| Chapter 119 |
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Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, Who walk according to the law of Yahweh. --
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Blessed are those who keep his statutes, Who seek him with their whole heart. --
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Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways. --
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You have commanded your precepts, That we should fully obey them. --
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Oh that my ways were steadfast To obey your statutes! --
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Then I wouldn't be put to shame, When I consider all of your commandments. --
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I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, When I learn your righteous judgments. --
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I will observe your statutes. Don't utterly forsake me. BEIT --
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How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. --
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With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don't let me wander from your commandments. --
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I have hidden your word in my heart, That I might not sin against you. --
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Blessed are you, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes. --
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With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth. --
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I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, As much as in all riches. --
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I will meditate on your precepts, And consider your ways. --
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I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word. GIMEL --
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Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word. --
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Open my eyes, That I may see wondrous things out of your law. --
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I am a stranger on the earth. Don't hide your commandments from me. --
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My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times. --
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You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, Who wander from your commandments. --
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Take reproach and contempt away from me, For I have kept your statutes. --
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Though princes sit and slander me, Your servant will meditate on your statutes. --
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Indeed your statutes are my delight, And my counselors. DALED --
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My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word! --
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I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes. --
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Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works. --
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My soul is weary with sorrow. Strengthen me according to your word. --
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Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously! --
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I have chosen the way of truth. I have set my heart on your law. --
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I cling to your statutes, Yahweh. Don't let me be put to shame. --
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I run in the path of your commandments, For you have set my heart free. HEY --
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Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end. --
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Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart. --
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Direct me in the path of your commandments, For I delight in them. --
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Turn my heart toward your statutes, Not toward selfish gain. --
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Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways. --
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Fulfill your promise to your servant, That you may be feared. --
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Take away my disgrace that I dread, For your ordinances are good. --
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Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness. WAW --
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Let your lovingkindness also come to me, Yahweh, Your salvation, according to your word. --
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So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, For I trust in your word. --
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Don't snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, For I put my hope in your ordinances. --
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So I will obey your law continually, Forever and ever. --
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I will walk in liberty, For I have sought your precepts. --
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I will also speak of your statutes before kings, And will not be put to shame. --
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I will delight myself in your commandments, Because I love them. --
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I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes. ZAYIN --
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Remember your word to your servant, Because you gave me hope. --
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This is my comfort in my affliction, For your word has revived me. --
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The arrogant mock me excessively, But I don't swerve from your law. --
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I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh, And have comforted myself. --
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Indignation has taken hold on me, Because of the wicked who forsake your law. --
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Your statutes have been my songs, In the house where I live. --
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I have remembered your name, Yahweh, in the night, And I obey your law. --
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This is my way, That I keep your precepts. CHET --
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Yahweh is my portion. I promised to obey your words. --
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I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word. --
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I considered my ways, And turned my steps to your statutes. --
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I will hurry, and not delay, To obey your commandments. --
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The ropes of the wicked bind me, But I won't forget your law. --
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At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, Because of your righteous ordinances. --
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I am a friend of all those who fear you, Of those who observe your precepts. --
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The earth is full of your lovingkindness, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes. TET --
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Do good to your servant, According to your word, Yahweh. --
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Teach me good judgment and knowledge, For I believe in your commandments. --
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Before I was afflicted, I went astray; But now I observe your word. --
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You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes. --
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The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts. --
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Their heart is as callous as the fat, But I delight in your law. --
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It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I may learn your statutes. --
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The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. YUD --
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Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments. --
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Those who fear you will see me and be glad, Because I have put my hope in your word. --
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Yahweh, I know that your judgments are righteous, That in faithfulness you have afflicted me. --
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Please let your lovingkindness be for my comfort, According to your word to your servant. --
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Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; For your law is my delight. --
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Let the proud be put to shame, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts. --
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Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes. --
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Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, That I may not be put to shame. KAF --
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My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word. --
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My eyes fail for your word. I say, 'When will you comfort me?' --
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For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don't forget your statutes. --
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How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me? --
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The proud have dug pits for me, Contrary to your law. --
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All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me! --
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They had almost wiped me from the earth, But I didn't forsake your precepts. --
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Preserve my life according to your lovingkindness, So I will obey the statutes of your mouth. LAMED --
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Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever. --
