Psalms 112:1-119:176 An Alleluia. Happy the man who feareth the Lord! in his commandments he will greatly delight.

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ An Alleluia. Happy the man who feareth the Lord! in his commandments he will greatly delight. ² His seed shall be mighty in the land: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. ³ Glory and riches are in his house; and his righteousness shall endure forever. ⁴ To the upright light sprang up in darkness. He is merciful, compassionate and just; ⁵ a beneficent man who commiserateth and lendeth. He will manage his affairs with judgment; ⁶ because he is never to be shaken; the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance: ⁷ at bad news he will not be terrified: his heart is prepared to trust in the Lord. ⁸ His heart is established, he could not be terrified; even when he beheld his enemies. ⁹ He hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy; his righteousness shall endure forever. His horn shall be gloriously exalted: ¹⁰ the wicked shall see and be enraged. Let him gnash his teeth and pine away; the desire of the wicked shall perish. ¹¹³ ¹ An Alleluia. Praise the Lord, ye his servants! Praise the name of the Lord. ² Let the name of the Lord be blessed; henceforth and forever. ³ From the rising of the sun to its going down; let the name of the Lord be praised. ⁴ The Lord is high over all the nations: his glory is above the heavens. ⁵ Who is like the Lord our God who dwelleth on high, ⁶ and superintended the things below him in heaven and on the earth? ⁷ Who raiseth the distressed from the ground, and lifteth the needy from a dunghill: ⁸ to seat him with princes; with the chiefs of his people. ⁹ Who settleth the barren woman in a family making her a joyful mother of children. ¹¹⁴ ¹ An Alleluia. At the departure of Israel from Egypt: of the house of Jacob from a barbarous people; ² Judea became his sanctuary; Israel his dominion. ³ The sea saw and fled: Jordan was turned back. ⁴ The mountains skipped like rams: the hills, like lambs of the flock. ⁵ What ailed thee, sea, that thou fleddest? And thee, Jordan, that thou turnedst back? ⁶ You, mountains, that you skipped like rams? And you, hills, like lambs of the flock? ⁷ The earth was moved at the presence of the Lord; at the presence of the God of Jacob: ⁸ who turned the rocks into pools of water: and into fountains of water, the flinty rock. ¹¹⁵ ¹ Not unto us, Lord; not unto us. But to thy name only give the glory: for thy mercy and for thy truth. ² Perhaps the nations may say, Where is their God? ³ Our God is in heaven and on earth: all that he willed, he hath done. ⁴ The idols of the nations are silver and gold; the workmanship of men's hands. ⁵ They have a mouth but cannot speak: though they have eyes, they cannot see. ⁶ Ears they have, but they cannot hear: having nostrils they cannot smell. ⁷ They have hands but they cannot feel: They have feet, but they cannot walk: nor can they utter a sound with their throat. ⁸ Let them who make them be like them; and all who have trusted in them. ⁹ The house of Israel have trusted in the Lord: he is their helper and protector. ¹⁰ The house of Aaron have trusted in the Lord; he is their helper and protector. ¹¹ They who fear the Lord have trusted in him: he is their helper and protector. ¹² The Lord hath remembered us and blessed us: he hath blessed the house of Israel: he hath blessed the house of Aaron: ¹³ he hath blessed them, who fear the Lord, both small and great. ¹⁴ May the Lord add to you more and more; to you and to your children ¹⁵ May you be blessed by the Lord: who made the heaven and the earth. ¹⁶ To the Lord belongeth the heaven of heavens: and he hath given the earth to the sons of men. ¹⁷ The dead cannot praise thee, O Lord; nor any who go down to the mansion of the dead: ¹⁸ but we who are alive will bless the Lord; from this time forth and forever. ¹¹⁶ ¹ An Alleluia. I Am full of love, because the Lord will hear the voice of my supplication. ² Because to me he inclined his ear: therefore in my days I will invoke him. ³ The pangs of death encompassed me; the perils of Hades found me: I met with distress and sorrow: ⁴ thereupon I invoked the name of the Lord; Lord deliver my soul. ⁵ The Lord is gracious and righteous; merciful indeed is our God. ⁶ The Lord preserveth the sincere: I was brought low but he saved me. ⁷ Return, my soul, to thy rest: for the Lord hath dealt kindly with thee. ⁸ Because he hath delivered my soul from death; mine eyes from tears and my feet from falling: ⁹ I will worship before the Lord in the land of the living. Alleluia! ¹⁰ I believed therefore I spake; for I was brought very low: ¹¹ and in my perturbation I said, Every man is a liar. ¹² What shall I render to the Lord; for all that he hath done for me? ¹³ I will take the cup of thanksgiving; and invoke the name of the Lord. ¹⁴ I will pay my vows to the Lord; in the presence of all his people. ¹⁵ At a high rate; in the sight of the Lord; is estimated the death of his saints. ¹⁶ Lord I am thy servant; I am thy servant and the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast burst my bonds asunder: ¹⁷ to thee I will offer a sacrifice of praise and call on the name of the Lord. ¹⁸ I will pay my vows to the Lord; in the presence of all his people; in the courts of the house of the Lord; ¹⁹ in the midst of thee, Jerusalem. ¹¹⁷ ¹ An Alleluia. O Praise the Lord, all ye nations! Praise him all ye peoples! ² For his kindness is exerted for us, And the truth of the Lord will endure forever. ¹¹⁸ ¹ An Alleluia. O GIVE thanks to the Lord, for he is good: for to everlasting his mercy endureth. ² let the house of Israel say, For he is good. For to everlasting his mercy endureth. ³ O! let the house of Aaron say, For he is good. For to everlasting his mercy endureth. ⁴ Let all who fear the Lord say, For he is good. For to everlasting his mercy endureth. ⁵ Because of affliction I called on the Lord, and he heard me for enlargement. ⁶ Having the Lord for my helper, I will not fear what man can do to me. ⁷ Having the Lord for my helper, I shall look down on mine enemies. ⁸ It is better to confide in the Lord than to confide in man; ⁹ it is better to trust the Lord than put confidence in princes. ¹⁰ All the nations compassed me about: but by the name of the Lord I was avenged of them. ¹¹ Compassing me about they beset me, but by the name of the Lord I was avenged of them. ¹² They encompassed me as bees do a honey comb: and blazed furiously like fire among thorns; but by the name of the Lord I was avenged of them. ¹³ Being hard pressed, I was on the point of falling: but the Lord himself supported me. ¹⁴ The Lord is my strength and my song of praise; he indeed was my salvation; ¹⁵ A sound of joy and deliverance in the tents of the righteous! The right hand of the Lord hath exerted power! ¹⁶ The right hand of the Lord hath exalted me; the right hand of the Lord hath exerted power. ¹⁷ I shall not die: but live and proclaim the works of the Lord. ¹⁸ With correction, the Lord corrected me: but did not deliver me up to death. ¹⁹ Open for me the gates of righteousness, and I will go in at them and give thanks to the Lord. ²⁰ This is the gate of the Lord, at it the righteous are to enter. ²¹ I will praise thee because thou didst hear me, and hast been unto me salvation. ²² The stone which the builders rejected, was the very one for the head of the corner. ²³ This [salvation] was from the Lord, and it is wonderful in our eyes. ²⁴ This is the day which the Lord made: on it let us rejoice and be glad. ²⁵ Lord save, I beseech thee: Lord, I beseech thee, prosper. ²⁶ Blessed be he who is coming in the name of the Lord; we have blessed you of the house of the Lord. ²⁷ God is Lord, and he hath shined upon us. Solemnize a festival with thick boughs, even to the horns of the altar. ²⁸ Thou art my God and I will praise thee; thou art my God and I will exalt thee: I will praise thee, because thou hast heard me; and hast been unto me salvation. ²⁹ O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for to everlasting his mercy endureth. ¹¹⁹ ¹ An Alleluia. ALEPH. Happy the undefiled in the way! who walk in the law of the Lord. ² Happy they who search his testimonies, and seek him with their whole ³ heart: for they are not workers of iniquity; they have walked in his ways. ⁴ Thou hast enjoined the strict observance of thy precepts. ⁵ O that my ways may be directed, that I may keep thy rules of rectitude. ⁶ Then I cannot be put to shame, when I have respect to all thy commandments. ⁷ I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I have learned thy righteous judgments. ⁸ I will keep thy judgments, forsake me not utterly. ⁹ BETH. By what can a youth make his way prosperous? By keeping thy words. ¹⁰ I have sought thee with my whole heart; let