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| [1]Blessed are the blameless in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. |
[1][Aleph.] O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah, |
| [2]Blessed are they that search out his testimonies: they will diligently seek him with the whole heart. |
[2]O the happiness of those keeping His testimonies, With the whole heart they seek Him. |
| [3]For they that work iniquity have not walked in his ways. |
[3]Yea, they have not done iniquity, In His ways they have walked. |
| [4]Thou hast commanded us diligently to keep thy precepts. |
[4]Thou hast commanded us Thy precepts to keep diligently, |
| [5]O that my ways were directed to keep thine ordinances. |
[5]O that my ways were prepared to keep Thy statutes, |
| [6]Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to all thy commandments. |
[6]Then I am not ashamed In my looking unto all Thy commands. |
| [7]I will give thee thanks with uprightness of heart, when I have learnt the judgments of thy righteousness. |
[7]I confess Thee with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Thy righteousness. |
| [8]I will keep thine ordinances: O forsake me not greatly. |
[8]Thy statutes I keep, leave me not utterly! |
| [9]Wherewith shall a young man direct his way? by keeping thy words. |
[9][Beth.] With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe -- according to Thy word. |
| [10]With my whole heart have I diligently sought thee: cast me not away from thy commandments. |
[10]With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands. |
| [11]I have hidden thine oracles in my heart, that I might not sin against thee. |
[11]In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee. |
| [12]Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thine ordinances. |
[12]Blessed [art] Thou, O Jehovah, teach me Thy statutes. |
| [13]With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. |
[13]With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Thy mouth. |
| [14]I have delighted in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches. |
[14]In the way of Thy testimonies I have joyed, As over all wealth. |
| [15]I will meditate on thy commandments, and consider thy ways. |
[15]In Thy precepts I meditate, And I behold attentively Thy paths. |
| [16]I will meditate on thine ordinances: I will not forget thy words. |
[16]In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word. |
| [17]Render a recompense to thy servant: so shall I live, and keep thy words. |
[17][Gimel.] Confer benefits on Thy servant, I live, and I keep Thy word. |
| [18]Unveil thou mine eyes, and I shall perceive wondrous things of thy law. |
[18]Uncover mine eyes, and I behold wonders out of Thy law. |
| [19]I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. |
[19]A sojourner I [am] on earth, Hide not from me Thy commands. |
| [20]My soul has longed exceedingly for thy judgments at all times. |
[20]Broken hath my soul for desire Unto Thy judgments at all times. |
| [21]Thou has rebuked the proud: cursed are they that turn aside from thy commandments. |
[21]Thou hast rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Thy commands. |
| [22]Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have sought out thy testimonies. |
[22]Remove from me reproach and contempt, For Thy testimonies I have kept. |
| [23]For princes sat and spoke against me: but thy servant was meditating on thine ordinances. |
[23]Princes also sat -- against me they spoke, Thy servant doth meditate in Thy statutes, |
| [24]For thy testimonies are my meditation, and thine ordinances are my counsellors. |
[24]Thy testimonies also [are] my delight, The men of my counsel! |
| [25]My soul has cleaved to the ground; quicken thou me according to thy word. |
[25][Daleth.] Cleaved to the dust hath my soul, Quicken me according to Thy word. |
| [26]I declared my ways, and thou didst hear me: teach me thine ordinances. |
[26]My ways I have recounted, And Thou answerest me, teach me Thy statutes, |
| [27]Instruct me in the way of thine ordinances; and I will meditate on thy wondrous works. |
[27]The way of Thy precepts cause me to understand, And I meditate in Thy wonders. |
| [28]My soul has slumbered for sorrow; strengthen thou me with thy words. |
[28]My soul hath dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Thy word. |
| [29]Remove from me the way of iniquity; and be merciful to me by thy law. |
[29]The way of falsehood turn aside from me And with Thy law favour me. |
| [30]I have chosen the way of truth; and have not forgotten thy judgments. |
[30]The way of faithfulness I have chosen, Thy judgments I have compared, |
| [31]I have cleaved to thy testimonies, O Lord; put me not to shame. |
[31]I have adhered to Thy testimonies, O Jehovah, put me not to shame. |
| [32]I ran the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart. |
