69 The proud have thy precepts with my 70 Their heart is as 71 It is good for me

learn thy statutes.

forged a lie against me: | but I will keep whole | heart.

fat as grease; || but I de- | light in | thy | law. that I have been af- | flicted; || that I might |

f72 The law of thy mouth is better | unto me || than | thousands of | gold and silver.

ƒ 73 Thy hands have made me' and | fashioned me: || give me understanding, that I may | learn | thy com- mandments.

74 They that fear thee will be glad ' when they | see me ; || because I have hoped in thy | word.

75 I know, O Lord, that thy | judgments are | right, || and that thou in faithfulness hast af- | flicted me.

76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, || according to thy word unto thy

servant.

77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I' may | live: || for ❘ thy law is my de- | light.

78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause but I will | medi' tate in thy precepts.

79 Let those that fear thee turn | unto | me, || and | those that' have ¦ known thy testimonies.

80 Let my heart be | sound in' thy | statutes; || that I be not a- | shamed.

CAPH.

81 My soul fainteth for | thy sal- | vation: || but I hope in | thy | word. 82 Mine eyes | fail for thy | word, || saying, | when wilt thou | comfort me?

83 For I am become like a bottle | in the | smoke; || for- get thy | statutes.

yet do I not

84 How many are the days of' thy | servant? || when wilt thou execute judgment on them that perse- cute me?

85 The proud have digged | pits for | me, || which | are not | after thy | law.

86 All thy com- | mandments are | faithful: || they persecute me wrongfully; help thou | me.

87 They had almost con- | sumed me' on earth; || but I for- | sook not thy precepts.

88 Quicken me after thy loving- | kindness; || so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.

f 89 For ever, | O | Lord, || thy | word is | set' tled in | heaven.

90 Thy faithfulness is unto | all gene- | rations: || thou hast established the earth, and | it a- | bideth.

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91 They continue this day according to thine | ordi- | nances : || for | all are thy servants.

92 Unless thy law had been my ' de- | lights, || I should then have | perished in mine af- | fliction.

93 I will never for- get thy | precepts: || for with them | thou hast | quickened me.

94 I am | thine, | save me; || for I have sought | thy | precepts.

95 The wicked have waited for me to de- | stroy me: || but I will con- sider thy | testimonies.

96 I have seen an end of all per- fection: || but thy commandment | is ex- ceeding | broad.

MEM.

97 O how love I' thy | law! || it is my medi- tation | all the [ day.

98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser | than mine! enemies | for ❘ they are | ever | with me.

99 I have more understanding than | all my | teachers: || for thy testimonies are my medi- | tation.

100 I understand | more' than the | ancients, || because I keep | thy | precepts.

IOI I have refrained my feet from every evil | way, || that I might keep thy | word.

102 I have not departed from | thy | judgments: || for | thou hast | taught me.

103 How sweet are thy words | unto my | taste! || yea, sweeter than | honey to my mouth!

104 Through thy precepts I get | under- | standing: || therefore I hate

* f 105 Thy word is a lamp unto | my | feet,|| and a light | unto | my | path.

106 I have sworn, and I will per- | form | it, || that I will keep thy | righteous | judg- | ments.

107 I am afflicted | very | much : || quicken me, O Lord, ac- | cording | Lunto thy word.

108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, | O | Lord, and teach me 'thy | judg- | ments.

109 My soul is continually in my | hand: || yet do I not for- | get thy law.

110 The wicked have laid a | snare | for me: || yet I erred | not from | thy | precepts.

III Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for | ev- | er: || for they are the re- | joicing' of | my | heart.

f 112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy | statutes | alway, || even | un- to the end.

SAMECH.

113 I hate vain | thoughts: || but | thy law | do I | love.

114 Thou art my hiding place | and my shield: || I | hope in | thy word.

115 Depart from me, ye evil | doers: || for I will keep the com- | mandments of my

God.

116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I'may | live : || and let me not be a- | shamed of my hope.

117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: || and I will have respect unto thy sta- | tutes con- tinually.

118 Thou hast trodden down all them that ❘ err from 'thy | statutes : || for their deceit is | falsehood.

119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like | dross: || therefore I love | *thy | testimonies.

120 My flesh trembleth for | fear of | thee; || and I am a- | fraid of | thy judgments.

* mf 121 I have done judgment and | jus- tice: || leave me not to | mine op- pres- | sors.

122 Be surety for thy servant | for | good: || let not the proud op- press me.

123 Mine eyes fail for thy sal- | vation, || and for the word of thy | righteousness.

124 Deal with thy servant according | unto thy | mercy, || and | me thy statutes.

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125 I am thy | servant; || give me understanding, that' I may know thy testimonies.

126 It is time for thee, | Lord, to | work: || for they have made | void | thy law.

127 Therefore I love thy commandments a- | bove | gold; || yea, a-bove fine | gold.

128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things | to be | right; || and I hate | eve' ry | false | way.

PE.

129 Thy testimonies are | wonder- | ful: || therefore | doth my soul | keep them.

130 The entrance of thy words | giveth | light; || it giveth under- | standing unto the simple.

131 I opened my mouth, and | panted: || for I longed for | thy com- | mandments.

132 Look thou upon me, and be merciful | unto | me, || as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.

(do 133 Order my | steps in thy | word: || and let not any iniquity | have do- minion | over me.

134 Deliver me from the op- | pression of | man: || so I will I keep thy| precepts.

135 Make thy face to shine up- on thy | servant; || and | teach | me thy statutes.

136 Rivers of waters run | down mine | eyes, || because they | keep not | thy law.

TZADDI.

137 Righteous art thou, | O | Lord, || and upright | are thy | judg- |

ments.

138 Thy testimonies that thou hast com- | manded || are | righteous and very faithful.

139 My zeal | hath con- | sumed me, || because mine enemies have for- | gotten thy | words.

140 Thy word is very pure: || therefore thy | servant | loveth | it.

141 I am small | and de- | spised: || yet do not I for-get | thy precepts. 142 Thy righteousness is an ever-lasting | righteousness, || and | thy law is the truth.

143 Trouble and anguish have taken | hold on me: || yet thy com- [ mandments are my de- lights.

f144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is ever- | lasting: || give me understanding, and I shall | live.

145 pp I cried with my whole | heart; || hear me, O Lord: | I will | keep thy statutes.

146 I cried unto thee; || save me, | and' I shall keep thy | testimonies.

147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and | cried : || I | hoped | in thy word.

148 Mine eyes prevent the night | watches, || that I might | medi' tate | in thy word.

149 Hear my voice according unto thy | loving- | kindness: || O Lord, quicken me ac- | cording | to thy | judgment.

150 They draw nigh that follow | after | mischief: || they are | far | from thy law.

(151 Thou art near, |O| Lord; || and all thy com- mandments are truth. 152 Con- cerning thy | testimonies, || I have known of old that thou hast | founded them for ever.

RESH.

153 Consider mine affliction, | and de- | liver me: || for I do not ' for- get thy law.

154 Plead my cause, | and de- | liver me: || quicken me ac- | cording | to thy word.

155 Salvation is | far' from the wicked: || for | they seek not thy |

statutes.

156 Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord: || quicken me ac- cording to thy judgments.

157 Many are my persecutors and mine | enemies; || yet do I not decline from thy | testimonies.

158 I beheld the transgressors, and was | grieved; || because | they kept| not thy word.

159 Consider how I love thy | precepts: | quicken me, O Lord, according to thy loving- | kindness.

f160 Thy word is true | from the' be- | ginning: | and every one of thy righteous judgments en- dureth for ever.