me not be driven from thy commandments. ¹¹ I have hid thine oracles in my heart, that I may not sin against thee. ¹² Lord, thou art blessed, teach me thy rules of rectitude. ¹³ With my lips I have declared all the judgments of thy mouth. ¹⁴ I have been delighted with the way of thy testimonies, as for all manner of riches. ¹⁵ I will talk continually of thy commandments, and be attentive to thy ways. ¹⁶ I will meditate on thy judgments and not forget thy words. ¹⁷ GIMEL. Make retribution to thy servant; that I may live and keep thy words. ¹⁸ Open mine eyes, that I may discern the wonderous things of thy law. ¹⁹ I am a sojourner in this land, hide not thy commandments from me. ²⁰ My soul is engaged in a continual longing for thy judgments. ²¹ Thou hast rebuked the haughty; cursed are they who turn aside from thy commands. ²² Remove from me reproach and contempt, since I have earnestly sought thy testimonies. ²³ For chiefs sat and spoke against me, but thy servant meditated on thy statutes; ²⁴ for thy testimonies are my study, thy statutes, my counsellors. ²⁵ DALETH. My soul cleaveth to the ground; keep me alive according to thy word. ²⁶ I have declared thy ways and thou hast heard me; teach me thy rules of rectitude. ²⁷ Instruct me in the way of thy statutes, and I will meditate on thy wonders; ²⁸ my soul drooped with heaviness; strengthen me with thy words. ²⁹ Remove from me the way of injustice, and graciously favour me with thy law. ³⁰ I have chosen the way of truth, and have not forgotten thy judgments; ³¹ I have cleaved, O Lord, to thy testimonies; let me not be put to shame. ³² I ran in the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart. ³³ HE. Teach me, Lord, the way of thy statutes, and in every occurrence I will seek it. ³⁴ Give me understanding that I may search thy law, and keep it with my whole heart. ³⁵ Lead me in the path of thy commandments; for I have delighted therein. ³⁶ Incline my heart to thy testimonies and not to covetousness. ³⁷ Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; keep me alive in thy way. ³⁸ Confirm thine oracle to thy servant that thou mayst be feared. ³⁹ Take away my reproach which I dreaded, because thy judgments are good. ⁴⁰ Behold I have longed for thy precepts; quicken me by thy saving goodness. ⁴¹ VAU. Lord, let thy mercy come upon me; thy salvation according to thy word; ⁴² and to them who reproach me I will make answer, that I have trusted in thy words. ⁴³ And take not the word of truth entirely from my mouth, for I have trusted in thy judgments; ⁴⁴ and I will keep thy law continually forever and ever. ⁴⁵ I indeed have walked in a roomy place, because I diligently sought thy precepts; ⁴⁶ and I have spoken of thy testimonies before kings, and was not ashamed: ⁴⁷ and have meditated on thy commandments, in which I took great delight; ⁴⁸ and have held up my hands for thy precepts which I loved, and meditated on thy rules of rectitude. ⁴⁹ ZAIN. Remember thy words to thy servant, for which thou hast caused me to hope; ⁵⁰ this hath comforted me in mine affliction, for thine oracle kept me alive. ⁵¹ The haughty transgressed to a great degree, but from thy law I turned not aside. ⁵² Lord, I remembered thy judgments of old and was comforted. ⁵³ Horror seized me on the account of sinners; of them who utterly forsake thy law. ⁵⁴ Thy statutes were the subject of my songs, in the place of my pilgrimage. ⁵⁵ I remembered thy name, Lord, in the night, and have kept thy law. ⁵⁶ This was my condition, because I diligently sought thy statutes. ⁵⁷ CHETH. Thou, Lord, art my portion; I have determined to keep thy law. ⁵⁸ With my whole heart I have entreated thy favour, be gracious to me according to thy word. ⁵⁹ I revolved thy ways in my mind, and turned my feet to thy testimonies. ⁶⁰ I prepared myself and was not troubled, to keep thy commandments. ⁶¹ The cords of sinners entangled me; but I did not forget thy law. ⁶² At midnight I arose to give thee thanks; because of thy righteous judgments. ⁶³ I am a companion of all them who fear thee; and of them who keep thy commandments. ⁶⁴ Lord the earth is full of thy mercy, teach me thy statutes. ⁶⁵ TETH. Lord, thou hast dealt kindly with thy servant; according to thy word. ⁶⁶ Teach me kindness and discipline and knowledge; because I have believed thy commandments. ⁶⁷ Before I was afflicted, I transgressed; for this cause I have kept thy word. ⁶⁸ Thou, Lord, art