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Meditations and Prayers Relating to the Law of God.
Aleph.
1 How blessed are those whose way is
1Ablameless,
Who
Bwalk in the law of the Loʀᴅ.
2 How blessed are those who
Aobserve His testimonies,
Who
Bseek Him
Cwith all
their heart.
3 They also
Ado no unrighteousness;
They walk in His ways.
4 You have
1Aordained Your precepts,
2That we should keep
them diligently.
5 Oh that my
Aways may be established
6 Then I
Ashall not be ashamed
When I look
1upon all Your commandments.
7 I shall
Agive thanks to You with uprightness of heart,
When I learn Your righteous judgments.
8 I shall keep Your statutes;
Do not
Aforsake me utterly!
Beth.
9 How can a young man keep his way pure?
By
Akeeping
it according to Your word.
10 With
Aall my heart I have sought You;
Do not let me
Bwander from Your commandments.
11 Your word I have
Atreasured in my heart,
That I may not sin against You.
12 Blessed are You, O Loʀᴅ;
13 With my lips I have
Atold of
All the
Bordinances of Your mouth.
14 I have
Arejoiced in the way of Your testimonies,
1As much as in all riches.
15 I will
Ameditate on Your precepts
16 I shall
1Adelight in Your statutes;
I shall
Bnot forget Your word.
Gimel.
17 ADeal bountifully with Your servant,
That I may live and keep Your word.
18 Open my eyes, that I may behold
Wonderful things from Your law.
19 I am a
Astranger in the earth;
Do not hide Your commandments from me.
20 My soul is crushed
1Awith longing
After Your ordinances at all times.
21 You
Arebuke the arrogant,
1the
Bcursed,
Who
Cwander from Your commandments.
22 ATake away reproach and contempt from me,
For I
Bobserve Your testimonies.
23 Even though
Aprinces sit
and talk against me,
Your servant
Bmeditates on Your statutes.
24 Your testimonies also are my
Adelight;
Daleth.
25 My
Asoul cleaves to the dust;
BRevive me
Caccording to Your word.
26 I have told of my ways, and You have answered me;
27 Make me understand the way of Your precepts,
So I will
Ameditate on Your wonders.
28 My
Asoul
1weeps because of grief;
BStrengthen me according to Your word.
29 Remove the false way from me,
And graciously grant me Your law.
30 I have chosen the faithful way;
I have
1placed Your ordinances
before me. 31 I
Acling to Your testimonies;
O Loʀᴅ, do not put me to shame!
32 I shall run the way of Your commandments,
For You will
Aenlarge my heart.
He.
33 ATeach me, O Loʀᴅ, the way of Your statutes,
And I shall observe it to the end.
34 AGive me understanding, that I may
Bobserve Your law
And keep it
Cwith all
my heart.
35 Make me walk in the
Apath of Your commandments,
36 AIncline my heart to Your testimonies
And not to
Bdishonest gain.
37 Turn away my
Aeyes from looking at vanity,
And
Brevive me in Your ways.
38 AEstablish Your
1word to Your servant,
2As that which produces reverence for You.
39 ATurn away my reproach which I dread,
For Your ordinances are good.
40 Behold, I
Along for Your precepts;
Revive me through Your righteousness.
Vav.
41 May Your
Alovingkindnesses also come to me, O Loʀᴅ,
Your salvation
Baccording to Your
1word;
42 So I will have an
Aanswer for him who
Breproaches me,
For I trust in Your word.
43 And do not take the word of truth utterly out of my mouth,
For I
1Await for Your ordinances.
44 So I will
Akeep Your law continually,
Forever and ever.
45 And I will
Awalk
1at liberty,
For I
Bseek Your precepts.
46 I will also speak of Your testimonies
Abefore kings
And shall not be ashamed.
47 I shall
1Adelight in Your commandments,
48 And I shall lift up my hands to Your commandments,
And I will
Bmeditate on Your statutes.
Zayin.
49 Remember the word to Your servant,
1In which You have made me hope.
50 This is my
Acomfort in my affliction,
That Your word has
1revived me.
51 The arrogant
Autterly deride me,
Yet I do not
Bturn aside from Your law.
52 I have
Aremembered Your ordinances from
1of old, O Loʀᴅ,
And comfort myself.
53 Burning
Aindignation has seized me because of the wicked,
54 Your statutes are my songs
In the house of my
Apilgrimage.
55 O Loʀᴅ, I
Aremember Your name
Bin the night,
And keep Your law.
56 This has become mine,
1That I
Aobserve Your precepts.
Heth.
57 The Loʀᴅ is my
Aportion;
I have
1promised to
Bkeep Your words.
58 I
Asought Your favor
Bwith all
my heart;
CBe gracious to me
Daccording to Your
1word.
And turned my feet to Your testimonies.
60 I hastened and did not delay
To keep Your commandments.
61 The
Acords of the wicked have encircled me,
But I have
Bnot forgotten Your law.
