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My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won’t forget your law.

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The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.

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I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

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I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end.

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SAMEKH – I hate double-minded men, but I love your law.

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You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.

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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.

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AYIN – I have done what is just and righteous. Don’t leave me to my oppressors.

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Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me.

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My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.

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Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.

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I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.

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It is time to act, Yahweh, 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.

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PEY – 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.

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I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments.

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Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.

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Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me.

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Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts.

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Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.

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Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your law.

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TZADI – You are righteous, Yahweh. 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.

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Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.

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I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts.

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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.

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KUF – I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will keep your statutes.

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I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes.

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I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.

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My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on your word.

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Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your ordinances.

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They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law.

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You are near, Yahweh. All your commandments are truth.

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Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever.

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RESH – 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, Yahweh. Revive me according to your ordinances.

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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, Yahweh, according to your loving kindness.

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All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.

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SIN AND SHIN – 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 spoil.

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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, Yahweh. 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.

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TAV – Let my cry come before you, Yahweh. 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, Yahweh. 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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A Song of Ascents

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In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. He answered me.

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Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

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What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue?

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Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

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Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

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My soul has had her dwelling too long with him who hates peace.

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I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war.

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A Song of Ascents.

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I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?

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My help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.

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He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.

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Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

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Yahweh is your keeper. Yahweh is your shade on your right hand.

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The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.

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Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.

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Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forth, and forevermore.

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I was glad when they said to me, “Let’s go to Yahweh’s house!”

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Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem;

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Jerusalem, that is built as a city that is compact together;

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where the tribes go up, even Yah’s tribes, according to an ordinance for Israel, to give thanks to the name of Yahweh.

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For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of David’s house.

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Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.

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Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.

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For my brothers’ and companions’ sakes, I will now say, “Peace be within you.”

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For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek your good.

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A Song of Ascents.

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To you I do lift up my eyes, you who sit in the heavens.

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Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look to Yahweh, our God, until he has mercy on us.

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Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.

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Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.

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A Song of Ascents. By David.