Twenty-two sections according to the Hebrew alphabet :
Alef (verses 1 - 8); Bet (vv. 9 - 16); Gimel (vv. 17 - 24); Dalet (vv. 25 - 32); He (vv. 33 - 40); Waw (vv. 41 - 48); Zayin (vv. 49 - 56); Khet (vv. 57 - 64); Tet (vv. 65 - 72); Yod (vv. 73 - 80); Kap (vv. 81 - 88); Lamed (vv. 89 - 96); Mem (vv. 97 - 104); Nun (vv. 105 - 112); Samek (vv. 113 - 120); Ayin (vv. 121 - 128); Pe (vv. 129 - 136); Tsade (vv. 137 - 144); Qop (vv. 145 - 152); Resh (vv. 153 - 160); Sin / Shin (vv. 161 - 168); Tav (vv. 169 - 176).
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(Verses 1 - 7 = Those whose way is blameless -- who walk in the LORD's Instruction -- are truly happy!
Those who guard God's laws are truly happy! They seek God with all their hearts.
They don't even do anything wrong! They walk in God's ways.
God you have ordered that your decrees should be kept most carefully.
How I wish my ways were strong when it comes to keeping your statutes! Then I wouldn't be ashamed when I examine all your commandments. I will give thanks to you with a heart that does right as I learn your righteous rules. I will keep your statutes. Please don't leave me all alone!
Verses 8 - 14) = How can young people keep their paths pure? By guarding the according to what you've said. I have sought you with all my heart. Don't let me stray from any of your commandments!
I keep your word close, in my heart, so that I won't sin against you.
You, LORD, are to be blessed! Teach me your statutes.
I will declare out loud all the rules you have spoken.
I rejoice in the content of your laws as if I were rejoicing over great wealth.
I will think about your precepts and examine all your paths.
I will delight in your statutes;
I will not forget what you have said.
(Verses 17 - 24): Be good to yo servant so I can go on living and keeping your word.
Open my eyes so I can examne the wonders of your Instruction (TORAH)!
I'm an immigrant in the land. Don't hide your commandments from me!
I'm worn out by longing every minute for your rules! You rebuke the arrogant, accursed people who stray from your commandments.
Take all their insults and contempt away from me because I've kept your laws!
Even if rulers gather and scheme against me, your servant will contemplate your statutes! Ye, your laws are my joy -- they are my most trusted advisors!
Verses 25 - 32): My life is stuck in the dirt. Now make me live again according to your promise! I confessed my ways and you answered me. Now teach me your statutes! Help me understand what your precepts are about so I can contemplate your wondrous works! My spirit sags because of grief. Now raise me up according to your promise! Remove all false ways from me; show mercy to me by means of your Instruction. I've chosen the way of faithfulness; I'm set on your rules. I'm holding tight to your laws, LORD. Please don't let me be put to shame. I run the same path as your commandments because you give my heart insight.
Verses 33 - 40): LORD, teach me what your statutes are about, and I will guard every part of them.
Help me understand so I can guard your Instruction and keep it with all my heart.
Lead me on the trail of your commandments because that is what I want. Turn my heart to your laws, not to greedy gain.
Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Make me live by your way.
Confirm your promise to your servant -- the promise that is for all those who honor you.
Remove the insults that I dread because your rules are good.
Look how I desire your precepts!
Make me live by your righteousness.
Verses 41 - 48 = LORD, let your faithful love come to me -- let your salvation come to me according to your promise --
so I can have a response for those who mock me, because I have trusted in your word!
Please don't take your true word out of my mouth, because I have waited for your rules.
I always keep your Instruction always and forever! I will walk around in wide-open spaces, because I have pursued you precepts.
I will talk about your laws before rulers with no shame whatsoever.
I will rejoice in you commandments because I love them.
I will lift up hands to your commandments because I love them,
and I will contemplate all your statutes.
verses 49 - 56 =
Remember your promise to your servant, for which you made me wait.
My comfort during my suffering is this:
your word gives me new life.
The arrogant make fun of me to no end, but I haven't deviated from your Instruction.
