Psalms 119
1 ALEPH. Blessed are those that are vpright in their way, and walke in the Lawe of the Lord.
[ALEPH] O the blessedness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the Law of YHWH,
2 Blessed are they that keepe his testimonies, and seeke him with their whole heart.
O the blessedness of those keeping His testimonies, They seek Him with the whole heart.
3 Surely they woorke none iniquitie, but walke in his waies.
Indeed, they have not done iniquity, They have walked in His ways.
4 Thou hast commanded to keepe thy precepts diligently.
You have commanded us to diligently keep Your precepts,
5 Oh that my waies were directed to keepe thy statutes!
O that my ways were prepared to keep Your statutes,
6 Then should I not be confounded, when I haue respect vnto all thy commandements.
Then I am not ashamed In my looking to all Your commands.
7 I will praise thee with an vpright heart, when I shall learne the iudgements of thy righteousnesse.
I confess You with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Your righteousness.
8 I will keepe thy statutes: forsake mee not ouerlong.
I keep Your statutes, do not utterly leave me!
9 BETH. Wherewith shall a yong man redresse his waie? in taking heede thereto according to thy woorde.
[BETH] With what does a young man purify his path? To observe—according to Your word.
10 With my whole heart haue I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandements.
I have sought You with all my heart, Do not let me err from Your commands.
11 I haue hid thy promise in mine heart, that I might not sinne against thee.
I have hid Your saying in my heart, That I do not sin before You.
12 Blessed art thou, O Lord: teache mee thy statutes.
Blessed [are] You, O YHWH, teach me Your statutes.
13 With my lippes haue I declared all the iudgements of thy mouth.
With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Your mouth.
14 I haue had as great delight in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches.
I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As over all wealth.
15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and consider thy waies.
I meditate on Your precepts, And I attentively behold Your paths.
16 I will delite in thy statutes, and I will not forget thy worde.
I delight myself in Your statutes, I do not forget Your word.
17 GIMEL. Be beneficiall vnto thy seruant, that I may liue and keepe thy woorde.
[GIMEL] Confer benefits on Your servant, I live, and I keep Your word.
18 Open mine eies, that I may see the wonders of thy Lawe.
Uncover my eyes, and I behold wonders out of Your law.
19 I am a stranger vpon earth: hide not thy commandements from me.
I [am] a sojourner on earth, Do not hide Your commands from me.
20 Mine heart breaketh for the desire to thy iudgements alway.
My soul has broken for desire To Your judgments at all times.
21 Thou hast destroied the proud: cursed are they that doe erre from thy commandements.
You have rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Your commands.
22 Remoue from mee shame and contempt: for I haue kept thy testimonies.
Remove reproach and contempt from me, For I have kept Your testimonies.
23 Princes also did sit, and speake against me: but thy seruant did meditate in thy statutes.
Princes also sat—they spoke against me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes,
24 Also thy testimonies are my delite, and my counsellers.
Your testimonies [are] also my delight, The men of my counsel!
25 DALETH. My soule cleaueth to the dust: quicken me according to thy worde.
[DALETH] My soul has cleaved to the dust, Quicken me according to Your word.
26 I haue declared my waies, and thou heardest me: teache me thy statutes.
I have recounted my ways, And You answer me, teach me Your statutes,
27 Make me to vnderstand ye way of thy precepts, and I will meditate in thy wondrous workes.
Cause me to understand the way of Your precepts, And I meditate on Your wonders.
28 My soule melteth for heauinesse: raise mee vp according vnto thy worde.
My soul has dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Your word.
29 Take from mee the way of lying, and graunt me graciously thy Lawe.
Turn aside the way of falsehood from me And favor me with Your law.
30 I haue chosen the way of trueth, and thy iudgements haue I laied before me.
I have chosen the way of faithfulness, I have compared Your judgments,
31 I haue cleaued to thy testimonies, O Lord: confound me not.
I have adhered to Your testimonies, O YHWH, do not put me to shame.
