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PsalmsChapter 118<\/span><\/h1>\n

1<\/sup>[ALEPH] Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.<\/span> <\/p>\n

2<\/sup>Blessed are they who search his testimonies: that seek him with their whole heart.<\/span> <\/p>\n

3<\/sup>For they that work iniquity, have not walked in his ways.<\/span> <\/p>\n

4<\/sup>Thou hast commanded thy commandments to be kept most diligently.<\/span> <\/p>\n

5<\/sup>O! that my ways may be directed to keep thy justifications.<\/span> <\/p>\n

6<\/sup>Then shall I not be confounded, when I shall look into all thy commandments.<\/span> <\/p>\n

7<\/sup>I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned the judgments of thy justice.<\/span> <\/p>\n

8<\/sup>I will keep thy justifications: O! do not thou utterly forsake me.<\/span> <\/p>\n

9<\/sup>[BETH] By what doth a young man correct his way? by observing thy words.<\/span> <\/p>\n

10<\/sup>With my whole heart have I sought after thee: let me not stray from thy commandments.<\/span> <\/p>\n

11<\/sup>Thy words have I hidden in my heart, that I may not sin against thee.<\/span> <\/p>\n

12<\/sup>Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy justifications.<\/span> <\/p>\n

13<\/sup>With my lips I have pronounced all the judgments of thy mouth.<\/span> <\/p>\n

14<\/sup>I have been delighted in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches.<\/span> <\/p>\n

15<\/sup>I will meditate on thy commandments: and I will consider thy ways.<\/span> <\/p>\n

16<\/sup>I will think of thy justifications: I will not forget thy words.<\/span> <\/p>\n

17<\/sup>[GIMEL] Give bountifully to thy servant, enliven me: and I shall keep thy words.<\/span> <\/p>\n

18<\/sup>Open thou my eyes: and I will consider the wondrous things of thy law.<\/span> <\/p>\n

19<\/sup>I am a sojourner on the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.<\/span> <\/p>\n

20<\/sup>My soul hath coveted to long for thy justifications, at all times.<\/span> <\/p>\n

21<\/sup>Thou hast rebuked the proud: they are cursed who decline from thy commandments.<\/span> <\/p>\n

22<\/sup>Remove from reproach and contempt: because I have sought after thy testimonies.<\/span> <\/p>\n

23<\/sup>For princes sat, and spoke against me: but thy servant was employed in thy justifications.<\/span> <\/p>\n

24<\/sup>For thy testimonies are my meditation: and thy justifications my counsel.<\/span> <\/p>\n

25<\/sup>[DALETH] My soul hath cleaved to the pavement: quicken thou me according to thy word.<\/span> <\/p>\n

26<\/sup>I have declared my ways, and thou hast heard me: tech me thy justifications.<\/span> <\/p>\n

27<\/sup>Make me to understand the way of thy justifications: and I shall be exercised in thy wondrous works.<\/span> <\/p>\n

28<\/sup>My soul hath slumbered through heaviness: strengthen thou me in thy words.<\/span> <\/p>\n

29<\/sup>Remove from me the way of iniquity: and out of thy law have mercy on me.<\/span> <\/p>\n

30<\/sup>I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments I have not forgotten.<\/span> <\/p>\n

31<\/sup>I have stuck to thy testimonies, O Lord: put me not to shame.<\/span> <\/p>\n

32<\/sup>I have run the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart.<\/span> <\/p>\n

33<\/sup>[HE] Set before me for a law the way of thy justifications, O Lord: and I will always seek after it.<\/span> <\/p>\n

34<\/sup>Give me understanding, and I will search thy law ; and I will keep it with my whole heart.<\/span> <\/p>\n

35<\/sup>Lead me into the path of thy commandments; for this same I have desired.<\/span> <\/p>\n

36<\/sup>Incline my heart into thy testimonies and not to covetousness.<\/span> <\/p>\n

