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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1How happy are those whose way is blameless, who live according to the LORD's instruction! |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Happy are those who keep His decrees and seek Him with all their heart. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3They do nothing wrong; they follow His ways. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4You have commanded that Your precepts be diligently kept. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5If only my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes! |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Then I would not be ashamed when I think about all Your commands. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7I will praise You with a sincere heart when I learn Your righteous judgments. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8I will keep Your statutes; never abandon me. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping Your word. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10I have sought You with all my heart; don't let me wander from Your commands. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11I have treasured Your word in my heart so that I may not sin against You. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12 LORD, may You be praised; teach me Your statutes. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13With my lips I proclaim all the judgments from Your mouth. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14I rejoice in the way revealed by Your decrees as much as in all riches. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15I will meditate on Your precepts and think about Your ways. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Deal generously with Your servant so that I might live; then I will keep Your word. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Open my eyes so that I may contemplate wonderful things from Your instruction. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19I am a stranger on earth; do not hide Your commands from me. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20I am continually overcome with longing for Your judgments. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21You rebuke the proud, the ones under a curse, who wander from Your commands. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Take insult and contempt away from me, for I have kept Your decrees. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Though princes sit together speaking against me, Your servant will think about Your statutes; |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24Your decrees are my delight and my counselors. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25My life is down in the dust; give me life through Your word. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26I told You about my life, and You listened to me; teach me Your statutes. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Help me understand the meaning of Your precepts so that I can meditate on Your wonders. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28I am weary from grief; strengthen me through Your word. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29Keep me from the way of deceit and graciously give me Your instruction. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31I cling to Your decrees; LORD, do not put me to shame. |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32I pursue the way of Your commands, for You broaden my understanding. |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33Teach me, LORD, the meaning of Your statutes, and I will always keep them. |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34Help me understand Your instruction, and I will obey it and follow it with all my heart. |
| 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35Help me stay on the path of Your commands, for I take pleasure in it. |
| 36[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 36Turn my heart to Your decrees and not to material gain. |
| 37[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 37Turn my eyes from looking at what is worthless; give me life in Your ways. |
| 38[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 38Confirm what You said to Your servant, for it produces reverence for You. |
| 39[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 39Turn away the disgrace I dread; indeed, Your judgments are good. |
| 40[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 40How I long for Your precepts! Give me life through Your righteousness. |
| 41[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 41Let Your faithful love come to me, LORD, Your salvation, as You promised. |
| 42[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 42Then I can answer the one who taunts me, for I trust in Your word. |
| 43[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 43Never take the word of truth from my mouth, for I hope in Your judgments. |
| 44[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 44I will always obey Your instruction, forever and ever. |
| 45[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 45I will walk freely in an open place because I seek Your precepts. |
| 46[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 46I will speak of Your decrees before kings and not be ashamed. |
| 47[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 47I delight in Your commands, which I love. |
| 48[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 48I will lift up my hands to Your commands, which I love, and will meditate on Your statutes. |
| 49[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 49Remember Your word to Your servant; You have given me hope through it. |
| 50[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 50This is my comfort in my affliction: Your promise has given me life. |
| 51[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 51The arrogant constantly ridicule me, but I do not turn away from Your instruction. |
| 52[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 52 LORD, I remember Your judgments from long ago and find comfort. |
| 53[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 53Rage seizes me because of the wicked who reject Your instruction. |
| 54[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 54Your statutes are the theme of my song during my earthly life. |
| 55[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 55Yahweh, I remember Your name in the night, and I obey Your instruction. |
| 56[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 56This is my practice: I obey Your precepts. |
| 57[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 57The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words. |
| 58[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 58I have sought Your favor with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise. |
| 59[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 59I thought about my ways and turned my steps back to Your decrees. |
| 60[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 60I hurried, not hesitating to keep Your commands. |
| 61[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 61Though the ropes of the wicked were wrapped around me, I did not forget Your instruction. |
| 62[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 62I rise at midnight to thank You for Your righteous judgments. |
| 63[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 63I am a friend to all who fear You, to those who keep Your precepts. |
