I Love Your Law, O Yahweh
א Aleph
How blessed are those whose way is ablameless,
Who bwalk in the law of Yahweh.
2 How blessed are those who aobserve His testimonies,
They bseek Him cwith all their heart.
3 They also do not awork unrighteousness;
They walk in His ways.
4 You have acommanded us,
To keep Your precepts diligently.
5 Oh may my aways be established
To bkeep Your statutes!
6 Then I ashall not be ashamed
When I look upon all Your commandments.
7 I shall agive thanks to You with uprightness of heart,
When I learn Your righteous judgments.
8 I shall keep Your statutes;
Do not aforsake me utterly!
ב Beth
9 How can a young man keep his way pure?
By akeeping it according to Your word.
10 With aall my heart I have sought You;
Do not let me bstray from Your commandments.
11 Your word I have atreasured in my heart,
That I may not sin against You.
12 Blessed are You, O Yahweh;
aTeach me Your statutes.
13 With my lips I have arecounted
All the bjudgments of Your mouth.
14 I have arejoiced in the way of Your testimonies,
As much as in all riches.
15 I will amuse upon Your precepts
And look upon bYour ways.
16 I shall adelight in Your statutes;
I shall bnot forget Your word.
ג Gimel
17 aDeal bountifully with Your slave,
That I may live and keep Your word.
18 Open my eyes, that I may behold
Wonderful things from Your law.
19 I am a asojourner in the earth;
Do not hide Your commandments from me.
20 My soul is crushed awith longing
For Your judgments at all times.
21 You arebuke the arrogant, the bcursed,
Who cstray from Your commandments.
22 aTake away reproach and contempt from me,
For I bobserve Your testimonies.
23 Even though aprinces sit and talk against me,
Your slave bmuses on Your statutes.
24 Your testimonies also are my adelight;
They are my counselors.
ד Daleth
25 My asoul clings to the dust;
bRevive me caccording to Your word.
26 I have recounted my ways, and You have answered me;
aTeach me Your statutes.
27 Make me understand the way of Your precepts,
So I will amuse on Your wondrous deeds.
28 My asoul weeps because of grief;
bRaise me up according to Your word.
29 Remove the false way from me,
And graciously grant me Your law.
30 I have chosen the faithful way;
I have placed Your judgments before me.
31 I acling to Your testimonies;
O Yahweh, do not put me to shame!
32 I shall run the way of Your commandments,
For You will aenlarge my heart.
ה He
33 aInstruct me, O Yahweh, in the way of Your statutes,
That I may observe it to the end.
34 aCause me to understand, that I may bobserve Your law
And keep it cwith all my heart.
35 Cause me to walk in the apath of Your commandments,
For I bdelight in it.
36 aCause my heart to incline to Your testimonies
And not to bdishonest gain.
37 Cause my aeyes to turn away from looking at worthlessness,
And brevive me in Your ways.
38 aCause Your word to be established for Your slave,
As that which produces fear for You.
39 aCause my reproach which I dread to pass away,
For Your judgments are good.
40 Behold, I along for Your precepts;
Revive me in Your righteousness.
ו Vav
41 May Your alovingkindnesses also come to me, O Yahweh,
Your salvation baccording to Your word;
42 So I will have an aanswer for him who breproaches me,
For I trust in Your word.
43 And do not take away the word of truth utterly from my mouth,
For I await for Your judgments.
44 So I will akeep Your law continually,
Forever and ever.
45 And I will awalk in a wide place,
For I bseek Your precepts.
46 I will also speak of Your testimonies abefore kings
And I shall not be ashamed.
47 I shall adelight in Your commandments,
Which I blove.
48 And I shall lift up my hands to Your commandments,
Which I alove;
And I will bmuse on Your statutes.
ז Zayin
49 Remember the word to Your slave,
In which You have made me wait.
50 This is my acomfort in my affliction,
That Your word has revived me.
51 The arrogant autterly scoff at me,
Yet I do not bturn aside from Your law.
52 I have aremembered Your judgments from of old, O Yahweh,
And comfort myself.
53 Burning aindignation has seized me because of the wicked,
Who bforsake Your law.
54 Your statutes have become my songs
In the house of my asojourning.
55 I aremember bin the night Your name, O Yahweh,
So I keep Your law.
56 This has become mine,
That I aobserve Your precepts.
ח Heth
57 Yahweh is my aportion;
I have promised to bkeep Your words.
58 I have asought to please Your face bwith all my heart;
cBe gracious to me daccording to Your word.
59 I athought upon my ways
And I turned my feet to Your testimonies.
60 I hastened and did not delay
To keep Your commandments.