37<\/sup>Turn away my eyes that they may not behold vanity: quicken me in thy way.<\/span> <\/p>\n

38<\/sup>Establish thy word to thy servant, in thy fear.<\/span> <\/p>\n

39<\/sup>Turn away my reproach, which I have apprehended: for thy judgments are delightful.<\/span> <\/p>\n

40<\/sup>Behold I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy justice.<\/span> <\/p>\n

41<\/sup>[VAU] Let thy mercy also come upon me, O Lord: thy salvation according to thy word.<\/span> <\/p>\n

42<\/sup>So shall I answer them that reproach me in any thing; that I have trusted in thy words.<\/span> <\/p>\n

43<\/sup>And take not thou the word of truth utterly out of my mouth: for in thy words have I hoped exceedingly.<\/span> <\/p>\n

44<\/sup>So shall I always keep thy law, for ever and ever.<\/span> <\/p>\n

45<\/sup>And I walked at large: because I have sought after thy commandments.<\/span> <\/p>\n

46<\/sup>And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings: and I was not ashamed.<\/span> <\/p>\n

47<\/sup>I meditated also on thy commandments, which I loved.<\/span> <\/p>\n

48<\/sup>And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments, which I loved: and I was exercised in thy justifications.<\/span> <\/p>\n

49<\/sup>[ZAIN] Be thou mindful of thy word to thy servant, in which thou hast given me hope.<\/span> <\/p>\n

50<\/sup>This hath comforted me in my humiliation: because thy word hath enlivened me.<\/span> <\/p>\n

51<\/sup>The proud did iniquitously altogether: but I declined not from thy law.<\/span> <\/p>\n

52<\/sup>I remembered, O Lord, thy judgments of old: and I was comforted.<\/span> <\/p>\n

53<\/sup>A fainting hath taken hold of me, because of the wicked that forsake thy law.<\/span> <\/p>\n

54<\/sup>Thy justifications were the subject of my song, in the place of my pilgrimage.<\/span> <\/p>\n

55<\/sup>In the night I have remembered thy name, O Lord: and have kept thy law.<\/span> <\/p>\n

56<\/sup>This happened to me: because I sought after thy justifications.<\/span> <\/p>\n

57<\/sup>[HETH] O Lord, my portion, I have said, I would keep the law.<\/span> <\/p>\n

58<\/sup>I entreated thy face with all my heart: have mercy on me according to thy word.<\/span> <\/p>\n

59<\/sup>I have thought on my ways: and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.<\/span> <\/p>\n

60<\/sup>I am ready, and am not troubled: that I may keep thy commandments.<\/span> <\/p>\n

61<\/sup>The cords of the wicked have encompassed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.<\/span> <\/p>\n

62<\/sup>I rose at midnight to give praise to thee; for the judgments of thy justification.<\/span> <\/p>\n

63<\/sup>I am a partaker with all them that fear thee, and that keep thy commandments.<\/span> <\/p>\n

64<\/sup>The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy justifications.<\/span> <\/p>\n

65<\/sup>[TETH] Thou hast done well with thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word.<\/span> <\/p>\n

66<\/sup>Teach me goodness and discipline and knowledge; for I have believed thy commandments.<\/span> <\/p>\n

67<\/sup>Before I was humbled I offended; therefore have I kept thy word.<\/span> <\/p>\n

68<\/sup>Thou art good; and in thy goodness teach me thy justifications.<\/span> <\/p>\n

69<\/sup>The iniquity of the proud hath been multiplied over me: but I will seek thy commandments with my whole heart.<\/span> <\/p>\n

70<\/sup>Their heart is curdled like milk: but I have meditated on thy law.<\/span> <\/p>\n

71<\/sup>It is good for me that thou hast humbled me, that I may learn thy justifications.<\/span> <\/p>\n

72<\/sup>The law of thy mouth is good to me, above thousands of gold and silver.<\/span> <\/p>\n

