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1ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.

2Blessed are they who search his testimonies: that seek him with their whole heart.

3For they that work iniquity, have not walked in his ways.

4Thou hast commanded thy commandments to be kept most diligently.

5O! that my ways may be directed to keep thy justifications.

6Then shall I not be confounded, when I shall look into all thy commandments.

7I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned the judgments of thy justice.

8I will keep thy justifications: O! do not thou utterly forsake me.

9BETH. By what doth a young man correct his way? by observing thy words.

10With my whole heart have I sought after thee: let me not stray from thy commandments.

11Thy words have I hidden in my heart, that I may not sin against thee.

12Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy justifications.

13With my lips I have pronounced all the judgments of thy mouth.

14I have been delighted in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches.

15I will meditate on thy commandments: and I will consider thy ways.

16I will think of thy justifications: I will not forget thy words.

17GIMEL. Give bountifully to thy servant, enliven me: and I shall keep thy words.

18Open thou my eyes: and I will consider the wondrous things of thy law.

19I am a sojourner on the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

20My soul hath coveted to long for thy justifications, at all times.

21Thou hast rebuked the proud: they are cursed who decline from thy commandments.

22Remove from reproach and contempt: because I have sought after thy testimonies.

23For princes sat, and spoke against me: but thy servant was employed in thy justifications.

24For thy testimonies are my meditation: and thy justifications my counsel.

25DALETH. My soul hath cleaved to the pavement: quicken thou me according to thy word.

26I have declared my ways, and thou hast heard me: teach me thy justifications.

27Make me to understand the way of thy justifications: and I shall be exercised in thy wondrous works.

28My soul hath slumbered through heaviness: strengthen thou me in thy words.

29Remove from me the way of iniquity: and out of thy law have mercy on me.

30I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments I have not forgotten.

31I have stuck to thy testimonies, O Lord: put me not to shame.

32I have run the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart.

33HE. Set before me for a law the way of thy justifications, O Lord: and I will always seek after it.

34Give me understanding, and I will search thy law; and I will keep it with my whole heart.

35Lead me into the path of thy commandments; for this same I have desired.

36Incline my heart into thy testimonies and not to covetousness.

37Turn away my eyes that they may not behold vanity: quicken me in thy way.

38Establish thy word to thy servant, in thy fear.

39Turn away my reproach, which I have apprehended: for thy judgments are delightful.

40Behold I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy justice.

41VAU. Let thy mercy also come upon me, O Lord: thy salvation according to thy word.

42So shall I answer them that reproach me in any thing; that I have trusted in thy words.

43And take not thou the word of truth utterly out of my mouth: for in thy words have I hoped exceedingly.

44So shall I always keep thy law, for ever and ever.

45And I walked at large: because I have sought after thy commandments.

46And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings: and I was not ashamed.

47I meditated also on thy commandments, which I loved.

48And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments, which I loved: and I was exercised in thy justifications.

49ZAIN. Be thou mindful of thy word to thy servant, in which thou hast given me hope.

50This hath comforted me in my humiliation: because thy word hath enlivened me.

51The proud did iniquitously altogether: but I declined not from thy law.

52I remembered, O Lord, thy judgments of old: and I was comforted.

53A fainting hath taken hold of me, because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

54Thy justifications were the subject of my song, in the place of my pilgrimage.

55In the night I have remembered thy name, O Lord: and have kept thy law.

56This happened to me: because I sought after thy justifications.

57HETH. O Lord, my portion, I have said, I would keep the law.

58I entreated thy face with all my heart: have mercy on me according to thy word.

59I have thought on my ways: and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

60I am ready, and am not troubled: that I may keep thy commandments.

61The cords of the wicked have encompassed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.

62I rose at midnight to give praise to thee; for the judgments of thy justification.

63I am a partaker with all them that fear thee, and that keep thy commandments.

64The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy justifications.

65TETH. Thou hast done well with thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word.

66Teach me goodness and discipline and knowledge; for I have believed thy commandments.

67Before I was humbled I offended; therefore have I kept thy word.

68Thou art good; and in thy goodness teach me thy justifications.

69The iniquity of the proud hath been multiplied over me: but I will seek thy commandments with my whole heart.

70Their heart is curdled like milk: but I have meditated on thy law.

71It is good for me that thou hast humbled me, that I may learn thy justifications.

72The law of thy mouth is good to me, above thousands of gold and silver.

73JOD. Thy hands have made me and formed me: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments.

74They that fear thee shall see me, and shall be glad: because I have greatly hoped in thy words.

75I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are equity: and in thy truth thou hast humbled me.

76O! let thy mercy be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.

77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, and I shall live: for thy law is my meditation.

78Let the proud be ashamed, because they have done unjustly towards me: but I will be employed in thy commandments.

