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- Chapter 119 -

ALEPH - Blessed are those who keep his law

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[ALEPH] O the blessedness of those perfect in the way, || They are walking in the Law of YHWH,
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O the blessedness of those keeping His testimonies, || They seek Him with the whole heart.
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Indeed, they have not done iniquity, || They have walked in His ways.
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You have commanded us to diligently keep Your precepts,
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O that my ways were prepared to keep Your statutes,
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Then I am not ashamed || In my looking to all Your commands.
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I confess You with uprightness of heart, || In my learning the judgments of Your righteousness.
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I keep Your statutes, do not utterly leave me!

BETH - Holiness is the fruit of keeping the law of the Lord

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[BETH] With what does a young man purify his path? To observe—according to Your word.
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I have sought You with all my heart, || Do not let me err from Your commands.
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I have hid Your saying in my heart, || That I do not sin before You.
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Blessed [are] You, O YHWH, teach me Your statutes.
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With my lips I have recounted || All the judgments of Your mouth.
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I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, || As over all wealth.
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I meditate on Your precepts, || And I attentively behold Your paths.
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I delight myself in Your statutes, || I do not forget Your word.

GIMEL - Eyes to see the wonders of the Lord

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[GIMEL] Confer benefits on Your servant, || I live, and I keep Your word.
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Uncover my eyes, and I behold wonders out of Your law.
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I [am] a sojourner on earth, || Do not hide Your commands from me.
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My soul has broken for desire || To Your judgments at all times.
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You have rebuked the cursed proud, || Who are erring from Your commands.
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Remove reproach and contempt from me, || For I have kept Your testimonies.
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Princes also sat—they spoke against me, || Your servant meditates on Your statutes,
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Your testimonies [are] also my delight, || The men of my counsel!

DALETH - prayer to understand the ways of the Lord

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[DALETH] My soul has cleaved to the dust, || Quicken me according to Your word.
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I have recounted my ways, || And You answer me, teach me Your statutes,
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Cause me to understand the way of Your precepts, || And I meditate on Your wonders.
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My soul has dropped from affliction, || Establish me according to Your word.
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Turn aside the way of falsehood from me || And favor me with Your law.
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I have chosen the way of faithfulness, || I have compared Your judgments,
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I have adhered to Your testimonies, || O YHWH, do not put me to shame.
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I run the way of Your commands, || For You enlarge my heart!

HE - faithfulness based on the promises of God

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[HE] Show me, O YHWH, the way of Your statutes, || And I keep it—[to] the end.
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Cause me to understand, and I keep Your law, || And observe it with the whole heart.
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Cause me to tread in the path of Your commands, || For I have delighted in it.
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Incline my heart to Your testimonies, || And not to dishonest gain.
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Remove my eyes from seeing vanity, || Quicken me in Your way.
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Establish Your saying to Your servant, || That [is] concerning Your fear.
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Remove my reproach that I have feared, || For Your judgments [are] good.
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Behold, I have longed for Your precepts, || Quicken me in Your righteousness,

VAU - salvation through the word of the Lord

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[WAW] And Your kindness meets me, O YHWH, || Your salvation according to Your saying.
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And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, || For I have trusted in Your word.
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And You do not utterly take away || The word of truth from my mouth, || Because I have hoped for Your judgment.
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And I keep Your law continually, || For all time and forever.
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And I habitually walk in a broad place, || For I have sought Your precepts.
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And I speak of Your testimonies before kings, || And I am not ashamed.
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And I delight myself in Your commands, || That I have loved,
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And I lift up my hands to Your commands, || That I have loved, || And I meditate on Your statutes!

ZAIN - The Word of the Lord is a source of hope and comfort

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[ZAYIN] Remember the word to Your servant, || On which You have caused me to hope.
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This [is] my comfort in my affliction, || That Your saying has quickened me.
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The proud have utterly scorned me, || I have not turned aside from Your law.
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I remembered Your judgments of old, O YHWH, || And I comfort myself.
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Horror has seized me, || Because of the wicked forsaking Your law.
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Your statutes have been songs to me, || In the house of my sojournings.
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I have remembered Your Name in the night, O YHWH, || And I keep Your law.
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This has been to me, || That I have kept Your precepts!

HETH - My inheritance is the keeping of your word

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[HETH] YHWH [is] my portion; I have said I would keep Your words,
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I appeased Your face with the whole heart, || Favor me according to Your saying.
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I have reckoned my ways, || And turn back my feet to Your testimonies.
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I have made haste, || And did not delay, to keep Your commands.
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Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, || I have not forgotten Your law.
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At midnight I rise to give thanks to You, || For the judgments of Your righteousness.
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I [am] a companion to all who fear You, || And to those keeping Your precepts.
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Of Your kindness, O YHWH, the earth is full, || Teach me Your statutes!

