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Psalms
119
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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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119
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With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.
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119
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Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.
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119
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Blessed art thou, O Jehovah: Teach me thy statutes.
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119
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With my lips have I declared All the ordinances of thy mouth.
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119
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I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, As much as in all riches.
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119
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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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119
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GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live; So will I observe thy word.
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119
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Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold Wondrous things out of thy law.
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119
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I am a sojourner in the earth: Hide not thy commandments from me.
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119
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My soul breaketh for the longing That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times.
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Psalms
119
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Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, That do wander from thy commandments.
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119
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Take away from me reproach and contempt; For I have kept thy testimonies.
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119
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Princes also sat and talked against me; But thy servant did meditate on thy statutes.
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119
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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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119
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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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119
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My soul melteth for heaviness: Strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
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119
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Remove from me the way of falsehood; And grant me thy law graciously.
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119
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I have chosen the way of faithfulness: Thine ordinances have I set before me .
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119
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I cleave unto thy testimonies: O Jehovah, put me not to shame.
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119
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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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119
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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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119
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Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; For therein do I delight.
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119
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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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119
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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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119
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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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Psalms
119
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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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119
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So shall I observe thy law continually For ever and ever.
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119
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And I shall walk at liberty; For I have sought thy precepts.
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119
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I will also speak of thy testimonies before kings, And shall not be put to shame.
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119
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And I will delight myself in thy commandments, Which I have loved.
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119
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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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119
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ZAYIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, Because thou hast made me to hope.
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119
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This is my comfort in my affliction; For thy word hath quickened me.
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119
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The proud have had me greatly in derision: Yet have I not swerved from thy law.
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119
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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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119
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At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee Because of thy righteous ordinances.
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119
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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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119
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The earth, O Jehovah, is full of thy lovingkindness: Teach me thy statutes.
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119
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TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Jehovah, according unto thy word.
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119
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Teach me good judgment and knowledge; For I have believed in thy commandments.
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119
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Before I was afflicted I went astray; But now I observe thy word.
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Psalms
119
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Thou art good, and doest good; Teach me thy statutes.
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119
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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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Psalms
119
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Their heart is as fat as grease; But I delight in thy law.
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119
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It is good for me that I have been afflicted; That I may learn thy statutes.
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119
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The law of thy mouth is better unto me Than thousands of gold and silver.
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119
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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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119
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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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119
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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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119
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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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119
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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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119
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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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119
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Let those that fear thee turn unto me; And they shall know thy testimonies.
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119
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Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, That I be not put to shame.
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119
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KAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; But I hope in thy word.
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119
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Mine eyes fail for thy word, While I say, When wilt thou comfort me?
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119
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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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Psalms
119
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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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119
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The proud have digged pits for me, Who are not according to thy law.
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119
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All thy commandments are faithful: They persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
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119
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They had almost consumed me upon earth; But I forsook not thy precepts.
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119
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LAMEDH. Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; So shall I observe the testimony of thy mouth.
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119
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For ever, O Jehovah, Thy word is settled in heaven.
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119
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Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
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Psalms
119
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They abide this day according to thine ordinances; For all things are thy servants.
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119
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Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
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119
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I will never forget thy precepts; For with them thou hast quickened me.
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119
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I am thine, save me; For I have sought thy precepts.
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119
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The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me; But I will consider thy testimonies.
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119
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MEM. I have seen an end of all perfection; But thy commandment is exceeding broad.
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Psalms
119
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Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.
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Psalms
119
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Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; For they are ever with me.
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119
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I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thy testimonies are my meditation.
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119
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I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept thy precepts.