Psalms 108:1-119:176 A Song or Psalm of David. ¶ O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise; this is my glory.

EJ2000⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ A Song or Psalm of David. ¶ O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise; this is my glory. ² Awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake the dawn. ³ I will praise thee, O LORD, among the peoples, and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. ⁴ For thy mercy is great above the heavens, and thy truth reaches unto the heavens. ⁵ Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens and thy glory above all the earth; ⁶ ¶ that thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me. ⁷ God has spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem and mete out the valley of Succoth. ⁸ Gilead shall be mine; Manasseh shall be mine; Ephraim also shall be the strength of my head; Judah shall be my lawgiver; ⁹ Moab shall be my washpot; over Edom I will cast my shoe; over Philistia I will triumph. ¹⁰ Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? ¹¹ Surely thou, O God, who had cast us off and did not, O God, go forth with our hosts. ¹² Give us help from trouble; for the salvation of man is deception. ¹³ Through God we shall do valiantly, for he shall tread down our enemies again. ¹⁰⁹ ¹ To the Overcomer, A Psalm of David. ¶ Do not hold thy peace, O God of my praise; ² for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me; they have spoken of me with a lying tongue. ³ They compassed me about with words of hatred and fought against me without a cause. ⁴ They have responded to my love by becoming my adversaries, but I give myself unto prayer. ⁵ And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. ⁶ ¶ Set thou the wicked man over him, and let Satan stand at his right hand. ⁷ When he shall be judged, let him be condemned, and let his prayer become sin. ⁸ Let his days be few, and let another take his office. ⁹ Let his children be fatherless and his wife a widow. ¹⁰ Let his children be continually vagabonds and beg; let them seek their bread out of their desolate places. ¹¹ Let the extortioner catch all that he has, and let the strangers spoil his labour. ¹² Let there be no one to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children. ¹³ Let his posterity be cut off, and in the generation following let their name be blotted out. ¹⁴ Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. ¹⁵ Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth. ¹⁶ Because he did not remember to show mercy but persecuted the man who is poor in spirit and destitute and broken in heart, that he might slay him. ¹⁷ As he loved the curse, so let it come unto him; as he delighted not in the blessing, so let it be far from him. ¹⁸ As he clothed himself with the curse like as with his garment, and it entered into his bowels like water and like oil into his bones. ¹⁹ Let it be unto him as the garment which covers him and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually. ²⁰ Let this be the reward from the LORD of those who spoke falsely against me and of those that speak evil against my soul. ²¹ ¶ And thou, O GOD the Lord, do unto me for thy name’s sake; because thy mercy is good, deliver me. ²² For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. ²³ I am gone like the shadow when it declines; I am tossed up and down by the wind as the locust. ²⁴ My knees are weak through fasting, and my flesh fails for lack of fatness. ²⁵ I have become a reproach unto them; when they looked upon me they shook their heads. ²⁶ Help me, O LORD my God; O save me according to thy mercy, ²⁷ that they may know that this is thy hand, that thou, O LORD, hast done it. ²⁸ Let them curse, but bless thou; when they arise, let them be ashamed, but let thy slave rejoice. ²⁹ Let those who speak evil against me falsely be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion as with a mantle. ³⁰ I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude. ³¹ For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor in spirit to save his soul from those that judge him. ¹¹⁰ ¹ A Psalm of David. ¶ The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool. ² The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion; rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. ³ Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauty of holiness; as the dew which falls from the womb of the morning, thus shall those who are thine be born unto thee. ⁴ The LORD has sworn and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. ⁵ ¶ The Lord at thy right hand shall smite the kings in the day of his wrath. ⁶ He shall judge among the Gentiles; he shall fill their places with dead bodies; he shall wound the head over much of the earth. ⁷ He shall drink of the brook in the way; therefore he shall lift up his head. ¹¹¹ ¹ ¶ Aleph Halelu-JAH. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, Beth in the company and in the congregation of the upright. ² Gimel The works of the LORD are great, Daleth sought out by all those that have pleasure therein. ³ He Honor and beauty are his work; Vau and his righteousness endures for ever. ⁴ Zain He has made his wonderful works to be remembered; Cheth The LORD is gracious and merciful. ⁵ Teth He has given sustenance unto those that fear him; Jod He will ever be mindful of his covenant. ⁶ ¶ Caph He has shown his people the power of his works, Lamed by giving them the inheritance of the Gentiles. ⁷ Mem The works of his hands are truth and judgment; Nun all his commandments are sure. ⁸ Samech They stand fast from age to age Ain and are made in truth and uprightness. ⁹ Pe He sent redemption unto his people; Tzaddi he has commanded his covenant for ever: Koph Holy and reverend is his name. ¹⁰ Resh The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; Schin A good understanding have all those that do his will; Tau His praise endures for ever. ¹¹² ¹ ¶ Aleph Halelu-JAH. Blessed is the man that fears the LORD, Beth that delights greatly in his commandments. ² Gimel His seed shall be mighty upon earth; Daleth the generation of the upright shall be blessed. ³ He Wealth and riches shall be in his house; Vau and his righteousness endures for ever. ⁴ Zain A light has shined in the darkness upon the upright: Cheth Gracious and merciful and righteous. ⁵ Teth A good man has mercy and lends; Jod He will govern his affairs with good judgment. ⁶ ¶ Caph Surely he shall not be moved for ever; Lamed the righteous shall be in eternal remembrance. ⁷ Mem He shall not be afraid of evil rumours; Nun his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD. ⁸ Samech His heart is established; he shall not be afraid, Ain until he sees his desire upon his enemies. ⁹ Pe He has dispersed; he has given to the poor; Tzaddi his righteousness endures for ever; Koph his horn shall be exalted in glory. ¹⁰ Resh The wicked shall see it and be furious; Schin he shall gnash with his teeth and waste away: Tau The desire of the wicked shall perish. ¹¹³ ¹ ¶ Halelu-JAH. Praise, O ye slaves of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD. ² Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. ³ From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, the LORD’s name is to be praised. ⁴ The LORD is high above all Gentiles and his glory above the heavens. ⁵ Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwells on high, ⁶ who humbles himself to behold the things that are in heaven and in the earth! ⁷ He raises up the poor out of the dust and lifts the destitute out of the dunghill; ⁸ that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people. ⁹ He makes the barren woman to keep house and to be a joyful mother of sons. Halelu-JAH. ¹¹⁴ ¹ ¶ When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language, ² Judah was his holiness, and Israel his dominion. ³ The sea saw it and fled; Jordan was driven back. ⁴ The mountains skipped like rams and the little hills like lambs. ⁵ What came upon thee, O thou sea, that thou didst flee? And thou O Jordan, that thou wast driven back? ⁶ Ye mountains, why didst ye skip like rams and ye little hills, like lambs? ⁷ At the presence of the Lord, the earth trembles, at the presence of the God of Jacob, ⁸ who turned the rock into a reservoir of water, the flint into a fountain of waters. ¹¹⁵ ¹ ¶ Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy and for thy truth. ² Why should the Gentiles say, Where is now their God? ³ But our God is in the heavens; he has made whatever he has desired. ⁴ Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. ⁵ They have mouths, but they shall never speak; they have eyes, but they shall never see: ⁶ They have ears, but they shall never hear; they have noses, but they shall never smell; ⁷ they have hands, but they shall never touch; they have feet, but they shall never walk; they shall never speak through their throat. ⁸ Let those that make them become like unto them, and every one that trusts in them. ⁹ ¶ O Israel, trust thou in the LORD; he is your help and your shield. ¹⁰ O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD; he is your help and your shield. ¹¹ Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD; he is your help and your shield. ¹² The LORD has been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will greatly bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron. ¹³ He will bless those that fear the LORD, both small and great. ¹⁴ The LORD shall increase his blessing upon you more and more, upon you and your sons. ¹⁵ Ye are blessed of the LORD who made the heavens and earth. ¹⁶ The heavens are the heavens of the LORD, but the earth he has given to the sons of Adam. ¹⁷ The dead shall not praise JAH, neither any that go down into silence. ¹⁸ But we will bless JAH from this time forth and for evermore. Halelu-JAH. ¹¹⁶ ¹ ¶ I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice and my supplications. ² Because he has inclined his ear unto me, therefore I will call upon him all of my days. ³ The sorrows of death compassed me and the pains of Sheol found me; I encountered trouble and sorrow. ⁴ Then I called upon the name of the LORD, saying, O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. ⁵ Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. ⁶ The LORD preserves the simple; I was brought low, and he saved me. ⁷ Return unto thy rest, O my soul, for the LORD has dealt bountifully with thee. ⁸ For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. ⁹ I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. ¹⁰ ¶ I believed, therefore I spoke, and was greatly afflicted; ¹¹ I said in my haste, All men are liars. ¹² What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me? ¹³ I will take the cup of saving health and invoke the name of the LORD. ¹⁴ I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people. ¹⁵ Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his merciful ones. ¹⁶ This is so, O LORD, because I am thy slave; I am thy slave, the son of thine handmaid; thou hast loosed my bonds. ¹⁷ I will offer unto thee the sacrifice of praise and will invoke the name of the LORD. ¹⁸ I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people, ¹⁹ in the courts of the LORD’s house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Halelu-JAH. ¹¹⁷ ¹ ¶ O praise the LORD, all ye Gentiles; praise him, all ye peoples. ² For he has greatly increased his mercy upon us; and the truth of the LORD endures for ever. Halelu-JAH. ¹¹⁸ ¹ ¶ O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good because his mercy endures for ever. ² Let Israel now say that his mercy endures for ever. ³ Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endures for ever. ⁴ Let those that fear the LORD say now, that his mercy is eternal. ⁵ From a tight place I called upon JAH; and JAH answered me and set me in a wide place. ⁶ The LORD is for me; I will not fear what man can do unto me. ⁷ The LORD takes my part with those that help me; therefore I shall see my desire upon those that hate me. ⁸ It is better to wait upon the LORD than to wait upon man. ⁹ It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes. ¹⁰ All the nations compassed me about; but in the name of the LORD I will cut them off. ¹¹ They compassed me about; yea, they laid hold of me; but in the name of the LORD I will cut them off. ¹² They compassed me about like bees; they were quenched as the fire of thorns; for in the name of the LORD I will cut them off. ¹³ Thou hast thrust at me with violence that I might fall, but the LORD helped me. ¹⁴ JAH is my strength and song and is become my saving health. ¹⁵ The voice of singing and saving health is in the tents of the righteous; the right hand of the LORD does valiantly. ¹⁶ The right hand of the LORD is exalted; the right hand of the LORD does valiantly. ¹⁷ I shall not die, but live and declare the works of JAH. ¹⁸ JAH has chastened me sore, but he has not given me over unto death. ¹⁹ ¶ Open unto me the gates of righteousness; I will go in through them; I will praise JAH. ²⁰ This gate is of the LORD; the righteous shall enter in. ²¹ I will praise thee; for thou hast heard me and art become my saving health. ²² The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner. ²³ This is the LORD’s doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. ²⁴ This is the day which the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. ²⁵ Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, cause us now to prosper. ²⁶ Blessed be he that comes in the name of the LORD; from the house of the LORD we bless you. ²⁷ God is the LORD, who has shined on us; bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar. ²⁸ Thou art my God, and I will praise thee; thou art my God, I will exalt thee. ²⁹ O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good, for his mercy endures for ever. ¹¹⁹ ¹ ¶ ALEPH. Blessed are those who walk in the perfect way, who walk in the law of the LORD. ² Blessed are those that keep his testimonies and that seek him with their whole heart. ³ For