Psalms 108:1-119:176 A Song, a Psalm of David. Prepared is my heart, O God, I sing, yea, I sing praise, also my honour.

YLT⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ A Song, a Psalm of David. Prepared is my heart, O God, I sing, yea, I sing praise, also my honour. ² Awake, psaltery and harp, I awake the dawn. ³ I thank Thee among peoples, O Jehovah, And I praise Thee among the nations. ⁴ For great above the heavens is Thy kindness, And unto the clouds Thy truth. ⁵ Be Thou exalted above the heavens, O God, And above all the earth Thy honour.
⁶ That Thy beloved ones may be delivered, Save with Thy right hand, and answer us. ⁷ God hath spoken in His holiness: I exult, I apportion Shechem, And the valley of Succoth I measure, ⁸ Mine is Gilead, mine is Manasseh, And Ephraim is the strength of my head, Judah is my lawgiver, ⁹ Moab is a pot for my washing, Upon Edom I cast my shoe, Over Philistia I shout habitually. ¹⁰ Who doth bring me in to the fenced city? Who hath led me unto Edom? ¹¹ Hast not Thou, O God, cast us off? And Thou goest not out, O God, with our hosts! ¹² Give to us help from adversity, And vain is the salvation of man. ¹³ In God we do mightily, And He doth tread down our adversaries!
¹⁰⁹ ¹ To the Overseer. —A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent, ² For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me—A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred! ³ They have compassed me about, And they fight me without cause. ⁴ For my love they oppose me, and I—prayer! ⁵ And they set against me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
⁶ Appoint Thou over him the wicked, And an adversary standeth at his right hand. ⁷ In his being judged, he goeth forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin. ⁸ His days are few, his oversight another taketh, ⁹ His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow. ¹⁰ And wander continually do his sons, Yea, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places. ¹¹ An exactor layeth a snare for all that he hath, And strangers spoil his labour. ¹² He hath none to extend kindness, Nor is there one showing favour to his orphans. ¹³ His posterity is for cutting off, In another generation is their name blotted out. ¹⁴ The iniquity of his fathers Is remembered unto Jehovah, And the sin of his mother is not blotted out. ¹⁵ They are before Jehovah continually, And He cutteth off from earth their memorial. ¹⁶ Because that he hath not remembered to do kindness, And pursueth the poor man and needy, And the smitten of heart—to slay, ¹⁷ And he loveth reviling, and it meeteth him, And he hath not delighted in blessing, And it is far from him. ¹⁸ And he putteth on reviling as his robe, And it cometh in as water into his midst, And as oil into his bones. ¹⁹ It is to him as apparel—he covereth himself, And for a continual girdle he girdeth it on. ²⁰ This is the wage of mine accusers from Jehovah, And of those speaking evil against my soul.
²¹ And Thou, O Jehovah Lord, Deal with me for Thy name's sake, Because Thy kindness is good, deliver me. ²² For I am poor and needy, And my heart hath been pierced in my midst. ²³ As a shadow when it is stretched out I have gone, I have been driven away as a locust. ²⁴ My knees have been feeble from fasting, And my flesh hath failed of fatness. ²⁵ And I—I have been a reproach to them, They see me, they shake their head. ²⁶ Help me, O Jehovah my God, Save me, according to Thy kindness. ²⁷ And they know that this is Thy hand, Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast done it. ²⁸ They revile, and Thou dost bless, They have risen, and are ashamed, And Thy servant doth rejoice. ²⁹ Mine accusers put on blushing, and are covered, As an upper robe is their shame. ³⁰ I thank Jehovah greatly with my mouth, And in the midst of many I praise Him, ³¹ For He standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save from those judging his soul.
¹¹⁰ ¹ A Psalm of David. The affirmation of Jehovah to my Lord: `Sit at My right hand, Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.' ² The rod of thy strength doth Jehovah send from Zion, Rule in the midst of thine enemies. ³ Thy people are free-will gifts in the day of Thy strength, in the honours of holiness, From the womb, from the morning, Thou hast the dew of thy youth. ⁴ Jehovah hath sworn, and doth not repent, `Thou art a priest to the age, According to the order of Melchizedek.'
⁵ The Lord on thy right hand smote kings In the day of His anger. ⁶ He doth judge among the nations, He hath completed the carcases, Hath smitten the head over the mighty earth. ⁷ From a brook in the way he drinketh, Therefore he doth lift up the head!
