Book 21 Psalms (continued 2)
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CAPH.
118:81. My soul hath fainted after thy salvation: and in thy word I have very much hoped.
118:82. My eyes have failed for thy word, saying: When wilt thou comfort me?
118:83. For I am become like a bottle in the frost: I have not forgotten thy justifications.
118:84. How many are the days of thy servant: when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
118:85. The wicked have told me fables: but not as thy law.
118:86. All thy statutes are truth: they have persecuted me unjustly, do thou help me.
118:87. They had almost made an end of me upon earth: but I have not forsaken thy commandments.
118:88. Quicken thou me according to thy mercy: and I shall keep the testimonies of thy mouth.
LAMED.
118:89. For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven.
118:90. Thy truth unto all generations: thou hast founded the earth, and it continueth.
118:91. By thy ordinance the day goeth on: for all things serve thee.
118:92. Unless thy law had been my meditation, I had then perhaps perished in my abjection.
118:93. Thy justifications I will never forget: for by them thou hast given me life.
118:94. I am thine, save thou me: for I have sought thy justifications.
118:95. The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I have understood thy testimonies.
118:96. I have seen an end of all perfection: thy commandment is exceeding broad.
MEM.
118:97. O how have I loved thy law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day.
118:98. Through thy commandment, thou hast made me wiser than my enemies: for it is ever with me.
118:99. I have understood more than all my teachers: because thy testimonies are my meditation.
118:100. I have had understanding above ancients: because I have sought thy commandments.
118:101. I have restrained my feet from every evil way: that I may keep thy words.
118:102. I have not declined from thy judgments, because thou hast set me a law.
118:103. How sweet are thy words to my palate! more than honey to my mouth.
118:104. By thy commandments I have had understanding: therefore have I hated every way of iniquity.
NUN.
118:105. Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths.
118:106. I have sworn and am determined to keep the judgments of thy justice.
118:107. I have been humbled, O Lord, exceedingly: quicken thou me according to thy word.
118:108. The free offerings of my mouth make acceptable, O Lord: and teach me thy judgments.
118:109. My soul is continually in my hands: and I have not forgotten thy law.
118:110. Sinners have laid a snare for me: but I have not erred from thy precepts.
118:111. I have purchased thy testimonies for an inheritance for ever: because they are the joy of my heart.
118:112. I have inclined my heart to do thy justifications for ever, for the reward.
SAMECH.
118:113. I have hated the unjust: and have loved thy law.
118:114. Thou art my helper and my protector: and in thy word I have greatly hoped.
118:115. Depart from me, ye malignant: and I will search the commandments of my God.