¹Blessed are the blameless in the way, those who walk in the instruction of Yahweh.

²Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with all their heart.

³Indeed they do no injustice; they walk in his ways.

⁴You yourself commanded your precepts, to keep them with all our might.

⁵Would that my ways were set firm, to keep your decrees.

⁶Then I will not be ashamed when I look at all your commandments.

⁷I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart when I learn the justice of your righteousness.

⁸I will keep your decrees; do not forsake me wholly.

⁹How can a youth keep his path pure? By keeping it according to your word.

¹⁰With all my heart I have sought you; do not let me stray from your commandments.

¹¹In my heart I have hidden your promise, so that I will not sin against you.

¹²Blessed are you, Yahweh; teach me your statutes.

¹³With my lips I recounted all the justice of your mouth.

¹⁴In the way of your testimonies I rejoiced, as over all wealth.

¹⁵On your precepts I will meditate, and I will look to your paths.

¹⁶In your statutes I will delight myself; I will not forget your word.

¹⁷Deal fully with your slave; I will live and keep your word.

¹⁸Uncover my eyes, and I will look at wonders from your instruction.

¹⁹I am a sojourner in the land; do not hide your commandments from me.

²⁰My being is crushed with longing for your justice at all times.

²¹You rebuked the arrogant, the cursed, those who go astray from your commandments.

²²Roll away from me reproach and contempt, for I kept your testimonies.

²³Even though officials sit and speak together against me, your slave meditates on your decrees.

²⁴Also your testimonies are my delights, the men of my counsel.

²⁵My being clings to the dust; give me life according to your word.

²⁶I recounted my ways, and you answered me; teach me your statutes.

²⁷Make me discern the way of your precepts, and I will meditate on your wonders.

²⁸My being weeps from grief; raise me up according to your word.

²⁹Remove the way of falsehood from me, and show favor to me with your instruction.

³⁰I chose the way of steadiness; I set your justice in place.

³¹I have clung to your testimonies, Yahweh; do not put me to shame.

³²I will run the way of your commandments, for you enlarge my heart.

³³Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your statutes, and I will keep it to the end.

³⁴Give me discernment, and I will guard your instruction and keep it with all my heart.

³⁵Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it.

³⁶Bend my heart to your testimonies, and not to unjust gain.

³⁷Turn my eyes away from looking at emptiness; give me life in your ways.

³⁸Establish your utterance for your slave, which is for the fear of you.

³⁹Take away my reproach, which I dread, for your justice is good.

⁴⁰Look, I long for your precepts; in your righteousness give me life.

⁴¹Let your loyal love come to me, Yahweh, your deliverance according to your utterance.

⁴²And I will answer the one who taunts me with a word, for I trust in your word.

⁴³And do not snatch the word of truth from my mouth utterly, for I wait for your justice.

⁴⁴And I will keep your instruction continually, forever and ever.

⁴⁵And I will walk about in a wide place, for I have sought your precepts.

⁴⁶And I will speak of your testimonies before kings and will not be ashamed.

⁴⁷And I will delight myself in your commandments, which I loved.

⁴⁸And I lifted my palms to your commandments, which I loved, and I will meditate on your statutes.

⁴⁹Remember the word to your servant, on which you have made me hope.

⁵⁰This is my comfort in my affliction: that your promise has kept me alive.

⁵¹The arrogant mocked me exceedingly; from your instruction I did not turn away.

⁵²I remembered your justice from forever, Yahweh, and I comforted myself.

⁵³Scorching heat has seized me because of the wicked, who forsake your instruction.

⁵⁴Your statutes were songs to me in the house of my sojourning.

⁵⁵I remembered your name in the night, Yahweh, and I kept your instruction.

⁵⁶This has been mine, because I have kept your precepts.

⁵⁷Yahweh is my portion; I said I would keep your words.

⁵⁸I have entreated your face with all my heart; show favor to me according to your promise.

⁵⁹I reckoned my ways, and I turned my feet back to your testimonies.

⁶⁰I hastened and did not linger to keep your commandments.

⁶¹The ropes of the wicked surrounded me; I did not forget your instruction.

⁶²At the middle of the night I rise to give thanks to you for the justice of your righteousness.

⁶³I am a companion to all who fear you, and to those who keep your precepts.