[32]The way of Thy commands I run, For Thou dost enlarge my heart! |
| [33]Teach me, O Lord, the way of thine ordinances, and I will seek it out continually. |
[33][He.] Show me, O Jehovah, the way of Thy statutes, And I keep it -- [to] the end. |
| [34]Instruct me, and I will search out thy law, and will keep it with my whole heart. |
[34]Cause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the whole heart. |
| [35]Guide me in the path of thy commandments; for I have delighted in it. |
[35]Cause me to tread in the path of Thy commands, For in it I have delighted. |
| [36]Incline mine heart to thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. |
[36]Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, And not unto dishonest gain. |
| [37]Turn away mine eyes that I may not behold vanity: quicken thou me in thy way. |
[37]Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me. |
| [38]Confirm thine oracle to thy servant, that he may fear thee. |
[38]Establish to Thy servant Thy saying, That [is] concerning Thy fear. |
| [39]Take away my reproach which I have feared: for thy judgments are good. |
[39]Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Thy judgments [are] good. |
| [40]Behold, I have desired thy commandments: quicken me in thy righteousness. |
[40]Lo, I have longed for Thy precepts, In Thy righteousness quicken Thou me, |
| [41]And let thy mercy come upon me, O Lord; even thy salvation, according to thy word. |
[41][Waw.] And meet me doth Thy kindness, O Jehovah, Thy salvation according to Thy saying. |
| [42]And so I shall render an answer to them that reproach me: for I have trusted in thy words. |
[42]And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For I have trusted in Thy word. |
| [43]And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments. So shall I keep thy law continually, for ever and ever. |
[43]And Thou takest not utterly away From my mouth the word of truth, Because for Thy judgment I have hoped. |
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[44]And I keep Thy law continually, To the age and for ever. |
| [45]I walked also at large: for I sought out thy commandments. |
[45]And I walk habitually in a broad place, For Thy precepts I have sought. |
| [46]And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings, and was not ashamed. |
[46]And I speak of Thy testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed. |
| [47]And I meditated on thy commandments, which I loved exceedingly. |
[47]And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved, |
| [48]And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments which I loved; and I meditated in thine ordinances. |
[48]And I lift up my hands unto Thy commands, That I have loved, And I do meditate on Thy statutes! |
| [49]Remember thy words to thy servant, wherein thou hast made me hope. |
[49][Zain.] Remember the word to Thy servant, On which Thou hast caused me to hope. |
| [50]This has comforted me in mine affliction: for thine oracle has quickened me. |
[50]This [is] my comfort in mine affliction, That Thy saying hath quickened me. |
| [51]The proud have transgressed exceedingly; but I swerved not from thy law. |
[51]The proud have utterly scorned me, From Thy law I have not turned aside. |
| [52]I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord; and was comforted. |
[52]I remembered Thy judgments of old, O Jehovah, And I comfort myself. |
| [53]Despair took hold upon me, because of the sinners who forsake thy law. |
[53]Horror hath seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Thy law. |
| [54]Thine ordinances were my songs in the place of my sojourning. |
[54]Songs have been to me Thy statutes, In the house of my sojournings. |
| [55]I remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night, and kept thy law. |
[55]I have remembered in the night Thy name, O Jehovah, And I do keep Thy law. |
| [56]This I had, because I diligently sought thine ordinances. |
[56]This hath been to me, That Thy precepts I have kept! |
| [57]Thou art my portion, O Lord: I said that I would keep thy law. |
[57][Cheth.] My portion [is] Jehovah; I have said -- to keep Thy words, |
| [58]I besought thy favour with my whole heart: have mercy upon me according to thy word. |
[58]I appeased Thy face with the whole heart, Favour me according to Thy saying. |
| [59]I thought on thy ways, and turned my feet to thy testimonies. |
[59]I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies. |
| [60]I prepared myself, (and was not terrified,) to keep thy commandments. |
[60]I have made haste, And delayed not, to keep Thy commands. |
| [61]The snares of sinners entangled me: but I forgot not thy law. |
[61]Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, Thy law I have not forgotten. |
| [62]At midnight I arose, to give thanks to thee for the judgments of thy righteousness. |
