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119:1 ALEPH. Blessed are those that are vpright in their way, and walke in the Lawe of the Lord.
119:2 Blessed are they that keepe his testimonies, and seeke him with their whole heart.
119:3 Surely they woorke none iniquitie, but walke in his waies.
119:4 Thou hast commanded to keepe thy precepts diligently.
119:5 Oh that my waies were directed to keepe thy statutes!
119:6 Then should I not be confounded, when I haue respect vnto all thy commandements.
119:7 I will praise thee with an vpright heart, when I shall learne the iudgements of thy righteousnesse.
119:8 I will keepe thy statutes: forsake mee not ouerlong.
119:9 BETH. Wherewith shall a yong man redresse his waie? in taking heede thereto according to thy woorde.
119:10 With my whole heart haue I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandements.
119:11 I haue hid thy promise in mine heart, that I might not sinne against thee.
119:12 Blessed art thou, O Lord: teache mee thy statutes.
119:13 With my lippes haue I declared all the iudgements of thy mouth.
119:14 I haue had as great delight in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches.
119:15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and consider thy waies.
119:16 I will delite in thy statutes, and I will not forget thy worde.
119:17 GIMEL. Be beneficiall vnto thy seruant, that I may liue and keepe thy woorde.
119:18 Open mine eies, that I may see the wonders of thy Lawe.
119:19 I am a stranger vpon earth: hide not thy commandements from me.
119:20 Mine heart breaketh for the desire to thy iudgements alway.
119:21 Thou hast destroied the proud: cursed are they that doe erre from thy commandements.
119:22 Remoue from mee shame and contempt: for I haue kept thy testimonies.
119:23 Princes also did sit, and speake against me: but thy seruant did meditate in thy statutes.
119:24 Also thy testimonies are my delite, and my counsellers.
119:25 DALETH. My soule cleaueth to the dust: quicken me according to thy worde.
119:26 I haue declared my waies, and thou heardest me: teache me thy statutes.
119:27 Make me to vnderstand ye way of thy precepts, and I will meditate in thy wondrous workes.
119:28 My soule melteth for heauinesse: raise mee vp according vnto thy worde.
119:29 Take from mee the way of lying, and graunt me graciously thy Lawe.
119:30 I haue chosen the way of trueth, and thy iudgements haue I laied before me.
119:31 I haue cleaued to thy testimonies, O Lord: confound me not.
119:32 I will runne the way of thy commandements, when thou shalt enlarge mine heart.
119:33 HE. Teach mee, O Lord, the way of thy statutes, and I will keepe it vnto the ende.
119:34 Giue mee vnderstanding, and I will keepe thy Law: yea, I wil keepe it with my whole heart.
119:35 Direct mee in the path of thy commandements: for therein is my delite.
119:36 Incline mine heart vnto thy testimonies, and not to couetousnesse.
119:37 Turne away mine eies from regarding vanitie, and quicken me in thy way.
119:38 Stablish thy promise to thy seruaunt, because he feareth thee.
119:39 Take away my rebuke that I feare: for thy iudgements are good.
119:40 Beholde, I desire thy commandements: quicken me in thy righteousnesse,
119:41 VAV. And let thy louing kindnesse come vnto me, O Lord, and thy saluation according to thy promise.
119:42 So shall I make answere vnto my blasphemers: for I trust in thy woorde.
119:43 And take not the woorde of trueth vtterly out of my mouth: for I waite for thy iudgements.
119:44 So shall I alway keepe thy Lawe for euer and euer.
119:45 And I will walke at libertie: for I seeke thy precepts.
119:46 I will speake also of thy testimonies before Kings, and will not be ashamed.
119:47 And my delite shalbe in thy commandements, which I haue loued.
119:48 Mine handes also will I lift vp vnto thy commandements, which I haue loued, and I will meditate in thy statutes.
119:49 ZAIN. Remember the promise made to thy seruant, wherein thou hast caused me to trust.
119:50 It is my comfort in my trouble: for thy promise hath quickened me.
119:51 The proude haue had me exceedingly in derision: yet haue I not declined from thy Lawe.
119:52 I remembred thy iudgements of olde, O Lord, and haue bene comforted.
119:53 Feare is come vpon mee for the wicked, that forsake thy Lawe.
119:54 Thy statutes haue beene my songes in the house of my pilgrimage.
119:55 I haue remembred thy Name, O Lord, in the night, and haue kept thy Lawe.
119:56 This I had because I kept thy precepts.
119:57 CHETH. O Lord, that art my portion, I haue determined to keepe thy wordes.
119:58 I made my supplication in thy presence with my whole heart: be mercifull vnto me according to thy promise.
119:59 I haue considered my waies, and turned my feete into thy testimonies.
119:60 I made haste and delaied not to keepe thy commandements.