¹¹¹ ¹ Praise ye Jah! I thank Jehovah with the whole heart, In the secret meeting of the upright, And of the company. ² Great are the works of Jehovah, Sought out by all desiring them. ³ Honourable and majestic is His work, And His righteousness is standing for ever. ⁴ A memorial He hath made of His wonders, Gracious and merciful is Jehovah. ⁵ Prey He hath given to those fearing Him, He remembereth to the age His covenant.
⁶ The power of His works He hath declared to His people, To give to them the inheritance of nations. ⁷ The works of His hands are true and just, Stedfast are all His appointments. ⁸ They are sustained for ever to the age. They are made in truth and uprightness. ⁹ Redemption He hath sent to His people, He hath appointed to the age His covenant, Holy and fearful is His name. ¹⁰ The beginning of wisdom is fear of Jehovah, Good understanding have all doing them, His praise is standing for ever!
¹¹² ¹ Praise ye Jah! O the happiness of one fearing Jehovah, In His commands he hath delighted greatly. ² Mighty in the earth is his seed, The generation of the upright is blessed. ³ Wealth and riches are in his house, And his righteousness is standing for ever. ⁴ Light hath risen in darkness to the upright, Gracious, and merciful, and righteous. ⁵ Good is the man—gracious and lending, He sustaineth his matters in judgment.
⁶ For—to the age he is not moved; For a memorial age-during is the righteous. ⁷ Of an evil report he is not afraid, Prepared is His heart, confident in Jehovah. ⁸ Sustained is his heart—he feareth not, Till that he look on his adversaries. ⁹ He hath scattered—hath given to the needy, His righteousness is standing for ever, His horn is exalted with honour. ¹⁰ The wicked seeth, and hath been angry, His teeth he gnasheth, and hath melted, The desire of the wicked doth perish!
¹¹³ ¹ Praise ye Jah! Praise, ye servants of Jehovah. Praise the name of Jehovah. ² The name of Jehovah is blessed, From henceforth, and unto the age. ³ From the rising of the sun unto its going in, Praised is the name of Jehovah. ⁴ High above all nations is Jehovah, Above the heavens is his honour. ⁵ Who is as Jehovah our God, He is exalting Himself to sit? ⁶ He is humbling Himself to look On the heavens and on the earth. ⁷ He is raising up from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He exalteth the needy. ⁸ To cause to sit with princes, With the princes of His people. ⁹ Causing the barren one of the house to sit, A joyful mother of sons; praise ye Jah!
¹¹⁴ ¹ In the going out of Israel from Egypt, The house of Jacob from a strange people, ² Judah became His sanctuary, Israel his dominion. ³ The sea hath seen, and fleeth, The Jordan turneth backward. ⁴ The mountains have skipped as rams, Heights as sons of a flock. ⁵ What—to thee, O sea, that thou fleest? O Jordan, thou turnest back! ⁶ O mountains, ye skip as rams! O heights, as sons of a flock! ⁷ From before the Lord be afraid, O earth, From before the God of Jacob, ⁸ He is turning the rock to a pool of waters, The flint to a fountain of waters!
¹¹⁵ ¹ Not to us, O Jehovah, not to us, But to Thy name give honour, For Thy kindness, for Thy truth. ² Why do the nations say, `Where, pray, is their God. ³ And our God is in the heavens, All that He hath pleased He hath done. ⁴ Their idols are silver and gold, work of man's hands, ⁵ A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not, ⁶ Ears they have, and they hear not, A nose they have, and they smell not, ⁷ Their hands, but they handle not, Their feet, and they walk not; ⁸ Nor do they mutter through their throat, Like them are their makers, Every one who is trusting in them.
⁹ O Israel, trust in Jehovah, `Their help and their shield is He.' ¹⁰ O house of Aaron, trust in Jehovah, `Their help and their shield is He.' ¹¹ Ye fearing Jehovah, trust in Jehovah, `Their help and their shield is He.' ¹² Jehovah hath remembered us, He blesseth, He blesseth the house of Israel, He blesseth the house of Aaron, ¹³ He blesseth those fearing Jehovah, The small with the great. ¹⁴ Jehovah addeth to you, to you, and to your sons. ¹⁵ Blessed are ye of Jehovah, maker of heaven and earth, ¹⁶ The heavens—the heavens are Jehovah's, And the earth He hath given to sons of men, ¹⁷ The dead praise not Jah, Nor any going down to silence. ¹⁸ And we, we bless Jah, From henceforth, and unto the age. Praise ye Jah!
