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¹ Blessed are those that be perfect in the way: walkyng in the lawe of God.² Blessed are they that kepe his testimonies: they seke hym with their whole heart.³ Truely they walke in his wayes: who do no wickednesse.

⁴ Thou hast geuen charge: that we shoulde diligently kepe thy commaundementes.⁵ I wishe that my wayes were directed: for to kepe thy statutes.⁶ I shall take then no shame: when I haue regarde vnto all thy commaundementes.

⁷ I wyll confesse [it] vnto thee with an vpryght heart: when I shall haue learned the iudgementes of thy ryghteousnesse.⁸ I wyll kepe thy statutes: [wherfore] forsake me not for any long tyme.

⁹ Wherby shall a young man refourme his way: euen in guiding it accordyng to thy worde.

¹⁰ I haue sought thee with my whole heart: suffer me not to swarue from thy commaundementes.

¹¹ I haue hyd thy wordes within my heart: for this ende, that I shoulde not sinne agaynst thee.

¹² Blessed art thou O God: teache me thy statutes.

¹³ I haue declared with my lyppes: all the iudgementes of thy mouth.¹⁴ I am delighted in the way of thy testimonies: as in all maner of riches.¹⁵ I wyll study thy commaundementes: and I wyll consider thy wayes.¹⁶ My delyght shalbe in thy statutes: and I wyll not forget thy worde.

¹⁷ Rewarde thy seruaunt, let me lyue: and I wyll kepe thy worde.

¹⁸ Open thou myne eyes: and I will beholde the wonderous thynges of thy lawe.

¹⁹ I am a straunger vpon earth: hyde not thy commaundementes from me.

²⁰ My soule faynteth: for the very feruent desire that it hath alwaye vnto thy iudgementes.

²¹ Thou hast rebuked those that be proude and cursed: who do erre from thy commaundementes.

²² Withdrawe from me reproche and contempt: for that I haue kept thy testimonies.

²³ Yea princes dyd syt and speake agaynst me: but thy seruaunt did geue hym selfe to the meditation of thy statutes.

²⁴ Yea thy testimonies are my delyght: and my counsaylers.

²⁵ My soule cleaueth to the dust: reuiue thou me accordyng to thy worde.

²⁶ I haue made a declaration to thee of my wayes, and thou heardest me: O teache me thy statutes.²⁷ Make me to vnderstande the way of thy commaundementes: and I wyll geue my selfe to the meditation of thy wonderous workes.

²⁸ My soule melteth away for very heauinesse: comfort thou me accordyng to thy worde.²⁹ Take from me the way of falshood: & witsafe me worthy to haue thy lawe.

³⁰ I haue chosen the way of trueth: & I haue layde thy iudgementes before me.³¹ I haue stuck fast vnto thy testimonies: O God confounde me not.³² I wyll runne the way of thy commaundementes: when thou shalt set my heart at libertie.

³³ Teache me O God the way of thy statutes: and I wyll kepe it vnto the ende.³⁴ Geue me vnderstanding, & I wil kepe thy law: yea I wyll kepe it with my whole heart.

³⁵ Leade me in the path of thy comaundementes: for therin is my delyght.³⁶ Encline myne heart vnto thy testimonies: and not to couetousnesse.

³⁷ Turne away myne eyes, lest they beholde vanitie: cause me to lyue in thy way.

³⁸ Make thy worde more euident vnto thy seruaunt: who is [geuen] to thy feare.

³⁹ Take away the reproche that I am afraide of: for thy iudgemetes are good.

⁴⁰ Behold I haue coueted after thy commaundementes: cause me to lyue in thy ryghteousnesse.

⁴¹ Let thy louing mercie also come vnto me O God: euen thy saluation, accordyng to thy worde.⁴² And I shall aunswere to hym that layeth [thy] worde to me for a reproche: for in thy worde I haue put my trust.

⁴³ Take not the worde of trueth vtterly out of my mouth: for my hope is in thy iudgementes.⁴⁴ And I wyll alway kepe thy lawe: yea for euer and euer.

⁴⁵ And I wyll walke in a large scope: for I seke thy commaundementes.⁴⁶ I wyll also speake of thy testimonies before kinges: & I will not be ashamed.⁴⁷ And my delyght shalbe in thy commaundementes: which I haue loued.⁴⁸ And I wyll lyft vp my handes vnto thy commaundementes which I haue loued: & my study shalbe in thy statutes.

