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[1]ALEPH. BLESSED are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
[2]Blessed are they who keep his testimonies, and seek him with the whole heart.
[3]They also do no iniquity; they walk in his ways.
[4]Thou hast commanded them to keep thy precepts diligently.
[5]O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
[6]Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have observed all thy commandments.
[7]I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
[8]I will keep thy statutes; O forsake me not utterly.
[9]BETH. With what shall a young man cleanse his way in order that he may observe thy commandments?
[10]With my whole heart have I sought thee; O let me not wander from thy commandments.
[11]Thy words have I impressed on my heart, that I might not sin against thee.
[12]Blessed art thou, O LORD; teach me thy statutes.
[13]With my lips have I repeated all thy righteous judgments.
[14]I have been delighted in the way of thy testimonies, more than in all riches.
[15]I have meditated in thy commandments, and am familiar with thy ways.
[16]I have meditated in thy law in order that I may not forget thy words.
[17]GAMEL. Answer thy servant, that I may live and keep thy words.
[18]Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
[19]I am a sojourner with thee; hide not thy commandments from me.
[20]My soul is pleased and desires thy judgments at all times.
[21]Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles, and cursed are those who go astray from thy commandments.
[22]Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
[23]The ungodly sat and plotted against me; but I meditated in thy statutes.
[24]I have meditated also in thy testimonies and in thy good counsel.
[25]DALETH. My soul cleaves to the dust; quicken me according to thy word.
[26]I have declared my ways and thou heardest me; teach me thy law.
[27]Make me to understand the way of thy precepts; so shall I meditate on thy wondrous works.
[28]My soul is vexed from meditation; quicken me according to thy word.
[29]Remove from me the practices of the wicked, and teach me thy law.
[30]I have chosen the way of thy truth: thy judgments have delighted me.
[31]I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
[32]I have walked in the way of thy commandments, because thou hast made me joyful.
[33]HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy commandments; and I shall keep them unto the end.
[34]Give me understanding and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
[35]Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
[36]Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to fables.
[37]Turn away mine eyes that they may not behold falsehood; and quicken thou me in thy way.
[38]Strengthen thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thee.
[39]Turn away my reproach: because thy judgments are good.
[40]Behold, I have delighted in thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
[41]VAU. Let thy mercies come also to me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word.
[42]So shall I have wherewith to answer him who reproaches me; for I trust in thy word.
[43]Let not the word of truth depart from my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
[44]So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
[45]And I will walk at liberty because I have been delighted in thy commandments.
[46]I will speak truthfully before kings, and will not be ashamed.
[47]And I will meditate on thy commandments, which I have loved.
[48]My hands also will I lift up to thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy commandments, and I will be glorified in thy faith.
[49]ZEN. Remember thy word to thy servant, upon which thou hast made me to hope.
[50]In it have I been comforted in my humiliation; for thy word has quickened me.
[51]The ungodly have oppressed me greatly; yet have I not swerved from thy law.
[52]I have remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD, and have been comforted; they have become a guide to me.
[53]Horror has taken hold of me because of the wicked who forsake thy law.
[54]Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
[55]I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
[56]I have been comforted because I kept thy commandments.
[57]KHETH. On the LORD'S business have I meditated, that I may keep thy commandments.
[58]I entreated thy favor with my whole heart; save me according to thy word.
[59]I thought on my ways, and turned my feet to thy paths.
[60]I prepared myself and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
[61]The bands of the wicked have beset me; but I have not strayed from thy law.
[62]At midnight I rise to give thanks to thee because of thy righteous judgments.
[63]I am a friend of all them that worship thee, and of them that keep thy commandments.
[64]The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy; teach me thy statutes.
[65]TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according to thy word.
[66]Teach me good judgment, grace, and knowledge; for I have believed thy commandments.
[67]Even before I was humbled I believed; and I kept thy word.
[68]Thou art good, O LORD, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
[69]The injustice of the proud has multiplied; but I keep thy commandments with my whole heart.
[70]Their hearts are stubborn; but I keep thy law.
[71]It is good for me that I have been humbled, that I might learn thy statutes.
[72]The law of thy mouth is better to me than thousands of things of gold and silver.
[73]YOTH. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me; teach me thy law,
[74]So that those who revere thee may see and rejoice, because I have hoped in thy word.
[75]I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in thy faithfulness hast humbled me.
[76]Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word to thy servant.
[77]Let thy tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for I have been taught thy law.
[78]Let the wicked be ashamed, for they have humbled me unjustly; but I have meditated in thy precepts.
[79]Let those who reverence thee turn unto me, and those who have known thy testimonies.
[80]Let my heart meditate in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.
[81]CAPH. My soul hath longed for thy salvation, and I hope in thy word.
[82]Mine eyes wait for thy word, when thou wilt comfort me.
[83]For I have suffered all disgrace; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
[84]How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
[85]The wicked have digged a pit for me, which is not in accord with thy law.