[62]At midnight I rise to give thanks to Thee, For the judgments of Thy righteousness. |
| [63]I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy commandments. |
[63]A companion I [am] to all who fear Thee, And to those keeping Thy precepts. |
| [64]O Lord, the earth is full of thy mercy: teach me thine ordinances. |
[64]Of Thy kindness, O Jehovah, the earth is full, Thy statutes teach Thou me! |
| [65]Thou hast wrought kindly with thy servant, o Lord, according to thy word. |
[65][Teth.] Good Thou didst with Thy servant, O Jehovah, According to Thy word. |
| [66]Teach me kindness, and instruction, and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments. |
[66]The goodness of reason and knowledge teach me, For in Thy commands I have believed. |
| [67]Before I was afflicted, I transgressed; therefore have I kept thy word. |
[67]Before I am afflicted, I -- I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept. |
| [68]Good art thou, O Lord; therefore in thy goodness teach me thine ordinances. |
[68]Good Thou [art], and doing good, Teach me Thy statutes. |
| [69]The injustice of the proud has been multiplied against me: but I will search out thy commandments with all my heart. |
[69]Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts. |
| [70]Their heart has been curdled like milk; but I have meditated on thy law. |
[70]Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I -- in Thy law I have delighted. |
| [71]It is good for me that thou hast afflicted me; that I might learn thine ordinances. |
[71]Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes. |
| [72]The law of thy mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver. |
[72]Better to me [is] the law of Thy mouth Than thousands of gold and silver! |
| [73]Thy hands have made me, and fashioned me: instruct me, that I may learn thy commandments. |
[73][Yod.] Thy hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Thy commands. |
| [74]They that fear thee will see me and rejoice: for I have hoped in thy words. |
[74]Those fearing Thee see me and rejoice, Because for Thy word I have hoped. |
| [75]I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are righteousness, and that thou in truthfulness hast afflicted me. |
[75]I have known, O Jehovah, That righteous [are] Thy judgments, And [in] faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me. |
| [76]Let, I pray thee, thy mercy be to comfort me, according to thy word to thy servant. |
[76]Let, I pray Thee, Thy kindness be to comfort me, According to Thy saying to Thy servant. |
| [77]Let thy compassions come to me, that I may live: for thy law is my meditation. |
[77]Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law [is] my delight. |
| [78]Let the proud be ashamed; for they transgressed against me unjustly: but I will meditate in thy commandments. |
[78]Ashamed are the proud, For [with] falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate in Thy precepts. |
| [79]Let those that fear thee, and those that know thy testimonies, turn to me. |
[79]Those fearing Thee turn back to me, And those knowing Thy testimonies. |
| [80]Let mine heart be blameless in thine ordinances, that I may not be ashamed. |
[80]My heart is perfect in Thy statutes, So that I am not ashamed. |
| [81]My soul faints for thy salvation: I have hoped in thy words. |
[81][Kaph.] Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped. |
| [82]Mine eyes failed in waiting for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? |
[82]Consumed have been mine eyes for Thy word, Saying, `When doth it comfort me?' |
| [83]For I am become as a bottle in the frost: yet I have not forgotten thine ordinances. |
[83]For I have been as a bottle in smoke, Thy statutes I have not forgotten. |
| [84]How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment for me on them that persecute me? |
[84]How many [are] the days of Thy servant? When dost Thou execute Against my pursuers judgment? |
| [85]Transgressors told me idle tales; but not according to thy law, O Lord. |
[85]The proud have digged for me pits, That [are] not according to Thy law. |
| [86]All thy commandments are truth; they persecuted me unjustly; help thou me. |
[86]All Thy commands [are] faithfulness, [With] falsehood they have pursued me, Help Thou me. |
| [87]They nearly made an end of me in the earth; but I forsook not thy commandments. |
[87]Almost consumed me on earth have they, And I -- I have not forsaken Thy precepts. |
| [88]Quicken me according to thy mercy; so shall I keep the testimonies of thy mouth. |
[88]According to Thy kindness quicken Thou me, And I keep the testimony of Thy mouth! |
| [89]Thy word, O Lord, abides in heaven for ever. |
[89][Lamed.] To the age, O Jehovah, Thy word is set up in the heavens. |
| [90]Thy truth endures to all generations; thou hast founded the earth, and it abides. |
