Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
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1 Blessed are the blameless in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
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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 search out his testimonies: they will diligently 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 For they that work iniquity have not walked in his ways.
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they do no wrong but follow his ways.
4 Thou hast commanded us diligently to keep thy precepts.
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You have laid down precepts that are to be fully obeyed.
5 O that my ways were directed to keep thine ordinances.
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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 to 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 have learnt the judgments of thy righteousness.
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I will praise you with an upright heart as I learn your righteous laws.
8 I will keep thine ordinances: O forsake me not greatly.
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I will obey your decrees; do not utterly forsake me.
9 Wherewith shall a young man direct his way? by keeping thy words.
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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 diligently sought thee: cast me not away from thy commandments.
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I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.
11 I have hidden thine oracles 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, O Lord: teach me thine ordinances.
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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 delighted in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
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I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches.
15 I will meditate on thy commandments, and consider thy ways.
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I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways.
16 I will meditate on thine ordinances: I will not forget thy words.
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I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.
17 Render a recompense to thy servant: so shall I live, and keep thy words.
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Be good to your servant while I live, that I may obey your word.
18 Unveil thou mine eyes, and I shall perceive wondrous things 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 earth: 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 has longed exceedingly for thy judgments at all times.
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My soul is consumed with longing for your laws at all times.
21 Thou has rebuked the proud: cursed are they that turn aside from thy commandments.
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You rebuke the arrogant, who are accursed, those who stray from your commands.
22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have sought out thy testimonies.
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Remove from me their scorn and contempt, for I keep your statutes.
23 For princes sat and spoke against me: but thy servant was meditating on thine ordinances.
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Though rulers sit together and slander me, your servant will meditate on your decrees.
24 For thy testimonies are my meditation, and thine ordinances are my counsellors.
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Your statutes are my delight; they are my counselors.
25 My soul has cleaved to the ground; quicken thou me according to thy word.
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I am laid low in the dust; preserve my life according to your word.
26 I declared my ways, and thou didst hear me: teach me thine ordinances.
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I gave an account of my ways and you answered me; teach me your decrees.
27 Instruct me in the way of thine ordinances; and I will meditate on 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 has slumbered for sorrow; strengthen thou me with thy words.
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My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.
29 Remove from me the way of iniquity; and be merciful to me by 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 truth; and have not forgotten thy judgments.
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I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart on your laws.
31 I have cleaved to thy testimonies, O Lord; put me not to shame.
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I hold fast to your statutes, LORD; do not let me be put to shame.
32 I ran the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart.
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I run in the path of your commands, for you have broadened my understanding.
33 Teach me, O Lord, the way of thine ordinances, and I will seek it out continually.
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Teach me, LORD, the way of your decrees, that I may follow it to the end.
34 Instruct me, and I will search out thy law, and 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 Guide me in the path of thy commandments; for I have delighted in it.
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Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight.
36 Incline mine heart to thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
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Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain.
37 Turn away mine eyes that I may not behold vanity: quicken thou me in thy way.
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Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word.
38 Confirm thine oracle to thy servant, that he may fear thee.
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Fulfill your promise to your servant, so that you may be feared.
39 Take away my reproach which I have feared: for thy judgments are good.
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Take away the disgrace I dread, for your laws are good.
40 Behold, I have desired thy commandments: quicken me in thy righteousness.
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How I long for your precepts! In your righteousness preserve my life.
41 And let thy mercy come upon me, O Lord; even 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 And so I shall render an answer to them that reproach me: for I have trusted in thy words.
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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; for I have hoped in thy judgments. So shall I keep thy law continually, for ever and ever.
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Never take your word of truth from my mouth, for I have put my hope in your laws.
45 I walked also at large: for I sought out thy commandments.
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I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.
46 And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings, and was not ashamed.
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I will speak of your statutes before kings and will not be put to shame,
47 And I meditated on thy commandments, which I loved exceedingly.
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for I delight in your commands because I love them.
48 And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments which I loved; and I meditated in thine ordinances.
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I reach out for your commands, which I love, that I may meditate on your decrees.
