I was glad when they said to me,
“Let us go to the house of Yahweh.”
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Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May they prosper who love you.
May peace be within your walls,
And tranquility within your palaces.”
For the sake of my brothers and my friends,
I will now say, “May peace be within you.”
For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God,
I will seek your good.

I will lift up my eyes to the mountains;
From where shall my help come?
My help comes from Yahweh,
Who made heaven and earth.
He will not allow your foot to stumble;
He who keeps you will not slumber.
Behold, He who keeps Israel
Will not slumber and will not sleep.

Yahweh is your keeper;
Yahweh is your shade on your right hand.
The sun will not strike you by day,
Nor the moon by night.
Yahweh will keep you from all evil;
He will keep your soul.
Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in
From now until forever.

In my distress I called to Yahweh,
And He answered me.
O Yahweh, deliver my soul from a lying lip,
From a deceitful tongue.
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Too long has my soul had its dwelling
With those who hate peace.
I am for peace, but when I speak,
They are for war.

May Your lovingkindnesses also come to me, O Yahweh,
Your salvation according to Your word;
So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me,
For I trust in Your word.
And do not take away the word of truth utterly from my mouth,
For I wait for Your judgments.
So I will keep Your law continually,
Forever and ever.
And I will walk in a wide place,
For I seek Your precepts.
I will also speak of Your testimonies before kings
And I shall not be ashamed.
I shall delight in Your commandments,
Which I love.
And I shall lift up my hands to Your commandments,
Which I love;
And I will muse on Your statutes.

Oh let those who fear Yahweh say,
“His lovingkindness endures forever.”
From my distress I called upon Yah;
Yah answered me and set me in a large place.
Yahweh is for me; I will not fear;
What can man do to me?
Yahweh is for me among those who help me;
Therefore I will look in triumph on those who hate me.
It is better to take refuge in Yahweh
Than to trust in man.
It is better to take refuge in Yahweh
Than to trust in nobles.

Praise Yahweh, all nations;
Laud Him, all peoples!
For His lovingkindness prevails over us,
And the truth of Yahweh is everlasting.
Praise Yah!

Gracious is Yahweh, and righteous;
And our God is compassionate.
Yahweh keeps the simple;
I was brought low, and He saved me.
Return to your rest, O my soul,
For Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.
For You have rescued my soul from death,
My eyes from tears,
My feet from stumbling.
I shall walk before Yahweh
In the land of the living.

He will bless those who fear Yahweh,
The small together with the great.
May Yahweh give you increase,
You and your children.
May you be blessed of Yahweh,
Who made heaven and earth.
The heavens are the heavens of Yahweh,
But the earth He has given to the sons of men.
It is not the dead that praise Yah,
And it is none of those who go down to silence;
But as for us, we will bless Yah
From now until forever.
Praise Yah!

Praise Yah!
Praise, O slaves of Yahweh,
Praise the name of Yahweh.
May the name of Yahweh be blessed
From now until forever.
From the rising of the sun to its setting
The name of Yahweh is to be praised.
Yahweh is high above all nations;
His glory is above the heavens.

Aleph: Praise Yah!
How blessed is the man who fears Yahweh,
Beth: Who greatly delights in His commandments.
Gimel: His seed will be mighty on earth;
Daleth: The generation of the upright will be blessed.
He: Wealth and riches are in his house,
Vav: And his righteousness stands forever.
Zayin: Light arises in the darkness for the upright;
Heth: He is gracious and compassionate and righteous.
Teth: It is well with the man who is gracious and lends;
Yodh: Who sustains his works with justice.
Kaph: For he will never be shaken;
Lamedh: The righteous will be remembered forever.
Mem: He will not fear an evil report;
Nun: His heart is set, trusting in Yahweh.
Samekh: His heart is upheld, he will not fear,
Ayin: Until he looks in triumph on his adversaries.
Pe: He has given freely to the needy,
Tsadhe: His righteousness stands forever;
Qoph: His horn will be raised in glory.
Resh: The wicked will see it and be vexed,
Shin: He will gnash his teeth and melt away;
Tav: The desire of the wicked will perish.