119:61 The bandes of the wicked haue robbed me: but I haue not forgotten thy Lawe.
119:62 At midnight will I rise to giue thanks vnto thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.
119:63 I am companion of all them that feare thee, and keepe thy precepts.
119:64 The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercie: teache me thy statutes.
119:65 TETH. O Lord, thou hast delt graciously with thy seruant according vnto thy woorde.
119:66 Teach me good iudgement and knowledge: for I haue beleeued thy commandements.
119:67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray: but nowe I keepe thy woorde.
119:68 Thou art good and gracious: teach me thy statutes.
119:69 The proud haue imagined a lie against me: but I wil keepe thy precepts with my whole heart.
119:70 Their heart is fatte as grease: but my delite is in thy Lawe.
119:71 It is good for me that I haue beene afflicted, that I may learne thy statutes.
119:72 The Lawe of thy mouth is better vnto me, then thousands of golde and siluer.
119:73 IOD. Thine hands haue made me and fashioned me: giue mee vnderstanding therefore, that I may learne thy commandements.
119:74 So they that feare thee, seeing mee shall reioyce, because I haue trusted in thy worde.
119:75 I knowe, O Lord, that thy iudgements are right, and that thou hast afflicted me iustly.
119:76 I pray thee that thy mercie may comfort me according to thy promise vnto thy seruant.
119:77 Let thy tender mercies come vnto me, that I may liue: for thy Lawe is my delite.
119:78 Let the proude be ashamed: for they haue dealt wickedly and falsely with me: but I meditate in thy precepts.
119:79 Let such as feare thee turne vnto me, and they that knowe thy testimonies.
119:80 Let mine heart bee vpright in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.
119:81 CAPH. My soule fainteth for thy saluation: yet I waite for thy worde.
119:82 Mine eyes faile for thy promise, saying, when wilt thou comfort me?
119:83 For I am like a bottell in the smoke: yet doe I not forget thy statutes.
119:84 Howe many are the dayes of thy seruant? When wilt thou execute iudgement on them that persecute me?
119:85 The proude haue digged pittes for mee, which is not after thy Lawe.
119:86 All thy commandements are true: they persecute me falsely: helpe me.
119:87 They had almost consumed me vpon the earth: but I forsooke not thy precepts.
119:88 Quicken me according to thy louing kindnes: so shall I keepe the testimony of thy mouth.
119:89 LAMED. O Lord, thy worde endureth for euer in heauen.
119:90 Thy trueth is from generation to generation: thou hast layed the foundation of the earth, and it abideth.
119:91 They continue euen to this day by thine ordinances: for all are thy seruants.
119:92 Except thy Lawe had bene my delite, I should now haue perished in mine affliction.
119:93 I wil neuer forget thy precepts: for by them thou hast quickened me.
119:94 I am thine, saue me: for I haue sought thy precepts.
119:95 The wicked haue waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
119:96 I haue seene an ende of all perfection: but thy commandement is exceeding large.
119:97 MEM. Oh howe loue I thy Lawe! it is my meditation continually.
119:98 By thy commandements thou hast made mee wiser then mine enemies: for they are euer with mee.
119:99 I haue had more vnderstading then all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
119:100 I vnderstoode more then the ancient, because I kept thy precepts.
119:101 I haue refrained my feete from euery euil way, that I might keepe thy word.
119:102 I haue not declined from thy iudgements: for thou didest teach me.
119:103 Howe sweete are thy promises vnto my mouth! yea, more then hony vnto my mouth.
119:104 By thy precepts I haue gotten vnderstanding: therefore I hate all the wayes of falshoode.
119:105 NUN. Thy worde is a lanterne vnto my feete, and a light vnto my path.
119:106 I haue sworne and will performe it, that I will keepe thy righteous iudgements.
119:107 I am very sore afflicted: O Lord, quicken me according to thy word.
119:108 O Lord, I beseeche thee accept the free offerings of my mouth, and teach mee thy iudgements.
119:109 My soule is continually in mine hande: yet doe I not forget thy Lawe.
119:110 The wicked haue layed a snare for mee: but I swarued not from thy precepts.
119:111 Thy testimonies haue I taken as an heritage for euer: for they are the ioy of mine heart.
119:112 I haue applied mine heart to fulfill thy statutes alway, euen vnto the ende.
119:113 SAMECH. I hate vaine inuentions: but thy Lawe doe I loue.
119:114 Thou art my refuge and shield, and I trust in thy worde.
119:115 Away from mee, yee wicked: for I will keepe the commandements of my God.
119:116 Stablish me according to thy promise, that I may liue, and disappoint me not of mine hope.
119:117 Stay thou mee, and I shall be safe, and I will delite continually in thy statutes.
119:118 Thou hast troden downe all them that depart from thy statutes: for their deceit is vaine.
