- Aleph.
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- Blessed are those that are vpright in their way, and walke in the Lawe of the Lord.
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- Blessed are they that keepe his testimonies, and seeke him with their whole heart.
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- Surely they woorke none iniquitie, but walke in his waies.
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- Thou hast commaunded to keepe thy precepts diligently.
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- Oh that my waies were directed to keepe thy statutes!
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- Then should I not be confounded, when I haue respect vnto all thy commandements.
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- I will praise thee with an vpright heart, when I shall learne the iudgements of thy righteousnesse.
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- I will keepe thy statutes: forsake mee not ouerlong.
Beth.
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- Wherewith shall a yong man redresse his waie?
In taking heede thereto according to thy woorde.
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- With my whole heart haue I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandements.
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- I haue hid thy promes in mine heart, that I might not sinne against thee.
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- Blessed art thou, O Lorde: teache mee thy statutes.
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- With my lippes haue I declared all the iudgements of thy mouth.
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- I haue had as great delight in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches.
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- I will meditate in thy precepts, and consider thy waies.
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- I will delite in thy statutes, and I will not forget thy worde.
Gimel.
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- Be beneficiall vnto thy seruant, that I may liue and keepe thy woorde.
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- Open mine eies, that I may see the wonders of thy Lawe.
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- I am a stranger vpon earth: hide not thy commandements from me.
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- Mine heart breaketh for the desire to thy iudgements always.
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- Thou hast destroied the proud: cursed are they that doe erre from thy commandements.
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- Remoue from mee shame 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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- Also thy testimonies are my delite, and my counsellers.
Daleth.
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- My soule cleaueth to the dust: quicken me according to thy worde.
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- I haue declared my waies, & thou heardest me: teache me thy statutes.
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- Make me to vnderstand ye way of thy precepts, & I will meditate in thy wondrous workes.
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- My soule melteth for heauinesse: raise mee vp according vnto thy worde.
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- Take from mee the way of lying, and graunt me graciously thy Lawe.
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- I haue chosen the way of trueth, and thy iudgements haue I laied before me.
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- I haue cleaued to thy testimonies, O Lord: confound me not.
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- I will runne the way of thy commaundements, when thou shalt enlarge mine heart.
He.
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- Teach mee, O Lorde, the way of thy statutes, and I will keepe it vnto the ende.
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- Giue mee vnderstanding, and I will keepe thy Law: yea, I wil keepe it with my whole heart.
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- Direct mee in the path of thy commandements: for therein is my delite.
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- Incline mine heart vnto thy testimonies, and not to couetousnesse.
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- Turne away mine eies from regarding vanitie, and quicken me in thy way.
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- Stablish thy promesse to thy seruaunt, because he feareth thee.
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- Take away my rebuke that I feare: for thy iudgements are good.
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- Beholde, I desire thy commaundementes: quicken me in thy righteousnesse,
Vav.
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- And let thy louing kindnesse come vnto me, O Lorde, and thy saluation according to thy promesse.
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- So shall I make answere vnto my blasphemers: for I trust in thy woorde.
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- And take not the woorde of trueth vtterly out of my mouth: for I waite for thy iudgements.
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- So shall I always keepe thy Lawe for euer and euer.
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- And I will walke at libertie: for I seeke thy precepts.
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- I will speake also of thy testimonies before Kings, and will not be ashamed.
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- And my delite shalbe in thy commaundements, which I haue loued.
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- Mine handes also will I lift vp vnto thy commaundements, which I haue loued, and I will meditate in thy statutes.
Zain.
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- Remember the promesse made to thy seruant, wherein thou hast caused me to trust.
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- It is my comfort in my trouble: for thy promes hath quickened me.
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- The proude haue had me exceedingly in derision: yet haue I not declined from thy Lawe.
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- I remembred thy iudgements of olde, O Lord, and haue bene comforted.
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- Feare is come vpon mee for the wicked, that forsake thy Lawe.
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- Thy statutes haue beene my songes in the house of my pilgrimage.
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- I haue remembred thy Name, O Lorde, in the night, and haue kept thy Lawe.
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- This I had because I kept thy precepts.
Cheth.
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- O Lorde, that art my portion, I haue determined to keepe thy wordes.
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- I made my supplication in thy presence with my whole heart: be mercifull vnto me according to thy promes.
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- I haue considered my waies, and turned my feete into thy testimonies.
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- I made haste and delaied not to keepe thy commandements.
