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1 ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
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Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the LORD.
2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
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Blessed are those who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart—
3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
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they do no wrong but follow his ways.
4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
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You have laid down precepts that are to be fully obeyed.
5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
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Oh, that my ways were steadfast in obeying your decrees!
6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
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Then I would not be put to shame when I consider all your commands.
7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
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I will praise you with an upright heart as I learn your righteous laws.
8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
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I will obey your decrees; do not utterly forsake me.
9 BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
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How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word.
10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
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I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.
11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
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I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.
12 Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
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Praise be to you, LORD; teach me your decrees.
13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
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With my lips I recount all the laws that come from your mouth.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
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I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches.
15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
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I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways.
16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
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I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.
17 GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.
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Be good to your servant while I live, that I may obey your word.
18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
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Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.
19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
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I am a stranger on earth; do not hide your commands from me.
20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
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My soul is consumed with longing for your laws at all times.
21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
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You rebuke the arrogant, who are accursed, those who stray from your commands.
22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
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Remove from me their scorn and contempt, for I keep your statutes.
23 Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
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Though rulers sit together and slander me, your servant will meditate on your decrees.
24 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
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Your statutes are my delight; they are my counselors.
25 DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
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I am laid low in the dust; preserve my life according to your word.
26 I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
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I gave an account of my ways and you answered me; teach me your decrees.
27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
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Cause me to understand the way of your precepts, that I may meditate on your wonderful deeds.
28 My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
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My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.
29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
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Keep me from deceitful ways; be gracious to me and teach me your law.
30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
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I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart on your laws.
31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
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I hold fast to your statutes, LORD; do not let me be put to shame.
32 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
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I run in the path of your commands, for you have broadened my understanding.
33 HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
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Teach me, LORD, the way of your decrees, that I may follow it to the end.
34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
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Give me understanding, so that I may keep your law and obey it with all my heart.
35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
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Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight.
36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
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Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain.
37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
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Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word.
38 Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
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Fulfill your promise to your servant, so that you may be feared.
39 Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.
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Take away the disgrace I dread, for your laws are good.
40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
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How I long for your precepts! In your righteousness preserve my life.
41 VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word.
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May your unfailing love come to me, LORD, your salvation, according to your promise;
42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
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then I can answer anyone who taunts me, for I trust in your word.
43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
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Never take your word of truth from my mouth, for I have put my hope in your laws.
44 So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
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I will always obey your law, for ever and ever.
45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
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I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.
46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
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I will speak of your statutes before kings and will not be put to shame,
47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
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for I delight in your commands because I love them.
48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
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I reach out for your commands, which I love, that I may meditate on your decrees.
49 ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
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Remember your word to your servant, for you have given me hope.
50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
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My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life.
51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
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The arrogant mock me unmercifully, but I do not turn from your law.
52 I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
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I remember, LORD, your ancient laws, and I find comfort in them.
53 Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
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Indignation grips me because of the wicked, who have forsaken your law.
54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
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Your decrees are the theme of my song wherever I lodge.
55 I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
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In the night, LORD, I remember your name, that I may keep your law.
56 This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
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This has been my practice: I obey your precepts.
57 CHETH. Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
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You are my portion, LORD; I have promised to obey your words.
58 I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.
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I have sought your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise.
59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
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I have considered my ways and have turned my steps to your statutes.
60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
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I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands.
61 The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
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Though the wicked bind me with ropes, I will not forget your law.
62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
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At midnight I rise to give you thanks for your righteous laws.
63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
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I am a friend to all who fear you, to all who follow your precepts.
64 The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.
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The earth is filled with your love, LORD; teach me your decrees.
65 TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.
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Do good to your servant according to your word, LORD.
66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
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Teach me knowledge and good judgment, for I trust your commands.
67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
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Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey your word.
68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
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You are good, and what you do is good; teach me your decrees.
69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
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Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep your precepts with all my heart.
70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
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Their hearts are callous and unfeeling, but I delight in your law.
71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
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It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees.
72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
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The law from your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.
73 JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
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Your hands made me and formed me; give me understanding to learn your commands.
74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
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May those who fear you rejoice when they see me, for I have put my hope in your word.
75 I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
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I know, LORD, that your laws are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
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May your unfailing love be my comfort, according to your promise to your servant.
77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
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Let your compassion come to me that I may live, for your law is my delight.
78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
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May the arrogant be put to shame for wronging me without cause; but I will meditate on your precepts.
79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.
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May those who fear you turn to me, those who understand your statutes.
80 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
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May I wholeheartedly follow your decrees, that I may not be put to shame.
81 CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
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My soul faints with longing for your salvation, but I have put my hope in your word.
82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
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My eyes fail, looking for your promise; I say, “When will you comfort me?”
83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
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Though I am like a wineskin in the smoke, I do not forget your decrees.
84 How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
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How long must your servant wait? When will you punish my persecutors?
85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
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The arrogant dig pits to trap me, contrary to your law.
86 All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
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All your commands are trustworthy; help me, for I am being persecuted without cause.
87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.
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They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken your precepts.
88 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
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In your unfailing love preserve my life, that I may obey the statutes of your mouth.
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