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¹ Aleph. Blessed are those that are vpright in their way, and walke in the Lawe of the Lord.² Blessed are they that keepe his testimonies, and seeke him with their whole heart.³ Surely they woorke none iniquitie, but walke in his waies.

⁴ Thou hast commaunded to keepe thy precepts diligently.⁵ Oh that my waies were directed to keepe thy statutes!⁶ Then should I not be confounded, when I haue respect vnto all thy commandements.

⁷ I will praise thee with an vpright heart, when I shall learne the iudgements of thy righteousnesse.⁸ I will keepe thy statutes: forsake mee not ouerlong.

⁹ Beth. Wherewith shall a yong man redresse his waie? in taking heede thereto according to thy woorde.

¹⁰ With my whole heart haue I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandements.

¹¹ I haue hid thy promes in mine heart, that I might not sinne against thee.

¹² Blessed art thou, O Lorde: teache mee thy statutes.

¹³ With my lippes haue I declared all the iudgements of thy mouth.¹⁴ I haue had as great delight in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches.¹⁵ I will meditate in thy precepts, and consider thy waies.¹⁶ I will delite in thy statutes, and I will not forget thy worde.

¹⁷ Gimel. Be beneficiall vnto thy seruant, that I may liue and keepe thy woorde.

¹⁸ Open mine eies, that I may see the wonders of thy Lawe.

¹⁹ I am a stranger vpon earth: hide not thy commandements from me.

²⁰ Mine heart breaketh for the desire to thy iudgements alway.

²¹ Thou hast destroied the proud: cursed are they that doe erre from thy commandements.

²² Remoue from mee shame and contempt: for I haue kept thy testimonies.

²³ Princes also did sit, and speake against me: but thy seruant did meditate in thy statutes.

²⁴ Also thy testimonies are my delite, and my counsellers.

²⁵ Daleth. My soule cleaueth to the dust: quicken me according to thy worde.

²⁶ I haue declared my waies, & thou heardest me: teache me thy statutes.²⁷ Make me to vnderstand ye way of thy precepts, & I will meditate in thy wondrous workes.

²⁸ My soule melteth for heauinesse: raise mee vp according vnto thy worde.²⁹ Take from mee the way of lying, and graunt me graciously thy Lawe.

³⁰ I haue chosen the way of trueth, and thy iudgements haue I laied before me.³¹ I haue cleaued to thy testimonies, O Lord: confound me not.³² I will runne the way of thy commaundements, when thou shalt enlarge mine heart.

³³ He. Teach mee, O Lorde, the way of thy statutes, and I will keepe it vnto the ende.³⁴ Giue mee vnderstanding, and I will keepe thy Law: yea, I wil keepe it with my whole heart.

³⁵ Direct mee in the path of thy commandements: for therein is my delite.³⁶ Incline mine heart vnto thy testimonies, and not to couetousnesse.

³⁷ Turne away mine eies from regarding vanitie, and quicken me in thy way.

³⁸ Stablish thy promesse to thy seruaunt, because he feareth thee.

³⁹ Take away my rebuke that I feare: for thy iudgements are good.

⁴⁰ Beholde, I desire thy commaundementes: quicken me in thy righteousnesse,

⁴¹ Vav. And let thy louing kindnesse come vnto me, O Lorde, and thy saluation according to thy promesse.⁴² So shall I make answere vnto my blasphemers: for I trust in thy woorde.

⁴³ And take not the woorde of trueth vtterly out of my mouth: for I waite for thy iudgements.⁴⁴ So shall I alway keepe thy Lawe for euer and euer.

⁴⁵ And I will walke at libertie: for I seeke thy precepts.⁴⁶ I will speake also of thy testimonies before Kings, and will not be ashamed.⁴⁷ And my delite shalbe in thy commaundements, which I haue loued.⁴⁸ Mine handes also will I lift vp vnto thy commaundements, which I haue loued, and I will meditate in thy statutes.

