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1 ALEPH. Blessed are the perfect in the way, who walk in the law of Jehovah.
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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 observe his testimonies, 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 Who also do no unrighteousness: they walk in his ways.
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they do no wrong but follow his ways.
4 Thou hast enjoined thy precepts, to be kept diligently.
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You have laid down precepts that are to be fully obeyed.
5 Oh 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 give thee thanks 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: 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 path? by taking heed 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: 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 my 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, Jehovah! 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 wealth.
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I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches.
15 I will meditate upon thy precepts, and have respect unto thy paths.
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I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways.
16 I 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 [and] I shall live; and I will keep thy word.
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Be good to your servant while I live, that I may obey your word.
18 Open mine eyes, and I shall 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 land; 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 longing after 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, who wander from thy commandments.
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You rebuke the arrogant, who are accursed, those who stray from your commands.
22 Roll off from me reproach and contempt; for I observe thy testimonies.
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Remove from me their scorn and contempt, for I keep your statutes.
23 Princes also did sit [and] talk together against me: thy servant doth 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 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 hast answered 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, and I will meditate upon 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 sadness: strengthen me according to 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 falsehood, and graciously grant me thy law.
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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 faithfulness; thy judgments have I set [before me].
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I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart on your laws.
31 I cleave unto thy testimonies; Jehovah, let me not be ashamed.
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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 Jehovah, the way of thy statutes, and I will observe 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 will observe thy law; and I will keep 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 walk 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 gain.
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Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain.
37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; quicken me in thy way.
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Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word.
38 Establish 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. And let thy loving-kindness come unto me, O Jehovah, -- 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 confide 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; because 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 Then will 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 have sought thy precepts;
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I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.
46 And I will speak of thy testimonies 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 And I will lift up my hands 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 for 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 mine 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 derided me beyond measure: I have 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 Jehovah, and have comforted myself.
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I remember, LORD, your ancient laws, and I find comfort in them.
53 Burning indignation hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked who 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 Jehovah, 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 have had, because I have observed thy precepts.
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This has been my practice: I obey your precepts.
57 CHETH. My portion, O Jehovah, I have said, is to keep thy words.
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You are my portion, LORD; I have promised to obey your words.
58 I have sought thy favour with [my] whole heart: be gracious 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 have 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 have made haste, and not delayed, 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 wrapped me round: 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 rise up 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 the companion of all 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 Jehovah, is full of thy loving-kindness: 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 Jehovah, according to thy word.
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Do good to your servant according to your word, LORD.
66 Teach me good discernment and knowledge; for I have believed in 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 I keep 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 falsehood against me: I will observe 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: as for me, 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 YOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, and I will 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 see me, and rejoice; 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, Jehovah, that thy Judgments are righteousness, and that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
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I know, LORD, that your laws are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
76 Oh let thy loving-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 have acted perversely towards me with falsehood: as for me, I 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 know thy testimonies.
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May those who fear you turn to me, those who understand your statutes.
80 Let my heart be perfect 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; 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; I do 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 shall be 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 is not according to thy law.
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The arrogant dig pits to trap me, contrary to your law.
86 All thy commandments are faithfulness. 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 the earth; but as for me, 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 according to thy loving-kindness, and I will 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.
89 LAMED. For ever, O Jehovah, thy word is settled in the heavens.
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Your word, LORD, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.
90 Thy faithfulness is from generation to generation: thou hast established the earth, and it standeth.
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Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth, and it endures.
91 By thine ordinances they stand this day; for all things are thy servants.
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Your laws endure to this day, for all things serve you.
92 Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
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If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
93 I will never forget thy precepts; for by them thou hast quickened me.
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I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life.
94 I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
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Save me, for I am yours; I have sought out your precepts.
95 The wicked have awaited me to destroy me; [but] I attend unto thy testimonies.
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The wicked are waiting to destroy me, but I will ponder your statutes.
96 I have seen an end of all perfection: thy commandment is exceeding broad.
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To all perfection I see a limit, but your commands are boundless.