62 At
Amidnight I shall rise to give thanks to You
Because of Your
Brighteous ordinances.
63 I am a
Acompanion of all those who
1fear You,
And of those who keep Your precepts.
64 AThe earth is full of Your lovingkindness, O Loʀᴅ;
Teth.
65 You have dealt well with Your servant,
O Loʀᴅ, according to Your word.
66 Teach me good
1Adiscernment and knowledge,
For I believe in Your commandments.
67 ABefore I was afflicted I went astray,
But now I keep Your word.
68 You are
Agood and
Bdo good;
69 The arrogant
1have
Aforged a lie against me;
With all
my heart I will
Bobserve Your precepts.
70 Their heart is
1Acovered with fat,
But I
Bdelight in Your law.
71 It is
Agood for me that I was afflicted,
That I may learn Your statutes.
72 The
Alaw of Your mouth is better to me
Than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
Yodh.
73 AYour hands made me and
1fashioned me;
BGive me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.
74 May those who
1fear You
Asee me and be glad,
Because I
2Bwait for Your word.
75 I know, O Loʀᴅ, that Your judgments are
Arighteous,
And that
Bin faithfulness You have afflicted me.
76 O may Your lovingkindness
1comfort me,
According to Your
2word to Your servant.
77 May
AYour compassion come to me that I may live,
For Your law is my
Bdelight.
78 May
Athe arrogant be ashamed, for they subvert me
Bwith a lie;
But I shall
Cmeditate on Your precepts.
79 May those who
1fear You turn to me,
Even those who know Your testimonies.
80 May my heart be
1Ablameless in Your statutes,
So that I will not
Bbe ashamed.
Kaph.
81 My
Asoul languishes for Your salvation;
82 My
Aeyes fail
with longing for Your
1word,
2While I say, “When will You comfort me?”
83 Though I have
Abecome like a wineskin in the smoke,
I do
Bnot forget Your statutes.
84 How many are the
Adays of Your servant?
When will You
Bexecute judgment on those who persecute me?
85 The arrogant have
Adug pits for me,
Men who are not
1in accord with Your law.
86 All Your commandments are
Afaithful;
They have
Bpersecuted me with a lie;
Chelp me!
87 They almost destroyed me
1on earth,
But as for me, I
Adid not forsake Your precepts.
88 Revive me according to Your lovingkindness,
So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth.
Lamedh.
Your word
1is settled in heaven.
90 Your
Afaithfulness
continues 1throughout all generations;
You
Bestablished the earth, and it
Cstands.
91 They stand this day according to Your
Aordinances,
For
Ball things are Your servants.
92 If Your law had not been my
Adelight,
Then I would have perished
Bin my affliction.
93 I will
Anever forget Your precepts,
For by them You have
1Brevived me.
For I have
Bsought Your precepts.
95 The wicked
Await for me to destroy me;
I shall diligently consider Your testimonies.
96 I have seen
1a limit to all perfection;
Your commandment is exceedingly broad.
Mem.
97 O how I
Alove Your law!
It is my
Bmeditation all the day.
98 Your
Acommandments make me wiser than my enemies,
99 I have more insight than all my teachers,
For Your testimonies are my
Ameditation.
100 I understand
Amore than the aged,
Because I have
Bobserved Your precepts.
101 I have
Arestrained my feet from every evil way,
That I may keep Your word.
102 I have not
Aturned aside from Your ordinances,
For You Yourself have taught me.
103 How
Asweet are Your
1words to my
2taste!
Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 From Your precepts I
Aget understanding;
Therefore I
Bhate every false way.
Nun.
105 Your word is a
Alamp to my feet
And a light to my path.
106 I have
Asworn and I will confirm it,
That I will keep Your righteous ordinances.
107 I am exceedingly
Aafflicted;
1BRevive me, O Loʀᴅ, according to Your word.
108 O accept the
Afreewill offerings of my mouth, O Loʀᴅ,
And
Bteach me Your ordinances.
109 My
1Alife is continually
2in my hand,
Yet I do not
Bforget Your law.
110 The wicked have
Alaid a snare for me,
Yet I have not
Bgone astray from Your precepts.
111 I have
Ainherited Your testimonies forever,
For they are the
Bjoy of my heart.
112 I have
Ainclined my heart to perform Your statutes
Forever,
even Bto the end.
Samekh.
113 I hate those who are
Adouble-minded,
114 You are my
Ahiding place and my
Bshield;
115 ADepart from me, evildoers,
That I may
Bobserve the commandments of my God.
116 ASustain me according to Your
1word, that I may live;
And
Bdo not let me be
2ashamed of my hope.
117 Uphold me that I may be
Asafe,
That I may
Bhave regard for Your statutes continually.
118 You have
1rejected all those
Awho wander from Your statutes,
For their deceitfulness is
2useless.
119 You have
1removed all the wicked of the earth
like Adross;
Therefore I
Blove Your testimonies.
