American Standard Version of 1901
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א ALEPH.Blessed are they that are {Or, upright in way}perfect in the way,Who walk in the law of Jehovah.
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies,That seek him with the whole heart.
Yea, they do no unrighteousness;They walk in his ways.
ג GIMEL.Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live;So will I observe thy word.
I am a companion of all them that fear thee,And of them that observe thy precepts.
I am a sojourner in the earth:Hide not thy commandments from me.
I beheld the treacherous, and {Or, loathed them}was grieved,Because they observe not thy word.
Redeem me from the oppression of man:So will I observe thy precepts.
Princes also sat and talked against me;But thy servant did meditate on thy statutes.
The proud have had me greatly in derision:Yet have I not swerved from thy law.
The proud have forged a lie against me:With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.
The proud have digged pits for me,Who are not according to thy law.
The wicked have laid a snare for me;Yet have I not gone astray from thy precepts.
The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me;But I will consider thy testimonies.
Take away from me reproach and contempt;For I have kept thy testimonies.
I am small and despised;Yet do I not forget thy precepts.
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies,And not to covetousness.
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity,And quicken me in thy ways.
Before I was afflicted I went astray;But now I observe thy word.
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant;For I do not forget thy commandments.
It is good for me that I have been afflicted;That I may learn thy statutes.
My soul is continually in my hand;Yet do I not forget thy law.
My soul {Hebrew: droppeth.}melteth for heaviness:Strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
כ KAPH.My soul fainteth for thy salvation;But I hope in thy word.
Be surety for thy servant for good:Let not the proud oppress me.
Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me,As thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
ב BETH.Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way?By taking heed thereto according to thy word.
I will meditate on thy precepts,And have respect unto thy ways.
I have refrained my feet from every evil way,That I might observe thy word.
Through thy precepts I get understanding:Therefore I hate every false way.
Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right;And I hate every false way.
Thy word have I laid up in my heart,That I might not sin against thee.
Confirm unto thy servant thy word, {Or, Who is devoted to}Which is in order unto the fear of thee.
ו VAV.Let thy lovingkindnesses also come unto me, O Jehovah,Even thy salvation, according to thy word.
This is my comfort in my affliction; {Or, That}For thy word hath quickened me.
I entreated thy favor with my whole heart:Be merciful unto me according to thy word.
Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness be for my comfort,According to thy word unto thy servant.
Mine eyes fail for thy word,While I say, When wilt thou comfort me?
How sweet are thy words unto my {Hebrew: palate.}taste!Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live;And let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation,And for thy righteous word.
Establish my footsteps in thy word;And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Thy word is very {Hebrew: tried, or, refined.}pure;Therefore thy servant loveth it.
Mine eyes anticipated the night-watches,That I might meditate on thy word.
Plead thou my cause, and redeem me:Quicken me according to thy word.
I beheld the treacherous, and {Or, loathed them}was grieved,Because they observe not thy word.
I rejoice at thy word,As one that findeth great spoil.
Let my supplication come before thee:Deliver me according to thy word.
Let my tongue sing of thy word;For all thy commandments are righteousness.
א ALEPH.Blessed are they that are {Or, upright in way}perfect in the way,Who walk in the law of Jehovah.
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies,That seek him with the whole heart.
Yea, they do no unrighteousness;They walk in his ways.
Thou hast commanded us thy precepts,That we should observe them diligently.
Oh that my ways were establishedTo observe thy statutes!
Then shall I not be put to shame,When I have respect unto all thy commandments.
I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart,When I learn thy righteous judgments.
I will observe thy statutes:Oh forsake me not utterly.
א ALEPH.Blessed are they that are {Or, upright in way}perfect in the way,Who walk in the law of Jehovah.
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies,That seek him with the whole heart.
Yea, they do no unrighteousness;They walk in his ways.