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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 that keep his testimonies, [and that]
seek him with the whole heart. 3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in
his ways.”
“4 ¶ Thou hast commanded [us] 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 respect unto 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. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed
[thereto] according to thy word.”
“10 ¶ With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from
thy commandments.”
“11 ¶ Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against
thee.”
“12 ¶ Blessed [art] thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.”
“13 ¶ With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. 14 I
have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as [much as] in all riches.
15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. 16 I
will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.”
“17 ¶ GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, [that] I may live, and
keep thy word.”
“18 ¶ Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy
law.”
“19 ¶ I [am] a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from
me.”
“20 ¶ My soul breaketh for the longing [that it hath] unto thy judgments
at all times.”
“21 ¶ Thou hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, which do err from
thy commandments.”
“22 ¶ Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy
testimonies.”
“23 ¶ Princes also did sit [and] speak against me: [but] thy servant did
meditate in thy statutes.”
“24 ¶ Thy testimonies also [are] my delight [and] my counsellors.”
“25 ¶ DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according
to thy word.”
“26 ¶ I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy
statutes. 27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I
talk of thy wondrous works.”
“28 ¶ My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto
thy word. 29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law
graciously.”
“30 ¶ I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid [before
me]. 31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
32 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my
heart.”
“33 ¶ HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it
[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
covetousness.”
“37 ¶ Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; [and] quicken thou me
in thy way.”
“38 ¶ Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who [is devoted] to thy fear.”
“39 ¶ Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments [are] good.”
“40 ¶ Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy
righteousness.”
“41 ¶ VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, [even] thy
salvation, according to thy word. 42 So shall I have wherewith to answer
him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.”
“43 ¶ And take not the word of truth utterly out of 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: for I seek thy precepts. 46 I will
speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed. 47
And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. 48 My
hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and
I will meditate in thy statutes.”
“49 ¶ ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast
caused me to hope.”
“50 ¶ This [is] my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened
me.”
“51 ¶ The proud have had me greatly in derision: [yet] have I not
declined from thy law.”
“52 ¶ I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted
myself.”
“53 ¶ Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that 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 This I had, because I kept thy precepts.”
“57 ¶ CHETH. [Thou art] my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would
keep thy words.”
“58 ¶ I intreated thy favour with [my] whole heart: be merciful unto me
according to thy word.”
“59 ¶ I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. 60
I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.”
“61 ¶ The bands of the wicked have robbed me: [but] I have not forgotten
thy law.”
“62 ¶ At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy
righteous judgments.”
“63 ¶ I [am] a companion of all [them] that fear thee, and of them that
keep thy precepts.”
“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
unto thy word. 66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have
believed thy commandments.”
“67 ¶ Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy
word.”
“68 ¶ Thou [art] good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.”
“69 ¶ The proud have forged a lie against me: [but] I will keep thy
precepts with [my] whole heart. 70 Their heart is as fat as grease;
[but] I delight in thy law.”
“71 ¶ [It is] good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn
thy statutes.”
“72 ¶ The law of thy mouth [is] better unto me than thousands of gold
and silver.”
“73 ¶ JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me
understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.”
“74 ¶ They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have
hoped in thy word.”
“75 ¶ I know, O LORD, that thy judgments [are] right, and [that] thou in
faithfulness hast afflicted me.”
“76 ¶ Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort,
according to thy word unto thy servant. 77 Let thy tender mercies come
unto me, that I may live: for thy law [is] my delight.”
“78 ¶ Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me
without a cause: [but] I will meditate in thy precepts. 79 Let those
that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.”
“80 ¶ Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.”
“81 ¶ CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: [but] I hope in thy
word. 82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort
me?”
“83 ¶ For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; [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 proud have digged pits for me, which [are] not after thy law.
86 All thy commandments [are] faithful: they persecute me wrongfully;
help thou me. 87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook
not thy precepts.”
“88 ¶ Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony
of thy mouth.”
“89 ¶ LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. 90 Thy
faithfulness [is] unto all generations: thou hast established the earth,
and it abideth. 91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances:
for all [are] thy servants.”
