in thy statutes.
²⁴ Yea, thy testimonies, are my dear delight, My counselors.
²⁵ [DALETH.] My soul, cleaveth to the dust, Give me life, according to thy word.
²⁶ My ways, I recounted, and thou didst answer me, Teach me thy statutes. ²⁷ The way of thy precepts, cause thou me to understand, and I will indeed meditate in thy wonders.
²⁸ My soul weepeth itself away, for grief, Confirm thou me, according to thy word. ²⁹ The way of falsehood, take thou from me, and, with thy law, O favour me.
³⁰ The way of faithfulness, have I chosen, Thy regulations, have I deemed right. ³¹ I have kept close to thy testimonies, O Yahweh! do not put me to shame. ³² The way of thy commandments, will I run, for thou wilt enlarge my heart.
³³ [HE.] Point out to me, O Yahweh, the way of thy statutes, that I may observe it unto the end. ³⁴ Give me understanding, that I may observe thy law, that I may keep it with a whole heart.
³⁵ Guide me in the path of thy commandments, for, therein, do I find pleasure. ³⁶ Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not unto unjust gain.
³⁷ Turn away mine eyes, from beholding vanity, In thy way, give me life.
³⁸ Establish, unto thy servant, thy word, which pertaineth to the reverence of thee.
³⁹ Cause to pass away my reproach, that I have feared, for, thy regulations, are good.
⁴⁰ Lo! I have longed for thy precepts, In thy righteousness, give me life.
⁴¹ [WAW.] And let thy lovingkindness reach me, O Yahweh, thy salvation, according to thy word. ⁴² So shall I have something to answer him that reproacheth me, That I have trusted in thy word.
⁴³ And do not snatch away from my mouth the word of truth in any wise, because, for thy regulation, have I waited. ⁴⁴ That I may keep thy law continually, to times age–abiding and beyond.
⁴⁵ That I may walk to and fro in a large place, because, thy precepts, have I sought. ⁴⁶ That I may speak of thy testimonies before kings, and not be ashamed. ⁴⁷ That I may find dear delight in thy commandments, which I have loved. ⁴⁸ That I may lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and may meditate in thy statutes.
⁴⁹ [ZAYIN.] Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
⁵⁰ This, is my comfort in mine affliction, that, thy word, hath given me life.
⁵¹ Insolent men, have derided me exceedingly, From thy law, have I not swerved.
⁵² I have remembered thy regulations, [which have come down] from age–past times, O Yahweh, and have consoled myself.
⁵³ A raging heat, hath seized me, by reason of the lawless, who forsake thy law.
⁵⁴ Songs, have thy statutes become to me, in my house of sojourn.
⁵⁵ I have remembered, in the night, thy Name, O Yahweh, and have kept thy law. ⁵⁶ This, have I had, because, thy precepts, have I observed.
⁵⁷ [HETH.] My portion, is Yahweh, I have promised that I would keep thy words.
⁵⁸ I have sought the smile of thy face with all my heart, Show me favour, according to thy word.
⁵⁹ I have thought upon my ways, and have turned my feet unto thy testimonies. ⁶⁰ I have hastened, and not delayed, to keep thy commandments.
⁶¹ The meshes of the lawless, have surrounded me, Thy law, have I not forgotten.
⁶² At midnight, I arise to give thanks unto thee, For thy righteous regulations.
⁶³ Companion, am I, to all who revere thee, and to them who keep thy precepts.
⁶⁴ Of thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, the earth, is full, Thy statutes, teach thou me.
⁶⁵ [TETH.] Well, hast thou dealt with thy servant, O Yahweh, according to thy word. ⁶⁶ Good judgment and knowledge, teach thou me, For, in thy commandments, have I trusted.
⁶⁷ Before I was afflicted, I myself was going astray, but, now, thy word, have I kept.
⁶⁸ Good, thou art, and doing good, Teach me thy statutes.
⁶⁹ Insolent men have plastered falsehood over me, I, with a whole heart, will observe thy precepts. ⁷⁰ Gross, like fat, is their heart, I, in thy law, have found dear delight.
⁷¹ It is, well for me, that I was afflicted, That I might learn thy statutes.
⁷² Better to me, is the law of thy mouth, than thousands of gold and silver.
⁷³ [YODH.] Thine own hands, have made me, and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
⁷⁴ They who revere thee, shall see me and rejoice, that, for thy word, I waited.
⁷⁵ I know, O Yahweh, that righteous are thy regulations, and, in faithfulness, didst thou afflict me.
⁷⁶ Let thy lovingkindness, I beseech thee, serve to comfort me, according to thy word to thy servant. ⁷⁷ Let thy compassions reach me, that I may live, for, thy law, is my dear delight.