32 I will runne the way of thy commandements, when thou shalt enlarge mine heart.
I run the way of Your commands, For You enlarge my heart!
33 HE. Teach mee, O Lord, the way of thy statutes, and I will keepe it vnto the ende.
[HE] Show me, O YHWH, the way of Your statutes, And I keep it—[to] the end.
34 Giue mee vnderstanding, and I will keepe thy Law: yea, I wil keepe it with my whole heart.
Cause me to understand, and I keep Your law, And observe it with the whole heart.
35 Direct mee in the path of thy commandements: for therein is my delite.
Cause me to tread in the path of Your commands, For I have delighted in it.
36 Incline mine heart vnto thy testimonies, and not to couetousnesse.
Incline my heart to Your testimonies, And not to dishonest gain.
37 Turne away mine eies from regarding vanitie, and quicken me in thy way.
Remove my eyes from seeing vanity, Quicken me in Your way.
38 Stablish thy promise to thy seruaunt, because he feareth thee.
Establish Your saying to Your servant, That [is] concerning Your fear.
39 Take away my rebuke that I feare: for thy iudgements are good.
Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Your judgments [are] good.
40 Beholde, I desire thy commandements: quicken me in thy righteousnesse,
Behold, I have longed for Your precepts, Quicken me in Your righteousness,
41 VAV. And let thy louing kindnesse come vnto me, O Lord, and thy saluation according to thy promise.
[WAW] And Your kindness meets me, O YHWH, Your salvation according to Your saying.
42 So shall I make answere vnto my blasphemers: for I trust in thy woorde.
And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For I have trusted in Your word.
43 And take not the woorde of trueth vtterly out of my mouth: for I waite for thy iudgements.
And You do not utterly take away The word of truth from my mouth, Because I have hoped for Your judgment.
44 So shall I alway keepe thy Lawe for euer and euer.
And I keep Your law continually, For all time and forever.
45 And I will walke at libertie: for I seeke thy precepts.
And I habitually walk in a broad place, For I have sought Your precepts.
46 I will speake also of thy testimonies before Kings, and will not be ashamed.
And I speak of Your testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed.
47 And my delite shalbe in thy commandements, which I haue loued.
And I delight myself in Your commands, That I have 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 lift up my hands to Your commands, That I have loved, And I meditate on Your statutes!
49 ZAIN. Remember the promise made to thy seruant, wherein thou hast caused me to trust.
[ZAYIN] Remember the word to Your servant, On which You have caused me to hope.
50 It is my comfort in my trouble: for thy promise hath quickened me.
This [is] my comfort in my affliction, That Your saying has quickened me.
51 The proude haue had me exceedingly in derision: yet haue I not declined from thy Lawe.
The proud have utterly scorned me, I have not turned aside from Your law.
52 I remembred thy iudgements of olde, O Lord, and haue bene comforted.
I remembered Your judgments of old, O YHWH, And I comfort myself.
53 Feare is come vpon mee for the wicked, that forsake thy Lawe.
Horror has seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Your law.
54 Thy statutes haue beene my songes in the house of my pilgrimage.
Your statutes have been songs to me, In the house of my sojournings.
55 I haue remembred thy Name, O Lord, in the night, and haue kept thy Lawe.
I have remembered Your Name in the night, O YHWH, And I keep Your law.
56 This I had because I kept thy precepts.
This has been to me, That I have kept Your precepts!
57 CHETH. O Lord, that art my portion, I haue determined to keepe thy wordes.
[HETH] YHWH [is] my portion; I have said I would keep Your words,
58 I made my supplication in thy presence with my whole heart: be mercifull vnto me according to thy promise.
I appeased Your face with the whole heart, Favor me according to Your saying.
59 I haue considered my waies, and turned my feete into thy testimonies.
I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet to Your testimonies.
60 I made haste and delaied not to keepe thy commandements.
I have made haste, And did not delay, to keep Your commands.
61 The bandes of the wicked haue robbed me: but I haue not forgotten thy Lawe.
Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, I have not forgotten Your law.
