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1 (118-1) Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
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Happy are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord.
2 (118-2) Blessed are they that search his testimonies: that seek him with their whole heart.
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Happy are those who keep his decrees, who seek him with their whole heart,
3 (118-3) For they that work iniquity, have not walked in his ways.
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who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways.
4 (118-4) Thou hast commanded thy commandments to be kept most diligently.
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You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.
5 (118-5) O! that my ways may be directed to keep thy justifications.
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O that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes!
6 (118-6) Then shall I not be confounded, when I shall look into all thy commandments.
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Then I shall not be put to shame, having my eyes fixed on all your commandments.
7 (118-7) I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned the judgments of thy justice.
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I will praise you with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous ordinances.
8 (118-8) I will keep thy justifications: O! do not thou utterly forsake me.
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I will observe your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.
9 (118-9) By what doth a young man correct his way? by observing thy words.
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How can young people keep their way pure? By guarding it according to your word.
10 (118-10) With my whole heart have I sought after thee: let me not stray from thy commandments.
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With my whole heart I seek you; do not let me stray from your commandments.
11 (118-11) Thy words have I hidden in my heart, that I may not sin against thee.
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I treasure your word in my heart, so that I may not sin against you.
12 (118-12) Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy justifications.
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Blessed are you, O Lord; teach me your statutes.
13 (118-13) With my lips I have pronounced all the judgments of thy mouth.
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With my lips I declare all the ordinances of your mouth.
14 (118-14) I have been delighted in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches.
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I delight in the way of your decrees as much as in all riches.
15 (118-15) I will meditate on thy commandments: and I will consider thy ways.
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I will meditate on your precepts, and fix my eyes on your ways.
16 (118-16) I will think of thy justifications: I will not forget thy words.
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I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.
17 (118-17) Give bountifully to thy servant, enliven me: and I shall keep thy words.
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Deal bountifully with your servant, so that I may live and observe your word.
18 (118-18) Open thou my eyes: and I will consider the wondrous things of thy law.
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Open my eyes, so that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.
19 (118-19) I am a sojourner on the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
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I live as an alien in the land; do not hide your commandments from me.
20 (118-20) My soul hath coveted to long for thy justifications, at all times.
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My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
21 (118-21) Thou hast rebuked the proud: they are cursed who decline from thy commandments.
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You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones, who wander from your commandments;
22 (118-22) Remove from me reproach and contempt: because I have sought after thy testimonies.
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take away from me their scorn and contempt, for I have kept your decrees.
23 (118-23) For princes sat, and spoke against me: but thy servant was employed in thy justifications.
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Even though princes sit plotting against me, your servant will meditate on your statutes.
24 (118-24) For thy testimonies are my meditation: and thy justifications my counsel.
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Your decrees are my delight, they are my counselors.
25 (118-25) My soul hath cleaved to the pavement: quicken thou me according to thy word.
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My soul clings to the dust; revive me according to your word.
26 (118-26) I have declared my ways, and thou hast heard me: teach me thy justifications.
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When I told of my ways, you answered me; teach me your statutes.
27 (118-27) Make me to understand the way of thy justifications: and I shall be exercised in thy wondrous works.
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Make me understand the way of your precepts, and I will meditate on your wondrous works.
28 (118-28) My soul hath slumbered through heaviness: strengthen thou me in thy words.
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My soul melts away for sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.
29 (118-29) Remove from me the way of iniquity: and out of thy law have mercy on me.
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Put false ways far from me; and graciously teach me your law.
30 (118-30) I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments I have not forgotten.
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I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I set your ordinances before me.
31 (118-31) I have stuck to thy testimonies, O Lord: put me not to shame.
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I cling to your decrees, O Lord; let me not be put to shame.
32 (118-32) I have run the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart.
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I run the way of your commandments, for you enlarge my understanding.
33 (118-33) Set before me for a law the way of thy justifications, O Lord: and I will always seek after it.
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Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes, and I will observe it to the end.
34 (118-34) Give me understanding, and I will search thy law; and I will keep it with my whole heart.
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Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart.
35 (118-35) Lead me into the path of thy commandments; for this same I have desired.
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Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it.
36 (118-36) Incline my heart into thy testimonies and not to covetousness.
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Turn my heart to your decrees, and not to selfish gain.
37 (118-37) Turn away my eyes that they may not behold vanity: quicken me in thy way.
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Turn my eyes from looking at vanities; give me life in your ways.
38 (118-38) Establish thy word to thy servant, in thy fear.