79Let them that fear thee turn to me and they that know thy testimonies.

80Let my heart be undefiled in thy justifications, that I may not be confounded.

81CAPH. My soul hath fainted after thy salvation: and in thy word I have very much hoped.

82My eyes have failed for thy word, saying: When wilt thou comfort me?

83For I am become like a bottle in the frost: I have not forgotten thy justifications.

84How many are the days of thy servant: when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

85The wicked have told me fables: but not as thy law.

86All thy statutes are truth: they have persecuted me unjustly, do thou help me.

87They had almost made an end of me upon earth: but I have not forsaken thy commandments.

88Quicken thou me according to thy mercy: and I shall keep the testimonies of thy mouth.

89LAMED. For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven.

90Thy truth unto all generations: thou hast founded the earth, and it continueth.

91By thy ordinance the day goeth on: for all things serve thee.

92Unless thy law had been my meditation, I had then perhaps perished in my abjection.

93Thy justifications I will never forget: for by them thou hast given me life.

94I am thine, save thou me: for I have sought thy justifications.

95The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I have understood thy testimonies.

96I have seen an end to all persecution: thy commandment is exceeding broad.

97MEM. O how have I loved thy law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day.

98Through thy commandment, thou hast made me wiser than my enemies: for it is ever with me.

99I have understood more than all my teachers: because thy testimonies are my meditation.

100I have had understanding above ancients: because I have sought thy commandments.

101I have restrained my feet from every evil way: that I may keep thy words.

102I have not declined from thy judgments, because thou hast set me a law.

103How sweet are thy words to my palate! more than honey to my mouth.

104By thy commandments I have had understanding: therefore have I hated every way of iniquity.

105NUN. Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths.

106I have sworn and am determined to keep the judgments of thy justice.

107I have been humbled, O Lord, exceedingly: quicken thou me according to thy word.

108The free offerings of my mouth make acceptable, O Lord: and teach me thy judgments.

109My soul is continually in my hands: and I have not forgotten thy law.

110Sinners have laid a snare for me: but I have not erred from thy precepts.

111I have purchased thy testimonies for an inheritance for ever: because they are a joy to my heart.

112I have inclined my heart to do thy justifications for ever, for the reward.

113SAMECH. I have hated the unjust: and have loved thy law.

114Thou art my helper and my protector: and in thy word I have greatly hoped.

115Depart from me, ye malignant: and I will search the commandments of my God.

116Uphold me according to thy word, and I shall live: and let me not be confounded in my expectation.

117Help me, and I shall be saved: and I will meditate always on thy justifications.

118Thou hast despised all them that fall off from thy judgments; for their thought is unjust.

119I have accounted all the sinners of the earth prevaricators: therefore have I loved thy testimonies.

120Pierce thou my flesh with thy fear: for I am afraid of thy judgments.

121AIN. I have done judgment and justice: give me not up to them that slander me.

122Uphold thy servant unto good: let not the proud calumniate me.

123My eyes have fainted after thy salvation: and for the word of thy justice.

124Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy: and teach me thy justifications.

125I am thy servant: give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.

126It is time, O Lord, to do: they have dissipated thy law.

127Therefore have I loved thy commandments above gold and the topaz.

128Therefore was I directed to all thy commandments: I have hated all wicked ways.

129PHE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul hath sought them.

130The declaration of thy words giveth light: and giveth understanding to little ones.

131I opened my mouth and panted: because I longed for thy commandments.

132Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me, according to the judgment of them that love thy name.

133Direct my steps according to thy word: and let no iniquity have dominion over me.

134Redeem me from the calumnies of men: that I may keep thy commandments.

135Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thy justifications.

136My eyes have sent forth springs of water: because they have not kept thy law.

137SADE. Thou art just, O Lord: and thy judgment is right.

138Thou hast commanded justice thy testimonies: and thy truth exceedingly.

139My zeal hath made me pine away: because my enemies forgot thy words.

140Thy word is exceedingly refined: and thy servant hath loved it.

141I am very young and despised; but I forgot not thy justifications.

142Thy justice is justice for ever: and thy law is the truth.

143Trouble and anguish have found me: thy commandments are my meditation.

144Thy testimonies are justice for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.

145COPH. I cried with my whole heart, hear me, O Lord: I will seek thy justifications.

146I cried unto thee, save me: that I may keep thy commandments.

147I prevented the dawning of the day, and cried: because in thy words I very much hoped.

148My eyes to thee have prevented the morning: that I might meditate on thy words.

149Hear thou my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy: and quicken me according to thy mercy.

150They that persecute me have drawn nigh to iniquity; but they are gone far off from the law.

151Thou art near, O Lord: and all thy ways are truth.