62 At midnight will I rise to giue thanks vnto thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.
At midnight I rise to give thanks to You, For the judgments of Your righteousness.
63 I am companion of all them that feare thee, and keepe thy precepts.
I [am] a companion to all who fear You, And to those keeping Your precepts.
64 The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercie: teache me thy statutes.
Of Your kindness, O YHWH, the earth is full, Teach me Your statutes!
65 TETH. O Lord, thou hast delt graciously with thy seruant according vnto thy woorde.
[TETH] You did good with Your servant, O YHWH, According to Your word.
66 Teach me good iudgement and knowledge: for I haue beleeued thy commandements.
Teach me the goodness of reason and knowledge, For I have believed in Your commands.
67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray: but nowe I keepe thy woorde.
Before I am afflicted, I am erring, And now I have kept Your saying.
68 Thou art good and gracious: teach me thy statutes.
You [are] good, and doing good, Teach me Your statutes.
69 The proud haue imagined a lie against me: but I wil keepe thy precepts with my whole heart.
The proud have forged falsehood against me, I keep Your precepts with the whole heart.
70 Their heart is fatte as grease: but my delite is in thy Lawe.
Their heart has been thick as fat, I have delighted in Your law.
71 It is good for me that I haue beene afflicted, that I may learne thy statutes.
[It is] good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Your statutes.
72 The Lawe of thy mouth is better vnto me, then thousands of golde and siluer.
The Law of Your mouth [is] better to me Than 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.
[YOD] Your hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Your commands.
74 So they that feare thee, seeing mee shall reioyce, because I haue trusted in thy worde.
Those fearing You see me and rejoice, Because I have hoped for Your word.
75 I knowe, O Lord, that thy iudgements are right, and that thou hast afflicted me iustly.
I have known, O YHWH, That Your judgments [are] righteous, And [in] faithfulness You have afflicted me.
76 I pray thee that thy mercie may comfort me according to thy promise vnto thy seruant.
Please let Your kindness be to comfort me, According to Your saying to Your servant.
77 Let thy tender mercies come vnto me, that I may liue: for thy Lawe is my delite.
Your mercies meet me, and I live, For Your law [is] my delight.
78 Let the proude be ashamed: for they haue dealt wickedly and falsely with me: but I meditate in thy precepts.
The proud are ashamed, For [with] falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate on Your precepts.
79 Let such as feare thee turne vnto me, and they that knowe thy testimonies.
Those fearing You turn back to me, And those knowing Your testimonies.
80 Let mine heart bee vpright in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.
My heart is perfect in Your statutes, So that I am not ashamed.
81 CAPH. My soule fainteth for thy saluation: yet I waite for thy worde.
[KAPH] My soul has been consumed for Your salvation, I have hoped for Your word.
82 Mine eyes faile for thy promise, saying, when wilt thou comfort me?
My eyes have been consumed for Your word, Saying, “When does it comfort me?”
83 For I am like a bottell in the smoke: yet doe I not forget thy statutes.
For I have been as a bottle in smoke, I have not forgotten Your statutes.
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 Your servant? When do You execute judgment Against my pursuers?
85 The proude haue digged pittes for mee, which is not after thy Lawe.
The proud have dug pits for me, That [are] not according to Your law.
86 All thy commandements are true: they persecute me falsely: helpe me.
All Your commands [are] faithfulness, They have pursued me [with] falsehood, Help me.
87 They had almost consumed me vpon the earth: but I forsooke not thy precepts.
They have almost consumed me on earth, And I have not forsaken Your precepts.
88 Quicken me according to thy louing kindnes: so shall I keepe the testimony of thy mouth.
Quicken me according to Your kindness, And I keep the Testimony of Your mouth!
89 LAMED. O Lord, thy worde endureth for euer in heauen.
[LAMED] For all time, O YHWH, Your word is set up in the heavens.
90 Thy trueth is from generation to generation: thou hast layed the foundation of the earth, and it abideth.
Your faithfulness from generation to generation, You established earth, and it stands.
91 They continue euen to this day by thine ordinances: for all are thy seruants.
According to Your ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole—Your servants.
