- ALEPH.
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- Blessed are the vndefiled in the way: who walke in the Law of the Lord.
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- Blessed are they that keepe his testimonies: and that seeke him with the whole heart.
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- They also doe no iniquitie: they walke in his wayes.
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- Thou hast commaunded vs to keepe thy precepts diligently.
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- O that my wayes were directed to keepe thy statutes!
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- Then shall I not bee ashamed: when I haue respect vnto all thy commandements.
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- I will praise thee with vprightnesse of heart: when I shall haue learned thy righteous iudgements.
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- I will keepe thy statutes: O forsake me not vtterly.
BETH.
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- Wherewithall shall a yong man cleanse his way?
by taking heede thereto according to thy word.
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- With my whole heart haue I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy Commandements.
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- Thy word haue I hidde in mine heart: that I might not sinne against thee.
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- Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy statutes.
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- With my lips haue I declared all the iudgements of thy mouth.
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- I haue reioyced in the way of thy testimonies: as much as in all riches.
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- I will meditate in thy precepts: and haue respect vnto thy wayes.
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- I will delight my selfe in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
GIMEL.
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- Deale bountifully with thy seruant;
that I may liue, and keepe thy word.
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- Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wonderous things out of thy Law.
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- I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandements from me.
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- My soule breaketh for the longing: that it hath vnto thy iudgements at all times.
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- Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed: which doe erre from thy Commandements.
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- Remooue from me reproch and contempt: for I haue kept thy testimonies.
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- Princes also did sit and speake against me: but thy seruant did meditate in thy statutes.
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- Thy testimonies also are my delight: and my counsellers.
DALETH.
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- My soule cleaueth vnto the dust: quicken thou mee according to thy word.
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- I haue declared my wayes, and thou heardest me: teach me thy Statutes.
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- Make me to vnderstand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talke of thy wonderous workes.
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- My soule melteth for heauines: strengthen thou me according vnto thy word.
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- Remoue from mee the way of lying: and grant me thy Law graciously.
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- I haue chosen the way of trueth: thy iudgements haue I laid before me.
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- I haue stucke vnto thy Testimonies: O Lord put me not to shame.
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- I will runne the way of thy Commandements: when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
HE.
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- Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy Statutes: and I shall keepe it vnto the end.
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- Giue me vnderstanding, and I shall keepe thy Law: yea I shall obserue it with my whole heart.
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- Make me to goe in the path of thy commandements: for therein doe I delight.
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- Incline my heart vnto thy testimonies: and not to couetousnesse.
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- Turne away mine eyes from beholding vanitie: and quicken thou me in thy way.
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- Stablish thy word vnto thy seruant: who is deuoted to thy feare.
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- Turne away my reproch which I feare: for thy iudgements are good.
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- Behold, I haue longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousnesse.
VAV.
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- Let thy mercies come also vnto me, O Lord: euen thy saluation, according to thy word.
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- So shall I haue wherewith to answere him that reprocheth me: for I trust in thy word.
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- And take not the word of trueth vtterly out of my mouth: for I haue hoped in thy iudgements.
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- So shall I keepe thy Law continually: for euer and euer.
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- And I wil walke at libertie: for I seeke thy precepts.
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- I will speake of thy testimonies also before kings, & wil not be ashamed.
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- And I will delight my selfe in thy commandements, which I haue loued.
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- My hands also will I lift vp vnto thy commandements, which I haue loued: and I will meditate in thy statutes.
ZAIN.
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- Remember the word vnto thy seruant: vpon which thou hast caused me to hope.
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- This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
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- The proud haue had mee greatly in derision: yet haue I not declined from thy Law.
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- I remembred thy iudgements of old, O Lord: and haue comforted my selfe.
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- Horrour hath taken holde vpon me, because of the wicked that forsake thy Law.
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- Thy statutes haue bin my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
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- I haue remembred thy name, O Lord, in the night, and haue kept thy Law.
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- This I had: because I kept thy precepts.
CHETH.
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- Thou art my portion, O Lord, I haue said, that I would keepe thy words.
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- I intreated thy fauour with my whole heart: be mercifull vnto mee according to thy word.
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- I thought on my wayes: and turned my feete vnto thy Testimonies.
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- I made haste;
and delayed not to keepe thy commandements.
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- The bands of the wicked haue robbed me: but I haue not forgotten thy lawe.