⁴⁹ Zain. Remember the promesse made to thy seruant, wherein thou hast caused me to trust.

⁵⁰ It is my comfort in my trouble: for thy promes hath quickened me.

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

⁵² I remembred thy iudgements of olde, O Lord, and haue bene comforted.

⁵³ Feare is come vpon mee for the wicked, that forsake thy Lawe.

⁵⁴ Thy statutes haue beene my songes in the house of my pilgrimage.

⁵⁵ I haue remembred thy Name, O Lorde, in the night, and haue kept thy Lawe.⁵⁶ This I had because I kept thy precepts.

⁵⁷ Cheth. O Lorde, that art my portion, I haue determined to keepe thy wordes.

⁵⁸ I made my supplication in thy presence with my whole heart: be mercifull vnto me according to thy promes.

⁵⁹ I haue considered my waies, and turned my feete into thy testimonies.⁶⁰ I made haste and delaied not to keepe thy commandements.

⁶¹ The bandes of the wicked haue robbed me: but I haue not forgotten thy Lawe.

⁶² At midnight will I rise to giue thanks vnto thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.

⁶³ I am companion of all them that feare thee, and keepe thy precepts.

⁶⁴ The earth, O Lorde, is full of thy mercie: teache me thy statutes.

⁶⁵ Teth. O Lorde, thou hast delt graciously with thy seruant according vnto thy woorde.⁶⁶ Teach me good iudgement & knowledge: for I haue beleeued thy commandements.

⁶⁷ Before I was afflicted, I went astray: but nowe I keepe thy woorde.

⁶⁸ Thou art good and gracious: teach me thy statutes.

⁶⁹ The proud haue imagined a lie against me: but I wil keepe thy precepts with my whole heart.⁷⁰ Their heart is fatte as grease: but my delite is in thy Lawe.

⁷¹ It is good for me that I haue beene afflicted, that I may learne thy statutes.

⁷² The Lawe of thy mouth is better vnto me, then thousands of golde and siluer.

⁷³ Iod. Thine hands haue made me and facioned me: giue mee vnderstanding therefore, that I may learne thy commandements.

⁷⁴ So they that feare thee, seeing mee shall reioyce, because I haue trusted in thy woorde.

⁷⁵ I knowe, O Lorde, that thy iudgements are right, and that thou hast afflicted me iustly.

⁷⁶ I pray thee that thy mercie may comfort me according to thy promes vnto thy seruant.⁷⁷ Let thy tender mercies come vnto me, that I may liue: for thy Lawe is my delite.

⁷⁸ Let the proude be ashamed: for they haue dealt wickedly and falsely with me: but I meditate in thy precepts.⁷⁹ Let such as feare thee turne vnto me, and they that knowe thy testimonies.

⁸⁰ Let mine heart bee vpright in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.

⁸¹ Caph. My soule fainteth for thy saluation: yet I waite for thy worde.⁸² Mine eyes faile for thy promes, saying, when wilt thou comfort me?

⁸³ For I am like a bottell in the smoke: yet doe I not forget thy statutes.

⁸⁴ Howe many are the dayes of thy seruant? When wilt thou execute iudgement on them that persecute me?

⁸⁵ The proude haue digged pittes for mee, which is not after thy Lawe.⁸⁶ All thy commaundements are true: they persecute me falsely: helpe me.⁸⁷ They had almost consumed me vpon the earth: but I forsooke not thy precepts.

⁸⁸ Quicken me according to thy louing kindnes: so shall I keepe the testimony of thy mouth.

⁸⁹ Lamed. O Lorde, thy worde endureth for euer in heauen.⁹⁰ Thy trueth is from generation to generation: thou hast layed the foundation of the earth, and it abideth.⁹¹ They continue euen to this day by thine ordinances: for all are thy seruants.

⁹² Except thy Lawe had bene my delite, I should now haue perished in mine affliction.

