Post by Scribe 02

Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

KOPH. I cried with {my} whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.

The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.

I {am} small and despised: {yet} do not I forget thy precepts.

I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, {even unto} the end. {to perform: Heb. to do}

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: {but} I will consider thy testimonies.

Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

The righteousness of thy testimonies {is} everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.

Blessed {are} they that keep his testimonies, {and that} seek him with the whole heart.

I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.

Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.

Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.

MEM. O how love I thy law! it {is} my meditation all the day.

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: {yet} thy commandments {are} my delights. {taken...: Heb. found me}

Thy testimonies also {are} my delight {and} my counsellors. {my counsellors: Heb. men of my counsel}

Great {are} thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments. {Great: or, Many}

And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.

GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, {that} I may live, and keep thy word.

Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth {like} dross: therefore I love thy testimonies. {puttest...: Heb. causest to cease}

Thy righteousness {is} an everlasting righteousness, and thy law {is} the truth.

Therefore I esteem all {thy} precepts {concerning} all {things to be} right; {and} I hate every false way.

Thou hast commanded {us} to keep thy precepts diligently.

O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.

PE. Thy testimonies {are} wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.

My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.

Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; {and} quicken thou me in thy way. {Turn...: Heb. Make to pass}

TZADDI. Righteous {art} thou, O LORD, and upright {are} thy judgments.

How sweet are thy words unto my taste! {yea, sweeter} than honey to my mouth! {taste: Heb. palate}

TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.

RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.

My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.

Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name. {as thou...: Heb. according to the custom toward those, etc}

I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.

CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: {but} I hope in thy word.

I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.

The proud have forged a lie against me: {but} I will keep thy precepts with {my} whole heart.

Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.

They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.

I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.

Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with {my} whole heart.

Thou {art} good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.

My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.

I {am} a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

The law of thy mouth {is} better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.

My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. {consumed...: Heb. cut me off}

I {am} thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.

Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.

I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.

The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

Many {are} my persecutors and mine enemies; {yet} do I not decline from thy testimonies.

Their heart is as fat as grease; {but} I delight in thy law.

I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies {are} my meditation.

My soul {is} continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.

The proud have digged pits for me, which {are} not after thy law.

Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.

CHETH. {Thou art} my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.

This {is} my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.

At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.

Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.

BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed {thereto} according to thy word.

Thy testimonies {that} thou hast commanded {are} righteous and very faithful. {righteous: Heb. righteousness} {faithful: Heb. faithfulness}

The bands of the wicked have robbed me: {but} I have not forgotten thy law. {bands: or, companies}

LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.

I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.

The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.

I know, O LORD, that thy judgments {are} right, and {that} thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. {right: Heb. righteousness}

Thy word {is} very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. {pure: Heb. tried, or, refined}

Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.

I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.

They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.

Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit {is} falsehood.

They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.

I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid {before me}.

SAMECH. I hate {vain} thoughts: but thy law do I love.

With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.

I hate and abhor lying: {but} thy law do I love.

SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

All thy commandments {are} faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me. {faithful: Heb. faithfulness}