152I have known from the beginning concerning thy testimonies: that thou hast founded them for ever.

153RES. See my humiliation and deliver me: for I have not forgotten the law.

154Judge my judgment and redeem me: quicken thou me for thy word’s sake.

155Salvation is far from sinners; because they have not sought thy justifications.

156Many, O Lord, are thy mercies: quicken me according to thy judgment.

157Many are they that persecute me, and afflict me; but I have not declined from thy testimonies.

158I beheld the transgressors, and I pined away; because they kept not thy word.

159Behold I have loved thy commandments, O Lord; quicken me thou in thy mercy.

160The beginning of thy words is truth: all the judgments of thy justice are for ever.

161SIN. Princes have persecuted me without cause: and my heart hath been in awe of thy words.

162I will rejoice at thy words, as one that hath found great spoil.

163I have hated and abhorred iniquity; but I have loved thy law.

164Seven times a day I have given praise to thee, for the judgments of thy justice.

165Much peace have they that love thy law, and to them there is no stumbling block.

166I looked to thy salvation, O Lord: and I loved thy commandments.

167My soul hath kept thy testimonies: and hath loved them exceedingly.

168I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies: because all my ways are in thy sight.

169TAU. Let my supplication, O Lord, come near in thy sight: give me understanding according to thy word.

170Let my request come in before thee; deliver thou me according to thy word.

171My lips shall utter a hymn, when thou shalt teach me thy justifications.

172My tongue shall pronounce thy word: because all thy commandments are justice.

173Let thy hand be with me to save me; for I have chosen thy precepts.

174I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my meditation.

175My soul shall live and shall praise thee: and thy judgments shall help me.

176I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost: seek thy servant, because I have not forgotten thy commandments.

1Alleluja. [Aleph Beati immaculati in via, qui ambulant in lege Domini.

2Beati qui scrutantur testimonia ejus; in toto corde exquirunt eum.

3Non enim qui operantur iniquitatem in viis ejus ambulaverunt.

4Tu mandasti mandata tua custodiri nimis.

5Utinam dirigantur viæ meæ ad custodiendas justificationes tuas.

6Tunc non confundar, cum perspexero in omnibus mandatis tuis.

7Confitebor tibi in directione cordis, in eo quod didici judicia justitiæ tuæ.

8Justificationes tuas custodiam; non me derelinquas usquequaque.

9Beth In quo corrigit adolescentior viam suam? in custodiendo sermones tuos.

10In toto corde meo exquisivi te; ne repellas me a mandatis tuis.

11In corde meo abscondi eloquia tua, ut non peccem tibi.

12Benedictus es, Domine; doce me justificationes tuas.

13In labiis meis pronuntiavi omnia judicia oris tui.

14In via testimoniorum tuorum delectatus sum, sicut in omnibus divitiis.

15In mandatis tuis exercebor, et considerabo vias tuas.

16In justificationibus tuis meditabor: non obliviscar sermones tuos.

17Ghimel Retribue servo tuo, vivifica me, et custodiam sermones tuos.

18Revela oculos meos, et considerabo mirabilia de lege tua.

19Incola ego sum in terra: non abscondas a me mandata tua.

20Concupivit anima mea desiderare justificationes tuas in omni tempore.

21Increpasti superbos; maledicti qui declinant a mandatis tuis.

22Aufer a me opprobrium et contemptum, quia testimonia tua exquisivi.

23Etenim sederunt principes, et adversum me loquebantur; servus autem tuus exercebatur in justificationibus tuis.

24Nam et testimonia tua meditatio mea est, et consilium meum justificationes tuæ.

25Daleth Adhæsit pavimento anima mea: vivifica me secundum verbum tuum.

26Vias meas enuntiavi, et exaudisti me; doce me justificationes tuas.

27Viam justificationum tuarum instrue me, et exercebor in mirabilibus tuis.

28Dormitavit anima mea præ tædio: confirma me in verbis tuis.

29Viam iniquitatis amove a me, et de lege tua miserere mei.

30Viam veritatis elegi; judicia tua non sum oblitus.

31Adhæsi testimoniis tuis, Domine; noli me confundere.

32Viam mandatorum tuorum cucurri, cum dilatasti cor meum.

33He Legem pone mihi, Domine, viam justificationum tuarum, et exquiram eam semper.

34Da mihi intellectum, et scrutabor legem tuam, et custodiam illam in toto corde meo.

35Deduc me in semitam mandatorum tuorum, quia ipsam volui.

36Inclina cor meum in testimonia tua, et non in avaritiam.

37Averte oculos meos, ne videant vanitatem; in via tua vivifica me.

38Statue servo tuo eloquium tuum in timore tuo.

39Amputa opprobrium meum quod suspicatus sum, quia judicia tua jucunda.

