- Alleluia. ALEPH. Blessed are the immaculate in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord
- Blessed are those who examine his testimonies. They seek him with their whole heart
- For those who work iniquity have not walked in his ways
- You have ordered your commandments to be kept most diligently
- I wish that my ways may be directed so as to keep your justifications
- Then I will not be confounded, when I will look into all your commandments
- I will confess to you with honesty of heart. In this way, I have learned the judgments of your justice
- I will keep your justifications. Do not utterly abandon me
- BETH. By what does an adolescent correct his way? By keeping to your words
- With my whole heart, I have sought you. Do not let me be driven away from your commandments
- I have hidden your eloquence in my heart, so that I may not sin against you
- Blessed are you, O Lord. Teach me your justifications
- With my lips, I have pronounced all the judgments of your mouth
- I have been delighted in the way of your testimonies, as if in all riches
- I will be trained in your commandments, and I will consider your ways
- I will meditate on your justifications. I will not forget your words
- GHIMEL. Repay your servant, revive me; and I will keep your words
- Reveal to my eyes, and I will consider the wonders of your law
- I am a sojourner on the earth. Do not hide your commandments from me
- My soul has longed to desire your justifications at all times
- You have rebuked the arrogant. Those who decline from your commandments are accursed
- Take me away from disgrace and contempt, for I have sought your testimonies
- For even the leaders sat and spoke against me. But your servant has been trained in your justifications
- For your testimonies are also my meditation, and your justifications are my counsel
- DALETH. My soul has adhered to the pavement. Revive me according to your word
- I have declared my ways, and you have heeded me. Teach me your justifications
- Instruct me in the way of your justifications, and I will be trained in your wonders
- My soul has slumbered because of weariness. Confirm me in your words
- Remove the way of iniquity from me, and have mercy on me by your law
- I have chosen the way of truth. I have not forgotten your judgments
- I have adhered to your testimonies, O Lord. Do not be willing to confound me
- I have run by way of your commandments, when you enlarged my heart
- HE. O Lord, place the law before me, the way of your justifications, and I will always inquire into it
- Give me understanding, and I will examine your law. And I will keep it with my whole heart
- Lead me according to the path of your commandments, for I have desired this
- Bend my heart with your testimonies, and not with avarice
- Turn my eyes away, lest they see what is vain. Revive me in your way
- Station your eloquence with your servant, along with your fear
- Cut off my disgrace, which I have taken up, for your judgments are delightful
- Behold, I have longed for your commandments. Revive me in your fairness
- VAU. And let your mercy overwhelm me, O Lord: your salvation according to your eloquence
- And I will respond to those who reproach me by word, for I have hoped in your words
- And do not utterly take away the word of truth from my mouth. For in your judgments, I have hoped beyond hope
- And I will always keep your law, in this age and forever and ever
- And I have wandered far and wide, because I was seeking your commandments
- And I spoke of your testimonies in the sight of kings, and I was not confounded
- And I meditated on your commandments, which I loved
- And I lifted up my hands to your commandments, which I loved. And I was trained in your justifications
- ZAIN. Be mindful of your word to your servant, by which you have given me hope
- This has consoled me in my humiliation, for your word has revived me
- The arrogant act altogether iniquitously, but I have not turned aside from your law
- I called to mind your judgments of antiquity, O Lord, and I was consoled
- Faintness has taken hold of me, because of the sinners, those who abandon your law
- Your justifications were the subject of my worthy singing, in the place of my pilgrimage
- During the night, I remembered your name, O Lord, and I kept your law
- This has happened to me because I sought your justifications
- HETH. O Lord, my portion, I have said that I would keep your law
- I have beseeched your face with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word
- I have considered my ways, and I have turned my feet toward your testimonies
- I have been prepared, and I have not been disturbed, so that I may keep your commandments
- The ropes of the impious have encircled me, and I have not forgotten your law
