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MEM. O how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.

Make me wiser than mine enemies, because I have obeyed thy commandments.

Give me more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my meditation.

I understand more than the elders, because I keep thy statutes.

I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy commandments.

I have not departed from thy judgments; for thou hast taught me.

How sweet are thy words to the taste! yea, sweeter than honey to the mouth!

I have meditated on thy commandments; therefore I hate the way of the wicked.

NUN. Thy word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

I am afflicted very much; quicken me, O LORD, according to thy word.

With the words of my mouth be pleased, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.

My soul is continually in thy hands; I do not forget thy law.

Sinners have laid a snare for me; yet I erred not from thy commandments.

Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes truly, even to the end.

SEMKETH. I hate the wicked; but thy law do I love.

Thou art my shelter and my refuge: I hope in thy word.

Depart from me, O you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.

Uphold me according to thy word, and I shall live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope.

Help me and I shall be safe, and I will be continually mindful of thy commandments.

Thou hast rejected all them that stray from thee; for their thought is ungodly.

Sustain me, and I shall be safe, and I will always meditate on thy commandments.

My flesh shrinks for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

AI. O thou that doeth judgment and justice, leave me not in the hand of mine oppressors.

Comfort thy servant with goodness; let not the proud slander me.

Mine eyes long for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.

Deal with thy servant according to thy mercies, and teach me thy law.

I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.

It is time to serve the LORD; for they have nullified thy law.

Therefore I love thy commandments above gold, yea, above precious stones.

Therefore I love all thy commandments; and I hate every way of the wicked.

PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul keep them.

Make plain thy word and enlighten and give understanding to the simple.

I opened my mouth, and panted; for I longed for thy commandments.

Look upon me, and be merciful to me, because I love thy name.

Direct my steps in thy path; let not the wicked have dominion over me.

Deliver me from the oppression of man; so will I keep thy statutes.

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy law.

Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.

ZADDI. Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.

Thou hast commanded thy testimony in righteousness and faithfulness.

Zeal hath consumed me because thine enemies have forgotten thy word.

Thy word is very pure; therefore thy servant loves it.

I am small and despised; yet I do not forget thy commandments.

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

Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me; yet I meditate on thy commandments.

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

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

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

I arose at the dawn of the morning, and cried; I hoped in thy word.

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

Hear my voice according to thy lovingkindness, O LORD; quicken me according to thy judgment.

They draw near who follow after mischief; they are far from thy law.

Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth. Mine eyes open before the night watch to meditate on thy word.

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

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

Judge my case, 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 LORD; 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 I knew they had not kept thy word.

Consider how I love thy commandments; quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.

The foundation of thy word is truth; and every one of thy righteous judgments endures for ever.

SHEEN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart stands in awe of thy word.

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

I hate and despise evil; 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 they shall have no infirmity.

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

My soul has kept thy testimonies, and I love them exceedingly.

I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies; for all my ways are before thee.

TAU. Let my cry come before thee, O LORD; save me according to thy word.

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

My tongue shall speak of thy word; for all thy commandments are righteous.

My lips shall speak of thy praise when thou hast taught me thy commandments.

Let thine hand help me; for I have delighted in thy statutes.

I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and I meditate on thy law.

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.