49 Remember thy words to thy servant, wherein thou hast made me hope.
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Remember your word to your servant, for you have given me hope.
50 This has comforted me in mine affliction: for thine oracle has quickened me.
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My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life.
51 The proud have transgressed exceedingly; but I swerved not from thy law.
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The arrogant mock me unmercifully, but I do not turn from your law.
52 I remembered thy judgements of old, O Lord; and was comforted.
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I remember, LORD, your ancient laws, and I find comfort in them.
53 Despair took hold upon me, because of the sinners who forsake thy law.
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Indignation grips me because of the wicked, who have forsaken your law.
54 Thine ordinances were my songs in the place of my sojourning.
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Your decrees are the theme of my song wherever I lodge.
55 I remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night, and kept thy law.
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In the night, LORD, I remember your name, that I may keep your law.
56 This I had, because I diligently sought thine ordinances.
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This has been my practice: I obey your precepts.
57 Thou art my portion, O Lord: I said that I would keep thy law.
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You are my portion, LORD; I have promised to obey your words.
58 I besought thy favour with my whole heart: have mercy upon 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 thought on thy ways, and turned my feet to thy testimonies.
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I have considered my ways and have turned my steps to your statutes.
60 I prepared myself, (and was not terrified,) to keep thy commandments.
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I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands.
61 The snares of sinners entangled me: but I forgot not thy law.
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Though the wicked bind me with ropes, I will not forget your law.
62 At midnight I arose, to give thanks to thee for the judgments of thy righteousness.
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At midnight I rise to give you thanks for your righteous laws.
63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy commandments.
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I am a friend to all who fear you, to all who follow your precepts.
64 O Lord, the earth is full of thy mercy: teach me thine ordinances.
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The earth is filled with your love, LORD; teach me your decrees.
65 Thou hast wrought kindly with thy servant, o Lord, according to thy word.
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Do good to your servant according to your word, LORD.
66 Teach me kindness, and instruction, and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
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Teach me knowledge and good judgment, for I trust your commands.
67 Before I was afflicted, I transgressed; therefore have I kept thy word.
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Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey your word.
68 Good art thou, O Lord; therefore in thy goodness teach me thine ordinances.
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You are good, and what you do is good; teach me your decrees.
69 The injustice of the proud has been multiplied against me: but I will search out thy commandments with all my heart.
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Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep your precepts with all my heart.
70 Their heart has been curdled like milk; but I have meditated on 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 thou hast afflicted me; that I might learn thine ordinances.
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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 to 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 Thy hands have made me, and fashioned me: instruct me, that I may 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: for I have hoped in thy words.
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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, O Lord, that thy judgments are righteousness, and that thou in truthfulness hast afflicted me.
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I know, LORD, that your laws are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
76 Let, I pray thee, thy mercy be to comfort me, according to thy word to thy servant.
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May your unfailing love be my comfort, according to your promise to your servant.
77 Let thy compassions come to me, that I may live: for thy law is my meditation.
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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 transgressed against me unjustly: but I will meditate in thy commandments.
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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, and those that know thy testimonies, turn to me.
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May those who fear you turn to me, those who understand your statutes.
80 Let mine heart be blameless in thine ordinances, that I may not be ashamed.
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May I wholeheartedly follow your decrees, that I may not be put to shame.
81 My soul faints for thy salvation: I have hoped in thy words.
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My soul faints with longing for your salvation, but I have put my hope in your word.
82 Mine eyes failed in waiting 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 as a bottle in the frost: yet I have not forgotten thine ordinances.
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Though I am like a wineskin in the smoke, I do not forget your decrees.
84 How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment for me on them that persecute me?
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How long must your servant wait? When will you punish my persecutors?
85 Transgressors told me idle tales; but not according to thy law, O Lord.
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The arrogant dig pits to trap me, contrary to your law.
86 All thy commandments are truth; they persecuted me unjustly; help thou me.
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All your commands are trustworthy; help me, for I am being persecuted without cause.
87 They nearly made an end of me in the earth; but I forsook not thy commandments.
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They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken your precepts.
88 Quicken me according to thy mercy; so shall I keep the testimonies of thy mouth.
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In your unfailing love preserve my life, that I may obey the statutes of your mouth.
