1. ALEPH. Blessed are those who walk in the perfect way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
2. Blessed are those that keep his testimonies and that seek him with their whole heart.
3. For those who do no iniquity walk in his ways.
4. Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
5. O that my ways were ordered to keep thy statutes!
6. Then I shall not be ashamed, when I have insight unto all thy commandments.
7. I will praise thee with uprightness of heart when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
8. I will keep thy statutes; O do not utterly forsake me.
9. BETH. With what shall a young man cleanse his way? when he shall keep thy word.
10. With my whole heart I have sought thee; O let me not err from thy commandments.
11. Thy spoken word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin against thee.
12. Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy statutes.
13. With my lips I have declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
14. I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies as above all riches.
15. I will meditate in thy precepts and consider thy ways.
16. I will delight myself in thy statutes; I will not forget thy words.
17. GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy slave that I may live and keep thy word.