The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

From Thy judgments I turned not aside, For Thou — Thou hast directed me.

How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth.

From Thy precepts I have understanding, Therefore I have hated every false path!

[Nun.] A lamp to my foot [is] Thy word, And a light to my path.

I have sworn, and I confirm [it], To keep the judgments of Thy righteousness.

I have been afflicted very much, O Jehovah, quicken me, according to Thy word.

Free-will-offerings of my mouth, Accept, I pray Thee, O Jehovah, And Thy judgments teach Thou me.

My soul [is] in my hand continually, And Thy law I have not forgotten.

The wicked have laid a snare for me, And from thy precepts I wandered not.

I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart [are] they.

I have inclined my heart To do Thy statutes, to the age — [to] the end!

[Samech.] Doubting ones I have hated, And Thy law I have loved.

My hiding place and my shield [art] Thou, For Thy word I have hoped.

Turn aside from me, ye evil-doers, And I keep the commands of my God.

Sustain me according to Thy saying, And I live, and Thou puttest me not to shame Because of my hope.

Support Thou me, and I am saved, And I look on Thy statutes continually.

Thou hast trodden down All going astray from Thy statutes, For falsehood [is] their deceit.

Dross! Thou hast caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Thy testimonies.

Trembled from Thy fear hath my flesh, And from Thy judgments I have been afraid!

[Ain.] I have done judgment and righteousness, Leave me not to mine oppressors.

Make sure Thy servant for good, Let not the proud oppress me.

Mine eyes have been consumed for Thy salvation. And for the saying of Thy righteousness.

Do with Thy servant according to Thy kindness. And Thy statutes teach Thou me.

Thy servant [am] I — cause me to understand, And I know Thy testimonies.

Time for Jehovah to work! they have made void Thy law.

Therefore I have loved Thy commands Above gold — even fine gold.

Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, Every path of falsehood I have hated!

[Pe.] Wonderful [are] Thy testimonies, Therefore hath my soul kept them.

The opening of Thy words enlighteneth, Instructing the simple.

My mouth I have opened, yea, I pant, For, for Thy commands I have longed.

Look unto me, and favour me, As customary to those loving Thy name.

My steps establish by Thy saying, And any iniquity doth not rule over me.

Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Thy precepts,

Thy face cause to shine on Thy servant, And teach me Thy statutes.

Rivulets of waters have come down mine eyes, Because they have not kept Thy law!

[Tzade.] Righteous [art] Thou, O Jehovah, And upright [are] Thy judgments.

Thou hast appointed Thy testimonies, Righteous and exceeding faithful,

Cut me off hath my zeal, For mine adversaries forgot Thy words.

Tried [is] thy saying exceedingly, And Thy servant hath loved it.

Small I [am], and despised, Thy precepts I have not forgotten.

Thy righteousness [is] righteousness to the age, And Thy law [is] truth.

Adversity and distress have found me, Thy commands [are] my delights.

The righteousness of Thy testimonies [is] to Cause me to understand, and I live!

[Koph.] I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O Jehovah, Thy statutes I keep,

I have called Thee, save Thou me, And I do keep Thy testimonies.

I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, For Thy word I have hoped.

Mine eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate in Thy saying.

My voice hear, according to Thy kindness, Jehovah, according to Thy judgment quicken me.

Near have been my wicked pursuers, From Thy law they have been far off.

Near [art] Thou, O Jehovah, And all Thy commands [are] truth.

Of old I have known Thy testimonies, That to the age Thou hast founded them!

[Resh.] See my affliction, and deliver Thou me, For Thy law I have not forgotten.

Plead my plea, and redeem me, According to Thy saying quicken me.

Far from the wicked [is] salvation, For Thy statutes they have not sought.

Thy mercies [are] many, O Jehovah, According to Thy judgments quicken me.

Many [are] my pursuers, and adversaries, From Thy testimonies I have not turned aside.

I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because Thy saying they have not kept.

See, for thy precepts I have loved, Jehovah, According to Thy kindness quicken me.

The sum of Thy word [is] truth, And to the age [is] every judgment of Thy righteousness!

[Shin.] Princes have pursued me without cause, And because of Thy words was my heart afraid.

I do rejoice concerning Thy saying, As one finding abundant spoil.

Falsehood I have hated, yea I abominate [it], Thy law I have loved.

Seven [times] in a day I have praised Thee, Because of the judgments of Thy righteousness.

Abundant peace have those loving Thy law, And they have no stumbling-block.

I have waited for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy commands I have done.

Kept hath my soul Thy testimonies, And I do love them exceedingly.

I have kept Thy precepts and Thy testimonies, For all my ways are before Thee!

[Taw.] My loud cry cometh near before Thee, O Jehovah; According to Thy word cause me to understand.

My supplication cometh in before Thee, According to Thy saying deliver Thou me.

My lips do utter praise, For Thou dost teach me Thy statutes.

My tongue doth sing of Thy saying, For all Thy commands [are] righteous.

Thy hand is for a help to me, For Thy commands I have chosen.

I have longed for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy law [is] my delight.

My soul liveth, and it doth praise Thee, And Thy judgments do help me.

I wandered as a lost sheep, seek Thy servant, For Thy precepts I have not forgotten!

A Song of the Ascents. Unto Jehovah in my distress I have called, And He answereth me.

O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!

What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!

Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with broom-coals.

Woe to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.

Too much hath my soul dwelt with him who is hating peace.

I [am] peace, and when I speak they [are] for war!

A Song of the Ascents. I lift up mine eyes unto the hills, Whence doth my help come?

My help [is] from Jehovah, maker of heaven and earth,

He suffereth not thy foot to be moved, Thy preserver slumbereth not.

Lo, He slumbereth not, nor sleepeth, He who is preserving Israel.

Jehovah [is] thy preserver, Jehovah [is] thy shade on thy right hand,

By day the sun doth not smite thee, Nor the moon by night.

Jehovah preserveth thee from all evil, He doth preserve thy soul.

Jehovah preserveth thy going out and thy coming in, From henceforth even unto the age!

A Song of the Ascents, by David. I have rejoiced in those saying to me, 'To the house of Jehovah we go.'

Our feet have been standing in thy gates, O Jerusalem!

Jerusalem — the builded one — [Is] as a city that is joined to itself together.

For thither have tribes gone up, Tribes of Jah, companies of Israel, To give thanks to the name of Jehovah.

For there have sat thrones of judgment, Thrones of the house of David.

Ask ye the peace of Jerusalem, At rest are those loving thee.

Peace is in thy bulwark, rest in thy high places,

For the sake of my brethren and my companions, Let me speak, I pray thee, 'Peace [be] in thee.'

For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God, I seek good for thee!

A Song of the Ascents. Unto Thee I have lifted up mine eyes, O dweller in the heavens.