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1 (Alef) How happy are those whose way of life is blameless, who live by the Torah of ADONAI!
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ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
2 How happy are those who observe his instruction, who seek him wholeheartedly!
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Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
3 They do nothing wrong but live by his ways.
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They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
4 You laid down your precepts for us to observe with care.
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Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
5 May my ways be steady in observing your laws.
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O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
6 Then I will not be put to shame, since I will have fixed my sight on all your mitzvot.
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Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
7 I thank you with a sincere heart as I learn your righteous rulings.
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I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
8 I will observe your laws; don't completely abandon me!
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I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
9 (Bet) How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word.
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BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
10 I seek you with all my heart; don't let me stray from your mitzvot.
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With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
11 I treasure your word in my heart, so that I won't sin against you.
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Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
12 Blessed are you, ADONAI! Teach me your laws.
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Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
13 I proclaim with my mouth all the rulings you have spoken.
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With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
14 I rejoice in the way of your instruction more than in any kind of wealth.
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I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
15 I will meditate on your precepts and keep my eyes on your ways.
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I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
16 I will find my delight in your regulations. I will not forget your word.
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I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
17 (Gimel) Deal generously with your servant; then I will live and observe your word.
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GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.
18 Open my eyes, so that I will see wonders from your Torah.
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Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
19 Though I'm just a wanderer on the earth, don't hide your mitzvot from me.
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I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
20 I am continually consumed with longing for your rulings.
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My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
21 You rebuke the proud, the cursed, who stray from your mitzvot.
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Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
22 Remove scorn and contempt from me, because I observe your instruction.
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Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
23 Even when princes sit and plot against me, your servant meditates on your laws.
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Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
24 Also your instructions are my delight; they are my counselors.
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Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
25 (Dalet) I lie prostrate in the dust; revive me, in keeping with your word.
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DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
26 I told you of my ways, and you answered me; teach me your laws.
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I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
27 Make me understand the way of your precepts, and I will meditate on your wonders.
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Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
28 I am melting away from anxiety and grief; renew my strength, in keeping with your word.
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My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
29 Keep deceitful ways far from me, and favor me with your Torah.
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Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
30 I choose the way of trust; I set your rulings [before me].
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I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
31 I cling to your instruction; ADONAI, don't let me be put to shame!
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I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
32 I will run the way of your mitzvot, for you have broadened my understanding.
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I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
33 (Heh) Teach me, ADONAI, the way of your laws; keeping them will be its own reward for me.
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HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
34 Give me understanding; then I will keep your Torah; I will observe it with all my heart.
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Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
35 Guide me on the path of your mitzvot, for I take pleasure in it.
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Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
36 Bend my heart toward your instructions and not toward selfish gain.
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Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
37 Turn my eyes away from worthless things; with your ways, give me life.
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Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
38 Fulfill your promise, which you made to your servant, which you made to those who fear you.
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Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
39 Avert the disgrace which I dread, for your rulings are good.
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Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.
40 See how I long for your precepts; in your righteousness, give me life!
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Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
41 May your grace come to me, ADONAI, your salvation, as you promised;
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VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word.
42 then I will have an answer for those who taunt me; for I trust in your word.
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So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
43 Don't take away completely my power to speak the truth; for I put my hope in your rulings;
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And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
44 and I will keep your Torah always, forever and ever.
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So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
45 I will go wherever I like, for I have sought your precepts.
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And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
46 I will speak of your instructions even to kings without being ashamed.
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I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
47 I will delight myself in your mitzvot, which I have loved.
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And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
48 I will lift my hands to your mitzvot, which I love; and I will meditate on your laws.
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My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
49 (Zayin) Remember your promise to your servant, through which you have given me hope.
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ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
50 In my distress my comfort is this: that your promise gives me life.
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This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
51 Though the arrogant scorn me completely, I have not turned away from your Torah.
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The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
52 ADONAI, I keep in mind your age-old rulings; in them I take comfort.
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I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
53 Fury seizes me when I think of the wicked, because they abandon your Torah.
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Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
54 Your laws have become my songs wherever I make my home.
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Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
55 I remember your name, ADONAI, at night; and I observe your Torah.
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I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
56 This [comfort] has come to me, because I observe your precepts.
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This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
57 (Het) ADONAI, I say that my task is to observe your words.
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CHETH. Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
58 I beg your favor with my whole heart; show pity to me, in keeping with your promise.
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I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.
