< Psalms 119 >
1 ALEPH. Blessed are those that are vpright in their way, and walke in the Lawe of the Lord.
ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
2 Blessed are they that keepe his testimonies, and seeke him with their whole heart.
Blessed are they who search his testimonies: that seek him with their whole heart.
3 Surely they woorke none iniquitie, but walke in his waies.
For they that work iniquity, have not walked in his ways.
4 Thou hast commanded to keepe thy precepts diligently.
Thou hast commanded thy commandments to be kept most diligently.
5 Oh that my waies were directed to keepe thy statutes!
O! that my ways may be directed to keep thy justifications.
6 Then should I not be confounded, when I haue respect vnto all thy commandements.
Then shall I not be confounded, when I shall look into all thy commandments.
7 I will praise thee with an vpright heart, when I shall learne the iudgements of thy righteousnesse.
I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned the judgments of thy justice.
8 I will keepe thy statutes: forsake mee not ouerlong.
I will keep thy justifications: O! do not thou utterly forsake me.
9 BETH. Wherewith shall a yong man redresse his waie? in taking heede thereto according to thy woorde.
BETH. By what doth a young man correct his way? by observing thy words.
10 With my whole heart haue I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandements.
With my whole heart have I sought after thee: let me not stray from thy commandments.
11 I haue hid thy promise in mine heart, that I might not sinne against thee.
Thy words have I hidden in my heart, that I may not sin against thee.
12 Blessed art thou, O Lord: teache mee thy statutes.
Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy justifications.
13 With my lippes haue I declared all the iudgements of thy mouth.
With my lips I have pronounced all the judgments of thy mouth.
14 I haue had as great delight in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches.
I have been delighted in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches.
15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and consider thy waies.
I will meditate on thy commandments: and I will consider thy ways.
16 I will delite in thy statutes, and I will not forget thy worde.
I will think of thy justifications: I will not forget thy words.
17 GIMEL. Be beneficiall vnto thy seruant, that I may liue and keepe thy woorde.
GIMEL. Give bountifully to thy servant, enliven me: and I shall keep thy words.
18 Open mine eies, that I may see the wonders of thy Lawe.
Open thou my eyes: and I will consider the wondrous things of thy law.
19 I am a stranger vpon earth: hide not thy commandements from me.
I am a sojourner on the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
20 Mine heart breaketh for the desire to thy iudgements alway.
My soul hath coveted to long for thy justifications, at all times.
21 Thou hast destroied the proud: cursed are they that doe erre from thy commandements.
Thou hast rebuked the proud: they are cursed who decline from thy commandments.
22 Remoue from mee shame and contempt: for I haue kept thy testimonies.
Remove from reproach and contempt: because I have sought after thy testimonies.
23 Princes also did sit, and speake against me: but thy seruant did meditate in thy statutes.
For princes sat, and spoke against me: but thy servant was employed in thy justifications.
24 Also thy testimonies are my delite, and my counsellers.
For thy testimonies are my (meditation) and thy justifications my counsel.
25 DALETH. My soule cleaueth to the dust: quicken me according to thy worde.
DALETH. My soul hath cleaved to the pavement: quicken thou me according to thy word.
26 I haue declared my waies, and thou heardest me: teache me thy statutes.
I have declared my ways, and thou hast heard me: teach me thy justifications.
27 Make me to vnderstand ye way of thy precepts, and I will meditate in thy wondrous workes.
Make me to understand the way of thy justifications: and I shall be exercised in thy wondrous works.
28 My soule melteth for heauinesse: raise mee vp according vnto thy worde.
My soul hath slumbered through heaviness: strengthen thou me in thy words.
29 Take from mee the way of lying, and graunt me graciously thy Lawe.
Remove from me the way of iniquity: and out of thy law have mercy on me.
30 I haue chosen the way of trueth, and thy iudgements haue I laied before me.
I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments I have not forgotten.
31 I haue cleaued to thy testimonies, O Lord: confound me not.
I have stuck to thy testimonies, O Lord: put me not to shame.
