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The psalmist's delight in God's word. Thy word is very † pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.

I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.

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

Trouble and anguish have † taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.

The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.

קH.

I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O : I will keep thy statutes.

I cried unto thee; save me, ‖ and I shall keep thy testimonies.

I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.

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

Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O, quicken me according to thy judgment.

They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.

Thou art near, O ; and all thy commandments are truth.

Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.

רH.

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

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

Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.

‖ Great are thy tender mercies, O : quicken me according to thy judgments.

Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.

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

Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O, according to thy lovingkindness.

† Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.

שN.

Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.

I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.

Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.

Great peace have they which love thy law: and † nothing shall offend them.

, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.

My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.

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

תU.

Let my cry come near before thee, O : give me understanding according to thy word.

Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.

My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.

Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.

I have longed for thy salvation, O ; and thy law is my delight.

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

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments. 

A Song of degrees.

N my distress I cried unto the, and he heard me.

Deliver my soul, O, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

‖ What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be † done unto thee, thou false tongue?

‖ Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

I am ‖ for peace: but when I speak, they are for war. 

The great safety of the godly, who put their trust in God's protection. A Song of degrees.

‖ Will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.