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17 Deal bountifully with Your servant, That I may live and keep Your word.
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Be good to your servant while I live, that I may obey your word.
18 Open my eyes, that I may behold Wonderful things from Your 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; Do not hide Your commandments from me.
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I am a stranger on earth; do not hide your commands from me.
20 My soul is crushed with longing After Your ordinances at all times.
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My soul is consumed with longing for your laws at all times.
21 You rebuke the arrogant, the cursed, Who wander from Your commandments.
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You rebuke the arrogant, who are accursed, those who stray from your commands.
22 Take away reproach and contempt from me, For I observe Your testimonies.
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Remove from me their scorn and contempt, for I keep your statutes.
23 Even though princes sit and talk against me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
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Though rulers sit together and slander me, your servant will meditate on your decrees.
24 Your testimonies also are my delight; They are my counselors . Daleth.
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Your statutes are my delight; they are my counselors.
25 My soul cleaves to the dust; Revive me according to Your word.
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I am laid low in the dust; preserve my life according to your word.
26 I have told of my ways, and You have answered me; Teach me Your statutes.
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I gave an account of my ways and you answered me; teach me your decrees.
27 Make me understand the way of Your precepts, So I will meditate on Your wonders.
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Cause me to understand the way of your precepts, that I may meditate on your wonderful deeds.
28 My soul weeps because of grief; Strengthen me according to Your word.
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My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.
29 Remove the false way from me, And graciously grant me Your law.
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Keep me from deceitful ways; be gracious to me and teach me your law.
30 I have chosen the faithful way; I have placed Your ordinances before me.
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I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart on your laws.
31 I cling to Your testimonies; O LORD , do not put me to shame!
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I hold fast to your statutes, LORD; do not let me be put to shame.
32 I shall run the way of Your commandments, For You will enlarge my heart. He.
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I run in the path of your commands, for you have broadened my understanding.
33 Teach me, O LORD , the way of Your statutes, And I shall observe it to 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, that I may observe Your law And keep it with all my 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 walk in the path of Your commandments, For I delight in it.
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Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight.
36 Incline my heart to Your testimonies And not to dishonest gain.
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Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain.
37 Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity, And revive me in Your ways.
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Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word.
38 Establish Your word to Your servant, As that which produces reverence for You.
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Fulfill your promise to your servant, so that you may be feared.
39 Turn away my reproach which I dread, For Your ordinances are good.
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Take away the disgrace I dread, for your laws are good.
40 Behold, I long for Your precepts; Revive me through Your righteousness. Vav.
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How I long for your precepts! In your righteousness preserve my life.
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