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    Psalm 119  
     
    1  write-back: yes  Aleph
     
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  Blessed are those whose way is pure,  •
    who walk in the law of the Lord.
     
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  Blessed are those who keep his testimonies •
    and seek him with their whole heart,
     
3
  Those who do no wickedness, •
    but walk in his ways.
     
4
  You, O Lord, have charged •
    that we should diligently keep your commandments.
     
5
  O that my ways were made so direct •
    that I might keep your statutes.
     
6
  Then should I not be put to shame, •
    because I have regard for all your commandments.
     
7
  I will thank you with an unfeigned heart, •
    when I have learned your righteous judgements.
     
8
  I will keep your statutes; •
    O forsake me not utterly.
     
    2  write-back: yes  Beth
     
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  How shall young people cleanse their way •
    to keep themselves according to your word?
     
10
  With my whole heart have I sought you; •
    O let me not go astray from your commandments.
     
11
  Your words have I hidden within my heart, •
    that I should not sin against you.
     
12
  Blessed are you, O Lord; •
    O teach me your statutes.
     
13
  With my lips have I been telling •
    of all the judgements of your mouth.
     
14
  I have taken greater delight in the way of your testimonies •
    than in all manner of riches.
     
15
  I will meditate on your commandments •
    and contemplate your ways.
     
16
  My delight shall be in your statutes •
    and I will not forget your word.
     
    3  write-back: yes  Gimel
     
17
  O do good to your servant that I may live, •
    and so shall I keep your word.
     
18
  Open my eyes, that I may see •
    the wonders of your law.
     
19
  I am a stranger upon earth; •
    hide not your commandments from me.
     
20
  My soul is consumed at all times •
    with fervent longing for your judgements.
     
21
  You have rebuked the arrogant; •
    cursed are those who stray from your commandments.
     
22
  Turn from me shame and rebuke, •
    for I have kept your testimonies.
     
23
  Rulers also sit and speak against me, •
    but your servant meditates on your statutes.
     
24
  For your testimonies are my delight; •
    they are my faithful counsellors.
     
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  My soul cleaves to the dust; •
    O give me life according to your word.
     
26
  I have acknowledged my ways and you have answered me; •
    O teach me your statutes.
     
27
  Make me understand the way of your commandments, •
    and so shall I meditate on your wondrous works.
     
28
  My soul melts away in tears of sorrow; •
    raise me up according to your word.
     
29
  Take from me the way of falsehood; •
    be gracious to me through your law.
     
30
  I have chosen the way of truth •
    and your judgements have I laid before me.
     
31
  I hold fast to your testimonies; •
    O Lord, let me not be put to shame.
     
32
  I will run the way of your commandments, •
    when you have set my heart at liberty.
     
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33
  Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes •
    and I shall keep it to the end.
     
34
  Give me understanding and I shall keep your law; •
    I shall keep it with my whole heart.
     
35
  Lead me in the path of your commandments, •
    for therein is my delight.
     
36
  Incline my heart to your testimonies •
    and not to unjust gain.
     
37
  Turn away my eyes lest they gaze on vanities; •
    O give me life in your ways.
     
38
  Confirm to your servant your promise, •
    which stands for all who fear you.
     
39
  Turn away the reproach which I dread, •
    because your judgements are good.
     
40
  Behold, I long for your commandments; •
    in your righteousness give me life.
     
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41
  Let your faithful love come unto me, O Lord, •
    even your salvation, according to your promise.
     
42
  Then shall I answer those who taunt me, •
    for my trust is in your word.
     
43
  O take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, •
    for my hope is in your judgements.
     
44
  So shall I always keep your law; •
    I shall keep it for ever and ever.
     
45
  I will walk at liberty, •
    because I study your commandments.
     
46
  I will tell of your testimonies, even before kings, •
    and will not be ashamed.
     
47
  My delight shall be in your commandments, •
    which I have greatly loved.
     
48
  My hands will I lift up to your commandments,
    which I love, •
    and I will meditate on your statutes.
     
    7  write-back: yes  Zayin
     
49
  Remember your word to your servant, •
    on which you have built my hope.
     
50
  This is my comfort in my trouble, •
    that your promise gives me life.
     
51
  The proud have derided me cruelly, •
    but I have not turned aside from your law.
     
52
  I have remembered your everlasting judgements, O Lord, •
    and have been comforted.
     
53
  I am seized with indignation at the wicked, •
    for they have forsaken your law.
     
54
  Your statutes have been like songs to me •
    in the house of my pilgrimage.
     
55
  I have thought on your name in the night, O Lord, •
    and so have I kept your law.
     
56
  These blessings have been mine, •
    for I have kept your commandments.
     
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57
  You only are my portion, O Lord; •
    I have promised to keep your words.
     
