- [Aleph.]
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- Blessed are those that be perfect in the way: walkyng in the lawe of God.
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- Blessed are they that kepe his testimonies: they seke hym with their whole heart.
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- Truely they walke in his wayes: who do no wickednesse.
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- Thou hast geuen charge: that we shoulde diligently kepe thy commaundementes.
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- I wishe that my wayes were directed: for to kepe thy statutes.
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- I shall take then no shame: when I haue regarde vnto all thy commaundementes.
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- I wyll confesse [it] vnto thee with an vpryght heart: when I shall haue learned the iudgementes of thy ryghteousnesse.
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- I wyll kepe thy statutes: [wherfore] forsake me not for any long tyme.
[Beth]
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- Wherby shall a young man refourme his way: euen in guiding it accordyng to thy worde.
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- I haue sought thee with my whole heart: suffer me not to swarue from thy commaundementes.
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- I haue hyd thy wordes within my heart: for this ende, that I shoulde not sinne agaynst thee.
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- Blessed art thou O God: teache me thy statutes.
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- I haue declared with my lyppes: all the iudgementes of thy mouth.
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- I am delighted in the way of thy testimonies: as in all maner of riches.
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- I wyll study thy commaundementes: and I wyll consider thy wayes.
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- My delyght shalbe in thy statutes: and I wyll not forget thy worde.
[Gimel]
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- Rewarde thy seruaunt, let me lyue: and I wyll kepe thy worde.
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- Open thou myne eyes: and I will beholde the wonderous thynges of thy lawe.
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- I am a straunger vpon earth: hyde not thy commaundementes from me.
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- My soule faynteth: for the very feruent desire that it hath alwaye vnto thy iudgementes.
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- Thou hast rebuked those that be proude and cursed: who do erre from thy commaundementes.
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- Withdrawe from me reproche and contempt: for that I haue kept thy testimonies.
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- Yea princes dyd syt and speake agaynst me: but thy seruaunt did geue hym selfe to the meditation of thy statutes.
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- Yea thy testimonies are my delyght: and my counsaylers.
[Daleth]
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- My soule cleaueth to the dust: reuiue thou me accordyng to thy worde.
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- I haue made a declaration to thee of my wayes, and thou heardest me: O teache me thy statutes.
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- Make me to vnderstande the way of thy commaundementes: and I wyll geue my selfe to the meditation of thy wonderous workes.
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- My soule melteth away for very heauinesse: comfort thou me accordyng to thy worde.
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- Take from me the way of falshood: & witsafe me worthy to haue thy lawe.
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- I haue chosen the way of trueth: & I haue layde thy iudgementes before me.
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- I haue stuck fast vnto thy testimonies: O God confounde me not.
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- I wyll runne the way of thy commaundementes: when thou shalt set my heart at libertie.
[He]
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- Teache me O God the way of thy statutes: and I wyll kepe it vnto the ende.
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- Geue me vnderstanding, & I wil kepe thy law: yea I wyll kepe it with my whole heart.
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- Leade me in the path of thy comaundementes: for therin is my delyght.
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- Encline myne heart vnto thy testimonies: and not to couetousnesse.
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- Turne away myne eyes, lest they beholde vanitie: cause me to lyue in thy way.
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- Make thy worde more euident vnto thy seruaunt: who is [geuen] to thy feare.
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- Take away the reproche that I am afraide of: for thy iudgemetes are good.
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- Behold I haue coueted after thy commaundementes: cause me to lyue in thy ryghteousnesse.
[Vau]
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- Let thy louing mercie also come vnto me O God: euen thy saluation, accordyng to thy worde.
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- And I shall aunswere to hym that layeth [thy] worde to me for a reproche: for in thy worde I haue put my trust.
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- Take not the worde of trueth vtterly out of my mouth: for my hope is in thy iudgementes.
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- And I wyll alway kepe thy lawe: yea for euer and euer.
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- And I wyll walke in a large scope: for I seke thy commaundementes.
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- I wyll also speake of thy testimonies before kinges: & I will not be ashamed.