| 64[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 64 LORD, the earth is filled with Your faithful love; teach me Your statutes. |
| 65[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 65 LORD, You have treated Your servant well, just as You promised. |
| 66[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 66Teach me good judgment and discernment, for I rely on Your commands. |
| 67[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 67Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep Your word. |
| 68[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 68You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes. |
| 69[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 69The arrogant have smeared me with lies, but I obey Your precepts with all my heart. |
| 70[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 70Their hearts are hard and insensitive, but I delight in Your instruction. |
| 71[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 71It was good for me to be afflicted so that I could learn Your statutes. |
| 72[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 72Instruction from Your lips is better for me than thousands of gold and silver pieces. |
| 73[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 73Your hands made me and formed me; give me understanding so that I can learn Your commands. |
| 74[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 74Those who fear You will see me and rejoice, for I put my hope in Your word. |
| 75[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 75I know, LORD, that Your judgments are just and that You have afflicted me fairly. |
| 76[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 76May Your faithful love comfort me as You promised Your servant. |
| 77[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 77May Your compassion come to me so that I may live, for Your instruction is my delight. |
| 78[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 78Let the arrogant be put to shame for slandering me with lies; I will meditate on Your precepts. |
| 79[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 79Let those who fear You, those who know Your decrees, turn to me. |
| 80[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 80May my heart be blameless regarding Your statutes so that I will not be put to shame. |
| 81[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 81I long for Your salvation; I put my hope in Your word. |
| 82[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 82My eyes grow weary looking for what You have promised; I ask, "When will You comfort me?" |
| 83[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 83Though I have become like a wineskin dried by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes. |
| 84[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 84How many days must Your servant wait? When will You execute judgment on my persecutors? |
| 85[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 85The arrogant have dug pits for me; they violate Your instruction. |
| 86[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 86All Your commands are true; people persecute me with lies--help me! |
| 87[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 87They almost ended my life on earth, but I did not abandon Your precepts. |
| 88[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 88Give me life in accordance with Your faithful love, and I will obey the decree You have spoken. |
| 89[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 89 LORD, Your word is forever; it is firmly fixed in heaven. |
| 90[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 90Your faithfulness is for all generations; You established the earth, and it stands firm. |
| 91[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 91They stand today in accordance with Your judgments, for all things are Your servants. |
| 92[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 92If Your instruction had not been my delight, I would have died in my affliction. |
| 93[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 93I will never forget Your precepts, for You have given me life through them. |
| 94[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 94I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts. |
| 95[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 95The wicked hope to destroy me, but I contemplate Your decrees. |
| 96[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 96I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your command is without limit. |
| 97[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 97How I love Your instruction! It is my meditation all day long. |
| 98[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 98Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me. |
| 99[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 99I have more insight than all my teachers because Your decrees are my meditation. |
| 100[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 100I understand more than the elders because I obey Your precepts. |
| 101[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 101I have kept my feet from every evil path to follow Your word. |
| 102[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 102I have not turned from Your judgments, for You Yourself have instructed me. |
| 103[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 103How sweet Your word is to my taste-- sweeter than honey in my mouth. |
| 104[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 104I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way. |
| 105[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 105Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light on my path. |
| 106[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 106I have solemnly sworn to keep Your righteous judgments. |
| 107[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 107I am severely afflicted; LORD, give me life through Your word. |
| 108[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 108 LORD, please accept my willing offerings of praise, and teach me Your judgments. |
| 109[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 109My life is constantly in danger, yet I do not forget Your instruction. |
| 110[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 110The wicked have set a trap for me, but I have not wandered from Your precepts. |
| 111[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 111I have Your decrees as a heritage forever; indeed, they are the joy of my heart. |
| 112[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 112I am resolved to obey Your statutes to the very end. |
| 113[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 113I hate those who are double-minded, but I love Your instruction. |
| 114[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 114You are my shelter and my shield; I put my hope in Your word. |
| 115[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 115Depart from me, you evil ones, so that I may obey my God's commands. |
| 116[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 116Sustain me as You promised, and I will live; do not let me be ashamed of my hope. |
| 117[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 117Sustain me so that I can be safe and always be concerned about Your statutes. |
| 118[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 118You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceit is a lie. |
| 119[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 119You remove all the wicked on earth as if they were dross; therefore, I love Your decrees. |