- I arose in the middle of the night to confess to you, over the judgments of your justification
- I am a partaker with all those who fear you and who keep your commandments
- The earth, O Lord, is full of your mercy. Teach me your justifications
- TETH. You have done well with your servant, O Lord, according to your word
- Teach me goodness and discipline and knowledge, for I have trusted your commandments
- Before I was humbled, I committed offenses; because of this, I have kept to your word
- You are good, so in your goodness teach me your justifications
- The iniquity of the arrogant has been multiplied over me. Yet I will examine your commandments with all my heart
- Their heart has been curdled like milk. Truly, I have meditated on your law
- It is good for me that you humbled me, so that I may learn your justifications
- The law of your mouth is good for me, beyond thousands of gold and silver pieces
- IOD. Your hands have created me and formed me. Give me understanding, and I will learn your commandments
- Those who fear you will see me, and they will rejoice. For I have greatly hoped in your words
- I know, O Lord, that your judgments are fairness. And in your truth, you have humbled me
- Let it be your mercy that consoles me, according to your eloquence to your servant
- Let your compassion draw near to me, and I will live. For your law is my meditation
- Let the arrogant be confounded, for unjustly they have done iniquity to me. But I will be trained in your commandments
- Let those who fear you turn to me, along with those who know your testimonies
- Let my heart be immaculate in your justifications, so that I may not be confounded
- CAPH. My soul has faltered in your salvation, yet in your word, I have hoped beyond hope
- My eyes have failed in your eloquence, saying, “When will you console me?
- For I have become like a wineskin in the frost. I have not forgotten your justifications
- How many are the days of your servant? When will you bring judgment against those who persecute me
- The iniquitous have spoken fables to me. But these are unlike your law
- All your commandments are truth. They have been persecuting me unjustly: assist me
- They have nearly consumed me on earth. Yet I have not forsaken your commandments
- Revive me according to your mercy. And I will keep the testimonies of your mouth
- LAMED. O Lord, your word remains firm in heaven, for all eternity
- Your truth is from generation to generation. You have founded the earth, and it remains firm
- By your ordinance, the day perseveres. For all things are in service to you
- If your law had not been my meditation, then perhaps I would have perished in my humiliation
- I will not forget your justifications, for eternity. For by them, you have enlivened me
- I am yours. Accomplish my salvation. For I have inquired into your justifications
- The sinners have waited for me, in order to destroy me. I have understood your testimonies
- I have seen the end of the consummation of all things. Your commandment is exceedingly broad
- MEM. How have I loved your law, O Lord? It is my meditation all day long
- By your commandment, you have made me able to see far, beyond my enemies. For it is with me for eternity
- I have understood beyond all my teachers. For your testimonies are my meditation
- I have understood beyond the elders. For I have searched your commandments
- I have prohibited my feet from every evil way, so that I may keep your words
- I have not declined from your judgments, because you have stationed a law for me
- How sweet is your eloquence to my palate, more so than honey to my mouth
- I obtained understanding by your commandments. Because of this, I have hated every way of iniquity
- NUN. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my paths
- I have sworn it, and so I am determined to keep the judgments of your justice
- I have been altogether humbled, Lord. Revive me according to your word
- Make the willing offerings of my mouth well pleasing, Lord, and teach me your judgments
- My soul is always in my hands, and I have not forgotten your law
- Sinners have set a snare for me, yet I have not strayed from your commandments
- I have acquired your testimonies as an inheritance unto eternity, because they are the exultation of my heart
- I have inclined my heart to do your justifications for eternity, as a recompense
- SAMECH. I have hated the iniquitous, and I have loved your law
- You are my helper and my supporter. And in your word, I have greatly hoped
- Turn away from me, you malignant ones. And I will examine the commandments of my God
- Uphold me according to your eloquence, and I will live. And let me not be confounded in my expectation
- Help me, and I will be saved. And I will meditate always on your justifications
