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1 Those whose way is blameless— who walk in the LORD's Instruction—are truly happy!
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Happy are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord.
2 Those who guard God's laws are truly happy! They seek God with all their hearts.
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Happy are those who keep his decrees, who seek him with their whole heart,
3 They don't even do anything wrong! They walk in God's ways.
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who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways.
4 God, you have ordered that your decrees should be kept most carefully.
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You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.
5 How I wish my ways were strong when it comes to keeping your statutes!
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O that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes!
6 Then I wouldn't be ashamed when I examine all your commandments.
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Then I shall not be put to shame, having my eyes fixed on all your commandments.
7 I will give thanks to you with a heart that does right as I learn your righteous rules.
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I will praise you with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous ordinances.
8 I will keep your statutes. Please don't leave me all alone!
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I will observe your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.
9 How can young people keep their paths pure? By guarding them according to what you've said.
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How can young people keep their way pure? By guarding it according to your word.
10 I have sought you with all my heart. Don't let me stray from any of your commandments!
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With my whole heart I seek you; do not let me stray from your commandments.
11 I keep your word close, in my heart, so that I won't sin against you.
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I treasure your word in my heart, so that I may not sin against you.
12 You, LORD, are to be blessed! Teach me your statutes.
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Blessed are you, O Lord; teach me your statutes.
13 I will declare out loud all the rules you have spoken.
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With my lips I declare all the ordinances of your mouth.
14 I rejoice in the content of your laws as if I were rejoicing over great wealth.
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I delight in the way of your decrees as much as in all riches.
15 I will think about your precepts and examine all your paths.
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I will meditate on your precepts, and fix my eyes on your ways.
16 I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget what you have said.
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I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.
17 Be good to your servant so I can go on living and keeping your word.
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Deal bountifully with your servant, so that I may live and observe your word.
18 Open my eyes so I can examine the wonders of your Instruction!
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Open my eyes, so that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.
19 I'm an immigrant in the land. Don't hide your commandments from me!
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I live as an alien in the land; do not hide your commandments from me.
20 I'm worn out by longing every minute for your rules!
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My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
21 You rebuke the arrogant, accursed people who stray from your commandments.
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You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones, who wander from your commandments;
22 Take all their insults and contempt away from me because I've kept your laws!
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take away from me their scorn and contempt, for I have kept your decrees.
23 Even if rulers gather and scheme against me, your servant will contemplate your statutes!
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Even though princes sit plotting against me, your servant will meditate on your statutes.
24 Yes, your laws are my joy— they are my most trusted advisors!
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Your decrees are my delight, they are my counselors.
25 My life is stuck in the dirt. Now make me live again according to your promise!
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My soul clings to the dust; revive me according to your word.
26 I confessed my ways and you answered me. Now teach me your statutes!
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When I told of my ways, you answered me; teach me your statutes.
27 Help me understand what your precepts are about so I can contemplate your wondrous works!
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Make me understand the way of your precepts, and I will meditate on your wondrous works.
28 My spirit sags because of grief. Now raise me up according to your promise!
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My soul melts away for sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.
29 Remove all false ways from me; show mercy to me by means of your Instruction.
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Put false ways far from me; and graciously teach me your law.
30 I've chosen the way of faithfulness; I'm set on your rules.
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I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I set your ordinances before me.
31 I'm holding tight to your laws, LORD. Please don't let me be put to shame.
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I cling to your decrees, O Lord; let me not be put to shame.
32 I run the same path as your commandments because you give my heart insight.
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I run the way of your commandments, for you enlarge my understanding.
33 LORD, teach me what your statutes are about, and I will guard every part of them.
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Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes, and I will observe it to the end.
34 Help me understand so I can guard your Instruction and keep it with all my heart.
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Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart.
35 Lead me on the trail of your commandments because that is what I want.
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Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it.
36 Turn my heart to your laws, not to greedy gain.
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Turn my heart to your decrees, and not to selfish gain.
37 Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Make me live by your way.
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Turn my eyes from looking at vanities; give me life in your ways.
38 Confirm your promise to your servant— the promise that is for all those who honor you.
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Confirm to your servant your promise, which is for those who fear you.
