Transliterated Hebrew uses our alphabet and typical phonics to provide Hebrew pronunciation to non-Hebrew reading people.
• Abba
An affectionate way to say father
dear father or daddy
• Acharit HaYamim
The end of the days
The end times when the Olam Hazeh comes to a close and the Olam Haba is about to begin.
• Adam
The first man
generically "man" or "human"
• Adar
Sixth month of Hebrew civil calendar: February-March.
• Adonai
My Lord, Lord of all
Spoken by Jewish people instead of God's personal name YHVH ("Jehovah or Yahweh").
• Adonai EloheiTzva'ot
Lord God of Hosts
• Adonai Eloheinu
Lord our God
• Adonai Elohim
The Lord God
• Afikoman(al. Afikomen)
Half of the central matzah broken off and put away at the beginning of the meal
Greek word meaning that which comes after or "dessert".
It is represented in a broken piece of matzah wrapped in linen and buried (hidden).
This piece of the ceremonial matzah is the final thing eaten at the Passover seder meal.
• Aggadah(al. Agada, Agadah) pl. Agadot
Stories
Parables
• Alef
The first letter of the Hebrew Alef-Beyt (alphabet)
• Al Netilat Yadayim
The blessing over the washing of hands before the meal.
• Aliyah pl. Aliyot
Literally: going up.
To "have an aliyah" refers to the honor of being called up to the bimah to recite or chant the blessings over the Torah.
To "make aliyah" or "go on aliyah" means to immigrate to Israel.
• Amen
It is true, so be it, may it become true.
• Amidah
Standing prayer, quietly murmured, that is part of each daily service in the synagogue, alternatively called the Tefillah or the Shemoneh Esre.
• Apocrypha
A Greek adjective in the neuter plural (from apokruphos, “hidden, concealed”) denotes strictly “things concealed.”
Old Testament Apocrypha, specifically the fourteen books written after the Old Testament canon was closed and which, being the least remote from the canonical books, laid strongest claim to canonicity.
The body of Jewish literature written between the second century B.C. and the second century A.D., not included in the canon of the Hebrew Bible.
• Aravah pl. Aravot
Willow branch taken as one of the four species on the Feast of Tabernacles. Arba'ah Minim (al. the Four Species) - Palm, myrtle, willow and citron; another name for the lulav and etrog together, used on Sukkot.
• Ariel
Lion of God
Fireplace on God's altar
• Aron haKodesh
Literally: the Holy Ark.
The special cabinet in which the Torah scrolls are kept in the synagogue
The Holy Ark is called Heichal in Sephardic synagogues.
• Aseret Yemei Teshuvah
The ten days of penitence.
• Ashkenazi pl. Ashkenazim
Referring to Jews of Central and Eastern European origin.
• Athid Lavo
The coming age.
• Atzeret
Conclusion
Used for concluding observance of festival.
Word derived from "gathering" or "detention," original meanings.
Shemini Atzeret is concluding day of Sukkoth.
Atzeret is Talmudic term for Shavuot, conclusion of Omer count.
A festive gathering for the conclusion of a festive season, a concluding feast.
• Av
Eleventh month of Hebrew calendar.
• Avinu
our father
• Avinu Malkenu
Literally: our Father, our King.
A prayer of supplication recited on Yom Kippur.
A prayer said on the Days of Penitence and fast days.
• Aviv
Also called Abib.
Nisan was known as Aviv/Abib prior to Babylonian captivity
• Ayin
16th letter of the Hebrew alef-beit (alphabet)
• Azarah pl. Azarot
The Temple Courtyard.
Ezrat Nashim - the outer Courtyard in the Sanctuary.
• Azazel
scapegoat
Goat sent into the wilderness signifying removal of the nation's sins
• Bar / Bat (al. Bas) Mitzvah
Literally: son / daughter of the commandment.
Ceremony marking a youngster's reaching the age of religious majority, traditionally thirteen for boys and twelve for girls; in many congregations, thirteen for girls as well.
