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| [1]The `title of the hundrid and nyntenthe salm. The song of greces. Whanne Y was set in tribulacioun, Y criede to the Lord; and he herde me. |
[1]Blessed are those that are upright in their way, and walk in the Law of the Lord. |
| [2]Lord, delyuere thou my soule fro wickid lippis; and fro a gileful tunge. |
[2]Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and seek him with their whole heart. |
| [3]What schal be youun to thee, ether what schal be leid to thee; to a gileful tunge? |
[3]Surely they work none iniquity, that walk in his ways. |
| [4]Scharpe arowis of the myyti; with colis that maken desolat. |
[4]Thou hast commanded to keep thy precepts diligently. |
| [5]Allas to me! for my dwelling in an alien lond is maad long, Y dwellide with men dwellinge in Cedar; my soule was myche a comelyng. |
[5]Oh that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! |
| [6]I was pesible with hem that hatiden pees; |
[6]Then should I not be confounded, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. |
| [7]whanne Y spak to hem, thei ayenseiden me with outen cause. |
[7]I will praise thee with an upright heart, when I shall learn the judgments of thy righteousness. |
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[8]I will keep thy statutes: forsake me not overlong. BETH |
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[9]Wherewith shall a young man redress his way? In taking heed thereto according to thy word. |
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[10]With my whole heart have I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandments. |
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[11]I have hid thy promise in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. |
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[12]Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy statutes. |
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[13]With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. |
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[14]I have had as great delight in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches. |
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[15]I will meditate in thy precepts, and consider thy ways. |
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[16]I will delight in thy statutes, and I will not forget thy word. GIMEL. |
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[17]Be beneficial unto thy servant, that I may live and keep thy word. |
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[18]Open mine eyes, that I may see the wonders of thy law. |
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[19]I am a stranger upon earth: hide not thy commandments from me. |
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[20]Mine heart breaketh for the desire to thy judgments alway. |
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[21]Thou hast destroyed the proud: cursed are they that do err from thy commandments. |
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[22]Remove from me shame and contempt: for I have kept thy testimonies. |
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[23]Princes also did sit , and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes. |
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[24]Also thy testimonies are my delight, and my counselors. DALETH |
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[25]My soul cleaveth to the dust: quicken me according to thy word. |
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[26]I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes. |
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[27]Make me to understand the way of thy precepts, and I will meditate in thy wondrous works. |
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[28]My soul melteth for heaviness: raise me up according unto thy word. |
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[29]Take from me the way of lying, and grant me graciously thy law. |
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[30]I have chosen the way of truth, and thy judgments have I laid before me. |
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[31]I have cleaved to thy testimonies, O Lord: confound me not. |
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[32]I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge mine heart. HE. |
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[33]Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes, and I will keep it unto the end. |
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[34]Give me understanding, and I will keep thy Law: yea, I will keep it with my whole heart. |
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[35]Direct me in the path of thy commandments: for therein is my delight. |
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[36]Incline mine heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. |
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[37]Turn away mine eyes from regarding vanity, and quicken me in thy way. |
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[38]Stablish thy promise to thy servant, because he feareth thee. |
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[39]Take away my rebuke that I fear: for thy judgments are good. |
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[40]Behold, I desire thy commandments: quicken me in thy righteousness. VAU |
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[41]And let thy loving kindness come unto me, O Lord, and thy salvation according to thy promise. |
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[42]So shall I make answer unto my blasphemers: for I trust in thy word. |
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[43]And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth: for I wait for thy judgments. |
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[44]So shall I alway keep thy law forever and ever. |
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[45]And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. |
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[46]I will speak also of thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed. |
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[47]And my delight shall be in thy commandments, which I have loved. |
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[48]Mine hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and I will meditate in thy statutes. ZAIN. |
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[49]Remember the promise made to thy servant, wherein thou hast caused me to trust. |
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[50]It is my comfort in my trouble: for thy promise hath quickened me. |
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[51]The proud have had me exceedingly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy Law. |
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[52]I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord, and have been comforted. |
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[53]Fear is come upon me for the wicked, that forsake thy Law. |
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[54]Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. |
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[55]I have remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night, and have kept thy law. |
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[56]This I had because I kept thy precepts. CHETH. |
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[57]O Lord, that art my portion, I have determined to keep thy words. |
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[58]I made my supplication in thy presence with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy promise. |