32 I will runne the way of thy commandements, when thou shalt enlarge mine heart.
I have run the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart.
33 HE. Teach mee, O Lord, the way of thy statutes, and I will keepe it vnto the ende.
HE. Set before me for a law the way of thy justifications, O Lord: and I will always seek after it.
34 Giue mee vnderstanding, and I will keepe thy Law: yea, I wil keepe it with my whole heart.
Give me understanding, and I will search thy law; and I will keep it with my whole heart.
35 Direct mee in the path of thy commandements: for therein is my delite.
Lead me into the path of thy commandments; for this same I have desired.
36 Incline mine heart vnto thy testimonies, and not to couetousnesse.
Incline my heart into thy testimonies and not to covetousness.
37 Turne away mine eies from regarding vanitie, and quicken me in thy way.
Turn away my eyes that they may not behold vanity: quicken me in thy way.
38 Stablish thy promise to thy seruaunt, because he feareth thee.
Establish thy word to thy servant, in thy fear.
39 Take away my rebuke that I feare: for thy iudgements are good.
Turn away my reproach, which I have apprehended: for thy judgments are delightful.
40 Beholde, I desire thy commandements: quicken me in thy righteousnesse,
Behold I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy justice.
41 VAV. And let thy louing kindnesse come vnto me, O Lord, and thy saluation according to thy promise.
VAU. Let thy mercy also come upon me, O Lord: thy salvation according to thy word.
42 So shall I make answere vnto my blasphemers: for I trust in thy woorde.
So shall I answer them that reproach me in any thing; that I have trusted in thy words.
43 And take not the woorde of trueth vtterly out of my mouth: for I waite for thy iudgements.
And take not thou the word of truth utterly out of my mouth: for in thy words have I hoped exceedingly.
44 So shall I alway keepe thy Lawe for euer and euer.
So shall I always keep thy law, for ever and ever.
45 And I will walke at libertie: for I seeke thy precepts.
And I walked at large: because I have sought after thy commandments.
46 I will speake also of thy testimonies before Kings, and will not be ashamed.
And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings: and I was not ashamed.
47 And my delite shalbe in thy commandements, which I haue loued.
I meditated also on thy commandments, which I loved.
48 Mine handes also will I lift vp vnto thy commandements, which I haue loued, and I will meditate in thy statutes.
And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments, which I loved: and I was exercised in thy justifications.
49 ZAIN. Remember the promise made to thy seruant, wherein thou hast caused me to trust.
ZAIN. Be thou mindful of thy word to thy servant, in which thou hast given me hope.
50 It is my comfort in my trouble: for thy promise hath quickened me.
This hath comforted me in my humiliation: because thy word hath enlivened me.
51 The proude haue had me exceedingly in derision: yet haue I not declined from thy Lawe.
The proud did iniquitously altogether: but I declined not from thy law.
52 I remembred thy iudgements of olde, O Lord, and haue bene comforted.
I remembered, O Lord, thy judgments of old: and I was comforted.
53 Feare is come vpon mee for the wicked, that forsake thy Lawe.
A fainting hath taken hold of me, because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
54 Thy statutes haue beene my songes in the house of my pilgrimage.
Thy justifications were the subject of my song, in the place of my pilgrimage.
55 I haue remembred thy Name, O Lord, in the night, and haue kept thy Lawe.
In the night I have remembered thy name, O Lord: and have kept thy law.
56 This I had because I kept thy precepts.
This happened to me: because I sought after thy justifications.
57 CHETH. O Lord, that art my portion, I haue determined to keepe thy wordes.
HETH. O Lord, my portion, I have said, I would keep the law.
58 I made my supplication in thy presence with my whole heart: be mercifull vnto me according to thy promise.
I entreated thy face with all my heart: have mercy on me according to thy word.
59 I haue considered my waies, and turned my feete into thy testimonies.
I have thought on my ways: and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
60 I made haste and delaied not to keepe thy commandements.
I am ready, and am not troubled: that I may keep thy commandments.