40Ecce concupivi mandata tua: in æquitate tua vivifica me.

41Vau Et veniat super me misericordia tua, Domine; salutare tuum secundum eloquium tuum.

42Et respondebo exprobrantibus mihi verbum, quia speravi in sermonibus tuis.

43Et ne auferas de ore meo verbum veritatis usquequaque, quia in judiciis tuis supersperavi.

44Et custodiam legem tuam semper, in sæculum et in sæculum sæculi.

45Et ambulabam in latitudine, quia mandata tua exquisivi.

46Et loquebar in testimoniis tuis in conspectu regum, et non confundebar.

47Et meditabar in mandatis tuis, quæ dilexi.

48Et levavi manus meas ad mandata tua, quæ dilexi, et exercebar in justificationibus tuis.

49Zain Memor esto verbi tui servo tuo, in quo mihi spem dedisti.

50Hæc me consolata est in humilitate mea, quia eloquium tuum vivificavit me.

51Superbi inique agebant usquequaque; a lege autem tua non declinavi.

52Memor fui judiciorum tuorum a sæculo, Domine, et consolatus sum.

53Defectio tenuit me, pro peccatoribus derelinquentibus legem tuam.

54Cantabiles mihi erant justificationes tuæ in loco peregrinationis meæ.

55Memor fui nocte nominis tui, Domine, et custodivi legem tuam.

56Hæc facta est mihi, quia justificationes tuas exquisivi.

57Heth Portio mea, Domine, dixi custodire legem tuam.

58Deprecatus sum faciem tuam in toto corde meo; miserere mei secundum eloquium tuum.

59Cogitavi vias meas, et converti pedes meos in testimonia tua.

60Paratus sum, et non sum turbatus, ut custodiam mandata tua.

61Funes peccatorum circumplexi sunt me, et legem tuam non sum oblitus.

62Media nocte surgebam ad confitendum tibi, super judicia justificationis tuæ.

63Particeps ego sum omnium timentium te, et custodientium mandata tua.

64Misericordia tua, Domine, plena est terra; justificationes tuas doce me.

65Teth Bonitatem fecisti cum servo tuo, Domine, secundum verbum tuum.

66Bonitatem, et disciplinam, et scientiam doce me, quia mandatis tuis credidi.

67Priusquam humiliarer ego deliqui: propterea eloquium tuum custodivi.

68Bonus es tu, et in bonitate tua doce me justificationes tuas.

69Multiplicata est super me iniquitas superborum; ego autem in toto corde meo scrutabor mandata tua.

70Coagulatum est sicut lac cor eorum; ego vero legem tuam meditatus sum.

71Bonum mihi quia humiliasti me, ut discam justificationes tuas.

72Bonum mihi lex oris tui, super millia auri et argenti.

73Jod Manus tuæ fecerunt me, et plasmaverunt me: da mihi intellectum, et discam mandata tua.

74Qui timent te videbunt me et lætabuntur, quia in verba tua supersperavi.

75Cognovi, Domine, quia æquitas judicia tua, et in veritate tua humiliasti me.

76Fiat misericordia tua ut consoletur me, secundum eloquium tuum servo tuo.

77Veniant mihi miserationes tuæ, et vivam, quia lex tua meditatio mea est.

78Confundantur superbi, quia injuste iniquitatem fecerunt in me; ego autem exercebor in mandatis tuis.

79Convertantur mihi timentes te, et qui noverunt testimonia tua.

80Fiat cor meum immaculatum in justificationibus tuis, ut non confundar.

81Caph Defecit in salutare tuum anima mea, et in verbum tuum supersperavi.

82Defecerunt oculi mei in eloquium tuum, dicentes: Quando consolaberis me?

83Quia factus sum sicut uter in pruina; justificationes tuas non sum oblitus.

84Quot sunt dies servi tui? quando facies de persequentibus me judicium?

85Narraverunt mihi iniqui fabulationes, sed non ut lex tua.

86Omnia mandata tua veritas: inique persecuti sunt me, adjuva me.

87Paulominus consummaverunt me in terra; ego autem non dereliqui mandata tua.

88Secundum misericordiam tuam vivifica me, et custodiam testimonia oris tui.

89Lamed In æternum, Domine, verbum tuum permanet in cælo.

90In generationem et generationem veritas tua; fundasti terram, et permanet.

91Ordinatione tua perseverat dies, quoniam omnia serviunt tibi.

92Nisi quod lex tua meditatio mea est, tunc forte periissem in humilitate mea.

93In æternum non obliviscar justificationes tuas, quia in ipsis vivificasti me.

94Tuus sum ego; salvum me fac: quoniam justificationes tuas exquisivi.