73<\/sup>[JOD] Thy hands have made me and formed me: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments.<\/span> <\/p>\n

74<\/sup>They that fear thee shall see me, and shall be glad: because I have greatly hoped in thy words.<\/span> <\/p>\n

75<\/sup>I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are equity: and in thy truth thou hast humbled me.<\/span> <\/p>\n

76<\/sup>O! let thy mercy be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.<\/span> <\/p>\n

77<\/sup>Let thy tender mercies come unto me, and I shall live: for thy law is my meditation.<\/span> <\/p>\n

78<\/sup>Let the proud be ashamed, because they have done unjustly towards me: but I will be employed in thy commandments.<\/span> <\/p>\n

79<\/sup>Let them that fear thee turn to me" and they that know thy testimonies.<\/span> <\/p>\n

80<\/sup>Let my heart be undefiled in thy justifications, that I may not be confounded.<\/span> <\/p>\n

81<\/sup>[CAPH] My soul hath fainted after thy salvation: and in thy word I have very much hoped.<\/span> <\/p>\n

82<\/sup>My eyes have failed for thy word, saying: When wilt thou comfort me?<\/span> <\/p>\n

83<\/sup>For I am become like a bottle in the frost: I have not forgotten thy justifications.<\/span> <\/p>\n

84<\/sup>How many are the days of thy servant: when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?<\/span> <\/p>\n

85<\/sup>The wicked have told me fables: but not as thy law.<\/span> <\/p>\n

86<\/sup>All thy statutes are truth: they have persecuted me unjustly, do thou help me.<\/span> <\/p>\n

87<\/sup>They had almost made an end of me upon earth: but I have not forsaken thy commandments.<\/span> <\/p>\n

88<\/sup>Quicken thou me according to thy mercy: and I shall keep the testimonies of thy mouth.<\/span> <\/p>\n

89<\/sup>[LAMED] For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven.<\/span> <\/p>\n

90<\/sup>Thy truth unto all generations: thou hast founded the earth, and it continueth.<\/span> <\/p>\n

91<\/sup>By thy ordinance the day goeth on: for all things serve thee.<\/span> <\/p>\n

92<\/sup>Unless thy law had been my meditation, I had then perhaps perished in my abjection.<\/span> <\/p>\n

93<\/sup>Thy justifications I will never forget: for by them thou hast given me life.<\/span> <\/p>\n

94<\/sup>I am thine, save thou me: for I have sought thy justifications.<\/span> <\/p>\n

95<\/sup>The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I have understood thy testimonies.<\/span> <\/p>\n

96<\/sup>I have seen an end to all persecution: thy commandment is exceeding broad.<\/span> <\/p>\n

97<\/sup>[MEM] O how have I loved thy law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day.<\/span> <\/p>\n

98<\/sup>Through thy commandment, thou hast made me wiser than my enemies: for it is ever with me.<\/span> <\/p>\n

99<\/sup>I have understood more than all my teachers: because thy testimonies are my meditation.<\/span> <\/p>\n

100<\/sup>I have had understanding above ancients: because I have sought thy commandments.<\/span> <\/p>\n

101<\/sup>I have restrained my feet from every evil way: that I may keep thy words.<\/span> <\/p>\n

102<\/sup>I have not declined from thy judgments, because thou hast set me a law.<\/span> <\/p>\n

103<\/sup>How sweet are thy words to my palate! more than honey to my mouth.<\/span> <\/p>\n

104<\/sup>By thy commandments I have had understanding: therefore have I hated every way of iniquity.<\/span> <\/p>\n

105<\/sup>[NUN] Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths.<\/span> <\/p>\n

106<\/sup>I have sworn and am determined to keep the judgments of thy justice.<\/span> <\/p>\n

107<\/sup>I have been humbled, O Lord, exceedingly: quicken thou me according to thy word.<\/span> <\/p>\n