• Baruch
Bless, blessed
• Beit HaMikdash (al. Bayt, Bet)
House of Sanctity; synagogue.
The sanctuary or Temple in Jerusalem.
• Beit Lechem
Bethlehem
House of bread
Birthplace of Yeshua and King David.
• Betzah
Roasted egg, a symbol for the second sacrifice of Passover.
• Beyt (Beit, Beth)
The second letter of the Hebrew Alef-Beyt (alphabet)
• Bikkurim (al. Bikurim)
The Offering of the First Fruit.
Barley harvest
First fruit
• Bimah
The raised platform in the synagogue from which the Torah is read and from which worship services are usually conducted.
The platform is called tevah in Sephardic synagogues.
Reader's stand in synagogue.
• Binyamin (Benjamin)
One of Jacob's (Ya'akov) 12 sons
One of the 12 Tribes of Israel
The Name means "son of the right hand"
• Birkat haChodesh
The blessing of the New Moon.
• Birkat haMazon
Benediction over food; grace after meals.
• B'rakhah, B'rakhot
Blessing(s), Benediction(s)
• B'rit
Covenant, Contract
• B'rit Hadashah
Renewed Covenant, New Testament
B'rit Chadasha/Hadashah
• Chametz
Leavening
Yeast, baking powder, mixes with a leavening agent, bread and bread crumbs.
Literally sour
Chanukkah
Hanukah, Hanukkah, Chanukah
dedication
name of the winter holiday commemorating the Maccabean victory over the Syrians in 165 BCE.
• Chanukiah
an eight- branched menorah
• Cohen or cohenim
Priest or priests
• Cohen HaGadol
The High Priest
• Derech(Der-REK)
Way, Path, Journey.
Custom
• Diaspora
Dispersion of the Jewish people from Israel
Dispersion of the houses of Judah and Ephraim from Israel
• Eloheinu (al.Elohinu or Elohenu)
Our God
• Elohim
God
gods, judges
• El Shaddai
God Almighty
• Eretz Yisra'el
The Land of Israel
• Etrog
A fruit, usually a citron
Used during Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles)
• Gulgolta
Hill called the Skull on which Yeshua was crucified
Sometimes refered to as Calgary
Some believe this to be Mt.Moriah, the site of Avraham/Abraham's 'sacrifice' of Yitz'chak/Isaac
• Hadas
A myrtle branch
Used during Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles)
• Haftarah or Hatarah
Weekly readings from the Nevi'im (Prophets)
Readings selected by sages durring the time when Torah reading was forbidden
Nevi'im reading selected to remind one of the Torah reading
• Haggadah/Haggadot
Hebrew for "the telling"
Named from the Lord's command "tell your son/show your son" in Shemot/Exodus 13:8
Book which relates the Passover story through readings, songs, prayers, foods, in the traditional prescribed order (Seder) around the meal
• Hag Hakatzir
The Feast of Weeks
the official beginning of the summer heavest season (wheat crop specifically)
Shavuot
• Hag HaMatzot
The feast of unleavened bread
• Hallel
Refers to the passages contained in Tehilliim/Psalms 113-118
• Ha satan
The adversary
The evil one
Satan
The devil
• HaShem
The Name
Respectfully refers to the Name of God - YHVH
YHVH - the Tetragramaton - "Yud, Hey, Vey, Hey"
• Havdalah
Separation
The ceremony at the end of Shabbat marking the beginning of the next week.
• Hoshana Rabbah
The last Great Day of the Feast of Tabernacles
The day of the water drawing ceremony.
• Hosheanah
Save now
Hosanna
• K'tuvim
Writings
Books of the Bible known as the Writings
• Lulav
A palm branch
Used during Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles)
• Mattityahu
Matthew
The Book of Matthew.