⁶⁴The land is full of your loyal love, Yahweh; teach me your statutes.

⁶⁵You have done good with your servant, Yahweh, according to your word.

⁶⁶Teach me good taste and knowledge, for I have trusted in your commandments.

⁶⁷Before I was afflicted, I was going astray, but now I keep your promise.

⁶⁸You are good and do good; teach me your statutes.

⁶⁹The arrogant have smeared falsehood on me; I will keep your precepts with all my heart.

⁷⁰Their heart is thick like fat; I delight in your instruction.

⁷¹It was good for me that I was afflicted, so that I might learn your statutes.

⁷²The instruction of your mouth is better for me than thousands of gold and silver.

⁷³Your hands made me and established me; give me understanding, and let me learn your commandments.

⁷⁴Those who fear you will see me and rejoice, for I have waited for your word.

⁷⁵I know, Yahweh, that your justice is righteousness, and in steadiness you afflicted me.

⁷⁶Please, let your loyal love comfort me, according to your promise to your servant.

⁷⁷Let your compassion come to me, so that I may live, for your instruction is my delight.

⁷⁸Let the arrogant be ashamed, for they twisted me with falsehood; I will meditate on your precepts.

⁷⁹Let those who fear you turn back to me, and those who know your testimonies.

⁸⁰May my heart be blameless in your statutes, so that I will not be ashamed.

⁸¹My being is spent for your deliverance; for your word I have waited.

⁸²My eyes are spent for your utterance, saying, "When will you comfort me?"

⁸³For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke; your statutes I have not forgotten.

⁸⁴How many are the days of your slave? When will you do justice on those who pursue me?

⁸⁵The arrogant have dug pitfalls for me, which are not according to your instruction.

⁸⁶All your commandments are steady; with falsehood they have chased me; help me.

⁸⁷They almost made an end of me in the land, but I did not forsake your precepts.

⁸⁸According to your loyal love preserve me alive, and I will keep the testimony of your mouth.

⁸⁹Forever, Yahweh, your word is stationed in the heavens.

⁹⁰Your steadiness is for generation after generation; you established the land, and it stands.

⁹¹In line with your justice they stand today, for all things are your slaves.

⁹²Unless your instruction had been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.

⁹³Forever I will not forget your precepts, for by them you have kept me alive.

⁹⁴I am yours; save me, for I have sought your precepts.

⁹⁵The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me; I will consider your testimonies carefully.

⁹⁶I have seen an end to all completeness, but your commandment is exceedingly wide.

⁹⁷How I have loved your instruction! All the day it is my meditation.

⁹⁸Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are mine forever.

⁹⁹I have acted wisely beyond all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.

¹⁰⁰I discern more than the elders, for I have kept your precepts.

¹⁰¹From every evil path I held back my feet, so that I may keep your word.

¹⁰²From your justice I have not turned aside, for you have taught me.

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

¹⁰⁴From your precepts I gain understanding; therefore I hate every path of falsehood.

¹⁰⁵Your word is a lamp for my foot, and a light for my pathway.

¹⁰⁶I have sworn, and I will confirm it, to keep the justice of your righteousness.

¹⁰⁷I have been afflicted exceedingly; Yahweh, preserve my life according to your word.

¹⁰⁸Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, please, Yahweh, and teach me your justice.

¹⁰⁹My being is in my palm continually, and your instruction I have not forgotten.

¹¹⁰The wicked set a trap for me, but I did not wander from your precepts.

¹¹¹I inherited your testimonies forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

¹¹²I inclined my heart to do your statutes forever, to the end.

¹¹³I hated the half-hearted, and I loved your instruction.

¹¹⁴You are my hiding place and my shield; I waited for your word.

¹¹⁵Turn away from me, you who do evil, so that I may keep the commandments of my God.

¹¹⁶Sustain me according to your word, and I will live, and do not put me to shame over my hope.

¹¹⁷Sustain me, and I will be saved, and I will gaze on your statutes continually.

¹¹⁸You tossed aside all who stray from your statutes, for their treachery is falsehood.

¹¹⁹You made all the wicked of the land cease, like dross; therefore I loved your testimonies.

¹²⁰My flesh bristled from dread of you, and I feared your justice.

¹²¹I have done justice and righteousness; do not abandon me to my oppressors.