⁴⁹ Be myndfull of thy promise made vnto thy seruaunt: wherin thou hast caused me to put my trust.

⁵⁰ That same is my comfort in my affliction: for thy worde maketh me to lyue.

⁵¹ The proude haue had me exceedingly in derision: yet I haue not shrinked from thy lawe.

⁵² [For] I called to remembraunce thy iudgementes from the begynnyng of the worlde O God: and so I comforted my selfe.

⁵³ An extreme vnnaturall heat hath assayled me, because of the vngodly: who transgresse thy lawe.

⁵⁴ Thy statutes haue ben [my] songes: in the house of my pilgrimages.

⁵⁵ I haue thought vpon thy name O God in the nyght season: and I haue kept thy lawe.⁵⁶ This came to passe for me: because I kept thy commaundementes.

⁵⁷ Thou art my portion O God: I haue purposed to kepe thy lawe.

⁵⁸ I made myne humble petition to thy face with my whole heart: be mercifull vnto me according vnto thy word.

⁵⁹ I haue considered mine owne wayes: and I haue turned my feete vnto thy testimonies.⁶⁰ I made haste and I made no delay: for to kepe thy commaundementes.

⁶¹ The vngodly haue tangled me in their snares: but I haue not forgotten thy lawe.

⁶² I wyll ryse at midnight to confesse me vnto thee: because of thy ryghteous iudgementes.

⁶³ I am a companion of all them that feare thee: and kepe thy commaundementes.

⁶⁴ The earth O God is replenished with thy louyng kyndnesse: O teache me thy statutes.

⁶⁵ O God thou hast dealt gratiouslye with thy seruaunt: according vnto thy worde.⁶⁶ Learne me the good taste & cunning: for I haue beleued thy commaundementes.

⁶⁷ Before I felt affliction I swarued out of the way: but nowe I kepe thy word.

⁶⁸ Thou art good and beneficiall: teache me thy statutes.

⁶⁹ The proude haue forged a false tale agaynst me: but I wyll kepe thy commaundementes with my whole heart.⁷⁰ Their heart is as fat as brawne: but my delyght hath ben in thy lawe.

⁷¹ It is good for me that I am brought into miserie: by that meanes I shall learne thy statutes.

⁷² The lawe of thy mouth is dearer vnto me: then thousandes of golde & siluer.

⁷³ Thy handes haue made me and fashioned me: geue me vnderstanding, and I will learne thy comaundementes.

⁷⁴ They that feare thee, shall see me, & reioyce: because I haue geuen earnest attendaunce vnto thy worde.

⁷⁵ I know O God that thy iudgementes are iustice: and that thou hast caused me ryghtfully to be afflicted.

⁷⁶ I beseche thee let thy louing kindnesse be a meanes to comfort me: accordyng to thy worde [spoken] vnto thy seruaunt.⁷⁷ Let thy pitifull mercies come vnto me, that I may lyue: for thy lawe is my delyght.

⁷⁸ Let the proude be confounded, for they haue falsly reported me: but I wyll study thy commaundementes.⁷⁹ Let such as feare thee and knowe thy testimonies: returne vnto me.

⁸⁰ Let myne heart be perfectly [set] in thy statutes: that I be not ashamed.

⁸¹ My soule hath faynted after thy saluation: I geue earnest attedaunce vnto thy worde.⁸² Myne eyes haue faynted after thy worde: whylest I say, when wilt thou comfort me.

⁸³ For I am become like a bottel [hanged] in the smoke: yet I do not forget thy statutes.

⁸⁴ Howe many are the dayes of thy seruaunt? when wilt thou geue iudgement agaynst them that persecute me?

⁸⁵ The proude haue digged pittes for me: which is [a thing] not [done] accordyng to thy lawe.⁸⁶ All thy commaundementes are the trueth it selfe: they wrongfully persecute me, O be thou my ayde.⁸⁷ They had almost made an ende of me vpon the earth: but I forsoke not thy commaundementes.

⁸⁸ Make me to lyue accordyng to thy pietie: and I wyll kepe the testimonies of thy mouth.

⁸⁹ O God: thy worde endureth for euer in heauen.⁹⁰ Thy trueth [appeareth] to euery generation: thou hast layde the foundation of the earth, and it shall continue.⁹¹ [All thynges] continue this day accordyng to thine ordinaunce: for all thinges be thy seruauntes.

⁹² If my delight had not ben in thy lawe: I shoulde haue perished in myne affliction.