39 Remove the insults that I dread because your rules are good.
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Turn away the disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good.
40 Look how I desire your precepts! Make me live by your righteousness.
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See, I have longed for your precepts; in your righteousness give me life.
41 LORD, let your faithful love come to me— let your salvation come to me according to your promise—
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Let your steadfast love come to me, O Lord, your salvation according to your promise.
42 so I can have a response for those who mock me because I have trusted in your word!
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Then I shall have an answer for those who taunt me, for I trust in your word.
43 Please don't take your true word out of my mouth, because I have waited for your rules.
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Do not take the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, for my hope is in your ordinances.
44 I will always keep your Instruction, always and forever!
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I will keep your law continually, forever and ever.
45 I will walk around in wide-open spaces, because I have pursued your precepts.
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I shall walk at liberty, for I have sought your precepts.
46 I will talk about your laws before rulers with no shame whatsoever.
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I will also speak of your decrees before kings, and shall not be put to shame;
47 I will rejoice in your commandments because I love them.
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I find my delight in your commandments, because I love them.
48 I will lift up my hands to your commandments because I love them, and I will contemplate all your statutes.
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I revere your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes.
49 Remember your promise to your servant, for which you made me wait.
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Remember your word to your servant, in which you have made me hope.
50 My comfort during my suffering is this: your word gives me new life.
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This is my comfort in my distress, that your promise gives me life.
51 The arrogant make fun of me to no end, but I haven't deviated from your Instruction.
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The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn away from your law.
52 When I remember your ancient rules, I'm comforted, LORD.
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When I think of your ordinances from of old, I take comfort, O Lord.
53 But I'm seized with anger because of the wicked— because of those who abandon your Instruction.
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Hot indignation seizes me because of the wicked, those who forsake your law.
54 Your statutes have been my songs of praise wherever I lived as an immigrant.
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Your statutes have been my songs wherever I make my home.
55 LORD, I remember your name at nighttime, and I keep your Instruction.
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I remember your name in the night, O Lord, and keep your law.
56 This has been my practice because I guard your precepts.
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This blessing has fallen to me, for I have kept your precepts.
57 The LORD is my possession. I promise to do what you have said.
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The Lord is my portion; I promise to keep your words.
58 I've sought your favor with all my heart; have mercy on me according to your word.
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I implore your favor with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise.
59 I've considered my ways and turned my feet back to your laws.
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When I think of your ways, I turn my feet to your decrees;
60 I hurry to keep your commandments— I never put it off!
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I hurry and do not delay to keep your commandments.
61 Though the wicked have surrounded me with their ropes, I haven't forgotten your Instruction.
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Though the cords of the wicked ensnare me, I do not forget your law.
62 I get up in the middle of the night to give thanks to you because of your righteous rules.
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At midnight I rise to praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.
63 I'm a friend to everyone who honors you and to all who keep your precepts.
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I am a companion of all who fear you, of those who keep your precepts.
64 LORD, the world is full of your faithful love! Teach me your statutes!
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The earth, O Lord, is full of your steadfast love; teach me your statutes.
65 You have treated your servant well, LORD, according to your promise.
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You have dealt well with your servant, O Lord, according to your word.
66 Teach me knowledge and good judgment because I've put my trust in your commandments.
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Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.
67 Before I suffered, I took the wrong way, but now I do what you say.
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Before I was humbled I went astray, but now I keep your word.
68 You are good and you do good. Teach me your statutes!
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You are good and do good; teach me your statutes.
69 The arrogant cover me with their lies, but I guard your precepts with all my heart.
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The arrogant smear me with lies, but with my whole heart I keep your precepts.
70 Their hearts are unfeeling, like blubber, but I rejoice in your Instruction.
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Their hearts are fat and gross, but I delight in your law.
71 My suffering was good for me, because through it I learned your statutes.
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It is good for me that I was humbled, so that I might learn your statutes.
72 The Instruction you've given to me is better than thousands of pieces of gold and silver!
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The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
73 Your hands have made me and set me in place. Help me understand so I can learn your commandments.
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Your hands have made and fashioned me; give me understanding that I may learn your commandments.