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Confirm to your servant your promise, which is for those who fear you.
39 (118-39) Turn away my reproach, which I have apprehended: for thy judgments are delightful.
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Turn away the disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good.
40 (118-40) Behold I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy justice.
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See, I have longed for your precepts; in your righteousness give me life.
41 (118-41) Let thy mercy also come upon me, O Lord: thy salvation according to thy word.
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Let your steadfast love come to me, O Lord, your salvation according to your promise.
42 (118-42) So shall I answer them that reproach me in any thing; that I have trusted in thy words.
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Then I shall have an answer for those who taunt me, for I trust in your word.
43 (118-43) And take not thou the word of truth utterly out of my mouth: for in thy words, I have hoped exceedingly.
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Do not take the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, for my hope is in your ordinances.
44 (118-44) So shall I always keep thy law, for ever and ever.
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I will keep your law continually, forever and ever.
45 (118-45) And I walked at large: because I have sought after thy commandments.
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I shall walk at liberty, for I have sought your precepts.
46 (118-46) And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings: and I was not ashamed.
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I will also speak of your decrees before kings, and shall not be put to shame;
47 (118-47) I meditated also on thy commandments, which I loved.
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I find my delight in your commandments, because I love them.
48 (118-48) And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments, which I loved: and I was exercised in thy justifications.
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I revere your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes.
49 (118-49) Be thou mindful of thy word to thy servant, in which thou hast given me hope.
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Remember your word to your servant, in which you have made me hope.
50 (118-50) This hath comforted me in my humiliation: because thy word hath enlivened me.
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This is my comfort in my distress, that your promise gives me life.
51 (118-51) The proud did iniquitously altogether: but I declined not from thy law.
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The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn away from your law.
52 (118-52) I remembered, O Lord, thy judgments of old: and I was comforted.
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When I think of your ordinances from of old, I take comfort, O Lord.
53 (118-53) A fainting hath taken hold of me, because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
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Hot indignation seizes me because of the wicked, those who forsake your law.
54 (118-54) Thy justifications were the subject of my song, in the place of my pilgrimage.
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Your statutes have been my songs wherever I make my home.
55 (118-55) In the night I have remembered thy name, O Lord: and have kept thy law.
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I remember your name in the night, O Lord, and keep your law.
56 (118-56) This happened to me: because I sought after thy justifications.
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This blessing has fallen to me, for I have kept your precepts.
57 (118-57) O Lord, my portion, I have said, I would keep thy law.
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The Lord is my portion; I promise to keep your words.
58 (118-58) I entreated thy face with all my heart: have mercy on me according to thy word.
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I implore your favor with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise.
59 (118-59) I have thought on my ways: and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
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When I think of your ways, I turn my feet to your decrees;
60 (118-60) I am ready, and am not troubled: that I may keep thy commandments.
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I hurry and do not delay to keep your commandments.
61 (118-61) The cords of the wicked have encompassed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
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Though the cords of the wicked ensnare me, I do not forget your law.
62 (118-62) I rose at midnight to give praise to thee; for the judgments of thy justification.
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At midnight I rise to praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.
63 (118-63) I am a partaker with all them that fear thee, and that keep thy commandments.
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I am a companion of all who fear you, of those who keep your precepts.
64 (118-64) The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy justifications.
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The earth, O Lord, is full of your steadfast love; teach me your statutes.
65 (118-65) Thou hast done well with thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word.
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You have dealt well with your servant, O Lord, according to your word.
66 (118-66) Teach me goodness and discipline and knowledge; for I have believed thy commandments.
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Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.
67 (118-67) Before I was humbled I offended; therefore have I kept thy word.
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Before I was humbled I went astray, but now I keep your word.
68 (118-68) Thou art good; and in thy goodness teach me thy justifications.
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You are good and do good; teach me your statutes.
69 (118-69) The iniquity of the proud hath been multiplied over me: but I will seek thy commandments with my whole heart.
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The arrogant smear me with lies, but with my whole heart I keep your precepts.
70 (118-70) Their heart is curdled like milk: but I have meditated on thy law.
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Their hearts are fat and gross, but I delight in your law.
71 (118-71) It is good for me that thou hast humbled me, that I may learn thy justifications.
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It is good for me that I was humbled, so that I might learn your statutes.
72 (118-72) The law of thy mouth is good to me, above thousands 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 (118-73) Thy hands have made me and formed me: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments.
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Your hands have made and fashioned me; give me understanding that I may learn your commandments.
