Alleluia. Blessed are the blameless in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
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Blessed are they that search out his testimonies: they will diligently seek him with the whole heart.
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For they that work iniquity have not walked in his ways.
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Thou hast commanded [us] diligently to keep thy precepts.
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O that my ways were directed to keep thine ordinances.
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Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to all thy commandments.
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I will give thee thanks with uprightness of heart, when I have learnt the judgments of thy righteousness.
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I will keep thine ordinances: O forsake me not greatly.
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Wherewith shall a young man direct his way? by keeping thy words.
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With my whole heart have I diligently sought thee: cast me not away from thy commandments.
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I have hidden thine oracles in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.
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Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thine ordinances.
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With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
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I have delighted in the way of thy testimonies, [as much] as in all riches.
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I will meditate on thy commandments, and consider thy ways.
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I will meditate on thine ordinances: I will not forget thy words.
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Render a recompence to thy servant: [so] shall I live, and keep thy words.
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Unveil thou mine eyes, and I shall perceive wondrous things out of thy law.
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I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
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My soul has longed exceedingly for thy judgments at all times.
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Thou hast rebuked the proud: cursed are they that turn aside from thy commandments.
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Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have sought out thy testimonies.
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For princes sat and spoke against me: but thy servant was meditating on thine ordinances.
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For thy testimonies are my meditation, and thine ordinances are my counsellors.
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My soul has cleaved to the ground; quicken thou me according to thy word.
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I declared my ways, and thou didst hear me; teach me thine ordinances.
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Instruct me in the way of thine ordinances; and I will meditate on thy wondrous works.
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My soul has slumbered for sorrow; strengthen thou me with thy words.
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Remove from me the way of iniquity; and be merciful to me by thy law.
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I have chosen the way of truth; and have not forgotten thy judgments.
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I have cleaved to thy testimonies, O Lord; put me not to shame.
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I ran the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart.
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Teach me, O Lord, the way of thine ordinances, and I will seek it out continually.
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Instruct me, and I will search out thy law, and will keep it with my whole heart.
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Guide me in the path of thy commandments; for I have delighted in it.
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Incline mine heart to thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
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Turn away mine eyes that I may not behold vanity: quicken thou me in thy way.
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Confirm thine oracle to thy servant, that he may fear thee.
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Take away my reproach which I have feared: for thy judgments are good.
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Behold, I have desired thy commandments: quicken me in thy righteousness.
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And let thy mercy come upon me, O Lord; [even] thy salvation, according to thy word.
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And [so] I shall render an answer to them that reproach me: for I have trusted in thy words.
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And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
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So shall I keep thy law continually, for ever and ever.
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I walked also at large: for I sought out thy commandments.
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And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings, and was not ashamed.
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And I meditated on thy commandments, which I loved exceedingly.
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And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments which I loved; and I meditated in thine ordinances.
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Remember thy words to thy servant, wherein thou hast made me hope.
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This has comforted me in mine affliction: for thine oracle has quickened me.
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The proud have transgressed exceedingly; but I swerved not from thy law.
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I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord; and was comforted.
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Despair took hold upon me, because of the sinners who forsake thy law.
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Thine ordinances were my songs in the place of my sojourning.
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I remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night, and kept thy law.
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This I had, because I diligently sought thine ordinances.
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Thou art my portion, O Lord: I said that I would keep thy law.
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I besought thy favour with my whole heart: have mercy upon me according to thy word.
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I thought on thy ways, and turned my feet to thy testimonies.
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I prepared myself, (and was not terrified,) to keep thy commandments.
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The snares of sinners entangled me: but I forgot not thy law.
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At midnight I arose, to give thanks to thee for the judgments of thy righteousness.
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I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy commandments.
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O Lord, the earth is full of thy mercy: teach me thine ordinances.
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Thou hast wrought kindly with thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word.
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Teach me kindness, and instruction, and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
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Before I was afflicted, I transgressed; therefore have I kept thy word.
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Good art thou, O Lord; therefore in thy goodness teach me thine ordinances.
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The injustice of the proud has been multiplied against me: but I will search out thy commandments with all my heart.
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Their heart has been curdled like milk; but I have meditated on thy law.
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[It is] good for me that thou hast afflicted me; that I might learn thine ordinances.
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The law of thy mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver.
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Thy hands have made me, and fashioned me: instruct me, that I may learn thy commandments.
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They that fear thee will see me and rejoice: for I have hoped in thy words.
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I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are righteousness, and [that] thou in truthfulness hast afflicted me.
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Let, I pray thee, thy mercy be to comfort me, according to thy word to thy servant.
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Let thy compassions come to me, that I may live: for thy law is my meditation.
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Let the proud be ashamed; for they transgressed against me unjustly: but I will meditate in thy commandments.
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Let those that fear thee, and those that know thy testimonies, turn to me.
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Let mine heart be blameless in thine ordinances, that I may not be ashamed.
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My soul faints for thy salvation: I have hoped in thy words.
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Mine eyes failed [in waiting] for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
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For I am become as a bottle in the frost: [yet] I have not forgotten thine ordinances.
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How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment for me on them that persecute me?
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Transgressors told me [idle tales]; but not according to thy law, O Lord.
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All thy commandments are truth; they persecuted me unjustly; help thou me.
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They nearly made an end of me in the earth; but I forsook not thy commandments.
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Quicken me according to thy mercy; so shall I keep the testimonies of thy mouth.
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Thy word, O Lord, abides in heaven for ever.