[90]To all generations Thy faithfulness, Thou didst establish earth, and it standeth. |
| [91]The day continues by thy arrangement; for all things are thy servants. |
[91]According to Thine ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole [are] Thy servants. |
| [92]Were it not that thy law is my meditation, then I should have perished in mine affliction. |
[92]Unless Thy law [were] my delights, Then had I perished in mine affliction. |
| [93]I will never forget thine ordinances; for with them thou hast quickened me. |
[93]To the age I forget not Thy precepts, For by them Thou hast quickened me. |
| [94]I am thine, save me; for I have sought out thine ordinances. |
[94]I [am] Thine, save Thou me, For Thy precepts I have sought. |
| [95]Sinners laid wait for me to destroy me; but I understood thy testimonies. |
[95]Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand. |
| [96] have seen an end of all perfection; but thy commandment is very broad. |
[96]Of all perfection I have seen an end, Broad [is] Thy command -- exceedingly! |
| [97]How I have loved thy law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day. |
[97][Mem.] O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it [is] my meditation. |
| [98]Thou hast made me wiser than mine enemies in thy commandment; for it is mine for ever. |
[98]Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it [is] before me to the age. |
| [99]I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my medication. |
[99]Above all my teachers I have acted wisely. For Thy testimonies [are] my meditation. |
| [100]I understand more that the aged; because I have sought out thy commandments. |
[100]Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept. |
| [101]I have kept back my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy words. |
[101]From every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word. |
| [102]I have not declined from thy judgments; for thou hast instructed me. |
[102]From Thy judgments I turned not aside, For Thou -- Thou hast directed me. |
| [103]How sweet are thine oracles to my throat! more so than honey to my mouth! |
[103]How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth. |
| [104]I gain understanding by thy commandments: therefore I have hated every way of unrighteousness. |
[104]From Thy precepts I have understanding, Therefore I have hated every false path! |
| [105]Thy law is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths. |
[105][Nun.] A lamp to my foot [is] Thy word, And a light to my path. |
| [106]I have sworn and determined to keep the judgments of thy righteousness. |
[106]I have sworn, and I confirm [it], To keep the judgments of Thy righteousness. |
| [107]I have been very greatly afflicted, O Lord: quicken me, according to thy word. |
[107]I have been afflicted very much, O Jehovah, quicken me, according to Thy word. |
| [108]Accept, I pray thee, O Lord, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, and teach me thy judgments. |
[108]Free-will-offerings of my mouth, Accept, I pray Thee, O Jehovah, And Thy judgments teach Thou me. |
| [109]My soul is continually in thine hands; and I have not forgotten thy law. |
[109]My soul [is] in my hand continually, And Thy law I have not forgotten. |
| [110]Sinners spread a snare for me; but I erred not from thy commandments. |
[110]The wicked have laid a snare for me, And from thy precepts I wandered not. |
| [111]I have inherited thy testimonies for ever; for they are the joy of my heart. |
[111]I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart [are] they. |
| [112]I have inclined my heart to perform thine ordinances for ever, in return for thy mercies. |
[112]I have inclined my heart To do Thy statutes, to the age -- [to] the end! |
| [113]I have hated transgressors; but I have loved thy law. |
[113][Samech.] Doubting ones I have hated, And Thy law I have loved. |
| [114]Thou art my helper and my supporter; I have hoped in thy words. |
[114]My hiding place and my shield [art] Thou, For Thy word I have hoped. |
| [115]Depart from me, ye evil-doers; for I will search out the commandments of my God. |
[115]Turn aside from me, ye evil-doers, And I keep the commands of my God. |
| [116]Uphold me according to thy word, and quicken me; and make me not ashamed of my expectation. |
[116]Sustain me according to Thy saying, And I live, and Thou puttest me not to shame Because of my hope. |
| [117]Help me, and I shall be saved; and I will meditate in thine ordinances continually. |
[117]Support Thou me, and I am saved, And I look on Thy statutes continually. |
| [118]Thou hast brought to nought all that depart from thine ordinances; for their inward thought is unrighteous. |
[118]Thou hast trodden down All going astray from Thy statutes, For falsehood [is] their deceit. |
| [119]I have reckoned all the sinners of the earth as transgressors; therefore have I loved thy testimonies. |
