6 Then shall I not be ashamed, When I have respect unto all thy commandments. 7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, When I shall have learned 'thy righteous judgments. 8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly! BETH. 9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word. 10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments! 11 Thy word have I hid in my heart, That I might not sin against thee. 12 Blessed art thou, O LORD: Teach me thy statutes. 13 With my lips have I declared All the judgments of thy mouth. 14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, As much as in all riches. 15 I will meditate in thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways. 16 I will delight myself in thy statutes, I will not forget thy word. GIMEL. 17 Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, And keep thy word. 18 Open thou mine eyes, That I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. e 19 I am a stranger in the earth; Hide not thy commandments from me. b See Job 13. 15. Heb. judgments of thy righteousness. e Psa. 37. 31. Luke 2. 19, 51. d Psa. 84. 11. 3 Heb. reveal Gen. 47. 9. 1 Chron. 29. 15. Psa. 39. 12. 2 Cor. 5. 6. 20 My soul breaketh For the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times. 21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, Which do err from thy commandments. 22 Remove from me reproach and contempt, For I have kept thy testimonies. 23 Princes also did sit and speak against me, But thy servant did meditate in thy statutes. 24 Thy testimonies also are my delight And my counsellors. DALETH. 25 My soul cleaveth unto the dust; Quicken thou me according to thy word. 26 I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me; Teach me thy statutes. 27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts; So shall I talk of thy wondrous works. 28 My soul 'melteth for heaviness; Strengthen thou me according unto thy word. 30 I have chosen the way of truth; 32 I will run the way of thy commandments, HE. 33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; And I shall keep it unto the end. 4 Heb. men of counsel. Heb. droppeth. (1 Kings 4. 29. Isa. 60. 5. Mat. 10. 22 Rev. 2. 26 34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. 35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments, For therein do I delight. 36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, And not to i covetousness. 37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken thou me in thy way. 38 Establish thy word unto thy servant, Who is devoted to thy fear. 39 Turn away my reproach which I fear, For thy judgments are good. 40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness. VAU. 41 Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD! Even thy salvation, according to thy word. 42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me, For I trust in thy word. 43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, For I have hoped in thy judgments. 44 So shall I keep thy law continually Forever and ever. 8 45 And I will walk at liberty, For I seek thy precepts. 46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, And will not be ashamed. 47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, Which I have loved. h Prov. 2. 6. James 1. 5. i Ezek. 83. 31. Mark 7. 21, 22. Luke 12. 15. 1 Tim. 6, 10. Heb. 13. 5. Heb. make to pass. 7 Or, answer him that re- k Prov. 23. 2. Heb. at large. 1 Psa. 188. 1. Mat. 10. 18, 19. Acts 26. 1, 2. 48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; And I will meditate in thy statutes. ZAIN. 49 Remember the word unto thy servant, 51 The proud have had me greatly "in derision, 52 I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD! And have comforted myself. 53 Horror hath taken hold upon me Because of the wicked that forsake thy law. 54 Thy statutes have been my songs In the house of my pilgrimage. 55 I have remembered thy name, O LORD! in the night, And have kept thy law. 56 This I had, Because I kept thy precepts. CHETH. 57 Thou Part my portion, O LORD; I have said that I would keep thy words. 58 I entreated thy 'favour with my whole heart: Be merciful unto me according to thy word. 59 I thought on my ways, And turned my feet unto thy testimonies. 60 I made haste, and delayed not To keep thy commandments. 61 The "bands of the wicked have robbed me, But I have not forgotten thy law. m Rom. 15. 4. • Job 23. 11. Psa. 44. 18. q Luke 15. 17, 18. 10 Or, companies. 62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee Because of thy righteous judgments. 63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, And of them that keep thy precepts. 64 The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: Teach me thy statutes. TETH. 65 Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD! According unto thy word. 66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge, For I have believed thy commandments. 67 Before I was afflicted I went astray, But now have I kept thy word. 68 Thou art good, and doest good; Teach me thy statutes. 69 The proud have forged a lie against me, But I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart. 70 Their "heart is as fat as grease, But I delight in thy law. 71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn thy statutes. 72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me Than thousands of gold and silver. JOD. 73 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. 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 y that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. r Acts 16. 25. Jer. 31. 18, 19. Heb. 12. 11. t Mat. 19. 17. u Psa. 17. 10. Isa. 6. 10. v Heb. 12. 10, 11. 11 Heb. righteousness. w Psalm 19. 10. Prov. 8. 10, 11, 19. * Job 10. 8. Psa. 100. 8. |