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Psalm 119 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

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Meditations and Prayers relating to the Law of God.

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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.
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Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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