ALEPH - Blessed are those who keep his law
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How fortunate are those about whom no one can say truthfully that they have done things that are wrong, those who always obey the laws of Yahweh.
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How fortunate are those who obey his weighty commands, those who request him with their entire inner beings to help them to do that.
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They do not do things that are wrong; they behave as Yahweh wants them to.
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Yahweh, you have given us your principles of behavior, and you told us to obey them faithfully.
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I want so much to faithfully keep everything that you command.
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If I did that, I would not be ashamed when I thought about your commands.
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When I learn all of your just regulations, I will praise you with a pure inner being.
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I will obey all your statutes; do not desert me!
BETH - Holiness is the fruit of keeping the law of the Lord
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I know how a young person can live in a pure way; it is by obeying your commands.
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I try to serve you with my entire inner being; do not allow me to wander away from what you have commanded.
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I have memorized your commands so that I will not sin against you.
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Yahweh, I praise you; teach me your statutes.
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I have announced to the people all the things that you have commanded us to do.
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I delight in obeying your requirements; I enjoy that more than being very rich.
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I will study everything you have commanded, and I will pay attention to how you have shown me to live.
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I will be happy to obey your statutes, and I will not forget your words.
GIMEL - Eyes to see the wonders of the Lord
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Do good things for me, the one who serves you, so that I may continue to live and obey your words during all my life.
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Help me to understand with my mind, to know the wonderful things that are written in your laws.
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I am living here on the earth for only a short time; do not keep me from understanding.
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In my inner being I strongly desire to know your decrees all the time.
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You rebuke those who are proud; you curse those who disobey your commands.
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Do not allow them to continue to insult and scorn me; I request this because I have obeyed your requirements.
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Rulers gather together and plan ways to harm me, but I will meditate on what you have commanded.
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I am delighted with your requirements; it is as though they were my advisors.
DALETH - prayer to understand the ways of the Lord
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I think that I will soon die; save my life as you have promised me that you would.
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When I told you about all the things I did, you answered me; teach me your statutes.
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Help me to understand how you want me to behave, and then I will meditate on your amazing instructions.
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I am very sad, with the result that I have no strength; enable me to be strong again as you promised me that you would do.
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Prevent me from telling lies, and be kind to me by teaching me your laws.
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I have decided that I will faithfully obey you; I am determined to follow your commands.
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Yahweh, I try to carefully cling to your requirements; do not abandon me or let me be disgraced.
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I will eagerly obey your commands because you have helped me understand better and better what you want me to do.
HE - faithfulness based on the promises of God
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Yahweh, teach me the meaning of your statutes, and then I will completely obey them.
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Help me to understand your laws so that I may obey them with all my inner being.
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I am happy with your commands, so lead me along the paths that you have chosen for me.
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Cause me to want to do what you command and not to want to become rich.
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Do not allow me to look at things that are worthless; make me able to live as you want me to live.
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Because I am one who serves you, do what you promised to do for me, which is what you also promise to do for all those who honor you.
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I become afraid when my enemies insult me; stop them! But you are right when you punish my enemies.
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I very much desire to obey your principles of behavior; because you are righteous, allow me to continue to live.
VAU - salvation through the word of the Lord
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Yahweh, show me that you faithfully love me, and rescue me as you promised you would.
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After you do that, I will be able to reply to those who insult me because I trust in your word.
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Never prevent me from speaking your truth because I have confidence in your regulations.
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I will always obey your laws forever and ever.
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I will always be safe because I have tried to obey your principles of behavior.
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I will tell to kings what you require, and because they are unable to prove me wrong, they will not cause me to be ashamed.
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I am delighted to obey your commands, and I love them.
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I respect your commandments, and I love them; I will meditate on everything you require us to do.
ZAIN - The Word of the Lord is a source of hope and comfort
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Do not forget what you said you would do for me, the one who serves you, because what you have said has caused me to confidently expect good things from you.
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When I have been suffering, you comforted me; you did what you promised me, and that kept me alive.
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Proud people are always making fun of me, but I do not turn away from obeying your laws.
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Yahweh, when I think about your regulations that you gave to us long ago, I am comforted.
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When I see wicked people disregard your laws, I become very angry.
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While I have been living here on the earth for a short time, I have written songs about your statutes.
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Yahweh, during the night I think about you, and so I obey your laws.
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What I have always done is to obey your principles of behavior.
HETH - My inheritance is the keeping of your word
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Yahweh, you are the one whom I have chosen, and I promise to obey your words.
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With all my inner being I plead with you to be good to me; act kindly to me as you promised that you would do.
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I have thought about my behavior, and I have decided to return to obeying your requirements.
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I hurry to obey your commands; I do not delay at all.