TETH - Learning the words of the Lord through suffering

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[TETH] You did good with Your servant, O YHWH, || According to Your word.
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Teach me the goodness of reason and knowledge, || For I have believed in Your commands.
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Before I am afflicted, I am erring, || And now I have kept Your saying.
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You [are] good, and doing good, || Teach me Your statutes.
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The proud have forged falsehood against me, || I keep Your precepts with the whole heart.
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Their heart has been thick as fat, || I have delighted in Your law.
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[It is] good for me that I have been afflicted, || That I might learn Your statutes.
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The Law of Your mouth [is] better to me || Than thousands of gold and silver!

JOD - The law of the Lord is the foundation for the community of believers

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[YOD] Your hands made me and establish me, || Cause me to understand, and I learn Your commands.
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Those fearing You see me and rejoice, || Because I have hoped for Your word.
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I have known, O YHWH, || That Your judgments [are] righteous, || And [in] faithfulness You have afflicted me.
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Please let Your kindness be to comfort me, || According to Your saying to Your servant.
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Your mercies meet me, and I live, || For Your law [is] my delight.
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The proud are ashamed, || For [with] falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate on Your precepts.
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Those fearing You turn back to me, || And those knowing Your testimonies.
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My heart is perfect in Your statutes, || So that I am not ashamed.

KAPH - Longing for peace and comfort

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[KAPH] My soul has been consumed for Your salvation, || I have hoped for Your word.
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My eyes have been consumed for Your word, || Saying, “When does it comfort me?”
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For I have been as a bottle in smoke, || I have not forgotten Your statutes.
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How many [are] the days of Your servant? When do You execute judgment || Against my pursuers?
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The proud have dug pits for me, || That [are] not according to Your law.
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All Your commands [are] faithfulness, || They have pursued me [with] falsehood, || Help me.
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They have almost consumed me on earth, || And I have not forsaken Your precepts.
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Quicken me according to Your kindness, || And I keep the Testimony of Your mouth!

LAMED - The immutability of the law of the Lord

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[LAMED] For all time, O YHWH, Your word is set up in the heavens.
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Your faithfulness from generation to generation, || You established earth, and it stands.
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According to Your ordinances || They have stood this day, for the whole—Your servants.
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Unless Your law [were] my delights, || Then had I perished in my affliction.
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I do not forget Your precepts for all time, || For You have quickened me by them.
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I [am] Yours, save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
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Your wicked waited for me to destroy me, || I understand Your testimonies.
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I have seen an end of all perfection, || Your command [is] exceedingly broad!

MEM - Love for God's law

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[MEM] O how I have loved Your law! It [is] my meditation all the day.
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Your command makes me wiser than my enemies, || For it [is] before me for all time.
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I have acted wisely above all my teachers. For Your testimonies [are] my meditation.
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Above elderly—I understand more, || For I have kept Your precepts.
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I restrained my feet from every evil path, || So that I keep Your word.
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I did not turn aside from Your judgments, || For You have directed me.
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How sweet Your saying has been to my palate, || Above honey to my mouth.
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I have understanding from Your precepts, || Therefore I have hated every false path!

NUN - The word of the Lord is a lamp unto my feet

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[NUN] Your word [is] a lamp to my foot, || And a light to my path.
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I have sworn, and I confirm, || To keep the judgments of Your righteousness.
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I have been afflicted very much, || O YHWH, quicken me, according to Your word.
108
Please accept [the] free-will offerings of my mouth, O YHWH, || And teach me Your judgments.
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My soul [is] in my hand continually, || And I have not forgotten Your law.
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The wicked have laid a snare for me, || And I did not wander from your precepts.
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I have inherited Your testimonies for all time, || For they [are] the joy of my heart.
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I have inclined my heart || To do Your statutes, for all time—[to] the end!

SAMEKH - The word of the Lord is my protection and my shield

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[SAMEKH] I have hated doubting ones, || And I have loved Your law.
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You [are] my hiding place and my shield, || I have hoped for Your word.
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Turn aside from me, you evildoers, || And I keep the commands of my God.
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Sustain me according to Your saying, || And I live, and You do not put me to shame because of my hope.
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Support me, and I am saved, || And I look on Your statutes continually.
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You have trodden down || All going astray from Your statutes, || For their deceit [is] falsehood.
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Dross! You have caused to cease || All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Your testimonies.
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My flesh has trembled from Your fear, || And I have been afraid from Your judgments!

