Psalms 119:137-174

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¹³⁷TZADDE. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy decrees.

¹³⁸Thou hast commanded thy testimonies, as righteous and faithful exceedingly.

¹³⁹My zeal destroyeth me; because my assailants have forgotten thy words.

¹⁴⁰Thy promise is greatly refined, and thy servant loveth it.

¹⁴¹I am little and despised: yet thy precepts have I not forgotten.

¹⁴²Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.

¹⁴³Distress and trouble have overtaken me: yet are thy commandments my delights.

¹⁴⁴Righteous are thy testimonies for everlasting: give me understanding, that I may live.

¹⁴⁵KOPH. I have called with all my heart: answer me, O Lord: thy statutes will I keep.

¹⁴⁶I have called on thee, save me, and I will observe thy testimonies.

¹⁴⁷I come before thee in the dawn of morning, and cry: for thy word do I wait.

¹⁴⁸My eyes are awake before the night-watches, that I may meditate in thy saying.

¹⁴⁹Hear my voice according to thy kindness: O Lord, according to thy decree do thou grant me life.

¹⁵⁰They that pursue mischievous devices draw nigh: from thy law are they far.

¹⁵¹Near art thou, O Lord; and all thy commandments are the truth.

¹⁵²Of old already I knew of thy testimonies; because for eternity hast thou founded them.

¹⁵³RESH. Look on my affliction, and release me; for thy law have I not forgotten.

¹⁵⁴Plead my cause, and deliver me: according to thy promise do thou revive me.

¹⁵⁵Far from the wicked is salvation; because thy statutes have they not sought for.

¹⁵⁶Thy mercies are abundant, O Lord; according to thy decrees do thou revive me.

¹⁵⁷Many are my persecutors and my assailants: yet from thy testimonies do I not turn away.

¹⁵⁸I beheld the treacherous, and felt disgust; because they observed not thy saying.

¹⁵⁹Behold that I love thy precepts: O Lord, according to thy kindness do thou revive me.

¹⁶⁰The summit of thy word is truth: and the whole of thy righteous judgment endureth for ever.

¹⁶¹SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but of thy word standeth my heart in dread.

¹⁶²I am rejoiced over thy promise, as one that findeth great spoil.

¹⁶³Falsehood I hate and abhor: but thy law do I love.

¹⁶⁴Seven times in the day do I praise thee because of thy righteous decrees.

¹⁶⁵Abundant peace have they who love thy law; and thee is nothing that causeth them to stumble.

¹⁶⁶I have hoped for thy salvation, O Lord, and thy commandments have I fulfilled.

¹⁶⁷My soul hath observed thy testimonies, and I love them exceedingly.

¹⁶⁸I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; because all my ways are before thee.

¹⁶⁹TAV. Let my entreaty come near before thee, O Lord: according to thy word grant me understanding.

¹⁷⁰Let my supplication come before thee: according to thy promise do thou deliver me.

¹⁷¹My lips shall utter praise; because thou wilt teach me thy statutes.

¹⁷²My tongue shall speak loudly of thy promise; for all thy commandments are righteous.

¹⁷³Let thy hand be ready to help me; for thy precepts have I chosen.

¹⁷⁴I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my delights.