Psalm 119 | |||
1 Aleph | |||
1
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Blessed are those whose way is pure, • | ||
who walk in the law of the Lord. | |||
2
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Blessed are those who keep his testimonies • | ||
and seek him with their whole heart, | |||
3
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Those who do no wickedness, • | ||
but walk in his ways. | |||
4
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You, O Lord, have charged • | ||
that we should diligently keep your commandments. | |||
5
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O that my ways were made so direct • | ||
that I might keep your statutes. | |||
6
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Then should I not be put to shame, • | ||
because I have regard for all your commandments. | |||
7
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I will thank you with an unfeigned heart, • | ||
when I have learned your righteous judgements. | |||
8
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I will keep your statutes; • | ||
O forsake me not utterly. | |||
2 Beth | |||
9
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How shall young people cleanse their way • | ||
to keep themselves according to your word? | |||
10
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With my whole heart have I sought you; • | ||
O let me not go astray from your commandments. | |||
11
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Your words have I hidden within my heart, • | ||
that I should not sin against you. | |||
12
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Blessed are you, O Lord; • | ||
O teach me your statutes. | |||
13
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With my lips have I been telling • | ||
of all the judgements of your mouth. | |||
14
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I have taken greater delight in the way of your testimonies • | ||
than in all manner of riches. | |||
15
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I will meditate on your commandments • | ||
and contemplate your ways. | |||
16
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My delight shall be in your statutes • | ||
and I will not forget your word. | |||
3 Gimel | |||
17
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O do good to your servant that I may live, • | ||
and so shall I keep your word. | |||
18
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Open my eyes, that I may see • | ||
the wonders of your law. | |||
19
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I am a stranger upon earth; • | ||
hide not your commandments from me. | |||
20
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My soul is consumed at all times • | ||
with fervent longing for your judgements. | |||
21
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You have rebuked the arrogant; • | ||
cursed are those who stray from your commandments. | |||
22
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Turn from me shame and rebuke, • | ||
for I have kept your testimonies. | |||
23
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Rulers also sit and speak against me, • | ||
but your servant meditates on your statutes. | |||
24
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For your testimonies are my delight; • | ||
they are my faithful counsellors. | |||
4 Daleth | |||
25
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My soul cleaves to the dust; • | ||
O give me life according to your word. | |||
26
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I have acknowledged my ways and you have answered me; • | ||
O teach me your statutes. | |||
27
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Make me understand the way of your commandments, • | ||
and so shall I meditate on your wondrous works. | |||
28
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My soul melts away in tears of sorrow; • | ||
raise me up according to your word. | |||
29
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Take from me the way of falsehood; • | ||
be gracious to me through your law. | |||
30
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I have chosen the way of truth • | ||
and your judgements have I laid before me. | |||
31
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I hold fast to your testimonies; • | ||
O Lord, let me not be put to shame. | |||
32
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I will run the way of your commandments, • | ||
when you have set my heart at liberty. | |||
5 He | |||
33
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Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes • | ||
and I shall keep it to the end. | |||
34
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Give me understanding and I shall keep your law; • | ||
I shall keep it with my whole heart. | |||
35
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Lead me in the path of your commandments, • | ||
for therein is my delight. | |||
36
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Incline my heart to your testimonies • | ||
and not to unjust gain. | |||
37
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Turn away my eyes lest they gaze on vanities; • | ||
O give me life in your ways. | |||
38
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Confirm to your servant your promise, • | ||
which stands for all who fear you. | |||
39
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Turn away the reproach which I dread, • | ||
because your judgements are good. | |||
40
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Behold, I long for your commandments; • | ||
in your righteousness give me life. | |||
6 Waw | |||
41
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Let your faithful love come unto me, O Lord, • | ||
even your salvation, according to your promise. | |||
42
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Then shall I answer those who taunt me, • | ||
for my trust is in your word. | |||
43
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O take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, • | ||
for my hope is in your judgements. | |||
44
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So shall I always keep your law; • | ||
I shall keep it for ever and ever. | |||
45
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I will walk at liberty, • | ||
