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(Caph) My soul hath fainted after thy salvation: and in thy word I have very much hoped.

My eyes have failed for thy word, saying: When wilt thou comfort me?

For I am become like a bottle in the frost: I have not forgotten thy justifications.

How many are the days of thy servant: when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

The wicked have told me fables: but not as thy law.

All thy statutes are truth: they have persecuted me unjustly, do thou help me.

They had almost made an end of me upon earth: but I have not forsaken thy commandments.

Quicken thou me according to thy mercy: and I shall keep the testimonies of thy mouth.

(Lamed) For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven.

Thy truth unto all generations: thou hast founded the earth, and it continueth.

By thy ordinance the day goeth on: for all things serve thee.

Unless thy law had been my meditation, I had then perhaps perished in my abjection.

Thy justifications I will never forget: for by them thou hast given me life.

I am thine, save thou me: for I have sought thy justifications.

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I have understood thy testimonies.

I have seen an end of all perfection: thy commandment is exceeding broad.

(Mem) How have I loved thy law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day.

Through thy commandment, thou hast made me wiser than my enemies: for it is ever with me.

I have understood more than all my teachers: because thy testimonies are my meditation.

I have had understanding above ancients: because I have sought thy commandments.

I have restrained my feet from every evil way: that I may keep thy words.

I have not declined from thy judgments, because thou hast set me a law.

How sweet are thy words to my palate! more than honey to my mouth.

By thy commandments I have had understanding: therefore have I hated every way of iniquity.

(Nun) Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths.

I have sworn and am determined to keep the judgments of thy justice.

I have been humbled, O Lord, exceedingly: quicken thou me according to thy word.

The free offerings of my mouth make acceptable, O Lord: and teach me thy judgments.

My soul is continually in my hands: and I have not forgotten thy law.

Sinners have laid a snare for me: but I have not erred from thy precepts.

I have purchased thy testimonies for an inheritance for ever: because they are the joy of my heart.

I have inclined my heart to do thy justifications for ever, for the reward.

(Samech) I have hated the unjust: and I have loved thy law.

Thou art my helper and my protector: and in thy word I have greatly hoped.

Depart from me, ye malignant: and I will search the commandments of my God.

Uphold me according to thy word, and I shall live: and let me not be confounded in my expectation.

Help me, and I shall be saved: and I will meditate always on thy justifications.

Thou hast despised all them that fall off from thy judgments; for their thought is unjust.

I have accounted all the sinners of the earth prevaricators: therefore have I loved thy testimonies.

Pierce thou my flesh with thy fear: for I am afraid of thy judgments.

(Ain) I have done judgment and justice: give me not up to them that slander me.

Uphold thy servant unto good: let not the proud calumniate me.

My eyes have fainted after thy salvation: and for the word of thy justice.

Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy: and teach me thy justifications.

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

It is time, O Lord, to do: they have dissipated thy law.

Therefore have I loved thy commandments above gold and the topaz.

Therefore was I directed to all thy commandments: I have hated all wicked ways.