58
  I entreat you with all my heart, •
    be merciful to me according to your promise.
     
59
  I have considered my ways •
    and turned my feet back to your testimonies.
     
60
  I made haste and did not delay •
    to keep your commandments.
     
61
  Though the cords of the wicked entangle me, •
    I do not forget your law.
     
62
  At midnight I will rise to give you thanks, •
    because of your righteous judgements.
     
63
  I am a companion of all those who fear you, •
    those who keep your commandments.
     
64
  The earth, O Lord, is full of your faithful love; •
    instruct me in your statutes.
     
    9  write-back: yes  Teth
     
65
  You have dealt graciously with your servant, •
    according to your word, O Lord.
     
66
  O teach me true understanding and knowledge, •
    for I have trusted in your commandments.
     
67
  Before I was afflicted I went astray, •
    but now I keep your word.
     
68
  You are gracious and do good; •
    O Lord, teach me your statutes.
     
69
  The proud have smeared me with lies, •
    but I will keep your commandments with my whole heart.
     
70
  Their heart has become gross with fat, •
    but my delight is in your law.
     
71
  It is good for me that I have been afflicted, •
    that I may learn your statutes.
     
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  The law of your mouth is dearer to me •
    than a hoard of gold and silver.
     
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  Your hands have made me and fashioned me; •
    give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
     
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  Those who fear you will be glad when they see me, •
    because I have hoped in your word.
     
75
  I know, O Lord, that your judgements are right, •
    and that in very faithfulness you caused me to be troubled.
     
76
  Let your faithful love be my comfort, •
    according to your promise 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 put to shame, for they wrong me with lies; •
    but I will meditate on your commandments.
     
79
  Let those who fear you turn to me, •
    even those who know your testimonies.
     
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  Let my heart be sound in your statutes, •
    that I may not be put to shame.
     
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  My soul is pining for your salvation; •
    I have hoped in your word.
     
82
  My eyes fail with watching for your word, •
    while I say, 'O when will you comfort me?'
     
83
  I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, •
    yet I do not forget your statutes.
     
84
  How many are the days of your servant? •
    When will you bring judgement on those who persecute me?
     
85
  The proud have dug pits for me •
    in defiance of your law.
     
86
  All your commandments are true; •
    help me, for they persecute me with falsehood.
     
87
  They had almost made an end of me on earth, •
    but I have not forsaken your commandments.
     
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  Give me life according to your loving-kindness; •
    so shall I keep the testimonies of your mouth.
     
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  O Lord, your word is everlasting; •
    it ever stands firm in the heavens.
     
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  Your faithfulness also remains from one generation to another; •
    you have established the earth and it abides.
     
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  So also your judgements stand firm this day, •
    for all things are your servants.
     
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  If your law had not been my delight, •
    I should have perished in my trouble.
     
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  I will never forget your commandments, •
    for by them you have given me life.
     
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  I am yours, O save me! •
    For I have sought your commandments.
     
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  The wicked have waited for me to destroy me, •
    but I will meditate on your testimonies.
     
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  I have seen an end of all perfection, •
    but your commandment knows no bounds.
     
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  Lord, how I love your law! •
    All the day long it is my study.
     
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  Your commandments have made me wiser than my enemies, •
    for they are ever with me.
     
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  I have more understanding than all my teachers, •
    for your testimonies are my meditation.
     
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  I am wiser than the aged, •
    because I keep your commandments.
     
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  I restrain my feet from every evil way, •
    that I may keep your word.
     
102
  I have not turned aside from your judgements, •
    for you have been my teacher.
     
103
  How sweet are your words on my tongue! •
    They are sweeter than honey to my mouth.
     
104
  Through your commandments I get understanding; •
    therefore I hate all lying ways.
     
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  Your word is a lantern to my feet •
    and a light upon my path.
     
106
  I have sworn and will fulfil it, •
    to keep your righteous judgements.
     
107
  I am troubled above measure; •
    give me life, O Lord, according to your word.
     
108
  Accept the freewill offering of my mouth, O Lord, •
    and teach me your judgements.
     
109
  My soul is ever in my hand, •
    yet I do not forget your law.
     
110
  The wicked have laid a snare for me, •
    but I have not strayed from your commandments.
     
111
  Your testimonies have I claimed as my heritage for ever; •
    for they are the very joy of my heart.
     
112
  I have applied my heart to fulfil your statutes: •
    always, even to the end.
     
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113
  I hate those who are double-minded, •
    but your law do I love.
     
