Correspondence Between Tehillim and the 613 Mitzvot
| Tehillim Number | Mitzvah No. | Mitzvah |
| 1 | 1 | Do not follow the majority toward idolatry |
| 2 | Prohibition of bestiality for men | |
| 3 | Prohibition of bestiality for women | |
| 4 | Prohibition against kohanim performing the Levites’ service | |
| 5 | Prohibition against Levites performing the kohanim’s service | |
| 6 | Prohibition against a non-Jew serving in the Temple | |
| 7 | Prohibition against cutting down a fruit tree during a siege | |
| 8 | Be fruitful and multiply | |
| 2 | 9 | The mitzvah of sukkah |
| 10 | The mitzvah of hand tefillin | |
| 11 | The mitzvah of head tefillin | |
| 12 | The mitzvah of tzitzit | |
| 13 | The mitzvah of mezuzah | |
| 3 | 14 | Follow communal customs |
| 15 | Do not commit adultery | |
| 16 | Do not hear only one side’s arguments in court | |
| 17 | Do not accept testimony from a criminal | |
| 18 | Do not follow the majority in judicial cases involving human life | |
| 19 | Prohibition against condemning the innocent | |
| 20 | Do not accept a ransom for one sentenced to death | |
| 21 | Do not accept a ransom for one sentenced to exile to a city of refuge | |
| 22 | Do not accept bribes | |
| 23 | A witness may not serve as a judge | |
| 24 | Do not accept testimony from relatives in court | |
| 25 | Prohibition against relations with one’s father’s wife (stepmother) | |
| 26 | Prohibition against relations with one’s father’s sister | |
| 4 | 27 | Prohibition against relations with one’s daughter |
| 28 | Prohibition against relations with one’s daughter-in-law | |
| 29 | Prohibition against relations with one’s wife’s sister | |
| 30 | The mitzvah of hanging the body of one who has been executed | |
| 31 | Observe the rulings of the Great Sanhedrin | |
| 32 | Do not contradict the Great Sanhedrin | |
| 33 | Do not be bloodthirsty | |
| 34 | Do not hate your fellow | |
| 35 | Do not take pity on a criminal | |
| 36 | Do not acquit a convicted criminal | |
| 37 | Do not withhold evidence of a criminal’s guilt | |
| 38 | Prohibition against enticing others to idolatry | |
| 39 | Prohibition against killing a murderer without trial | |
| 5 | 40 | Serve the Levites in the Temple |
| 41 | Give the firstborn a double portion of the inheritance | |
| 42 | Prohibition against planting sacred trees (Asherah trees) | |
| 43 | Prohibition against erecting sacred stones | |
| 44 | Prohibition against offering a blemished animal as a sacrifice | |
| 45 | Prohibition against eating the flesh of an ox stoned to death | |
| 46 | The mitzvah of destroying chametz | |
| 47 | You shall have no chametz in your possession throughout the seven days of Pesach | |
| 48 | Do not eat a mixture containing chametz on Pesach | |
| 49 | Prohibition against slaughtering the Pesach offering in one’s home | |
| 50 | Do not murder | |
| 6 | 51 | Prohibition against abstaining from relations with one’s wife |
| 7 | 52 | Prohibition against cursing G-d |
| 53 | Prohibition against cursing the leader of the nation | |
| 54 | Prohibition against taking revenge | |
| 55 | Prohibition against bearing a grudge | |
| 8 | 54* | Prohibition against making incisions in one’s body in mourning |
| 55* | Prohibition against pulling out hair in mourning | |
| 9 | 56 | The mitzvah of eglah arufah (a heifer whose neck is broken) |
| 57 | Prohibition against working or sowing the place where the eglah arufah ritual was performed | |
| 58 | Prohibition against showing mercy to a murderer | |
| 59 | Prohibition against building an altar of hewn stones | |
| 10 | 60 | The mitzvah of eating matzah on the first day of Pesach |
| 61 | Prohibition against the High Priest entering the Holy of Holies at an improper time | |
| 62 | Prohibition against oppressing an orphan | |
| 63 | Prohibition against oppressing a widow | |
| 11 | 64 | Kindle the fire on the altar |
| 65 | Do not extinguish the fire on the altar | |
| 12 | 66 | The mitzvah of circumcision |
| 67 | Prohibition against stealing | |
| 67 | Prohibition against a kohen becoming impure through contact with a corpse | |
| 69 | Prohibition against a kohen entering a room containing a dead body | |
| 70 | Prohibition against the High Priest touching the bodies of close relatives | |
| 71 | The mitzvah of the red heifer | |