⁷⁸ Let insolent men, be ashamed, because, by means of falsehood, they have dealt with me perversely, I, will meditate in thy precepts. ⁷⁹ Let them who revere thee, turn unto me, even they who know thy testimonies.
⁸⁰ Let my heart be thorough in thy statutes, that I may not be ashamed.
⁸¹ [KAPH.] My soul, hath languished for thy salvation, For thy word, have I hoped. ⁸² Mine eyes have failed for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
⁸³ Though I have been like a wineskin in the smoke, thy statutes, have I not forgotten.
⁸⁴ How few are the days of thy servant! When wilt thou execute sentence on my persecutors?
⁸⁵ Insolent men digged for me pits, men who are not according to thy law. ⁸⁶ All thy commandments, are faithful, With falsehood, have they persecuted me, O help me! ⁸⁷ A little more, and they had consumed me in the earth, but, I, forsake not thy precepts.
⁸⁸ According to thy lovingkindness, give thou me life, so will I keep the testimonies of thy mouth.
⁸⁹ [LAMED.] Age–abidingly, O Yahweh, hath thy word been set up in the heavens. ⁹⁰ To generation after generation, is thy faithfulness, Thou hast established the earth, and it standeth. ⁹¹ By thy regulations, do they stand today, for, all, are thy servants.
⁹² Had not thy law been my dear delight, then, had I perished in mine affliction.
⁹³ Unto times age–abiding, will I not forget thy precepts, For, by them, hast thou given me life.
⁹⁴ Thine, am I,––oh save me! For, thy precepts, have I sought.
⁹⁵ For me, have the lawless waited, to destroy me, Thy testimonies, will I diligently consider.
⁹⁶ To all perfection, have I seen an end, Broad is thy commandment, exceedingly.
⁹⁷ [MEM.] Oh how I love thy law! All the day, is it my meditation.
⁹⁸ Beyond mine enemies, will thy commandment make me wise, for, age–abidingly, shall it be mine. ⁹⁹ Beyond all my teachers, have I shown discretion, for, thy testimonies, are my meditation. ¹⁰⁰ Beyond the elders, will I show understanding, for, thy precepts, have I observed.
¹⁰¹ From every way of wickedness, have I withheld my feet, that I might keep thy word.
¹⁰² From thy regulations, have I not turned aside, for, thou, hast directed me.
¹⁰³ How smooth to my palate is thy speech, More than honey, to my mouth. ¹⁰⁴ Out of thy precepts, will I get understanding, For this cause, do I hate every false way.
¹⁰⁵ [NUN.] A lamp to my feet, is thy word, and a light to my path.
¹⁰⁶ I sware, and have fulfilled, To keep thy righteous regulations.
¹⁰⁷ I have been afflicted exceedingly,––O Yahweh, give me life according to thy word.
¹⁰⁸ The freewill offerings of my mouth, accept, I pray thee, O Yahweh, And, thy regulations, teach thou me.
¹⁰⁹ My life, is in my hand continually, Yet, thy law, have I not forgotten. ¹¹⁰ The lawless have set a snare for me, Yet, from thy precepts, have I not strayed.
¹¹¹ As an inheritance have I taken thy testimonies unto times age–abiding, for, the joy of my heart, they are. ¹¹² I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes, Age–abidingly, to the end.
¹¹³ [SAMECH.] Half–hearted ones, do I hate, but, thy law, do I love.
¹¹⁴ My hiding–place and my buckler, thou art, For thy word, have I waited.
¹¹⁵ Depart from me, ye evil–doers,––that I may observe the commandments of my God.
¹¹⁶ Uphold me according to thy word, that I may live, and do not shame me out of my hope! ¹¹⁷ Sustain me, that I may be saved, and may find dear delight in thy statutes continually.
¹¹⁸ Thou hast made light of all who stray from thy statutes, for their fraud is, falsehood. ¹¹⁹ Dross, have I accounted all the lawless of the earth, therefore do I love thy testimonies. ¹²⁰ My flesh, bristled up from dread of thee, and, of thy regulations, stand I in fear.
¹²¹ [AYIN.] I have done justice and righteousness,––Do not leave me to mine oppressors. ¹²² Be thou surety for thy servant for good, Let not insolent men oppress me.
¹²³ Mine eyes, have become dim for thy salvation, And for thy righteous word.
¹²⁴ Deal with thy servant according to thy lovingkindness, And, thy statutes, teach thou me. ¹²⁵ Thy servant, I am––give me understanding, So shall I get to know thy testimonies.
¹²⁶ It is time that Yahweh should work, They have frustrated thy law!