95Me exspectaverunt peccatores ut perderent me; testimonia tua intellexi.

96Omnis consummationis vidi finem, latum mandatum tuum nimis.

97Mem Quomodo dilexi legem tuam, Domine ! tota die meditatio mea est.

98Super inimicos meos prudentem me fecisti mandato tuo, quia in æternum mihi est.

99Super omnes docentes me intellexi, quia testimonia tua meditatio mea est.

100Super senes intellexi, quia mandata tua quæsivi.

101Ab omni via mala prohibui pedes meos, ut custodiam verba tua.

102A judiciis tuis non declinavi, quia tu legem posuisti mihi.

103Quam dulcia faucibus meis eloquia tua ! super mel ori meo.

104A mandatis tuis intellexi; propterea odivi omnem viam iniquitatis.

105Nun Lucerna pedibus meis verbum tuum, et lumen semitis meis.

106Juravi et statui custodire judicia justitiæ tuæ.

107Humiliatus sum usquequaque, Domine; vivifica me secundum verbum tuum.

108Voluntaria oris mei beneplacita fac, Domine, et judicia tua doce me.

109Anima mea in manibus meis semper, et legem tuam non sum oblitus.

110Posuerunt peccatores laqueum mihi, et de mandatis tuis non erravi.

111Hæreditate acquisivi testimonia tua in æternum, quia exsultatio cordis mei sunt.

112Inclinavi cor meum ad faciendas justificationes tuas in æternum, propter retributionem.

113Samech Iniquos odio habui, et legem tuam dilexi.

114Adjutor et susceptor meus es tu, et in verbum tuum supersperavi.

115Declinate a me, maligni, et scrutabor mandata Dei mei.

116Suscipe me secundum eloquium tuum, et vivam, et non confundas me ab exspectatione mea.

117Adjuva me, et salvus ero, et meditabor in justificationibus tuis semper.

118Sprevisti omnes discedentes a judiciis tuis, quia injusta cogitatio eorum.

119Prævaricantes reputavi omnes peccatores terræ; ideo dilexi testimonia tua.

120Confige timore tuo carnes meas; a judiciis enim tuis timui.

121Ain Feci judicium et justitiam: non tradas me calumniantibus me.

122Suscipe servum tuum in bonum: non calumnientur me superbi.

123Oculi mei defecerunt in salutare tuum, et in eloquium justitiæ tuæ.

124Fac cum servo tuo secundum misericordiam tuam, et justificationes tuas doce me.

125Servus tuus sum ego: da mihi intellectum, ut sciam testimonia tua.

126Tempus faciendi, Domine: dissipaverunt legem tuam.

127Ideo dilexi mandata tua super aurum et topazion.

128Propterea ad omnia mandata tua dirigebar; omnem viam iniquam odio habui.

129Phe Mirabilia testimonia tua: ideo scrutata est ea anima mea.

130Declaratio sermonum tuorum illuminat, et intellectum dat parvulis.

131Os meum aperui, et attraxi spiritum: quia mandata tua desiderabam.

132Aspice in me, et miserere mei, secundum judicium diligentium nomen tuum.

133Gressus meos dirige secundum eloquium tuum, et non dominetur mei omnis injustitia.

134Redime me a calumniis hominum ut custodiam mandata tua.

135Faciem tuam illumina super servum tuum, et doce me justificationes tuas.

136Exitus aquarum deduxerunt oculi mei, quia non custodierunt legem tuam.

137Sade Justus es, Domine, et rectum judicium tuum.

138Mandasti justitiam testimonia tua, et veritatem tuam nimis.

139Tabescere me fecit zelus meus, quia obliti sunt verba tua inimici mei.

140Ignitum eloquium tuum vehementer, et servus tuus dilexit illud.

141Adolescentulus sum ego et contemptus; justificationes tuas non sum oblitus.

142Justitia tua, justitia in æternum, et lex tua veritas.

143Tribulatio et angustia invenerunt me; mandata tua meditatio mea est.

144Æquitas testimonia tua in æternum: intellectum da mihi, et vivam.

145Coph Clamavi in toto corde meo: exaudi me, Domine; justificationes tuas requiram.

146Clamavi ad te; salvum me fac: ut custodiam mandata tua.

147Præveni in maturitate, et clamavi: quia in verba tua supersperavi.

148Prævenerunt oculi mei ad te diluculo, ut meditarer eloquia tua.

149Vocem meam audi secundum misericordiam tuam, Domine, et secundum judicium tuum vivifica me.

150Appropinquaverunt persequentes me iniquitati: a lege autem tua longe facti sunt.

151Prope es tu, Domine, et omnes viæ tuæ veritas.

152Initio cognovi de testimoniis tuis, quia in æternum fundasti ea.