¹¹⁶ ¹ I have loved, because Jehovah heareth My voice, my supplication, ² Because He hath inclined His ear to me, And during my days I call. ³ Compassed me have cords of death, And straits of Sheol have found me, Distress and sorrow I find. ⁴ And in the name of Jehovah I call: I pray Thee, O Jehovah, deliver my soul, ⁵ Gracious is Jehovah, and righteous, Yea, our God is merciful, ⁶ A preserver of the simple is Jehovah, I was low, and to me He giveth salvation. ⁷ Turn back, O my soul, to thy rest, For Jehovah hath conferred benefits on thee. ⁸ For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, My eyes from tears, my feet from overthrowing. ⁹ I walk habitually before Jehovah In the lands of the living.
¹⁰ I have believed, for I speak, I—I have been afflicted greatly. ¹¹ I said in my haste, `Every man is a liar.' ¹² What do I return to Jehovah? All His benefits are upon me. ¹³ The cup of salvation I lift up, And in the name of Jehovah I call. ¹⁴ My vows to Jehovah let me complete, I pray you, before all His people. ¹⁵ Precious in the eyes of Jehovah is the death for His saints. ¹⁶ Cause it to come, O Jehovah, for I am Thy servant. I am Thy servant, son of Thy handmaid, Thou hast opened my bonds. ¹⁷ To Thee I sacrifice a sacrifice of thanks, And in the name of Jehovah I call. ¹⁸ My vows to Jehovah let me complete, I pray you, before all His people, ¹⁹ In the courts of the house of Jehovah, In thy midst, O Jerusalem, praise ye Jah!
¹¹⁷ ¹ Praise Jehovah, all ye nations, Glorify Him, all ye peoples. ² For mighty to us hath been His kindness, And the truth of Jehovah is to the age. Praise ye Jah!
¹¹⁸ ¹ Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age is His kindness. ² I pray you, let Israel say, That, to the age is His kindness. ³ I pray you, let the house of Aaron say, That, to the age is His kindness. ⁴ I pray you, let those fearing Jehovah say, That, to the age is His kindness. ⁵ From the straitness I called Jah, Jah answered me in a broad place. ⁶ Jehovah is for me, I do not fear what man doth to me. ⁷ Jehovah is for me among my helpers, And I—I look on those hating me. ⁸ Better to take refuge in Jehovah than to trust in man, ⁹ Better to take refuge in Jehovah, Than to trust in princes. ¹⁰ All nations have compassed me about, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off. ¹¹ They have compassed me about, Yea, they have compassed me about, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off. ¹² They compassed me about as bees, They have been extinguished as a fire of thorns, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off. ¹³ Thou hast sorely thrust me to fall, And Jehovah hath helped me. ¹⁴ My strength and song is Jah, And He is to me for salvation. ¹⁵ A voice of singing and salvation, Is in the tents of the righteous, The right hand of Jehovah is doing valiantly. ¹⁶ The right hand of Jehovah is exalted, The right hand of Jehovah is doing valiantly. ¹⁷ I do not die, but live, And recount the works of Jah, ¹⁸ Jah hath sorely chastened me, And to death hath not given me up.
¹⁹ Open ye to me gates of righteousness, I enter into them—I thank Jah. ²⁰ This is the gate to Jehovah, The righteous enter into it. ²¹ I thank Thee, for Thou hast answered me, And art to me for salvation. ²² A stone the builders refused Hath become head of a corner. ²³ From Jehovah hath this been, It is wonderful in our eyes, ²⁴ This is the day Jehovah hath made, We rejoice and are glad in it. ²⁵ I beseech Thee, O Jehovah, save, I pray Thee, I beseech Thee, O Jehovah, prosper, I pray Thee. ²⁶ Blessed is he who is coming In the name of Jehovah, We blessed you from the house of Jehovah, ²⁷ God is Jehovah, and He giveth to us light, Direct ye the festal-sacrifice with cords, Unto the horns of the altar. ²⁸ My God Thou art, and I confess Thee, My God, I exalt Thee. ²⁹ Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age, is His kindness!
¹¹⁹ ¹ Aleph. O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah, ² O the happiness of those keeping His testimonies, With the whole heart they seek Him. ³ Yea, they have not done iniquity, In His ways they have walked.
⁴ Thou hast commanded us Thy precepts to keep diligently, ⁵ O that my ways were prepared to keep Thy statutes, ⁶ Then I am not ashamed In my looking unto all Thy commands.
