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23 (118-23) For princes sat, and spoke against me: but thy servant was employed in thy justifications.
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Though rulers sit together and slander me, your servant will meditate on your decrees.
24 (118-24) For thy testimonies are my meditation: and thy justifications my counsel.
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Your statutes are my delight; they are my counselors.
25 (118-25) My soul hath cleaved to the pavement: 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 (118-26) I have declared my ways, and thou hast heard me: teach me thy justifications.
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I gave an account of my ways and you answered me; teach me your decrees.
27 (118-27) Make me to understand the way of thy justifications: and I shall be exercised in 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 (118-28) My soul hath slumbered through heaviness: strengthen thou me in thy words.
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My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.
29 (118-29) Remove from me the way of iniquity: and out of thy law have mercy on me.
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Keep me from deceitful ways; be gracious to me and teach me your law.
30 (118-30) I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments I have not forgotten.
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I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart on your laws.
31 (118-31) I have stuck to 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 (118-32) I have run the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart.
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I run in the path of your commands, for you have broadened my understanding.
33 (118-33) Set before me for a law the way of thy justifications, O Lord: and I will always seek after it.
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Teach me, LORD, the way of your decrees, that I may follow it to the end.
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