א [ʼAʹleph]
119 Happy are the ones faultless in [their] way,+
The ones walking in the law of Jehovah.+
2 Happy are those observing his reminders;+
With all the heart they keep searching for him.+
3 Really they have practiced no unrighteousness.+
In his ways they have walked.+
4 You yourself have commandingly given your orders+
To be carefully kept.+
5 O that my ways were firmly established+
To keep your regulations!+
6 In that case I should not be ashamed,+
When I look to all your commandments.+
7 I shall laud you in uprightness of heart,+
When I learn your righteous judicial decisions.+
8 Your regulations I continue to keep.+
O do not leave me entirely.+
ב [Behth]
9 How will a young man+ cleanse his path?
By keeping on guard according to your word.+
10 With my whole heart I have searched for you.+
Do not cause me to go astray from your commandments.+
11 In my heart I have treasured up your saying,+
In order that I may not sin against you.+
12 Blessed you are, O Jehovah.
Teach me your regulations.+
13 With my lips I have declared+
All the judicial decisions of your mouth.+
14 In the way of your reminders I have exulted,+
Just as over all other valuable things.+
15 With your orders I will concern myself,+
And I will look to your paths.+
16 For your statutes I shall show a fondness.+
I shall not forget your word.+
ג [Giʹmel]
17 Act appropriately toward your servant, that I may live+
And that I may keep your word.+
18 Uncover my eyes, that I may look+
At the wonderful things out of your law.+
19 I am but an alien resident in the land.+
Do not conceal from me your commandments.+
20 My soul is crushed with longing+
For your judicial decisions all the time.+
21 You have rebuked the cursed presumptuous ones,+
Who are straying from your commandments.+
22 Roll off me reproach and contempt,+
For I have observed your own reminders.+
23 Even princes have sat; against me they have spoken with one another.+
As for your servant, he concerns himself with your regulations.+
24 Also, your reminders are what I am fond of,+
As men of my counsel.+
ד [Daʹleth]
25 My soul has been cleaving to the very dust.+
Preserve me alive according to your word.+
26 I have declared my own ways, that you may answer me.+
Teach me your regulations.+
27 Make me understand the way of your own orders,+
That I may concern myself with your wonderful works.+
28 My soul has been sleepless from grief.+
Raise me up according to your word.+
29 Remove from me even the false way,+
And favor me with your own law.+
30 The way of faithfulness I have chosen.+
Your judicial decisions I have considered appropriate.+
31 I have cleaved to your reminders.+
O Jehovah, do not put me to shame.+
32 I shall run the very way of your commandments,+
Because you make my heart have the room.+
ה [Heʼ]
33 Instruct me, O Jehovah, in the way of your regulations,+
That I may observe it down to the last.+
34 Make me understand, that I may observe your law+
And that I may keep it with the whole heart.+
35 Cause me to tread in the pathway of your commandments,+
For in it I have taken delight.+
36 Incline my heart to your reminders,+
And not to profits.+
37 Make my eyes pass on from seeing what is worthless;+
Preserve me alive in your own way.+
38 Carry out to your servant your saying+
That [tends] to the fear of you.+
39 Make my reproach pass away, of which I have been scared,+
For your judicial decisions are good.+
40 Look! I have longed for your orders.+
In your righteousness preserve me alive.+
ו [Waw]
41 And may your loving-kindnesses come to me, O Jehovah,+
Your salvation according to your saying,+
42 That I may answer the one reproaching me with a word,+
For I have trusted in your word.+
43 And do not take away from my mouth the word of truth entirely,+
For I have waited for your own judicial decision.+
44 And I will keep your law constantly,+
To time indefinite, even forever.+
45 And I will walk about in a roomy place,+
For I have searched even for your orders.+
46 I will also speak about your reminders in front of kings,+
And I shall not be ashamed.+
47 And I shall show a fondness for your commandments+
That I have loved.+
48 And I shall raise my palms to your commandments that I have loved,+
And I will concern myself with your regulations.+
ז [Zaʹyin]
49 Remember the word to your servant,+
For which you have made me wait.+
50 This is my comfort in my affliction,+
For your own saying has preserved me alive.+
51 The presumptuous ones themselves have derided me to the extreme.+
From your law I have not deviated.+
52 I have remembered your judicial decisions from time indefinite, O Jehovah,+
And I find comfort for myself.+
53 A raging heat itself has taken hold of me because of the wicked,+
Who are leaving your law.+
54 Melodies your regulations have become to me+
In the house of my alien residences.+
55 In the night I have remembered your name, O Jehovah,+
That I may keep your law.+
56 Even this has become mine,
Because your orders I have observed.+
ח [Chehth]
57 Jehovah is my share;+
I have promised to keep your words.+
58 I have softened your face with all [my] heart.+
Show me favor according to your saying.+
59 I have considered my ways,+
That I may turn back my feet to your reminders.+
60 I hurried up, and I did not delay+
To keep your commandments.+
61 The very ropes of the wicked ones surrounded me.+
Your law I did not forget.+
62 At midnight I get up to give thanks to you+
For your righteous judicial decisions.+
