Psalm 119 (ASV) - [ALEPH.] Blessed are they that

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ALEPH.

Blessed are they that are perfect in the way,

Who walk in the law of Jehovah.

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Blessed are they that keep his testimonies,

That seek him with the whole heart.

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Yea, they do no unrighteousness;

They walk in his ways.

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Thou hast commanded us thy precepts,

That we should observe them diligently.

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Oh that my ways were established

To observe thy statutes!

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Then shall I not be put to shame,

When I have respect unto all thy commandments.

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I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart,

When I learn thy righteous judgments.

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I will observe thy statutes:

Oh forsake me not utterly.

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BETH.

Wherewith 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:

Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.

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Thy word have I laid up in my heart,

That I might not sin against thee.

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Blessed art thou, O Jehovah:

Teach me thy statutes.

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With my lips have I declared

All the ordinances 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 on 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;

So will I observe 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 sojourner in the earth:

Hide not thy commandments from me.

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My soul breaketh for the longing

That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times.

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Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed,

That do wander from thy commandments.

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Take away from me reproach and contempt;

For I have kept thy testimonies.

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Princes also sat and talked against me;

But thy servant did meditate on 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 declared my ways, and thou answeredst me:

Teach me thy statutes.

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Make me to understand the way of thy precepts:

So shall I meditate on 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 falsehood;

And grant me thy law graciously.

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I have chosen the way of faithfulness:

Thine ordinances have I set before me.

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I cleave unto thy testimonies:

O Jehovah, 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 Jehovah, 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 me in thy ways.

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Confirm unto thy servant thy word,

Which is in order unto the fear of thee.

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Turn away my reproach whereof I am afraid;

For thine ordinances are good.

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Behold, I have longed after thy precepts:

Quicken me in thy righteousness.

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VAV.

Let thy lovingkindnesses also come unto me, O Jehovah,

Even thy salvation, according to thy word.

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So shall I have an answer for 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 thine ordinances.

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So shall I observe thy law continually

For ever and ever.

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And I shall walk at liberty;

For I have sought thy precepts.

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I will also speak of thy testimonies before kings,

And shall not be put to shame.

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And I will delight myself in thy commandments,

Which I have loved.

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I will lift up my hands also unto thy commandments, which I have loved;

And I will meditate on thy statutes.

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ZAYIN.

Remember the word unto thy servant,

Because thou hast made 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 swerved from thy law.

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I have remembered thine ordinances of old, O Jehovah,

And have comforted myself.

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Hot indignation 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 Jehovah, in the night,

And have observed thy law.

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This I have had,

Because I have kept thy precepts.

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HHETH.

Jehovah is my portion:

I have said that I would observe thy words.

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I entreated thy favor 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 observe thy commandments.

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The cords of the wicked have wrapped me round;

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 ordinances.

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I am a companion of all them that fear thee,

And of them that observe thy precepts.

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The earth, O Jehovah, is full of thy lovingkindness:

Teach me thy statutes.

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TETH.

Thou hast dealt well with thy servant,

O Jehovah, according unto thy word.

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Teach me good judgment and knowledge;

For I have believed in thy commandments.

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Before I was afflicted I went astray;

But now I observe 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:

With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.

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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 may 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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YODH.

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 shall see me and be glad,

Because I have hoped in thy word.

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I know, O Jehovah, that thy judgments are righteous,

And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.

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Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness 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 put to shame;

For they have overthrown me wrongfully:

But I will meditate on thy precepts.

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Let those that fear thee turn unto me;

And they shall know thy testimonies.

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Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes,

That I be not put to shame.

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KAPH.

My soul fainteth for thy salvation;

But I hope in thy word.

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Mine eyes fail for thy word,

While I say, When wilt thou comfort me?

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For I am become like a wine-skin 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,

Who are not according to 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 observe the testimony of thy mouth.

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LAMEDH.

For ever, O Jehovah,

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 abide this day according to thine ordinances;

For all things are thy servants.

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Unless thy law had been my delight,

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.

Oh how love I thy law!

It is my meditation all the day.

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Thy commandments make 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 aged,

Because I have kept thy precepts.

