PSALMS CHAPTER 119
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¶ ALEPH. Blessed [are] the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
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Blessed [are] they that keep his testimonies, [and that] seek him with the whole heart.
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They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
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¶ Thou hast commanded [us] to keep thy precepts diligently.
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O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
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Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
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¶ I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
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I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
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¶ BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed [thereto] according to thy word.
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¶ With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
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¶ Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
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¶ Blessed [art] thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
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¶ With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
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I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as [much as] in all riches.
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I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
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I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
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¶ GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, [that] I may live, and keep thy word.
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¶ Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
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¶ I [am] a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
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¶ My soul breaketh for the longing [that it hath] unto thy judgments at all times.
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¶ Thou hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
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¶ Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
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¶ Princes also did sit [and] speak against me: [but] thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
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¶ Thy testimonies also [are] my delight [and] my counsellors.
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¶ DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
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¶ I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
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Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
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¶ My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
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Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
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¶ I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid [before me].
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I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
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I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
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¶ HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it [unto] the end.
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Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with [my] whole heart.
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¶ Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
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Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
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¶ Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; [and] quicken thou me in thy way.
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¶ Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who [is devoted] to thy fear.
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¶ Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments [are] good.
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¶ Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
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¶ VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, [even] thy salvation, according to thy word.
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So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
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¶ And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
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So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
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¶ And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
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I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
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And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
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My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
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¶ ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
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¶ This [is] my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
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¶ The proud have had me greatly in derision: [yet] have I not declined from thy law.
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¶ I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
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¶ Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
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¶ Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
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¶ I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
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This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
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¶ CHETH. [Thou art] my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
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¶ I intreated thy favour with [my] whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.
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¶ I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
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I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
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¶ The bands of the wicked have robbed me: [but] I have not forgotten thy law.
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¶ At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
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¶ I [am] a companion of all [them] that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
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¶ The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.
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¶ TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.
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Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
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¶ Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
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¶ Thou [art] good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
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¶ The proud have forged a lie against me: [but] I will keep thy precepts with [my] whole heart.
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Their heart is as fat as grease; [but] I delight in thy law.
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¶ [It is] good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
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¶ The law of thy mouth [is] better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
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¶ JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
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¶ They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
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¶ I know, O LORD, that thy judgments [are] right, and [that] thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
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¶ Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
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Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law [is] my delight.
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¶ Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: [but] I will meditate in thy precepts.
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Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.
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¶ Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
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¶ CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: [but] I hope in thy word.
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Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
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¶ For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; [yet] do I not forget thy statutes.
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¶ How many [are] the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
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¶ The proud have digged pits for me, which [are] not after thy law.
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All thy commandments [are] faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
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They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.
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¶ Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
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¶ LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
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Thy faithfulness [is] unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
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They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all [are] thy servants.
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¶ Unless thy law [had been] my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
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¶ I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
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¶ I [am] thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
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¶ The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: [but] I will consider thy testimonies.
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¶ I have seen an end of all perfection: [but] thy commandment [is] exceeding broad.
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¶ MEM. O how love I thy law! it [is] my meditation all the day.
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¶ Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they [are] ever with me.
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I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies [are] my meditation.
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I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
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¶ I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
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¶ I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
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¶ How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth!
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Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
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¶ NUN. Thy word [is] a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
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¶ I have sworn, and I will perform [it], that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
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¶ I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
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¶ Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
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¶ My soul [is] continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
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The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
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¶ Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they [are] the rejoicing of my heart.
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I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, [even unto] the end.
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¶ SAMECH. I hate [vain] thoughts: but thy law do I love.
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¶ Thou [art] my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
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¶ Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
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¶ Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
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Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
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¶ Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit [is] falsehood.
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Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth [like] dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
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My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
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¶ AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
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Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
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¶ Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
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¶ Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
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I [am] thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
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¶ [It is] time for [thee], LORD, to work: [for] they have made void thy law.