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- And my delyght shalbe in thy commaundementes: which I haue loued.
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- And I wyll lyft vp my handes vnto thy commaundementes which I haue loued: & my study shalbe in thy statutes.
[Zain]
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- Be myndfull of thy promise made vnto thy seruaunt: wherin thou hast caused me to put my trust.
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- That same is my comfort in my affliction: for thy worde maketh me to lyue.
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- The proude haue had me exceedingly in derision: yet I haue not shrinked from thy lawe.
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- [For] I called to remembraunce thy iudgementes from the begynnyng of the worlde O God: and so I comforted my selfe.
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- An extreme vnnaturall heat hath assayled me, because of the vngodly: who transgresse thy lawe.
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- Thy statutes haue ben [my] songes: in the house of my pilgrimages.
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- I haue thought vpon thy name O God in the nyght season: and I haue kept thy lawe.
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- This came to passe for me: because I kept thy commaundementes.
[Heth]
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- Thou art my portion O God: I haue purposed to kepe thy lawe.
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- I made myne humble petition to thy face with my whole heart: be mercifull vnto me according vnto thy word.
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- I haue considered mine owne wayes: and I haue turned my feete vnto thy testimonies.
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- I made haste and I made no delay: for to kepe thy commaundementes.
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- The vngodly haue tangled me in their snares: but I haue not forgotten thy lawe.
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- I wyll ryse at midnight to confesse me vnto thee: because of thy ryghteous iudgementes.
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- I am a companion of all them that feare thee: and kepe thy commaundementes.
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- The earth O God is replenished with thy louyng kyndnesse: O teache me thy statutes.
[Teth]
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- O God thou hast dealt gratiouslye with thy seruaunt: according vnto thy worde.
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- Learne me the good taste & cunning: for I haue beleued thy commaundementes.
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- Before I felt affliction I swarued out of the way: but nowe I kepe thy word.
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- Thou art good and beneficiall: teache me thy statutes.
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- The proude haue forged a false tale agaynst me: but I wyll kepe thy commaundementes with my whole heart.
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- Their heart is as fat as brawne: but my delyght hath ben in thy lawe.
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- It is good for me that I am brought into miserie: by that meanes I shall learne thy statutes.
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- The lawe of thy mouth is dearer vnto me: then thousandes of golde & siluer.
[Iod]
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- Thy handes haue made me and fashioned me: geue me vnderstanding, and I will learne thy comaundementes.
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- They that feare thee, shall see me, & reioyce: because I haue geuen earnest attendaunce vnto thy worde.
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- I know O God that thy iudgementes are iustice: and that thou hast caused me ryghtfully to be afflicted.
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- I beseche thee let thy louing kindnesse be a meanes to comfort me: accordyng to thy worde [spoken] vnto thy seruaunt.
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- Let thy pitifull mercies come vnto me, that I may lyue: for thy lawe is my delyght.
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- Let the proude be confounded, for they haue falsly reported me: but I wyll study thy commaundementes.
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- Let such as feare thee and knowe thy testimonies: returne vnto me.
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- Let myne heart be perfectly [set] in thy statutes: that I be not ashamed.
[Caph]
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- My soule hath faynted after thy saluation: I geue earnest attedaunce vnto thy worde.
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- Myne eyes haue faynted after thy worde: whylest I say, when wilt thou comfort me.
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- For I am become like a bottel [hanged] in the smoke: yet I do not forget thy statutes.
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- Howe many are the dayes of thy seruaunt?
when wilt thou geue iudgement agaynst them that persecute me?
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- The proude haue digged pittes for me: which is [a thing] not [done] accordyng to thy lawe.
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- All thy commaundementes are the trueth it selfe: they wrongfully persecute me, O be thou my ayde.
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- They had almost made an ende of me vpon the earth: but I forsoke not thy commaundementes.
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- Make me to lyue accordyng to thy pietie: and I wyll kepe the testimonies of thy mouth.
[Lamed]
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- O God: thy worde endureth for euer in heauen.
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- Thy trueth [appeareth] to euery generation: thou hast layde the foundation of the earth, and it shall continue.
