1. Those whose way is blameless—who walk in the Lord’s Instruction—are truly happy!
2. Those who guard God’s laws are truly happy!They seek God with all their hearts.
3. They don’t even do anything wrong!They walk in God’s ways.
4. God, you have ordered that your decreesshould be kept most carefully.
5. How I wish my ways were strongwhen it comes to keeping your statutes!
6. Then I wouldn’t be ashamedwhen I examine all your commandments.
7. I will give thanks to you with a heart that does rightas I learn your righteous rules.
8. I will keep your statutes.Please don’t leave me all alone!
9. How can young people keep their paths pure?By guarding them according to what you’ve said.
10. I have sought you with all my heart.Don’t let me stray from any of your commandments!
11. I keep your word close, in my heart,so that I won’t sin against you.
12. You, Lord, are to be blessed!Teach me your statutes.
13. I will declare out loudall the rules you have spoken.
14. I rejoice in the content of your lawsas if I were rejoicing over great wealth.
15. I will think about your preceptsand examine all your paths.
16. I will delight in your statutes;I will not forget what you have said.
17. Be good to your servant so I can go on livingand keeping your word.
18. Open my eyes so I can examinethe wonders of your Instruction!
19. I’m an immigrant in the land.Don’t hide your commandments from me!
20. I’m worn out by longingevery minute for your rules!
21. You rebuke the arrogant, accursed peoplewho stray from your commandments.
22. Take all their insults and contempt away from mebecause I’ve kept your laws!
23. Even if rulers gather and scheme against me,your servant will contemplate your statutes!
24. Yes, your laws are my joy—they are my most trusted advisors!
25. My life is stuck in the dirt.Now make me live again according to your promise!
26. I confessed my ways and you answered me.Now teach me your statutes!
27. Help me understand what your precepts are aboutso I can contemplate your wondrous works!
28. My spirit sags because of grief.Now raise me up according to your promise!
29. Remove all false ways from me;show mercy to me by means of your Instruction.
30. I’ve chosen the way of faithfulness;I’m set on your rules.
31. I’m holding tight to your laws, Lord.Please don’t let me be put to shame.
32. I run the same path as your commandmentsbecause you give my heart insight.
33. Lord, teach me what your statutes are about,and I will guard every part of them.
34. Help me understand so I can guard your Instructionand keep it with all my heart.
35. Lead me on the trail of your commandmentsbecause that is what I want.
36. Turn my heart to your laws,not to greedy gain.
37. Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things.Make me live by your way.
38. Confirm your promise to your servant—the promise that is for all those who honor you.
39. Remove the insults that I dreadbecause your rules are good.
40. Look how I desire your precepts!Make me live by your righteousness.
41. Lord, let your faithful love come to me—let your salvation come to me according to your promise—
42. so I can have a response for those who mock mebecause I have trusted in your word!