59 I thought about my ways and turned my feet toward your instruction.
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I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
60 I hurry, I don't delay, to observe your mitzvot.
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I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
61 Even when the cords of the wicked close around me, I don't forget your Torah.
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The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
62 At midnight I rise to give you thanks because of your righteous rulings.
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At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
63 I am a friend of all who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.
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I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
64 The earth, ADONAI, is full of your grace; teach me your laws.
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The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.
65 (Tet) You have treated your servant well, ADONAI, in keeping with your word.
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TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.
66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge, because I trust in your mitzvot.
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Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
67 Before I was humbled, I used to go astray; but now I observe your word.
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Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
68 You are good, and you do good; teach me your laws.
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Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
69 The arrogant are slandering me, but I will wholeheartedly keep your precepts.
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The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
70 Their hearts are as thick as fat, but I take delight in your Torah.
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Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
71 It is for my good that I have been humbled; it was so that I would learn your laws.
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It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
72 The Torah you have spoken means more to me than a fortune in gold and silver.
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The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
73 (Yud) Your hands made and formed me; give me understanding, so I can learn your mitzvot.
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JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
74 Those who fear you rejoice at the sight of me, because I put my hope in your word.
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They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
75 I know, ADONAI, that your rulings are righteous, that even when you humble me you are faithful.
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I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
76 Let your grace comfort me, in keeping with your promise to your servant.
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Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
77 Show me pity, and I will live, for your Torah is my delight.
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Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
78 Let the proud be ashamed, because they wrong me with lies; as for me, I will meditate on your precepts.
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Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
79 Let those who fear you turn to me, along with those who know your instruction.
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Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.
80 Let my heart be pure in your laws, so that I won't be put to shame.
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Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
81 (Kaf) I am dying to know your salvation; my hope is in your word.
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CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
82 My eyes fail from watching for your promise; I ask, "When will you comfort me?"
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Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
83 For I have shriveled like a wineskin in a smoky room; still, I don't forget your laws.
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For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
84 How long can your servant stay alive? When will you bring judgment on my persecutors?
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How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
85 The arrogant have dug pits for me to fall in; this is not in keeping with your Torah!
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The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
86 All your mitzvot [show your] faithfulness; they are hounding me with lies; help me!
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All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
87 They have nearly ended my life on earth, but I have not abandoned your precepts.
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They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.
88 In keeping with your grace, revive me; and I will observe your spoken instructions.
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Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
89 (Lamed) Your word continues forever, ADONAI, firmly fixed in heaven;
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LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
90 your faithfulness through all generations; you established the earth, and it stands.
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Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
91 Yes, it stands today, in keeping with your rulings; for all things are your servants.
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They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.
92 If your Torah had not been my delight, I would have perished in my distress.
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Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
93 I will never forget your precepts, for with them you have made me alive.
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I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
94 I am yours; save me because I seek your precepts.
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I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
95 The wicked hope to destroy me, but I focus on your instruction.
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The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
96 (Mem) I see the limits of all perfection, but your mitzvah has no bounds.
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I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.
97 How I love your Torah! I meditate on it all day.
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MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
98 I am wiser than my foes, because your mitzvot are mine forever.
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Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, because I meditate on your instruction.
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I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
100 I understand more than my elders, because I keep your precepts.
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I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
101 I keep my feet from every evil way, in order to observe your word.
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I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
102 I don't turn away from your rulings, because you have instructed me.
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I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
103 How sweet to my tongue is your promise, truly sweeter than honey in my mouth!
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How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 From your precepts I gain understanding; this is why I hate every false way.
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Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
105 (Nun) Your word is a lamp for my foot and light on my path.
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NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
106 I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, that I will observe your righteous rulings.
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I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
107 I am very much distressed; ADONAI, give me life, in keeping with your word.
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I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
108 Please accept my mouth's voluntary offerings, ADONAI; and teach me your rulings.
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Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
109 I am continually taking my life in my hands, yet I haven't forgotten your Torah.
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My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
110 The wicked have set a trap for me, yet I haven't strayed from your precepts.
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The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
111 I take your instruction as a permanent heritage, because it is the joy of my heart.
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Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112 I have resolved to obey your laws forever, at every step.
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I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.
113 (Samekh) I hate doubleminded people, but I love your Torah.
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SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.
114 You are my hiding-place and shield; I put my hope in your word.
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Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
115 Leave me alone, you evildoers, so that I can keep my God's mitzvot.
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Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
116 Uphold me, as you promised; and I will live; don't disappoint me in my hope.
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Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117 Support me; and I will be saved, always putting my attention on your laws.