AIN - The psalmist kept the law of the Lord

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[AYIN] I have done judgment and righteousness, || Do not leave me to my oppressors.
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Make Your servant sure for good, || Do not let the proud oppress me.
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My eyes have been consumed for Your salvation. And for the saying of Your righteousness.
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Do with Your servant according to Your kindness. And teach me Your statutes.
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I [am] Your servant—cause me to understand, || And I know Your testimonies.
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Time for YHWH to work! They have made Your law void.
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Therefore I have loved Your commands || Above gold—even fine gold.
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Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, || I have hated every path of falsehood!

PE - Prayer to keep the law of the Lord

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[PE] Your testimonies [are] wonderful, || Therefore my soul has kept them.
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The opening of Your words enlightens, || Instructing the simple.
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I have opened my mouth, indeed, I pant, || For I have longed for Your commands.
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Look to me, and favor me, || As customary to those loving Your Name.
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Establish my steps by Your saying, || And any iniquity does not rule over me.
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Ransom me from the oppression of man, || And I observe Your precepts,
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Cause Your face to shine on Your servant, || And teach me Your statutes.
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Streams of waters have come down my eyes, || Because they have not kept Your law!

TZADE - The Lord and his law are righteous

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[TSADE] You [are] righteous, O YHWH, || And Your judgments [are] upright.
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You have appointed Your testimonies, || Righteous and exceedingly faithful,
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My zeal has cut me off, || For my adversaries forgot Your words.
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Your saying [is] tried exceedingly, || And Your servant has loved it.
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I [am] small, and despised, || I have not forgotten Your precepts.
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Your righteousness [is] righteousness for all time, || And Your law [is] truth.
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Adversity and distress have found me, || Your commands [are] my delights.
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The righteousness of Your testimonies || [Is] to cause me to understand, and I live!

KOPH - Cry for salvation

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[QOF] I have called with the whole heart, || Answer me, O YHWH, I keep Your statutes,
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I have called You, save me, || And I keep Your testimonies.
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I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, || I have hoped for Your word.
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My eyes have gone before the watches, || To meditate on Your saying.
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Hear my voice, according to Your kindness, || YHWH, quicken me according to Your judgment.
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My wicked pursuers have been near, || They have been far off from Your law.
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You [are] near, O YHWH, || And all Your commands [are] truth.
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I have known Your testimonies of old, || That You have founded them for all time!

RESH - Keeping the law of the Lord in times of trouble

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[RESH] See my affliction, and deliver me, || For I have not forgotten Your law.
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Plead my plea, and redeem me, || Quicken me according to Your saying.
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Salvation [is] far from the wicked, || For they have not sought Your statutes.
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Your mercies [are] many, O YHWH, || Quicken me according to Your judgments.
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My pursuers and adversaries are many, || I have not turned aside from Your testimonies.
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I have seen treacherous ones, || And grieve myself, || Because they have not kept Your saying.
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See, for I have loved Your precepts, || YHWH, quicken me according to Your kindness.
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The sum of Your word [is] truth, || And every judgment of Your righteousness [is] for all time!

SHIN - Prayer for deliverance from persecution

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[SHIN] Princes have pursued me without cause, || And my heart was afraid because of Your words.
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I rejoice concerning Your saying, || As one finding abundant spoil.
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I have hated falsehood, indeed I detest [it], || I have loved Your law.
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Seven [times] in a day I have praised You, || Because of the judgments of Your righteousness.
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Those loving Your law have abundant peace, || And they have no stumbling-block.
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I have waited for Your salvation, O YHWH, || And I have done Your commands.
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My soul has kept Your testimonies, || And I love them exceedingly.
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I have kept Your precepts and Your testimonies, || For all my ways are before You!

TAU - Concluding prayer

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[TAW] My loud cry comes near before You, O YHWH; Cause me to understand according to Your word.
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My supplication comes in before You, || Deliver me according to Your saying.
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My lips utter praise, || For You teach me Your statutes.
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My tongue sings of Your saying, || For all Your commands [are] righteous.
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Your hand is for a help to me, || For I have chosen Your commands.
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I have longed for Your salvation, O YHWH, || And Your law [is] my delight.
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My soul lives, and it praises You, || And Your judgments help me.
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I wandered as a lost sheep, [so] seek Your servant, || For I have not forgotten Your precepts!
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ALEPH - Blessed are those who keep his law

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Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the LORD’s law.
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Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.
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Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways.
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You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them.
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Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!
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Then I wouldn’t be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments.
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I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments.
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I will observe your statutes. Don’t utterly forsake me.

BETH - Holiness is the fruit of keeping the law of the Lord

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How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.
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With my whole heart I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.
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I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
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Blessed are you, LORD. Teach me your statutes.
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With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.
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I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.
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I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways.
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I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word.

