118:026 Blessed is he who comes in the name of Yahweh! We have blessed
you out of the house of Yahweh.
118:027 Yahweh is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice
with cords, even to the horns of the altar.
118:028 You are my God, and I will give thanks to you.
You are my God, I will exalt you.
118:029 Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving
kindness endures forever.
119:001 <<ALEPH>> Blessed are those whose ways are blameless,
who walk according to Yahweh's law.
119:002 Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with
their whole heart.
119:003 Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways.
119:004 You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them.
119:005 Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!
119:006 Then I wouldn't be disappointed, when I consider all
of your commandments.
119:007 I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I
learn your righteous judgments.
119:008 I will observe your statutes. Don't utterly forsake me.
119:009 How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according
to your word.
119:010 With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don't let me wander
from your commandments.
119:011 I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not
sin against you.
119:012 Blessed are you, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes.
119:013 With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.
119:014 I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much
as in all riches.
119:015 I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways.
119:016 I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not
forget your word.
119:017 Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word.
119:018 Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.
119:019 I am a stranger on the earth. Don't hide your commandments from me.
119:020 My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
119:021 You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander
from your commandments.
119:022 Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have
kept your statutes.
119:023 Though princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate
on your statutes.
119:024 Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors.
119:025 My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according
to your word!
119:026 I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes.
119:027 Let me understand the teaching of your precepts!
Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.
119:028 My soul is weary with sorrow: strengthen me according
to your word.
119:029 Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously!
119:030 I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances
before me.
119:031 I cling to your statutes, Yahweh. Don't let me be disappointed.
119:032 I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set
my heart free.
119:033 Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your statutes. I will keep them
to the end.
119:034 Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will
obey it with my whole heart.
119:035 Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them.
119:036 Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.
119:037 Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things.
Revive me in your ways.
119:038 Fulfill your promise to your servant, that you may be feared.
119:039 Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good.
119:040 Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness.
119:041 Let your loving kindness also come to me, Yahweh, your salvation,
according to your word.
119:042 So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I
trust in your word.
119:043 Don't snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, for I put
my hope in your ordinances.
119:044 So I will obey your law continually, forever and ever.
119:045 I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts.
119:046 I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will
not be disappointed.
119:047 I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.
119:048 I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love.
I will meditate on your statutes.
119:049 Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope.
119:050 This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me.
119:051 The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don't swerve from your law.
119:052 I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh, and have comforted myself.
119:053 Indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked
who forsake your law.
119:054 Your statutes have been my songs, in the house where I live.
119:055 I have remembered your name, Yahweh, in the night, and I
obey your law.
119:056 This is my way, that I keep your precepts.
119:057 Yahweh is my portion. I promised to obey your words.
119:058 I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me
according to your word.
119:059 I considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes.
119:060 I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments.
119:061 The ropes of the wicked bind me, but I won't forget your law.
119:062 At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of
your righteous ordinances.
119:063 I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who
observe your precepts.
119:064 The earth is full of your loving kindness, Yahweh.
Teach me your statutes.
119:065 Do good to your servant, according to your word, Yahweh.
119:066 Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe
in your commandments.
119:067 Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.
119:068 You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes.
119:069 The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart,
I will keep your precepts.
119:070 Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law.
119:071 It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may
learn your statutes.
119:072 The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces
of gold and silver.
119:073 Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding,
that I may learn your commandments.
119:074 Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put
my hope in your word.
119:075 Yahweh, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in
faithfulness you have afflicted me.
119:076 Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to
your word to your servant.
119:077 Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live;
for your law is my delight.
119:078 Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown
me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.
119:079 Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.
119:080 Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may
not be disappointed.
119:081 My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.
119:082 My eyes fail for your word. I say, "When will you comfort me?"
119:083 For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke.
I don't forget your statutes.
119:084 How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute
judgment on those who persecute me?
119:085 The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law.
119:086 All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute
me wrongfully. Help me!
119:087 They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn't
forsake your precepts.
119:088 Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I
will obey the statutes of your mouth.
119:089 Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever.
119:090 Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established
the earth, and it remains.
119:091 Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you.
119:092 Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished
in my affliction.
119:093 I will never forget your precepts, for with them,
you have revived me.
119:094 I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.
119:095 The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me.
I will consider your statutes.
119:096 I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands
are boundless.
119:097 How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.
119:098 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your
commandments are always with me.
119:099 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your
testimonies are my meditation.
119:100 I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.
119:101 I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might
observe your word.
119:102 I have not turned aside from your ordinances, for you
have taught me.
119:103 How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey
to my mouth!
119:104 Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate
every false way.
119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.
119:106 I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey
your righteous ordinances.
119:107 I am afflicted very much. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your word.
119:108 Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth.
Yahweh, teach me your ordinances.
119:109 My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won't forget your law.
119:110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven't gone astray
from your precepts.
119:111 I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they
are the joy of my heart.
119:112 I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever,
even to the end.