those who do no iniquity walk in his ways. ⁴ ¶ Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. ⁵ O that my ways were ordered to keep thy statutes! ⁶ Then I shall not be ashamed, when I have insight unto all thy commandments. ⁷ ¶ I will praise thee with uprightness of heart when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. ⁸ I will keep thy statutes; O do not utterly forsake me. ⁹ ¶ BETH. With what shall a young man cleanse his way? when he shall keep thy word. ¹⁰ ¶ With my whole heart I have sought thee; O let me not err from thy commandments. ¹¹ ¶ Thy spoken word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin against thee. ¹² ¶ Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes. ¹³ ¶ With my lips I have declared all the judgments of thy mouth. ¹⁴ I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies as above all riches. ¹⁵ I will meditate in thy precepts and consider thy ways. ¹⁶ I will delight myself in thy statutes; I will not forget thy words. ¹⁷ ¶ GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy slave that I may live and keep thy word. ¹⁸ ¶ Open my eyes, and I shall behold the wonders of thy law. ¹⁹ ¶ I am a stranger in the earth; hide not thy commandments from me. ²⁰ ¶ My soul is broken from desiring thy judgments at all times. ²¹ ¶ Thou hast reprehended the proud; cursed are those who err from thy commandments. ²² ¶ Remove from me reproach and contempt, for I have kept thy testimonies. ²³ ¶ Princes also sat and spoke against me as thy slave spoke according to thy statutes. ²⁴ ¶ For thy testimonies are my delight and my counsellors. ²⁵ ¶ DALETH. My soul cleaves unto the dust; quicken me according to thy word. ²⁶ ¶ I have declared my ways, and thou didst hear me; teach me thy statutes. ²⁷ Make me to understand the way of thy precepts; so I shall meditate of thy wondrous works. ²⁸ ¶ My soul melts for heaviness; strengthen me according to thy word. ²⁹ Remove from me the way of lying, and from thy law grant me mercy. ³⁰ ¶ I have chosen the way of truth; I have laid thy judgments before me. ³¹ I have stuck unto thy testimonies; O LORD, put me not to shame. ³² I will run the way of thy commandments when thou shalt enlarge my heart. ³³ ¶ HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes, and I shall keep it unto the end. ³⁴ Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. ³⁵ ¶ Make me to go in the path of thy commandments, for therein do I delight. ³⁶ Incline my heart unto thy testimonies and not to covetousness. ³⁷ ¶ Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity, and cause me to live in thy way. ³⁸ ¶ Confirm thy word unto thy slave, who is devoted to thy fear. ³⁹ ¶ Turn away my reproach which I have feared, for thy judgments are good. ⁴⁰ ¶ Behold, I have longed after thy precepts; cause me to live in thy righteousness. ⁴¹ ¶ VAU. Let thy mercy come unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy spoken word. ⁴² And I shall answer him that reproaches me, by saying that I trust in thy word. ⁴³ ¶ And take not at any time the word of truth out of my mouth; for I wait for thy judgment. ⁴⁴ So shall I keep thy law continually from age to age. ⁴⁵ ¶ And I will walk at liberty, for I sought thy commandments. ⁴⁶ I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings and will not be ashamed. ⁴⁷ And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. ⁴⁸ I will lift up My hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and I will meditate in thy statutes. ⁴⁹ ¶ ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy slave, in which thou hast caused me to wait. ⁵⁰ ¶ This is my comfort in my affliction; for thy spoken word has caused me to live. ⁵¹ ¶ The proud have had me greatly in derision; yet I have not deviated from thy law. ⁵² ¶ I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD, and have consoled myself. ⁵³ ¶ Horror has taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law. ⁵⁴ ¶ Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. ⁵⁵ ¶ I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law. ⁵⁶ This I had, because I kept thy precepts. ⁵⁷ ¶ CHETH My portion, O LORD, I have said, will be to keep thy words. ⁵⁸ ¶ I intreated thy presence with my whole heart; be merciful unto me according to thy word. ⁵⁹ ¶ I considered my ways and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. ⁶⁰ I made haste and did not delay to keep thy commandments. ⁶¹ ¶ The company of the wicked have robbed me, but I have not forgotten thy law. ⁶² ¶ At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of the judgments of thy righteousness. ⁶³ ¶ I am a companion of all those that fear thee and of those that keep thy precepts. ⁶⁴ ¶ The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy and teaches me thy statutes. ⁶⁵ ¶ TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy slave, O LORD, according unto thy word, ⁶⁶ which teaches me discernment and knowledge, for I have believed thy commandments. ⁶⁷ ¶ Before I was humbled, I went into error, but now I keep thy spoken word. ⁶⁸ ¶ Thou art good and doest good; teach me thy statutes. ⁶⁹ ¶ The proud have forged a lie against me, but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart. ⁷⁰ Their heart became fat like grease, but I delight in thy law. ⁷¹ ¶ It was good for me that I have been humbled, that I might learn thy statutes. ⁷² ¶ The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. ⁷³ ¶ JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding, and I shall learn thy commandments. ⁷⁴ ¶ Those that fear thee will be glad when they see me because I have waited on thy word. ⁷⁵ ¶ I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. ⁷⁶ ¶ Let, I pray thee, thy mercy be for my comfort, according to thy spoken word unto thy slave. ⁷⁷ Let thy mercy come unto me, that I may live, for thy law is my delight. ⁷⁸ ¶ Let the proud be ashamed, for they dealt perversely with me without a cause, but I will meditate in thy precepts. ⁷⁹ Let those that fear thee turn unto me and those that have known thy testimonies. ⁸⁰ ¶ Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes that I not be ashamed. ⁸¹ ¶ CAPH. My soul faints with desire for thy salvation as I await thy word. ⁸² Mine eyes fail for thy spoken word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? ⁸³ ¶ For I am become like a wine skin in the smoke; yet I have not forgotten thy statutes. ⁸⁴ ¶ How many are the days of thy slave? When wilt thou execute judgment on those that persecute me? ⁸⁵ ¶ The proud have dug pits for me, but they do not proceed according to thy law. ⁸⁶ All thy commandments are of the same truth; they persecute me wrongfully; help me. ⁸⁷ They have almost consumed me upon earth, but I have not forsaken thy precepts. ⁸⁸ ¶ Cause me to live according to thy mercy, so I shall keep the testimony of thy mouth. ⁸⁹ ¶ LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in the heavens. ⁹⁰ Thy truth is from generation to generation; thou hast established the earth, and it perseveres. ⁹¹ They persevere unto this day by thy ordinance; for they are all thy slaves. ⁹² ¶ Unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in my affliction. ⁹³ ¶ I will never forget thy precepts; for with them thou hast caused me to live. ⁹⁴ ¶ I am thine, keep me; for I have sought thy precepts. ⁹⁵ ¶ The wicked have waited for me to destroy me, but I will consider thy testimonies. ⁹⁶ ¶ I have seen an end of all perfection, but thy commandment is exceeding broad. ⁹⁷ ¶ MEM. O how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day. ⁹⁸ ¶ Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies, for they are eternal unto me. ⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers, for thy testimonies have been my meditation. ¹⁰⁰ I understand more than the elders because I keep thy precepts. ¹⁰¹ ¶ I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word. ¹⁰² ¶ I have not departed from thy judgments, for thou hast taught me. ¹⁰³ ¶ How sweet have been thy spoken words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! ¹⁰⁴ Through thy precepts I have obtained understanding; therefore I have hated every false way. ¹⁰⁵ ¶ NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my way. ¹⁰⁶ ¶ I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep the judgments of thy righteousness. ¹⁰⁷ ¶ I am afflicted very much; cause me to live, O LORD, according to thy word. ¹⁰⁸ ¶ Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments. ¹⁰⁹ ¶ My soul is continually in my hand; yet I do not forget thy law. ¹¹⁰ The wicked have laid a snare for me; yet did not I err from thy precepts. ¹¹¹ ¶ I have taken thy testimonies as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart. ¹¹² I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes always, even unto the end. ¹¹³ ¶ SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts; but I love thy law. ¹¹⁴ ¶ Thou art my hiding place and my shield; I have waited for thy word. ¹¹⁵ ¶ Depart from me, ye evildoers; for I will keep the commandments of my God. ¹¹⁶ ¶ Uphold me according unto thy word, and I shall live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope. ¹¹⁷ Hold me up, and I shall be saved, and I shall delight in thy statutes continually. ¹¹⁸ ¶ Thou hast trodden down all those that err from thy statutes; for their deceit is falsehood. ¹¹⁹ Thou dost cause all the wicked of the earth to come undone like dross; therefore I have loved thy