GIMEL - Eyes to see the wonders of the Lord

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Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word.
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Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.
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I am a stranger on the earth. Don’t hide your commandments from me.
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My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
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You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments.
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Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes.
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Though princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate on your statutes.
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Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors.

DALETH - prayer to understand the ways of the Lord

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My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word!
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I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes.
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Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.
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My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.
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Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously!
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I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me.
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I cling to your statutes, LORD. Don’t let me be disappointed.
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I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free.

HE - faithfulness based on the promises of God

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Teach me, LORD, the way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end.
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Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.
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Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them.
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Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.
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Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
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Fulfill your promise to your servant, that you may be feared.
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Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good.
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Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness.

VAU - salvation through the word of the Lord

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Let your loving kindness also come to me, LORD, your salvation, according to your word.
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So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word.
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Don’t snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, for I put my hope in your ordinances.
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So I will obey your law continually, forever and ever.
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I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts.
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I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed.
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I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.
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I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes.

ZAIN - The Word of the Lord is a source of hope and comfort

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Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope.
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This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me.
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The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don’t swerve from your law.
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I remember your ordinances of old, LORD, and have comforted myself.
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Indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked who forsake your law.
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Your statutes have been my songs in the house where I live.
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I have remembered your name, LORD, in the night, and I obey your law.
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This is my way, that I keep your precepts.

HETH - My inheritance is the keeping of your word

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The LORD is my portion. I promised to obey your words.
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I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.
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I considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes.
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I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments.
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The ropes of the wicked bind me, but I won’t forget your law.
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At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances.
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I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.
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The earth is full of your loving kindness, LORD. Teach me your statutes.

TETH - Learning the words of the Lord through suffering

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You have treated your servant well, according to your word, LORD.
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Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.
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Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.
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You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes.
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The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.
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Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law.
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It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes.
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The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.

JOD - The law of the Lord is the foundation for the community of believers

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Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
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Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.
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LORD, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
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Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.
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Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight.
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Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.
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Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.
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Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be disappointed.

KAPH - Longing for peace and comfort

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My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.
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My eyes fail for your word. I say, “When will you comfort me?”
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For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes.
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How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?
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The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law.
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All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!
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They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn’t forsake your precepts.
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Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth.

LAMED - The immutability of the law of the Lord

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LORD, your word is settled in heaven forever.
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Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.
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Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you.
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Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
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I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me.
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I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.
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The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.
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I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless.

MEM - Love for God's law

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How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.
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Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.
99
I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.
100
I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.
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I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.
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I have not turned away from your ordinances, for you have taught me.
103
How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!
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Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.

NUN - The word of the Lord is a lamp unto my feet

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Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.
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I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.
107
I am afflicted very much. Revive me, LORD, according to your word.
108
Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. LORD, teach me your ordinances.
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My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won’t forget your law.
110
The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.
111
I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
112
I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end.

SAMEKH - The word of the Lord is my protection and my shield

113
I hate double-minded men, but I love your law.
114
You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.
115
Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.
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Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.
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Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.
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You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain.
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You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies.
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My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments.

AIN - The psalmist kept the law of the Lord

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I have done what is just and righteous. Don’t leave me to my oppressors.
122
Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me.
123
My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.
124
Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.
125
I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.
126
It is time to act, LORD, for they break your law.
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Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.
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Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way.

PE - Prayer to keep the law of the Lord

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Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them.
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The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.
131
I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments.
132
Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.
133
Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me.
134
Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts.
135
Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.
136
Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your law.

TZADE - The Lord and his law are righteous

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You are righteous, LORD. Your judgments are upright.
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You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.
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My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.
140
Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
141
I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts.
142
Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.
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Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.
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Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.

KOPH - Cry for salvation

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I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, LORD! I will keep your statutes.
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I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes.
147
I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.
148
My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on your word.
149
Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, LORD, according to your ordinances.
150
They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law.
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You are near, LORD. All your commandments are truth.
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Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever.

RESH - Keeping the law of the Lord in times of trouble

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Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your law.
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Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.
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Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don’t seek your statutes.
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Great are your tender mercies, LORD. Revive me according to your ordinances.
157
Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies.
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I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don’t observe your word.
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Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, LORD, according to your loving kindness.
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All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.

SHIN - Prayer for deliverance from persecution

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Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.
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I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.
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I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.
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Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.
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Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.
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I have hoped for your salvation, LORD. I have done your commandments.
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My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly.
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I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you.

TAU - Concluding prayer

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Let my cry come before you, LORD. Give me understanding according to your word.
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Let my supplication come before you. Deliver me according to your word.
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Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes.
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Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are righteousness.
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Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
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I have longed for your salvation, LORD. Your law is my delight.
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Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me.
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I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.
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