[119]Dross! Thou hast caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Thy testimonies. |
| [120]Penetrate my flesh with thy fear; for I am afraid of thy judgments. |
[120]Trembled from Thy fear hath my flesh, And from Thy judgments I have been afraid! |
| [121]I have done judgment and justice; deliver me not up to them that injure me. |
[121][Ain.] I have done judgment and righteousness, Leave me not to mine oppressors. |
| [122]Receive thy servant for good: let not the proud accuse me falsely. |
[122]Make sure Thy servant for good, Let not the proud oppress me. |
| [123]Mine eyes have failed for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness. |
[123]Mine eyes have been consumed for Thy salvation. And for the saying of Thy righteousness. |
| [124]Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy, and teach me thine ordinances. |
[124]Do with Thy servant according to Thy kindness. And Thy statutes teach Thou me. |
| [125]I am thy servant; instruct me, and I shall know thy testimonies. |
[125]Thy servant [am] I -- cause me to understand, And I know Thy testimonies. |
| [126]It is time for the Lord to work: they have utterly broken thy law. |
[126]Time for Jehovah to work! they have made void Thy law. |
| [127]Therefore have I loved thy commandments more than gold, or the topaz. |
[127]Therefore I have loved Thy commands Above gold -- even fine gold. |
| [128]Therefore I directed myself according to all thy commandments: I have hated every unjust way. |
[128]Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, Every path of falsehood I have hated! |
| [129]Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul has sought them out. |
[129][Pe.] Wonderful [are] Thy testimonies, Therefore hath my soul kept them. |
| [130]The manifestation of thy words will enlighten, and instruct the simple. |
[130]The opening of Thy words enlighteneth, Instructing the simple. |
| [131]I opened my mouth, and drew breath: for I earnestly longed after thy commandments. |
[131]My mouth I have opened, yea, I pant, For, for Thy commands I have longed. |
| [132]Look upon me and have mercy upon me, after the manner of them that love thy name. |
[132]Look unto me, and favour me, As customary to those loving Thy name. |
| [133]Order my steps according to thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. |
[133]My steps establish by Thy saying, And any iniquity doth not rule over me. |
| [134]Deliver me from the false accusation of men: so will I keep thy commandments. |
[134]Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Thy precepts, |
| [135]Cause thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thine ordinances. |
[135]Thy face cause to shine on Thy servant, And teach me Thy statutes. |
| [136]Mine eyes have been bathed in streams of water, because I kept not thy law. |
[136]Rivulets of waters have come down mine eyes, Because they have not kept Thy law! |
| [137]Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments. |
[137][Tzade.] Righteous [art] Thou, O Jehovah, And upright [are] Thy judgments. |
| [138]Thou has commanded righteousness and perfect truth, as thy testimonies. |
[138]Thou hast appointed Thy testimonies, Righteous and exceeding faithful, |
| [139]Thy zeal has quite wasted me: because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. |
[139]Cut me off hath my zeal, For mine adversaries forgot Thy words. |
| [140]Thy word has been very fully tried; and thy servant loves it. |
[140]Tried [is] thy saying exceedingly, And Thy servant hath loved it. |
| [141]I am young and despised: yet I have not forgotten thine ordinances. |
[141]Small I [am], and despised, Thy precepts I have not forgotten. |
| [142]Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is truth. |
[142]Thy righteousness [is] righteousness to the age, And Thy law [is] truth. |
| [143]Afflictions and distresses found me: but thy commandments were my meditation. |
[143]Adversity and distress have found me, Thy commands [are] my delights. |
| [144]Thy testimonies are an everlasting righteousness: instruct me, and I shall live. |
[144]The righteousness of Thy testimonies [is] to Cause me to understand, and I live! |
| [145]I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord: I will search out thine ordinances. |
[145][Koph.] I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O Jehovah, Thy statutes I keep, |
| [146]I cried to thee; save me, and I will keep thy testimonies. |
[146]I have called Thee, save Thou me, And I do keep Thy testimonies. |
| [147]I arose before the dawn, and cried: I hoped in thy words. |
[147]I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, For Thy word I have hoped. |
| [148]Mine eyes prevented the dawn, that I might meditate on thine oracles. |
[148]Mine eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate in Thy saying. |