74 (118-74) They that fear thee shall see me, and shall be glad:because I have greatly hoped in thy words.
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Those who fear you shall see me and rejoice, because I have hoped in your word.
75 (118-75) I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are equity: and in thy truth thou hast humbled me.
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I know, O Lord, that your judgments are right, and that in faithfulness you have humbled me.
76 (118-76) O! let thy mercy be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
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Let your steadfast love become my comfort according to your promise to your servant.
77 (118-77) Let thy tender mercies come unto me, and I shall live: for thy law is my meditation.
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Let your mercy come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight.
78 (118-78) Let the proud be ashamed, because they have done unjustly towards me: but I will be employed in thy commandments.
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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 (118-79) Let them that fear thee turn to me: and they that know thy testimonies.
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Let those who fear you turn to me, so that they may know your decrees.
80 (118-80) Let my heart be undefiled in thy justifications, that I may not be confounded.
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May my heart be blameless in your statutes, so that I may not be put to shame.
81 (118-81) My soul hath fainted after thy salvation: and in thy word I have very much hoped.
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My soul languishes for your salvation; I hope in your word.
82 (118-82) My eyes have failed for thy word, saying: When wilt thou comfort me?
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My eyes fail with watching for your promise; I ask, "When will you comfort me?"
83 (118-83) For I am become like a bottle in the frost: I have not forgotten thy justifications.
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For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, yet I have not forgotten your statutes.
84 (118-84) How many are the days of thy servant: when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
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How long must your servant endure? When will you judge those who persecute me?
85 (118-85) The wicked have told me fables: but not as thy law.
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The arrogant have dug pitfalls for me; they flout your law.
86 (118-86) All thy statutes are truth: they have persecuted me unjustly, do thou help me.
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All your commandments are enduring; I am persecuted without cause; help me!
87 (118-87) They had almost made an end of me upon earth: but I have not forsaken thy commandments.
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They have almost made an end of me on earth; but I have not forsaken your precepts.
88 (118-88) Quicken thou me according to thy mercy: and I shall keep the testimonies of thy mouth.
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In your steadfast love spare my life, so that I may keep the decrees of your mouth.
89 (118-89) For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven.
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The Lord exists forever; your word is firmly fixed in heaven.
90 (118-90) Thy truth unto all generations: thou hast founded the earth, and it continueth.
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Your faithfulness endures to all generations; you have established the earth, and it stands fast.
91 (118-91) By thy ordinance the day goeth on: for all things serve thee.
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By your appointment they stand today, for all things are your servants.
92 (118-92) Unless thy law had been my meditation, I had then perhaps perished in my abjection.
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If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my misery.
93 (118-93) Thy justifications I will never forget: for by them thou hast given me life.
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I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have given me life.
94 (118-94) I am thine, save thou me: for I have sought thy justifications.
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I am yours; save me, for I have sought your precepts.
95 (118-95) The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I have understood thy testimonies.
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The wicked lie in wait to destroy me, but I consider your decrees.
96 (118-96) I have seen an end of all perfection: thy commandment is exceeding broad.
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I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commandment is exceedingly broad.
97 (118-97) O how have I loved thy law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day.
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Oh, how I love your law! It is my meditation all day long.
98 (118-98) Through thy commandment, thou hast made me wiser than my enemies: for it is ever with me.
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Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is always with me.
99 (118-99) I have understood more than all my teachers: because thy testimonies are my meditation.
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I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your decrees are my meditation.
100 (118-100) I have had understanding above ancients: because I have sought thy commandments.
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I understand more than the aged, for I keep your precepts.
101 (118-101) I have restrained my feet from every evil way: that I may keep thy words.
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I hold back my feet from every evil way, in order to keep your word.
102 (118-102) I have not declined from thy judgments, because thou hast set me a law.
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I do not turn away from your ordinances, for you have taught me.
103 (118-103) How sweet are thy words to my palate! more than honey to my mouth.
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How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 (118-104) By thy commandments I have had understanding: therefore have I hated every way of iniquity.
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Through your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.
105 (118-105) Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths.
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Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
106 (118-106) I have sworn and am determined to keep the judgments of thy justice.
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I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, to observe your righteous ordinances.
107 (118-107) I have been humbled, O Lord, exceedingly: quicken thou me according to thy word.
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I am severely afflicted; give me life, O Lord, according to your word.
108 (118-108) The free offerings of my mouth make acceptable, O Lord: and teach me thy judgments.