92 Except thy Lawe had bene my delite, I should now haue perished in mine affliction.
Unless Your law [were] my delights, Then had I perished in my affliction.
93 I wil neuer forget thy precepts: for by them thou hast quickened me.
I do not forget Your precepts for all time, For You have quickened me by them.
94 I am thine, saue me: for I haue sought thy precepts.
I [am] Yours, save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
95 The wicked haue waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
Your wicked waited for me to destroy me, I understand Your testimonies.
96 I haue seene an ende of all perfection: but thy commandement is exceeding large.
I have seen an end of all perfection, Your command [is] exceedingly broad!
97 MEM. Oh howe loue I thy Lawe! it is my meditation continually.
[MEM] O how I have loved Your law! 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.
Your command makes me wiser than my enemies, For it [is] before me for all time.
99 I haue had more vnderstading then all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my (meditation)
I have acted wisely above all my teachers. For Your testimonies [are] my (meditation)
100 I vnderstoode more then the ancient, because I kept thy precepts.
Above elderly—I understand more, For I have kept Your precepts.
101 I haue refrained my feete from euery euil way, that I might keepe thy word.
I restrained my feet from every evil path, So that I keep Your word.
102 I haue not declined from thy iudgements: for thou didest teach me.
I did not turn aside from Your judgments, For You have directed me.
103 Howe sweete are thy promises vnto my mouth! yea, more then hony vnto my mouth.
How sweet Your saying has been to my palate, Above honey to my mouth.
104 By thy precepts I haue gotten vnderstanding: therefore I hate all the wayes of falshoode.
I have understanding from Your precepts, Therefore I have hated every false path!
105 NUN. Thy worde is a lanterne vnto my feete, and a light vnto my path.
[NUN] Your word [is] a lamp to my foot, And a light to my path.
106 I haue sworne and will performe it, that I will keepe thy righteous iudgements.
I have sworn, and I confirm, To keep the judgments of Your righteousness.
107 I am very sore afflicted: O Lord, quicken me according to thy word.
I have been afflicted very much, O YHWH, quicken me, according to Your word.
108 O Lord, I beseeche thee accept the free offerings of my mouth, and teach mee thy iudgements.
Please accept [the] free-will offerings of my mouth, O YHWH, And teach me Your judgments.
109 My soule is continually in mine hande: yet doe I not forget thy Lawe.
My soul [is] in my hand continually, And I have not forgotten Your law.
110 The wicked haue layed a snare for mee: but I swarued not from thy precepts.
The wicked have laid a snare for me, And I did not wander from your precepts.
111 Thy testimonies haue I taken as an heritage for euer: for they are the ioy of mine heart.
I have inherited Your testimonies for all time, For they [are] the joy of my heart.
112 I haue applied mine heart to fulfill thy statutes alway, euen vnto the ende.
I have inclined my heart To do Your statutes, for all time—[to] the end!
113 SAMECH. I hate vaine inuentions: but thy Lawe doe I loue.
[SAMEKH] I have hated doubting ones, And I have loved Your law.
114 Thou art my refuge and shield, and I trust in thy worde.
You [are] my hiding place and my shield, I have hoped for Your word.
115 Away from mee, yee wicked: for I will keepe the commandements of my God.
Turn aside from me, you evildoers, And I keep the commands of my God.
116 Stablish me according to thy promise, that I may liue, and disappoint me not of mine hope.
Sustain me according to Your saying, And I live, and You do not put me to shame because of my hope.
117 Stay thou mee, and I shall be safe, and I will delite continually in thy statutes.
Support me, and I am saved, And I look on Your statutes continually.
118 Thou hast troden downe all them that depart from thy statutes: for their deceit is vaine.
You have trodden down All going astray from Your statutes, For their deceit [is] falsehood.
119 Thou hast taken away all ye wicked of the earth like drosse: therefore I loue thy testimonies.
Dross! You have caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Your testimonies.