| [149]Hear my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy; quicken me according to thy judgment. |
[149]My voice hear, according to Thy kindness, Jehovah, according to Thy judgment quicken me. |
| [150]They have drawn nigh who persecuted me unlawfully; and they are far removed from thy law. |
[150]Near have been my wicked pursuers, From Thy law they have been far off. |
| [151]Thou art near, O Lord; and all thy ways are truth. |
[151]Near [art] Thou, O Jehovah, And all Thy commands [are] truth. |
| [152]I have known of old concerning thy testimonies, that thou hast founded them for ever. |
[152]Of old I have known Thy testimonies, That to the age Thou hast founded them! |
| [153]Look upon mine affliction, and rescue me; for I have not forgotten thy law. |
[153][Resh.] See my affliction, and deliver Thou me, For Thy law I have not forgotten. |
| [154]Plead my cause, and ransom me: quicken me because of thy word. |
[154]Plead my plea, and redeem me, According to Thy saying quicken me. |
| [155]Salvation is far from sinners: for they have not searched out thine ordinances. |
[155]Far from the wicked [is] salvation, For Thy statutes they have not sought. |
| [156]Thy mercies, O Lord, are many: quicken me according to thy judgment. |
[156]Thy mercies [are] many, O Jehovah, According to Thy judgments quicken me. |
| [157]Many are they that persecute me and oppress me: but I have not declined from thy testimonies. |
[157]Many [are] my pursuers, and adversaries, From Thy testimonies I have not turned aside. |
| [158]I beheld men acting foolishly, and I pined away; for they kept not thine oracles. |
[158]I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because Thy saying they have not kept. |
| [159]Behold, I have loved thy commandments, O Lord: quicken me in thy mercy. |
[159]See, for thy precepts I have loved, Jehovah, According to Thy kindness quicken me. |
| [160]The beginning of thy words is truth; and all the judgments of thy righteousness endure for ever. |
[160]The sum of Thy word [is] truth, And to the age [is] every judgment of Thy righteousness! |
| [161]Princes persecuted me without a cause, but my heart feared because of thy words. |
[161][Shin.] Princes have pursued me without cause, And because of Thy words was my heart afraid. |
| [162]I will exult because of thine oracles, as one that finds much spoil. |
[162]I do rejoice concerning Thy saying, As one finding abundant spoil. |
| [163]I hate and abhor unrighteousness; but I love thy law. |
[163]Falsehood I have hated, yea I abominate [it], Thy law I have loved. |
| [164]Seven times in a day have I praised thee because of the judgments of thy righteousness. |
[164]Seven [times] in a day I have praised Thee, Because of the judgments of Thy righteousness. |
| [165]Great peace have they that love thy law: and there is no stumbling-block to them. |
[165]Abundant peace have those loving Thy law, And they have no stumbling-block. |
| [166]I waited for thy salvation, O Lord, and have loved thy commandments. |
[166]I have waited for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy commands I have done. |
| [167]My soul has kept thy testimonies, and loved them exceedingly. |
[167]Kept hath my soul Thy testimonies, And I do love them exceedingly. |
| [168]I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies; for all my ways are before thee, O Lord. |
[168]I have kept Thy precepts and Thy testimonies, For all my ways are before Thee! |
| [169]Let my supplication come near before thee, o Lord; instruct me according to thine oracle. |
[169][Taw.] My loud cry cometh near before Thee, O Jehovah; According to Thy word cause me to understand. |
| [170]Let my petition come in before thee, O Lord; deliver me according to thine oracle. |
[170]My supplication cometh in before Thee, According to Thy saying deliver Thou me. |
| [171]Let my lips utter a hymn, when thou shalt have taught me thine ordinances. |
[171]My lips do utter praise, For Thou dost teach me Thy statutes. |
| [172]Let my tongue utter thine oracles; for all thy commandments are righteous. |
[172]My tongue doth sing of Thy saying, For all Thy commands [are] righteous. |
| [173]Let thine hand be prompt to save me; for I have chosen thy commandments. |
[173]Thy hand is for a help to me, For Thy commands I have chosen. |
| [174]I have longed after thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my meditation. |
[174]I have longed for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy law [is] my delight. |
| [175]My soul shall live, and shall praise thee; and thy judgments shall help me. |
[175]My soul liveth, and it doth praise Thee, And Thy judgments do help me. |
| [176]I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I have not forgotten thy commandments. |
[176]I wandered as a lost sheep, seek Thy servant, For Thy precepts I have not forgotten! |