When I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly. BETH Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? That I might not sin against thee. Blessed art thou, O Lord: Teach me thy statutes. With my lips have I declared All the judgments of thy mouth. I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, I will meditate in thy precepts, GIMEL Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, And keep thy word. Open thou mine eyes, That I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. I am a stranger in the earth: Hide not thy commandments from me. That it hath unto thy judgments at all times. Princes also did sit and speak against me: DALETH My soul cleaveth unto the dust: Quicken thou me according to thy word. I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: Teach me thy statutes. Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: So shall I talk of thy wondrous works. My soul melteth for heaviness: Strengthen thou me according unto thy word. I will run the way of thy commandments, HE Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes; And I shall keep it unto the end. Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; For therein do I delight. Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, And not to covetousness. Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; And quicken thou me in thy way. Stablish thy word unto thy servant, Who is devoted to thy fear. Turn away my reproach which I fear: For thy judgments are good. Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness. VAU Let thy mercies come also unto me, O Lord, So shall I have wherewith to answer him that re proacheth me: For I trust in thy word. And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; For I have hoped in thy judgments. So shall I keep thy law continually And I will walk at liberty: For I seek thy precepts. I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, And will not be ashamed. And I will delight myself in thy commandments, Which I have loved. My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; And I will meditate in thy statutes. ZAIN Remember the word unto thy servant, For thy word hath quickened me. The proud have had me greatly in derision: I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord; Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked That forsake thy law. Thy statutes have been my songs In the house of my pilgrimage. I have remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night, And have kept thy law. This I had, Because I kept thy precepts. CHETH Thou art my portion, O Lord: I have said that I would keep thy words. And turned my feet unto thy testimonies. I made haste, and delayed not To keep thy commandments. The bands of the wicked have robbed me: At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee I am a companion of all them that fear thee, The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: TETH Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Lord, according unto thy word. |