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- [All thynges] continue this day accordyng to thine ordinaunce: for all thinges be thy seruauntes.
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- If my delight had not ben in thy lawe: I shoulde haue perished in myne affliction.
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- I wyll neuer forget thy commaundementes: for through them thou hast reuiued me.
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- I am thine, saue me: for I haue diligently studied thy commaundementes ouer.
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- When the vngodly layde wayte for me to destroy me: I endeuoured my selfe to vnderstande thy testimonies.
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- I see an ende of euery thing be it neuer so perfect: but thy commaundement is exceedyng large.
[Mem]
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- Howe greatly do I loue thy lawe?
my study is all the day long in it.
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- Thou hast made me wyser then myne enemies through thy commaundementes: for they are euer with me.
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- I am able to geue better instruction then all they that were my teachers: for thy testimonies are my study.
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- I am made to vnderstande more then the aged can: because I kept thy commaundementes.
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- I haue rstrayned my feete from euery euyll way: that I may kepe thy worde.
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- I haue not shrinked from thy iudgementes: for thou didst teache me.
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- Howe sweete are thy wordes vnto my throte: truely [they be sweeter] then hony is to my mouth.
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- Through thy commaundementes I get vnderstandyng: therfore I hate all wayes of falshood.
[Nun]
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- Thy worde is a candell vnto my feete: and a lyght vnto my pathes.
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- I haue made an oth (which I wil ratifie) for to kepe thy iuste iudgementes.
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- I am troubled aboue measure: quicken me O God accordyng vnto thy worde.
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- Let the freewyll offerynges of my mouth please thee O God: and teache me thy iudgementes.
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- My soule is alway in my hande: yet I do not forget thy lawe.
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- The vngodly haue layde a snare for me: but yet I swarued not from thy commaundementes.
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- I haue claymed thy testimonies as myne heritage for euer: for they are the very ioy of myne heart.
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- I haue applyed myne heart for to fulfyll thy statutes: euen to the worldes ende.
[Samech]
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- I hate hygh subtile deuices: and I do loue thy lawe.
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- Thou art my refuge and my shield: I geue earnest attendaunce vnto thy worde.
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- Auoyde from me ye malicious [persons:] and I wyll kepe the commaundementes of my Lorde.
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- Strengthen me in thy worde and I shall lyue: and make me not ashamed of my hope.
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- Holde thou me vp and I shalbe safe: and I will loke gladly vpon thy statutes alwayes.
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- Thou hast troden vnder foote all them that go astray from thy statutes: for their crafty deuice is but falshood.
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- Thou hast dispatched out of the way all the vngodly of the earth lyke drosse: therfore I loue thy testimonies.
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- My fleshe trembleth for feare of thee: and I am afrayde of thy iudgementes.
[Ain]
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- I haue executed iudgement and iustice: [wherfore] leaue me not to such as do offer me wrong.
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- For thy owne goodnesse sake take thy seruaunt vnto thy protection: let not the proude oppresse me with wrong.
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- Myne eyes haue faynted with lokyng for thy saluation: and for the worde of thy [ryghteousnesse.]
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- Deale with thy seruaunt accordyng vnto thy owne louyng kyndnesse: and teache me thy statutes.
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- I am thy seruaunt, graunt me vnderstandyng: that I may knowe thy testimonies.
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- It is tyme for [me] to do for Gods cause: for they haue brought thy lawe almost to nothyng.
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- Therfore I loue thy commaundementes: aboue golde and precious stone.
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- Therfore I take all thy commaundementes euery one of them to be ryght: & I vtterly hate all wayes of falshood.
[Pe]
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- Thy testimonies [contayne] wonderfull thinges: therfore doth my soule kepe them.
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- The first entering of thy wordes will illuminate: geuyng vnderstanding euen vnto the simple.
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- I opened my mouth and panted: for I bare a great affection to thy commaundementes.
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- Loke thou vpon me and be mercifull vnto me: as thou vsest to do vnto those that loue thy name.