108<\/sup>The free offerings of my mouth make acceptable, O Lord: and teach me thy judgments.<\/span> <\/p>\n

109<\/sup>My soul is continually in my hands: and I have not forgotten thy law.<\/span> <\/p>\n

110<\/sup>Sinners have laid a snare for me: but I have not erred from thy precepts.<\/span> <\/p>\n

111<\/sup>I have purchased thy testimonies for an inheritance for ever: because they are a joy to my heart.<\/span> <\/p>\n

112<\/sup>I have inclined my heart to do thy justifications for ever, for the reward.<\/span> <\/p>\n

113<\/sup>[SAMECH] I have hated the unjust: and have loved thy law.<\/span> <\/p>\n

114<\/sup>Thou art my helper and my protector: and in thy word I have greatly hoped.<\/span> <\/p>\n

115<\/sup>Depart from me, ye malignant: and I will search the commandments of my God.<\/span> <\/p>\n

116<\/sup>Uphold me according to thy word, and I shall live: and let me not be confounded in my expectation.<\/span> <\/p>\n

117<\/sup>Help me, and I shall be saved: and I will meditate always on thy justifications.<\/span> <\/p>\n

118<\/sup>Thou hast despised all them that fall off from thy judgments; for their thought is unjust.<\/span> <\/p>\n

119<\/sup>I have accounted all the sinners of the earth prevaricators: therefore have I loved thy testimonies.<\/span> <\/p>\n

120<\/sup>Pierce thou my flesh with thy fear: for I am afraid of thy judgments.<\/span> <\/p>\n

121<\/sup>[AIN] I have done judgment and justice: give me not up to them that slander me.<\/span> <\/p>\n

122<\/sup>Uphold thy servant unto good: let not the proud calumniate me.<\/span> <\/p>\n

123<\/sup>My eyes have fainted after thy salvation: and for the word of thy justice.<\/span> <\/p>\n

124<\/sup>Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy: and teach me thy justifications.<\/span> <\/p>\n

125<\/sup>I am thy servant: give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.<\/span> <\/p>\n

126<\/sup>It is time, O Lord, to do: they have dissipated thy law.<\/span> <\/p>\n

127<\/sup>Therefore have I loved thy commandments above gold and the topaz.<\/span> <\/p>\n

128<\/sup>Therefore was I directed to all thy commandments: I have hated all wicked ways.<\/span> <\/p>\n

129<\/sup>[PHE] Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul hath sought them.<\/span> <\/p>\n

130<\/sup>The declaration of thy words giveth light: and giveth understanding to little ones.<\/span> <\/p>\n

131<\/sup>I opened my mouth and panted: because I longed for thy commandments.<\/span> <\/p>\n

132<\/sup>Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me, according to the judgment of them that love thy name.<\/span> <\/p>\n

133<\/sup>Direct my steps according to thy word: and let no iniquity have dominion over me.<\/span> <\/p>\n

134<\/sup>Redeem me from the calumnies of men: that I may keep thy commandments.<\/span> <\/p>\n

135<\/sup>Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thy justifications.<\/span> <\/p>\n

136<\/sup>My eyes have sent forth springs of water: because they have not kept thy law.<\/span> <\/p>\n

137<\/sup>[SADE] Thou art just, O Lord: and thy judgment is right.<\/span> <\/p>\n

138<\/sup>Thou hast commanded justice thy testimonies: and thy truth exceedingly.<\/span> <\/p>\n

139<\/sup>My zeal hath made me pine away: because my enemies forgot thy words.<\/span> <\/p>\n

140<\/sup>Thy word is exceedingly refined: and thy servant hath loved it.<\/span> <\/p>\n

141<\/sup>I am very young and despised; but I forgot not thy justifications.<\/span> <\/p>\n

142<\/sup>Thy justice is justice for ever: and thy law is the truth.<\/span> <\/p>\n