61 The acords of the wicked have encircled me,
But I have bnot forgotten Your law.
62 At amidnight I shall rise to give thanks to You
Because of Your brighteous judgments.
63 I am a acompanion of all those who fear You,
And of those who keep Your precepts.
64 aThe earth, O Yahweh, is full of Your lovingkindness;
bTeach me Your statutes.
ט Teth
65 You have dealt well with Your slave,
O Yahweh, according to Your word.
66 Teach me good adiscernment and knowledge,
For I believe in Your commandments.
67 aBefore I was afflicted I went astray,
But now I keep Your word.
68 You are agood and bdo good;
cTeach me Your statutes.
69 The arrogant have asmeared me with lying;
With all my heart I will bobserve Your precepts.
70 Their heart is acovered with fat,
But I bdelight in Your law.
71 It is agood for me that I was afflicted,
That I may learn Your statutes.
72 The alaw of Your mouth is better to me
Than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
י Yodh
73 aYour hands made me and established me;
bGive me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.
74 May those who fear You asee me and be glad,
Because I bwait for Your word.
75 I know, O Yahweh, that Your judgments are arighteous,
And that bin faithfulness You have afflicted me.
76 Oh may Your lovingkindness comfort me,
According to Your word to Your slave.
77 May aYour compassion come to me that I may live,
For Your law is my bdelight.
78 May athe arrogant be ashamed, for they wrong me bwith lying;
But I shall cmuse on Your precepts.
79 May those who fear You turn to me,
And those who know Your testimonies.
80 May my heart be ablameless in Your statutes,
So that I will not bbe ashamed.
כ Kaph
81 My asoul fails with longing for Your salvation;
I bwait for Your word.
82 My aeyes fail with longing for Your word,
Saying, “When will You comfort me?”
83 For I aam like a wineskin in the smoke,
But I do bnot forget Your statutes.
84 How many are the adays of Your slave?
When will You bexecute judgment on those who persecute me?
85 The arrogant have adug pits for me,
Men who are not in accord with Your law.
86 All Your commandments are afaithful;
They have bpersecuted me with lying; chelp me!
87 They almost made an end of me on the earth,
But as for me, I adid not forsake Your precepts.
88 Revive me according to Your lovingkindness,
So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth.
ל Lamedh
89 aForever, O Yahweh,
Your word stands firm in heaven.
90 Your afaithfulness endures from generation to generation;
You bestablished the earth, and it cstands.
91 They stand this day according to Your ajudgments,
For ball things are Your slaves.
92 If Your law had not been my adelight,
Then I would have perished bin my affliction.
93 I will anever forget Your precepts,
For by them You have brevived me.
94 I am Yours, asave me;
For I have bsought Your precepts.
95 The wicked ahope for me—to destroy me;
I shall perceive Your testimonies.
96 I have seen a limit to all perfection;
Your commandment is exceedingly broad.
מ Mem
97 Oh how I alove Your law!
It is my bmeditation all the day.
98 Your acommandments make me wiser than my enemies,
For they are mine forever.
99 I have more insight than all my teachers,
For Your testimonies are my ameditation.
100 I perceive amore than the aged,
Because I have bobserved Your precepts.
101 I have arestrained my feet from every evil way,
That I may keep Your word.
102 I have not aturned aside from Your judgments,
For You Yourself have taught me.
103 How asweet is Your word to my taste!
Sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 From Your precepts I aget perception;
Therefore I bhate every false way.
נ Nun
105 Your word is a alamp to my feet
And a light to my path.
106 I have asworn and I have confirmed,
To keep Your righteous judgments.
107 I am exceedingly aafflicted;
O Yahweh, brevive me according to Your word.
108 Oh be pleased with the afreewill offerings of my mouth, O Yahweh,
And bteach me Your judgments.
109 My asoul is continually in my hand,
Yet I do not bforget Your law.
110 The wicked have alaid a snare for me,
Yet I have not bwandered from Your precepts.
111 I have ainherited Your testimonies forever,
For they are the bjoy of my heart.
112 I have ainclined my heart to do Your statutes
Forever, bto the end.
ס Samekh
113 I hate those who are adouble‑minded,
But I love Your blaw.
114 You are my ahiding place and my bshield;
I cwait for Your word.
115 aDepart from me, evildoers,
That I may bobserve the commandments of my God.
116 aSustain me according to Your word, that I may live;
And bdo not put me to shame because of my hope.
117 Uphold me that I may be asaved,
That I may bhave regard for Your statutes continually.
118 You have rejected all those awho stray from Your statutes,
For their deceitfulness is a lie.