“92 ¶ Unless thy law [had been] my delights, I should then have perished
in mine affliction.”
“93 ¶ I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast
quickened me.”
“94 ¶ I [am] thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.”
“95 ¶ The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: [but] I will consider
thy testimonies.”
“96 ¶ I have seen an end of all perfection: [but] thy commandment [is]
exceeding broad.”
“97 ¶ MEM. O how love I thy law! it [is] my meditation all the day.”
“98 ¶ Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine
enemies: for they [are] ever with me. 99 I have more understanding than
all my teachers: for thy testimonies [are] my meditation. 100 I
understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.”
“101 ¶ I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep
thy word.”
“102 ¶ I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.”
“103 ¶ How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [yea, sweeter] than honey
to my mouth! 104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I
hate every false way.”
“105 ¶ NUN. Thy word [is] a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto 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 unto thy
word.”
“108 ¶ Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O
LORD, and teach me thy judgments.”
“109 ¶ My soul [is] continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy
precepts.”
“111 ¶ Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they
[are] the rejoicing of my heart. 112 I have inclined mine heart to
perform thy statutes alway, [even unto] the end.”
“113 ¶ SAMECH. I hate [vain] thoughts: but thy law do I love.”
“114 ¶ Thou [art] my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.”
“115 ¶ Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of
my God.”
“116 ¶ Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me
not be ashamed of my hope. 117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and
I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.”
“118 ¶ Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for
their deceit [is] falsehood. 119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the
earth [like] dross: therefore I love thy testimonies. 120 My flesh
trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.”
“121 ¶ AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine
oppressors. 122 Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud
oppress me.”
“123 ¶ Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy
righteousness.”
“124 ¶ Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy
statutes. 125 I [am] thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know
thy testimonies.”
“126 ¶ [It is] time for [thee], LORD, to work: [for] they have made void
thy law.”
“127 ¶ Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine
gold. 128 Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts [concerning] all [things
to be] right; [and] I hate every false way.”
“129 ¶ PE. Thy testimonies [are] wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep
them.”
“130 ¶ The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding
unto the simple.”
“131 ¶ I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy
commandments.”
“132 ¶ Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do
unto those that love thy name.”
“133 ¶ Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have
dominion over me.”
“134 ¶ Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy
precepts.”
“135 ¶ Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy
statutes.”
“136 ¶ Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy
law.”
“137 ¶ TZADDI. Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, and upright [are] thy
judgments. 138 Thy testimonies [that] thou hast commanded [are]
righteous and very faithful.”
“139 ¶ My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy
words.”
“140 ¶ Thy word [is] very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.”
“141 ¶ I [am] small and despised: [yet] do not I forget thy precepts.”
“142 ¶ Thy righteousness [is] an everlasting righteousness, and thy law
[is] the truth.”
“143 ¶ Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: [yet] thy commandments
[are] my delights. 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 unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy
testimonies.”
“147 ¶ I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy
word. 148 Mine eyes prevent the [night] watches, that I might meditate
in thy word.”
“149 ¶ Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken
me according to thy judgment.”
“150 ¶ They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy
law. 151 Thou [art] near, O LORD; and all thy commandments [are] truth.”
“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 Plead my cause, 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 was grieved; because they kept
not thy word.”
“159 ¶ Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according
to thy lovingkindness.”
“160 ¶ Thy word [is] true [from] the beginning: and every one of thy
righteous judgments [endureth] for ever.”
“161 ¶ SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart
standeth in awe of thy word.”
“162 ¶ I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.”
“163 ¶ I hate and abhor lying: [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 nothing shall
offend them.”
“166 ¶ LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.”
“167 ¶ My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways [are]
before thee.”
“169 ¶ TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me
understanding according to thy word. 170 Let my supplication come before
thee: deliver me according to thy word.”
“171 ¶ My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy
statutes.”
“172 ¶ My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments [are]
righteousness.”
“173 ¶ Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. 174 I
have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law [is] my delight.”
“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.” (Psalms 119:1-176 AV)
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