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| 14 | 72 | The mitzvah of the daily communal offering in the Temple |
| 73 | The mitzvah of the showbread | |
| 15 | 74 | There shall be no sorcerer among you |
| 75 | There shall be no soothsayer among you | |
| 76 | There shall be no diviner among you | |
| 77 | There shall be no animal charmer among you | |
| 78 | There shall be no ventriloquist among you | |
| 79 | There shall be no one among you who consults the dead | |
| 80 | Prohibition against sorcery | |
| 81 | Prohibition against divination | |
| 82 | Prohibition against necromancy | |
| 83 | Prohibition against divination through ventriloquism | |
| 84 | Prohibition against allowing a sorceress to live | |
| 85 | Prohibition against lying | |
| 86 | Prohibition against revealing another’s secrets | |
| 87 | Do not stand idly by your fellow’s blood | |
| 88 | Prohibition against possessing inaccurate weights | |
| 89 | Prohibition against moving a neighbor’s boundary marker | |
| 90 | Honor the disciples of a sage | |
| 91 | Prohibition against lending money to a Jew at interest | |
| 92 | Prohibition against separating terumah before bikkurim | |
| 93 | Prohibition against separating maaser before terumah | |
| 94 | Return interest to the person from whom it was taken | |
| 95 | Prohibition against spending maaser sheni funds on impermissible things | |
| 96 | Prohibition against using false weights (cheating in commerce) | |
| 97 | The mitzvah of weighing with accurate scales | |
| 98 | Prohibition against eating the meat of a sacrifice before its blood is sprinkled on the altar | |
| 99 | Prohibition against eating fruit before the first fruits are brought to the Temple | |
| 16 | 100 | The mitzvah of Birkat HaMazon |
| 101 | Prohibition against swearing by idols | |
| 102 | Prohibition against wine dedicated to idols | |
| 103 | The mitzvah for a king to write a Torah scroll | |
| 104 | The mitzvah of the lulav | |
| 17 | 105 | Recitation of the Shema |
| 106 | The Musaf offering on Rosh Hashanah | |
| 107 | The mitzvah of blowing the shofar on Rosh Hashanah | |
| 108 | The mitzvah for kohanim to eat the sacrificial meat | |
| 109 | Prohibition against a non-Jew eating sacrificial meat | |
| 110 | Prohibition against the tribe of Levi receiving an inheritance in the Land of Israel | |
| 111 | Prohibition against the tribe of Levi receiving a share of the spoils of war | |
| 112 | The mitzvah of tzedakah | |
| 18 | 113 | The mitzvah of loving the Almighty |
| 114 | The mitzvah of kosher shechitah | |
| 115 | Prohibition against eating ever min ha-chai (a limb severed from a living creature) | |
| 116 | Prohibition against eating neveilah (an animal that died without ritual slaughter) | |
| 117 | Prohibition against eating reptiles and non-kosher birds | |
| 118 | Commandment concerning the kosher signs of birds | |
| 119 | Prohibition against eating any abomination | |
| 19 | 120 | The mitzvah concerning the impurity of one who has had a seminal emission |
| 121 | Prohibition against adding to the mitzvot of the Torah | |
| 122 | Prohibition against removing mitzvot from the Torah | |
| 123 | Prohibition against punishing with more than 39 lashes | |
| 20 | 124 | Commandment for a kohen to wash his hands |
| 125 | Commandment to salt the sacrifice | |
| 126 | Prohibition against offering an unsalted sacrifice | |
| 127 | Prohibition against a king multiplying horses | |
| 128 | Prohibition against a king multiplying wives | |
| 129 | Prohibition against a king multiplying silver | |
| 130 | Prohibition against a king multiplying gold | |
| 21 | 131 | The mitzvot concerning a menstruant woman |
| 132 | Separating challah | |
| 133 | Prohibition against punishing one who sinned under duress | |
| 134 | The mitzvah of waving the Omer sheaf | |
| 135 | Prohibition against eating from the new crop before the Omer is brought | |
| 136 | Prohibition against eating roasted grain before the Omer is brought | |
| 137 | Prohibition against eating raw grain before the Omer is brought | |
| 138 | The mitzvah of counting the Omer | |
| 139 | Bring an offering with the Omer on 16 Nissan | |
| 140 | Do not violate a vow |
(Based on a lesson by the Chief Rabbi of Saratov, Rabbi Alexander Tzvi Sypkov)