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- Direct my steppes in thy worde: and so shall no wickednesse haue dominion ouer me.
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- Redeeme me from the fraudulent dealyng of men: and I wyll kepe thy commaundementes.
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- Make the lyght of thy countenaunce shyne vpon thy seruaunt: and teache me thy statutes.
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- Ryuers of waters gushe out of myne eyes: because men kepe not thy lawe.
[Sade]
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- O God: thou art iust and vpryght in thy iudgementes.
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- Thou hast commaunded the iustice and the veritie of thy testimonies: [to be obserued] very strayghtly.
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- My zeale hath consumed me: because myne aduersaries haue forgotten thy wordes.
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- Thy worde is purified to the vttermost: and thy seruaunt loueth it.
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- I am small and of no reputation: [yet] I do not forget thy comaundementes.
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- Thy ryghteousnesse is an euerlastyng righteousnesse: & thy lawe is the trueth.
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- Trouble and griefe haue taken holde vpon me: yet thy commaundementes be my delyght.
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- The righteousnesse of thy testimonies is euerlastyng: make me to vnderstande [them] and I shall lyue.
[Coph]
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- I haue called with my whole heart, heare me O God: I wyll kepe thy statutes.
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- I haue called vpon thee, saue me: and I wyll kepe thy testimonies.
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- I haue preuented [other] in the dawnyng of the day, and I cryed vnto thee: for I geue earnest attendaunce vnto thy wordes.
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- Myne eyes haue preuented the nyght watches: that my study might be wholy in thy wordes.
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- Heare my voyce accordyng to thy louing kindnesse: make me to lyue O God after thy iudgementes.
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- They that mynde to do an act of mischiefenesse, do drawe nye vnto me: they are farre from thy lawe.
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- But thou art nye at hande O God: and all thy comaundementes be trueth.
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- As concernyng thy testimonies: I haue knowen long since that thou hast made them to last for euer.
[Resh]
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- Beholde myne affliction & deliuer me: for I haue not forgotten thy lawe.
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- Defende thou my cause & redeeme me: make me to lyue accordyng vnto thy worde.
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- Saluation is farre from the vngodly: for they study not thy statutes.
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- Thy mercies be manifolde O God: make me to liue accordyng to thy iudgementes.
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- There be many that do persecute me and be myne aduersaries: yet I do not swarue from thy testimonies.
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- I sawe transgressours, and I was greeued at the heart: because they kept not thy lawe.
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- Beholde howe I loue thy commaundementes: quicken me O God accordyng to thy louyng kindnesse.
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- The beginning of thy word is trueth: and all the iudgementes of thy ryghteousnesse endure for euermore.
[Shin]
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- Princes haue persecuted me without a cause: but my heart hath stoode in awe of thy wordes.
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- I am as glad of thy worde: as he that fyndeth a great bootie.
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- That which is false I hate and abhorre: but thy lawe I do loue.
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- I do prayse thee seuen tymes euery day: for loue of the iudgementes of thy iustice.
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- They that loue thy lawe shall haue great prosperitie: and nothyng shall offende them.
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- Lorde, I haue wayted after thy saluation: and I haue done thy commaundementes.
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- My soule hath kept thy testimonies: and I haue loued them exceedyngly.
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- I haue kept thy commaundementes and testimonies: for all my wayes are before thee.
[Tau]
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- Let my crye O God approche neare vnto thy face: make me to vnderstande [euery thyng] accordyng vnto thy worde.
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- Let my supplication come before thee: deliuer me accordyng to thy worde.
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- My lippes shall powre out [thy] prayse: when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
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- My tongue shall syng of thy worde: for all thy commaundementes are ryghteousnesse.
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- Let thyne hande be redie for to ayde me: for I haue chosen thy commaundementes.
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- I haue longed for thy saluation O God: and thy lawe is my whole delight
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- Let my soule lyue, and it shall prayse thee: and thy iudgementes shalbe an ayde vnto me.
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- I haue gone astray lyke a lost sheepe: oh seke out thy seruaunt, for I haue not forgotten thy commaundementes.
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