63 A partner I am of all those who do fear you,+
And of those keeping your orders.+
64 Your loving-kindness, O Jehovah, has filled the earth.+
Teach me your own regulations.+
ט [Tehth]
65 You have dealt well indeed with your servant,+
O Jehovah, according to your word.+
66 Teach me goodness,+ sensibleness+ and knowledge themselves,+
For in your commandments I have exercised faith.+
67 Before I was under affliction I was sinning by mistake,+
But now I have kept your very saying.+
68 You are good and are doing good.+
Teach me your regulations.+
69 The presumptuous have smeared me with falsehood.+
As for me, with all [my] heart I shall observe your orders.+
70 Their heart has become unfeeling just like fat.+
I, for my part, have been fond of your own law.+
71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted,+
In order that I may learn your regulations.+
72 The law+ of your mouth is good for me,+
More so than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.+
י [Yohdh]
73 Your own hands have made me, and they proceeded to fix me solidly.+
Make me understand, that I may learn your commandments.+
74 Those fearing you are the ones that see me and rejoice,+
For I have waited for your own word.+
75 I well know, O Jehovah, that your judicial decisions are righteousness+
And that with faithfulness you have afflicted me.+
76 May your loving-kindness serve, please, to comfort me,+
According to your saying to your servant.+
77 Let your mercies come to me, that I may keep living;+
For your law is what I am fond of.+
78 Let the presumptuous ones be ashamed, for without cause they have misled me.+
As for me, I concern myself with your orders.+
79 Let those fearing you turn back to me,+
Those also knowing your reminders.+
80 Let my heart prove faultless in your regulations,+
In order that I may not be ashamed.+
כ [Kaph]
81 For your salvation my soul has pined away;+
For your word I have waited.+
82 My eyes have pined away for your saying,+
While I say: “When will you comfort me?”+
83 For I have become like a skin bottle+ in the smoke.
Your regulations I have not forgotten.+
84 How many are the days of your servant?+
When will you execute judgment against those persecuting me?+
85 The presumptuous have excavated pitfalls to get me,+
Those who are not in accord with your law.+
86 All your commandments are faithfulness itself.+
Without cause they have persecuted me. O help me.+
87 In a little while they would have exterminated me in the earth;+
But I myself did not leave your orders.+
88 According to your loving-kindness preserve me alive,+
That I may keep the reminder of your mouth.+
ל [Laʹmedh]
89 To time indefinite, O Jehovah,+
Your word is stationed in the heavens.+
90 Your faithfulness is for generation after generation.+
You have solidly fixed the earth, that it may keep standing.+
91 According to your judicial decisions they have stood [till] today,+
For they are all your servants.+
92 If your law had not been what I am fond of,+
Then I should have perished in my affliction.+
93 To time indefinite I shall not forget your orders,+
Because by them you have preserved me alive.+
94 I am yours. O save me,+
Because I have searched for your own orders.+
95 For me the wicked have waited, to destroy me.+
To your reminders I keep showing myself attentive.+
96 To all perfection I have seen an end.+
Your commandment is very broad.
מ [Mem]
97 How I do love your law!+
All day long it is my concern.+
98 Wiser than my enemies your commandment makes me,+
Because to time indefinite it is mine.+
99 More insight than all my teachers I have come to have,+
Because your reminders are a concern to me.+
100 With more understanding than older men I behave,+
Because I have observed your own orders.+
101 From every bad path I have restrained my feet,+
For the purpose that I may keep your word.+
102 From your judicial decisions I have not turned aside,+
For you yourself have instructed me.+
103 How smooth to my palate your sayings have been,
More so than honey to my mouth!+
104 Owing to your orders I behave with understanding.+
That is why I have hated every false path.+
נ [Nun]
105 Your word is a lamp to my foot,+
And a light to my roadway.+
106 I have made a sworn statement, and I will carry it out,+
To keep your righteous judicial decisions.+
107 I have been afflicted to a great extent.+
O Jehovah, preserve me alive according to your word.+
108 Please take pleasure in the voluntary offerings of my mouth, O Jehovah,+
And teach me your own judicial decisions.+
109 My soul is in my palm constantly;+
But your law I have not forgotten.+
110 The wicked have set a trap for me,+
But from your orders I have not wandered.+
111 I have taken your reminders as a possession to time indefinite,+
For they are the exultation of my heart.+
112 I have inclined my heart to do your regulations+
To time indefinite, down to the last.+
ס [Saʹmekh]
113 The halfhearted ones I have hated,+
But your law I have loved.+
114 You are my place of concealment and my shield.+
For your word I have waited.+
115 Get away from me, YOU evildoers,+
That I may observe the commandments of my God.+
116 Support me according to your saying, that I may keep living,+
And do not put me to shame for my hope.+
117 Sustain me, that I may be saved,+
And I shall gaze upon your regulations constantly.+
118 You have tossed away all those straying from your regulations;+
For their trickiness is falsehood.+