because I study your commandments. | |||
46
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I will tell of your testimonies, even before kings, • | ||
and will not be ashamed. | |||
47
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My delight shall be in your commandments, • | ||
which I have greatly loved. | |||
48
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My hands will I lift up to your commandments, | ||
which I love, • | |||
and I will meditate on your statutes. | |||
7 Zayin | |||
49
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Remember your word to your servant, • | ||
on which you have built my hope. | |||
50
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This is my comfort in my trouble, • | ||
that your promise gives me life. | |||
51
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The proud have derided me cruelly, • | ||
but I have not turned aside from your law. | |||
52
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I have remembered your everlasting judgements, O Lord, • | ||
and have been comforted. | |||
53
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I am seized with indignation at the wicked, • | ||
for they have forsaken your law. | |||
54
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Your statutes have been like songs to me • | ||
in the house of my pilgrimage. | |||
55
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I have thought on your name in the night, O Lord, • | ||
and so have I kept your law. | |||
56
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These blessings have been mine, • | ||
for I have kept your commandments. | |||
8 Heth | |||
57
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You only are my portion, O Lord; • | ||
I have promised to keep your words. | |||
58
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I entreat you with all my heart, • | ||
be merciful to me according to your promise. | |||
59
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I have considered my ways • | ||
and turned my feet back to your testimonies. | |||
60
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I made haste and did not delay • | ||
to keep your commandments. | |||
61
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Though the cords of the wicked entangle me, • | ||
I do not forget your law. | |||
62
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At midnight I will rise to give you thanks, • | ||
because of your righteous judgements. | |||
63
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I am a companion of all those who fear you, • | ||
those who keep your commandments. | |||
64
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The earth, O Lord, is full of your faithful love; • | ||
instruct me in your statutes. | |||
9 Teth | |||
65
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You have dealt graciously with your servant, • | ||
according to your word, O Lord. | |||
66
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O teach me true understanding and knowledge, • | ||
for I have trusted in your commandments. | |||
67
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Before I was afflicted I went astray, • | ||
but now I keep your word. | |||
68
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You are gracious and do good; • | ||
O Lord, teach me your statutes. | |||
69
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The proud have smeared me with lies, • | ||
but I will keep your commandments with my whole heart. | |||
70
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Their heart has become gross with fat, • | ||
but my delight is in your law. | |||
71
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It is good for me that I have been afflicted, • | ||
that I may learn your statutes. | |||
72
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The law of your mouth is dearer to me • | ||
than a hoard of gold and silver. | |||
10 Yodh | |||
73
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Your hands have made me and fashioned me; • | ||
give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments. | |||
74
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Those who fear you will be glad when they see me, • | ||
because I have hoped in your word. | |||
75
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I know, O Lord, that your judgements are right, • | ||
and that in very faithfulness you caused me to be troubled. | |||
76
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Let your faithful love be my comfort, • | ||
according to your promise to your servant. | |||
77
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Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live, • | ||
for your law is my delight. | |||
78
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Let the proud be put to shame, for they wrong me with lies; • | ||
but I will meditate on your commandments. | |||
79
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Let those who fear you turn to me, • | ||
even those who know your testimonies. | |||
80
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Let my heart be sound in your statutes, • | ||
that I may not be put to shame. | |||
11 Kaph | |||
81
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My soul is pining for your salvation; • | ||
I have hoped in your word. | |||
82
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My eyes fail with watching for your word, • | ||
while I say, 'O when will you comfort me?' | |||
83
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I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, • | ||
yet I do not forget your statutes. | |||
84
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How many are the days of your servant? • | ||
When will you bring judgement on those who persecute me? | |||
85
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The proud have dug pits for me • | ||
in defiance of your law. | |||
86
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All your commandments are true; • | ||
help me, for they persecute me with falsehood. | |||
87
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They had almost made an end of me on earth, • | ||
but I have not forsaken your commandments. | |||
88
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Give me life according to your loving-kindness; • | ||
so shall I keep the testimonies of your mouth. | |||