119:113 I hate double-minded men, but I love your law.
119:114 You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.
119:115 Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments
of my God.
119:116 Uphold me according to your word, that I may live.
Let me not be ashamed of my hope.
119:117 Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for
your statutes continually.
119:118 You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their
deceit is in vain.
119:119 You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross.
Therefore I love your testimonies.
119:120 My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments.
119:121 I have done what is just and righteous. Don't leave me
to my oppressors.
119:122 Ensure your servant's well-being. Don't let the proud oppress me.
119:123 My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.
119:124 Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness.
Teach me your statutes.
119:125 I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may
know your testimonies.
119:126 It is time to act, Yahweh, for they break your law.
119:127 Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes,
more than pure gold.
119:128 Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right.
I hate every false way.
119:129 Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them.
119:130 The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding
to the simple.
119:131 I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed
for your commandments.
119:132 Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those
who love your name.
119:133 Establish my footsteps in your word. Don't let any iniquity
have dominion over me.
119:134 Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe
your precepts.
119:135 Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.
119:136 Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don't
observe your law.
119:137 You are righteous, Yahweh. Your judgments are upright.
119:138 You have commanded your statutes in righteousness.
They are fully trustworthy.
119:139 My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.
119:140 Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your
servant loves them.
119:141 I am small and despised. I don't forget your precepts.
119:142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness.
Your law is truth.
119:143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments
are my delight.
119:144 Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding,
that I may live.
119:145 I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will
keep your statutes.
119:146 I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes.
119:147 I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.
119:148 My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might
meditate on your word.
119:149 Hear my voice according to your loving kindness.
Revive me, Yahweh, according to your ordinances.
119:150 They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far
from your law.
119:151 You are near, Yahweh. All your commandments are truth.
119:152 Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have
founded them forever.
119:153 Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don't forget your law.
119:154 Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.
119:155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don't seek your statutes.
119:156 Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh. Revive me according
to your ordinances.
119:157 Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven't swerved
from your testimonies.
119:158 I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don't
observe your word.
119:159 Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, Yahweh, according to
your loving kindness.
119:160 All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous
ordinances endures forever.
119:161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands
in awe of your words.
119:162 I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great spoil.
119:163 I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.
119:164 Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your
righteous ordinances.
119:165 Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes
them to stumble.
119:166 I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh. I have
done your commandments.
119:167 My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly.
119:168 I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my
ways are before you.
119:169 Let my cry come before you, Yahweh. Give me understanding
according to your word.
119:170 Let my supplication come before you. Deliver me according
to your word.
119:171 Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes.
119:172 Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments
are righteousness.
119:173 Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
119:174 I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my delight.
119:175 Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your
ordinances help me.
119:176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant,
for I don't forget your commandments.
120:001 <<A Song of Ascents.>> In my distress, I cried to Yahweh.
He answered me.
120:002 Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.
120:003 What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you,
you deceitful tongue?
120:004 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
120:005 Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among
the tents of Kedar!
120:006 My soul has had her dwelling too long with him who hates peace.
120:007 I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war.
121:001 <<A Song of Ascents.>> I will lift up my eyes to the hills.
Where does my help come from?
121:002 My help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
121:003 He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you
will not slumber.
121:004 Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
121:005 Yahweh is your keeper. Yahweh is your shade on your right hand.
121:006 The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.
121:007 Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.
121:008 Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this
time forth, and forevermore.
122:001 <<A Song of Ascents. By David.>> I was glad when they said to me,
"Let's go to Yahweh's house!"
122:002 Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem;
122:003 Jerusalem, that is built as a city that is compact together;
122:004 where the tribes go up, even Yah's tribes, according to an
ordinance for Israel, to give thanks to the name of Yahweh.
122:005 For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones
of David's house.
122:006 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.
122:007 Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.
122:008 For my brothers' and companions' sakes, I will now say,
"Peace be within you."
122:009 For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek your good.
123:001 <<A Song of Ascents.>> To you I do lift up my eyes, you who sit
in the heavens.
123:002 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes
look to Yahweh, our God, until he has mercy on us.
123:003 Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us, for we have
endured much contempt.
123:004 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who
are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.
124:001 <<A Song of Ascents. By David.>> If it had not been Yahweh
who was on our side, let Israel now say,
124:002 if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, when men rose
up against us;
124:003 then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath
was kindled against us;
124:004 then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would
have gone over our soul;
124:005 then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.
124:006 Blessed be Yahweh, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.
124:007 Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare.
The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
124:008 Our help is in the name of Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
125:001 <<A Song of Ascents.>> Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion,
which can't be moved, but remains forever.
125:002 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so Yahweh surrounds his
people from this time forth and forevermore.
125:003 For the scepter of wickedness won't remain over the allotment
of the righteous; so that the righteous won't use their hands
to do evil.
125:004 Do good, Yahweh, to those who are good, to those who are upright
in their hearts.
