[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.