12 Lamedh | |||
89
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O Lord, your word is everlasting; • | ||
it ever stands firm in the heavens. | |||
90
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Your faithfulness also remains from one generation to another; • | ||
you have established the earth and it abides. | |||
91
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So also your judgements stand firm this day, • | ||
for all things are your servants. | |||
92
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If your law had not been my delight, • | ||
I should have perished in my trouble. | |||
93
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I will never forget your commandments, • | ||
for by them you have given me life. | |||
94
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I am yours, O save me! • | ||
For I have sought your commandments. | |||
95
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The wicked have waited for me to destroy me, • | ||
but I will meditate on your testimonies. | |||
96
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I have seen an end of all perfection, • | ||
but your commandment knows no bounds. | |||
13 Mem | |||
97
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Lord, how I love your law! • | ||
All the day long it is my study. | |||
98
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Your commandments have made me wiser than my enemies, • | ||
for they are ever with me. | |||
99
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I have more understanding than all my teachers, • | ||
for your testimonies are my meditation. | |||
100
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I am wiser than the aged, • | ||
because I keep your commandments. | |||
101
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I restrain my feet from every evil way, • | ||
that I may keep your word. | |||
102
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I have not turned aside from your judgements, • | ||
for you have been my teacher. | |||
103
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How sweet are your words on my tongue! • | ||
They are sweeter than honey to my mouth. | |||
104
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Through your commandments I get understanding; • | ||
therefore I hate all lying ways. | |||
14 Nun | |||
105
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Your word is a lantern to my feet • | ||
and a light upon my path. | |||
106
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I have sworn and will fulfil it, • | ||
to keep your righteous judgements. | |||
107
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I am troubled above measure; • | ||
give me life, O Lord, according to your word. | |||
108
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Accept the freewill offering of my mouth, O Lord, • | ||
and teach me your judgements. | |||
109
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My soul is ever in my hand, • | ||
yet I do not forget your law. | |||
110
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The wicked have laid a snare for me, • | ||
but I have not strayed from your commandments. | |||
111
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Your testimonies have I claimed as my heritage for ever; • | ||
for they are the very joy of my heart. | |||
112
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I have applied my heart to fulfil your statutes: • | ||
always, even to the end. | |||
15 Samekh | |||
113
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I hate those who are double-minded, • | ||
but your law do I love. | |||
114
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You are my hiding place and my shield • | ||
and my hope is in your word. | |||
115
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Away from me, you wicked! • | ||
I will keep the commandments of my God. | |||
116
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Sustain me according to your promise, that I may live, • | ||
and let me not be disappointed in my hope. | |||
117
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Hold me up and I shall be saved, • | ||
and my delight shall be ever in your statutes. | |||
118
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You set at nought those who depart from your statutes, • | ||
for their deceiving is in vain. | |||
119
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You consider all the wicked as dross; • | ||
therefore I love your testimonies. | |||
120
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My flesh trembles for fear of you • | ||
and I am afraid of your judgements. | |||
16 Ayin | |||
121
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I have done what is just and right; • | ||
O give me not over to my oppressors. | |||
122
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Stand surety for your servant's good; • | ||
let not the proud oppress me. | |||
123
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My eyes fail with watching for your salvation • | ||
and for your righteous promise. | |||
124
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O deal with your servant according to your faithful love • | ||
and teach me your statutes. | |||
125
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I am your servant; O grant me understanding, • | ||
that I may know your testimonies. | |||
126
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It is time for you to act, O Lord, • | ||
for they frustrate your law. | |||
127
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Therefore I love your commandments • | ||
above gold, even much fine gold. | |||
128
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Therefore I direct my steps by all your precepts, • | ||
and all false ways I utterly abhor. | |||
17 Pe | |||
129
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Your testimonies are wonderful; • | ||
therefore my soul keeps them. | |||
130
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The opening of your word gives light; • | ||
it gives understanding to the simple. | |||
131
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I open my mouth and draw in my breath, • | ||
as I long for your commandments. | |||
132
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Turn to me and be gracious to me, • | ||
as is your way with those who love your name. | |||