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Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
118 You reject all who stray from your laws, for what they deceive themselves with is false.
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Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
119 You discard the wicked of the earth like slag; this is why I love your instruction.
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Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
120 My body trembles for fear of you; your rulings make me afraid.
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My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
121 ('Ayin) I have done what is just and right; don't abandon me to my oppressors.
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AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
122 Guarantee your servant's well-being; don't let the arrogant oppress me.
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Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
123 My eyes fail from watching for your salvation and for [the fulfillment of] your righteous promise.
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Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
124 Deal with your servant in accordance with your grace, and teach me your laws.
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Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
125 I am your servant; give me understanding, so that I can know your instruction.
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I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
126 The time has come for ADONAI to act, because they are breaking your Torah.
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It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.
127 Therefore I love your mitzvot more than gold, more than fine gold.
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Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
128 Thus I direct my steps by [your] precepts; every false way I hate.
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Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
129 (Peh) Your instruction is a wonder; this is why I follow it.
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PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
130 Your words are a doorway that lets in light, giving understanding to the thoughtless.
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The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
131 My mouth is wide open, as I pant with longing for your mitzvot.
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I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
132 Turn to me, and show me your favor; in keeping with [your] judgment for those who love your name.
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Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
133 Guide my footsteps by your word; don't let any kind of sin rule me.
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Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Redeem me from human oppression, and I will observe your precepts.
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Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
135 Make your face shine on your servant, and teach me your laws.
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Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
136 Rivers of tears flow down from my eyes, because they don't observe your Torah.
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Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
137 (Tzadeh) You are righteous, ADONAI; and your rulings are upright.
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TZADDI. Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
138 You have commanded your instructions in righteousness and great faithfulness.
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Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
139 My zeal is destroying me, because my foes have forgotten your words.
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My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
140 Your word is refined to complete purity, and your servant loves it.
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Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
141 I may be small and despised, but I do not forget your precepts.
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I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
142 Your righteousness is eternal righteousness, and your Torah is truth.
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Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
143 Trouble and distress have overtaken me, but your mitzvot are my delight.
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Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
144 Your instruction is righteous forever; give me understanding, and I will live.
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The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
145 (Kuf) Wholeheartedly I am calling on you; answer me, ADONAI; I will keep your laws.
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KOPH. I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.
146 I am calling on you; save me; and I will observe your instruction.
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I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
147 I rise before dawn and cry for help; I put my hope in your word.
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I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
148 My eyes are open before the night watches, so that I can meditate on your promise.
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Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
149 In your grace, hear my voice; ADONAI, in keeping with your justice, revive me.
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Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.
150 The pursuers of carnality are getting close; they are distancing themselves from your Torah.
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They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.
151 You are close by, ADONAI; and all your mitzvot are truth.
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Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.
152 Long ago I learned from your instruction that you established it forever.
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Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
153 (Resh) Look at my distress, and rescue me, for I do not forget your Torah.
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RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.
154 Plead my cause, and redeem me; in keeping with your promise, revive me.
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Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
155 Salvation is far away from the wicked, because they don't seek your laws.
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Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
156 Great is your compassion, ADONAI; in keeping with your rulings, revive me.
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Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.
157 Although my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned away from your instruction.
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Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
158 I look at traitors with disgust, because they don't keep your word.
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I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
159 See how I love your precepts, ADONAI; in keeping with your grace, revive me.
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Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
160 The main thing about your word is that it's true; and all your just rulings last forever.
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Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
161 (Shin) Princes persecute me for no reason, but my heart stands in awe of your words.
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SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
162 I take joy in your promise, like someone who finds much booty.
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I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
163 I hate falsehood, I detest it; but I love your Torah.
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I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
164 I praise you seven times a day because of your righteous rulings.
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Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.
165 Those who love your Torah have great peace; nothing makes them stumble.
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Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
166 I hope for your deliverance, ADONAI; I obey your mitzvot.
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LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
167 My soul observes your instruction, and I love it so much!
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My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
168 I observe your precepts and instruction, for all my ways lie open before you.
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I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.
169 (Tav) Let my cry come before you, ADONAI; in keeping with your word, give me understanding.
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TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.
170 Let my prayer come before you; in keeping with your promise, rescue me.
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Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.
171 Let my lips speak praise, because you teach me your laws.
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My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
172 Let my tongue sing of your promise, because all your mitzvot are righteous.
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My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
173 Let your hand be ready to help me, because I choose your precepts.
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Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
174 I long for your deliverance, ADONAI; and your Torah is my delight.
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I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.
175 Let me live, and I will praise you; let your rulings help me.
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Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
176 I strayed like a lost sheep; seek out your servant; for I do not forget your mitzvot.
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I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
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