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- The bandes of the wicked haue robbed me: but I haue not forgotten thy Lawe.
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- At midnight will I rise to giue thanks vnto thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.
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- I am companion of all them that feare thee, and keepe thy precepts.
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- The earth, O Lorde, is full of thy mercie: teache me thy statutes.
Teth.
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- O Lorde, thou hast delt graciously with thy seruant according vnto thy woorde.
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- Teach me good iudgement & knowledge: for I haue beleeued thy commandements.
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- Before I was afflicted, I went astray: but nowe I keepe thy woorde.
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- Thou art good and gracious: teach me thy statutes.
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- The proud haue imagined a lie against me: but I wil keepe thy precepts with my whole heart.
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- Their heart is fatte as grease: but my delite is in thy Lawe.
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- It is good for me that I haue beene afflicted, that I may learne thy statutes.
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- The Lawe of thy mouth is better vnto me, then thousands of golde and siluer.
Iod.
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- Thine hands haue made me and facioned me: giue mee vnderstanding therefore, that I may learne thy commandements.
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- So they that feare thee, seeing mee shall reioyce, because I haue trusted in thy woorde.
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- I knowe, O Lorde, that thy iudgements are right, and that thou hast afflicted me iustly.
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- I pray thee that thy mercie may comfort me according to thy promes vnto thy seruant.
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- Let thy tender mercies come vnto me, that I may liue: for thy Lawe is my delite.
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- Let the proude be ashamed: for they haue dealt wickedly and falsely with me: but I meditate in thy precepts.
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- Let such as feare thee turne vnto me, and they that knowe thy testimonies.
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- Let mine heart bee vpright in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.
Caph.
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- My soule fainteth for thy saluation: yet I waite for thy worde.
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- Mine eyes faile for thy promes, saying, when wilt thou comfort me?
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- For I am like a bottell in the smoke: yet doe I not forget thy statutes.
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- Howe many are the dayes of thy seruant?
When wilt thou execute iudgement on them that persecute me?
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- The proude haue digged pittes for mee, which is not after thy Lawe.
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- All thy commaundements are true: they persecute me falsely: helpe me.
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- They had almost consumed me vpon the earth: but I forsooke not thy precepts.
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- Quicken me according to thy louing kindnes: so shall I keepe the testimony of thy mouth.
Lamed.
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- O Lorde, thy worde endureth for euer in heauen.
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- Thy trueth is from generation to generation: thou hast layed the foundation of the earth, and it abideth.
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- They continue euen to this day by thine ordinances: for all are thy seruants.
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- Except thy Lawe had bene my delite, I should now haue perished in mine affliction.
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- I wil neuer forget thy precepts: for by 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 ende of all perfection: but thy commandement is exceeding large.
Mem.
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- Oh howe loue I thy Lawe!
it is my meditation continually.
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- By thy commaundements thou hast made mee wiser then mine enemies: for they are euer with mee.
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- I haue had more vnderstading then all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
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- I vnderstoode more then the ancient, because I kept thy precepts.
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- I haue refrained my feete from euery euil way, that I might keepe thy word.
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- I haue not declined from thy iudgements: for thou didest teach me.
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- Howe sweete are thy promises vnto my mouth!
yea, more then hony vnto my mouth.
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- By thy precepts I haue gotten vnderstanding: therefore I hate all the wayes of falshoode.
Nvn.
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- Thy worde is a lanterne vnto my feete, and a light vnto my path.
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- I haue sworne and will performe it, that I will keepe thy righteous iudgements.
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- I am very sore afflicted: O Lord, quicken me according to thy word.
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- O Lorde, I beseeche thee accept the free offerings of my mouth, and teach mee thy iudgements.
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- My soule is continually in mine hande: yet doe I not forget thy Lawe.
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- The wicked haue layed a snare for mee: but I swarued not from thy precepts.
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- Thy testimonies haue I taken as an heritage for euer: for they are the ioy of mine heart.
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- I haue applied mine heart to fulfill thy statutes always, euen vnto the ende.
Samech.
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- I hate vaine inuentions: but thy Lawe doe I loue.
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- Thou art my refuge and shield, and I trust in thy worde.
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- Away from mee, yee wicked: for I will keepe the commaundements of my God.
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- Stablish me according to thy promes, that I may liue, and disappoint me not of mine hope.
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- Stay thou mee, and I shall be safe, and I will delite continually in thy statutes.