89 Thy word, O Lord, abides in heaven for ever.
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Your word, LORD, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.
90 Thy truth endures to all generations; thou hast founded the earth, and it abides.
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Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth, and it endures.
91 The day continues by thy arrangement; for all things are thy servants.
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Your laws endure to this day, for all things serve you.
92 Were it not that thy law is my meditation, then I should 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 thine ordinances; for with 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 out thine ordinances.
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Save me, for I am yours; I have sought out your precepts.
95 Sinners laid wait for me to destroy me; but I understood thy testimonies.
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The wicked are waiting to destroy me, but I will ponder your statutes.
96 have seen an end of all perfection; but thy commandment is very broad.
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To all perfection I see a limit, but your commands are boundless.
97 How I have loved thy law, O Lord! 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 Thou hast made me wiser than mine enemies in thy commandment; for it is mine for ever.
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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 medication.
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I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes.
100 I understand more that the aged; because I have sought out thy commandments.
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I have more understanding than the elders, for I obey your precepts.
101 I have kept back my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy words.
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I have kept my feet from every evil path so that I might obey your word.
102 I have not declined from thy judgments; for thou hast instructed me.
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I have not departed from your laws, for you yourself have taught me.
103 How sweet are thine oracles to my throat! more so than honey to my mouth!
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How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 I gain understanding by thy commandments: therefore I have hated every way of unrighteousness.
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I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path.
105 Thy law is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths.
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Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.
106 I have sworn and determined to keep the judgments of thy righteousness.
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I have taken an oath and confirmed it, that I will follow your righteous laws.
107 I have been very greatly afflicted, O Lord: 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 pray thee, O Lord, the freewill-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 soul is continually in thine hands; and I have not forgotten thy law.
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Though I constantly take my life in my hands, I will not forget your law.
110 Sinners spread a snare for me; but I erred not from thy commandments.
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The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from your precepts.
111 I have inherited thy testimonies for ever; for they are the joy 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 thine ordinances for ever, in return for thy mercies.
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My heart is set on keeping your decrees to the very end.
113 I have hated transgressors; but I have loved thy law.
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I hate double-minded people, but I love your law.
114 Thou art my helper and my supporter; I have hoped in thy words.
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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; for I will search out 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, and quicken me; and make me not ashamed of my expectation.
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Sustain me, my God, according to your promise, and I will live; do not let my hopes be dashed.
117 Help me, and I shall be saved; and I will meditate in thine ordinances continually.
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Uphold me, and I will be delivered; I will always have regard for your decrees.
118 Thou hast brought to nought all that depart from thine ordinances; for their inward thought is unrighteous.
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You reject all who stray from your decrees, for their delusions come to nothing.
119 I have reckoned all the sinners of the earth as transgressors; therefore have I loved thy testimonies.
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All the wicked of the earth you discard like dross; therefore I love your statutes.
120 Penetrate my flesh with thy fear; for 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 I have done judgment and justice; deliver me not up to them that injure me.
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I have done what is righteous and just; do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 Receive thy servant for good: let not the proud accuse me falsely.
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Ensure your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
123 Mine eyes have failed 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 mercy, and teach me thine ordinances.
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Deal with your servant according to your love and teach me your decrees.
125 I am thy servant; instruct me, and I shall 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 the Lord to work: they have utterly broken thy law.
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It is time for you to act, LORD; your law is being broken.
127 Therefore have I loved thy commandments more than gold, or the topaz.
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Because I love your commands more than gold, more than pure gold,
128 Therefore I directed myself according to all thy commandments: I have hated every unjust way.
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and because I consider all your precepts right, I hate every wrong path.
129 Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul has sought them out.
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Your statutes are wonderful; therefore I obey them.
130 The manifestation of thy words will enlighten, and instruct the simple.
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The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.
131 I opened my mouth, and drew breath: for I earnestly longed after thy commandments.
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I open my mouth and pant, longing for your commands.
132 Look upon me and have mercy upon me, after the manner of them 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 Order my steps according to 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 false accusation of men: so will I keep thy commandments.