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- At mid-night I will rise to giue thankes vnto thee: because of thy righteous iudgements.
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- I am a companion of all them that feare thee: and of them that keepe thy precepts.
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- The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.
TETH.
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- Thou hast dealt well with thy seruant, Oh Lord, according vnto thy word.
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- Teach me good iudgement and knowledge: for I haue beleeued thy commandements.
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- Before I was afflicted, I went astray: but now haue I kept thy word.
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- Thou art good, and doest good;
teach me thy statutes.
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- The proud haue forged a lie against me: but I will keepe thy precepts with my whole heart.
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- Their heart is as fat as grease: but I delight in thy law.
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- It is good for me that I haue bene afflicted: that I might learne thy statutes.
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- The law of thy mouth is better vnto me: then thousands of gold and siluer.
IOD.
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- Thy hands haue made me and fashioned me: giue me vnderstanding, that I may learne thy commandements.
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- They that feare thee will bee glad when they see mee: because I haue hoped in thy word.
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- I knowe, O Lord, that thy iudgements are right: and that thou in faithfulnesse hast afflicted me.
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- Let, I pray thee, thy mercifull kindnesse be for my comfort;
according to thy word vnto thy seruant.
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- Let thy tender mercies come vnto me, that I may liue: for thy lawe is my delight.
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- Let the proud be ashamed, for they dealt peruersly with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
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- Let those that feare thee turne vnto me: and those that haue knowen thy testimonies.
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- Let my heart be sound in thy statutes;
that I be not ashamed. CAPH.
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- My soule fainteth for thy saluation: but I hope in thy word.
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- Mine eyes faile for thy word: saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
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- For I am become like a bottle in the smoke: yet doe I not forget thy statutes.
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- How many are the dayes of thy seruant?
when wilt thou execute iudgement on them that persecute me?
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- The proud haue digged pittes for me: which are not after thy law.
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- All thy commaundements are faithfull: they persecute me wrongfully;
helpe thou me.
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- They had almost consumed mee vpon earth: but I forsooke not thy precepts.
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- Quicken mee after thy louing kindnesse: so shall I keepe the testimonie of thy mouth.
LAMED.
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- Foreuer, O Lord, thy word is setled, in heauen.
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- Thy faithfulnesse is vnto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
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- They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy seruants.
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- Unlesse thy lawe had bene my delights: I should then haue perished in mine affliction.
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- I will neuer forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
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- I am thine, saue me: for I haue sought thy precepts.
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- The wicked haue waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
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- I haue seene an end of all perfection: but thy commandement is exceeding broad.
MEM.
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- O How loue I thy Law!
it is my meditation all the day.
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- Thou through thy Commandements hast made me wiser then mine enemies: for they are euer with mee.
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- I haue more vnderstanding then all my teachers: for thy Testimonies are my meditation.
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- I vnderstand more then the ancients: because I keepe thy precepts.
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- I haue refrained my feete from euery euill way: that I may keepe thy word.
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- I haue not departed from thy Iudgements: for thou hast taught me.
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- How sweet are thy words vnto my taste!
yea, sweeter then hony to my mouth.
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- Through thy precepts I get vnderstanding: therefore I hate euery false way.
NVN.
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- Thy word is a lampe vnto my feete: and a light vnto my path.
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- I haue sworne, and I will performe it: that I will keepe thy righteous iudgements.
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- I am afflicted very much: quicken mee, O Lord, according vnto thy word.
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- Accept, I beseech thee, the freewil offrings of my mouth, O Lord: and teach me thy iudgements.
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- My soule is continually in my hand: yet doe I not forget thy Law.
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- The wicked haue layde a snare for mee: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
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- Thy Testimonies haue I taken as an heritage for euer: for they are the reioycing of my heart.
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- I haue inclined mine heart to performe thy Statutes, alway, euen vnto the end.
SAMECH.
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- I hate vaine thoughts: but thy Law doe I loue.
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- Thou art my hiding place, and my shield: I hope in thy word.
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- Depart from me, ye euil doers: for I will keepe the Commandements of my God.
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- Uphold mee according vnto thy word, that I may liue: and let mee not be ashamed of my hope.
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- Hold thou me vp, and I shall be safe: and I will haue respect vnto thy Statutes continually.
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- Thou hast troden downe all them that erre from thy Statutes: for their deceit is falshood.
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- Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like drosse: therefore I loue thy Testimonies.