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Wicked people have tried to seize me as a hunter tries to catch an animal with a net, but I do not forget your laws.
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In the middle of the night I awake, and I praise you for your commands because they are fair.
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I am a friend of all those who have an awesome respect for you, those who obey your principles of behavior.
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Yahweh, you faithfully love people all over the earth; teach me your statutes.
TETH - Learning the words of the Lord through suffering
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Yahweh, you have done good things for me as you promised that you would do.
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Teach me to think carefully before I decide what to do, and teach me other things that I need to know because I believe that it is right for us to obey your commands.
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Before you afflicted me, I did things that were wrong, but now I obey your words.
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You are very good, and what you do is good; teach me your statutes.
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Proud people have told many lies about me, but as for me, I obey your principles of behavior.
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Those people are stubborn, but as for me, I am delighted with your laws.
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It was good for me that you afflicted me because the result was that I learned your statutes.
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The laws that you give to us are worth more to me than gold, more 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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You created me and formed my body; help me to be wise so that I may learn your commands.
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Those who have an awesome respect for you will see what you have done for me, because they have confidence in the promises of your word.
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Yahweh, I know that your regulations are right and that you have made me suffer because you love me without end.
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Comfort me by showing that you faithfully love me as you said to me that you would do.
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Act mercifully to me so that I may continue to live because I am delighted with your laws.
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Cause the proud people who falsely accuse me to be shamed; but as for me, I will continue meditating on what you have commanded I should do.
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Cause those who have an awesome respect for you to come back to me so that they may learn what you command.
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Enable me to perfectly obey your statutes so that I may not be ashamed because of not doing that.
KAPH - Longing for peace and comfort
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I am waiting for you to save me from my enemies; I confidently expect that you will tell me what you will do.
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My eyes are tired from waiting a long time for you to do what you promised that you would do, and I ask, “When will you help me?”
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I have become as useless as a wineskin that is shriveled from hanging a long time in the smoke inside a house, but I have not forgotten your statutes.
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How long must I wait? When will you punish those who persecute me?
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It is as though proud people, those who do not obey your laws, have dug deep pits for me to fall into.
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All your commands are trustworthy; but people are persecuting me by telling lies about me, so please help me.
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Those people almost killed me, but I have not stopped obeying your principles of behavior.
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Because you faithfully love me, allow me to continue to live so that I may continue to obey your requirements that you have spoken.
LAMED - The immutability of the law of the Lord
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Yahweh, your word will last forever; it is firmly fixed in heaven.
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You will faithfully continue to act for people who are not yet born; you have put the earth in its place, and it remains firmly there.
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To this day, all things on the earth remain because you decided that they should remain; everything on the earth serves you.
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If I had not been delighted in obeying your laws, I would have died because of what I was suffering.
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I will never forget your principles of behavior because as a result of my obeying them, you have enabled me to continue to live.
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I belong to you; save me from my enemies because I have tried to obey your principles of behavior.
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Wicked men are waiting to kill me, but I will think about your requirements.
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I have learned that there is a limit for everything, but your commands have no limit.
MEM - Love for God's law
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I love your laws very much. I meditate on them all during the day.
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Because I know your commands and because I think about them all the time, I have become wiser than my enemies.
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I understand more than my teachers do because I meditate on what you command.
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I understand more than many old people do because I obey your principles of behavior.
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I have avoided all evil behavior so that I may obey your words.
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I have not refused to obey them because you have taught me while I have studied them.
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When I read your words, they are like honey that I eat; yes, they are even sweeter than honey.
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Because I have learned your principles of behavior, I am able to understand many things; therefore I hate all evil things that some people do.
NUN - The word of the Lord is a lamp unto my feet
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Your word is a lamp to guide me; it is like a light that shows me where to walk.
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I have solemnly promised, and I am solemnly promising it again, that I will always obey your regulations; they are all fair.
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Yahweh, I am suffering very much; cause me to be strong again as you have promised to do.
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Yahweh, when I thank you while I pray, it is like a sacrifice to you; please accept it, and teach me your regulations.
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My enemies are often trying to kill me, but I do not forget your laws.
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Wicked people have tried to seize me as a hunter tries to catch little animals with a trap, but I have not disobeyed your principles of behavior.
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I have your requirements forever; because of them, I am joyful in my inner being.
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I have decided to always obey your commands, every one of them.
SAMEKH - The word of the Lord is my protection and my shield
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I hate people who only say they love you, but I love your laws.
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You are like a place where I can hide from my enemies, and you are like a shield behind which I am protected from them; I trust in your promises.
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You evil people, go away from me so that I may obey my God’s commands!
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Enable me to be strong as you promised that you would do, so that I may continue to live. I am confidently expecting that you will restore me; do not disappoint me.