• Matzah or Matzot
A flat bread made without adding leavening(yeast or baking powder..., a substance that makes the bread rise)
Called the 'bread of affliction'
• Mashiach
Messiah, Christ.
Anointed, an anointed one
• Megillah or Megillot
Scroll or book
Typically refers to the Book of Esther
Five scrolls: Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther
• Melech
King
• Menorah or Menorot
Seven- or eight-branched candelabrum; people commonly refer to an eight- branched Chanukkiah as a menorah...the Lamp of the Sanctuary.
• Mishkan
The Tabernacle
• Mishpakhah
Family
• Mitzrayim
Hebraic equivilent of "Egypt."
Spiritually, a picture of the world and the world's system
• Mitzvah or Mitzvot
Command or commandment.
Principle for living, good deed.
Instructions
• Pascal Lamb
The lamb selected for the Pesach/Passover sacrifice
• Pharaoh
King of Egypt
Considered a god by Egyptians
• P'rushim or Parush
Pharisees
Religious leaders
• Parokhet
Curtain separating the Holy of Holies from the rest of the Beit HaMikdash
• Pesach
Passover
Memorializes the night when the Hebrews were protected by the blood of lambs
Memorializes the night when God's people were redeemed by the blood of The Lamb
One of 3 pilgrim festivals to Jerusalem
• Pilgrim Festival/Feast
Three times a year, the Israelites, according to the instructions of the Torah, went in joyous celebration to Jerusalem.
Three feasts/festivals observed during this time are Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot.
Shalosh Regalim
• Purim
Lots
The observed day usually in March commemerating the deliverance of God's people
The beginning of the Passover season; a time of teshuvah
• Rosh Chodesh
New Moon
New Month
The head of the month
The beginning of the month
• Rosh Hashannah
Head (Start) of the Civil Year
Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teruah)
• Ruach HaKodesh
The Holy Spirit
• Seder (SAY-der)
Hebrew word meaning "set order"
Generally refers to the order of observing the Pesach
• Sefirah
Hebrew word for counting .
• S'firat HaOmer
Counting the Omer
Period of 50 days from Yom HaBikkurim until Shavuot
Link to Blessings
• Shabbat
Sabbath.
Rest, cease.
God's appointed day of rest, a holy convocation.
The seventh day of the week.
Sundown Friday to sundown Saturday.
• Shabbat Chazon (Kah - ZON)
The Shabbat of Vision or Prophecy
Occurs before the fast of Tisha B'Av
Read Yesha'Yahu (Isaiah) 1:1-27, last of the "three readings of affliction"
• Shabbat HaGadol (Hah - gah - DOL)
The GREAT SHABBAT
Preceeds Pesach
The selection of the lambs
Yeshua's triumphant ride into Jerusalem
• Shabbat HaHodesh (Hah - khoo - DESH)
The fourth Shabbat of the Purim sequence
Preceedes the new year
• Shabbat Nachamu (Nah - kah - MU)
• Shabbat of Comfort
• Shabbat after Tisha B'Av
• First Shabbat of readings of comfort from YeshaYahu (Isaiah)
• Shabbat Parah (Pah - RAH)
The third Shabbat of the Purim sequence
The ordinance of the Red Heifer (B'Midbar/Numbers 19:1-22)
Purification before the feasts of Pesach/Hag HaMatzot
• Shabbat Shekalim (Shek - a - LIM)
The Shabbat for the offering of the Temple Coin
• Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar (The first of the month of Adar)
• Shabbat Shuva (Shu - VAH)
The Shabbat between Rosh Hashana/Yom Teruah and Sukkot
Shabbat of Returning
• Shabbat Zachor (Zah - KHOR)
The first Shabbat of the Purim sequence
• Shalosh Regalim (Sha - LOSH Re - GA - lim)
Pilgrim festival
Three times a year, the Israelites, according to the instructions of the Torah, went in joyous celebration to Jerusalem.
Three feasts/festivals observed during this time are Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot.