43. Please don’t take your true word out of my mouth,because I have waited for your rules.
44. I will always keep your Instruction,always and forever!
45. I will walk around in wide-open spaces,because I have pursued your precepts.
46. I will talk about your lawsbefore rulers with no shame whatsoever.
47. I will rejoice in your commandmentsbecause I love them.
48. I will lift up my hands to your commandmentsbecause I love them,and I will contemplate all your statutes.
49. Remember your promise to your servant,for which you made me wait.
50. My comfort during my suffering is this:your word gives me new life.
51. The arrogant make fun of me to no end,but I haven’t deviated from your Instruction.
52. When I remember your ancient rules,I’m comforted, Lord.
53. But I’m seized with anger because of the wicked—because of those who abandon your Instruction.
54. Your statutes have been my songs of praisewherever I lived as an immigrant.
55. Lord, I remember your name at nighttime,and I keep your Instruction.
56. This has been my practicebecause I guard your precepts.
57. The Lord is my possession.I promise to do what you have said.
58. I’ve sought your favor with all my heart;have mercy on me according to your word.
59. I’ve considered my ways and turned my feet back to your laws.
60. I hurry to keep your commandments—I never put it off!
61. Though the wicked have surrounded me with their ropes,I haven’t forgotten your Instruction.
62. I get up in the middle of the night to give thanks to youbecause of your righteous rules.
63. I’m a friend to everyone who honors youand to all who keep your precepts.
64. Lord, the world is full of your faithful love!Teach me your statutes!
65. You have treated your servant well,Lord, according to your promise.
66. Teach me knowledge and good judgmentbecause I’ve put my trust in your commandments.
67. Before I suffered, I took the wrong way,but now I do what you say.
68. You are good and you do good.Teach me your statutes!
69. The arrogant cover me with their lies,but I guard your precepts with all my heart.
70. Their hearts are unfeeling, like blubber,but I rejoice in your Instruction.
71. My suffering was good for me,because through it I learned your statutes.
72. The Instruction you’ve given to me is betterthan thousands of pieces of gold and silver!
73. Your hands have made me and set me in place.Help me understand so I can learn your commandments.
74. Then those who honor you will see me and be gladbecause I have waited for your promise.
75. Lord, I know that your rules are rightand that you rightly made me suffer.
76. Please let your faithful love comfort me,according to what you’ve said to your servant.
77. Let your compassion come to me so I can live again,because your Instruction is my joy!
78. But let the arrogant be ashamedbecause they oppressed me with lies—meanwhile, I will be contemplating your precepts!
79. Let the people who honor you come back to me;let those who know your precepts return to me.
80. Let my heart be blameless in your statutesso that I am not put to shame.
81. My whole being yearns for your saving help!I wait for your promise.
82. My eyes are worn out looking for your word."When will you comfort me?" I ask,
83. because I’ve become like a bottle dried up by smoke,though I haven’t forgotten your statutes.
84. How much more time does your servant have?When will you bring my oppressors to justice?
85. The arrogant have dug pits for me—those people who act against your Instruction.
86. All your commandments are true,but people harass me for no reason.Help me!
87. They’ve almost wiped me off the face of the earth!Meanwhile, I haven’t abandoned your precepts!
88. Make me live again according to your faithful loveso I can keep the law you’ve given!
89. Your word, Lord, stands firm in heaven forever!
90. Your faithfulness extends from one generation to the next!You set the earth firmly in place, and it is still there.
91. Your rules endure to this daybecause everything serves you.
92. If your Instruction hadn’t been my delight,I would have died because of my suffering.
93. I will never forget your preceptsbecause through them you gave me life again.
94. I’m yours—save mebecause I’ve pursued your precepts!
95. The wicked wait for me,wanting to kill me, but I’m studying your laws.
96. I’ve seen that everything,no matter how perfect, has a limit,but your commandment is boundless.
97. I love your Instruction!I think about it constantly.
98. Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemiesbecause it is always with me.