114
  You are my hiding place and my shield •
    and my hope is in your word.
     
115
  Away from me, you wicked! •
    I will keep the commandments of my God.
     
116
  Sustain me according to your promise, that I may live, •
    and let me not be disappointed in my hope.
     
117
  Hold me up and I shall be saved, •
    and my delight shall be ever in your statutes.
     
118
  You set at nought those who depart from your statutes, •
    for their deceiving is in vain.
     
119
  You consider all the wicked as dross; •
    therefore I love your testimonies.
     
120
  My flesh trembles for fear of you •
    and I am afraid of your judgements.
     
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121
  I have done what is just and right; •
    O give me not over to my oppressors.
     
122
  Stand surety for your servant's good; •
    let not the proud oppress me.
     
123
  My eyes fail with watching for your salvation •
    and for your righteous promise.
     
124
  O deal with your servant according to your faithful love •
    and teach me your statutes.
     
125
  I am your servant; O grant me understanding, •
    that I may know your testimonies.
     
126
  It is time for you to act, O Lord, •
    for they frustrate your law.
     
127
  Therefore I love your commandments •
    above gold, even much fine gold.
     
128
  Therefore I direct my steps by all your precepts, •
    and all false ways I utterly abhor.
     
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129
  Your testimonies are wonderful; •
    therefore my soul keeps them.
     
130
  The opening of your word gives light; •
    it gives understanding to the simple.
     
131
  I open my mouth and draw in my breath, •
    as I long for your commandments.
     
132
  Turn to me and be gracious to me, •
    as is your way with those who love your name.
     
133
  Order my steps by your word, •
    and let no wickedness have dominion over me.
     
134
  Redeem me from earthly oppressors •
    so that I may keep your commandments.
     
135
  Show the light of your countenance upon your servant •
    and teach me your statutes.
     
136
  My eyes run down with streams of water, •
    because the wicked do not keep your law.
     
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  Righteous are you, O Lord, •
    and true are your judgements.
     
138
  You have ordered your decrees in righteousness •
    and in great faithfulness.
     
139
  My indignation destroys me, •
    because my adversaries forget your word.
     
140
  Your word has been tried to the uttermost •
    and so your servant loves it.
     
141
  I am small and of no reputation, •
    yet do I not forget your commandments.
     
142
  Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness •
    and your law is the truth.
     
143
  Trouble and heaviness have taken hold upon me, •
    yet my delight is in your commandments.
     
144
  The righteousness of your testimonies is everlasting; •
    O grant me understanding and I shall live.
     
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145
  I call with my whole heart; •
    answer me, O Lord, that I may keep your statutes.
     
146
  To you I call, O save me! •
    And I shall keep your testimonies.
     
147
  Early in the morning I cry to you, •
    for in your word is my trust.
     
148
  My eyes are open before the night watches, •
    that I may meditate on your word.
     
149
  Hear my voice, O Lord, according to your faithful love; •
    according to your judgement, give me life.
     
150
  They draw near that in malice persecute me, •
    who are far from your law.
     
151
  You, O Lord, are near at hand, •
    and all your commandments are true.
     
152
  Long have I known of your testimonies, •
    that you have founded them for ever.
     
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153
  O consider my affliction and deliver me, •
    for I do not forget your law.
     
154
  Plead my cause and redeem me; •
    according to your promise, give me life.
     
155
  Salvation is far from the wicked, •
    for they do not seek your statutes.
     
156
  Great is your compassion, O Lord; •
    give me life, according to your judgements.
     
157
  Many there are that persecute and oppress me, •
    yet do I not swerve from your testimonies.
     
158
  It grieves me when I see the treacherous, •
    for they do not keep your word.
     
159
  Consider, O Lord, how I love your commandments; •
    give me life according to your loving-kindness.
     
160
  The sum of your word is truth, •
    and all your righteous judgements endure for evermore.
     
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161
  Princes have persecuted me without a cause, •
    but my heart stands in awe of your word.
     
162
  I am as glad of your word •
    as one who finds great spoils.
     
163
  As for lies, I hate and abhor them, •
    but your law do I love.
     
164
  Seven times a day do I praise you, •
    because of your righteous judgements.
     
165
  Great peace have they who love your law; •
    nothing shall make them stumble.
     
166
  Lord, I have looked for your salvation •
    and I have fulfilled your commandments.
     
167
  My soul has kept your testimonies •
    and greatly have I loved them.
     
168
  I have kept your commandments and testimonies, •
    for all my ways are before you.
     
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169
  Let my cry come before you, O Lord; •
    give me understanding, according to your word.
     
170
  Let my supplication come before you; •
    deliver me, according to your promise.
     
171
  My lips shall pour forth your praise, •
    when you have taught me your statutes.
     
172
  My tongue shall sing of your word, •
    for all your commandments are righteous.
     
173
  Let your hand reach out to help me, •
    for I have chosen your commandments.
     
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 judgements be my help.
     
176
  I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost; •
    O seek your servant, for I do not forget your commandments.
    but let there be peace upon Israel.
     
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