119:119 Thou hast taken away all ye wicked of the earth like drosse: therefore I loue thy testimonies.
119:120 My flesh trembleth for feare of thee, and I am afraide of thy iudgements.
119:121 AIN. I haue executed iudgement and iustice: leaue me not to mine oppressours.
119:122 Answere for thy seruant in that, which is good, and let not the proude oppresse me.
119:123 Mine eyes haue failed in waiting for thy saluation, and for thy iust promise.
119:124 Deale with thy seruant according to thy mercie, and teache me thy statutes.
119:125 I am thy seruant: graunt mee therefore vnderstanding, that I may knowe thy testimonies.
119:126 It is time for thee Lord to worke: for they haue destroyed thy Lawe.
119:127 Therefore loue I thy commandements aboue golde, yea, aboue most fine golde.
119:128 Therefore I esteeme all thy precepts most iust, and hate all false wayes.
119:129 PE. Thy testimonies are wonderfull: therefore doeth my soule keepe them.
119:130 The entrance into thy wordes sheweth light, and giueth vnderstanding to the simple.
119:131 I opened my mouth and panted, because I loued thy commandements.
119:132 Looke vpon mee and bee mercifull vnto me, as thou vsest to doe vnto those that loue thy Name.
119:133 Direct my steppes in thy worde, and let none iniquitie haue dominion ouer me.
119:134 Deliuer mee from the oppression of men, and I will keepe thy precepts.
119:135 Shew the light of thy countenance vpon thy seruant, and teache me thy statutes.
119:136 Mine eyes gush out with riuers of water, because they keepe not thy Lawe.
119:137 TSADDI. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and iust are thy iudgements.
119:138 Thou hast commanded iustice by thy testimonies and trueth especially.
119:139 My zeale hath euen consumed mee, because mine enemies haue forgotten thy wordes.
119:140 Thy word is prooued most pure, and thy seruant loueth it.
119:141 I am small and despised: yet do I not forget thy precepts.
119:142 Thy righteousnesse is an euerlasting righteousnes, and thy Lawe is trueth.
119:143 Trouble and anguish are come vpon me: yet are thy commandements my delite.
119:144 The righteousnes of thy testimonies is euerlasting: graunt me vnderstanding, and I shall liue.
119:145 KOPH. I haue cried with my whole heart: heare me, O Lord, and I will keepe thy statutes.
119:146 I called vpon thee: saue mee, and I will keepe thy testimonies.
119:147 I preuented the morning light, and cried: for I waited on thy word.
119:148 Mine eyes preuent the night watches to meditate in thy word.
119:149 Heare my voyce according to thy louing kindenesse: O Lord, quicken me according to thy iudgement.
119:150 They drawe neere, that follow after malice, and are farre from thy Lawe.
119:151 Thou art neere, O Lord: for all thy commandements are true.
119:152 I haue knowen long since by thy testimonies, that thou hast established them for euer.
119:153 RESH. Beholde mine affliction, and deliuer mee: for I haue not forgotten thy Lawe.
119:154 Pleade my cause, and deliuer me: quicken me according vnto thy word.
119:155 Saluation is farre from the wicked, because they seeke not thy statutes.
119:156 Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to thy iudgements.
119:157 My persecutours and mine oppressours are many: yet doe I not swarue from thy testimonies.
119:158 I saw the transgressours and was grieued, because they kept not thy worde.
119:159 Consider, O Lord, how I loue thy preceptes: quicken mee according to thy louing kindenesse.
119:160 The beginning of thy worde is trueth, and all the iudgements of thy righteousnesse endure for euer.
119:161 SCHIN. Princes haue persecuted mee without cause, but mine heart stood in awe of thy wordes.
119:162 I reioyce at thy worde, as one that findeth a great spoyle.
119:163 I hate falshoode and abhorre it, but thy Lawe doe I loue.
119:164 Seuen times a day doe I praise thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.
119:165 They that loue thy Law, shall haue great prosperitie, and they shall haue none hurt.
119:166 Lord, I haue trusted in thy saluation, and haue done thy commandements.
119:167 My soule hath kept thy testimonies: for I loue them exceedingly.
119:168 I haue kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my wayes are before thee.
119:169 TAV. Let my complaint come before thee, O Lord, and giue me vnderstanding, according vnto thy worde.
119:170 Let my supplication come before thee, and deliuer me according to thy promise.
119:171 My lippes shall speake praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
119:172 My tongue shall intreate of thy word: for all thy commandements are righteous.
119:173 Let thine hand helpe me: for I haue chosen thy precepts.
119:174 I haue longed for thy saluation, O Lord, and thy Lawe is my delite.
119:175 Let my soule liue, and it shall praise thee, and thy iudgements shall helpe me.
119:176 I haue gone astraye like a lost sheepe: seeke thy seruant, for I doe not forget thy commandements.