74 Then those who honor you will see me and be glad because I have waited for your promise.
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Those who fear you shall see me and rejoice, because I have hoped in your word.
75 LORD, I know that your rules are right and that you rightly made me suffer.
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I know, O Lord, that your judgments are right, and that in faithfulness you have humbled me.
76 Please let your faithful love comfort me, according to what you've said to your servant.
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Let your steadfast love become my comfort according to your promise to your servant.
77 Let your compassion come to me so I can live again, because your Instruction is my joy!
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Let your mercy come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight.
78 But let the arrogant be ashamed because they oppressed me with lies— meanwhile, I will be contemplating your precepts!
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Let the arrogant be put to shame, because they have subverted me with guile; as for me, I will meditate on your precepts.
79 Let the people who honor you come back to me; let those who know your precepts return to me.
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Let those who fear you turn to me, so that they may know your decrees.
80 Let my heart be blameless in your statutes so that I am not put to shame.
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May my heart be blameless in your statutes, so that I may not be put to shame.
81 My whole being yearns for your saving help! I wait for your promise.
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My soul languishes for your salvation; I hope in your word.
82 My eyes are worn out looking for your word. "When will you comfort me?" I ask,
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My eyes fail with watching for your promise; I ask, "When will you comfort me?"
83 because I've become like a bottle dried up by smoke, though I haven't forgotten your statutes.
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For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, yet I have not forgotten your statutes.
84 How much more time does your servant have? When will you bring my oppressors to justice?
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How long must your servant endure? When will you judge those who persecute me?
85 The arrogant have dug pits for me— those people who act against your Instruction.
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The arrogant have dug pitfalls for me; they flout your law.
86 All your commandments are true, but people harass me for no reason. Help me!
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All your commandments are enduring; I am persecuted without cause; help me!
87 They've almost wiped me off the face of the earth! Meanwhile, I haven't abandoned your precepts!
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They have almost made an end of me on earth; but I have not forsaken your precepts.
88 Make me live again according to your faithful love so I can keep the law you've given!
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In your steadfast love spare my life, so that I may keep the decrees of your mouth.
89 Your word, LORD, stands firm in heaven forever!
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The Lord exists forever; your word is firmly fixed in heaven.
90 Your faithfulness extends from one generation to the next! You set the earth firmly in place, and it is still there.
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Your faithfulness endures to all generations; you have established the earth, and it stands fast.
91 Your rules endure to this day because everything serves you.
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By your appointment they stand today, for all things are your servants.
92 If your Instruction hadn't been my delight, I would have died because of my suffering.
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If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my misery.
93 I will never forget your precepts because through them you gave me life again.
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I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have given me life.
94 I'm yours—save me because I've pursued your precepts!
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I am yours; save me, for I have sought your precepts.
95 The wicked wait for me, wanting to kill me, but I'm studying your laws.
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The wicked lie in wait to destroy me, but I consider your decrees.
96 I've seen that everything, no matter how perfect, has a limit, but your commandment is boundless.
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I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commandment is exceedingly broad.
97 I love your Instruction! I think about it constantly.
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Oh, how I love your law! It is my meditation all day long.
98 Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies because it is always with me.
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Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is always with me.
99 I have greater insight than all my teachers because I contemplate your laws.
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I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your decrees are my meditation.
100 I have more understanding than the elders because I guard your precepts.
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I understand more than the aged, for I keep your precepts.
101 I haven't set my feet on any evil path so I can make sure to keep your word.
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I hold back my feet from every evil way, in order to keep your word.
102 I haven't deviated from any of your rules because you are the one who has taught me.
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I do not turn away from your ordinances, for you have taught me.
103 Your word is so pleasing to my taste buds— it's sweeter than honey in my mouth!
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How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 I'm studying your precepts— that's why I hate every false path.
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Through your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.
105 Your word is a lamp before my feet and a light for my journey.
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Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
106 I have sworn, and I fully mean it: I will keep your righteous rules.
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I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, to observe your righteous ordinances.
107 I have been suffering so much— LORD, make me live again according to your promise.
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I am severely afflicted; give me life, O Lord, according to your word.