119 As scummy dross you have made all the wicked ones of the earth to cease.+
Therefore I have loved your reminders.+
120 From the dread of you my flesh has had a creepy feeling;+
And because of your judicial decisions I have been afraid.+
ע [ʽAʹyin]
121 I have executed judgment and righteousness.+
O do not abandon me to those defrauding me!+
122 Act as a surety for your servant for what is good.+
May the presumptuous ones not defraud me.+
123 My very eyes have pined away for your salvation+
And for your righteous saying.+
124 Do with your servant according to your loving-kindness,+
And teach me your own regulations.+
125 I am your servant.+ Make me understand,+
That I may know your reminders.+
126 It is the time for Jehovah to act.+
They have broken your law.+
127 That is why I have loved your commandments+
More than gold, even refined gold.+
128 That is why I have considered all orders regarding all things to be right;+
Every false path I have hated.+
פ [Peʼ]
129 Your reminders are wonderful.+
That is why my soul has observed them.+
130 The very disclosure of your words gives light,+
Making the inexperienced ones understand.+
131 My mouth I have opened wide, that I may pant,+
Because for your commandments I have longed.+
132 Turn to me and show me favor,+
According to [your] judicial decision toward those loving your name.+
133 Fix my own steps solidly in your saying,+
And may no kind of hurtful thing domineer over me.+
134 Redeem me from any defrauder of mankind,+
And I will keep your orders.+
135 Make your own face shine upon your servant,+
And teach me your regulations.+
136 Streams of water have run down my eyes+
Over the fact that they have not kept your law.+
צ [Tsa·dhehʹ]
137 You are righteous, O Jehovah,+
And your judicial decisions are upright.+
138 You have commanded your reminders+ in righteousness
And in exceeding faithfulness.+
139 My ardor has made an end of me,+
Because my adversaries have forgotten your words.+
140 Your saying is very much refined,+
And your own servant loves it.+
141 I am insignificant and contemptible.+
Your orders I have not forgotten.+
142 Your righteousness is a righteousness to time indefinite,+
And your law is truth.+
143 Distress and difficulty themselves found me.+
Your commandments I was fond of.+
144 The righteousness of your reminders is to time indefinite.+
Make me understand, that I may keep living.+
ק [Qohph]
145 I have called with [my] whole heart.+ Answer me, O Jehovah.+
Your regulations I will observe.+
146 I have called upon you. O save me!+
And I will keep your reminders.+
147 I have been up early in the morning twilight,+ that I may cry for help.+
For your words I have waited.+
148 My eyes have been ahead of the night watches,+
[For me] to concern myself with your saying.+
149 O do hear my own voice according to your loving-kindness.+
O Jehovah, according to your judicial decision preserve me alive.+
150 Those in pursuit of loose conduct+ have come near;
They have got far away from your own law.+
151 You are near, O Jehovah,+
And all your commandments are truth.+
152 Long ago I have known some of your reminders,+
For to time indefinite you have founded them.+
ר [Rehsh]
153 O see my affliction, and rescue me;+
For I have not forgotten your own law.+
154 O do conduct my legal case and recover me;+
Preserve me alive in agreement with your saying.+
155 Salvation is far away from the wicked ones,+
For they have not searched for your own regulations.+
156 Many are your mercies, O Jehovah.+
According to your judicial decisions, O preserve me alive.+
157 My persecutors and my adversaries are many.+
From your reminders I have not deviated.+
158 I have seen those who are treacherous in dealing,+
And I do feel a loathing, because they have not kept your own saying.+
159 O see that I have loved your own orders.+
O Jehovah, according to your loving-kindness preserve me alive.+
160 The substance of your word is truth,+
And every righteous judicial decision of yours is to time indefinite.+
ש [Sin] or [Shin]
161 Princes themselves have persecuted me for no cause,+
But my heart has been in dread of your own words.+
162 I am exulting over your saying+
Just as one does when finding much spoil.+
163 Falsehood I have hated,+ and I do keep detesting it.+
Your law I have loved.+
164 Seven times in the day I have praised you+
Because of your righteous judicial decisions.+
165 Abundant peace belongs to those loving your law,+
And for them there is no stumbling block.+
166 I have hoped for your salvation, O Jehovah,+
And I have done your own commandments.+
167 My soul has kept your reminders,+
And I love them exceedingly.+
168 I have kept your orders and your reminders,+
For all my ways are in front of you.+
ת [Taw]
169 May my entreating cry come near before you, O Jehovah.+
According to your word, O make me understand.+
170 May my request for favor enter in before you.+
According to your saying, O deliver me.+
171 May my lips bubble forth praise,+
For you teach me your regulations.+
172 May my tongue sing forth your saying,+
For all your commandments are righteousness.+
173 May your hand serve to help me,+
Because your orders I have chosen.+
174 I have longed for your salvation, O Jehovah,+
And your law I am fond of.+
175 May my soul keep living and praising you,+
And may your own judicial decisions help me.+
176 I have wandered like a lost sheep.+ O look for your servant,+
For I have not forgotten your own commandments.+