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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 you with
uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned your righteous judgments.
8 I
will keep your 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 ¶ Your
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 your mouth.
14 I
have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much
as in all riches.
15 I
will meditate in your precepts, and have respect unto your ways.
16 I
will delight myself in your statutes: I will not
forget your word.
17
¶ GIMEL. Deal bountifully with your
servant, that I may live, and keep your word.
18 ¶ Open thou mine eyes,
that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.
19 ¶ I am a stranger
in the earth: hide not your commandments from me.
20 ¶ My
soul breaketh for the longing that it hath
unto your judgments at all times.
21 ¶ Thou hast rebuked the
proud that are cursed, which do err from your commandments.
22 ¶ Remove from me reproach
and contempt; for I have kept your testimonies.
23 ¶ Princes also did sit and
speak against me: but your servant did meditate in your statutes.
24 ¶ Your
testimonies also are my delight and my counselors.
25
¶ DALETH. My soul cleaves unto the
dust: quicken you me according to your word.
26 ¶ I have declared my ways,
and you heard me: teach me your statutes.
27 Make me to understand the way of your precepts:
so shall I talk of your wondrous works.
28 ¶ My
soul melts for heaviness: strengthen you me according unto your word.
29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me your law graciously.
30 ¶ I have chosen the way of
truth: your judgments have I laid before me.
31 I
have stuck unto your testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
32 I
will run the way of your commandments, when you
shall enlarge my heart.
33
¶ HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of
your statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep your law; yes, I shall observe it with
my whole heart.
35 ¶ Make me to go in the
path of your commandments; for therein
do I delight.
36 Incline my heart unto your testimonies, and not to
covetousness.
37 ¶ Turn away mine eyes from
beholding vanity; and quicken you me in your way.
38 ¶ Establish your word unto your servant, who is devoted to your fear.
39 ¶ Turn away my reproach
which I fear: for your judgments are good.
40 ¶ Behold, I have longed
after your precepts: quicken me
in your righteousness.
41 ¶ VAU. Let your
mercies come also to me, O LORD, even your salvation, according to your word.
42 So
shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproaches me: for I trust in your word.
43 ¶ And
take not the word of truth utterly out of my
mouth; for I have hoped in your judgments.
44 So
shall I keep your law continually for ever and
ever.
45 ¶ And I will walk at
liberty: for I seek your precepts.
46 I
will speak of your testimonies also before
kings, and will not be ashamed.
47 And
I will delight myself in your commandments, which I
have loved.
48 My
hands also will I lift up to your commandments, which I have loved; and I
will meditate in your statutes.
49
¶ ZAIN. Remember the word to your
servant, on which you have caused me to hope.
50 ¶ This
is my comfort in my affliction: for your word
hath quickened me.
51 ¶ The
proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from your
law.
52 ¶ I remembered your judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
53 ¶ Horror has taken hold on
me because of the wicked that forsake your law.
54 ¶ Your
statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
55 ¶ I have remembered your
name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept your law.
56 This I had, because I kept your precepts.
57
¶ CHETH. You are my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep your words.
58 ¶ I intreated
your favor with my whole heart: be merciful to me according to your word.
59 ¶ I thought on my ways,
and turned my feet to your testimonies.
60 I
made haste, and delayed not to keep your commandments.
61 ¶ The
bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten your law.
62 ¶ At
midnight I will rise to give thanks unto you because of your righteous judgments.
63 ¶ I am a companion
of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep your precepts.
64 ¶ The
earth, O LORD, is full of your mercy: teach me your statutes.
65
¶ TETH. Thou hast dealt well with
your servant, O LORD, according to your word.
66 Teach me good judgment and
knowledge: for I have believed your commandments.
67 ¶ Before
I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept your word.
68 ¶ You
are good, and do good; teach me your statutes.
69 ¶ The
proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep your precepts with my whole heart.
70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in your law.
71 ¶ It
is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn your statutes.
72 ¶ The
law of your mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and
silver.
73
¶ JOD. Your hands have made me and fashioned
me: give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
74 ¶ They
that fear you will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in your word.
75 ¶ I know, O LORD, that
your judgments are right, and that you in faithfulness have afflicted me.
76 ¶ Let, I pray you, your
merciful kindness, be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.
77 Let
your tender mercies come to me, that I may live: for your law is my delight.
78 ¶ Let the proud be
ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will
meditate in your precepts.
79 Let
those that fear you turn to me, and those that have known your testimonies.
80 ¶ Let my heart be sound in
your statutes; that I be not ashamed.
81
¶ CAPH. My soul faints for your
salvation: but I hope in your word.
82 Mine eyes fail for your word, saying, When will you
comfort me?
83 ¶ For
I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget your statutes.
84 ¶ How many are the
days of your servant? when will you execute judgment on them that persecute me?
85 ¶ The
proud have digged pits for me, which are not
after your law.
86 All
your commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help me.
87 They had almost consumed me on earth; but I forsook not your precepts.
88 ¶ Quicken me after your
loving kindness; so shall I keep the testimony
of your mouth.
89 ¶ LAMED. For ever, O LORD,
your word is settled in heaven.
90 Your faithfulness is to all generations: you have established
the earth, and it abides.
91 They continue this day according to your ordinances: for all are
your servants.
92 ¶ Unless
your law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine
affliction.