108 Please, LORD, accept my spontaneous gifts of praise. Teach me your rules!
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Accept my offerings of praise, O Lord, and teach me your ordinances.
109 Though my life is constantly in danger, I won't forget your Instruction.
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I hold my life in my hand continually, but I do not forget your law.
110 Though the wicked have set a trap for me, I won't stray from your precepts.
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The wicked have laid a snare for me, but I do not stray from your precepts.
111 Your laws are my possession forever because they are my heart's joy.
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Your decrees are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart.
112 I have decided to keep your statutes forever, every last one.
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I incline my heart to perform your statutes forever, to the end.
113 I hate fickle people, but I love your Instruction.
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I hate the double-minded, but I love your law.
114 You are my shelter and my shield— I wait for your promise.
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You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word.
115 Get away from me, you evildoers; I want to guard my God's commandments!
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Go away from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.
116 Sustain me according to your word so I can live! Don't let me be put to shame because of hope.
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Uphold me according to your promise, that I may live, and let me not be put to shame in my hope.
117 Support me so I can be saved and so I can focus constantly on your statutes.
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Hold me up, that I may be safe and have regard for your statutes continually.
118 You discard everyone who strays from your statutes because they are dishonest and false.
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You spurn all who go astray from your statutes; for their cunning is in vain.
119 You dispose of all the wicked people on earth like waste— that's why I love your laws.
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All the wicked of the earth you count as dross; therefore I love your decrees.
120 My body shudders because I fear you; I'm in awe of your rules.
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My flesh trembles for fear of you, and I am afraid of your judgments.
121 I've done what is just and right. Don't just hand me over to my oppressors.
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I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 Guarantee good things for your servant. Please don't let the arrogant oppress me.
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Guarantee your servant's well-being; do not let the godless oppress me.
123 My eyes are worn out looking for your saving help— looking for your word that will set things right.
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My eyes fail from watching for your salvation, and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise.
124 Act toward your servant according to your faithful love. Teach me your statutes!
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Deal with your servant according to your steadfast love, and teach me your statutes.
125 I'm your servant! Help me understand so I can know your laws.
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I am your servant; give me understanding, so that I may know your decrees.
126 It is time for the LORD to do something! Your Instruction has been broken.
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It is time for the Lord to act, for your law has been broken.
127 But I love your commandments more than gold, even more than pure gold.
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Truly I love your commandments more than gold, more than fine gold.
128 That's why I walk straight by every single one of your precepts. That's why I hate every false path.
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Truly I direct my steps by all your precepts; I hate every false way.
129 Your laws are wonderful! That's why I guard them.
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Your decrees are wonderful; therefore my soul keeps them.
130 Access to your words gives light, giving simple folk understanding.
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The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.
131 I open my mouth up wide, panting, because I long for your commandments.
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With open mouth I pant, because I long for your commandments.
132 Come back to me and have mercy on me; that's only right for those who love your name.
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Turn to me and be gracious to me, as is your custom toward those who love your name.
133 Keep my steps steady by your word; don't let any sin rule me.
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Keep my steps steady according to your promise, and never let iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Redeem me from the people who oppress me so I can keep your precepts.
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Redeem me from human oppression, that I may keep your precepts.
135 Shine your face on your servant, and teach me your statutes.
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Make your face shine upon your servant, and teach me your statutes.
136 Rivers of tears stream from my eyes because your Instruction isn't being kept.
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My eyes shed streams of tears because your law is not kept.
137 LORD, you are righteous, and your rules are right.
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You are righteous, O Lord, and your judgments are right.
138 The laws you commanded are righteous, completely trustworthy.
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You have appointed your decrees in righteousness and in all faithfulness.
139 Anger consumes me because my enemies have forgotten what you've said.
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My zeal consumes me because my foes forget your words.
140 Your word has been tried and tested; your servant loves your word!
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Your promise is well tried, and your servant loves it.
141 I'm insignificant and unpopular, but I don't forget your precepts.
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I am small and despised, yet I do not forget your precepts.
