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