- You have despised all those who fell away from your judgments. For their intention is unjust
- I have considered all the sinners of the earth to be transgressors. Therefore, I have loved your testimonies
- Pierce my flesh with your fear, for I am afraid of your judgments
- AIN. I have accomplished judgment and justice. Do not hand me over to those who slander me
- Uphold your servant in what is good. And do not allow the arrogant to slander me
- My eyes have failed in your salvation and in the eloquence of your justice
- Deal with your servant according to your mercy, and teach me your justifications
- I am your servant. Give me understanding, so that I may know your testimonies
- It is time to act, O Lord. They have dissipated your law
- Therefore, I have loved your commandments beyond gold and topaz
- Because of this, I was directed toward all your commandments. I held hatred for every iniquitous way
- PHE. Your testimonies are wonderful. Therefore, my soul has been examined by them
- The declaration of your words illuminates, and it gives understanding to little ones
- I opened my mouth and drew breath, for I desired your commandments
- Gaze upon me and be merciful to me, according to the judgment of those who love your name
- Direct my steps according to your eloquence, and let no injustice rule over me
- Redeem me from the slanders of men, so that I may keep your commandments
- Make your face shine upon your servant, and teach me your justifications
- My eyes have gushed like springs of water, because they have not kept your law
- SADE. You are just, O Lord, and your judgment is right
- You have commanded justice: your testimonies and your truth even more so
- My zeal has caused me to pine away, because my enemies have forgotten your words
- Your eloquence has been greatly enflamed, and your servant has loved it
- I am young and treated with contempt. But I have not forgotten your justifications
- Your justice is justice for all eternity, and your law is truth
- Tribulation and anguish have found me. Your commandments are my meditation
- Your testimonies are fairness unto eternity. Give me understanding, and I will live
- COPH. I cried out with my whole heart. Heed me, O Lord. I will ask for your justifications
- I cried out to you. Save me, so that I may keep your commandments
- I arrived first in maturity, and so I cried out. For in your words, I have hoped beyond hope
- My eyes preceded the dawn for you, so that I might meditate on your eloquence
- Hear my voice according to your mercy, O Lord. And revive me according to your judgment
- Those who persecute me have drawn near to iniquity, but they have been brought far from your law
- You are near, O Lord, and all your ways are truth
- I have known from the beginning about your testimonies. For you founded them in eternity
- RES. See my humiliation and rescue me, for I have not forgotten your law
- Judge my judgment and redeem me. Revive me because of your eloquence
- Salvation is far from sinners, because they have not inquired about your justifications
- Many are your mercies, O Lord. Enliven me according to your judgment
- Many are those who persecute me and who trouble me. I have not turned away from your testimonies
- I saw the prevaricators, and I pine away. For they have not kept your word
- O Lord, see how I have loved your commandments. Revive me in your mercy
- The beginning of your words is truth. All the judgments of your justice are for eternity
- SIN. The leaders have persecuted me without cause. And my heart has been awed by your words
- I will rejoice over your eloquence, like one who has found many spoils
- I have held hatred for iniquity, and I have abhorred it. Yet I have loved your law
- Seven times a day, I uttered praise to you about the judgments of your justice
- Those who love your law have great peace, and there is no scandal for them
- I have waited for your salvation, O Lord. And I have loved your commandments
- My soul has kept to your testimonies and has loved them exceedingly
- I have served your commandments and your testimonies. For all my ways are before your sight
- TAU. O Lord, let my supplication draw near in your sight. Grant understanding to me according to your eloquence
- Let my petition enter before you. Rescue me according to your word
- A hymn will burst forth from my lips, when you will teach me your justifications
- My tongue will pronounce your eloquence. For all your commandments are fairness
- Let it be your hand that saves me. For I have chosen your commandments
- O Lord, I have longed for your salvation, and your law is my meditation
- My soul will live and will praise you, and your judgments will assist me
- I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost. Seek out your servant, for I have not forgotten your commandments