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[59]I have considered my ways, and turned my feet into thy testimonies. |
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[60]I made haste and delayed not to keep thy commandments. |
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[61]The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law. |
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[62]At midnight will I rise to give thanks unto thee, because of thy righteous judgments. |
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[63]I am companion of all them that fear thee, and keep thy precepts. |
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[64]The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes. TETH. |
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[65]O Lord, thou hast dealt graciously with thy servant according unto thy word. |
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[66]Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments. |
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[67]Before I was afflicted, I went astray: but now I keep thy word. |
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[68]Thou art good and gracious: teach me thy statutes. |
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[69]The proud have imagined a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart. |
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[70]heart is fat as grease: but my delight is in thy law. |
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[71]It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn thy statutes. |
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[72]The law of thy mouth is better unto me, than thousands of gold and silver. IOD. |
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[73]Thine hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding therefore, that I may learn thy commandments. |
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[74]So they that fear thee, seeing me shall rejoice, because I have trusted in thy word. |
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[75]I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou hast afflicted me justly. |
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[76]I pray thee that thy mercy may comfort me according to thy promise unto thy servant. |
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[77]Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight. |
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[78]Let the proud be ashamed: for they have dealt wickedly and falsely with me: but I meditate in thy precepts. |
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[79]Let such as fear thee turn unto me, and they that know thy testimonies. |
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[80]Let mine heart be upright in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed. CAPH. |
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[81]My soul fainteth for thy salvation: yet I wait for thy word. |
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[82]Mine eyes fail for thy promise, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? |
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[83]For I am like a bottle in the smoke: yet do I not forget thy statutes. |
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[84]How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? |
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[85]The proud have digged pits for me, which is not after thy Law. |
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[86]All thy commandments are true: they persecute me falsely: help me. |
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[87]They had almost consumed me upon the earth: but I forsook not thy precepts. |
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[88]Quicken me according to thy loving kindness: so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth. LAMED. |
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[89]O Lord, thy word endureth forever in heaven. |
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[90]Thy truth is from generation to generation: thou hast laid the foundation of the earth, and it abideth. |
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[91]They continue even to this day by thine ordinances: for all are thy servants. |
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[92]Except thy law had been my delight, I should now have perished in mine affliction. |
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[93]I will never forget thy precepts: for by them thou hast quickened me. |
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[94]I am thine, save me: for I have sought thy precepts. |
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[95]The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies. |
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[96]I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding large. MEM. |
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[97]Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation continually. |
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[98]By thy commandments thou hast made me wiser then mine enemies: for they are ever with me. |
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[99]I have had more understanding then all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. |
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[100]I understood more than the ancient, because I kept thy precepts. |
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[101]I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word. |
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[102]I have not declined from thy judgments: for thou didst teach me. |
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[103]How sweet are thy promises unto my mouth! Yea, more than honey unto my mouth. |
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[104]By thy precepts I have gotten understanding: therefore I hate all the ways of falsehood. NUN. |
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[105]Thy word is a lantern unto my feet, and a light unto my path. |
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[106]I have sworn and will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments. |
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[107]I am very sore afflicted: O Lord, quicken me according to thy word. |
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[108]O Lord, I beseech thee accept the free offerings of my mouth, and teach me thy judgments. |
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[109]My soul is continually in mine hand: yet do I not forget thy law. |
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[110]The wicked have laid a snare for me: but I swerved not from thy precepts. |
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[111]Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage forever: for they are the joy of mine heart. |
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[112]I have applied mine heart to fulfill thy statutes alway, even unto the end. SAMECH. |
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[113]I hate vain inventions: but thy Law do I love. |
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[114]Thou art my refuge and shield, and I trust in thy word. |
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[115]Away from me, ye wicked: for I will keep the commandments of my God. |
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[116]Stablish me according to thy promise, that I may live, and disappoint me not of mine hope. |
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[117]Stay thou me, and I shall be safe, and I will delight continually in thy statutes. |