| 120[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 120I tremble in awe of You; I fear Your judgments. |
| 121[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 121I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors. |
| 122[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 122Guarantee Your servant's well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me. |
| 123[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 123My eyes grow weary looking for Your salvation and for Your righteous promise. |
| 124[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 124Deal with Your servant based on Your faithful love; teach me Your statutes. |
| 125[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 125I am Your servant; give me understanding so that I may know Your decrees. |
| 126[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 126It is time for the LORD to act, for they have violated Your instruction. |
| 127[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 127Since I love Your commands more than gold, even the purest gold, |
| 128[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 128I carefully follow all Your precepts and hate every false way. |
| 129[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 129Your decrees are wonderful; therefore I obey them. |
| 130[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 130The revelation of Your words brings light and gives understanding to the inexperienced. |
| 131[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 131I open my mouth and pant because I long for Your commands. |
| 132[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 132Turn to me and be gracious to me, as is Your practice toward those who love Your name. |
| 133[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 133Make my steps steady through Your promise; don't let any sin dominate me. |
| 134[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 134Redeem me from human oppression, and I will keep Your precepts. |
| 135[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 135Show favor to Your servant, and teach me Your statutes. |
| 136[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 136My eyes pour out streams of tears because people do not follow Your instruction. |
| 137[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 137You are righteous, LORD, and Your judgments are just. |
| 138[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 138The decrees You issue are righteous and altogether trustworthy. |
| 139[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 139My anger overwhelms me because my foes forget Your words. |
| 140[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 140Your word is completely pure, and Your servant loves it. |
| 141[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 141I am insignificant and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts. |
| 142[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 142Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Your instruction is true. |
| 143[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 143Trouble and distress have overtaken me, but Your commands are my delight. |
| 144[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 144Your decrees are righteous forever. Give me understanding, and I will live. |
| 145[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 145I call with all my heart; answer me, LORD. I will obey Your statutes. |
| 146[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 146I call to You; save me, and I will keep Your decrees. |
| 147[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 147I rise before dawn and cry out for help; I put my hope in Your word. |
| 148[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 148I am awake through each watch of the night to meditate on Your promise. |
| 149[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 149In keeping with Your faithful love, hear my voice. LORD, give me life in keeping with Your justice. |
| 150[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 150Those who pursue evil plans come near; they are far from Your instruction. |
| 151[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 151You are near, LORD, and all Your commands are true. |
| 152[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 152Long ago I learned from Your decrees that You have established them forever. |
| 153[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 153Consider my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your instruction. |
| 154[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 154Defend my cause and redeem me; give me life as You promised. |
| 155[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 155Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes. |
| 156[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 156Your compassions are many, LORD; give me life according to Your judgments. |
| 157[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 157My persecutors and foes are many. I have not turned from Your decrees. |
| 158[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 158I have seen the disloyal and feel disgust because they do not keep Your word. |
| 159[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 159Consider how I love Your precepts; LORD, give me life according to Your faithful love. |
| 160[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 160The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever. |
| 161[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 161Princes have persecuted me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word. |
| 162[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 162I rejoice over Your promise like one who finds vast treasure. |
| 163[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 163I hate and abhor falsehood, but I love Your instruction. |
| 164[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 164I praise You seven times a day for Your righteous judgments. |
| 165[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 165Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your instruction; nothing makes them stumble. |
| 166[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 166 LORD, I hope for Your salvation and carry out Your commands. |
| 167[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 167I obey Your decrees and love them greatly. |
| 168[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 168I obey Your precepts and decrees, for all my ways are before You. |
| 169[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 169Let my cry reach You, LORD; give me understanding according to Your word. |
| 170[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 170Let my plea reach You; rescue me according to Your promise. |
| 171[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 171My lips pour out praise, for You teach me Your statutes. |
| 172[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 172My tongue sings about Your promise, for all Your commands are righteous. |
| 173[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 173May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts. |
| 174[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 174I long for Your salvation, LORD, and Your instruction is my delight. |
| 175[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 175Let me live, and I will praise You; may Your judgments help me. |
| 176[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 176I wander like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I do not forget Your commands. |
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