93 ¶ I will never forget your
precepts: for with them you have quickened me.
94 ¶ I am yours, save me;
for I have sought your precepts.
95 ¶ The
wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider your testimonies.
96 ¶ I have seen an end of
all perfection: but your commandment is exceeding broad.
97
¶ MEM. O how I love your law! it is my meditation all the day.
98 ¶ You
through your commandments have made me
wiser than my enemies: for they are ever with me.
99 I
have more understanding than all my teachers: for your testimonies are my meditation.
100 I
understand more than the ancients, because I keep your precepts.
101 ¶ I have refrained my
feet from every evil way, that I might keep your word.
102 ¶ I have not departed
from your judgments: for you have taught me.
103 ¶ How
sweet are your words to my taste! yes,
sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 Through your precepts I get
understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
105
¶ NUN. Your 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 your
righteous judgments.
107 ¶ I am afflicted very
much: quicken me, O LORD, according to your word.
108 ¶ Accept, I beseech thee,
the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me your judgments.
109 ¶ My
soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget your law.
110 The
wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from your precepts.
111 ¶ Your
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 your statutes
always, even unto the end.
113
¶ SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts:
but your law do I love.
114 ¶ You
are my hiding place and my shield: I
hope in your word.
115 ¶ Depart from me, you
evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
116 ¶ Uphold me according to
your word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117 Hold me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect to your statutes continually.
118 ¶ You
have trodden down all them that err from your statutes:
for their deceit is falsehood.
119 You
put away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love your testimonies.
120 My
flesh trembles for fear of you; and I am afraid of your judgments.
121
¶ AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
122 Be
surety for your servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
123 ¶ Mine eyes fail for your
salvation, and for the word of your righteousness.
124 ¶ Deal with your servant
according to your mercy, and teach me your statutes.
125 I am
your servant; give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.
126 ¶ It is time for you, LORD, to work: for they have
made void your law.
127 ¶ Therefore I love your commandments above gold; yes, above fine
gold.
128 Therefore I esteem all your precepts concerning all things to be right; and I
hate every false way.
129
¶ PE. Your testimonies are wonderful: therefore does my soul keep them.
130 ¶ The
entrance of your words gives light; it gives
understanding to the simple.
131 ¶ I opened my mouth, and
panted: for I longed for your commandments.
132 ¶ Look on me, and be
merciful to me, as you used to do to those that love your name.
133 ¶ Order my steps in your word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
134 ¶ Deliver me from the
oppression of man: so will I keep your precepts.
135 ¶ Make your face to shine
on your servant; and teach me your statutes.
136 ¶ Rivers of waters run
down my eyes, because they don’t your law.
137
¶ TZADDI. Righteous are you O
LORD, and upright are your judgments.
138 Your testimonies that you have commanded are righteous and very faithful.
139 ¶ My
zeal has consumed me, because my enemies have forgotten your words.
140 ¶ Your
word
is very pure: therefore your servant loves it.
141 ¶ I am small and
despised: yet do not I forget your precepts.
142 ¶ Your
righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your law is the truth.
143 ¶ Trouble and anguish
have taken hold on me: yet your commandments are my delights.
144 The
righteousness of your 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 your statutes.
146 I
cried to you; save me, and I shall keep your testimonies.
147 ¶ I got up before the
dawn and cried: I hoped in your word.
148 My
eyes ignor the night watches, that I might
meditate in your word.
149 ¶ Hear my voice according
to your loving kindness: O LORD, quicken me according to your judgment.
150 ¶ They
draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from your law.
151 You are
near, O LORD; and all your commandments are truth.
152 ¶ Concerning
your testimonies, I have known of old that you have founded them for ever.
153
¶ RESH. Consider mine affliction,
and deliver me: for I do not forget your law.
154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to your word.
155 ¶ Salvation is far
from the wicked: for they seek not your statutes.
156 ¶ Great are your
tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to your judgments.
157 ¶ Many
are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from
your testimonies.
158 ¶ I beheld the
transgressors, and was grieved; because they did not keep your word.
159 ¶ Consider how I love
your precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to your loving kindness.
160 ¶ Your
word is true from the beginning: and every one of your
righteous judgments endures for ever.
161
¶ SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me
without a cause: but my heart stands in awe of your word.
162 ¶ I rejoice at your word, as one that finds great spoil.
163 ¶ I hate and abhor lying:
but your law do I love.
164 ¶ Seven times a day do I
praise you because of your righteous judgments.
165 ¶ Great peace have they which love your law:
and nothing shall offend them.
166 ¶ LORD, I have hoped for
your salvation, and done your commandments.
167 ¶ My
soul has kept your testimonies; and I love
them exceedingly.
168 I
have kept your precepts and your testimonies: for all my ways are before you.
169
¶ TAU. Let my cry come near before
you, O LORD: give me understanding according to your word.
170 Let
my supplication come before you: deliver me according to your word.
171 ¶ My
lips shall utter praise, when you have taught me your statutes.
172 ¶ My
tongue shall speak of your word: for all your commandments are righteousness.
173 ¶ Let your hand help me;
for I have chosen your precepts.
174 I
have longed for your salvation, O LORD; and your law is
my delight.
175 ¶ Let my soul live, and
it shall praise you; and let your judgments help me.
176 ¶ I have gone astray like
a lost sheep; seek your servant; for I do not forget your commandments
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