God

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

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

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

Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.

¶ My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.

¶ Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.

¶ I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.

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

¶ Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.

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

¶ I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.

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

¶ Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.

¶ They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.

Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.

¶ 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.

Plead my cause, 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 was grieved; because they kept not thy word.

¶ Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.