• Shammash or Shamash (Sha - MASH)
servant
term for the ninth candle used to light the other candles in the Chanukiah ... the beadle in the Synagogue.
• Shavuot (sl.Shavuah) (Sha - vu - OT)
Literally weeks
The feast of Weeks
Pentecost (50 days)
The 50th day from Yom Habikkurim.
Memorializes the giving of the 10 commandments.
Memorializes the giving of the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) in Acts 2.
One of 3 pilgrim festivals.
• Shemini Atzeret (Shi - may - NEE At - zair - ET)
The Eighth Day assembly of Sukkot.
• Shofar (Sho - FAR)
A rams horn trumpet.
Used as warning, call to arms, and in celebration.
• Simchat Torah (Sim - KAAT Toe - RAH)
The day of rejoicing the Torah
• S'lihot (See - Lee - HOT)
Liturical prayers of teshuvah
• Sukkot (Soo - KOAT)
The Feast of Tabernacles
Booth, temporary dwelling
One of 3 pilgrim feasts
• Synagogue
A place constructed/fully dedicated for gathering and studying
After the destruction of the Temple, synagogues became a place of corporate worship.
• Tahor
Rittually pure
Able to enter the Beit HaMikdash or Mishkan
• Talmid, fem. Talmidah, pl. Talmidim
Disciple, student
• Tam'ei
Rittually unpure
Not able to enter the Beit HaMikdash or Mishkan
• T'fillin
Two black leather boxes containing scrolls of Scripture passages
Exodus 13:1-16; Deuteronomy 6:4-9; 11:13-21
Sometimes during prayers, one box is affixed to one's hand and arm and the other to one's forehead as a physical effort to obey the passage in Deuteronomy 6:8
Also called phylacteries
• Tehillim
Psalms
• Teshuvah
Return
Turning toward God
Repentance
• Tisha B'Av
9th of the month of Av
Day of fasting for the destruction of the temple
• Tishrei
First month of the Hebrew civil calendar: September-October.
• Tohorat Mishpakhah
Family Purity
• Torah
Teaching or instruction but usually translated 'law'. The Instruction of God.
In a narrow sense the Five Books of Moshe(Moses), the Pentateuch - B'resheet, Sh'mot, Vayikra, B'midbar, D'varim (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy), called the Written Torah.
The above plus the Prophets(Nevi'im) and Writings(K'tuvim) is together called the Tanakh (TNK)/Tenach or the Hebrew Bible.
In a broad sense the whole Written Word of God is the Torah, to include what is called the "Old Testament" (Tanakh) as well as the New Testament (B'rit Chadashah).
note: additional material called the "Oral Torah" is (unscripturally)considered in varying degrees as authoritative in Judaism.
Uncapitalized can be understood as principle.
• Tu' B'Shvat
New Year for Trees
• Yahweh YHVH or YHWH
Tetragrammatron (the four Hebrew letters usually transliterated YHWH or YHVH that form a biblical proper name of God)
• Yahrzeit
Memorial / Commemeration of a death
Observed on the yearly aniversary of the death
• Yerushalayim (yeh - ru - sha - LAH - yeem)
Jerusalem
The city of our God
Capital of Eretz Yisra'el - the Land of Israel
• Yeshua
Jesus - brought over into Greek as "Iesous" and into English as "Jesus"
It means God saves - which is "Yah is my salvation"
Variant of "Y'hoshua" (Joshua)
Yahshua
Y'shua
• Yom Habikkurim
The Day of First Fruits
Barley harvest
The day from which we start counting the Omer 50 days to Shavuot (Pentecost)
• Yom Kippur
The Day of Atonement
The Great Fast
• Yom Teruah
The Day of the Awakening Blast
The Feast of Trumpets
• Yud
The 10th and smallest letter in the Hebrew alphabet (aleph-bet).
"Understand this, if the Torah of God is abolished, then Psalm 119 is the biggest joke of the Bible."