153Res Vide humilitatem meam, et eripe me, quia legem tuam non sum oblitus.

154Judica judicium meum, et redime me: propter eloquium tuum vivifica me.

155Longe a peccatoribus salus, quia justificationes tuas non exquisierunt.

156Misericordiæ tuæ multæ, Domine; secundum judicium tuum vivifica me.

157Multi qui persequuntur me, et tribulant me; a testimoniis tuis non declinavi.

158Vidi prævaricantes et tabescebam, quia eloquia tua non custodierunt.

159Vide quoniam mandata tua dilexi, Domine: in misericordia tua vivifica me.

160Principium verborum tuorum veritas; in æternum omnia judicia justitiæ tuæ.

161Sin Principes persecuti sunt me gratis, et a verbis tuis formidavit cor meum.

162Lætabor ego super eloquia tua, sicut qui invenit spolia multa.

163Iniquitatem odio habui, et abominatus sum, legem autem tuam dilexi.

164Septies in die laudem dixi tibi, super judicia justitiæ tuæ.

165Pax multa diligentibus legem tuam, et non est illis scandalum.

166Exspectabam salutare tuum, Domine, et mandata tua dilexi.

167Custodivit anima mea testimonia tua, et dilexit ea vehementer.

168Servavi mandata tua et testimonia tua, quia omnes viæ meæ in conspectu tuo.

169Tau Appropinquet deprecatio mea in conspectu tuo, Domine; juxta eloquium tuum da mihi intellectum.

170Intret postulatio mea in conspectu tuo; secundum eloquium tuum eripe me.

171Eructabunt labia mea hymnum, cum docueris me justificationes tuas.

172Pronuntiabit lingua mea eloquium tuum, quia omnia mandata tua æquitas.

173Fiat manus tua ut salvet me, quoniam mandata tua elegi.

174Concupivi salutare tuum, Domine, et lex tua meditatio mea est.

175Vivet anima mea, et laudabit te, et judicia tua adjuvabunt me.

176Erravi sicut ovis quæ periit: quære servum tuum, quia mandata tua non sum oblitus.]

1Alleluia. ALEPH. Blessed are the immaculate in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.

2Blessed are those who examine his testimonies. They seek him with their whole heart.

3For those who work iniquity have not walked in his ways.

4You have ordered your commandments to be kept most diligently.

5I wish that my ways may be directed so as to keep your justifications.

6Then I will not be confounded, when I will look into all your commandments.

7I will confess to you with honesty of heart. In this way, I have learned the judgments of your justice.

8I will keep your justifications. Do not utterly abandon me.

9BETH. By what does an adolescent correct his way? By keeping to your words.

10With my whole heart, I have sought you. Do not let me be driven away from your commandments.

11I have hidden your eloquence in my heart, so that I may not sin against you.

12Blessed are you, O Lord. Teach me your justifications.

13With my lips, I have pronounced all the judgments of your mouth.

14I have been delighted in the way of your testimonies, as if in all riches.

15I will be trained in your commandments, and I will consider your ways.

16I will meditate on your justifications. I will not forget your words.

17GHIMEL. Repay your servant, revive me; and I will keep your words.

18Reveal to my eyes, and I will consider the wonders of your law.

19I am a sojourner on the earth. Do not hide your commandments from me.

20My soul has longed to desire your justifications at all times.

21You have rebuked the arrogant. Those who decline from your commandments are accursed.

22Take me away from disgrace and contempt, for I have sought your testimonies.

23For even the leaders sat and spoke against me. But your servant has been trained in your justifications.

24For your testimonies are also my meditation, and your justifications are my counsel.

25DALETH. My soul has adhered to the pavement. Revive me according to your word.

26I have declared my ways, and you have heeded me. Teach me your justifications.

27Instruct me in the way of your justifications, and I will be trained in your wonders.

28My soul has slumbered because of weariness. Confirm me in your words.

29Remove the way of iniquity from me, and have mercy on me by your law.

30I have chosen the way of truth. I have not forgotten your judgments.

31I have adhered to your testimonies, O Lord. Do not be willing to confound me.

32I have run by way of your commandments, when you enlarged my heart.

33HE. O Lord, place the law before me, the way of your justifications, and I will always inquire into it.

34Give me understanding, and I will examine your law. And I will keep it with my whole heart.

35Lead me according to the path of your commandments, for I have desired this.

36Bend my heart with your testimonies, and not with avarice.

37Turn my eyes away, lest they see what is vain. Revive me in your way.

38Station your eloquence with your servant, along with your fear.

39Cut off my disgrace, which I have taken up, for your judgments are delightful.

40Behold, I have longed for your commandments. Revive me in your fairness.

41VAU. And let your mercy overwhelm me, O Lord: your salvation according to your eloquence.