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- Thou hast troden downe all them that depart from thy statutes: for their deceit is vaine.
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- Thou hast taken away all ye 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 executed iudgement and iustice: leaue me not to mine oppressours.
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- Answere for thy seruant in that, which is good, and let not the proude oppresse me.
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- Mine eyes haue failed in waiting for thy saluation, and for thy iust promes.
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- Deale with thy seruant according to thy mercie, and teache me thy statutes.
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- I am thy seruant: graunt mee therefore vnderstanding, that I may knowe thy testimonies.
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- It is time for thee Lorde to worke: for they haue destroyed thy Lawe.
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- Therefore loue I thy commaundements aboue golde, yea, aboue most fine golde.
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- Therefore I esteeme all thy precepts most iust, and hate all false wayes.
Pe.
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- Thy testimonies are wonderfull: therefore doeth my soule keepe them.
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- The entrance into thy wordes sheweth light, and giueth vnderstanding to the simple.
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- I opened my mouth and panted, because I loued thy commaundements.
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- Looke vpon mee and bee mercifull vnto me, as thou vsest to doe vnto those that loue thy Name.
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- Direct my steppes in thy worde, and let none iniquitie haue dominion ouer me.
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- Deliuer mee from the oppression of men, and I will keepe thy precepts.
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- Shew the light of thy countenance vpon thy seruant, and teache me thy statutes.
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- Mine eyes gush out with riuers of water, because they keepe not thy Lawe.
Tsaddi.
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- Righteous art thou, O Lorde, and iust are thy iudgements.
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- Thou hast commaunded iustice by thy testimonies and trueth especially.
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- My zeale hath euen consumed mee, because mine enemies haue forgotten thy wordes.
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- Thy word is prooued most pure, and thy seruant loueth it.
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- I am smal and despised: yet do I not forget thy precepts.
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- Thy righteousnesse is an euerlasting righteousnes, and thy Lawe is trueth.
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- Trouble and anguish are come vpon me: yet are thy commandements my delite.
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- The righteousnes of thy testimonies is euerlasting: graunt me vnderstanding, and I shal liue.
Koph.
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- I haue cried with my whole heart: heare me, O Lord, and I will keepe thy statutes.
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- I called vpon thee: saue mee, and I will keepe thy testimonies.
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- I preuented the morning light, and cried: for I waited on thy word.
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- Mine eyes preuent the night watches to meditate in thy word.
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- Heare my voyce according to thy louing kindenesse: O Lord, quicken me according to thy iudgement.
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- They drawe neere, that follow after malice, and are farre from thy Lawe.
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- Thou art neere, O Lorde: for all thy commaundements are true.
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- I haue knowen long since by thy testimonies, that thou hast established them for euer.
Resh.
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- Beholde mine affliction, and deliuer mee: for I haue not forgotten thy Lawe.
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- Pleade my cause, and deliuer me: quicken me according vnto thy word.
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- Saluation is farre from the wicked, because they seeke not thy statutes.
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- Great are thy tender mercies, O Lorde: quicken me according to thy iudgements.
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- My persecutours and mine oppressours are many: yet doe I not swarue from thy testimonies.
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- I saw the transgressours and was grieued, because they kept not thy worde.
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- Consider, O Lorde, how I loue thy preceptes: quicken mee according to thy louing kindenesse.
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- The beginning of thy worde is trueth, and all the iudgements of thy righteousnesse endure for euer.
Schin.
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- Princes haue persecuted mee without cause, but mine heart stood in awe of thy wordes.
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- I reioyce at thy worde, as one that findeth a great spoyle.
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- I hate falshoode and abhorre it, but thy Lawe doe I loue.
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- Seuen times a day doe I praise thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.
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- They that loue thy Law, shall haue great prosperitie, and they shall haue none hurt.
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- Lord, I haue trusted in thy saluation, and haue done thy commandements.
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- My soule hath kept thy testimonies: for 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 complaint come before thee, O Lord, and giue me vnderstanding, according vnto thy worde.
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- Let my supplication come before thee, and deliuer me according to thy promes.
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- My lippes shall speake praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
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- My tongue shall intreate of thy word: for all thy commaundements are righteous.
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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 Lorde, and thy Lawe is my delite.
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- Let my soule liue, and it shall praise thee, and thy iudgements shall helpe me.
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- I haue gone astraye like a lost sheepe: seeke thy seruant, for I doe not forget thy commaundements.
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