The preceptsof the LORDare right,rejoicingthe heart;The commandmentof the LORDis pure,enlighteningthe eyes.
The wordsof the LORDare purewords;As silvertriedin a furnaceon the earth,refinedseventimes.
Your wordis a lampto my feetAnd a lightto my path.
Your wordswere foundand I atethem, And Your wordsbecamefor me a joyand the delightof my heart;For I have been calledby Your name,O LORDGodof hosts.
Everywordof Godis tested;He is a shieldto those who takerefugein Him.
ThereforeI esteemrightall[Your] preceptsconcerning everything,I hateeveryfalse~way.Pe.
For the LORDgiveswisdom;From His mouth[come] knowledgeand understanding.
IfYour lawhad not been my delight,ThenI would have perishedin my affliction.
May my heartbe blamelessin Your statutes,So that I will not be ashamed.Kaph.
For the commandmentis a lampand the teachingis light;And reproofsfor disciplineare the wayof life
For I joyfully concurwith the lawof Godin the innerman,
"For throughthe LawI diedto the Law,sothat I might liveto God.
becauseby the worksof the Lawnofleshwill be justifiedin His sight;for throughthe Law[comes] the knowledgeof sin.
Whatshall we saythen?Is the Lawsin?May it neverbe! On the contrary,I would not have come to knowsinexceptthroughthe Law;for I would not have known aboutcovetingifthe Lawhad not said,"YOU SHALL NOT COVET."
I shall delightin Your statutes;I shall not forgetYour word.Gimel.
I have rejoicedin the wayof Your testimonies,As muchas in allriches.
"I will putMy Spiritwithinyou and causeyou to walkin My statutes,and you will be carefulto observeMy ordinances.
Let my lipsutterpraise,For You teachme Your statutes.
Troubleand anguishhave comeupon me, [Yet] Your commandmentsare my delight.
The unfoldingof Your wordsgiveslight;It givesunderstandingto the simple.
I have donejusticeand righteousness;Do not leaveme to my oppressors.
Behold,I longfor Your precepts;Reviveme through Your righteousness.Vav.
Blessedare You, O LORD;Teachme Your statutes.
Sothat they might keepHis statutesAnd observeHis laws,Praisethe LORD!
I delightto doYour will,O my God;Your Lawis withinmy heart."
Consider[and] answerme, O LORDmy God;Enlightenmy eyes,orI will sleepthe [sleep of] death,
"Whenthey havea dispute,it comesto me, and I judgebetweena manand his neighborand makeknownthe statutesof Godand His laws."
becauseAbrahamobeyedMe and keptMy charge,My commandments,My statutesand My laws."
Is the Lawthencontraryto the promisesof God?May it neverbe! For ifa lawhad been givenwhich was ableto impart life,then righteousnesswould indeedhave beenbasedon law.
You meethim who rejoicesin doingrighteousness,Who remembersYou in Your ways.Behold,You were angry,for we sinned,[We continued] in them a longtime;And shall we be saved?
Your statutesare my songsIn the houseof my pilgrimage.
Your testimoniesalsoare my delight;[They are] my counselors.Daleth.
"Then You camedownon MountSinai,And spokewith them from heaven;You gavethem justordinancesand true laws,Goodstatutesand commandments.
Allthe peoplewentaway to eat,to drink,to sendportionsand to celebratea greatfestival,becausethey understoodthe wordswhichhad been madeknownto them.
and you shall rejoicein your feast,you and your sonand your daughterand your maleand femaleservantsand the Leviteand the strangerand the orphanand the widowwhoare in your towns.
and you shall rejoicebeforethe LORDyour God,you and your sonand your daughterand your maleand femaleservantsand the Levitewhois in your town,and the strangerand the orphanand the widowwhoare in your midst,in the placewherethe LORDyour Godchoosesto establishHis name.
"The statutesand the ordinancesand the lawand the commandmentwhichHe wrotefor you, you shall observeto doforever;and you shall not fearothergods.
Your testimoniesare fullyconfirmed;HolinessbefitsYour house,O LORD,forevermore.
The worksof His handsare truthand justice;AllHis preceptsare sure.