good; in thy goodness teach me thy statutes. ⁶⁹ The iniquity of the proud was multiplied against me: but I with my whole heart will search thy precepts. ⁷⁰ Their heart was curdled like milk: but I meditated on thy law. ⁷¹ It is good for me that thou hast humbled me: that I might learn thy rules of rectitude. ⁷² The law of thy mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver. ⁷³ JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: instruct me that I may learn thy commandments. ⁷⁴ They who fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have trusted in thy words. ⁷⁵ I know, Lord, that thy judgments are just: and that thou with truth hast humbled me! ⁷⁶ let thy mercy be my comfort, according to thy word to thy servant. ⁷⁷ Let thy tender mercies come to me that I may live; for thy law is my delight. ⁷⁸ Let the proud be ashamed, because they have unjustly injured me. But let me meditate on thy precepts. ⁷⁹ Let them who fear thee turn to me; and them who know thy testimonies. ⁸⁰ Let my heart be sound in thy statutes, that I may not be shamed. ⁸¹ CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; I trusted in thy words. ⁸² Mine eyes failed for thy promise, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? ⁸³ Though I became like a leathern bag in frost; I did not forget thy statutes. ⁸⁴ How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou avenge me of my persecutors? ⁸⁵ Transgressors told me idle tales: but thy law O Lord, taught me otherwise. ⁸⁶ All thy commandments are truth. They persecuted me without cause, do thou assist me. ⁸⁷ They have almost finished me on the earth; but I did not forsake thy precepts. ⁸⁸ According to thy mercy quicken me: that I may keep the testimonies of thy mouth. ⁸⁹ LAMED. Lord, thy word will endure in heaven forever; ⁹⁰ thy truth to all generations. Thou hast established the earth and it shall continue. ⁹¹ By thy arrangement day shall continue: for all things are in subjection to thee. ⁹² Had not thy law been my study, I should have perished in my affliction. ⁹³ Let me never forget thy rules of rectitude: for by them thou hast kept me alive. ⁹⁴ I am thine, save me: for I have diligently sought thy statutes. ⁹⁵ Sinners lay in wait for me to destroy me: I understood thy testimonies. ⁹⁶ Of all perfection I saw a limit; thy command is very broad. ⁹⁷ MEM. O! how I have loved thy law, Lord! It is my meditation all the day. ⁹⁸ Thou hast given me a knowledge of thy law above mine enemies; because it is mine forever. ⁹⁹ I had more understanding than all my teachers: because thy testimonies are my study. ¹⁰⁰ I understood more than elders: because I diligently sought thy commandments. ¹⁰¹ From every evil way I restrained my feet; that I might keep thy words. ¹⁰² I have not turned aside from thy judgments: because thou didst instruct me. ¹⁰³ How sweet are thine oracles to my taste! They are sweeter than honey to my mouth. ¹⁰⁴ From thy precepts I got understanding: Therefore I hated every wicked way. ¹⁰⁵ NUN. Thy law is a lamp to my feet; and a light to my paths. ¹⁰⁶ I have sworn and determined to keep thy righteous judgments. ¹⁰⁷ I have been exceedingly afflicted: quicken me, Lord, according to thy word. ¹⁰⁸ Accept, O Lord, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth: and teach me thy judgments. ¹⁰⁹ My life is continually in thy hands; and I have not forgotten thy law. ¹¹⁰ The wicked laid a snare for me: but I erred not from thy precepts. ¹¹¹ I have taken thy testimonies for an everlasting inheritance: for they are the joy of my heart. ¹¹² I inclined my heart to perform thy statutes; for the sake of an everlasting reward. ¹¹³ SAMECH. I have hated transgressors and loved thy law. ¹¹⁴ Thou art my helper and my protector: I have hoped for thy words. ¹¹⁵ Away from me ye evil doers, for I will diligently seek the commandments of my God. ¹¹⁶ Uphold me according to thy word and keep me alive; and let me not be shamed for mine expectation. ¹¹⁷ Help me and I shall be saved; and I will meditate continually on thy statutes. ¹¹⁸ Thou hast set at naught all who apostatize from thy statutes; because their inward thought is wicked. ¹¹⁹ All the sinners of the land I accounted transgressors; therefore I loved thy testimonies. ¹²⁰ Penetrate my flesh with the dread of thee; for I am terrified at thy judgments. ¹²¹ AIN. I have done what is right and just; deliver me not up to mine oppressors. ¹²² Be surety