כ [Caph.]
81 כ Fainted for thy salvation hath my soul: For thy word I wait.
82 כ Failed have my eyes [in looking] for thy word, While I say, “When wilt thou comfort me?”
83 כ For I have been as a bottle in the smoke; And yet thy statutes I have not forgotten.
84 כ How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou execute judgment on my persecutors?
85 כ The proud have digged pits for me, Which is not according to thy law.
86 כ All thy commandments are truth: Deceitfully do they persecute me; therefore help thou me.
87 כ Almost have they consumed me upon the earth; Yet I have not forsaken thy statutes.
88 כ According to thy goodness quicken me; And I will keep the testimony of thy mouth.
ל [Lamed.]
89 ל For ever, O Jehovah! Thy word endureth in the heavens.
90 ל From generation to generation is thy truth: Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
91 ל By thy judgments they continue to this day; For all are thy servants.
92 ל Unless thy law had been my delight, Then should I have perished in my affliction.
93 ל Never will I forget thy statutes, For in them thou hast quickened me.
94 ל Thine I am; O save me! For thy statutes I have sought.
95 ל For me wait do the ungodly to destroy me: But I consider thy testimonies.
96 ל In all perfection I have seen an end: Broad is thy commandment exceedingly.
מ [Mem.]
97 מ O how have I loved thy law! All the day it is my meditation.
98 מ Than my adversaries thou hast made me wiser by thy commandments; Because for ever they are with me.
99 מ Than all my teachers thou hast made me wiser; Because thy testimonies are my meditation.
100 מ Than the aged I have more understanding; Because thy statutes I have observed.
101 מ From every evil path I have restrained my feet, That I may keep thy word.
102 מ From thy judgments I have not declined; For thou thyself hast taught me.
103 מ How sweet to my palate have been thy words! More [sweet] than honey to my mouth!
104 מ By thy statutes I have gotten understanding; Therefore I have hated every path of falsehood.
נ [Nun.]
105 נ A lamp to my feet is thy word, And a light to my path.
106 נ I have sworn and will make sure, To observe the judgments of thy righteousness.
107 נ I am afflicted exceedingly, O Jehovah! Quicken me according to thy word.
108 נ I Let the freewill offerings of my mouth, I pray thee, be pleasing to thee, O Jehovah! And thy judgments teach me.
109 נ My soul is in my hand continually; And thy law I have not forgotten.
110 נ Laid have the ungodly a snare for me: Yet from thy statutes I have not erred.
111 נ I have as [my] inheritance thy testimonies for ever; For the joy of my heart are they.
112 נ I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes For ever, and even to the end.
ס [Samech.]
113 ס Crooked thoughts I have hated; But thy law I have loved.
114 ס My hiding-place and my shield art thou: In thy word I have trusted.
115 ס Depart from me, ye wicked men! And I will keep the commandments of my God.
116 ס Sustain me by thy word, and I shall live: And make me not ashamed of my expectation.
117 ס Establish me, and I shall be safe, And I will consider thy statutes continually.
118 ס Thou hast trodden down all who go astray from thy statutes; For falsehood is their deceit.
119 ס As dross thou hast made to cease all the ungodly of the earth; Therefore I have loved thy testimonies.
120 ס Tremble for fear of thee did my flesh, And of thy judgments I was afraid.