120 My flesh
1Atrembles for fear of You,
And I am
Bafraid of Your judgments.
Ayin.
121 I have
Adone justice and righteousness;
Do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 Be
Asurety for Your servant for good;
Do not let the arrogant
Boppress me.
123 My
Aeyes fail
with longing for Your salvation
And for Your righteous
1word.
124 Deal with Your servant
Aaccording to Your lovingkindness
And
Bteach me Your statutes.
125 AI am Your servant;
Bgive me understanding,
That I may know Your testimonies.
126 It is time for the Loʀᴅ to
Aact,
For they have broken Your law.
127 Therefore I
Alove Your commandments
Above gold, yes, above fine gold.
128 Therefore I esteem right all
Your Aprecepts concerning everything,
Pe.
129 Your testimonies are
Awonderful;
Therefore my soul
Bobserves them.
130 The
Aunfolding of Your words gives light;
It gives
Bunderstanding to the simple.
131 I
Aopened my mouth wide and
Bpanted,
For I
Clonged for Your commandments.
132 ATurn to me and be gracious to me,
After Your manner
1with those who love Your name.
133 Establish my
Afootsteps in Your
1word,
And do not let any iniquity
Bhave dominion over me.
134 ARedeem me from the oppression of man,
That I may keep Your precepts.
135 AMake Your face shine upon Your servant,
And
Bteach me Your statutes.
136 My eyes
1shed
Astreams of water,
Because they
Bdo not keep Your law.
Tsadhe.
137 ARighteous are You, O Loʀᴅ,
And upright are Your judgments.
138 You have commanded Your testimonies in
Arighteousness
And exceeding
Bfaithfulness.
139 My
Azeal has
1consumed me,
Because my adversaries have forgotten Your words.
140 Your
1Aword is very
2pure,
Therefore Your servant
Bloves it.
141 I am small and
Adespised,
Yet I do not
Bforget Your precepts.
142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,
143 Trouble and anguish have
1come upon me,
Yet Your commandments are my
Adelight.
144 Your
Atestimonies are righteous forever;
BGive me understanding that I may live.
Qoph.
145 I cried
Awith all my heart; answer me, O Loʀᴅ!
I will
Bobserve Your statutes.
146 I cried to You;
Asave me
And I shall keep Your testimonies.
147 I
1Arise before dawn and cry for help;
148 My eyes anticipate the
Anight watches,
That I may
Bmeditate on Your
1word.
149 Hear my voice
Aaccording to Your lovingkindness;
BRevive me, O Loʀᴅ, according to Your ordinances.
150 Those who follow after wickedness draw near;
They are far from Your law.
151 You are
Anear, O Loʀᴅ,
And all Your commandments are
Btruth.
152 Of old I have
Aknown from Your testimonies
That You have founded them
Bforever.
Resh.
153 ALook upon my
Baffliction and rescue me,
For I do not
Cforget Your law.
154 APlead my cause and
Bredeem me;
Revive me according to Your
1word.
155 Salvation is
Afar from the wicked,
For they
Bdo not seek Your statutes.
156 1AGreat are Your mercies, O Loʀᴅ;
Revive me according to Your ordinances.
157 Many are my
Apersecutors and my adversaries,
Yet I do not
Bturn aside from Your testimonies.
158 I behold the
Atreacherous and
Bloathe
them, Because they do not keep Your
1word.
159 Consider how I
Alove Your precepts;
BRevive me, O Loʀᴅ, according to Your lovingkindness.
160 The
Asum of Your word is
Btruth,
And every one of Your righteous ordinances
Cis everlasting.
Shin.
161 APrinces persecute me without cause,
But my heart
Bstands in awe of Your words.
162 I
Arejoice at Your
1word,
As one who
Bfinds great spoil.
163 I
Ahate and despise falsehood,
164 Seven times a day I praise You,
Because of Your
Arighteous ordinances.
165 Those who love Your law have
Agreat peace,
And
1Bnothing causes them to stumble.
166 I
Ahope for Your salvation, O Loʀᴅ,
And do Your commandments.
167 My
Asoul keeps Your testimonies,
And I
Blove them exceedingly.
168 I
Akeep Your precepts and Your testimonies,
For all my
Bways are before You.
Tav.
169 Let my
Acry
1come before You, O Loʀᴅ;
BGive me understanding
Caccording to Your word.
170 Let my
Asupplication come before You;
BDeliver me according to Your
1word.
171 Let my
Alips utter praise,
For You
Bteach me Your statutes.
172 Let my
Atongue sing of Your
1word,
For all Your
Bcommandments are righteousness.
173 Let Your
Ahand be
1ready to help me,
For I have
Bchosen Your precepts.
174 I
Along for Your salvation, O Loʀᴅ,
And Your law is my
Bdelight.
175 Let my
Asoul live that it may praise You,
And let Your ordinances help me.
176 I have
Agone astray like a lost sheep; seek Your servant,
For I do
Bnot forget Your commandments.