42And I will respond to those who reproach me by word, for I have hoped in your words.

43And do not utterly take away the word of truth from my mouth. For in your judgments, I have hoped beyond hope.

44And I will always keep your law, in this age and forever and ever.

45And I have wandered far and wide, because I was seeking your commandments.

46And I spoke of your testimonies in the sight of kings, and I was not confounded.

47And I meditated on your commandments, which I loved.

48And I lifted up my hands to your commandments, which I loved. And I was trained in your justifications.

49ZAIN. Be mindful of your word to your servant, by which you have given me hope.

50This has consoled me in my humiliation, for your word has revived me.

51The arrogant act altogether iniquitously, but I have not turned aside from your law.

52I called to mind your judgments of antiquity, O Lord, and I was consoled.

53Faintness has taken hold of me, because of the sinners, those who abandon your law.

54Your justifications were the subject of my worthy singing, in the place of my pilgrimage.

55During the night, I remembered your name, O Lord, and I kept your law.

56This has happened to me because I sought your justifications.

57HETH. O Lord, my portion, I have said that I would keep your law.

58I have beseeched your face with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.

59I have considered my ways, and I have turned my feet toward your testimonies.

60I have been prepared, and I have not been disturbed, so that I may keep your commandments.

61The ropes of the impious have encircled me, and I have not forgotten your law.

62I arose in the middle of the night to confess to you, over the judgments of your justification.

63I am a partaker with all those who fear you and who keep your commandments.

64The earth, O Lord, is full of your mercy. Teach me your justifications.

65TETH. You have done well with your servant, O Lord, according to your word.

66Teach me goodness and discipline and knowledge, for I have trusted your commandments.

67Before I was humbled, I committed offenses; because of this, I have kept to your word.

68You are good, so in your goodness teach me your justifications.

69The iniquity of the arrogant has been multiplied over me. Yet I will examine your commandments with all my heart.

70Their heart has been curdled like milk. Truly, I have meditated on your law.

71It is good for me that you humbled me, so that I may learn your justifications.

72The law of your mouth is good for me, beyond thousands of gold and silver pieces.

73IOD. Your hands have created me and formed me. Give me understanding, and I will learn your commandments.

74Those who fear you will see me, and they will rejoice. For I have greatly hoped in your words.

75I know, O Lord, that your judgments are fairness. And in your truth, you have humbled me.

76Let it be your mercy that consoles me, according to your eloquence to your servant.

77Let your compassion draw near to me, and I will live. For your law is my meditation.

78Let the arrogant be confounded, for unjustly they have done iniquity to me. But I will be trained in your commandments.

79Let those who fear you turn to me, along with those who know your testimonies.

80Let my heart be immaculate in your justifications, so that I may not be confounded.

81CAPH. My soul has faltered in your salvation, yet in your word, I have hoped beyond hope.

82My eyes have failed in your eloquence, saying, “When will you console me?”

83For I have become like a wineskin in the frost. I have not forgotten your justifications.

84How many are the days of your servant? When will you bring judgment against those who persecute me?

85The iniquitous have spoken fables to me. But these are unlike your law.

86All your commandments are truth. They have been persecuting me unjustly: assist me.

87They have nearly consumed me on earth. Yet I have not forsaken your commandments.

88Revive me according to your mercy. And I will keep the testimonies of your mouth.

89LAMED. O Lord, your word remains firm in heaven, for all eternity.

90Your truth is from generation to generation. You have founded the earth, and it remains firm.

91By your ordinance, the day perseveres. For all things are in service to you.

92If your law had not been my meditation, then perhaps I would have perished in my humiliation.

93I will not forget your justifications, for eternity. For by them, you have enlivened me.

94I am yours. Accomplish my salvation. For I have inquired into your justifications.

95The sinners have waited for me, in order to destroy me. I have understood your testimonies.

96I have seen the end of the consummation of all things. Your commandment is exceedingly broad.

97MEM. How have I loved your law, O Lord? It is my meditation all day long.

98By your commandment, you have made me able to see far, beyond my enemies. For it is with me for eternity.

99I have understood beyond all my teachers. For your testimonies are my meditation.

100I have understood beyond the elders. For I have searched your commandments.

101I have prohibited my feet from every evil way, so that I may keep your words.

102I have not declined from your judgments, because you have stationed a law for me.

103How sweet is your eloquence to my palate, more so than honey to my mouth!

104I obtained understanding by your commandments. Because of this, I have hated every way of iniquity.

105NUN. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my paths.

106I have sworn it, and so I am determined to keep the judgments of your justice.

107I have been altogether humbled, Lord. Revive me according to your word.

108Make the willing offerings of my mouth well pleasing, Lord, and teach me your judgments.

