Psalms 119
1 [Aleph.] O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah,
Alleluia. Blessed are the blameless in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
2 O the happiness of those keeping His testimonies, With the whole heart they seek Him.
Blessed are they that search out his testimonies: they will diligently seek him with the whole heart.
3 Yea, they have not done iniquity, In His ways they have walked.
For they that work iniquity have not walked in his ways.
4 Thou hast commanded us Thy precepts to keep diligently,
Thou hast commanded [us] diligently to keep thy precepts.
5 O that my ways were prepared to keep Thy statutes,
O that my ways were directed to keep thine ordinances.
6 Then I am not ashamed In my looking unto all Thy commands.
Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to all thy commandments.
7 I confess Thee with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Thy righteousness.
I will give thee thanks with uprightness of heart, when I have learnt the judgments of thy righteousness.
8 Thy statutes I keep, leave me not utterly!
I will keep thine ordinances: O forsake me not greatly.
9 [Beth.] With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe — according to Thy word.
Wherewith shall a young man direct his way? by keeping thy words.
10 With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands.
With my whole heart have I diligently sought thee: cast me not away from thy commandments.
11 In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.
I have hidden thine oracles in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.
12 Blessed [art] Thou, O Jehovah, teach me Thy statutes.
Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thine ordinances.
13 With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Thy mouth.
With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
14 In the way of Thy testimonies I have joyed, As over all wealth.
I have delighted in the way of thy testimonies, [as much] as in all riches.
15 In Thy precepts I meditate, And I behold attentively Thy paths.
I will meditate on thy commandments, and consider thy ways.
16 In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word.
I will meditate on thine ordinances: I will not forget thy words.
17 [Gimel.] Confer benefits on Thy servant, I live, and I keep Thy word.
Render a recompense to thy servant: [so] shall I live, and keep thy words.
18 Uncover mine eyes, and I behold wonders out of Thy law.
Unveil thou mine eyes, and I shall perceive wondrous things of thy law.
19 A sojourner I [am] on earth, Hide not from me Thy commands.
I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
20 Broken hath my soul for desire Unto Thy judgments at all times.
My soul has longed exceedingly for thy judgments at all times.
21 Thou hast rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Thy commands.
Thou has rebuked the proud: cursed are they that turn aside from thy commandments.
22 Remove from me reproach and contempt, For Thy testimonies I have kept.
Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have sought out thy testimonies.
23 Princes also sat — against me they spoke, Thy servant doth meditate in Thy statutes,
For princes sat and spoke against me: but thy servant was meditating on thine ordinances.
24 Thy testimonies also [are] my delight, The men of my counsel!
For thy testimonies are my (meditation) and thine ordinances are my counsellors.
25 [Daleth.] Cleaved to the dust hath my soul, Quicken me according to Thy word.
My soul has cleaved to the ground; quicken thou me according to thy word.
26 My ways I have recounted, And Thou answerest me, teach me Thy statutes,
I declared my ways, and thou didst hear me: teach me thine ordinances.
27 The way of Thy precepts cause me to understand, And I meditate in Thy wonders.
Instruct me in the way of thine ordinances; and I will meditate on thy wondrous works.
28 My soul hath dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Thy word.
My soul has slumbered for sorrow; strengthen thou me with thy words.
29 The way of falsehood turn aside from me And with Thy law favour me.
Remove from me the way of iniquity; and be merciful to me by thy law.
30 The way of faithfulness I have chosen, Thy judgments I have compared,
I have chosen the way of truth; and have not forgotten thy judgments.
31 I have adhered to Thy testimonies, O Jehovah, put me not to shame.
I have cleaved to thy testimonies, O Lord; put me not to shame.
32 The way of Thy commands I run, For Thou dost enlarge my heart!
I ran the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart.
33 [He.] Show me, O Jehovah, the way of Thy statutes, And I keep it — [to] the end.
Teach me, O Lord, the way of thine ordinances, and I will seek it out continually.
34 Cause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the whole heart.
Instruct me, and I will search out thy law, and will keep it with my whole heart.