When I remember your ancient rules, I'm comforted LORD.
But I'm seized with anger because of the wicked --
because of those who abandon your Instruction.
Your statues have been my songs of praise wherever I lived as an immigrant.
LORD, I remember your name at nighttime, and I keep your Instruction.
This has been my practice because I guard your precepts.
Verses 57 - 64: The LORD is my possession. I promise to do what you have said. I've sought your favor with all my heart; have mercy on me according to your word. I've considered my ways and turned my feet back to your laws. I hurry to keep your commandments -- I never put it off! Though the wicked have surrounded me with their ropes, I haven't forgotten your Instruction. I get up in the middle of the night to give thanks to you because of your righteous rules. I'm a friend to everyone who honors you and to all who keep your precepts.
LORD, the world is full of your faithful love! Teach me your statutes!
Verses 65 - 72: You have treated your servant well, LORD, according to your promise. Teach me knowledge an good judgment because I've put my trust in your commandments. Before I suffered, I took the wrong way, but now I do what you say.
You are good and you do good. Teach me your statutes!
The arrogant cover me with their lies, but I guard your precepts with all my heart.
Their hearts are unfeeling, like blubber, but I rejoice in your Instruction.
My suffering was good for me,
because through it I learned your statutes. The Instruction you've given tome is better than thousands of pieces of gold and silver!
Verses 73 - 80: Your hands have made me and set me in place. Help me understand so I can learn your commandments.
Then those who honor you will see me and be glad because I have waited for your promise. LORD, I knew that your rules are right and that you rightly made me suffer.
Please let your faithful love comfort me, according to what you've said to your servant.
Let your compassion come to me so I can live again, because your Instruction is my joy!
But let the arrogant be ashamed because they oppressed me with lies -- meanwhile, I will be contemplating your precepts!
Let the people who honor you come back to me; let those who know your precepts return to me.
Let my heart be blameless in your statutes so that I am not pt in shame.
Verses 81 - 88: My whole being yearns for our saving help!
I wait for your promise.
My eyes are won out looking for your word.
"When will you comfort me?" I ask,
because I've become like a bottle dried up by smoke, though I haven't forgotten your statutes.
How much more time does your servant have?
When will you bring my oppressors to justice?
The arrogant have dug pits for me -- those people who act against your Instruction.
All your commandments are true, but people harass me for no reason. Help me! They've almost wiped me off the face of the earth!
Meanwhile I haven't abandoned your precepts! Make me live again according to your faithful love so I can keep the law you've given!
verses 89 - 96: Your word, LORD, stands firm in heaven forever!
Your faithfulness extends from one generation to the next!
Your set the earth firmly in place, and it is still there. Your rules endure to this day because everything serves you.
If your Instruction hadn't been my delight, I would have died because of my suffering. I will never forget your precepts because through them you gave me life again. I'm yours -- save me because I've pursued your precepts!
The wicked wait for me, wanting to kill me, but I'm studying you laws,
I've seen that everything, no matter how perfect, has a limit, but your commandment is boundless.
Verses 97 - 104): I love your Instruction! I think about it constantly.
Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies because it is always with me.
I have greater insight than all my teachers because I guard your precepts.
I haven't set my feet on any evil path so I can make sure to keep your word.
I haven't deviated rom any of your rules because are the one who has taught me.
Your word is so pleasing to my taste buds -- it's sweeter than honey in my mouth! I'm studying your precepts -- that's why I hate very false path.
Verses 105 - 112): Your word is a lamp before my feet and a light for my journey.
I have sworn, and I fully mean it: I will keep your righteous rules.
I have been suffering so much -- LORD, make me live again according to your promise.
Please, LORD, accept my spontaneous gifts of praise. Teach me your rules!
though my life is constantly in danger, I won't forget your Instruction.
Though the wicked have set a trap for me, I won't stray from your precepts.
Your laws are my possession forever because they are my heart's joy.
I have decided to keep your statutes forever, every last one.
(Verses 113 - 120): I hate fickle people, but I love your Instruction.