⁹³ I wil neuer forget thy precepts: for by them thou hast quickened me.

⁹⁴ I am thine, saue me: for I haue sought thy precepts.

⁹⁵ The wicked haue waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.

⁹⁶ I haue seene an ende of all perfection: but thy commandement is exceeding large.

⁹⁷ Mem. Oh howe loue I thy Lawe! it is my meditation continually.

⁹⁸ By thy commaundements thou hast made mee wiser then mine enemies: for they are euer with mee.⁹⁹ I haue had more vnderstading then all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.¹⁰⁰ I vnderstoode more then the ancient, because I kept thy precepts.

¹⁰¹ I haue refrained my feete from euery euil way, that I might keepe thy word.

¹⁰² I haue not declined from thy iudgements: for thou didest teach me.

¹⁰³ Howe sweete are thy promises vnto my mouth! yea, more then hony vnto my mouth.¹⁰⁴ By thy precepts I haue gotten vnderstanding: therefore I hate all the wayes of falshoode.

¹⁰⁵ Nvn. Thy worde is a lanterne vnto my feete, and a light vnto my path.

¹⁰⁶ I haue sworne and will performe it, that I will keepe thy righteous iudgements.

¹⁰⁷ I am very sore afflicted: O Lord, quicken me according to thy word.

¹⁰⁸ O Lorde, I beseeche thee accept the free offerings of my mouth, and teach mee thy iudgements.

¹⁰⁹ My soule is continually in mine hande: yet doe I not forget thy Lawe.¹¹⁰ The wicked haue layed a snare for mee: but I swarued not from thy precepts.

¹¹¹ Thy testimonies haue I taken as an heritage for euer: for they are the ioy of mine heart.¹¹² I haue applied mine heart to fulfill thy statutes alway, euen vnto the ende.

¹¹³ Samech. I hate vaine inuentions: but thy Lawe doe I loue.

¹¹⁴ Thou art my refuge and shield, and I trust in thy worde.

¹¹⁵ Away from mee, yee wicked: for I will keepe the commaundements of my God.

¹¹⁶ Stablish me according to thy promes, that I may liue, and disappoint me not of mine hope.¹¹⁷ Stay thou mee, and I shall be safe, and I will delite continually in thy statutes.

¹¹⁸ Thou hast troden downe all them that depart from thy statutes: for their deceit is vaine.¹¹⁹ Thou hast taken away all ye wicked of the earth like drosse: therefore I loue thy testimonies.¹²⁰ My flesh trembleth for feare of thee, and I am afraide of thy iudgements.

¹²¹ Ain. I haue executed iudgement and iustice: leaue me not to mine oppressours.¹²² Answere for thy seruant in that, which is good, and let not the proude oppresse me.

¹²³ Mine eyes haue failed in waiting for thy saluation, and for thy iust promes.

¹²⁴ Deale with thy seruant according to thy mercie, and teache me thy statutes.¹²⁵ I am thy seruant: graunt mee therefore vnderstanding, that I may knowe thy testimonies.

¹²⁶ It is time for thee Lorde to worke: for they haue destroyed thy Lawe.

¹²⁷ Therefore loue I thy commaundements aboue golde, yea, aboue most fine golde.¹²⁸ Therefore I esteeme all thy precepts most iust, and hate all false wayes.

¹²⁹ Pe. Thy testimonies are wonderfull: therefore doeth my soule keepe them.

¹³⁰ The entrance into thy wordes sheweth light, and giueth vnderstanding to the simple.

¹³¹ I opened my mouth and panted, because I loued thy commaundements.

¹³² Looke vpon mee and bee mercifull vnto me, as thou vsest to doe vnto those that loue thy Name.

¹³³ Direct my steppes in thy worde, and let none iniquitie haue dominion ouer me.

¹³⁴ Deliuer mee from the oppression of men, and I will keepe thy precepts.

¹³⁵ Shew the light of thy countenance vpon thy seruant, and teache me thy statutes.

¹³⁶ Mine eyes gush out with riuers of water, because they keepe not thy Lawe.

¹³⁷ Tsaddi. Righteous art thou, O Lorde, and iust are thy iudgements.¹³⁸ Thou hast commaunded iustice by thy testimonies and trueth especially.

¹³⁹ My zeale hath euen consumed mee, because mine enemies haue forgotten thy wordes.

¹⁴⁰ Thy word is prooued most pure, and thy seruant loueth it.

¹⁴¹ I am smal and despised: yet do I not forget thy precepts.

¹⁴² Thy righteousnesse is an euerlasting righteousnes, and thy Lawe is trueth.

¹⁴³ Trouble and anguish are come vpon me: yet are thy commandements my delite.¹⁴⁴ The righteousnes of thy testimonies is euerlasting: graunt me vnderstanding, and I shal liue.

¹⁴⁵ Koph. I haue cried with my whole heart: heare me, O Lord, and I will keepe thy statutes.¹⁴⁶ I called vpon thee: saue mee, and I will keepe thy testimonies.

¹⁴⁷ I preuented the morning light, and cried: for I waited on thy word.¹⁴⁸ Mine eyes preuent the night watches to meditate in thy word.

¹⁴⁹ Heare my voyce according to thy louing kindenesse: O Lord, quicken me according to thy iudgement.

¹⁵⁰ They drawe neere, that follow after malice, and are farre from thy Lawe.¹⁵¹ Thou art neere, O Lorde: for all thy commaundements are true.

¹⁵² I haue knowen long since by thy testimonies, that thou hast established them for euer.

¹⁵³ Resh. Beholde mine affliction, and deliuer mee: for I haue not forgotten thy Lawe.¹⁵⁴ Pleade my cause, and deliuer me: quicken me according vnto thy word.

¹⁵⁵ Saluation is farre from the wicked, because they seeke not thy statutes.

¹⁵⁶ Great are thy tender mercies, O Lorde: quicken me according to thy iudgements.

¹⁵⁷ My persecutours and mine oppressours are many: yet doe I not swarue from thy testimonies.

¹⁵⁸ I saw the transgressours and was grieued, because they kept not thy worde.

¹⁵⁹ Consider, O Lorde, how I loue thy preceptes: quicken mee according to thy louing kindenesse.

¹⁶⁰ The beginning of thy worde is trueth, and all the iudgements of thy righteousnesse endure for euer.

¹⁶¹ Schin. Princes haue persecuted mee without cause, but mine heart stood in awe of thy wordes.

¹⁶² I reioyce at thy worde, as one that findeth a great spoyle.

¹⁶³ I hate falshoode and abhorre it, but thy Lawe doe I loue.

¹⁶⁴ Seuen times a day doe I praise thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.

¹⁶⁵ They that loue thy Law, shall haue great prosperitie, and they shall haue none hurt.

¹⁶⁶ Lord, I haue trusted in thy saluation, and haue done thy commandements.

¹⁶⁷ My soule hath kept thy testimonies: for I loue them exceedingly.¹⁶⁸ I haue kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my wayes are before thee.

¹⁶⁹ Tav. Let my complaint come before thee, O Lord, and giue me vnderstanding, according vnto thy worde.¹⁷⁰ Let my supplication come before thee, and deliuer me according to thy promes.

¹⁷¹ My lippes shall speake praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

¹⁷² My tongue shall intreate of thy word: for all thy commaundements are righteous.

¹⁷³ Let thine hand helpe me: for I haue chosen thy precepts.¹⁷⁴ I haue longed for thy saluation, O Lorde, and thy Lawe is my delite.

¹⁷⁵ Let my soule liue, and it shall praise thee, and thy iudgements shall helpe me.

¹⁷⁶ I haue gone astraye like a lost sheepe: seeke thy seruant, for I doe not forget thy commaundements.