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- My flesh trembleth for feare of thee: and I am afraide of thy Iudgements.
AIN.
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- I Haue done Iudgement and iustice: leaue mee not to mine oppressours.
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- Bee suretie for thy seruant for good: let not the proud oppresse me.
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- Mine eyes faile for thy saluation: and for the word of thy righteousnesse.
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- Deale with thy seruant according vnto thy mercie: and teach me thy Statutes.
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- I am thy seruant, giue me vnderstanding: that I may know thy Testimonies.
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- It is time for thee, Lord, to worke: for they haue made voyde thy Law.
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- Therefore I loue thy Commandements: aboue gold, yea aboue fine gold.
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- Therefore I esteeme all thy precepts concerning all things to be right: and I hate euery false way.
PE.
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- Thy Testimonies are wonderfull: therefore doeth my soule keepe them.
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- The entrance of thy wordes giueth light: it giueth vnderstanding vnto the simple.
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- I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy Commandements.
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- Looke thou vpon mee, and be mercifull vnto me: as thou vsest to do vnto those that loue thy Name.
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- Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquitie haue dominion ouer me.
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- Deliuer me from the oppression of man: so will I keepe thy precepts.
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- Make thy face to shine vpon thy seruant: and teach me thy Statutes.
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- Riuers of waters runne downe mine eyes: because they keepe not thy Law.
TSADDI.
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- Righteous art thou, O Lord: and vpright are thy iudgements.
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- Thy testimonies that thou hast commaunded, are righteous: and very faithfull.
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- My zeale hath consumed me: because mine enemies haue forgotten thy words.
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- Thy word is very pure: therefore thy seruant loueth it.
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- I am small and despised: yet doe not I forget thy precepts.
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- Thy righteousnesse is an euerlasting righteousnesse: and thy law is the trueth.
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- Trouble and anguish haue taken hold on me: yet thy commaundements are my delights.
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- The righteousnesse of thy Testimonies is euerlasting: giue me vnderstanding, and I shall liue.
KOPH.
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- I Cried with my whole heart: heare me, O Lord, I will keepe thy statutes.
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- I cried vnto thee, saue me: and I shall keepe thy testimonies.
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- I preuented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
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- Mine eyes preuent the night watches: that I might meditate in thy word.
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- Heare my voice according vnto thy louing kindnesse: O Lord quicken me according to thy iudgement.
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- They draw nigh that follow after mischiefe: they are farre from thy Law.
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- Thou art neere, O Lord: and all thy commandements are trueth.
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- Concerning thy testimonies, I haue knowen of old: that thou hast founded them for euer.
RESH.
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- Consider mine affliction, and deliuer me: for I doe not forget thy Law.
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- Plead my cause, and deliuer me: quicken me according to thy word.
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- Saluation is farre from the wicked: for they seeke not thy statutes.
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- Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to thy iudgements.
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- Many are my persecutors, and mine enemies: yet doe I not decline from thy testimonies.
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- I beheld the transgressours, and was grieued: because they kept not thy word.
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- Consider how I loue thy precepts: quicken me, O Lord, according to thy louing kindnesse.
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- Thy word is true from the beginning: and euery one of thy righteous iudgements endureth for euer.
SCHIN.
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- Princes haue persecuted mee without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
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- I reioyce at thy word: as one that findeth great spoile.
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- I hate and abhorre lying: but thy Law doe I loue.
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- Seuen times a day doe I praise thee: because of thy righteous iudgements.
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- Great peace haue they which loue thy law: & nothing shall offend them.
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- Lord, I haue hoped for thy saluation: and done thy commandements.
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- My soule hath kept thy testimonies: and I loue them exceedingly.
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- I haue kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my wayes are before thee.
TAV.
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- Let my crie come neere before thee, O Lord: giue mee vnderstanding according to thy worde.
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- Let my supplication come before thee: deliuer me according to thy word.
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- My lips shall vtter praise: when thou hast taught me thy Statutes.
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- My tongue shall speake of thy word: for all thy commandements are righteousnesse.
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- Let thine hand helpe me: for I haue chosen thy precepts.
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- I haue longed for thy saluation, O Lord: and thy Lawe is my delight.
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- Let my soule liue, and it shall praise thee: and let thy iudgments helpe me.
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- I haue gone astray like a lost sheepe, seeke thy seruant: for I doe not forget thy commandements.
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