35 Cause me to tread in the path of Thy commands, For in it I have delighted.
Guide me in the path of thy commandments; for I have delighted in it.
36 Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, And not unto dishonest gain.
Incline mine heart to thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
37 Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me.
Turn away mine eyes that I may not behold vanity: quicken thou me in thy way.
38 Establish to Thy servant Thy saying, That [is] concerning Thy fear.
Confirm thine oracle to thy servant, that he may fear thee.
39 Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Thy judgments [are] good.
Take away my reproach which I have feared: for thy judgments are good.
40 Lo, I have longed for Thy precepts, In Thy righteousness quicken Thou me,
Behold, I have desired thy commandments: quicken me in thy righteousness.
41 [Waw.] And meet me doth Thy kindness, O Jehovah, Thy salvation according to Thy saying.
And let thy mercy come upon me, O Lord; [even] thy salvation, according to thy word.
42 And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For I have trusted in Thy word.
And [so] I shall render an answer to them that reproach me: for I have trusted in thy words.
43 And Thou takest not utterly away From my mouth the word of truth, Because for Thy judgment I have hoped.
And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments. So shall I keep thy law continually, for ever and ever.
44 And I keep Thy law continually, To the age and for ever.
45 And I walk habitually in a broad place, For Thy precepts I have sought.
I walked also at large: for I sought out thy commandments.
46 And I speak of Thy testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed.
And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings, and was not ashamed.
47 And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved,
And I meditated on thy commandments, which I loved exceedingly.
48 And I lift up my hands unto Thy commands, That I have loved, And I do meditate on Thy statutes!
And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments which I loved; and I meditated in thine ordinances.
49 [Zain.] Remember the word to Thy servant, On which Thou hast caused me to hope.
Remember thy words to thy servant, wherein thou hast made me hope.
50 This [is] my comfort in mine affliction, That Thy saying hath quickened me.
This has comforted me in mine affliction: for thine oracle has quickened me.
51 The proud have utterly scorned me, From Thy law I have not turned aside.
The proud have transgressed exceedingly; but I swerved not from thy law.
52 I remembered Thy judgments of old, O Jehovah, And I comfort myself.
I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord; and was comforted.
53 Horror hath seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Thy law.
Despair took hold upon me, because of the sinners who forsake thy law.
54 Songs have been to me Thy statutes, In the house of my sojournings.
Thine ordinances were my songs in the place of my sojourning.
55 I have remembered in the night Thy name, O Jehovah, And I do keep Thy law.
I remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night, and kept thy law.
56 This hath been to me, That Thy precepts I have kept!
This I had, because I diligently sought thine ordinances.
57 [Cheth.] My portion [is] Jehovah; I have said — to keep Thy words,
Thou art my portion, O Lord: I said that I would keep thy law.
58 I appeased Thy face with the whole heart, Favour me according to Thy saying.
I besought thy favour with my whole heart: have mercy upon me according to thy word.
59 I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies.
I thought on thy ways, and turned my feet to thy testimonies.
60 I have made haste, And delayed not, to keep Thy commands.
I prepared myself, (and was not terrified, ) to keep thy commandments.
61 Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, Thy law I have not forgotten.
The snares of sinners entangled me: but I forgot not thy law.
62 At midnight I rise to give thanks to Thee, For the judgments of Thy righteousness.
At midnight I arose, to give thanks to thee for the judgments of thy righteousness.
63 A companion I [am] to all who fear Thee, And to those keeping Thy precepts.
I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy commandments.
64 Of Thy kindness, O Jehovah, the earth is full, Thy statutes teach Thou me!
O Lord, the earth is full of thy mercy: teach me thine ordinances.
65 [Teth.] Good Thou didst with Thy servant, O Jehovah, According to Thy word.
Thou hast wrought kindly with thy servant, o Lord, according to thy word.
66 The goodness of reason and knowledge teach me, For in Thy commands I have believed.
Teach me kindness, and instruction, and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
67 Before I am afflicted, I — I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept.
Before I was afflicted, I transgressed; therefore have I kept thy word.