⁷ I confess Thee with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Thy righteousness. ⁸ Thy statutes I keep, leave me not utterly!
⁹ Beth. With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe—according to Thy word.
¹⁰ With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands.
¹¹ In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.
¹² Blessed art Thou, O Jehovah, teach me Thy statutes.
¹³ With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Thy mouth. ¹⁴ In the way of Thy testimonies I have joyed, As over all wealth. ¹⁵ In Thy precepts I meditate, And I behold attentively Thy paths. ¹⁶ In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word.
¹⁷ Gimel. Confer benefits on Thy servant, I live, and I keep Thy word.
¹⁸ Uncover mine eyes, and I behold wonders out of Thy law.
¹⁹ A sojourner I am on earth, Hide not from me Thy commands.
²⁰ Broken hath my soul for desire Unto Thy judgments at all times.
²¹ Thou hast rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Thy commands.
²² Remove from me reproach and contempt, For Thy testimonies I have kept.
²³ Princes also sat—against me they spoke, Thy servant doth meditate in Thy statutes,
²⁴ Thy testimonies also are my delight, The men of my counsel!
²⁵ Daleth. Cleaved to the dust hath my soul, Quicken me according to Thy word.
²⁶ My ways I have recounted, And Thou answerest me, teach me Thy statutes, ²⁷ The way of Thy precepts cause me to understand, And I meditate in Thy wonders.
²⁸ My soul hath dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Thy word. ²⁹ The way of falsehood turn aside from me And with Thy law favour me.
³⁰ The way of faithfulness I have chosen, Thy judgments I have compared, ³¹ I have adhered to Thy testimonies, O Jehovah, put me not to shame. ³² The way of Thy commands I run, For Thou dost enlarge my heart!
³³ He. Show me, O Jehovah, the way of Thy statutes, And I keep it—to the end. ³⁴ Cause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the whole heart.
³⁵ Cause me to tread in the path of Thy commands, For in it I have delighted. ³⁶ Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, And not unto dishonest gain.
³⁷ Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me.
³⁸ Establish to Thy servant Thy saying, That is concerning Thy fear.
³⁹ Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Thy judgments are good.
⁴⁰ Lo, I have longed for Thy precepts, In Thy righteousness quicken Thou me,
⁴¹ Waw. And meet me doth Thy kindness, O Jehovah, Thy salvation according to Thy saying. ⁴² And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For I have trusted in Thy word.
⁴³ And Thou takest not utterly away From my mouth the word of truth, Because for Thy judgment I have hoped. ⁴⁴ And I keep Thy law continually, To the age and for ever.
⁴⁵ And I walk habitually in a broad place, For Thy precepts I have sought. ⁴⁶ And I speak of Thy testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed. ⁴⁷ And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved, ⁴⁸ And I lift up my hands unto Thy commands, That I have loved, And I do meditate on Thy statutes!
⁴⁹ Zain. Remember the word to Thy servant, On which Thou hast caused me to hope.
⁵⁰ This is my comfort in mine affliction, That Thy saying hath quickened me.
⁵¹ The proud have utterly scorned me, From Thy law I have not turned aside.
⁵² I remembered Thy judgments of old, O Jehovah, And I comfort myself.
⁵³ Horror hath seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Thy law.
⁵⁴ Songs have been to me Thy statutes, In the house of my sojournings.
⁵⁵ I have remembered in the night Thy name, O Jehovah, And I do keep Thy law. ⁵⁶ This hath been to me, That Thy precepts I have kept!
⁵⁷ Cheth. My portion is Jehovah; I have said—to keep Thy words,
⁵⁸ I appeased Thy face with the whole heart, Favour me according to Thy saying.
⁵⁹ I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies. ⁶⁰ I have made haste, And delayed not, to keep Thy commands.
⁶¹ Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, Thy law I have not forgotten.
⁶² At midnight I rise to give thanks to Thee, For the judgments of Thy righteousness.
⁶³ A companion I am to all who fear Thee, And to those keeping Thy precepts.
⁶⁴ Of Thy kindness, O Jehovah, the earth is full, Thy statutes teach Thou me!
⁶⁵ Teth. Good Thou didst with Thy servant, O Jehovah, According to Thy word. ⁶⁶ The goodness of reason and knowledge teach me, For in Thy commands I have believed.
⁶⁷ Before I am afflicted, I—I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept.
⁶⁸ Good Thou art, and doing good, Teach me Thy statutes.