for thy servant for good; let not the proud oppress me. ¹²³ Mine eyes have failed looking for thy salvation, and for the promise of thy saving goodness. ¹²⁴ Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes. ¹²⁵ I am thy servant, give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies. ¹²⁶ It is time to act for the Lord; they have made void thy law. ¹²⁷ For this cause I loved thy commandments more than gold or the topaz. ¹²⁸ For this cause I directed my course to all thy commandments: I hated every evil way. ¹²⁹ PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore my soul sought them diligently. ¹³⁰ The manifestation of thy words will enlighten, and make the simple wise. ¹³¹ I opened my mouth and panted, because I longed for thy commandments. ¹³² Look down upon me, and be gracious to me, as thou art to them who love thy name. ¹³³ Order my steps according to thy word, and let no iniquity have dominion over me. ¹³⁴ Deliver me from the oppression of men, and I will keep thy precepts. ¹³⁵ Let thy countenance shine on thy servant; and teach me thy statutes. ¹³⁶ Mine eyes poured down streams of water, because I did not keep thy law. ¹³⁷ TSADDI. Thou, Lord, art righteous; and thy judgments are right. ¹³⁸ Thou hast strictly enjoined as thy testimonies, righteousness and truth. ¹³⁹ My zeal for thee hath consumed me; because mine enemies forgot thy words. ¹⁴⁰ Thy word is very pure; and thy servant hath loved it. ¹⁴¹ Young and despised as I am, I have not forgot thy precepts. ¹⁴² Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is truth. ¹⁴³ When affliction and distress found me, thy commandments were my study; ¹⁴⁴ thy testimonies are everlasting righteousness; give me understanding and I shall live. ¹⁴⁵ KOPH. I have cried with my whole heart, O Lord, hear me; I ¹⁴⁶ will diligently seek thy statutes. I have cried to thee, save ¹⁴⁷ me; and I will keep thy testimonies. I awoke before the dawn of the morning, and cried; on thy words I placed my hope. ¹⁴⁸ Mine eyes were awake before the morning dawn, that I might ¹⁴⁹ meditate on thine oracles. Hear my voice, Lord, according to thy mercy; according to thy judgment keep me alive. ¹⁵⁰ They, who persecute me unjustly, drew near; but they were ¹⁵¹ far removed from thy law. Thou, Lord, art near, and all ¹⁵² thy ways are truth. I knew of old from thy testimonies, that thou hast founded them forever. ¹⁵³ RESH Behold my affliction, and deliver me; for I have not forgotten thy law. ¹⁵⁴ Plead my cause and deliver me; on account of thy word keep me alive. ¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far from sinners, because they did not seek thy statutes. ¹⁵⁶ Thy tender mercies, Lord, are many; quicken me according to thy judgment. ¹⁵⁷ Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet from thy testimonies I have not declined. ¹⁵⁸ I beheld transgressors and was grieved; because they did not keep thy words. ¹⁵⁹ Consider, O Lord, that I have loved thy commandments: in thy mercy keep me alive. ¹⁶⁰ The beginning of thy words was truth, and all thy righteous judgments endure forever. ¹⁶¹ SCHIN. Chiefs persecuted me undeservedly: but my heart stood in awe of thy words. ¹⁶² Let me exult with joy for thine oracles; as one who findeth great spoils. ¹⁶³ I have hated and abominated iniquity: but thy law I have loved. ¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day have I praised thee, for thy righteous judgments. ¹⁶⁵ Great peace have they who love thy law: and for them there is no stumbling block. ¹⁶⁶ I have waited, Lord, for thy salvation; and have loved thy commandments. ¹⁶⁷ My soul hath kept thy testimonies and hath loved them exceedingly. ¹⁶⁸ I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies: for all my ways, Lord, are before thee. ¹⁶⁹ TAU. Lord, let my prayer come before thee: give me understanding according to thy word. ¹⁷⁰ Let my supplication come before thee, Lord. According to thy word deliver me. ¹⁷¹ Let my lips solemnly utter a hymn; when thou hast taught me thy statutes. ¹⁷² Let my tongue resound thine oracles; for all thy commandments are righteous. ¹⁷³ Let thy hand be near to save me: because I have chosen thy statutes. ¹⁷⁴ Lord, I have longed earnestly for thy salvation: and thy law is my study. ¹⁷⁵ Let my soul live and praise thee; and thy judgments be my support. ¹⁷⁶ Like a lost sheep I have gone astray: O seek thy servant; since I have not forgotten thy commandments.