68 Good Thou [art], and doing good, Teach me Thy statutes.
Good art thou, O Lord; therefore in thy goodness teach me thine ordinances.
69 Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts.
The injustice of the proud has been multiplied against me: but I will search out thy commandments with all my heart.
70 Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I — in Thy law I have delighted.
Their heart has been curdled like milk; but I have meditated on thy law.
71 Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes.
[It is] good for me that thou hast afflicted me; that I might learn thine ordinances.
72 Better to me [is] the law of Thy mouth Than thousands of gold and silver!
The law of thy mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver.
73 [Yod.] Thy hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Thy commands.
Thy hands have made me, and fashioned me: instruct me, that I may learn thy commandments.
74 Those fearing Thee see me and rejoice, Because for Thy word I have hoped.
They that fear thee will see me and rejoice: for I have hoped in thy words.
75 I have known, O Jehovah, That righteous [are] Thy judgments, And [in] faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me.
I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are righteousness, and [that] thou in truthfulness hast afflicted me.
76 Let, I pray Thee, Thy kindness be to comfort me, According to Thy saying to Thy servant.
Let, I pray thee, thy mercy be to comfort me, according to thy word to thy servant.
77 Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law [is] my delight.
Let thy compassions come to me, that I may live: for thy law is my (meditation)
78 Ashamed are the proud, For [with] falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate in Thy precepts.
Let the proud be ashamed; for they transgressed against me unjustly: but I will meditate in thy commandments.
79 Those fearing Thee turn back to me, And those knowing Thy testimonies.
Let those that fear thee, and those that know thy testimonies, turn to me.
80 My heart is perfect in Thy statutes, So that I am not ashamed.
Let mine heart be blameless in thine ordinances, that I may not be ashamed.
81 [Kaph.] Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped.
My soul faints for thy salvation: I have hoped in thy words.
82 Consumed have been mine eyes for Thy word, Saying, 'When doth it comfort me?'
Mine eyes failed [in waiting] for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
83 For I have been as a bottle in smoke, Thy statutes I have not forgotten.
For I am become as a bottle in the frost: [yet] I have not forgotten thine ordinances.
84 How many [are] the days of Thy servant? When dost Thou execute Against my pursuers judgment?
How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment for me on them that persecute me?
85 The proud have digged for me pits, That [are] not according to Thy law.
Transgressors told me [idle tales]; but not according to thy law, O Lord.
86 All Thy commands [are] faithfulness, [With] falsehood they have pursued me, Help Thou me.
All thy commandments are truth; they persecuted me unjustly; help thou me.
87 Almost consumed me on earth have they, And I — I have not forsaken Thy precepts.
They nearly made an end of me in the earth; but I forsook not thy commandments.
88 According to Thy kindness quicken Thou me, And I keep the testimony of Thy mouth!
Quicken me according to thy mercy; so shall I keep the testimonies of thy mouth.
89 [Lamed.] To the age, O Jehovah, Thy word is set up in the heavens.
Thy word, O Lord, abides in heaven for ever.
90 To all generations Thy faithfulness, Thou didst establish earth, and it standeth.
Thy truth [endures] to all generations; thou hast founded the earth, and it abides.
91 According to Thine ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole [are] Thy servants.
The day continues by thy arrangement; for all things are thy servants.
92 Unless Thy law [were] my delights, Then had I perished in mine affliction.
Were it not that thy law is my (meditation) then I should have perished in mine affliction.
93 To the age I forget not Thy precepts, For by them Thou hast quickened me.
I will never forget thine ordinances; for with them thou hast quickened me.
94 I [am] Thine, save Thou me, For Thy precepts I have sought.
I am thine, save me; for I have sought out thine ordinances.
95 Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand.
Sinners laid wait for me to destroy me; [but] I understood thy testimonies.
96 Of all perfection I have seen an end, Broad [is] Thy command — exceedingly!
have seen an end of all perfection; [but] thy commandment is very broad.
97 [Mem.] O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it [is] my (meditation)
How I have loved thy law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day.