⁹³ I wyll neuer forget thy commaundementes: for through them thou hast reuiued me.

⁹⁴ I am thine, saue me: for I haue diligently studied thy commaundementes ouer.

⁹⁵ When the vngodly layde wayte for me to destroy me: I endeuoured my selfe to vnderstande thy testimonies.

⁹⁶ I see an ende of euery thing be it neuer so perfect: but thy commaundement is exceedyng large.

⁹⁷ Howe greatly do I loue thy lawe? my study is all the day long in it.

⁹⁸ Thou hast made me wyser then myne enemies through thy commaundementes: for they are euer with me.⁹⁹ I am able to geue better instruction then all they that were my teachers: for thy testimonies are my study.¹⁰⁰ I am made to vnderstande more then the aged can: because I kept thy commaundementes.

¹⁰¹ I haue rstrayned my feete from euery euyll way: that I may kepe thy worde.

¹⁰² I haue not shrinked from thy iudgementes: for thou didst teache me.

¹⁰³ Howe sweete are thy wordes vnto my throte: truely [they be sweeter] then hony is to my mouth.¹⁰⁴ Through thy commaundementes I get vnderstandyng: therfore I hate all wayes of falshood.

¹⁰⁵ Thy worde is a candell vnto my feete: and a lyght vnto my pathes.

¹⁰⁶ I haue made an oth (which I wil ratifie) for to kepe thy iuste iudgementes.

¹⁰⁷ I am troubled aboue measure: quicken me O God accordyng vnto thy worde.

¹⁰⁸ Let the freewyll offerynges of my mouth please thee O God: and teache me thy iudgementes.

¹⁰⁹ My soule is alway in my hande: yet I do not forget thy lawe.¹¹⁰ The vngodly haue layde a snare for me: but yet I swarued not from thy commaundementes.

¹¹¹ I haue claymed thy testimonies as myne heritage for euer: for they are the very ioy of myne heart.¹¹² I haue applyed myne heart for to fulfyll thy statutes: euen to the worldes ende.

¹¹³ I hate hygh subtile deuices: and I do loue thy lawe.

¹¹⁴ Thou art my refuge and my shield: I geue earnest attendaunce vnto thy worde.

¹¹⁵ Auoyde from me ye malicious [persons:] and I wyll kepe the commaundementes of my Lorde.

¹¹⁶ Strengthen me in thy worde and I shall lyue: and make me not ashamed of my hope.¹¹⁷ Holde thou me vp and I shalbe safe: and I will loke gladly vpo thy statutes alwayes.

¹¹⁸ Thou hast troden vnder foote all them that go astray from thy statutes: for their crafty deuice is but falshood.¹¹⁹ Thou hast dispatched out of the way all the vngodly of the earth lyke drosse: therfore I loue thy testimonies.¹²⁰ My fleshe trembleth for feare of thee: and I am afrayde of thy iudgementes.

¹²¹ I haue executed iudgement and iustice: [wherfore] leaue me not to such as do offer me wrong.¹²² For thy owne goodnesse sake take thy seruaunt vnto thy protection: let not the proude oppresse me with wrong.

¹²³ Myne eyes haue faynted with lokyng for thy saluation: and for the worde of thy [ryghteousnesse.]

¹²⁴ Deale with thy seruaunt accordyng vnto thy owne louyng kyndnesse: and teache me thy statutes.¹²⁵ I am thy seruaunt, graunt me vnderstandyng: that I may knowe thy testimonies.

¹²⁶ It is tyme for [me] to do for Gods cause: for they haue brought thy lawe almost to nothyng.

¹²⁷ Therfore I loue thy commaundementes: aboue golde and precious stone.¹²⁸ Therfore I take all thy commaundementes euery one of them to be ryght: & I vtterly hate all wayes of falshood.

¹²⁹ Thy testimonies [contayne] wonderfull thinges: therfore doth my soule kepe them.

¹³⁰ The first entering of thy wordes will illuminate: geuyng vnderstanding euen vnto the simple.

¹³¹ I opened my mouth and panted: for I bare a great affection to thy commaundementes.

¹³² Loke thou vpon me and be mercifull vnto me: as thou vsest to do vnto those that loue thy name.

¹³³ Direct my steppes in thy worde: and so shall no wickednesse haue dominion ouer me.

¹³⁴ Redeeme me from the fraudulent dealyng of men: and I wyll kepe thy commaundementes.