97 MEM. Oh how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
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Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.
98 Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me.
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Your commands are always with me and make me wiser than my enemies.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my meditation.
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I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes.
100 I understand more than the aged, because I have observed thy precepts.
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I have more understanding than the elders, for I obey your precepts.
101 I have refrained my feet from every evil path, that I might keep thy word.
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I have kept my feet from every evil path so that I might obey your word.
102 I have not departed from thy judgments; for it is thou that hast taught me.
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I have not departed from your laws, for you yourself have taught me.
103 How sweet are thy ·words unto my taste! more than honey to my mouth!
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How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 From thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false path.
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I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path.
105 NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
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Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.
106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
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I have taken an oath and confirmed it, that I will follow your righteous laws.
107 I am afflicted very much; O Jehovah, quicken me according to thy word.
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I have suffered much; preserve my life, LORD, according to your word.
108 Accept, I beseech thee, Jehovah, the voluntary-offerings of my mouth, and teach me thy judgments.
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Accept, LORD, the willing praise of my mouth, and teach me your laws.
109 My life is continually in my hand; but I do not forget thy law.
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Though I constantly take my life in my hands, I will not forget your law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me; but I have not wandered from thy precepts.
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The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from your precepts.
111 Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
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Your statutes are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes for ever, unto the end.
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My heart is set on keeping your decrees to the very end.
113 SAMECH. The double-minded have I hated; but thy law do I love.
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I hate double-minded people, but I love your law.
114 Thou art my hiding-place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
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You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word.
115 Depart from me, ye evil-doers; and I will observe the commandments of my God.
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Away from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commands of my God!
116 Uphold me according to thy ·word, that I may live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
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Sustain me, my God, according to your promise, and I will live; do not let my hopes be dashed.
117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe; and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
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Uphold me, and I will be delivered; I will always have regard for your decrees.
118 Thou hast set at nought all them that wander from thy statutes; for their deceit is falsehood.
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You reject all who stray from your decrees, for their delusions come to nothing.
119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth [like] dross; therefore I love thy testimonies.
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All the wicked of the earth you discard like dross; therefore I love your statutes.
120 My flesh shuddereth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
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My flesh trembles in fear of you; I stand in awe of your laws.
121 AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
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I have done what is righteous and just; do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 Be surety for thy servant for good; let not the proud oppress me.
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Ensure your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the ·word of thy righteousness.
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My eyes fail, looking for your salvation, looking for your righteous promise.
124 Deal with thy servant according to thy loving-kindness, and teach me thy statutes.
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Deal with your servant according to your love and teach me your decrees.
125 I am thy servant; give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.
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I am your servant; give me discernment that I may understand your statutes.
126 It is time for Jehovah to work: they have made void thy law.
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It is time for you to act, LORD; your law is being broken.
127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold, yea, above fine gold.
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Because I love your commands more than gold, more than pure gold,
128 Therefore I regard all [thy] precepts concerning all things to be right: I hate every false path.
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and because I consider all your precepts right, I hate every wrong path.
129 PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul observe them.
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Your statutes are wonderful; therefore I obey them.
130 The entrance of thy words giveth light, giving understanding unto the simple.
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The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.
131 I opened my mouth wide and panted; for I longed for thy commandments.
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I open my mouth and pant, longing for your commands.
132 Turn unto me, and be gracious unto me, as thou art wont to do unto those that love thy name.
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Turn to me and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.
133 Establish my steps in thy ·word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
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Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me.
134 Deliver me from the oppression of man; and I will keep thy precepts.
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Redeem me from human oppression, that I may obey your precepts.
135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant, and teach me thy statutes.
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Make your face shine on your servant and teach me your decrees.
136 Mine eyes run down with streams of water, because they keep not thy law.
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Streams of tears flow from my eyes, for your law is not obeyed.
137 TZADE. Righteous art thou, Jehovah, and upright are thy judgments.
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You are righteous, LORD, and your laws are right.
138 Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness and exceeding faithfulness.