120 My flesh trembleth for feare of thee, and I am afraide of thy iudgements.
My flesh has trembled from Your fear, And I have been afraid from Your judgments!
121 AIN. I haue executed iudgement and iustice: leaue me not to mine oppressours.
[AYIN] I have done judgment and righteousness, Do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 Answere for thy seruant in that, which is good, and let not the proude oppresse me.
Make Your servant sure for good, Do not let the proud oppress me.
123 Mine eyes haue failed in waiting for thy saluation, and for thy iust promise.
My eyes have been consumed for Your salvation. And for the saying of Your righteousness.
124 Deale with thy seruant according to thy mercie, and teache me thy statutes.
Do with Your servant according to Your kindness. And teach me Your statutes.
125 I am thy seruant: graunt mee therefore vnderstanding, that I may knowe thy testimonies.
I [am] Your servant—cause me to understand, And I know Your testimonies.
126 It is time for thee Lord to worke: for they haue destroyed thy Lawe.
Time for YHWH to work! They have made Your law void.
127 Therefore loue I thy commandements aboue golde, yea, aboue most fine golde.
Therefore I have loved Your commands Above gold—even fine gold.
128 Therefore I esteeme all thy precepts most iust, and hate all false wayes.
Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, I have hated every path of falsehood!
129 PE. Thy testimonies are wonderfull: therefore doeth my soule keepe them.
[PE] Your testimonies [are] wonderful, Therefore my soul has kept them.
130 The entrance into thy wordes sheweth light, and giueth vnderstanding to the simple.
The opening of Your words enlightens, Instructing the simple.
131 I opened my mouth and panted, because I loued thy commandements.
I have opened my mouth, indeed, I pant, For I have longed for Your commands.
132 Looke vpon mee and bee mercifull vnto me, as thou vsest to doe vnto those that loue thy Name.
Look to me, and favor me, As customary to those loving Your Name.
133 Direct my steppes in thy worde, and let none iniquitie haue dominion ouer me.
Establish my steps by Your saying, And any iniquity does not rule over me.
134 Deliuer mee from the oppression of men, and I will keepe thy precepts.
Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Your precepts,
135 Shew the light of thy countenance vpon thy seruant, and teache me thy statutes.
Cause Your face to shine on Your servant, And teach me Your statutes.
136 Mine eyes gush out with riuers of water, because they keepe not thy Lawe.
Streams of waters have come down my eyes, Because they have not kept Your law!
137 TSADDI. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and iust are thy iudgements.
[TSADE] You [are] righteous, O YHWH, And Your judgments [are] upright.
138 Thou hast commanded iustice by thy testimonies and trueth especially.
You have appointed Your testimonies, Righteous and exceedingly faithful,
139 My zeale hath euen consumed mee, because mine enemies haue forgotten thy wordes.
My zeal has cut me off, For my adversaries forgot Your words.
140 Thy word is prooued most pure, and thy seruant loueth it.
Your saying [is] tried exceedingly, And Your servant has loved it.
141 I am small and despised: yet do I not forget thy precepts.
I [am] small, and despised, I have not forgotten Your precepts.
142 Thy righteousnesse is an euerlasting righteousnes, and thy Lawe is trueth.
Your righteousness [is] righteousness for all time, And Your law [is] truth.
143 Trouble and anguish are come vpon me: yet are thy commandements my delite.
Adversity and distress have found me, Your commands [are] my delights.
144 The righteousnes of thy testimonies is euerlasting: graunt me vnderstanding, and I shall liue.
The righteousness of Your testimonies [Is] to cause me to understand, and I live!
145 KOPH. I haue cried with my whole heart: heare me, O Lord, and I will keepe thy statutes.
[QOF] I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O YHWH, I keep Your statutes,
146 I called vpon thee: saue mee, and I will keepe thy testimonies.
I have called You, save me, And I keep Your testimonies.
147 I preuented the morning light, and cried: for I waited on thy word.
I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, I have hoped for Your word.
148 Mine eyes preuent the night watches to meditate in thy word.
My eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate on Your saying.