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Accept my offerings of praise, O Lord, and teach me your ordinances.
109 (118-109) My soul is continually in my hands: and I have not forgotten thy law.
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I hold my life in my hand continually, but I do not forget your law.
110 (118-110) Sinners have laid a snare for me: but I have not erred from thy precepts.
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The wicked have laid a snare for me, but I do not stray from your precepts.
111 (118-111) I have purchased thy testimonies for an inheritance for ever: because they are the joy of my heart.
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Your decrees are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart.
112 (118-112) I have inclined my heart to do thy justifications for ever, for the reward.
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I incline my heart to perform your statutes forever, to the end.
113 (118-113) I have hated the unjust: and have loved thy law.
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I hate the double-minded, but I love your law.
114 (118-114) Thou art my helper and my protector: and in thy word I have greatly hoped.
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You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word.
115 (118-115) Depart from me, ye malignant: and I will search the commandments of my God.
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Go away from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.
116 (118-116) Uphold me according to thy word, and I shall live: and let me not be confounded in my expectation.
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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 (118-117) Help me, and I shall be saved: and I will meditate always on thy justifications.
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Hold me up, that I may be safe and have regard for your statutes continually.
118 (118-118) Thou hast despised all them that fall off from thy judgments; for their thought is unjust.
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You spurn all who go astray from your statutes; for their cunning is in vain.
119 (118-119) I have accounted all the sinners of the earth prevaricators: therefore have I loved thy testimonies.
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All the wicked of the earth you count as dross; therefore I love your decrees.
120 (118-120) Pierce thou my flesh with thy fear: for I am afraid of thy judgments.
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My flesh trembles for fear of you, and I am afraid of your judgments.
121 (118-121) I have done judgment and justice: give me not up to them that slander me.
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I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 (118-122) Uphold thy servant unto good: let not the proud calumniate me.
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Guarantee your servant's well-being; do not let the godless oppress me.
123 (118-123) My eyes have fainted after thy salvation: and for the word of thy justice.
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My eyes fail from watching for your salvation, and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise.
124 (118-124) Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy: and teach me thy justifications.
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Deal with your servant according to your steadfast love, and teach me your statutes.
125 (118-125) I am thy servant: give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.
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I am your servant; give me understanding, so that I may know your decrees.
126 (118-126) It is time, O Lord, to do: they have dissipated thy law.
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It is time for the Lord to act, for your law has been broken.
127 (118-127) Therefore have I loved thy commandments above gold and the topaz.
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Truly I love your commandments more than gold, more than fine gold.
128 (118-128) Therefore was I directed to all thy commandments: I have hated all wicked ways.
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Truly I direct my steps by all your precepts; I hate every false way.
129 (118-129) Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul hath sought them.
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Your decrees are wonderful; therefore my soul keeps them.
130 (118-130) The declaration of thy words giveth light: and giveth understanding to little ones.
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The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.
131 (118-131) I opened my mouth, and panted: because I longed for thy commandments.
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With open mouth I pant, because I long for your commandments.
132 (118-132) Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me according to the judgment of them that love thy name.
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Turn to me and be gracious to me, as is your custom toward those who love your name.
133 (118-133) Direct my steps according to thy word: and let no iniquity have dominion over me.
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Keep my steps steady according to your promise, and never let iniquity have dominion over me.
134 (118-134) Redeem me from the calumnies of men: that I may keep thy commandments.
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Redeem me from human oppression, that I may keep your precepts.
135 (118-135) Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thy justifications.
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Make your face shine upon your servant, and teach me your statutes.
136 (118-136) My eyes have sent forth springs of water: because they have not kept thy law.
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My eyes shed streams of tears because your law is not kept.
137 (118-137) Thou art just, O Lord: and thy judgment is right.
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You are righteous, O Lord, and your judgments are right.
138 (118-138) Thou hast commanded justice thy testimonies: and thy truth exceedingly.
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You have appointed your decrees in righteousness and in all faithfulness.
139 (118-139) My zeal hath made me pine away: because my enemies forgot thy words.
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My zeal consumes me because my foes forget your words.
140 (118-140) Thy word is exceedingly refined: and thy servant hath loved it.
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Your promise is well tried, and your servant loves it.
141 (118-141) I am very young and despised; but I forget not thy justifications.
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I am small and despised, yet I do not forget your precepts.
142 (118-142) Thy justice is justice for ever: and thy law is the truth.
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Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your law is the truth.
143 (118-143) Trouble and anguish have found me: thy commandments are my meditation.