¹³⁵ Make the lyght of thy countenaunce shyne vpon thy seruaunt: and teache me thy statutes.

¹³⁶ Ryuers of waters gushe out of myne eyes: because men kepe not thy lawe.

¹³⁷ O God: thou art iust and vpryght in thy iudgementes.¹³⁸ Thou hast commaunded the iustice and the veritie of thy testimonies: [to be obserued] very strayghtly.

¹³⁹ My zeale hath consumed me: because myne aduersaries haue forgotten thy wordes.

¹⁴⁰ Thy worde is purified to the vttermost: and thy seruaunt loueth it.

¹⁴¹ I am small and of no reputation: [yet] I do not forget thy comaundementes.

¹⁴² Thy ryghteousnesse is an euerlastyng righteousnesse: & thy lawe is the trueth.

¹⁴³ Trouble and griefe haue taken holde vpon me: yet thy commaundementes be my delyght.¹⁴⁴ The righteousnesse of thy testimonies is euerlastyng: make me to vnderstande [them] and I shall lyue.

¹⁴⁵ I haue called with my whole heart, heare me O God: I wyll kepe thy statutes.¹⁴⁶ I haue called vpon thee, saue me: and I wyll kepe thy testimonies.

¹⁴⁷ I haue preuented [other] in the dawnyng of the day, and I cryed vnto thee: for I geue earnest attendaunce vnto thy wordes.¹⁴⁸ Myne eyes haue preuented the nyght watches: that my study might be wholy in thy wordes.

¹⁴⁹ Heare my voyce accordyng to thy louing kindnesse: make me to lyue O God after thy iudgementes.

¹⁵⁰ They that mynde to do an act of mischiefenesse, do drawe nye vnto me: they are farre from thy lawe.¹⁵¹ But thou art nye at hande O God: and all thy comaundementes be trueth.

¹⁵² As concernyng thy testimonies: I haue knowen long since that thou hast made them to last for euer.

¹⁵³ Beholde myne affliction & deliuer me: for I haue not forgotten thy lawe.¹⁵⁴ Defende thou my cause & redeeme me: make me to lyue accordyng vnto thy worde.

¹⁵⁵ Saluation is farre from the vngodly: for they study not thy statutes.

¹⁵⁶ Thy mercies be manifolde O God: make me to liue accordyng to thy iudgementes.

¹⁵⁷ There be many that do persecute me and be myne aduersaries: yet I do not swarue from thy testimonies.

¹⁵⁸ I sawe transgressours, and I was greeued at the heart: because they kept not thy lawe.

¹⁵⁹ Beholde howe I loue thy commaundementes: quicken me O God accordyng to thy louyng kindnesse.

¹⁶⁰ The beginning of thy word is trueth: and all the iudgementes of thy ryghteousnesse endure for euermore.

¹⁶¹ Princes haue persecuted me without a cause: but my heart hath stoode in awe of thy wordes.

¹⁶² I am as glad of thy worde: as he that fyndeth a great bootie.

¹⁶³ That which is false I hate and abhorre: but thy lawe I do loue.

¹⁶⁴ I do prayse thee seuen tymes euery day: for loue of the iudgementes of thy iustice.

¹⁶⁵ They that loue thy lawe shall haue great prosperitie: and nothyng shall offende them.

¹⁶⁶ Lorde, I haue wayted after thy saluation: and I haue done thy commaundementes.

¹⁶⁷ My soule hath kept thy testimonies: and I haue loued them exceedyngly.¹⁶⁸ I haue kept thy commaundementes and testimonies: for all my wayes are before thee.

¹⁶⁹ Let my crye O God approche neare vnto thy face: make me to vnderstande [euery thyng] accordyng vnto thy worde.¹⁷⁰ Let my supplication come before thee: deliuer me accordyng to thy worde.

¹⁷¹ My lippes shall powre out [thy] prayse: when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

¹⁷² My tongue shall syng of thy worde: for all thy commaundementes are ryghteousnesse.

¹⁷³ Let thyne hande be redie for to ayde me: for I haue chosen thy commaundementes.¹⁷⁴ I haue longed for thy saluation O God: and thy lawe is my whole delight

¹⁷⁵ Let my soule lyue, and it shall prayse thee: and thy iudgementes shalbe an ayde vnto me.

¹⁷⁶ I haue gone astray lyke a lost sheepe: oh seke out thy seruaunt, for I haue not forgotten thy commaundementes.11