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1 (Of Dovid)
[Aleph] Unto Thee, Hashem, do I lift up my nefesh.
2 [Bais] O Elohai, I trust in Thee:
let me not be ashamed,
let not mine oyevim triumph over me.
3 [Gimel] Yea, let none that wait [hoping in] Thee be ashamed;
let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
4 [Dalet] Show me Thy ways, Hashem;
teach me Thy paths.
5 [Heh Vav] Lead me in Thy emes, and teach me;
for Thou art the Elohei of my Salvation;
on Thee do I wait kol hayom.
6 [Zayin] Remember, Hashem, Thy rachamim and Thy lovingkindnesses;
for they have ever been of old.
7 [Chet] Remember not the chattot of my youth,
nor my peysha'im;
according to Thy chesed remember Thou me
for the sake of Thy goodness, Hashem.
8 [Tet] Tov and yashar is Hashem;
therefore will He teach chatta'im in the Derech.
9 [Yod] The meek will He guide in mishpat;
and the aniyim will He teach His way.
10 [Kaph] All the paths of Hashem are chesed and emes
unto such as keep His Brit (covenant) and His Edot
(covenant demands, urgings, reminders, testimonies).
11 [Lamed] For the sake of Thy Shem, Hashem,
pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
12 [Mem] What man is he that feareth Hashem?
Him shall He teach in the Derech that he shall choose.
13 [Nun] His nefesh (soul) shall dwell in prosperity;
and his zera shall inherit the earth.
14 [Samech] The secret of Hashem is with them that fear Him;
and He will show them His Brit (covenant).
15 [Ayin] Mine eyes are ever toward Hashem;
for He shall pluck my feet out of the reshet (net).
16 [Peh] Turn Thee unto me, and be gracious unto me;
for I am yachid (alone, lonely) and afflicted.
17 [Tzade] The tzoros of my lev are multiplied;
O bring Thou me forth out of my distresses.
18 [Resh] Look upon mine affliction and my pain;
and take away all my chattot.
19 [Resh] Look upon mine enemies;
for they are increased; and they hate me with sinas chamas.
20 [Shin] Be shomer over my nefesh, and deliver me;
let me not be ashamed; for I take refuge in Thee.
21 [Tav] Let tohm (integrity, guilelessness) and uprightness preserve me;
for I wait on Thee.
22 Redeem Yisroel, O Elohim,
out of all his tzoros.