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Trouble and anguish have come upon me, but your commandments are my delight.
144 (118-144) Thy testimonies are justice for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.
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Your decrees are righteous forever; give me understanding that I may live.
145 (118-145) I cried with my whole heart, hear me, O Lord: I will seek thy justifications.
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With my whole heart I cry; answer me, O Lord. I will keep your statutes.
146 (118-146) I cried unto thee, save me: that I may keep thy commandments.
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I cry to you; save me, that I may observe your decrees.
147 (118-147) I prevented the dawning of the day, and cried: because in thy words I very much hoped.
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I rise before dawn and cry for help; I put my hope in your words.
148 (118-148) My eyes to thee have prevented the morning: that I might meditate on thy words.
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My eyes are awake before each watch of the night, that I may meditate on your promise.
149 (118-149) Hear thou my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy: and quicken me according to thy judgment.
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In your steadfast love hear my voice; O Lord, in your justice preserve my life.
150 (118-150) They that persecute me have drawn nigh to iniquity; but they are gone far off from thy law.
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Those who persecute me with evil purpose draw near; they are far from your law.
151 (118-151) Thou art near, O Lord: and all thy ways are truth.
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Yet you are near, O Lord, and all your commandments are true.
152 (118-152) I have known from the beginning concerning thy testimonies: that thou hast founded them for ever.
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Long ago I learned from your decrees that you have established them forever.
153 (118-153) See my humiliation and deliver me for I have not forgotten thy law.
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Look on my misery and rescue me, for I do not forget your law.
154 (118-154) Judge my judgment and redeem me: quicken thou me for thy word’s sake.
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Plead my cause and redeem me; give me life according to your promise.
155 (118-155) Salvation is far from sinners; because they have not sought thy justifications.
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Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek your statutes.
156 (118-156) Many, O Lord, are thy mercies: quicken me according to thy judgment.
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Great is your mercy, O Lord; give me life according to your justice.
157 (118-157) Many are they that persecute me and afflict me; but I have not declined from thy testimonies.
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Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, yet I do not swerve from your decrees.
158 (118-158) I beheld the transgressors, and pined away; because they kept not thy word.
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I look at the faithless with disgust, because they do not keep your commands.
159 (118-159) Behold I have loved thy commandments, O Lord; quicken me thou in thy mercy.
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Consider how I love your precepts; preserve my life according to your steadfast love.
160 (118-160) The beginning of thy words is truth: all the judgments of thy justice are for ever.
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The sum of your word is truth; and every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.
161 (118-161) Princes have persecuted me without cause: and my heart hath been in awe of thy words.
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Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.
162 (118-162) I will rejoice at thy words, as one that hath found great spoil.
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I rejoice at your word like one who finds great spoil.
163 (118-163) I have hated and abhorred iniquity; but I have loved thy law.
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I hate and abhor falsehood, but I love your law.
164 (118-164) Seven times a day I have given praise to thee, for the judgments of thy justice.
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Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous ordinances.
165 (118-165) Much peace have they that love thy law, and to them there is no stumbling. block.
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Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make them stumble.
166 (118-166) I looked for thy salvation, O Lord: and I loved thy commandments.
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I hope for your salvation, O Lord, and I fulfill your commandments.
167 (118-167) My soul hath kept thy testimonies and hath loved them exceedingly.
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My soul keeps your decrees; I love them exceedingly.
168 (118-168) I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies: because all my ways are in thy sight.
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I keep your precepts and decrees, for all my ways are before you.
169 (118-169) Let my supplication, O Lord, come near in thy sight: give me understanding according to thy word.
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Let my cry come before you, O Lord; give me understanding according to your word.
170 (118-170) Let my request come in before thee; deliver thou me according to thy word.
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Let my supplication come before you; deliver me according to your promise.
171 (118-171) My lips shall utter a hymn, when thou shalt teach me thy justifications.
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My lips will pour forth praise, because you teach me your statutes.
172 (118-172) My tongue shall pronounce thy word: because all thy commandments are justice.
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My tongue will sing of your promise, for all your commandments are right.
173 (118-173) Let thy hand be with me to save me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
173
Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
174 (118-174) I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my meditation.
174
I long for your salvation, O Lord, and your law is my delight.
175 (118-175) My soul shall live and shall praise thee: and thy judgments shall help me.
175
Let me live that I may praise you, and let your ordinances help me.
176 (118-176) I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost: seek thy servant, because I have not forgotten thy commandments.
176
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek out your servant, for I do not forget your commandments.
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