149 Heare my voyce according to thy louing kindenesse: O Lord, quicken me according to thy iudgement.
Hear my voice, according to Your kindness, YHWH, quicken me according to Your judgment.
150 They drawe neere, that follow after malice, and are farre from thy Lawe.
My wicked pursuers have been near, They have been far off from Your law.
151 Thou art neere, O Lord: for all thy commandements are true.
You [are] near, O YHWH, And all Your commands [are] truth.
152 I haue knowen long since by thy testimonies, that thou hast established them for euer.
I have known Your testimonies of old, That You have founded them for all time!
153 RESH. Beholde mine affliction, and deliuer mee: for I haue not forgotten thy Lawe.
[RESH] See my affliction, and deliver me, For I have not forgotten Your law.
154 Pleade my cause, and deliuer me: quicken me according vnto thy word.
Plead my plea, and redeem me, Quicken me according to Your saying.
155 Saluation is farre from the wicked, because they seeke not thy statutes.
Salvation [is] far from the wicked, For they have not sought Your statutes.
156 Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to thy iudgements.
Your mercies [are] many, O YHWH, Quicken me according to Your judgments.
157 My persecutours and mine oppressours are many: yet doe I not swarue from thy testimonies.
My pursuers and adversaries are many, I have not turned aside from Your testimonies.
158 I saw the transgressours and was grieued, because they kept not thy worde.
I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because they have not kept Your saying.
159 Consider, O Lord, how I loue thy preceptes: quicken mee according to thy louing kindenesse.
See, for I have loved Your precepts, YHWH, quicken me according to Your kindness.
160 The beginning of thy worde is trueth, and all the iudgements of thy righteousnesse endure for euer.
The sum of Your word [is] truth, And every judgment of Your righteousness [is] for all time!
161 SCHIN. Princes haue persecuted mee without cause, but mine heart stood in awe of thy wordes.
[SHIN] Princes have pursued me without cause, And my heart was afraid because of Your words.
162 I reioyce at thy worde, as one that findeth a great spoyle.
I rejoice concerning Your saying, As one finding abundant spoil.
163 I hate falshoode and abhorre it, but thy Lawe doe I loue.
I have hated falsehood, indeed I detest [it], I have loved Your law.
164 Seuen times a day doe I praise thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.
Seven [times] in a day I have praised You, Because of the judgments of Your righteousness.
165 They that loue thy Law, shall haue great prosperitie, and they shall haue none hurt.
Those loving Your law have abundant peace, And they have no stumbling-block.
166 Lord, I haue trusted in thy saluation, and haue done thy commandements.
I have waited for Your salvation, O YHWH, And I have done Your commands.
167 My soule hath kept thy testimonies: for I loue them exceedingly.
My soul has kept Your testimonies, And I love them exceedingly.
168 I haue kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my wayes are before thee.
I have kept Your precepts and Your testimonies, For all my ways are before You!
169 TAV. Let my complaint come before thee, O Lord, and giue me vnderstanding, according vnto thy worde.
[TAW] My loud cry comes near before You, O YHWH; Cause me to understand according to Your word.
170 Let my supplication come before thee, and deliuer me according to thy promise.
My supplication comes in before You, Deliver me according to Your saying.
171 My lippes shall speake praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
My lips utter praise, For You teach me Your statutes.
172 My tongue shall intreate of thy word: for all thy commandements are righteous.
My tongue sings of Your saying, For all Your commands [are] righteous.
173 Let thine hand helpe me: for I haue chosen thy precepts.
Your hand is for a help to me, For I have chosen Your commands.
174 I haue longed for thy saluation, O Lord, and thy Lawe is my delite.
I have longed for Your salvation, O YHWH, And Your law [is] my delight.
175 Let my soule liue, and it shall praise thee, and thy iudgements shall helpe me.
My soul lives, and it praises You, And Your judgments help me.
176 I haue gone astraye like a lost sheepe: seeke thy seruant, for I doe not forget thy commandements.
I wandered as a lost sheep, [so] seek Your servant, For I have not forgotten Your precepts!
