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Why art thou cast downe, O my soule? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Why art thou cast downe, O my soule? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God, for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

All this is come vpon vs; yet haue wee not forgotten thee, neither haue we dealt falsly in thy couenant.

This their way is their follie; yet their posteritie approue their sayings. Selah.

The words of his mouth were smoother then butter, but warre was in his heart: his words were softer then oyle, yet were they drawen swords.

Though ye haue lien among the pots, yet shall yee bee as the wings of a doue, couered with siluer, and her feathers with yellow gold.

But I wil hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.

And they sinned yet more against him: by prouoking the most High in the wildernes.

They were not estranged from their lust: but while their meate was yet in their mouthes,

Yet they tempted and prouoked the most high God: and kept not his testimonies:

span data-lang="eng" data-trans="kja" data-ref="psa.78.1" class="versetxt"> [Maschil of Asaph.] Giue eare, O my people, to my Lawe: incline your eares to the wordes of my mouth. I will open my mouth in a parable: I wil vtter darke sayings of old: Which we haue heard, & knowen: and our fathers haue told vs. We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come, the praises of the Lord: and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. For he established a Testimony in Iacob, and appointed a Law in Israel, which he commaunded our fathers: that they should make them knowen to their children. That the generation to come might know them, euen the children which should be borne: who should arise and declare them to their children: That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God: but keepe his Commandements, And might not bee as their fathers, a stubborne and rebellious generation, a generation that set not their heart aright: and whose spirit was not stedfast with God. The children of Ephraim being armed, and carying bowes, turned backe in the day of battell. They kept not the couenant of God: and refused to walke in his Law: And forgat his workes: and his wonders that he had shewed them. Marueilous things did he in the sight of their fathers: in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. Hee diuided the Sea, and caused them to passe through: and he made the waters to stand as an heape. In the day time also he led them with a cloud: and all the night with a light of fire. Hee claue the rockes in the wildernes: and gaue them drinke as out of the great depthes. Hee brought streames also out of the rocke, and caused waters to runne downe like riuers. And they sinned yet more against him: by prouoking the most High in the wildernes. And they tempted God in their heart: by asking meat for their lust. Yea, they spake against God: they said, Can God furnish a table in the wildernes? Behold, he smote the rocke, that the waters gushed out, & the streames ouerflowed; can he giue bread also? Can he prouide flesh for his people? Therefore the Lord heard this, and was wroth, so a fire was kindled against Iacob: and anger also came vp against Israel. Because they beleeued not in God: and trusted not in his saluation: Though he had commanded the cloudes from aboue: and opened the doores of heauen: And had rained downe Manna vpon them to eate, and had giuen them of the corne of heauen. Man did eate Angels food: hee sent them meat to the full. He caused an East wind to blow in the heauen: and by his power hee brought in the South wind. He rained flesh also vpon them as dust: and feathered soules like as the sand of the sea. And hee let it fall in the midst of their campe, round about their habitations. So they did eate, & were well filled: for he gaue them their owne desire. They were not estranged from their lust: but while their meate was yet in their mouthes, The wrath of God came vpon them, and slew the fattest of them: and smote downe the chosen men of Israel. For all this they sinned still: and beleeued not for his wondrous works. Therefore their dayes did he consume in vanitie, and their yeeres in trouble. When hee slew them, then they sought him: and they returned, and inquired early after God. And they remembred that God was their rocke: and the high God, their redeemer. Neuerthelesse they did flatter him with their mouth: and they lyed vnto him with their tongues. For their heart was not right with him: neither were they stedfast in his couenant. But hee being full of compassion, forgaue their iniquity, and destroyed them not; yea many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stirre vp all his wrath. For he remembred that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and commeth not againe. How oft did they prouoke him in the wildernesse: and grieue him in the desert? Yea they turned backe and tempted God: and limited the holy one of Israel. They remembred not his hand: nor the day when hee deliuered them from the enemie: How he had wrought his signes in Egypt: and his wonders in the field of Zoan: And had turned their riuers into blood: and their flouds, that they could not drinke. Hee sent diuers sorts of flies among them, which deuoured them: and frogges which destroyed them. He gaue also their increase vnto the caterpiller: and their labour vnto the locust. He destroyed their vines with haile: and their Sycomore trees with frost. He gaue vp their cattel also to the haile: and their flockes to hot thunder-bolts. He cast vpon them the fiercenesse of his anger, wrath and indignation, and trouble: by sending euill angels among them. He made a way to his anger, hee spared not their soule from death: but gaue their life ouer to the pestilence. And smote all the first borne in Egypt: the chiefe of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham: But made his owne people to goe forth like sheepe: and guided them in the wildernesse like a flocke. And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea ouerwhelmed their enemies. And he brought them to the border of his sanctuarie: euen to this mountaine which his right hand had purchased. He cast out the heathen also before them, and diuided them an inheritance by line: and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. Yet they tempted and prouoked the most high God: and kept not his testimonies: But turned backe, and dealt vnfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitfull bowe. For they prouoked him to anger with their high places: and moued him to ielousie with their grauen images. When God heard this, hee was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel: So that he forsooke the tabernacle of Shiloh: the tent which he placed among men, And deliuered his strength into captiuitie: and his glory into the enemies hand. He gaue his people ouer also vnto the sword: and was wroth with his inheritance. The fire consumed their young men: and their maidens were not giuen to mariage. Their priests fell by the sword: and their widowes made no lamentation. Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleepe: and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine. And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetuall reproch. Moreouer he refused the tabernacle of Ioseph: and chose not the tribe of Ephraim. But chose the tribe of Iudah: the mount Sion which he loued.

The dayes of our yeres are threescore yeeres and ten, and if by reason of strength they be fourescore yeeres, yet is their strength labour and sorrow: for it is soone cut off, and we flie away.

Yet they say, The Lord shall not see: neither shall the God of Iacob regard it.

Yet setteth he the poore on high from affliction: and maketh him families like a flocke.

The proud haue had mee greatly in derision: yet haue I not declined from thy Law.

Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. The proud haue forged a lie against me: but I will keepe thy precepts with my whole heart. Their heart is as fat as grease: but I delight in thy law. It is good for me that I haue bene afflicted: that I might learne thy statutes. They that feare thee will bee glad when they see mee: because I haue hoped in thy word. I knowe, O Lord, that thy iudgements are right: and that thou in faithfulnesse hast afflicted me. Let, I pray thee, thy mercifull kindnesse be for my comfort; according to thy word vnto thy seruant. Let thy tender mercies come vnto me, that I may liue: for thy lawe is my delight. Let the proud be ashamed, for they dealt peruersly with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts. Let those that feare thee turne vnto me: and those that haue knowen thy testimonies. Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed. [CAPH.] My soule fainteth for thy saluation: but I hope in thy word. Mine eyes faile for thy word: saying, When wilt thou comfort me? For I am become like a bottle in the smoke: yet doe I not forget thy statutes. How many are the dayes of thy seruant? when wilt thou execute iudgement on them that persecute me? The proud haue digged pittes for me: which are not after thy law. All thy commaundements are faithfull: they persecute me wrongfully; helpe thou me. They had almost consumed mee vpon earth: but I forsooke not thy precepts. Quicken mee after thy louing kindnesse: so shall I keepe the testimonie of thy mouth. [LAMED.] Foreuer, O Lord, thy word is setled, in heauen. Thy faithfulnesse is vnto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy seruants. Unlesse thy lawe had bene my delights: I should then haue perished in mine affliction. I will neuer forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me. I am thine, saue me: for I haue sought thy precepts. The wicked haue waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies. I haue seene an end of all perfection: but thy commandement is exceeding broad. [MEM.] O How loue I thy Law! it is my meditation all the day. Thou through thy Commandements hast made me wiser then mine enemies: for they are euer with mee. I haue more vnderstanding then all my teachers: for thy Testimonies are my meditation. I vnderstand more then the ancients: because I keepe thy precepts. I haue refrained my feete from euery euill way: that I may keepe thy word. I haue not departed from thy Iudgements: for thou hast taught me. How sweet are thy words vnto my taste! yea, sweeter then hony to my mouth. Through thy precepts I get vnderstanding: therefore I hate euery false way. [NVN.] Thy word is a lampe vnto my feete: and a light vnto my path. I haue sworne, and I will performe it: that I will keepe thy righteous iudgements. I am afflicted very much: quicken mee, O Lord, according vnto thy word. Accept, I beseech thee, the freewil offrings of my mouth, O Lord: and teach me thy iudgements. My soule is continually in my hand: yet doe I not forget thy Law. The wicked haue layde a snare for mee: yet I erred not from thy precepts. Thy Testimonies haue I taken as an heritage for euer: for they are the reioycing of my heart. I haue inclined mine heart to performe thy Statutes, alway, euen vnto the end. [SAMECH.] I hate vaine thoughts: but thy Law doe I loue. Thou art my hiding place, and my shield: I hope in thy word. Depart from me, ye euil doers: for I will keepe the Commandements of my God. Uphold mee according vnto thy word, that I may liue: and let mee not be ashamed of my hope. Hold thou me vp, and I shall be safe: and I will haue respect vnto thy Statutes continually. Thou hast troden downe all them that erre from thy Statutes: for their deceit is falshood. Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like drosse: therefore I loue thy Testimonies. My flesh trembleth for feare of thee: and I am afraide of thy Iudgements. [AIN.] I Haue done Iudgement and iustice: leaue mee not to mine oppressours. Bee suretie for thy seruant for good: let not the proud oppresse me. Mine eyes faile for thy saluation: and for the word of thy righteousnesse. Deale with thy seruant according vnto thy mercie: and teach me thy Statutes. I am thy seruant, giue me vnderstanding: that I may know thy Testimonies. It is time for thee, Lord, to worke: for they haue made voyde thy Law. Therefore I loue thy Commandements: aboue gold, yea aboue fine gold. Therefore I esteeme all thy precepts concerning all things to be right: and I hate euery false way. [PE.] Thy Testimonies are wonderfull: therefore doeth my soule keepe them. The entrance of thy wordes giueth light: it giueth vnderstanding vnto the simple. I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy Commandements. Looke thou vpon mee, and be mercifull vnto me: as thou vsest to do vnto those that loue thy Name. Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquitie haue dominion ouer me. Deliuer me from the oppression of man: so will I keepe thy precepts. Make thy face to shine vpon thy seruant: and teach me thy Statutes. Riuers of waters runne downe mine eyes: because they keepe not thy Law. [TSADDI.] Righteous art thou, O Lord: and vpright are thy iudgements. Thy testimonies that thou hast commaunded, are righteous: and very faithfull. My zeale hath consumed me: because mine enemies haue forgotten thy words. Thy word is very pure: therefore thy seruant loueth it. I am small and despised: yet doe not I forget thy precepts. Thy righteousnesse is an euerlasting righteousnesse: and thy law is the trueth. Trouble and anguish haue taken hold on me: yet thy commaundements are my delights. The righteousnesse of thy Testimonies is euerlasting: giue me vnderstanding, and I shall liue. [KOPH.] I Cried with my whole heart: heare me, O Lord, I will keepe thy statutes. I cried vnto thee, saue me: and I shall keepe thy testimonies. I preuented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word. Mine eyes preuent the night watches: that I might meditate in thy word. Heare my voice according vnto thy louing kindnesse: O Lord quicken me according to thy iudgement. They draw nigh that follow after mischiefe: they are farre from thy Law. Thou art neere, O Lord: and all thy commandements are trueth. Concerning thy testimonies, I haue knowen of old: that thou hast founded them for euer. [RESH.] Consider mine affliction, and deliuer me: for I doe not forget thy Law. Plead my cause, and deliuer me: quicken me according to thy word. Saluation is farre from the wicked: for they seeke not thy statutes. Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to thy iudgements. Many are my persecutors, and mine enemies: yet doe I not decline from thy testimonies. I beheld the transgressours, and was grieued: because they kept not thy word. Consider how I loue thy precepts: quicken me, O Lord, according to thy louing kindnesse. Thy word is true from the beginning: and euery one of thy righteous iudgements endureth for euer. [SCHIN.] Princes haue persecuted mee without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. I reioyce at thy word: as one that findeth great spoile. I hate and abhorre lying: but thy Law doe I loue. Seuen times a day doe I praise thee: because of thy righteous iudgements. Great peace haue they which loue thy law: & nothing shall offend them. Lord, I haue hoped for thy saluation: and done thy commandements. My soule hath kept thy testimonies: and I loue them exceedingly. I haue kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my wayes are before thee. [TAV.] Let my crie come neere before thee, O Lord: giue mee vnderstanding according to thy worde. Let my supplication come before thee: deliuer me according to thy word. My lips shall vtter praise: when thou hast taught me thy Statutes. My tongue shall speake of thy word: for all thy commandements are righteousnesse. Let thine hand helpe me: for I haue chosen thy precepts. I haue longed for thy saluation, O Lord: and thy Lawe is my delight. Let my soule liue, and it shall praise thee: and let thy iudgments helpe me. I haue gone astray like a lost sheepe, seeke thy seruant: for I doe not forget thy commandements.

span data-lang="eng" data-trans="kja" data-ref="psa.119.1" class="versetxt"> [ALEPH.] Blessed are the vndefiled in the way: who walke in the Law of the Lord. Blessed are they that keepe his testimonies: and that seeke him with the whole heart. They also doe no iniquitie: they walke in his wayes. Thou hast commaunded vs to keepe thy precepts diligently. O that my wayes were directed to keepe thy statutes! Then shall I not bee ashamed: when I haue respect vnto all thy commandements. I will praise thee with vprightnesse of heart: when I shall haue learned thy righteous iudgements. I will keepe thy statutes: O forsake me not vtterly. [BETH.] Wherewithall shall a yong man cleanse his way? by taking heede thereto according to thy word. With my whole heart haue I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy Commandements. Thy word haue I hidde in mine heart: that I might not sinne against thee. Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy statutes. With my lips haue I declared all the iudgements of thy mouth. I haue reioyced in the way of thy testimonies: as much as in all riches. I will meditate in thy precepts: and haue respect vnto thy wayes. I will delight my selfe in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. [GIMEL.] Deale bountifully with thy seruant; that I may liue, and keepe thy word. Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wonderous things out of thy Law. I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandements from me. My soule breaketh for the longing: that it hath vnto thy iudgements at all times. Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed: which doe erre from thy Commandements. Remooue from me reproch and contempt: for I haue kept thy testimonies. Princes also did sit and speake against me: but thy seruant did meditate in thy statutes. Thy testimonies also are my delight: and my counsellers. [DALETH.] My soule cleaueth vnto the dust: quicken thou mee according to thy word. I haue declared my wayes, and thou heardest me: teach me thy Statutes. Make me to vnderstand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talke of thy wonderous workes. My soule melteth for heauines: strengthen thou me according vnto thy word. Remoue from mee the way of lying: and grant me thy Law graciously. I haue chosen the way of trueth: thy iudgements haue I laid before me. I haue stucke vnto thy Testimonies: O Lord put me not to shame. I will runne the way of thy Commandements: when thou shalt enlarge my heart. [HE.] Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy Statutes: and I shall keepe it vnto the end. Giue me vnderstanding, and I shall keepe thy Law: yea I shall obserue it with my whole heart. Make me to goe in the path of thy commandements: for therein doe I delight. Incline my heart vnto thy testimonies: and not to couetousnesse. Turne away mine eyes from beholding vanitie: and quicken thou me in thy way. Stablish thy word vnto thy seruant: who is deuoted to thy feare. Turne away my reproch which I feare: for thy iudgements are good. Behold, I haue longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousnesse. [VAV.] Let thy mercies come also vnto me, O Lord: euen thy saluation, according to thy word. So shall I haue wherewith to answere him that reprocheth me: for I trust in thy word. And take not the word of trueth vtterly out of my mouth: for I haue hoped in thy iudgements. So shall I keepe thy Law continually: for euer and euer. And I wil walke at libertie: for I seeke thy precepts. I will speake of thy testimonies also before kings, & wil not be ashamed. And I will delight my selfe in thy commandements, which I haue loued. My hands also will I lift vp vnto thy commandements, which I haue loued: and I will meditate in thy statutes. [ZAIN.] Remember the word vnto thy seruant: vpon which thou hast caused me to hope. This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me. The proud haue had mee greatly in derision: yet haue I not declined from thy Law. I remembred thy iudgements of old, O Lord: and haue comforted my selfe. Horrour hath taken holde vpon me, because of the wicked that forsake thy Law. Thy statutes haue bin my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. I haue remembred thy name, O Lord, in the night, and haue kept thy Law. This I had: because I kept thy precepts. [CHETH.] Thou art my portion, O Lord, I haue said, that I would keepe thy words. I intreated thy fauour with my whole heart: be mercifull vnto mee according to thy word. I thought on my wayes: and turned my feete vnto thy Testimonies. I made haste; and delayed not to keepe thy commandements. The bands of the wicked haue robbed me: but I haue not forgotten thy lawe. At mid-night I will rise to giue thankes vnto thee: because of thy righteous iudgements. I am a companion of all them that feare thee: and of them that keepe thy precepts. The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes. [TETH.] Thou hast dealt well with thy seruant, Oh Lord, according vnto thy word. Teach me good iudgement and knowledge: for I haue beleeued thy commandements. Before I was afflicted, I went astray: but now haue I kept thy word. Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.

It is good for me that I haue bene afflicted: that I might learne thy statutes. They that feare thee will bee glad when they see mee: because I haue hoped in thy word. I knowe, O Lord, that thy iudgements are right: and that thou in faithfulnesse hast afflicted me. Let, I pray thee, thy mercifull kindnesse be for my comfort; according to thy word vnto thy seruant. Let thy tender mercies come vnto me, that I may liue: for thy lawe is my delight. Let the proud be ashamed, for they dealt peruersly with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts. Let those that feare thee turne vnto me: and those that haue knowen thy testimonies. Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed. [CAPH.] My soule fainteth for thy saluation: but I hope in thy word. Mine eyes faile for thy word: saying, When wilt thou comfort me? For I am become like a bottle in the smoke: yet doe I not forget thy statutes. How many are the dayes of thy seruant? when wilt thou execute iudgement on them that persecute me? The proud haue digged pittes for me: which are not after thy law. All thy commaundements are faithfull: they persecute me wrongfully; helpe thou me. They had almost consumed mee vpon earth: but I forsooke not thy precepts. Quicken mee after thy louing kindnesse: so shall I keepe the testimonie of thy mouth. [LAMED.] Foreuer, O Lord, thy word is setled, in heauen. Thy faithfulnesse is vnto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy seruants. Unlesse thy lawe had bene my delights: I should then haue perished in mine affliction. I will neuer forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me. I am thine, saue me: for I haue sought thy precepts. The wicked haue waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies. I haue seene an end of all perfection: but thy commandement is exceeding broad. [MEM.] O How loue I thy Law! it is my meditation all the day. Thou through thy Commandements hast made me wiser then mine enemies: for they are euer with mee. I haue more vnderstanding then all my teachers: for thy Testimonies are my meditation. I vnderstand more then the ancients: because I keepe thy precepts. I haue refrained my feete from euery euill way: that I may keepe thy word. I haue not departed from thy Iudgements: for thou hast taught me. How sweet are thy words vnto my taste! yea, sweeter then hony to my mouth. Through thy precepts I get vnderstanding: therefore I hate euery false way. [NVN.] Thy word is a lampe vnto my feete: and a light vnto my path. I haue sworne, and I will performe it: that I will keepe thy righteous iudgements. I am afflicted very much: quicken mee, O Lord, according vnto thy word. Accept, I beseech thee, the freewil offrings of my mouth, O Lord: and teach me thy iudgements. My soule is continually in my hand: yet doe I not forget thy Law. The wicked haue layde a snare for mee: yet I erred not from thy precepts. Thy Testimonies haue I taken as an heritage for euer: for they are the reioycing of my heart. I haue inclined mine heart to performe thy Statutes, alway, euen vnto the end. [SAMECH.] I hate vaine thoughts: but thy Law doe I loue. Thou art my hiding place, and my shield: I hope in thy word. Depart from me, ye euil doers: for I will keepe the Commandements of my God. Uphold mee according vnto thy word, that I may liue: and let mee not be ashamed of my hope. Hold thou me vp, and I shall be safe: and I will haue respect vnto thy Statutes continually. Thou hast troden downe all them that erre from thy Statutes: for their deceit is falshood. Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like drosse: therefore I loue thy Testimonies. My flesh trembleth for feare of thee: and I am afraide of thy Iudgements. [AIN.] I Haue done Iudgement and iustice: leaue mee not to mine oppressours. Bee suretie for thy seruant for good: let not the proud oppresse me. Mine eyes faile for thy saluation: and for the word of thy righteousnesse. Deale with thy seruant according vnto thy mercie: and teach me thy Statutes. I am thy seruant, giue me vnderstanding: that I may know thy Testimonies. It is time for thee, Lord, to worke: for they haue made voyde thy Law. Therefore I loue thy Commandements: aboue gold, yea aboue fine gold. Therefore I esteeme all thy precepts concerning all things to be right: and I hate euery false way. [PE.] Thy Testimonies are wonderfull: therefore doeth my soule keepe them. The entrance of thy wordes giueth light: it giueth vnderstanding vnto the simple. I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy Commandements. Looke thou vpon mee, and be mercifull vnto me: as thou vsest to do vnto those that loue thy Name. Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquitie haue dominion ouer me. Deliuer me from the oppression of man: so will I keepe thy precepts. Make thy face to shine vpon thy seruant: and teach me thy Statutes. Riuers of waters runne downe mine eyes: because they keepe not thy Law. [TSADDI.] Righteous art thou, O Lord: and vpright are thy iudgements. Thy testimonies that thou hast commaunded, are righteous: and very faithfull. My zeale hath consumed me: because mine enemies haue forgotten thy words. Thy word is very pure: therefore thy seruant loueth it. I am small and despised: yet doe not I forget thy precepts. Thy righteousnesse is an euerlasting righteousnesse: and thy law is the trueth. Trouble and anguish haue taken hold on me: yet thy commaundements are my delights. The righteousnesse of thy Testimonies is euerlasting: giue me vnderstanding, and I shall liue. [KOPH.] I Cried with my whole heart: heare me, O Lord, I will keepe thy statutes. I cried vnto thee, saue me: and I shall keepe thy testimonies. I preuented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word. Mine eyes preuent the night watches: that I might meditate in thy word. Heare my voice according vnto thy louing kindnesse: O Lord quicken me according to thy iudgement. They draw nigh that follow after mischiefe: they are farre from thy Law. Thou art neere, O Lord: and all thy commandements are trueth. Concerning thy testimonies, I haue knowen of old: that thou hast founded them for euer. [RESH.] Consider mine affliction, and deliuer me: for I doe not forget thy Law. Plead my cause, and deliuer me: quicken me according to thy word. Saluation is farre from the wicked: for they seeke not thy statutes. Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to thy iudgements. Many are my persecutors, and mine enemies: yet doe I not decline from thy testimonies. I beheld the transgressours, and was grieued: because they kept not thy word. Consider how I loue thy precepts: quicken me, O Lord, according to thy louing kindnesse. Thy word is true from the beginning: and euery one of thy righteous iudgements endureth for euer. [SCHIN.] Princes haue persecuted mee without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. I reioyce at thy word: as one that findeth great spoile. I hate and abhorre lying: but thy Law doe I loue. Seuen times a day doe I praise thee: because of thy righteous iudgements. Great peace haue they which loue thy law: & nothing shall offend them. Lord, I haue hoped for thy saluation: and done thy commandements. My soule hath kept thy testimonies: and I loue them exceedingly. I haue kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my wayes are before thee. [TAV.] Let my crie come neere before thee, O Lord: giue mee vnderstanding according to thy worde. Let my supplication come before thee: deliuer me according to thy word. My lips shall vtter praise: when thou hast taught me thy Statutes. My tongue shall speake of thy word: for all thy commandements are righteousnesse. Let thine hand helpe me: for I haue chosen thy precepts. I haue longed for thy saluation, O Lord: and thy Lawe is my delight. Let my soule liue, and it shall praise thee: and let thy iudgments helpe me. I haue gone astray like a lost sheepe, seeke thy seruant: for I doe not forget thy commandements.

span data-lang="eng" data-trans="kja" data-ref="psa.119.1" class="versetxt"> [ALEPH.] Blessed are the vndefiled in the way: who walke in the Law of the Lord. Blessed are they that keepe his testimonies: and that seeke him with the whole heart. They also doe no iniquitie: they walke in his wayes. Thou hast commaunded vs to keepe thy precepts diligently. O that my wayes were directed to keepe thy statutes! Then shall I not bee ashamed: when I haue respect vnto all thy commandements. I will praise thee with vprightnesse of heart: when I shall haue learned thy righteous iudgements. I will keepe thy statutes: O forsake me not vtterly. [BETH.] Wherewithall shall a yong man cleanse his way? by taking heede thereto according to thy word. With my whole heart haue I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy Commandements. Thy word haue I hidde in mine heart: that I might not sinne against thee. Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy statutes. With my lips haue I declared all the iudgements of thy mouth. I haue reioyced in the way of thy testimonies: as much as in all riches. I will meditate in thy precepts: and haue respect vnto thy wayes. I will delight my selfe in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. [GIMEL.] Deale bountifully with thy seruant; that I may liue, and keepe thy word. Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wonderous things out of thy Law. I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandements from me. My soule breaketh for the longing: that it hath vnto thy iudgements at all times. Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed: which doe erre from thy Commandements. Remooue from me reproch and contempt: for I haue kept thy testimonies. Princes also did sit and speake against me: but thy seruant did meditate in thy statutes. Thy testimonies also are my delight: and my counsellers. [DALETH.] My soule cleaueth vnto the dust: quicken thou mee according to thy word. I haue declared my wayes, and thou heardest me: teach me thy Statutes. Make me to vnderstand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talke of thy wonderous workes. My soule melteth for heauines: strengthen thou me according vnto thy word. Remoue from mee the way of lying: and grant me thy Law graciously. I haue chosen the way of trueth: thy iudgements haue I laid before me. I haue stucke vnto thy Testimonies: O Lord put me not to shame. I will runne the way of thy Commandements: when thou shalt enlarge my heart. [HE.] Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy Statutes: and I shall keepe it vnto the end. Giue me vnderstanding, and I shall keepe thy Law: yea I shall obserue it with my whole heart. Make me to goe in the path of thy commandements: for therein doe I delight. Incline my heart vnto thy testimonies: and not to couetousnesse. Turne away mine eyes from beholding vanitie: and quicken thou me in thy way. Stablish thy word vnto thy seruant: who is deuoted to thy feare. Turne away my reproch which I feare: for thy iudgements are good. Behold, I haue longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousnesse. [VAV.] Let thy mercies come also vnto me, O Lord: euen thy saluation, according to thy word. So shall I haue wherewith to answere him that reprocheth me: for I trust in thy word. And take not the word of trueth vtterly out of my mouth: for I haue hoped in thy iudgements. So shall I keepe thy Law continually: for euer and euer. And I wil walke at libertie: for I seeke thy precepts. I will speake of thy testimonies also before kings, & wil not be ashamed. And I will delight my selfe in thy commandements, which I haue loued. My hands also will I lift vp vnto thy commandements, which I haue loued: and I will meditate in thy statutes. [ZAIN.] Remember the word vnto thy seruant: vpon which thou hast caused me to hope. This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me. The proud haue had mee greatly in derision: yet haue I not declined from thy Law. I remembred thy iudgements of old, O Lord: and haue comforted my selfe. Horrour hath taken holde vpon me, because of the wicked that forsake thy Law. Thy statutes haue bin my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. I haue remembred thy name, O Lord, in the night, and haue kept thy Law. This I had: because I kept thy precepts. [CHETH.] Thou art my portion, O Lord, I haue said, that I would keepe thy words. I intreated thy fauour with my whole heart: be mercifull vnto mee according to thy word. I thought on my wayes: and turned my feete vnto thy Testimonies. I made haste; and delayed not to keepe thy commandements. The bands of the wicked haue robbed me: but I haue not forgotten thy lawe. At mid-night I will rise to giue thankes vnto thee: because of thy righteous iudgements. I am a companion of all them that feare thee: and of them that keepe thy precepts. The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes. [TETH.] Thou hast dealt well with thy seruant, Oh Lord, according vnto thy word. Teach me good iudgement and knowledge: for I haue beleeued thy commandements. Before I was afflicted, I went astray: but now haue I kept thy word. Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. The proud haue forged a lie against me: but I will keepe thy precepts with my whole heart. Their heart is as fat as grease: but I delight in thy law. It is good for me that I haue bene afflicted: that I might learne thy statutes.

For I am become like a bottle in the smoke: yet doe I not forget thy statutes.