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Hold me up so that I may be safe and always pay attention to your commands.
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You reject all those who disobey your statutes; because they make deceitful plans and they do not keep their word.
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You get rid of all the wicked people on the earth as people get rid of trash; therefore I love your requirements.
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I tremble because I am afraid of you; I am afraid because you punish those who do not obey your regulations.
AIN - The psalmist kept the law of the Lord
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But I have done what is right and fair; so do not allow people to oppress me.
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Be responsible for doing good things for me, and do not allow proud people to oppress me.
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My eyes are tired from waiting a long time for you to rescue me, for you to save me as you promised that you would.
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Do something for me to show that you faithfully love me, and teach me your statutes.
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I am one who serves you; enable me to understand what you want me to know so that I may learn your requirements.
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Yahweh, now is the time for you to punish people because they have disobeyed your laws.
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Truly, I love your commands more than I love gold; I love them more than I love very pure gold.
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So I conduct my life by your principles of behavior, and I hate all the evil things that some people do.
PE - Prayer to keep the law of the Lord
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Your requirements are wonderful, so I obey them with all my inner being.
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When someone explains your words, it is as though they are lighting a light; what they say causes even people who have not learned your laws to be wise.
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I eagerly desire to know your commands as a dog pants with its mouth open, wanting to be fed.
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Listen to me and act kindly to me as you do to all those who love you.
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Guide me as you promised; do not allow evil people to control what I do.
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Rescue me from those who oppress me so that I may obey your principles of behavior.
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Act kindly toward me and teach me your statutes.
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I cry very much because many people do not obey your laws.
TZADE - The Lord and his law are righteous
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Yahweh, you are righteous and your regulations are just.
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You did what was right when you gave us the laws of your covenant promise, and you can be trusted when you made those promises to us.
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I am furious because my enemies disregard your words.
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I have found that your promises are dependable, and I love them.
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I am not important, and people despise me, but I do not forget your principles of behavior.
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You are righteous and you will be righteous forever, and your laws will never be changed.
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I constantly have troubles and I am worried, but your commands cause me to be happy.
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Your requirements are always fair; help me to understand them so that I may continue to live.
KOPH - Cry for salvation
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Yahweh, with all my inner being I call out to you; answer me and I will obey your statutes.
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I call out to you, “Save me, and I will keep your commandments.”
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Each morning I arise before dawn and call to you to help me; I confidently expect you to do what you have promised.
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All during the night I am awake, and I meditate on your commands and your promises.
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Yahweh, because you faithfully love me, listen to me while I pray; keep me safe because I keep your regulations.
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Those evil people who oppress me are coming closer to me; they do not pay any attention to your laws.
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But Yahweh, you are near to me, and I know that your commands will never be changed.
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Long ago I found out about your requirements, and I know that you intended them to last forever.
RESH - Keeping the law of the Lord in times of trouble
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Look at me, see that I am suffering very much, and heal me because I do not forget your laws.
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Defend me when others accuse me and rescue me from them; allow me to continue to live as you promised that you would.
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Wicked people do not obey your statutes, so you will certainly not save them.
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Yahweh, you have been merciful by helping me in many ways; allow me to continue to live as you have done until now.
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Many people are my enemies; many people cause me to suffer, but I do not neglect your commands.
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When I look at those who are not faithful to you, I am disgusted because they do not obey your requirements.
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Yahweh, notice that I love your principles of behavior; because you faithfully love me, allow me to continue to live.
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I can rely on everything that you have said; all your regulations will endure forever.
SHIN - Prayer for deliverance from persecution
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Rulers persecute me for no reason, but in my inner being I have a very awesome respect for your words.
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I am happy about your words, as happy as someone who has found a great treasure.
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I thoroughly hate all lies but I love your laws.
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I praise you seven times a day for your commandments because they are all just.
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Things go well for those who love your laws; nothing will make them abandon your laws.
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Yahweh, I confidently expect that you will rescue me from my troubles, and I obey your commands.
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I obey what you require us to do; I love it all very much.
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I obey your principles of behavior, and you see everything that I do.
TAU - Concluding prayer
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Yahweh, listen while I pray for you to help me; help me to understand your words.
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Hear me while I pray, and rescue me as you said you would.
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I will always praise you because you teach me your rules.
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I will sing about your words because all your commands are just.
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I request you to always be ready to help me because I have chosen to obey your principles of behavior.
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Yahweh, I eagerly desire for you to rescue me from my enemies; I am delighted with your laws.
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Allow me to continue to live in order that I can continue to praise you so that your regulations will continue to help me.
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I have sinned and turned away from you like a sheep that has left its flock; search for me because I have not forgotten your commands.
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