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Thy truth [endures] to all generations; thou hast founded the earth, and it abides.
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The day continues by thy arrangement; for all things are thy servants.
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Were it not that thy law is my meditation, then I should have perished in mine affliction.
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I will never forget thine ordinances; for with them thou hast quickened me.
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I am thine, save me; for I have sought out thine ordinances.
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Sinners laid wait for me to destroy me; [but] I understood thy testimonies.
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I have seen an end of all perfection; [but] thy commandment is very broad.
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How I have loved thy law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day.
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Thou hast made me wiser than mine enemies [in] thy commandment; for it is mine for ever.
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I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my meditation.
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I understand more than the aged; because I have sought out thy commandments.
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I have kept back my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy words.
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I have not declined from thy judgments; for thou hast instructed me.
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How sweet are thine oracles to my throat! more so than honey to my mouth!
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I gain understanding by thy commandments: therefore I have hated every way of unrighteousness.
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Thy law is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths.
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I have sworn and determined to keep the judgments of thy righteousness.
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I have been very greatly afflicted, O Lord: quicken me, according to thy word.
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Accept, I pray thee, O Lord, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, and teach me thy judgments.
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My soul is continually in thine hands; and I have not forgotten thy law.
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Sinners spread a snare for me; but I erred not from thy commandments.
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I have inherited thy testimonies for ever; for they are the joy of my heart.
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I have inclined my heart to perform thine ordinances for ever, in return [for thy mercies].
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I have hated transgressors; but I have loved thy law.
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Thou art my helper and my supporter; I have hoped in thy words.
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Depart from me, ye evil-doers; for I will search out the commandments of my God.
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Uphold me according to thy word, and quicken me; and make me not ashamed of my expectation.
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Help me, and I shall be saved; and I will meditate in thine ordinances continually.
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Thou hast brought to nought all that depart from thine ordinances; for their inward thought is unrighteous.
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I have reckoned all the sinners of the earth as transgressors; therefore have I loved thy testimonies.
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Penetrate my flesh with thy fear; for I am afraid of thy judgments.
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I have done judgment and justice; deliver me not up to them that injure me.
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Receive thy servant for good: let not the proud accuse me falsely.
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Mine eyes have failed for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
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Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy, and teach me thine ordinances.
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I am thy servant; instruct me, and I shall know thy testimonies.
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[It is] time for the Lord to work: they have utterly broken thy law.
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Therefore have I loved thy commandments more than gold, or the topaz.
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Therefore I directed myself [according] to all thy commandments: I have hated every unjust way.
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Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul has sought them out.
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The manifestation of thy words will enlighten, and instruct the simple.
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I opened my mouth, and drew breath: for I earnestly longed after thy commandments.
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Look upon me and have mercy upon me, after the manner of them that love thy name.
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Order my steps according to thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
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Deliver me from the false accusation of men: so will I keep thy commandments.
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Cause thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thine ordinances.
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Mine eyes have been bathed in streams of water, because I kept not thy law.
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Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments.
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Thou hast commanded righteousness and perfect truth, [as] thy testimonies.
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Thy zeal has quite wasted me: because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
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Thy word [has been] very fully tried; and thy servant loves it.
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I am young and despised: [yet] I have not forgotten thine ordinances.
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Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is truth.
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Afflictions and distresses found me: [but] thy commandments [were] my meditation.
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Thy testimonies [are] an everlasting righteousness: instruct me, and I shall live.
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I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord: I will search out thine ordinances.
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I cried to thee; save me, and I will keep thy testimonies.
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I arose before the dawn, and cried: I hoped in thy words.
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Mine eyes prevented the dawn, that I might meditate on thine oracles.
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Hear my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy; quicken me according to thy judgment.
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They have drawn nigh who persecuted me unlawfully; and they are far removed from thy law.
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Thou art near, O Lord; and all thy ways are truth.
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I have known of old concerning thy testimonies, that thou hast founded them for ever.
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Look upon mine affliction, and rescue me; for I have not forgotten thy law.
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Plead my cause, and ransom me: quicken me because of thy word.
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Salvation is far from sinners: for they have not searched out thine ordinances.
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Thy mercies, O Lord, are many: quicken me according to thy judgment.
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Many are they that persecute me and oppress me: [but] I have not declined from thy testimonies.
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I beheld men acting foolishly, and I pined away; for they kept not thine oracles.
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Behold, I have loved thy commandments, O Lord: quicken me in thy mercy.
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The beginning of thy words is truth; and all the judgments of thy righteousness [endure] for ever.
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Princes persecuted me without a cause, but my heart feared because of thy words.
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I will exult because of thine oracles, as one that finds much spoil.
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I hate and abhor unrighteousness; but I love thy law.
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Seven times in a day have I praised thee because of the judgments of thy righteousness.
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Great peace have they that love thy law: and there is no stumbling-block to them.
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I waited for thy salvation, O Lord, and have loved thy commandments.
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My soul has kept thy testimonies, and loved them exceedingly.
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I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies; for all my ways are before thee, O Lord.
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Let my supplication come near before thee, O Lord; instruct me according to thine oracle.
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Let my petition come in before thee, O Lord; deliver me according to thine oracle.
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Let my lips utter a hymn, when thou shalt have taught me thine ordinances.
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Let my tongue utter thine oracles; for all thy commandments are righteous.
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Let thine hand be [prompt] to save me; for I have chosen thy commandments.
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I have longed after thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my meditation.
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My soul shall live, and shall praise thee; and thy judgments shall help me.
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I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I have not forgotten thy commandments.
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