You are my shelter and my shield -- I wait for your promise.
Get away from me, you evildoers; I want to guard my God's commandments!
Sustain me according to your word so I can live! Don't let me be put to shame because of hope.
Support me so I can be saved and so I can focus constantly on your statutes.
You discard everyone who strays from your statutes because they are dishonest and false.
You dispose of all the wicked people on earth like waste -- that's why I love your laws.
My body shudders because I fear you; I'm in awe of your rules.
(Verses 121 - 128): I've done what is just and right. Don't just hand me over to my oppressors.
Guarantee good things for your servant. Please don't let the arrogant oppress me.
My eyes are worn out looking for your saving help -- looking for your word that will set things right.
Act toward your servant according to your faithful love. Teach me your statutes!
I'm your servant! Help me understand so I can know your laws.
It is time for the LORD to do something! Your Instruction has been broken.
But I love your commandments more than gold, even more than pure gold.
That's why I walk straight by every single one of your precepts.
That's why I hate every false path.
(Verses 129 - 136): Your laws are wonderful! That's why I guard them. Access to your words gives light, giving simple folk understanding. I open my mouth up wide, panting, because I long for your commandments.
Come back to me and have mercy; that's only right for those who love your name.
Keep my steps steady by your word; don't let any sin rule me.
Redeem me from the people who oppress me so I can keep your precepts.
Show your face on your servant, and teach me your statutes.
Rivers of tears stream from my eyes because your Instruction isn't being kept.
Verses 137 - 144 :
LORD, you are righteous and your rules are right.
The laws you commanded are righteous completely trustworthy.
Anger consumes me because my enemies have forgotten what you've said.
Your word has been tried and tested; your servant loves your word!
I'm insignificant and unpopular, but I don't forget your precepts.
You're righteousness lasts forever! Your Instruction is true!
Stress and strain have caught up wit me, but your commandments are my joy!
Your laws are righteous forever.
Help me understand so I can live!
Verses 145 - 152: I cry out with all my heart: "LORD, answer me so I can guard your statutes!" I cry out to you, "Save me, so I can keep your laws!"
I meet predawn light and cry for help. I wait for your promise.
My eyes encounter each hour of the night as I think about your word. Listen to my voice, according to your faithful love.
LORD, make me live again, according to your justice.
The people who love to plot wicked schemes are nearby, but they are so far from your Instruction!
But you, LORD, are nearby too, and all your commandments are true.
Long ago I learned from your laws that you had established them forever.
Verses 153 - 160: Look at my suffering and deliver me because I haven't forgotten your Instruction. Argue my case and redeem me. Make me live again by your word. Salvation is far from the wicked because they haven't pursued your statutes. You have so much compassion, LORD -- make me live again, according to your rules.
My oppressors and enemies are many, but I haven't turned away from your laws.
I look on the faithless, and I am disgusted because they haven't kept your word.
Look at how much I love your precepts. Make me live again, LORD, according to your faithful love!
The first thin to know about your word is tat it is true and that all your righteous rules last forever.
Verses 161 - 8: Rulers oppress me without cause, but my heart honor what you've said. I'm overjoyed at your word, like someone who finds great treasure. I hate, I absolutely despise, what is false, but I'm in love with your Instruction. I praise you seven times a day for your righteous rules.
The people who love your Instruction enjoy peace -- and lots of it. There's no stumbling for them! LORD, I wait for your saving help. I do what you've commanded.
I keep your laws; I love them so much!
I keep your precepts and your laws because all my ways are seen by you.
Verses 169 - 176: Let my cry reach you, LORD; help me understand according to what you've said.
Let my request for grace come before you; deliver me according to your promise! Let my lips overflow with praise because you've taught me your statutes. Let my tongue declare your word, because all your commandments are righteous.
Let your power help me because I have chosen your precepts.
LORD, I long or your saving help! Your Instruction is my joy!
Let me live again so I can praise you! Let your rules help me!
I've wandered off like a sheep, lost. Find your servant because I haven't forgotten your commandments!
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