61 The bandes of the wicked haue robbed me: but I haue not forgotten thy Lawe.
The cords of the wicked have encompassed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
62 At midnight will I rise to giue thanks vnto thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.
I rose at midnight to give praise to thee; for the judgments of thy justification.
63 I am companion of all them that feare thee, and keepe thy precepts.
I am a partaker with all them that fear thee, and that keep thy commandments.
64 The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercie: teache me thy statutes.
The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy justifications.
65 TETH. O Lord, thou hast delt graciously with thy seruant according vnto thy woorde.
TETH. Thou hast done well with thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word.
66 Teach me good iudgement and knowledge: for I haue beleeued thy commandements.
Teach me goodness and discipline and knowledge; for I have believed thy commandments.
67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray: but nowe I keepe thy woorde.
Before I was humbled I offended; therefore have I kept thy word.
68 Thou art good and gracious: teach me thy statutes.
Thou art good; and in thy goodness teach me thy justifications.
69 The proud haue imagined a lie against me: but I wil keepe thy precepts with my whole heart.
The iniquity of the proud hath been multiplied over me: but I will seek thy commandments with my whole heart.
70 Their heart is fatte as grease: but my delite is in thy Lawe.
Their heart is curdled like milk: but I have meditated on thy law.
71 It is good for me that I haue beene afflicted, that I may learne thy statutes.
It is good for me that thou hast humbled me, that I may learn thy justifications.
72 The Lawe of thy mouth is better vnto me, then thousands of golde and siluer.
The law of thy mouth is good to me, above thousands of gold and silver.
73 IOD. Thine hands haue made me and fashioned me: giue mee vnderstanding therefore, that I may learne thy commandements.
JOD. Thy hands have made me and formed me: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments.
74 So they that feare thee, seeing mee shall reioyce, because I haue trusted in thy worde.
They that fear thee shall see me, and shall be glad: because I have greatly hoped in thy words.
75 I knowe, O Lord, that thy iudgements are right, and that thou hast afflicted me iustly.
I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are equity: and in thy truth thou hast humbled me.
76 I pray thee that thy mercie may comfort me according to thy promise vnto thy seruant.
O! let thy mercy be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
77 Let thy tender mercies come vnto me, that I may liue: for thy Lawe is my delite.
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, and I shall live: for thy law is my (meditation)
78 Let the proude be ashamed: for they haue dealt wickedly and falsely with me: but I meditate in thy precepts.
Let the proud be ashamed, because they have done unjustly towards me: but I will be employed in thy commandments.
79 Let such as feare thee turne vnto me, and they that knowe thy testimonies.
Let them that fear thee turn to me and they that know thy testimonies.
80 Let mine heart bee vpright in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.
Let my heart be undefiled in thy justifications, that I may not be confounded.
81 CAPH. My soule fainteth for thy saluation: yet I waite for thy worde.
CAPH. My soul hath fainted after thy salvation: and in thy word I have very much hoped.
82 Mine eyes faile for thy promise, saying, when wilt thou comfort me?
My eyes have failed for thy word, saying: When wilt thou comfort me?
83 For I am like a bottell in the smoke: yet doe I not forget thy statutes.
For I am become like a bottle in the frost: I have not forgotten thy justifications.
84 Howe many are the dayes of thy seruant? When wilt thou execute iudgement on them that persecute me?
How many are the days of thy servant: when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
85 The proude haue digged pittes for mee, which is not after thy Lawe.
The wicked have told me fables: but not as thy law.
86 All thy commandements are true: they persecute me falsely: helpe me.
All thy statutes are truth: they have persecuted me unjustly, do thou help me.
87 They had almost consumed me vpon the earth: but I forsooke not thy precepts.
They had almost made an end of me upon earth: but I have not forsaken thy commandments.
88 Quicken me according to thy louing kindnes: so shall I keepe the testimony of thy mouth.
Quicken thou me according to thy mercy: and I shall keep the testimonies of thy mouth.
89 LAMED. O Lord, thy worde endureth for euer in heauen.
LAMED. For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven.