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The statutes you have laid down are righteous; they are fully trustworthy.
139 My zeal destroyeth me, because mine oppressors have forgotten thy words.
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My zeal wears me out, for my enemies ignore your words.
140 Thy ·word is exceeding pure, and thy servant loveth it.
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Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
141 I am little and despised: thy precepts have I not forgotten.
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Though I am lowly and despised, I do not forget your precepts.
142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is truth.
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Your righteousness is everlasting and your law is true.
143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold upon me: thy commandments are my delights.
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Trouble and distress have come upon me, but your commands give me delight.
144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.
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Your statutes are always righteous; give me understanding that I may live.
145 KOPH. I have called with [my] whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah: I will observe thy statutes.
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I call with all my heart; answer me, LORD, and I will obey your decrees.
146 I call upon thee; save me, and I will keep thy testimonies.
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I call out to you; save me and I will keep your statutes.
147 I anticipate the morning-dawn and I cry: I hope in thy word.
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I rise before dawn and cry for help; I have put my hope in your word.
148 Mine eyes anticipate the night-watches, that I may meditate in thy ·word.
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My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises.
149 Hear my voice according to thy loving-kindness: O Jehovah, quicken me according to thy judgment.
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Hear my voice in accordance with your love; preserve my life, LORD, according to your laws.
150 They have drawn nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.
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Those who devise wicked schemes are near, but they are far from your law.
151 Thou, Jehovah, art near, and all thy commandments are truth.
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Yet you are near, LORD, and all your commands are true.
152 From thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
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Long ago I learned from your statutes that you established them to last forever.
153 RESH. See mine affliction, and deliver me; for I have not forgotten thy law.
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Look on my suffering and deliver me, for I have not forgotten your law.
154 Plead my cause, and redeem me: quicken me according to thy ·word.
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Defend my cause and redeem me; preserve my life according to your promise.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked; for they seek not thy statutes.
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Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek out your decrees.
156 Many are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah; quicken me according to thy judgments.
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Your compassion, LORD, is great; preserve my life according to your laws.
157 Many are my persecutors and mine oppressors; I have not declined from thy testimonies.
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Many are the foes who persecute me, but I have not turned from your statutes.
158 I beheld them that deal treacherously, and was grieved; because they kept not thy ·word.
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I look on the faithless with loathing, for they do not obey your word.
159 See how I have loved thy precepts: quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy loving-kindness.
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See how I love your precepts; preserve my life, LORD, in accordance with your love.
160 The sum of thy word is truth, and every righteous judgment of thine is for ever.
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All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal.
161 SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
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Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart trembles at your word.
162 I have joy in thy ·word, as one that findeth great spoil.
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I rejoice in your promise like one who finds great spoil.
163 I hate and abhor falsehood; thy law do I love.
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I hate and detest falsehood but I love your law.
164 Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.
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Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous laws.
165 Great peace have they that love thy law, and nothing doth stumble them.
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Great peace have those who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.
166 I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah, and have done thy commandments.
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I wait for your salvation, LORD, and I follow your commands.
167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies, and I love them exceedingly.
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I obey your statutes, for I love them greatly.
168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies; for all my ways are before thee.
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I obey your precepts and your statutes, for all my ways are known to you.
169 TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, Jehovah: give me understanding according to thy word.
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May my cry come before you, LORD; give me understanding according to your word.
170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy ·word.
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May my supplication come before you; deliver me according to your promise.
171 My lips shall pour forth praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
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May my lips overflow with praise, for you teach me your decrees.
172 My tongue shall speak aloud of thy ·word; for all thy commandments are righteousness.
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May my tongue sing of your word, for all your commands are righteous.
173 Let thy hand be for my help; for I have chosen thy precepts.
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May your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
174 I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah, and thy law is my delight.
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I long for your salvation, LORD, and your law gives me delight.
175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
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Let me live that I may praise you, and may your laws sustain me.
176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep: seek thy servant; for I have not forgotten thy commandments.
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I have strayed like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I have not forgotten your commands.
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