I restrain my feet from every evil way,
That I may observe thy word.

I depart not from thy judgments;
For thou hast instructed me.

How sweet to my palate are thy words!
Sweeter than honey to my mouth!
From thy precepts I get understanding;
Wherefore I hate every false way.

Thy word is a lamp to my feet,
And a light to my path.

I have sworn, and I will perform it,

To observe thy righteous judgments.

I am exceedingly afflicted;

Revive me, O Jehovah, according to thy word.

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And teach me thy judgments.

My life is continually in my hand;

But thy law I forget not.

But I have not wandered from thy precepts.

The wicked have placed a snare for me;

Thy testimonies I possess as a perpetual heritage;

For they are the joy of my heart.

I have inclined my heart to do thy statutes,
For ever, unto the end.

Double-minded men I hate;

But thy law I love.

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Thou art my hiding-place and my shield:

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In thy word I hope.

Depart from me ye who do evil;

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For I will keep the commandments of my God.

And make me not ashamed of my expectation.
Support me and I shall be saved;

Uphold me according to thy word, that I may live;

And I will regard thy statutes continually.

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Thou rejectest all those who wander from thy statutes;
For their deceit is falsehood.

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Thou accountest all the wicked of the land as dross;
Wherefore I love thy statutes.

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My flesh trembleth through dread of thee;

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And I am afraid of thy judgments.

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Thou doest judgment and righteousness:
Leave me not to those who oppress me.
Be a surety for thy servant for good;

Let not the proud oppress me.

Mine eyes fail for thy salvation,

And for thy righteous promise.

Deal with thy servant according to thy loving-kindness,
And teach me thy statutes.

I am thy servant; give me understanding,

That I may know thy testimonies.

126 It is time for thee to execute judgment, O Jehovah : They make void thy law.

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Therefore I love thy commandments

More than gold, and fine gold.

Therefore all thy precepts I account altogether right:
I hate every false way.

Thy testimonies are wonderful:

Therefore my soul keepeth them.

The opening of thy word enlighteneth,
Giving understanding to the simple.
I open my mouth, and I pant;

Because I long for thy commandments.
Look to me, and be gracious to me,
As is just to those who love thee.
Establish my steps by thy word;

And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Redeem me from the oppression of man,

That I may keep thy precepts.

Cause thy face to shine upon thy servant;
And teach me thy statutes.

Rivers of waters run down from mine eyes,
Because they keep not thy law.

Righteous art thou, O Jehovah,

And upright are thy judgments.

Thou hast commanded righteousness in thy testimonies,
And perfect truth.

My zeal consumeth me;

Because my adversaries forget thy words.

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Thy word is very pure;

Therefore thy servant loveth it.

Thy precepts I do not forget.

Thy righteousness is everlasting righteousness,

And thy law is truth.

Distress and anguish have overtaken me;

Thy commandments are my great delight.

The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting:
Cause me to understand, that I may live.

I call with my whole heart;

Answer me, O Jehovah : I keep thy statutes.
I call to thee; save me,

Since I observe thy testimonies.

I prevent the dawn and cry:

In thy word I hope.

My eyes prevent the night-watches,

While I meditate in thy word.

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hovah :

Revive me according to thy judgments.

They draw near who follow after mischief:

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They are far removed from thy law.

Thou art near, O Jehovah,

And all thy commandments are truth.

Of old I have known respecting thy testimonies,

That thou hast founded them for ever.

See my affliction and deliver me;

For I do not forget thy law.

Plead my cause and redeem me:

Revive me according to thy promise.
Salvation is far from the wicked:
For thy statutes they seek not.

Thy compassions are many, O Jehovah :
According to thy judgments, revive me.
Many are my persecutors and my adversaries;
From thy testimonies I do not decline.

I see transgressors and loathe them,

Because they keep not thy word.

See how I love thy precepts;

O Jehovah, according to thy loving-kindness, revive me.

The beginning of thy word is truth,

And all thy righteous judgments are for ever.

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Princes persecute me without cause:
But my heart is in awe of thy word.
I rejoice in thy promise,

As one who findeth great spoil.
Falsehood I hate and abhor;
Thy law I love.

Seven times in the day I praise thee,
On account of thy righteous judgments.
Great peace have they who love thy law,
And nothing causeth them to stumble.
I expect thy salvation, O Jehovah,
And I do thy commandments.

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And I love them exceedingly.

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I observe thy precepts and thy testimonies:
Surely all my ways are before thee.

Let my cry come before thee, O Jehovah :
Make me to understand, according to thy word.
Let my supplication come before thee:
According to thy promise, deliver me.

My lips shall utter praise,

When thou shalt have taught me thy statutes.

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Let thy hand help me ;

For thy precepts I have chosen.

I have desired thy salvation, O Jehovah,
And thy law is my delight.

Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee,
And let thy judgments help me.

I am wandering as a lost sheep; seek thy servant;
For thy commandments I forget not.

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I called, and he answered me.

O Jehovah, deliver me

From a lying lip, from a deceitful tongue.

What shall be given to thee,

Or what gain shalt thou have, thou false tongue ?

Sharp arrows of a strong man,

And brands of broom-wood.

Alas for me that I should sojourn in Mesech,

That I should dwell with the tents of Kedar!
Too long have I dwelt

With those who hate peace.

I am for peace, but, when I speak,

They are for war.

PSALM CXXI.

An Ode of Ascents.

I WILL lift up mine eyes to the mountains,
Whence cometh my help.

My help cometh from Jehovah,

Who made the heavens and the earth.

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved:

He slumbereth not who keepeth thee.

Lo, he slumbereth not, neither doth he sleep,
Who keepeth Israel.

Jehovah keepeth thee;

Jehovah is thy shade on thy right-hand.

The sun shall not smite thee by day,

Nor the moon by night.

Jehovah shall keep thee from every evil;

He shall keep thy life.

Jehovah shall keep thy going out, and thy coming in,
From this time and for ever.

PSALM CXXII.

An Ode of Ascents, by David.

I REJOICED When it was said unto me, "Let us go to the house of Jehovah."

May our feet stand

Within thy gates, O Jerusalem!

Jerusalem is builded

As a city compacted together.

Thither go up the tribes,

The tribes of Jehovah, as a testimony to Israel,

To give thanks to the name of Jehovah.
For there are set the thrones of judgment,

The thrones of the house of David.

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