90 Thy trueth is from generation to generation: thou hast layed the foundation of the earth, and it abideth.
Thy truth unto all generations: thou hast founded the earth, and it continueth.
91 They continue euen to this day by thine ordinances: for all are thy seruants.
By thy ordinance the day goeth on: for all things serve thee.
92 Except thy Lawe had bene my delite, I should now haue perished in mine affliction.
Unless thy law had been my (meditation) I had then perhaps perished in my abjection.
93 I wil neuer forget thy precepts: for by them thou hast quickened me.
Thy justifications I will never forget: for by them thou hast given me life.
94 I am thine, saue me: for I haue sought thy precepts.
I am thine, save thou me: for I have sought thy justifications.
95 The wicked haue waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I have understood thy testimonies.
96 I haue seene an ende of all perfection: but thy commandement is exceeding large.
I have seen an end to all persecution: thy commandment is exceeding broad.
97 MEM. Oh howe loue I thy Lawe! it is my meditation continually.
MEM. O how have I loved thy law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day.
98 By thy commandements thou hast made mee wiser then mine enemies: for they are euer with mee.
Through thy commandment, thou hast made me wiser than my enemies: for it is ever with me.
99 I haue had more vnderstading then all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my (meditation)
I have understood more than all my teachers: because thy testimonies are my (meditation)
100 I vnderstoode more then the ancient, because I kept thy precepts.
I have had understanding above ancients: because I have sought thy commandments.
101 I haue refrained my feete from euery euil way, that I might keepe thy word.
I have restrained my feet from every evil way: that I may keep thy words.
102 I haue not declined from thy iudgements: for thou didest teach me.
I have not declined from thy judgments, because thou hast set me a law.
103 Howe sweete are thy promises vnto my mouth! yea, more then hony vnto my mouth.
How sweet are thy words to my palate! more than honey to my mouth.
104 By thy precepts I haue gotten vnderstanding: therefore I hate all the wayes of falshoode.
By thy commandments I have had understanding: therefore have I hated every way of iniquity.
105 NUN. Thy worde is a lanterne vnto my feete, and a light vnto my path.
NUN. Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths.
106 I haue sworne and will performe it, that I will keepe thy righteous iudgements.
I have sworn and am determined to keep the judgments of thy justice.
107 I am very sore afflicted: O Lord, quicken me according to thy word.
I have been humbled, O Lord, exceedingly: quicken thou me according to thy word.
108 O Lord, I beseeche thee accept the free offerings of my mouth, and teach mee thy iudgements.
The free offerings of my mouth make acceptable, O Lord: and teach me thy judgments.
109 My soule is continually in mine hande: yet doe I not forget thy Lawe.
My soul is continually in my hands: and I have not forgotten thy law.
110 The wicked haue layed a snare for mee: but I swarued not from thy precepts.
Sinners have laid a snare for me: but I have not erred from thy precepts.
111 Thy testimonies haue I taken as an heritage for euer: for they are the ioy of mine heart.
I have purchased thy testimonies for an inheritance for ever: because they are a joy to my heart.
112 I haue applied mine heart to fulfill thy statutes alway, euen vnto the ende.
I have inclined my heart to do thy justifications for ever, for the reward.
113 SAMECH. I hate vaine inuentions: but thy Lawe doe I loue.
SAMECH. I have hated the unjust: and have loved thy law.
114 Thou art my refuge and shield, and I trust in thy worde.
Thou art my helper and my protector: and in thy word I have greatly hoped.
115 Away from mee, yee wicked: for I will keepe the commandements of my God.
Depart from me, ye malignant: and I will search the commandments of my God.
116 Stablish me according to thy promise, that I may liue, and disappoint me not of mine hope.
Uphold me according to thy word, and I shall live: and let me not be confounded in my expectation.
117 Stay thou mee, and I shall be safe, and I will delite continually in thy statutes.
Help me, and I shall be saved: and I will meditate always on thy justifications.
118 Thou hast troden downe all them that depart from thy statutes: for their deceit is vaine.
Thou hast despised all them that fall off from thy judgments; for their thought is unjust.
