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2. Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill-offerings of 108

my mouth, O JEHOVAH,

and teach me thy judgments.

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

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. The wicked have laid a snare for me:

yet I erred not from thy precepts.

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. Thy testimonies have I taken as a perpetual 111 heritage:

for they are the delight of my heart.

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D. Depart from me, ye evil-doers:

for the precepts of my GOD I will observe.

. Uphold me according unto thy word, that I 116 may live :

and let me not be ashamed of my hope.

D. Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe:

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and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.

p. Thou treadest down all those who err from thy 118

statutes:

for their deceit is falsehood.

D. The wicked of the earth thou rejectest like dross: 119 therefore I love thy testimonies.

D. My flesh trembleth for fear of thee;

and of thy judgments I am afraid.

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AIN.

Judgment and justice I have done: leave me not to mine oppressors.

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

123 . Mine eyes fail for thy salvation,

and for the word of thy righteousness.

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

125 . I am thy servant: give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.

126 : It is time for thee, JEHOVAH, to act: for they have made void thy law.

127. I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.

128 y. Therefore I esteem all thy all-righteous pre

129 D.

cepts;

and I hate every false way.

PHE.

Wonderful are thy testimonies : therefore my soul keepeth them.

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

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

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D. Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy

name.

133 D. Regulate my steps according to thy word: and let no iniquity have dominion over me.

D. Deliver me from the oppression of man:

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so will I keep thy precepts.

D. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant;

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3. Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me:

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hear me, O JEHOVAH: I will keep thy statutes.

. I cry unto thee;

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save me, and I will keep thy testimonies.

p. I prevent the dawning of the morning, and cry: 147

I hope in thy word.

148. Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I may meditate in thy word.

149 P. Hear my voice according unto thy loving-kind

'ness:

O JEHOVAH, quicken me according to thy jus

tice.

150 . They are near who follow mischief:
but far from thy law.

151. Thou, JEHOVAH, to me art nigh;
and all thy commandments are truth.

152 . Concerning thy testimonies,

I have known of old that thou hast founded

them for ever.

RESH,

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

154 . Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.

155. Salvation is far from the wicked:

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7. Great are thy tender mercies, O JEHOVAH :
revive me according to thy justice.

. Though many are my persecutors and enemies;
yet decline I not from thy testimonies.

158. I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.

159. Consider how I love thy precepts:

quicken me, O JEHOVAH, according to thy loving-kindness.

160. Faithful was thy word from the begining: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.

SHIN.

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Chiefs have persecuted me without a cause:

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yet my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

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. Great peace have they who love thy law:

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and nothing shall offend them.

. JEHOVAH, I have hoped for thy salvation,

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and done thy commandments.

. My soul hath kept thy testimonies;

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and I love them exceedingly.

. I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies : for all my ways are before thee.

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THAU.

Let my cry approach thee, O JEHOVAH : give me understanding according to thy word.

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Let my supplication come before thee:

deliver me according to thy word.

. My lips shall utter praisé,

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n. I have longed for thy salvation, O JEHOVAH ;

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and thy law is my delight.

. Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee: and let thy judgments help me.

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