143<\/sup>Trouble and anguish have found me: thy commandments are my meditation.<\/span> <\/p>\n

144<\/sup>Thy testimonies are justice for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.<\/span> <\/p>\n

145<\/sup>[COPH] I cried with my whole heart, hear me, O Lord: I will seek thy justifications.<\/span> <\/p>\n

146<\/sup>I cried unto thee, save me: that I may keep thy commandments.<\/span> <\/p>\n

147<\/sup>I prevented the dawning of the day, and cried: because in thy words I very much hoped.<\/span> <\/p>\n

148<\/sup>My eyes to thee have prevented the morning: that I might meditate on thy words.<\/span> <\/p>\n

149<\/sup>Hear thou my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy: and quicken me according to thy mercy.<\/span> <\/p>\n

150<\/sup>They that persecute me have drawn nigh to iniquity; but they are gone far off from the law.<\/span> <\/p>\n

151<\/sup>Thou art near, O Lord: and all thy ways are truth.<\/span> <\/p>\n

152<\/sup>I have known from the beginning concerning thy testimonies: that thou hast founded them for ever.<\/span> <\/p>\n

153<\/sup>[RES] See my humiliation and deliver me: for I have not forgotten the law.<\/span> <\/p>\n

154<\/sup>Judge my judgment and redeem me: quicken thou me for thy word's sake.<\/span> <\/p>\n

155<\/sup>Salvation is far from sinners; because they have not sought thy justifications.<\/span> <\/p>\n

156<\/sup>Many, O Lord, are thy mercies: quicken me according to thy judgment.<\/span> <\/p>\n

157<\/sup>Many are they that persecute me, and afflict me; but I have not declined from thy testimonies.<\/span> <\/p>\n

158<\/sup>I beheld the transgressors, and I pined away; because they kept not thy word.<\/span> <\/p>\n

159<\/sup>Behold I have loved thy commandments, O Lord; quicken me thou in thy mercy.<\/span> <\/p>\n

160<\/sup>The beginning of thy words is truth: all the judgments of thy justice are for ever.<\/span> <\/p>\n

161<\/sup>[SIN] Princes have persecuted me without cause: and my heart hath been in awe of thy words.<\/span> <\/p>\n

162<\/sup>I will rejoice at thy words, as one that hath found great spoil.<\/span> <\/p>\n

163<\/sup>I have hated and abhorred iniquity; but I have loved thy law.<\/span> <\/p>\n

164<\/sup>Seven times a day I have given praise to thee, for the judgments of thy justice.<\/span> <\/p>\n

165<\/sup>Much peace have they that love thy law, and to them there is no stumbling block<\/span> <\/p>\n

166<\/sup>I looked to thy salvation, O Lord: and I loved thy commandments.<\/span> <\/p>\n

167<\/sup>My soul hath kept thy testimonies: and hath loved them exceedingly.<\/span> <\/p>\n

168<\/sup>I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies: because all my ways are in thy sight.<\/span> <\/p>\n

169<\/sup>[TAU] Let my supplication, O Lord, come near in thy sight: give me understanding according to thy word.<\/span> <\/p>\n

170<\/sup>Let my request come in before thee; deliver thou me according to thy word.<\/span> <\/p>\n

171<\/sup>My lips shall utter a hymn, when thou shalt teach me thy justifications.<\/span> <\/p>\n

172<\/sup>My tongue shall pronounce thy word: because all thy commandments are justice.<\/span> <\/p>\n

173<\/sup>Let thy hand be with me to save me; for I have chosen thy precepts.<\/span> <\/p>\n

174<\/sup>I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my meditation.<\/span> <\/p>\n

175<\/sup>My soul shall live and shall praise thee: and thy judgments shall help me.<\/span> <\/p>\n

176<\/sup>I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost: seek thy servant, because I have not forgotten thy commandments.<\/span> <\/p>\n

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