| מָה אָהַבְתִּי תוֹרָתֶךָ כָּל הַיּוֹם הִיא שִׂיחָתִי | My - how I love your teaching every day it is my meditation |
| מֵאֹיְבַי תְּחַכְּמֵנִי מִצְוֹתֶךָ כִּי לְעוֹלָם הִיא לִי | Me you make wiser than my enemies by your commandments for they for ever are mine |
| מִכָּל מְלַמְּדַי הִשְׂכַּלְתִּי כִּי עֵדְוֹתֶיךָ שִׂיחָה לִי | Midst all my teachers I have insight for your testimonies are my meditation |
| מִזְּקֵנִים אֶתְבּוֹנָן כִּי פִקּוּדֶיךָ נָצָרְתִּי | More than the aged I have diligence for I have observed your precepts |
| מִכָּל אֹרַח רָע כָּלִאתִי רַגְלָי לְמַעַן אֶשְׁמֹר דְּבָרֶךָ | Missing every path of evil I have restrained my feet so that I will keep your word |
| מִמִּשְׁפָּטֶיךָ לֹא סָרְתִּי כִּי אַתָּה הוֹרֵתָנִי | Mid your judgments I have not turned aside for you have taught me |
| מַה נִּמְלְצוּ לְחִכִּי אִמְרָתֶךָ מִדְּבַשׁ לְפִי | More than sweet are they to my palate your promise as honey to my mouth |
| מִפִּקּוּדֶיךָ אֶתְבּוֹנָן עַל כֵּן שָׂנֵאתִי כָּל אֹרַח שָׁקֶר | Minding your precepts I have diligence therefore I have hated every path of a lie |
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| mah )ahàbty | מָה אָהַבְתִּי | My - how I love | first person singular qal perfect |
| tvorateka | תוֹרָתֶךָ | your instruction | |
| kal hàyvom | כָּל הַיּוֹם | all the day | |
| hy) | הִיא | it is | |
| syxaty | שִׂיחָתִי | my meditation | |
| mé)oybày | מֵאֹיְבַי | than my enemies by | mem as comparative, with qal participle |
| txàkmény | תְּחַכְּמֵנִי | me you make wiser | second person singular piel imperfect with first person pronoun as object |
| micvoteka | מִצְוֹתֶךָ | your commandments | |
| ky | כִּי | for | |
| l`volam | לְעוֹלָם | in all time | or for ever |
| hy) ly | הִיא לִי | they are mine | I think 'with' me is weak |
| mikal mlàmdày | מִכָּל מְלַמְּדַי | Midst all my teachers | preposition+adjective + piel participle |
| hiskàlty | הִשְׂכַּלְתִּי | I have insight | first person singular hiphil perfect |
| ky | כִּי | for | |
| `édvoteyka | עֵדְוֹתֶיךָ | your testimonies | |
| syxah ly | שִׂיחָה לִי | are meditation to me | meditation - I am thinking that mem and taf as prefixes and 'he' as suffix can all form nouns from verbs |
| mizqénym | מִזְּקֵנִים | more than the aged | comparative mem used frequently as expected in this part of the psalm |
| )etbvonan | אֶתְבּוֹנָן | I have diligence | hithpolel imperfect - repeats in the psalm - I could just use 'understanding' as gloss (cf Proverbs 8) |
| ky | כִּי | for | |
| piqvudeyka | פִקּוּדֶיךָ | your precepts | |
| nacarty | נָצָרְתִּי | I have observed | first person singular qal perfect |
| mikal )oràx | מִכָּל אֹרַח | missing every path of | |
| ra` | רָע | evil | |
| kali)ty | כָּלִאתִי | I have restrained | first person singular qal perfect |
| ràglay | רַגְלָי | my feet | |
| lmà`àn | לְמַעַן | so that | |
| )eshmor | אֶשְׁמֹר | I will keep | first person singular qal imperfect |
| dbareka | דְּבָרֶךָ | your word | |
| mimishpa+eyka | מִמִּשְׁפָּטֶיךָ | mid your judgments | |
| lo) sarty | לֹא סָרְתִּי | I have not turned aside | first person singular qal perfect |
| ky )àtah | כִּי אַתָּה | for you | |
| hvorétany | הוֹרֵתָנִי | have taught me | second person hiphil perfect with object first person pronoun |
| màh nimlcvu | מַה נִּמְלְצוּ | more than sweet are they | third person niphal perfect |
| lxiky | לְחִכִּי | to my palate | |
| )imrateka | אִמְרָתֶךָ | your promise | |
| midbàsh | מִדְּבַשׁ | as honey | |
| lpy | לְפִי | to my mouth | |
| mipiqvudeyka | מִפִּקּוּדֶיךָ | minding your precepts | |
| )etbvonan | אֶתְבּוֹנָן | I have diligence | hithpolel imperfect |
| `àl kén | עַל כֵּן | therefore | |
| sané)ty | שָׂנֵאתִי | I have hated | first person singular qal perfect |
| kal )oràx | כָּל אֹרַח | every path of | |
| shaqr | שָׁקֶר | a lie |

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