Psalm 119
1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way,
Who walk in the law of YHWH!
2 Blessed are those who keep His testimonies,
Who seek Him with the whole heart!
3 They also do no iniquity;
They walk in His ways.
4 You have commanded us
To keep Your precepts diligently.
5 Oh, that my ways were directed
To keep Your statutes!
6 Then I would not be ashamed,
When I look into all Your commandments.
7 I will praise You with uprightness of heart,
When I learn Your righteous judgments.
8 I will keep Your statutes;
Oh, do not forsake me utterly!
9 How can a young man cleanse his way?
By taking heed according to Your word.
10 With my whole heart I have sought You;
Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments!
11 Your word I have hidden in my heart,
That I might not sin against You.
12 Blessed are You, O YHWH!
Teach me Your statutes.
13 With my lips I have declared
All the judgments of Your mouth.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies,
As much as in all riches.
15 I will meditate on Your precepts,
And contemplate Your ways.
16 I will delight myself in Your statutes;
I will not forget Your word.
17 Deal bountifully with Your servant, That I may live and keep Your word.
18 Open my eyes, that I may see
Wondrous things from Your law.
19 I am a stranger in the earth;
Do not hide Your commandments from me.
20 My soul breaks with longing
For Your judgments at all times.
21 You rebuke the proud—the cursed,
Who stray from Your commandments.
22 Remove from me reproach and contempt,
For I have kept Your testimonies.
23 Princes also sit and speak against me, But Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
24 Your testimonies also are my delight And my counselors.
25 My soul clings to the dust;
Revive me according to Your word.
26 I have declared my ways, and You answered me;
Teach me Your statutes.
27 Make me understand the way of Your precepts;
So shall I meditate on Your wonderful works.
28 My soul melts from heaviness;
Strengthen me according to Your word.
29 Remove from me the way of lying,
And grant me Your law graciously.
30 I have chosen the way of truth;
Your judgments I have laid before me.
31 I cling to Your testimonies;
O YHWH, do not put me to shame!
32 I will run the course of Your commandments,
For You shall enlarge my heart.
33 Teach me, O YHWH, the way of Your statutes,
And I shall keep it to the end.
34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law;
Indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
35 Make me walk in the path of Your commandments,
For I delight in it.
36 Incline my heart to Your testimonies,
And not to covetousness.
37 Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, And revive me in Your wa.a]" y
38 Establish Your word to Your servant,
Who is devoted to fearing You.
39 Turn away my reproach which I dread,
For Your judgments are good.
40 Behold, I long for Your precepts;
Revive me in Your righteousness.
41 Let Your mercies come also to me, O YHWH—
Your salvation according to Your word.
42 So shall I have an answer for him who reproaches me,
For I trust in Your word.
43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth,
For I have hoped in Your ordinances.
44 So shall I keep Your law continually,
Forever and ever.
45 And I will walk at liberty,
For I seek Your precepts.
46 I will speak of Your testimonies also before kings,
And will not be ashamed.
47 And I will delight myself in Your commandments,
Which I love.
48 My hands also I will lift up to Your commandments,
Which I love,
And I will meditate on Your statutes.
49 Remember the word to Your servant,
Upon which You have caused me to hope.
50 This is my comfort in my affliction,
For Your word has given me life.
51 The proud have me in great derision, Yet I do not turn aside from Your law.
52 I remembered Your judgments of old, O YHWH,
And have comforted myself.
53 Indignation has taken hold of me
Because of the wicked, who forsake Your law.
54 Your statutes have been my songs
In the house of my pilgrimage.
55 I remember Your name in the night, O YHWH,
And I keep Your law.
56 This has become mine,
Because I kept Your precepts.
57 You are my portion, O YHWH;
I have said that I would keep Your words.
58 I entreated Your favor with my whole heart;
Be merciful to me according to Your word.
59 I thought about my ways,
And turned my feet to Your testimonies.
60 I made haste, and did not delay
To keep Your commandments.