¹²²Stand surety for your slave for good; do not let the arrogant oppress me.

¹²³My eyes are worn out for your deliverance and for the word of your righteousness.

¹²⁴Deal with your slave according to your loyal love, and teach me your statutes.

¹²⁵I am your slave; give me understanding, and I will know your testimonies.

¹²⁶It is time for Yahweh to act; they have broken your instruction.

¹²⁷Therefore I loved your commandments more than gold, even more than fine gold.

¹²⁸Therefore I held all the precepts about everything to be right, and I hated every path of falsehood.

¹²⁹Your testimonies are wonders; therefore my being kept them.

¹³⁰The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.

¹³¹I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments.

¹³²Turn to me and show me favor, according to the justice for those who love your name.

¹³³Establish my footsteps by your word, and do not let any wickedness have power over me.

¹³⁴Ransom me from the oppression of humankind, and I will keep your precepts.

¹³⁵Make your face shine on your slave, and teach me your statutes.

¹³⁶Streams of water went down my eyes, because they did not keep your instruction.

¹³⁷You are righteous, Yahweh, and your justice is straight.

¹³⁸You commanded your testimonies in righteousness and in great steadiness.

¹³⁹My zeal has put an end to me, for my opponents forgot your words.

¹⁴⁰Your word is thoroughly refined, and your slave loved it.

¹⁴¹I am little and despised; I have not forgotten your precepts.

¹⁴²Your righteousness is righteousness forever, and your instruction is stability.

¹⁴³Trouble and tight straits have found me; your commandments are my delight.

¹⁴⁴Your testimonies are righteousness forever; give me discernment, and I will live.

¹⁴⁵I called with all my heart; answer me, Yahweh; I will keep your statutes.

¹⁴⁶I called to you; save me, and I will keep your testimonies.

¹⁴⁷I advanced in the twilight, and I cried aloud; for your word I waited.

¹⁴⁸My eyes got ahead of the night watches, to ponder your utterance.

¹⁴⁹Hear my voice according to your loyal love, Yahweh; give me life according to your justice.

¹⁵⁰Those who pursue a wicked plan have drawn near; they are far from your instruction.

¹⁵¹You are near, Yahweh, and all your commandments are stability.

¹⁵²Long ago I knew from your testimonies that you founded them forever.

¹⁵³See my affliction and pull me free, for I have not forgotten your instruction.

¹⁵⁴Contend in my dispute and redeem me; give me life by your utterance.

¹⁵⁵Deliverance is far from the wicked, for they have not sought your statutes.

¹⁵⁶Your compassions are many, Yahweh; give me life according to your justice.

¹⁵⁷Many are those who pursue me, and my foes; I have not turned aside from your testimonies.

¹⁵⁸I saw those who act treacherously, and I loathed them, because they did not keep your utterance.

¹⁵⁹See that I loved your precepts, Yahweh; give me life according to your loyal love.

¹⁶⁰The head of your word is stability, and every justice of your righteousness is forever.

¹⁶¹Officials pursued me for nothing, but my heart was in dread of your word.

¹⁶²I am rejoicing over your utterance, like one who finds great plunder.

¹⁶³Falsehood I hated, and I abhorred it; your instruction I loved.

¹⁶⁴Seven times a day I praise you, on account of the justice of your righteousness.

¹⁶⁵Great wholeness belongs to those who love your instruction, and there is no stumbling-block for them.

¹⁶⁶I have waited for your deliverance, Yahweh, and I have done your commandments.

¹⁶⁷My being kept your testimonies, and I loved them exceedingly.

¹⁶⁸I kept your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you.

¹⁶⁹May my cry draw near before your face, Yahweh; give me understanding according to your word.

¹⁷⁰May my plea come before your face; according to your promise, deliver me.

¹⁷¹My lips will pour out praise, for you teach me your statutes.

¹⁷²My tongue will answer your utterance, for all your commandments are righteousness.

¹⁷³Let your hand be there to help me, for I chose your precepts.

¹⁷⁴I have longed for your deliverance, Yahweh, and your instruction is my delight.

¹⁷⁵Let my living being live, and she will praise you, and your justice will help me.

¹⁷⁶I have wandered like a lost sheep; search for your slave, for I have not forgotten your commandments.