119 Thou hast taken away all ye wicked of the earth like drosse: therefore I loue thy testimonies.
I have accounted all the sinners of the earth prevaricators: therefore have I loved thy testimonies.
120 My flesh trembleth for feare of thee, and I am afraide of thy iudgements.
Pierce thou my flesh with thy fear: for I am afraid of thy judgments.
121 AIN. I haue executed iudgement and iustice: leaue me not to mine oppressours.
AIN. I have done judgment and justice: give me not up to them that slander me.
122 Answere for thy seruant in that, which is good, and let not the proude oppresse me.
Uphold thy servant unto good: let not the proud calumniate me.
123 Mine eyes haue failed in waiting for thy saluation, and for thy iust promise.
My eyes have fainted after thy salvation: and for the word of thy justice.
124 Deale with thy seruant according to thy mercie, and teache me thy statutes.
Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy: and teach me thy justifications.
125 I am thy seruant: graunt mee therefore vnderstanding, that I may knowe thy testimonies.
I am thy servant: give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.
126 It is time for thee Lord to worke: for they haue destroyed thy Lawe.
It is time, O Lord, to do: they have dissipated thy law.
127 Therefore loue I thy commandements aboue golde, yea, aboue most fine golde.
Therefore have I loved thy commandments above gold and the topaz.
128 Therefore I esteeme all thy precepts most iust, and hate all false wayes.
Therefore was I directed to all thy commandments: I have hated all wicked ways.
129 PE. Thy testimonies are wonderfull: therefore doeth my soule keepe them.
PHE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul hath sought them.
130 The entrance into thy wordes sheweth light, and giueth vnderstanding to the simple.
The declaration of thy words giveth light: and giveth understanding to little ones.
131 I opened my mouth and panted, because I loued thy commandements.
I opened my mouth and panted: because I longed for thy commandments.
132 Looke vpon mee and bee mercifull vnto me, as thou vsest to doe vnto those that loue thy Name.
Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me, according to the judgment of them that love thy name.
133 Direct my steppes in thy worde, and let none iniquitie haue dominion ouer me.
Direct my steps according to thy word: and let no iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Deliuer mee from the oppression of men, and I will keepe thy precepts.
Redeem me from the calumnies of men: that I may keep thy commandments.
135 Shew the light of thy countenance vpon thy seruant, and teache me thy statutes.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thy justifications.
136 Mine eyes gush out with riuers of water, because they keepe not thy Lawe.
My eyes have sent forth springs of water: because they have not kept thy law.
137 TSADDI. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and iust are thy iudgements.
SADE. Thou art just, O Lord: and thy judgment is right.
138 Thou hast commanded iustice by thy testimonies and trueth especially.
Thou hast commanded justice thy testimonies: and thy truth exceedingly.
139 My zeale hath euen consumed mee, because mine enemies haue forgotten thy wordes.
My zeal hath made me pine away: because my enemies forgot thy words.
140 Thy word is prooued most pure, and thy seruant loueth it.
Thy word is exceedingly refined: and thy servant hath loved it.
141 I am small and despised: yet do I not forget thy precepts.
I am very young and despised; but I forgot not thy justifications.
142 Thy righteousnesse is an euerlasting righteousnes, and thy Lawe is trueth.
Thy justice is justice for ever: and thy law is the truth.
143 Trouble and anguish are come vpon me: yet are thy commandements my delite.
Trouble and anguish have found me: thy commandments are my (meditation)
144 The righteousnes of thy testimonies is euerlasting: graunt me vnderstanding, and I shall liue.
Thy testimonies are justice for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.
145 KOPH. I haue cried with my whole heart: heare me, O Lord, and I will keepe thy statutes.
COPH. I cried with my whole heart, hear me, O Lord: I will seek thy justifications.
146 I called vpon thee: saue mee, and I will keepe thy testimonies.
I cried unto thee, save me: that I may keep thy commandments.
147 I preuented the morning light, and cried: for I waited on thy word.
I prevented the dawning of the day, and cried: because in thy words I very much hoped.