61 The cords of the wicked have bound me, But I have not forgotten Your law.
62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You,
Because of Your righteous judgments.
63 I am a companion of all who fear You,
And of those who keep Your precepts.
64 The earth, O YHWH, is full of Your mercy;
Teach me Your statutes.
65 You have dealt well with Your servant,
O YHWH, according to Your word.
66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge,
For I believe Your commandments.
67 Before I was afflicted I went astray,
But now I keep Your word.
68 You are good, and do good;
Teach me Your statutes.
69 The proud have forged a lie against me, But I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart.
70 Their heart is as fat as grease, But I delight in Your law.
71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
That I may learn Your statutes.
72 The law of Your mouth is better to me
Than thousands of coins of gold and silver.
73 Your hands have made me and fashioned me;
Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.
74 Those who fear You will be glad when they see me,
Because I have hoped in Your word.
75 I know, O YHWH, that Your judgments are right,
And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
76 Let, I pray, Your merciful kindness be for my comfort,
According to Your word to Your servant.
77 Let Your tender mercies come to me, that I may live;
For Your law is my delight.
78 Let the proud be ashamed,
For they treated me wrongfully with falsehood; But I will meditate on Your precepts.
79 Let those who fear You turn to me,
Those who know Your testimonies.
80 Let my heart be blameless regarding Your statutes,
That I may not be ashamed.
81 My soul faints for Your salvation,
But I hope in Your word.
82 My eyes fail from searching Your word,
Saying, “When will You comfort me?”
83 For I have become like a wineskin in smoke, Yet I do not forget Your statutes.
84 How many are the days of Your servant?
When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?
85 The proud have dug pits for me,
Which is not according to Your law.
86 All Your commandments are faithful;
They persecute me wrongfully;
Help me!
87 They almost made an end of me on earth,
But I did not forsake Your precepts.
88 Revive me according to Your lovingkindness,
So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth.
89 Forever, O YHWH,
Your word is settled in heaven.
90 Your faithfulness endures to all generations;
You established the earth, and it abides.
91 They continue this day according to Your ordinances,
For all are Your servants.
92 Unless Your law had been my delight,
I would then have perished in my affliction.
93 I will never forget Your precepts,
For by them You have given me life.
94 I am Yours, save me;
For I have sought Your precepts.
95 The wicked wait for me to destroy me, But I will consider Your testimonies.
96 I have seen the consummation of all perfection, But Your commandment is exceedingly broad.
97 Oh, how I love Your law!
It is my meditation all the day.
98 You, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies;
For they are ever with me.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers,
For Your testimonies are my meditation.
100 I understand more than the ancients,
Because I keep Your precepts.
101 I have restrained my feet from every evil way,
That I may keep Your word.
102 I have not departed from Your judgments,
For You Yourself have taught me.
103 How sweet are Your words to my taste, Sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 Through Your precepts I get understanding;
Therefore I hate every false way.
105 Your word is a lamp to my feet
And a light to my path.
106 I have sworn and confirmed
That I will keep Your righteous judgments.
107 I am afflicted very much;
Revive me, O YHWH, according to Your word.
108 Accept, I pray, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O YHWH,
And teach me Your judgments.
109 My life is continually in my hand,
Yet I do not forget Your law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me,
Yet I have not strayed from Your precepts.
111 Your testimonies I have taken as a heritage forever,
For they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes
Forever, to the very end.
113 I hate the double-minded,
But I love Your law.
114 You are my hiding place and my shield;
I hope in Your word.
115 Depart from me, you evildoers,
For I will keep the commandments of my God!
116 Uphold me according to Your word, that I may live;
And do not let me be ashamed of my hope.
117 Hold me up, and I shall be safe,
And I shall observe Your statutes continually.
118 You reject all those who stray from Your statutes,
For their deceit is falsehood.
119 You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross;
Therefore I love Your testimonies.