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Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains. --
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Your laws remain to this day, For all things serve you. --
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Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. --
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I will never forget your precepts, For with them, you have revived me. --
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I am yours. Save me, For I have sought your precepts. --
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The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes. --
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I have seen a limit to all perfection, But your commands are boundless. MEM --
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How love I your law! It is my meditation all day. --
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Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, For your commandments are always with me. --
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I have more understanding than all my teachers, For your testimonies are my meditation. --
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I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept your precepts. --
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I have kept my feet from every evil way, That I might observe your word. --
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I have not turned aside from your ordinances, For you have taught me. --
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How sweet are your promises to my taste, More than honey to my mouth! --
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Through your precepts, I get understanding; Therefore I hate every false way. NUN --
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Your word is a lamp to my feet, And a light for my path. --
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I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will obey your righteous ordinances. --
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I am afflicted very much. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your word. --
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Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. Yahweh, teach me your ordinances. --
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My soul is continually in my hand, Yet I won't forget your law. --
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The wicked have laid a snare for me, Yet I haven't gone astray from your precepts. --
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I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, For they are the joy of my heart. --
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I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, Even to the end. SAMEKH --
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I hate double-minded men, But I love your law. --
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You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word. --
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Depart from me, you evildoers, That I may keep the commandments of my God. --
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Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope. --
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Hold me up, and I will be safe, And will have respect for your statutes continually. --
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You reject all those who stray from your statutes, For their deceit is in vain. --
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You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies. --
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My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments. AYIN --
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I have done what is just and righteous. Don't leave me to my oppressors. --
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Ensure your servant's well-being. Don't let the proud oppress me. --
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My eyes fail looking for your salvation, For your righteous word. --
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Deal with your servant according to your lovingkindness. Teach me your statutes. --
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I am your servant. Give me understanding, That I may know your testimonies. --
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It is time to act, Yahweh, For they break your law. --
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Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, Yes, more than pure gold. --
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Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way. PEY --
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Your testimonies are wonderful, Therefore my soul keeps them. --
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The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple. --
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I opened my mouth wide and panted, For I longed for your commandments. --
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Turn to me, and have mercy on me, As you always do to those who love your name. --
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Establish my footsteps in your word. Don't let any iniquity have dominion over me. --
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Redeem me from the oppression of man, So I will observe your precepts. --
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Make your face to shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes. --
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Streams of tears run down my eyes, Because they don't observe your law. TZADI --
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You are righteous, Yahweh. your judgments are upright. --
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You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy. --
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My zeal wears me out, Because my enemies ignore your words. --
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Your promises have been thoroughly tested, And your servant loves them. --
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I am small and despised. I don't forget your precepts. --
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Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth. --
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Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight. --
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Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. KUF --
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I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will keep your statutes. --
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I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes. --
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I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words. --
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My eyes stay open through the night watches, That I might meditate on your word. --
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Hear my voice according to your lovingkindness. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your ordinances. --
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They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law. --
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You are near, Yahweh. All your commandments are truth. --
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Of old I have known from your testimonies, That you have founded them forever. RESH --
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Consider my affliction, and deliver me, For I don't forget your law. --
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Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise. --
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Salvation is far from the wicked, For they don't seek your statutes. --
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Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh. Revive me according to your ordinances. --
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Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven't swerved from your testimonies. --
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I look at the faithless with loathing, Because they don't observe your word. --
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Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your lovingkindness. --
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All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. SIN AND SHIN --
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Princes have persecuted me without a cause, But my heart stands in awe of your words. --
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I rejoice at your word, As one who finds great spoil. --
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I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law. --
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Seven times a day, I praise you, Because of your righteous ordinances. --
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Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble. --
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I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh. I have done your commandments. --
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My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly. --
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I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, For all my ways are before you. TAV --
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Let my cry come before you, Yahweh. Give me understanding according to your word. --
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Let my supplication come before you. Deliver me according to your word. --
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Let my lips utter praise, For you teach me your statutes. --
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Let my tongue sing of your word, For all your commandments are righteousness. --
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Let your hand be ready to help me, For I have chosen your precepts. --
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I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my delight. --
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Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me. --
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I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don't forget your commandments. Psalm 120 A Song of Ascents. --
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