99. I have greater insight than all my teachersbecause I contemplate your laws.
100. I have more understanding than the eldersbecause I guard your precepts.
101. I haven’t set my feet on any evil pathso I can make sure to keep your word.
102. I haven’t deviated from any of your rulesbecause you are the one who has taught me.
103. Your word is so pleasing to my taste buds—it’s sweeter than honey in my mouth!
104. I’m studying your precepts—that’s why I hate every false path.
105. Your word is a lamp before my feetand a light for my journey.
106. I have sworn, and I fully mean it:I will keep your righteous rules.
107. I have been suffering so much—Lord, make me live again according to your promise.
108. Please, Lord, accept my spontaneous gifts of praise.Teach me your rules!
109. Though my life is constantly in danger,I won’t forget your Instruction.
110. Though the wicked have set a trap for me,I won’t stray from your precepts.
111. Your laws are my possession foreverbecause they are my heart’s joy.
112. I have decided to keep your statutes forever, every last one.
113. I hate fickle people,but I love your Instruction.
114. You are my shelter and my shield—I wait for your promise.
115. Get away from me, you evildoers;I want to guard my God’s commandments!
116. Sustain me according to your word so I can live!Don’t let me be put to shame because of hope.
117. Support me so I can be savedand so I can focus constantly on your statutes.
118. You discard everyone who strays from your statutesbecause they are dishonest and false.
119. You dispose of all the wicked people on earth like waste—that’s why I love your laws.
120. My body shudders because I fear you;I’m in awe of your rules.
121. I’ve done what is just and right.Don’t just hand me over to my oppressors.
122. Guarantee good things for your servant.Please don’t let the arrogant oppress me.
123. My eyes are worn out looking for your saving help—looking for your word that will set things right.
124. Act toward your servant according to your faithful love.Teach me your statutes!
125. I’m your servant!Help me understand so I can know your laws.
126. It is time for the Lord to do something!Your Instruction has been broken.
127. But I love your commandmentsmore than gold, even more than pure gold.
128. That’s why I walk straight by every single one of your precepts.That’s why I hate every false path.
129. Your laws are wonderful!That’s why I guard them.
130. Access to your words gives light,giving simple folk understanding.
131. I open my mouth up wide, panting,because I long for your commandments.
132. Come back to me and have mercy on me;that’s only right for those who love your name.
133. Keep my steps steady by your word;don’t let any sin rule me.
134. Redeem me from the people who oppress meso I can keep your precepts.
135. Shine your face on your servant,and teach me your statutes.
136. Rivers of tears stream from my eyesbecause your Instruction isn’t being kept.
137. Lord, you are righteous,and your rules are right.
138. The laws you commanded are righteous,completely trustworthy.
139. Anger consumes mebecause my enemies have forgotten what you’ve said.
140. Your word has been tried and tested;your servant loves your word!
141. I’m insignificant and unpopular,but I don’t forget your precepts.
142. Your righteousness lasts forever!Your Instruction is true!
143. Stress and strain have caught up with me,but your commandments are my joy!
144. Your laws are righteous forever.Help me understand so I can live!
145. I cry out with all my heart:"Lord, answer me so I can guard your statutes!"
146. I cry out to you, "Save meso I can keep your laws!"
147. I meet the predawn light and cry for help.I wait for your promise.
148. My eyes encounter each hour of the nightas I think about your word.
149. Listen to my voice, according to your faithful love.Lord, make me live again, according to your justice.
150. The people who love to plot wicked schemes are nearby,but they are so far from your Instruction!
151. But you, Lord, are nearby too,and all your commandments are true.
152. Long ago I learned from your lawsthat you had established them forever.
153. Look at my suffering and deliver mebecause I haven’t forgotten your Instruction.
154. Argue my case and redeem me.Make me live again by your word.
155. Salvation is far from the wickedbecause they haven’t pursued your statutes.
156. You have so much compassion, Lord—make me live again, according to your rules.
157. My oppressors and enemies are many,but I haven’t turned away from your laws.
158. I look on the faithless, and I am disgustedbecause they haven’t kept your word.
159. Look at how much I love your precepts.Make me live again, Lord, according to your faithful love!
160. The first thing to know about your word is that it is trueand that all your righteous rules last forever.
161. Rulers oppress me without cause,but my heart honors what you’ve said.
162. I’m overjoyed at your word,like someone who finds great treasure.
163. I hate, I absolutely despise, what is false,but I’m in love with your Instruction.
164. I praise you seven times a dayfor your righteous rules.
165. The people who love your Instruction enjoy peace—and lots of it.There’s no stumbling for them!
166. Lord, I wait for your saving help.I do what you’ve commanded.
167. I keep your laws;I love them so much!
168. I keep your precepts and your lawsbecause all my ways are seen by you.
169. Let my cry reach you, Lord;help me understand according to what you’ve said.
170. Let my request for grace come before you;deliver me according to your promise!
171. Let my lips overflow with praisebecause you’ve taught me your statutes.
172. Let my tongue declare your word,because all your commandments are righteous.
173. Let your power help mebecause I have chosen your precepts.
174. Lord, I long for your saving help!Your Instruction is my joy!
175. Let me live again so I can praise you!Let your rules help me!
176. I’ve wandered off like a sheep, lost.Find your servantbecause I haven’t forgottenyour commandments!