ע [Ain.]
121 ע I have done judgment and righteousness: Give me not up to my oppressors.
122 ע Become surety for thy servant for good, That the proud may not oppress me.
123 ע My eyes have failed for thy salvation, And for the word of thy righteousness.
124 ע Deal with thy servant according to thy goodness, And thy statutes teach thou me.
125 ע Thy servant am I, give me understanding, That I may learn thy testimonies.
126 ע It is time [for thee] to work, O Jehovah! For they have destroyed thy law.
127 ע Therefore I have loved thy statutes Mere than gold and fine gold.
128 ע Therefore all thy commandments I have esteemed to be altogether right: Every way of falsehood I have hated:
פ [Phe.]
129 פ Marvelous things are thy testimonies; Therefore observed them hath my soul.
130 פ The entrance of thy words is light, Giving understanding to the little ones.
131 פ My mouth I opened and panted, Because thy commandments I loved.
132 פ Look upon me and have pity upon me, According to thy judgment towards those who love thy name.
133 פ My steps direct thou according to thy word, And let not any iniquity have dominion in me.
134 פ Redeem me from the oppression of men, And I will keep thy precepts.
135 פ Thy face cause thou to shine upon thy servant, And teach me thy statutes.
136 פ Rivers of waters run from my eyes, Because they have not kept thy law.
ץ [Tsadde.]
137 ץ Righteous art thou, O Jehovah! And right are thy judgments.
138 ץ Thou hast commanded righteousness in thy testimonies, And truth exceedingly.
139 ץ Consumed me hath my zeal, Because forgotten thy words have my adversaries.
140 ץ Refined is thy word exceedingly: And thy servant hath loved it.
141 ץ Small am I, and despised; [Yet] thy precepts I have not forgotten.
142 ץ Thy righteousness is righteousness for ever, And thy law is truth.
143 ץ Trouble and anguish have come upon me; But thy commandments have been my delights.
144 ץ The righteousness of thy testimonies endureth for ever; Make me to understand, and I shall live.
ק [Koph.]
145 ק I have cried with my whole heart; Answer me, O Jehovah! And thy statutes I will keep.
146 ק I have called upon thee, save me, And I will keep thy testimonies.
147 ק I have prevented the dawn of the morning, and have cried: To thy word I have looked up.
148 ק Prevented have my eyes the watches of the night, To meditate upon thy word.
149 ק My voice hear thou, according to thy mercy, O Jehovah According to thy judgment quicken me.
150 ק Drawn near have the pursuers of malice; From thy law they have departed.
151 ק Near art thou, O Jehovah! And all thy commandments are truth.
152 ק From the beginning I have known from thy testimonies, That for ever thou hast founded them.
ר [Resh.]
153 ר Behold my affliction, and rescue me; For thy law I have not forgotten.
154 ר Debate my cause, and redeem me; According to thy word quicken me.
155 ר Far from the ungodly is safety; Because thy statutes they have not sought.
156 ר Thy compassions are great, O Jehovah! According to thy judgments quicken me.
157 ר Many are my persecutors and my oppressors: From thy testimonies I have not declined.
158 ר I saw the perfidious, and chid them; Because thy word they have not kept.
159 ר Behold how thy commandments I have loved: According to thy clemency quicken me.
160 ר The beginning of thy word is truth; And to everlasting is all the judgment of thy righteousness.