⁶⁹ Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts. ⁷⁰ Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I—in Thy law I have delighted.
⁷¹ Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes.
⁷² Better to me is the law of Thy mouth Than thousands of gold and silver!
⁷³ Yod. Thy hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Thy commands.
⁷⁴ Those fearing Thee see me and rejoice, Because for Thy word I have hoped.
⁷⁵ I have known, O Jehovah, That righteous are Thy judgments, And in faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me.
⁷⁶ Let, I pray Thee, Thy kindness be to comfort me, According to Thy saying to Thy servant. ⁷⁷ Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law is my delight.
⁷⁸ Ashamed are the proud, For with falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate in Thy precepts. ⁷⁹ Those fearing Thee turn back to me, And those knowing Thy testimonies.
⁸⁰ My heart is perfect in Thy statutes, So that I am not ashamed.
⁸¹ Kaph. Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped. ⁸² Consumed have been mine eyes for Thy word, Saying, `When doth it comfort me?'
⁸³ For I have been as a bottle in smoke, Thy statutes I have not forgotten.
⁸⁴ How many are the days of Thy servant? When dost Thou execute Against my pursuers judgment?
⁸⁵ The proud have digged for me pits, That are not according to Thy law. ⁸⁶ All Thy commands are faithfulness, With falsehood they have pursued me, Help Thou me. ⁸⁷ Almost consumed me on earth have they, And I—I have not forsaken Thy precepts.
⁸⁸ According to Thy kindness quicken Thou me, And I keep the testimony of Thy mouth!
⁸⁹ Lamed. To the age, O Jehovah, Thy word is set up in the heavens. ⁹⁰ To all generations Thy faithfulness, Thou didst establish earth, and it standeth. ⁹¹ According to Thine ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole are Thy servants.
⁹² Unless Thy law were my delights, Then had I perished in mine affliction.
⁹³ To the age I forget not Thy precepts, For by them Thou hast quickened me.
⁹⁴ I am Thine, save Thou me, For Thy precepts I have sought.
⁹⁵ Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand.
⁹⁶ Of all perfection I have seen an end, Broad is Thy command—exceedingly!
⁹⁷ Mem. O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it is my meditation.
⁹⁸ Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it is before me to the age. ⁹⁹ Above all my teachers I have acted wisely. For Thy testimonies are my meditation. ¹⁰⁰ Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept.
¹⁰¹ From every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word.
¹⁰² From Thy judgments I turned not aside, For Thou—Thou hast directed me.
¹⁰³ How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth. ¹⁰⁴ From Thy precepts I have understanding, Therefore I have hated every false path!
¹⁰⁵ Nun. A lamp to my foot is Thy word, And a light to my path.
¹⁰⁶ I have sworn, and I confirm it, To keep the judgments of Thy righteousness.
¹⁰⁷ I have been afflicted very much, O Jehovah, quicken me, according to Thy word.
¹⁰⁸ Free-will-offerings of my mouth, Accept, I pray Thee, O Jehovah, And Thy judgments teach Thou me.
¹⁰⁹ My soul is in my hand continually, And Thy law I have not forgotten. ¹¹⁰ The wicked have laid a snare for me, And from thy precepts I wandered not.
¹¹¹ I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart are they. ¹¹² I have inclined my heart To do Thy statutes, to the age—to the end!
¹¹³ Samech. Doubting ones I have hated, And Thy law I have loved.
¹¹⁴ My hiding place and my shield art Thou, For Thy word I have hoped.
¹¹⁵ Turn aside from me, ye evil-doers, And I keep the commands of my God.
¹¹⁶ Sustain me according to Thy saying, And I live, and Thou puttest me not to shame Because of my hope. ¹¹⁷ Support Thou me, and I am saved, And I look on Thy statutes continually.
¹¹⁸ Thou hast trodden down All going astray from Thy statutes, For falsehood is their deceit. ¹¹⁹ Dross! Thou hast caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Thy testimonies. ¹²⁰ Trembled from Thy fear hath my flesh, And from Thy judgments I have been afraid!
¹²¹ Ain. I have done judgment and righteousness, Leave me not to mine oppressors. ¹²² Make sure Thy servant for good, Let not the proud oppress me.
¹²³ Mine eyes have been consumed for Thy salvation. And for the saying of Thy righteousness.
¹²⁴ Do with Thy servant according to Thy kindness. And Thy statutes teach Thou me. ¹²⁵ Thy servant am I—cause me to understand, And I know Thy testimonies.