¹²⁷ For this cause, do I love thy commandments, More than gold, yea than fine gold! ¹²⁸ For this cause, all thy precepts concerning all things, I deem right, Every way of falsehood, I hate.
¹²⁹ [PE.] Wonderful are thy testimonies, For this cause, hath my soul observed them.
¹³⁰ The opening of thy words, sheddeth light, Giving understanding to the simple.
¹³¹ My mouth, have I opened wide, and panted, Because, for thy commandments, have I longed.
¹³² Turn thyself unto me, and show me favour,––As is befitting, to the lovers of thy Name.
¹³³ My steps, direct thou by thy word, And let no iniquity, have dominion over me.
¹³⁴ Set me free from the oppression of man, So will I keep thy precepts.
¹³⁵ Thy face, light thou up on thy servant, And teach me thy statutes.
¹³⁶ Streams of water, have run down mine eyes, Because men have not kept thy law.
¹³⁷ [ZADHE.] Righteous art thou, O Yahweh,––And, equitable, are thy regulations. ¹³⁸ Thou hast righteously commanded thy testimonies, Yea in great faithfulness.
¹³⁹ My zeal, hath put an end to me, For mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.
¹⁴⁰ Refined is thy word, to the uttermost, And, thy servant loveth it.
¹⁴¹ Small, am I, and despised, Thy precepts, have I not forgotten.
¹⁴² Thy righteousness, is righteous to times age–abiding, And, thy law, is truth.
¹⁴³ Straitness and distress, have befallen me, Thy commandments, are my dear delights. ¹⁴⁴ Righteous are thy testimonies, unto times age–abiding, Give me understanding, that I may live.
¹⁴⁵ [KOPH.] I have cried out with all my heart, answer me, O Yahweh; Thy statutes, will I observe. ¹⁴⁶ I have cried out unto thee, oh save me, That I may keep thy testimonies.
¹⁴⁷ I forestalled the twilight, and cried for help, For thy word, I waited. ¹⁴⁸ Mine eyes forestalled the night–watches, To meditate in thy word.
¹⁴⁹ My voice, O hear, according to thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh! according to thy wont, give me life.
¹⁵⁰ They have drawn near, who pursue villainy, From thy law, have they gone far away. ¹⁵¹ Near art thou, O Yahweh, and, all thy commandments, are truth.
¹⁵² Long, have I known, from thy testimonies, That, to times age–abiding, thou didst establish them.
¹⁵³ [RESH.] Behold mine affliction, and rescue me, For, thy law, have I not forgotten. ¹⁵⁴ Plead my cause, and redeem me, By thy word, give me life.
¹⁵⁵ Far from the lawless, is salvation, For, thy statutes, have they not sought.
¹⁵⁶ Thy compassions, are great, O Yahweh, According to thy regulations, give me life.
¹⁵⁷ Many, are my persecutors and mine adversaries, From thy testimonies, have I not swerved.
¹⁵⁸ I have seen traitors, and felt loathing, Because, thy word, they kept not.
¹⁵⁹ See thou that, thy precepts, I have loved, O Yahweh, according to thy lovingkindness, give me life.
¹⁶⁰ The sum of thy word, is truth, and, age–abiding, is every one of thy righteous regulations.
¹⁶¹ [SHIN.] Rulers, have persecuted me, without cause, But, of thy word, hath my heart stood in awe.
¹⁶² Joyful am I over thy word, Like the finder of spoil in abundance.
¹⁶³ Falsehood, I hate and abhor, Thy law, do I love.
¹⁶⁴ Seven times in the day, have I praised thee, For thy righteous regulations.
¹⁶⁵ Blessing in abundance, have the lovers of thy law, and nothing to make them stumble.
¹⁶⁶ I have looked for thy salvation, O Yahweh, and, thy commandments, have I done.
¹⁶⁷ My soul hath kept thy testimonies, yea I have loved them greatly. ¹⁶⁸ I have kept thy precepts, and thy testimonies, For, all my ways, are before thee.
¹⁶⁹ [TAU] Let my shouting come near before thee, O Yahweh, According to thy word, give me understanding. ¹⁷⁰ Let my supplication come in before thee, According to thy word, deliver me.
¹⁷¹ My lips, shall pour out, praise, When thou shalt teach me thy statutes.
¹⁷² My tongue, shall respond, with thy word, For, all thy commandments, are righteous.
¹⁷³ Be thy hand ready to help me, For, thy statutes, have I chosen. ¹⁷⁴ I have longed for thy salvation, O Yahweh, and, thy law, is my dear delight.
¹⁷⁵ Let my soul live, that it may praise thee, So shall thy regulation help me.
¹⁷⁶ I have strayed like a wandering sheep, O seek thy servant, For, thy commandments, have I not forgotten.