148 Mine eyes preuent the night watches to meditate in thy word.
My eyes to thee have prevented the morning: that I might meditate on thy words.
149 Heare my voyce according to thy louing kindenesse: O Lord, quicken me according to thy iudgement.
Hear thou my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy: and quicken me according to thy mercy.
150 They drawe neere, that follow after malice, and are farre from thy Lawe.
They that persecute me have drawn nigh to iniquity; but they are gone far off from the law.
151 Thou art neere, O Lord: for all thy commandements are true.
Thou art near, O Lord: and all thy ways are truth.
152 I haue knowen long since by thy testimonies, that thou hast established them for euer.
I have known from the beginning concerning thy testimonies: that thou hast founded them for ever.
153 RESH. Beholde mine affliction, and deliuer mee: for I haue not forgotten thy Lawe.
RES. See my humiliation and deliver me: for I have not forgotten the law.
154 Pleade my cause, and deliuer me: quicken me according vnto thy word.
Judge my judgment and redeem me: quicken thou me for thy word’s sake.
155 Saluation is farre from the wicked, because they seeke not thy statutes.
Salvation is far from sinners; because they have not sought thy justifications.
156 Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to thy iudgements.
Many, O Lord, are thy mercies: quicken me according to thy judgment.
157 My persecutours and mine oppressours are many: yet doe I not swarue from thy testimonies.
Many are they that persecute me, and afflict me; but I have not declined from thy testimonies.
158 I saw the transgressours and was grieued, because they kept not thy worde.
I beheld the transgressors, and I pined away; because they kept not thy word.
159 Consider, O Lord, how I loue thy preceptes: quicken mee according to thy louing kindenesse.
Behold I have loved thy commandments, O Lord; quicken me thou in thy mercy.
160 The beginning of thy worde is trueth, and all the iudgements of thy righteousnesse endure for euer.
The beginning of thy words is truth: all the judgments of thy justice are for ever.
161 SCHIN. Princes haue persecuted mee without cause, but mine heart stood in awe of thy wordes.
SIN. Princes have persecuted me without cause: and my heart hath been in awe of thy words.
162 I reioyce at thy worde, as one that findeth a great spoyle.
I will rejoice at thy words, as one that hath found great spoil.
163 I hate falshoode and abhorre it, but thy Lawe doe I loue.
I have hated and abhorred iniquity; but I have loved thy law.
164 Seuen times a day doe I praise thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.
Seven times a day I have given praise to thee, for the judgments of thy justice.
165 They that loue thy Law, shall haue great prosperitie, and they shall haue none hurt.
Much peace have they that love thy law, and to them there is no stumbling block.
166 Lord, I haue trusted in thy saluation, and haue done thy commandements.
I looked to thy salvation, O Lord: and I loved thy commandments.
167 My soule hath kept thy testimonies: for I loue them exceedingly.
My soul hath kept thy testimonies: and hath loved them exceedingly.
168 I haue kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my wayes are before thee.
I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies: because all my ways are in thy sight.
169 TAV. Let my complaint come before thee, O Lord, and giue me vnderstanding, according vnto thy worde.
TAU. Let my supplication, O Lord, come near in thy sight: give me understanding according to thy word.
170 Let my supplication come before thee, and deliuer me according to thy promise.
Let my request come in before thee; deliver thou me according to thy word.
171 My lippes shall speake praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
My lips shall utter a hymn, when thou shalt teach me thy justifications.
172 My tongue shall intreate of thy word: for all thy commandements are righteous.
My tongue shall pronounce thy word: because all thy commandments are justice.
173 Let thine hand helpe me: for I haue chosen thy precepts.
Let thy hand be with me to save me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
174 I haue longed for thy saluation, O Lord, and thy Lawe is my delite.
I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my (meditation)
175 Let my soule liue, and it shall praise thee, and thy iudgements shall helpe me.
My soul shall live and shall praise thee: and thy judgments shall help me.
176 I haue gone astraye like a lost sheepe: seeke thy seruant, for I doe not forget thy commandements.
I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost: seek thy servant, because I have not forgotten thy commandments.