א [Aleph.]
1 א Blessed are those who are upright in their way, Walking in the law of Jehovah.
2 א Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, Who with their whole heart seek him.
3 א, Surely they do not work iniquity, Who in his ways do walk.
4 א Thou hast commanded That thy statutes be kept carefully.
5 א O that my ways may be directed To the keeping of thy statutes!
6 א Then shall I not be ashamed, When I shall have been attentive to all thy commandments.
7 א I will celebrate thee with uprightness of heart, When I shall have learned the judgments of thy righteousness.
8 א, Thy statutes I will keep: Do not thou forsake me very far.
ב [Beth.]
9 ב By what [means] shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to thy word.
10 ב With my whole heart have I sought thee; Let me not go astray from thy commandments.
11 ב In my heart I have hidden thy word, That I might not sin against thee.
12 ב Blessed art thou, O Jehovah! Teach me thy statutes.
13 ב With my lips have I declared All the judgments of thy mouth.
14 ב In the way of thy testimonies I have taken delight, As much as in all riches.
15 ב Upon thy statutes will I meditate, And I will consider thy paths.
16 ב In thy commandments will I delight myself; I will not forget thy words.
ג [Gimel.]
17 ג Do good to thy servant, And I shall live and keep thy word.
18 ג Open mine eyes, And I shall behold the wonders of thy law.
19 ג I am a stranger on the earth: Hide not from me thy commandments.
20 ג Broken is my soul with the desire it hath To thy judgments at all times.
21 ג Thou hast destroyed the proud ones; Cursed are those who decline from thy commandments.
22 ג Remove from me reproach and contempt; For thy testimonies I have kept.
23 ג Princes also have sat, against me they have spoken: Thy servant meditated upon thy statutes.
24 ג Also thy testimonies are my delights, The men of my counsel.
ד [Daleth.]
25 ד Cleave to the dust doth my soul: Quicken me according to thy word.
26 ד I have declared my ways, and thou hast answered me: Teach me thy statutes.
27 ד The way of thy commandments make me to understand, And I will meditate upon thy wonders.
28 ד Drop away doth my soul for grief: Raise me up according to thy word.
29 ד The way of falsehood remove from me, And thy law grant me graciously.
30 ד The way of truth I have chosen; Thy judgments I have set before me.
31 ד I have cleaved to thy testimonies, O Jehovah Let me not be put to shame.
32 ד The way of thy statutes I will run, When thou shalt have enlarged my heart.
ה [He.]
33 ה Teach me, O Jehovah! the way of thy statutes, And I will keep it unto the end.
34 ה Make me to understand, and I will observe thy law, And keep it with my whole heart.
35 ה Direct me in the way of thy statutes; For in it is my delight.
36 ה Incline my heart to thy testimonies, And not to covetousness.
37 ה Turn away my eyes from seeing vanity; In thy way quicken me.
38 ה Confirm to thy servant thy word, Who to thy fear is devoted
39 ה Remove my reproach which I have dreaded, For thy judgments are good.
40 ה Behold! I have longed after thy commandments: In thy righteousness quicken me.