142 Your righteousness lasts forever! Your Instruction is true!
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Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your law is the truth.
143 Stress and strain have caught up with me, but your commandments are my joy!
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Trouble and anguish have come upon me, but your commandments are my delight.
144 Your laws are righteous forever. Help me understand so I can live!
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Your decrees are righteous forever; give me understanding that I may live.
145 I cry out with all my heart: "LORD, answer me so I can guard your statutes!"
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With my whole heart I cry; answer me, O Lord. I will keep your statutes.
146 I cry out to you, "Save me so I can keep your laws!"
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I cry to you; save me, that I may observe your decrees.
147 I meet the predawn light and cry for help. I wait for your promise.
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I rise before dawn and cry for help; I put my hope in your words.
148 My eyes encounter each hour of the night as I think about your word.
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My eyes are awake before each watch of the night, that I may meditate on your promise.
149 Listen to my voice, according to your faithful love. LORD, make me live again, according to your justice.
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In your steadfast love hear my voice; O Lord, in your justice preserve my life.
150 The people who love to plot wicked schemes are nearby, but they are so far from your Instruction!
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Those who persecute me with evil purpose draw near; they are far from your law.
151 But you, LORD, are nearby too, and all your commandments are true.
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Yet you are near, O Lord, and all your commandments are true.
152 Long ago I learned from your laws that you had established them forever.
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Long ago I learned from your decrees that you have established them forever.
153 Look at my suffering and deliver me because I haven't forgotten your Instruction.
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Look on my misery and rescue me, for I do not forget your law.
154 Argue my case and redeem me. Make me live again by your word.
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Plead my cause and redeem me; give me life according to your promise.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked because they haven't pursued your statutes.
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Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek your statutes.
156 You have so much compassion, LORD— make me live again, according to your rules.
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Great is your mercy, O Lord; give me life according to your justice.
157 My oppressors and enemies are many, but I haven't turned away from your laws.
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Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, yet I do not swerve from your decrees.
158 I look on the faithless, and I am disgusted because they haven't kept your word.
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I look at the faithless with disgust, because they do not keep your commands.
159 Look at how much I love your precepts. Make me live again, LORD, according to your faithful love!
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Consider how I love your precepts; preserve my life according to your steadfast love.
160 The first thing to know about your word is that it is true and that all your righteous rules last forever.
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The sum of your word is truth; and every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.
161 Rulers oppress me without cause, but my heart honors what you've said.
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Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.
162 I'm overjoyed at your word, like someone who finds great treasure.
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I rejoice at your word like one who finds great spoil.
163 I hate, I absolutely despise, what is false, but I'm in love with your Instruction.
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I hate and abhor falsehood, but I love your law.
164 I praise you seven times a day for your righteous rules.
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Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous ordinances.
165 The people who love your Instruction enjoy peace—and lots of it. There's no stumbling for them!
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Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make them stumble.
166 LORD, I wait for your saving help. I do what you've commanded.
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I hope for your salvation, O Lord, and I fulfill your commandments.
167 I keep your laws; I love them so much!
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My soul keeps your decrees; I love them exceedingly.
168 I keep your precepts and your laws because all my ways are seen by you.
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I keep your precepts and decrees, for all my ways are before you.
169 Let my cry reach you, LORD; help me understand according to what you've said.
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Let my cry come before you, O Lord; give me understanding according to your word.
170 Let my request for grace come before you; deliver me according to your promise!
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Let my supplication come before you; deliver me according to your promise.
171 Let my lips overflow with praise because you've taught me your statutes.
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My lips will pour forth praise, because you teach me your statutes.
172 Let my tongue declare your word, because all your commandments are righteous.
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My tongue will sing of your promise, for all your commandments are right.
173 Let your power help me because I have chosen your precepts.
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Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
174 LORD, I long for your saving help! Your Instruction is my joy!
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I long for your salvation, O Lord, and your law is my delight.
175 Let me live again so I can praise you! Let your rules help me!
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Let me live that I may praise you, and let your ordinances help me.
176 I've wandered off like a sheep, lost. Find your servant because I haven't forgotten your commandments!
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I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek out your servant, for I do not forget your commandments.
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