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I have refrained my feet from every evil way,

That I might observe thy word.

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I have not turned aside from thine ordinances;

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 light unto my path.

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I have sworn, and have confirmed it,

That I will observe thy righteous ordinances.

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I am afflicted very much:

Quicken me, O Jehovah, according unto thy word.

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Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, O Jehovah,

And teach me thine ordinances.

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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 have I not gone astray from thy precepts.

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Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever;

For they are the rejoicing of my heart.

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I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes

For ever, even unto the end.

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SAMEKH.

I hate them that are of a double mind;

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 evil-doers,

That I may 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 shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.

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Thou hast set at nought 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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AYIN.

I have done justice and righteousness:

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 thy righteous word.

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Deal with thy servant according unto thy lovingkindness,

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 Jehovah to work;

For they have made void thy law.

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Therefore I love thy commandments

Above gold, yea, above fine gold.

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Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right;

And I hate every false way.

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PE.

Thy testimonies are wonderful;

Therefore doth my soul keep them.

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The opening of thy words giveth light;

It giveth understanding unto the simple.

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I opened wide my mouth, and panted;

For I longed for thy commandments.

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Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me,

As thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.

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Establish my footsteps in thy word;

And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

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Redeem me from the oppression of man:

So will I observe thy precepts.

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Make thy face to shine upon thy servant;

And teach me thy statutes.

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Streams of water run down mine eyes,

Because they observe not thy law.

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TSADHE.

Righteous art thou, O Jehovah,

And upright are thy judgments.

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Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness

And very faithfulness.

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My zeal hath consumed me,

Because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.

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Thy word is very pure;

Therefore thy servant loveth it.

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I am small and despised;

Yet do I not forget thy precepts.

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Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,

And thy law is truth.

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Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me;

Yet thy commandments are my delight.

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Thy testimonies are righteous for ever:

Give me understanding, and I shall live.

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QOPH.

I have called with my whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah:

I will keep thy statutes.

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I have called unto thee; save me,

And I shall observe thy testimonies.

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I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried:

I hoped in thy words.

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Mine eyes anticipated the night-watches,

That I might meditate on thy word.

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Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness:

Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thine ordinances.

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They draw nigh that follow after wickedness;

They are far from thy law.

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Thou art nigh, O Jehovah;

And all thy commandments are truth.

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Of old have I known from thy testimonies,

That thou hast founded them for ever.

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RESH.

Consider mine affliction, and deliver me;

For I do not forget thy law.

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Plead thou my cause, and redeem me:

Quicken me according to thy word.

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Salvation is far from the wicked;

For they seek not thy statutes.

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Great are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah:

Quicken me according to thine ordinances.

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Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries;

Yet have I not swerved from thy testimonies.

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I beheld the treacherous, and was grieved,

Because they observe not thy word.

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Consider how I love thy precepts:

Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.

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The sum of thy word is truth;

And every one of thy righteous ordinances endureth for ever.

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SHIN.

Princes have persecuted me without a cause;

But my heart standeth in awe of thy words.

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I rejoice at thy word,

As one that findeth great spoil.

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I hate and abhor falsehood;

But thy law do I love.

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Seven times a day do I praise thee,

Because of thy righteous ordinances.

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Great peace have they that love thy law;

And they have no occasion of stumbling.

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I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah,

And have done thy commandments.

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My soul hath observed thy testimonies;

And I love them exceedingly.

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I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies;

For all my ways are before thee.

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TAV.

Let my cry come near before thee, O Jehovah:

Give me understanding according to thy word.

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Let my supplication come before thee:

Deliver me according to thy word.

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Let my lips utter praise;

For thou teachest me thy statutes.

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Let my tongue sing of thy word;

For all thy commandments are righteousness.

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Let thy hand be ready to help me;

For I have chosen thy precepts.

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I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah;

And thy law is my delight.

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Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee;

And let thine ordinances help me.

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I have gone astray like a lost sheep;

Seek thy servant;

For I do not forget thy commandments.

Psalm 119 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

Meditations and Prayers relating to the Law of God.