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Redeem me from human oppression, that I may obey your precepts.
135 Cause thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thine ordinances.
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Make your face shine on your servant and teach me your decrees.
136 Mine eyes have been bathed in streams of water, because I kept not thy law.
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Streams of tears flow from my eyes, for your law is not obeyed.
137 Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments.
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You are righteous, LORD, and your laws are right.
138 Thou has commanded righteousness and perfect truth, as thy testimonies.
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The statutes you have laid down are righteous; they are fully trustworthy.
139 Thy zeal has quite wasted me: because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
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My zeal wears me out, for my enemies ignore your words.
140 Thy word has been very fully tried; and thy servant loves it.
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Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
141 I am young and despised: yet I have not forgotten thine ordinances.
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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 Afflictions and distresses found me: but thy commandments were my meditation.
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Trouble and distress have come upon me, but your commands give me delight.
144 Thy testimonies are an everlasting righteousness: instruct me, and I shall live.
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Your statutes are always righteous; give me understanding that I may live.
145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord: I will search out thine ordinances.
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I call with all my heart; answer me, LORD, and I will obey your decrees.
146 I cried to 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 arose before the dawn, and cried: I hoped in thy words.
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I rise before dawn and cry for help; I have put my hope in your word.
148 Mine eyes prevented the dawn, that I might meditate on thine oracles.
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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, O Lord, according to thy mercy; 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 who persecuted me unlawfully; and they are far removed from thy law.
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Those who devise wicked schemes are near, but they are far from your law.
151 Thou art near, O Lord; and all thy ways are truth.
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Yet you are near, LORD, and all your commands are true.
152 I have known of old concerning thy testimonies, 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 Look upon mine affliction, and rescue 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 ransom me: quicken me because of thy word.
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Defend my cause and redeem me; preserve my life according to your promise.
155 Salvation is far from sinners: for they have not searched out thine ordinances.
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Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek out your decrees.
156 Thy mercies, O Lord, are many: quicken me according to thy judgment.
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Your compassion, LORD, is great; preserve my life according to your laws.
157 Many are they that persecute me and oppress me: but 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 men acting foolishly, and I pined away; for they kept not thine oracles.
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I look on the faithless with loathing, for they do not obey your word.
159 Behold, I have loved thy commandments, O Lord: quicken me in thy mercy.
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See how I love your precepts; preserve my life, LORD, in accordance with your love.
160 The beginning of thy words is truth; and all the judgments of thy righteousness endure for ever.
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All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal.
161 Princes persecuted me without a cause, but my heart feared because of thy words.
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Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart trembles at your word.
162 I will exult because of thine oracles, as one that finds much spoil.
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I rejoice in your promise like one who finds great spoil.
163 I hate and abhor unrighteousness; but I love thy law.
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I hate and detest falsehood but I love your law.
164 Seven times in a day have I praised thee because of the judgments of thy righteousness.
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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 there is no stumbling-block to them.
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Great peace have those who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.
166 I waited for thy salvation, O Lord, and have loved thy commandments.
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I wait for your salvation, LORD, and I follow your commands.
167 My soul has kept thy testimonies, and loved them exceedingly.
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I obey your statutes, for I love them greatly.
168 I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies; for all my ways are before thee, O Lord.
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I obey your precepts and your statutes, for all my ways are known to you.
169 Let my supplication come near before thee, o Lord; instruct me according to thine oracle.
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May my cry come before you, LORD; give me understanding according to your word.
170 Let my petition come in before thee, O Lord; deliver me according to thine oracle.
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May my supplication come before you; deliver me according to your promise.
171 Let my lips utter a hymn, when thou shalt have taught me thine ordinances.
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May my lips overflow with praise, for you teach me your decrees.
172 Let my tongue utter thine oracles; for all thy commandments are righteous.
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May my tongue sing of your word, for all your commands are righteous.
173 Let thine hand be prompt to save me; for I have chosen thy commandments.
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May your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
174 I have longed after thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my meditation.
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I long for your salvation, LORD, and your law gives me delight.
175 My soul shall live, and shall praise thee; and thy judgments shall 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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