125:005 But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways,
Yahweh will lead them away with the workers of iniquity.
Peace be on Israel.
126:001 <<A Song of Ascents.>> When Yahweh brought back those who returned
to Zion, we were like those who dream.
126:002 Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing.
Then they said among the nations, "Yahweh has done great
things for them."
126:003 Yahweh has done great things for us, and we are glad.
126:004 Restore our fortunes again, Yahweh, like the streams in the Negev.
126:005 Those who sow in tears will reap in joy.
126:006 He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing, will certainly
come again with joy, carrying his sheaves.
127:001 <<A Song of Ascents. By Solomon.>> Unless Yahweh builds
the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh
watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.
127:002 It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late,
eating the bread of toil; for he gives sleep to his loved ones.
127:003 Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb
is his reward.
127:004 As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.
127:005 Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them.
They won't be disappointed when they speak with their enemies
in the gate.
128:001 <<A Song of Ascents.>> Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh,
who walks in his ways.
128:002 For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy,
and it will be well with you.
128:003 Your wife will be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost
parts of your house; your children like olive plants,
around your table.
128:004 Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears Yahweh.
128:005 May Yahweh bless you out of Zion, and may you see the good
of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
128:006 Yes, may you see your children's children. Peace be upon Israel.
129:001 <<A Song of Ascents.>> Many times they have afflicted me
from my youth up. Let Israel now say,
129:002 many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they
have not prevailed against me.
129:003 The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.
129:004 Yahweh is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.
129:005 Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those
who hate Zion.
129:006 Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers
before it grows up;
129:007 with which the reaper doesn't fill his hand, nor he who
binds sheaves, his bosom.
129:008 Neither do those who go by say, "The blessing of Yahweh be on you.
We bless you in the name of Yahweh."
130:001 <<A Song of Ascents.>> Out of the depths I have cried
to you, Yahweh.
130:002 Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice
of my petitions.
130:003 If you, Yah, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?
130:004 But there is forgiveness with you, therefore you are feared.
130:005 I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word.
130:006 My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning;
more than watchmen for the morning.
130:007 Israel, hope in Yahweh, for with Yahweh there is loving kindness.
With him is abundant redemption.
130:008 He will redeem Israel from all their sins.
131:001 <<A Song of Ascents. By David.>> Yahweh, my heart isn't haughty,
nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters,
or things too wonderful for me.
131:002 Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul, like a weaned child
with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
131:003 Israel, hope in Yahweh, from this time forth and forevermore.
132:001 <<A Song of Ascents.>> Yahweh, remember David and all his affliction,
132:002 how he swore to Yahweh, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
132:003 "Surely I will not come into the structure of my house,
nor go up into my bed;
132:004 I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids;
132:005 until I find out a place for Yahweh, a dwelling for the
Mighty One of Jacob."
132:006 Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the
field of Jaar:
132:007 "We will go into his dwelling place. We will worship
at his footstool.
132:008 Arise, Yahweh, into your resting place; you, and the ark
of your strength.
132:009 Let your priest be clothed with righteousness. Let your saints
shout for joy!"
132:010 For your servant David's sake, don't turn away the face
of your anointed one.
132:011 Yahweh has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it:
"I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.
132:012 If your children will keep my covenant, my testimony
that I will teach them, their children also will sit on
your throne forevermore."
132:013 For Yahweh has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation.
132:014 "This is my resting place forever. Here I will live, for I
have desired it.
132:015 I will abundantly bless her provision. I will satisfy her
poor with bread.
132:016 Her priests I will also clothe with salvation. Her saints
will shout aloud for joy.
132:017 There I will make the horn of David to bud. I have ordained
a lamp for my anointed.
132:018 I will clothe his enemies with shame, but on himself,
his crown will be resplendent."
133:001 <<A Song of Ascents. By David.>> See how good and how pleasant
it is for brothers to live together in unity!
133:002 It is like the precious oil on the head, that ran down on the beard,
even Aaron's beard; that came down on the edge of his robes;
133:003 like the dew of Hermon, that comes down on the hills of Zion:
for there Yahweh gives the blessing, even life forevermore.
134:001 <<A Song of Ascents.>> Look! Praise Yahweh, all you servants
of Yahweh, who stand by night in Yahweh's house!
134:002 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary. Praise Yahweh!
134:003 May Yahweh bless you from Zion; even he who made heaven and earth.
135:001 Praise Yah! Praise the name of Yahweh! Praise him,
you servants of Yahweh,
135:002 you who stand in the house of Yahweh, in the courts of
our God's house.
135:003 Praise Yah, for Yahweh is good. Sing praises to his name,
for that is pleasant.
135:004 For Yah has chosen Jacob for himself; Israel for his own possession.
135:005 For I know that Yahweh is great, that our Lord is above all gods.
135:006 Whatever Yahweh pleased, that he has done, in heaven and in earth,
in the seas and in all deeps;
135:007 who causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth;