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Zayin.

49 Remember the word to Your servant,

1In which You have made me hope.

50 This is my acomfort in my affliction,

That Your word has 1revived me.

51 The arrogant autterly deride me,

Yet I do not bturn aside from Your law.

52 I have aremembered Your ordinances from 1of old, O Lord,

And comfort myself.

53 Burning aindignation has seized me because of the wicked,

Who bforsake Your law.

54 Your statutes are my songs

In the house of my apilgrimage.

55 O Lord, I aremember Your name bin the night,

And keep Your law.

56 This has become mine,

1That I aobserve Your precepts.

ח

Heth.

57 The Lord is my aportion;

I have 1promised to bkeep Your words.

58 I asought Your favor bwith all my heart;

cBe gracious to me daccording to Your 1word.

59 I aconsidered my ways

And turned my feet to Your testimonies.

60 I hastened and did not delay

To keep Your commandments.

61 The acords of the wicked have encircled me,

But I have bnot forgotten Your law.

62 At amidnight I shall rise to give thanks to You

Because of Your brighteous ordinances.

63 I am a acompanion of all those who 1fear You,

And of those who keep Your precepts.

64 aThe earth is full of Your lovingkindness, O Lord;

bTeach me Your statutes.

ט

Teth.

65 You have dealt well with Your servant,

O Lord, according to Your word.

66 Teach me good 1adiscernment and knowledge,

For I believe in Your commandments.

67 aBefore I was afflicted I went astray,

But now I keep Your word.

68 You are agood and bdo good;

cTeach me Your statutes.

69 The arrogant 1have aforged a lie against me;

With all my heart I will bobserve Your precepts.

70 Their heart is 1acovered with fat,

But I bdelight in Your law.

71 It is agood for me that I was afflicted,

That I may learn Your statutes.

72 The alaw of Your mouth is better to me

Than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

י

Yodh.

73 aYour hands made me and 1fashioned me;

bGive me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.

74 May those who 1fear You asee me and be glad,

Because I 2bwait for Your word.

75 I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are arighteous,

And that bin faithfulness You have afflicted me.

76 O may Your lovingkindness 1comfort me,

According to Your 2word to Your servant.

77 May aYour compassion come to me that I may live,

For Your law is my bdelight.

78 May athe arrogant be ashamed, for they subvert me bwith a lie;

But I shall cmeditate on Your precepts.

79 May those who 1fear You turn to me,

Even those who know Your testimonies.

80 May my heart be 1ablameless in Your statutes,

So that I will not bbe ashamed.

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Kaph.

81 My asoul languishes for Your salvation;

I 1bwait for Your word.

82 My aeyes fail with longing for Your 1word,

2While I say, “When will You comfort me?”

83 Though I have abecome like a wineskin in the smoke,

I do bnot forget Your statutes.

84 How many are the adays of Your servant?

When will You bexecute judgment on those who persecute me?

85 The arrogant have adug pits for me,

Men who are not 1in accord with Your law.

86 All Your commandments are afaithful;

They have bpersecuted me with a lie; chelp me!

87 They almost destroyed me 1on earth,

But as for me, I adid not forsake Your precepts.

88 Revive me according to Your lovingkindness,

So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth.

ל

Lamedh.

89 aForever, O Lord,

Your word 1is settled in heaven.

90 Your afaithfulness continues 1throughout all generations;

You bestablished the earth, and it cstands.

91 They stand this day according to Your aordinances,

For ball things are Your servants.

92 If Your law had not been my adelight,

Then I would have perished bin my affliction.

93 I will anever forget Your precepts,

For by them You have 1brevived me.

94 I am Yours, asave me;

For I have bsought Your precepts.

95 The wicked await for me to destroy me;

I shall diligently consider Your testimonies.

96 I have seen 1a limit to all perfection;

Your commandment is exceedingly broad.

ם

Mem.

97 O how I alove Your law!

It is my bmeditation all the day.

98 Your acommandments make me wiser than my enemies,

For they are ever 1mine.

99 I have more insight than all my teachers,

For Your testimonies are my ameditation.

100 I understand amore than the aged,

Because I have bobserved Your precepts.

101 I have arestrained my feet from every evil way,

That I may keep Your word.

102 I have not aturned aside from Your ordinances,

For You Yourself have taught me.

103 How asweet are Your 1words to my 2taste!

Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

104 From Your precepts I aget understanding;

Therefore I bhate every false way.