109My soul is always in my hands, and I have not forgotten your law.

110Sinners have set a snare for me, yet I have not strayed from your commandments.

111I have acquired your testimonies as an inheritance unto eternity, because they are the exultation of my heart.

112I have inclined my heart to do your justifications for eternity, as a recompense.

113SAMECH. I have hated the iniquitous, and I have loved your law.

114You are my helper and my supporter. And in your word, I have greatly hoped.

115Turn away from me, you malignant ones. And I will examine the commandments of my God.

116Uphold me according to your eloquence, and I will live. And let me not be confounded in my expectation.

117Help me, and I will be saved. And I will meditate always on your justifications.

118You have despised all those who fell away from your judgments. For their intention is unjust.

119I have considered all the sinners of the earth to be transgressors. Therefore, I have loved your testimonies.

120Pierce my flesh with your fear, for I am afraid of your judgments.

121AIN. I have accomplished judgment and justice. Do not hand me over to those who slander me.

122Uphold your servant in what is good. And do not allow the arrogant to slander me.

123My eyes have failed in your salvation and in the eloquence of your justice.

124Deal with your servant according to your mercy, and teach me your justifications.

125I am your servant. Give me understanding, so that I may know your testimonies.

126It is time to act, O Lord. They have dissipated your law.

127Therefore, I have loved your commandments beyond gold and topaz.

128Because of this, I was directed toward all your commandments. I held hatred for every iniquitous way.

129PHE. Your testimonies are wonderful. Therefore, my soul has been examined by them.

130The declaration of your words illuminates, and it gives understanding to little ones.

131I opened my mouth and drew breath, for I desired your commandments.

132Gaze upon me and be merciful to me, according to the judgment of those who love your name.

133Direct my steps according to your eloquence, and let no injustice rule over me.

134Redeem me from the slanders of men, so that I may keep your commandments.

135Make your face shine upon your servant, and teach me your justifications.

136My eyes have gushed like springs of water, because they have not kept your law.

137SADE. You are just, O Lord, and your judgment is right.

138You have commanded justice: your testimonies and your truth even more so.

139My zeal has caused me to pine away, because my enemies have forgotten your words.

140Your eloquence has been greatly enflamed, and your servant has loved it.

141I am young and treated with contempt. But I have not forgotten your justifications.

142Your justice is justice for all eternity, and your law is truth.

143Tribulation and anguish have found me. Your commandments are my meditation.

144Your testimonies are fairness unto eternity. Give me understanding, and I will live.

145COPH. I cried out with my whole heart. Heed me, O Lord. I will ask for your justifications.

146I cried out to you. Save me, so that I may keep your commandments.

147I arrived first in maturity, and so I cried out. For in your words, I have hoped beyond hope.

148My eyes preceded the dawn for you, so that I might meditate on your eloquence.

149Hear my voice according to your mercy, O Lord. And revive me according to your judgment.

150Those who persecute me have drawn near to iniquity, but they have been brought far from your law.

151You are near, O Lord, and all your ways are truth.

152I have known from the beginning about your testimonies. For you founded them in eternity.

153RES. See my humiliation and rescue me, for I have not forgotten your law.

154Judge my judgment and redeem me. Revive me because of your eloquence.

155Salvation is far from sinners, because they have not inquired about your justifications.

156Many are your mercies, O Lord. Enliven me according to your judgment.

157Many are those who persecute me and who trouble me. I have not turned away from your testimonies.

158I saw the prevaricators, and I pine away. For they have not kept your word.

159O Lord, see how I have loved your commandments. Revive me in your mercy.

160The beginning of your words is truth. All the judgments of your justice are for eternity.

161SIN. The leaders have persecuted me without cause. And my heart has been awed by your words.

162I will rejoice over your eloquence, like one who has found many spoils.

163I have held hatred for iniquity, and I have abhorred it. Yet I have loved your law.

164Seven times a day, I uttered praise to you about the judgments of your justice.

165Those who love your law have great peace, and there is no scandal for them.

166I have waited for your salvation, O Lord. And I have loved your commandments.

167My soul has kept to your testimonies and has loved them exceedingly.

168I have served your commandments and your testimonies. For all my ways are before your sight.

169TAU. O Lord, let my supplication draw near in your sight. Grant understanding to me according to your eloquence.

170Let my petition enter before you. Rescue me according to your word.

171A hymn will burst forth from my lips, when you will teach me your justifications.

172My tongue will pronounce your eloquence. For all your commandments are fairness.

173Let it be your hand that saves me. For I have chosen your commandments.

174O Lord, I have longed for your salvation, and your law is my meditation.

175My soul will live and will praise you, and your judgments will assist me.

176I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost. Seek out your servant, for I have not forgotten your commandments.