Psalms 119:135-159
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¶ Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
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¶ Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
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¶ TZADDI. Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
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Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
139
¶ My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
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¶ Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
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¶ I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
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¶ Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
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¶ Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
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The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
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¶ KOPH. I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.
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I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
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¶ I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
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Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
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¶ Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.
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¶ They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.
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Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.
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¶ Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
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¶ RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.
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Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
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¶ Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
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¶ Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.
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¶ Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
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¶ I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
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¶ Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
Bible text: King James Version (1769 Blayney text) · Public domain