133
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Order my steps by your word, • | ||
and let no wickedness have dominion over me. | |||
134
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Redeem me from earthly oppressors • | ||
so that I may keep your commandments. | |||
135
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Show the light of your countenance upon your servant • | ||
and teach me your statutes. | |||
136
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My eyes run down with streams of water, • | ||
because the wicked do not keep your law. | |||
18 Tsadhe | |||
137
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Righteous are you, O Lord, • | ||
and true are your judgements. | |||
138
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You have ordered your decrees in righteousness • | ||
and in great faithfulness. | |||
139
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My indignation destroys me, • | ||
because my adversaries forget your word. | |||
140
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Your word has been tried to the uttermost • | ||
and so your servant loves it. | |||
141
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I am small and of no reputation, • | ||
yet do I not forget your commandments. | |||
142
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Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness • | ||
and your law is the truth. | |||
143
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Trouble and heaviness have taken hold upon me, • | ||
yet my delight is in your commandments. | |||
144
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The righteousness of your testimonies is everlasting; • | ||
O grant me understanding and I shall live. | |||
19 Qoph | |||
145
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I call with my whole heart; • | ||
answer me, O Lord, that I may keep your statutes. | |||
146
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To you I call, O save me! • | ||
And I shall keep your testimonies. | |||
147
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Early in the morning I cry to you, • | ||
for in your word is my trust. | |||
148
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My eyes are open before the night watches, • | ||
that I may meditate on your word. | |||
149
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Hear my voice, O Lord, according to your faithful love; • | ||
according to your judgement, give me life. | |||
150
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They draw near that in malice persecute me, • | ||
who are far from your law. | |||
151
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You, O Lord, are near at hand, • | ||
and all your commandments are true. | |||
152
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Long have I known of your testimonies, • | ||
that you have founded them for ever. | |||
20 Resh | |||
153
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O consider my affliction and deliver me, • | ||
for I do not forget your law. | |||
154
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Plead my cause and redeem me; • | ||
according to your promise, give me life. | |||
155
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Salvation is far from the wicked, • | ||
for they do not seek your statutes. | |||
156
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Great is your compassion, O Lord; • | ||
give me life, according to your judgements. | |||
157
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Many there are that persecute and oppress me, • | ||
yet do I not swerve from your testimonies. | |||
158
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It grieves me when I see the treacherous, • | ||
for they do not keep your word. | |||
159
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Consider, O Lord, how I love your commandments; • | ||
give me life according to your loving-kindness. | |||
160
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The sum of your word is truth, • | ||
and all your righteous judgements endure for evermore. | |||
21 Shin | |||
161
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Princes have persecuted me without a cause, • | ||
but my heart stands in awe of your word. | |||
162
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I am as glad of your word • | ||
as one who finds great spoils. | |||
163
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As for lies, I hate and abhor them, • | ||
but your law do I love. | |||
164
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Seven times a day do I praise you, • | ||
because of your righteous judgements. | |||
165
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Great peace have they who love your law; • | ||
nothing shall make them stumble. | |||
166
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Lord, I have looked for your salvation • | ||
and I have fulfilled your commandments. | |||
167
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My soul has kept your testimonies • | ||
and greatly have I loved them. | |||
168
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I have kept your commandments and testimonies, • | ||
for all my ways are before you. | |||
22 Taw | |||
169
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Let my cry come before you, O Lord; • | ||
give me understanding, according to your word. | |||
170
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Let my supplication come before you; • | ||
deliver me, according to your promise. | |||
171
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My lips shall pour forth your praise, • | ||
when you have taught me your statutes. | |||
172
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My tongue shall sing of your word, • | ||
for all your commandments are righteous. | |||
173
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Let your hand reach out to help me, • | ||
for I have chosen your commandments. | |||
174
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I have longed for your salvation, O Lord, • | ||
and your law is my delight. | |||
175
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Let my soul live and it shall praise you, • | ||
and let your judgements be my help. | |||
176
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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. | |||