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[118]Thou hast trodden down all them that depart from thy statutes: for their deceit is vain. |
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[119]Thou hast taken away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies. |
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[120]My flesh trembleth for fear of thee, and I am afraid of thy judgments. AIN. |
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[121]I have executed judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors. |
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[122]Answer for thy servant in that, which is good, and let not the proud oppress me. |
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[123]Mine eyes have failed in waiting for thy salvation, and for thy just promise. |
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[124]Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes. |
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[125]I am thy servant: grant me therefore understanding, that I may know thy testimonies. |
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[126]It is time for the Lord to work: for they have destroyed thy Law. |
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[127]Therefore love I thy commandments above gold, yea, above most fine gold. |
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[128]Therefore I esteem all thy precepts most just, and hate all false ways. PE. |
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[129]Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. |
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[130]The entrance into thy words showeth light, and giveth understanding to the simple. |
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[131]I opened my mouth and panted, because I loved thy commandments. |
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[132]Look upon me and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name. |
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[133]Direct my steps in thy word, and let none iniquity have dominion over me. |
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[134]Deliver me from the oppression of men, and I will keep thy precepts. |
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[135]Show the light of thy countenance upon thy servant, and teach me thy statutes. |
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[136]Mine eyes gush out with rivers of water, because they keep not thy law. TSADDI. |
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[137]Righteous art thou, O Lord, and just are thy judgments. |
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[138]Thou hast commanded justice by thy testimonies and truth especially. |
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[139]My zeal hath even consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. |
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[140]Thy word is proved most pure, and thy servant loveth it. |
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[141]I am small and despised: yet do I not forget thy precepts. |
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[142]Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is truth. |
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[143]Trouble and anguish are come upon me: yet are thy commandments my delight. |
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[144]The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: grant me understanding, and I shall live. KOPH. |
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[145]I have cried with my whole heart: hear me, O Lord, and I will keep thy statutes. |
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[146]I called upon thee: save me, and I will keep thy testimonies. |
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[147]I prevented the morning light, and cried: for I waited on thy word. |
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[148]Mine eyes prevent the night watches to meditate in thy word. |
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[149]Hear my voice according to thy loving kindness: O Lord, quicken me according to thy judgment. |
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[150]They draw near, that follow after malice, and are far from thy law. |
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[151]Thou art near, O Lord: for all thy commandments are true. |
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[152]I have known long since by thy testimonies, that thou hast established them forever. RESH. |
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[153]Behold mine affliction, and deliver me: for I have not forgotten thy law. |
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[154]Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according unto thy word. |
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[155]Salvation is far from the wicked, because they seek not thy statutes. |
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[156]Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to thy judgments. |
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[157]My persecutors and mine oppressors are many: yet do I not swerve from thy testimonies. |
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[158]I saw the transgressors and was grieved, because they kept not thy word. |
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[159]Consider, O Lord, how I love thy precepts: quicken me according to thy loving kindness. |
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[160]The beginning of thy word is truth, and all the judgments of thy righteousness endure forever. SCHIN. |
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[161]Princes have persecuted me without cause, but mine heart stood in awe of thy words. |
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[162]I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth a great spoil. |
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[163]I hate falsehood and abhor it, but thy law do I love. |
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[164]Seven times a day do I praise thee, because of thy righteous judgments. |
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[165]They that love thy Law, shall have great prosperity, and they shall have none hurt. |
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[166]Lord, I have trusted in thy salvation, and have done thy commandments. |
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[167]My soul hath kept thy testimonies: for I love them exceedingly. |
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[168]I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee. TAV. |
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[169]Let my complaint come before thee, O Lord, and give me understanding, according unto thy word. |
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[170]Let my supplication come before thee, and deliver me according to thy promise. |
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[171]My lips shall speak praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. |
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[172]My tongue shall entreat of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteous. |
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[173]Let thine hand help me: for I have chosen thy precepts. |
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[174]I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord, and thy law is my delight. |
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[175]Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee, and thy judgments shall help me. |
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[176]I have gone astray like a lost sheep: seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments. |