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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
Comments on the
picture on page one.
The glasses remind me to pray two songs; “Open mine eyes that I may see, glimpses of truth thou hast for me” and Open my eyes Lord; I want to see Jesus . . . Open my ears Lord and help me to listen . . . Open my heart Lord; I want to be like Him.
The
A
Bridge over the Gulf---By transgression man was severed from God, the communion
between them was broken; but Jesus Christ died upon the cross of
The arching rainbow below the bridge reminds me of the
New Covenant soon to be completely fulfilled in the lives of those who follow
Christ by faith in His closing Day of Atonement ministry.
The saving
knowledge of God will accomplish its purifying work on the mind and heart of
every believer. The Word declares: "Then will I sprinkle clean water upon
you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols,
will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I
put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I
will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my
Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes."
This is the
descent of the Holy Spirit, sent from God to do its office work. The house of