[86]All thy commandments are trustworthy; yet the wicked persecute me.
[87]They had almost destroyed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy commandments.
[88]Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
[89]LAMED. For ever thou art, O LORD; thy word is established in heaven.
[90]Thy faithfulness is to all generations; thou hast established the earth, and it abides.
[91]They continue this day according to thine ordinances; for all are thy servants.
[92]Unless thy law had been my meditation, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
[93]I will never forget thy commandments, because they are my very life.
[94]I am thine, deliver me; for I have kept thy commandments.
[95]The wicked have waited for me to destroy me; but I understand thy testimonies.
[96]I have seen the futility of all things; but thy commandment is exceeding broad.
[97]MEM. O how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.
[98]Make me wiser than mine enemies, because I have obeyed thy commandments.
[99]Give me more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my meditation.
[100]I understand more than the elders, because I keep thy statutes.
[101]I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy commandments.
[102]I have not departed from thy judgments; for thou hast taught me.
[103]How sweet are thy words to the taste! yea, sweeter than honey to the mouth!
[104]I have meditated on thy commandments; therefore I hate the way of the wicked.
[105]NUN. Thy word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
[106]I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
[107]I am afflicted very much; quicken me, O LORD, according to thy word.
[108]With the words of my mouth be pleased, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
[109]My soul is continually in thy hands; I do not forget thy law.
[110]Sinners have laid a snare for me; yet I erred not from thy commandments.
[111]Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
[112]I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes truly, even to the end.
[113]SEMKETH. I hate the wicked; but thy law do I love.
[114]Thou art my shelter and my refuge: I hope in thy word.
[115]Depart from me, O you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.
[116]Uphold me according to thy word, and I shall live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
[117]Help me and I shall be safe, and I will be continually mindful of thy commandments.
[118]Thou hast rejected all them that stray from thee; for their thought is ungodly.
[119]Sustain me, and I shall be safe, and I will always meditate on thy commandments.
[120]My flesh shrinks for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
[121]AI. O thou that doeth judgment and justice, leave me not in the hand of mine oppressors.
[122]Comfort thy servant with goodness; let not the proud slander me.
[123]Mine eyes long for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
[124]Deal with thy servant according to thy mercies, and teach me thy law.
[125]I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
[126]It is time to serve the LORD; for they have nullified thy law.
[127]Therefore I love thy commandments above gold, yea, above precious stones.
[128]Therefore I love all thy commandments; and I hate every way of the wicked.
[129]PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul keep them.
[130]Make plain thy word and enlighten and give understanding to the simple.
[131]I opened my mouth, and panted; for I longed for thy commandments.
[132]Look upon me, and be merciful to me, because I love thy name.
[133]Direct my steps in thy path; let not the wicked have dominion over me.
[134]Deliver me from the oppression of man; so will I keep thy statutes.
[135]Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy law.
[136]Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
[137]ZADDI. Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
[138]Thou hast commanded thy testimony in righteousness and faithfulness.
[139]Zeal hath consumed me because thine enemies have forgotten thy word.
[140]Thy word is very pure; therefore thy servant loves it.
[141]I am small and despised; yet I do not forget thy commandments.
[142]Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is truth.
[143]Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me; yet I meditate on thy commandments.
[144]The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting; give me understanding, and I shall live.
[145]KOPH. I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD; I will keep thy statutes.
[146]I cried to thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
[147]I arose at the dawn of the morning, and cried; I hoped in thy word.
[148]Mine eyes open before the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
[149]Hear my voice according to thy lovingkindness, O LORD; quicken me according to thy judgment.
[150]They draw near who follow after mischief; they are far from thy law.
[151]Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth. Mine eyes open before the night watch to meditate on thy word.
[152]Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
[153]RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me; for I do not forget thy law.
[154]Judge my case, and deliver me; quicken me according to thy word.
[155]Salvation is far from the wicked; for they seek not thy statutes.
[156]Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD; quicken me according to thy judgments.
[157]Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
[158]I beheld the transgressors and I knew they had not kept thy word.
[159]Consider how I love thy commandments; quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
[160]The foundation of thy word is truth; and every one of thy righteous judgments endures for ever.
[161]SHEEN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart stands in awe of thy word.
[162]I rejoice at thy word, as one that finds great spoil.
[163]I hate and despise evil; but thy law do I love.
[164]Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.
[165]Great peace have they which love thy law; and they shall have no infirmity.
[166]LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
[167]My soul has kept thy testimonies, and I love them exceedingly.
[168]I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies; for all my ways are before thee.
[169]TAU. Let my cry come before thee, O LORD; save me according to thy word.
[170]Let my supplication come before thee; deliver me according to thy word.
[171]My tongue shall speak of thy word; for all thy commandments are righteous.
[172]My lips shall speak of thy praise when thou hast taught me thy commandments.
[173]Let thine hand help me; for I have delighted in thy statutes.
[174]I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and I meditate on thy law.
[175]Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
[176]I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments.
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