120 My flesh trembles for fear of You,
And I am afraid of Your judgments.
121 I have done justice and righteousness;
Do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 Be surety for Your servant for good;
Do not let the proud oppress me.
123 My eyes fail from seeking Your salvation
And Your righteous word.
124 Deal with Your servant according to Your mercy,
And teach me Your statutes.
125 I am Your servant;
Give me understanding,
That I may know Your testimonies.
126 It is time for You to act, O YHWH, For they have regarded Your law as void.
127 Therefore I love Your commandments
More than gold, yes, than fine gold!
128 Therefore all Your precepts concerning all things
I consider to be right;
I hate every false way.
129 Your testimonies are wonderful;
Therefore my soul keeps them.
130 The entrance of Your words gives light;
It gives understanding to the simple.
131 I opened my mouth and panted,
For I longed for Your commandments.
132 Look upon me and be merciful to me,
As Your custom is toward those who love Your name.
133 Direct my steps by Your word,
And let no iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Redeem me from the oppression of man,
That I may keep Your precepts.
135 Make Your face shine upon Your servant,
And teach me Your statutes.
136 Rivers of water run down from my eyes,
Because men do not keep Your law.
137 Righteous are You, O YHWH,
And upright are Your judgments.
138 Your testimonies, which You have commanded, Are righteous and very faithful.
139 My zeal has consumed me,
Because my enemies have forgotten Your words.
140 Your word is very pure;
Therefore Your servant loves it.
141 I am small and despised, Yet I do not forget Your precepts.
142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,
And Your law is truth.
143 Trouble and anguish have overtaken me, Yet Your commandments are my delights.
144 The righteousness of Your testimonies is everlasting;
Give me understanding, and I shall live.
145 I cry out with my whole heart;
Hear me, O YHWH!
I will keep Your statutes.
146 I cry out to You;
Save me, and I will keep Your testimonies.
147 I rise before the dawning of the morning,
And cry for help;
I hope in Your word.
148 My eyes are awake through the night watches,
That I may meditate on Your word.
149 Hear my voice according to Your lovingkindness;
O YHWH, revive me according to Your justice.
150 They draw near who follow after wickedness;
They are far from Your law.
151 You are near, O YHWH,
And all Your commandments are truth.
152 Concerning Your testimonies,
I have known of old that You have founded them forever.
153 Consider my affliction and deliver me,
For I do not forget Your law.
154 Plead my cause and redeem me;
Revive me according to Your word.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked,
For they do not seek Your statutes.
156 Great are Your tender mercies, O YHWH;
Revive me according to Your judgments.
157 Many are my persecutors and my enemies, Yet I do not turn from Your testimonies.
158 I see the treacherous, and am disgusted,
Because they do not keep Your word.
159 Consider how I love Your precepts;
Revive me, O YHWH, according to Your lovingkindness.
160 The entirety of Your word is truth,
And every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever.
161 Princes persecute me without a cause,
But my heart stands in awe of Your word.
162 I rejoice at Your word
As one who finds great treasure.
163 I hate and abhor lying, But I love Your law.
164 Seven times a day I praise You,
Because of Your righteous judgments.
165 Great peace have those who love Your law,
And nothing causes them to stumble.
166 LORD, I hope for Your salvation,
And I do Your commandments.
167 My soul keeps Your testimonies,
And I love them exceedingly.
168 I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies,
For all my ways are before You.
169 Let my cry come before You, O YHWH;
Give me understanding according to Your word.
170 Let my supplication come before You;
Deliver me according to Your word.
171 My lips shall utter praise,
For You teach me Your statutes.
172 My tongue shall speak of Your word,
For all Your commandments are righteousness.
173 Let Your hand become my help,
For I have chosen Your precepts.
174 I long for Your salvation, O YHWH,
And Your law is my delight.
175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise You;
And let Your judgments help me.
176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep;
Seek Your servant,
For I do not forget Your commandments.
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