testimonies. ¹²⁰ My flesh trembles for fear of thee, and I am afraid of thy judgments. ¹²¹ ¶ AIN. I have complied with judgment and righteousness; do not leave me to my oppressors. ¹²² Be surety for thy slave for good; do not let the proud do violence unto me. ¹²³ ¶ Mine eyes fail for thy saving health and for the spoken word of thy righteousness. ¹²⁴ ¶ Deal with thy slave according to thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes. ¹²⁵ I am thy slave; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies. ¹²⁶ ¶ It is time for thee, O LORD, to act; for they have dissipated thy law. ¹²⁷ ¶ Therefore I have loved thy commandments above gold, yea, above fine gold. ¹²⁸ Therefore I have esteemed all thy precepts concerning all things to be right and I have hated every false way. ¹²⁹ ¶ PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore does my soul keep them. ¹³⁰ ¶ The exposition of thy words gives light; it gives understanding unto the simple. ¹³¹ ¶ I opened my mouth and panted; for I longed for thy commandments. ¹³² ¶ Look thou upon me and be merciful unto me, as thou didst use to do unto those that love thy name. ¹³³ ¶ Order my steps with thy word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. ¹³⁴ ¶ Ransom me from the violence of men, and I will keep thy precepts. ¹³⁵ ¶ Make thy face to shine upon thy slave and teach me thy statutes. ¹³⁶ ¶ Rivers of waters ran down my eyes because they did not keep thy law. ¹³⁷ ¶ TZADDI. Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments. ¹³⁸ Thou hast commanded righteousness, which consists of thy testimonies and thy truth. ¹³⁹ ¶ My zeal has consumed me, because my enemies have forgotten thy words. ¹⁴⁰ ¶ Thy word is very pure; therefore thy slave loves it. ¹⁴¹ ¶ I am small and despised; yet I have not forgotten thy precepts. ¹⁴² ¶ Thy righteousness is eternal righteousness, and thy law is the truth. ¹⁴³ ¶ Trouble and anguish found me; but thy commandments were my delights. ¹⁴⁴ Thy testimonies are eternal righteousness; give me understanding, and I shall live. ¹⁴⁵ ¶ KOPH. I cried with my whole heart; answer me, O LORD, and I will keep thy statutes. ¹⁴⁶ I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. ¹⁴⁷ ¶ I arose before the dawning of the morning and cried: I waited in thy word. ¹⁴⁸ My eyes anticipate the night watches that I might meditate in thy spoken word. ¹⁴⁹ ¶ Hear my voice according to thy mercy; O LORD, cause me to live according to thy judgment. ¹⁵⁰ ¶ Those that persecute me draw near unto evil; they have strayed from thy law. ¹⁵¹ Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth. ¹⁵² ¶ Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever. ¹⁵³ ¶ RESH. Consider my affliction and deliver me; for I have not forgotten thy law. ¹⁵⁴ Plead my cause and redeem me; quicken me according to thy spoken word. ¹⁵⁵ ¶ Saving health is far from the wicked, for they do not seek thy statutes. ¹⁵⁶ ¶ Many are thy tender mercies, O LORD: cause me to live according to thy judgments. ¹⁵⁷ ¶ Many are my persecutors and my enemies; yet I do not deviate from thy testimonies. ¹⁵⁸ ¶ I beheld the transgressors and was grieved because they did not keep thy words. ¹⁵⁹ ¶ Consider, O LORD, that I love thy precepts; cause me to live according to thy mercy. ¹⁶⁰ ¶ The beginning of thy word is truth, and every one of the judgments of thy righteousness is eternal. ¹⁶¹ ¶ SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of thy words. ¹⁶² ¶ I rejoice at thy spoken word, as one that finds great spoil. ¹⁶³ ¶ I hate and abhor lying, but I love thy law. ¹⁶⁴ ¶ Seven times a day do I praise thee because of the judgments of thy righteousness. ¹⁶⁵ ¶ Those who love thy law have great peace, and nothing shall cause them to stumble. ¹⁶⁶ ¶ LORD, I have waited for thy saving health and done thy commandments. ¹⁶⁷ ¶ My soul has kept thy testimonies, and I have loved them exceedingly. ¹⁶⁸ I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies, for all my ways are before thee. ¹⁶⁹ ¶ TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD; give me understanding according to thy word. ¹⁷⁰ Let my supplication come before thee; deliver me according to thy spoken word. ¹⁷¹ ¶ My lips shall overflow with praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes. ¹⁷² ¶ My tongue shall speak thy words; for all thy commandments are righteousness. ¹⁷³ ¶ Let thine hand help me, for I have chosen thy precepts. ¹⁷⁴ I have longed for thy saving health, O LORD, and thy law is my delight. ¹⁷⁵ ¶ Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee, and let thy judgments help me. ¹⁷⁶ ¶ I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy slave; for I have not forgotten thy commandments.