¹²⁶ Time for Jehovah to work! they have made void Thy law.
¹²⁷ Therefore I have loved Thy commands Above gold—even fine gold. ¹²⁸ Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, Every path of falsehood I have hated!
¹²⁹ Pe. Wonderful are Thy testimonies, Therefore hath my soul kept them.
¹³⁰ The opening of Thy words enlighteneth, Instructing the simple.
¹³¹ My mouth I have opened, yea, I pant, For, for Thy commands I have longed.
¹³² Look unto me, and favour me, As customary to those loving Thy name.
¹³³ My steps establish by Thy saying, And any iniquity doth not rule over me.
¹³⁴ Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Thy precepts,
¹³⁵ Thy face cause to shine on Thy servant, And teach me Thy statutes.
¹³⁶ Rivulets of waters have come down mine eyes, Because they have not kept Thy law!
¹³⁷ Tzade. Righteous art Thou, O Jehovah, And upright are Thy judgments. ¹³⁸ Thou hast appointed Thy testimonies, Righteous and exceeding faithful,
¹³⁹ Cut me off hath my zeal, For mine adversaries forgot Thy words.
¹⁴⁰ Tried is thy saying exceedingly, And Thy servant hath loved it.
¹⁴¹ Small I am, and despised, Thy precepts I have not forgotten.
¹⁴² Thy righteousness is righteousness to the age, And Thy law is truth.
¹⁴³ Adversity and distress have found me, Thy commands are my delights. ¹⁴⁴ The righteousness of Thy testimonies is to Cause me to understand, and I live!
¹⁴⁵ Koph. I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O Jehovah, Thy statutes I keep, ¹⁴⁶ I have called Thee, save Thou me, And I do keep Thy testimonies.
¹⁴⁷ I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, For Thy word I have hoped. ¹⁴⁸ Mine eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate in Thy saying.
¹⁴⁹ My voice hear, according to Thy kindness, Jehovah, according to Thy judgment quicken me.
¹⁵⁰ Near have been my wicked pursuers, From Thy law they have been far off. ¹⁵¹ Near art Thou, O Jehovah, And all Thy commands are truth.
¹⁵² Of old I have known Thy testimonies, That to the age Thou hast founded them!
¹⁵³ Resh. See my affliction, and deliver Thou me, For Thy law I have not forgotten. ¹⁵⁴ Plead my plea, and redeem me, According to Thy saying quicken me.
¹⁵⁵ Far from the wicked is salvation, For Thy statutes they have not sought.
¹⁵⁶ Thy mercies are many, O Jehovah, According to Thy judgments quicken me.
¹⁵⁷ Many are my pursuers, and adversaries, From Thy testimonies I have not turned aside.
¹⁵⁸ I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because Thy saying they have not kept.
¹⁵⁹ See, for thy precepts I have loved, Jehovah, According to Thy kindness quicken me.
¹⁶⁰ The sum of Thy word is truth, And to the age is every judgment of Thy righteousness!
¹⁶¹ Shin. Princes have pursued me without cause, And because of Thy words was my heart afraid.
¹⁶² I do rejoice concerning Thy saying, As one finding abundant spoil.
¹⁶³ Falsehood I have hated, yea I abominate it, Thy law I have loved.
¹⁶⁴ Seven times in a day I have praised Thee, Because of the judgments of Thy righteousness.
¹⁶⁵ Abundant peace have those loving Thy law, And they have no stumbling-block.
¹⁶⁶ I have waited for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy commands I have done.
¹⁶⁷ Kept hath my soul Thy testimonies, And I do love them exceedingly. ¹⁶⁸ I have kept Thy precepts and Thy testimonies, For all my ways are before Thee!
¹⁶⁹ Taw. My loud cry cometh near before Thee, O Jehovah; According to Thy word cause me to understand. ¹⁷⁰ My supplication cometh in before Thee, According to Thy saying deliver Thou me.
¹⁷¹ My lips do utter praise, For Thou dost teach me Thy statutes.
¹⁷² My tongue doth sing of Thy saying, For all Thy commands are righteous.
¹⁷³ Thy hand is for a help to me, For Thy commands I have chosen. ¹⁷⁴ I have longed for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy law is my delight.
¹⁷⁵ My soul liveth, and it doth praise Thee, And Thy judgments do help me.
¹⁷⁶ I wandered as a lost sheep, seek Thy servant, For Thy precepts I have not forgotten!