119 You remove all the wicked of the earth like adross;
Therefore I blove Your testimonies.
120 My flesh aquakes for dread of You,
And I am bafraid of Your judgments.
ע Ayin
121 I have adone justice and righteousness;
Do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 Be for Your slave a aguarantee for good;
Do not let the arrogant boppress me.
123 My aeyes fail with longing for Your salvation
And for Your righteous word.
124 Deal with Your slave aaccording to Your lovingkindness
And bteach me Your statutes.
125 aI am Your slave; bgive me understanding,
That I may know Your testimonies.
126 It is time for Yahweh to aact,
For they have broken Your law.
127 Therefore I alove Your commandments
Above gold, even above fine gold.
128 Therefore I deem all Your aprecepts concerning everything to be right,
I bhate every false way.
פ Pe
129 Your testimonies are awonderful;
Therefore my soul bobserves them.
130 The aunfolding of Your words gives light;
It gives bunderstanding to the simple.
131 I aopened my mouth wide and bpanted,
For I clonged for Your commandments.
132 aTurn to me and be gracious to me,
According to Your judgment for those who love Your name.
133 Establish my asteps in Your word,
And do not let any wickedness boverpower me.
134 aRedeem me from the oppression of man,
That I may keep Your precepts.
135 aMake Your face shine upon Your slave,
And bteach me Your statutes.
136 My eyes shed astreams of water,
Because they bdo not keep Your law.
צ Tsadhe
137 aRighteous are You, O Yahweh,
And upright are Your judgments.
138 In arighteousness, You have commanded Your testimonies
And in exceeding bfaithfulness.
139 My azeal has consumed me,
Because my adversaries have forgotten Your words.
140 Your aword is exceedingly refined,
Therefore Your slave bloves it.
141 I am small and adespised,
Yet I do not bforget Your precepts.
142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,
And aYour law is truth.
143 Trouble and anguish have found me,
Yet Your commandments are my adelight.
144 Righteous are Your atestimonies forever;
bGive me understanding that I may live.
ק Qoph
145 I called awith all my heart; answer me, O Yahweh!
I will bobserve Your statutes.
146 I called to You; asave me
And I shall keep Your testimonies.
147 I aeagerly greet the dawn and cry for help;
I wait for Your words.
148 My eyes eagerly greet the anight watches,
That I may bmuse on Your word.
149 Hear my voice aaccording to Your lovingkindness;
bO Yahweh, revive me, according to Your judgments.
150 Near are those who pursue wickedness;
They are far from Your law.
151 aNear are You, O Yahweh,
And all Your commandments are btruth.
152 Of old I have aknown from Your testimonies
That You have founded them bforever.
ר Resh
153 aSee my baffliction and rescue me,
For I do not cforget Your law.
154 aPlead my cause and bredeem me;
Revive me according to Your word.
155 Salvation is afar from the wicked,
For they bdo not seek Your statutes.
156 aMany are Your compassions, O Yahweh;
Revive me according to Your judgments.
157 Many are my apersecutors and my adversaries,
Yet I do not bturn aside from Your testimonies.
158 I see the atreacherous and bloathe them,
Those who do not keep Your word.
159 See how I alove Your precepts;
bO Yahweh, revive me according to Your lovingkindness.
160 The asum of Your word is btruth,
And every one of Your righteous judgments cis everlasting.
שׂ Sin - שׁ Shin
161 aPrinces persecute me without cause,
But my heart bis in dread of Your words.
162 I arejoice at Your word,
As one who bfinds much spoil.
163 I ahate and abhor lying,
But I blove Your law.
164 Seven times a day I praise You,
Because of Your arighteous judgments.
165 Those who love Your law have amuch peace,
And bnothing causes them to stumble.
166 I ahope for Your salvation, O Yahweh,
And I do Your commandments.
167 My asoul keeps Your testimonies,
And I blove them exceedingly.
168 I akeep Your precepts and Your testimonies,
For all my bways are before You.
ת Tav
169 Let my acry of lamentation come near before You, O Yahweh;
bGive me understanding caccording to Your word.
170 Let my asupplication come before You;
bDeliver me according to Your word.
171 Let my alips pour forth praise,
For You bteach me Your statutes.
172 Let my atongue answer with Your word,
For all Your bcommandments are righteous.
173 Let Your ahand be ready to help me,
For I have bchosen Your precepts.
174 I along for Your salvation, O Yahweh,
And Your law is my bdelight.
175 Let my asoul live that it may praise You,
And let Your judgments help me.
176 I have awandered off like a lost sheep; search for Your slave,
For I have bnot forgotten Your commandments.