98 Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it [is] before me to the age.
Thou hast made me wiser than mine enemies [in] thy commandment; for it is mine for ever.
99 Above all my teachers I have acted wisely. For Thy testimonies [are] my (meditation)
I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my medication.
100 Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept.
I understand more that the aged; because I have sought out thy commandments.
101 From every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word.
I have kept back my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy words.
102 From Thy judgments I turned not aside, For Thou — Thou hast directed me.
I have not declined from thy judgments; for thou hast instructed me.
103 How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth.
How sweet are thine oracles to my throat! more so than honey to my mouth!
104 From Thy precepts I have understanding, Therefore I have hated every false path!
I gain understanding by thy commandments: therefore I have hated every way of unrighteousness.
105 [Nun.] A lamp to my foot [is] Thy word, And a light to my path.
Thy law is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths.
106 I have sworn, and I confirm [it], To keep the judgments of Thy righteousness.
I have sworn and determined to keep the judgments of thy righteousness.
107 I have been afflicted very much, O Jehovah, quicken me, according to Thy word.
I have been very greatly afflicted, O Lord: quicken me, according to thy word.
108 Free-will-offerings of my mouth, Accept, I pray Thee, O Jehovah, And Thy judgments teach Thou me.
Accept, I pray thee, O Lord, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, and teach me thy judgments.
109 My soul [is] in my hand continually, And Thy law I have not forgotten.
My soul is continually in thine hands; and I have not forgotten thy law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, And from thy precepts I wandered not.
Sinners spread a snare for me; but I erred not from thy commandments.
111 I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart [are] they.
I have inherited thy testimonies for ever; for they are the joy of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart To do Thy statutes, to the age — [to] the end!
I have inclined my heart to perform thine ordinances for ever, in return [for thy mercies].
113 [Samech.] Doubting ones I have hated, And Thy law I have loved.
I have hated transgressors; but I have loved thy law.
114 My hiding place and my shield [art] Thou, For Thy word I have hoped.
Thou art my helper and my supporter; I have hoped in thy words.
115 Turn aside from me, ye evil-doers, And I keep the commands of my God.
Depart from me, ye evil-doers; for I will search out the commandments of my God.
116 Sustain me according to Thy saying, And I live, and Thou puttest me not to shame Because of my hope.
Uphold me according to thy word, and quicken me; and make me not ashamed of my expectation.
117 Support Thou me, and I am saved, And I look on Thy statutes continually.
Help me, and I shall be saved; and I will meditate in thine ordinances continually.
118 Thou hast trodden down All going astray from Thy statutes, For falsehood [is] their deceit.
Thou hast brought to nought all that depart from thine ordinances; for their inward thought is unrighteous.
119 Dross! Thou hast caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Thy testimonies.
I have reckoned all the sinners of the earth as transgressors; therefore have I loved thy testimonies.
120 Trembled from Thy fear hath my flesh, And from Thy judgments I have been afraid!
Penetrate my flesh with thy fear; for I am afraid of thy judgments.
121 [Ain.] I have done judgment and righteousness, Leave me not to mine oppressors.
I have done judgment and justice; deliver me not up to them that injure me.
122 Make sure Thy servant for good, Let not the proud oppress me.
Receive thy servant for good: let not the proud accuse me falsely.
123 Mine eyes have been consumed for Thy salvation. And for the saying of Thy righteousness.
Mine eyes have failed for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
124 Do with Thy servant according to Thy kindness. And Thy statutes teach Thou me.
Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy, and teach me thine ordinances.
125 Thy servant [am] I — cause me to understand, And I know Thy testimonies.
I am thy servant; instruct me, and I shall know thy testimonies.
126 Time for Jehovah to work! they have made void Thy law.
[It is] time for the Lord to work: they have utterly broken thy law.
127 Therefore I have loved Thy commands Above gold — even fine gold.
Therefore have I loved thy commandments more than gold, or the topaz.
128 Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, Every path of falsehood I have hated!
Therefore I directed myself [according] to all thy commandments: I have hated every unjust way.
129 [Pe.] Wonderful [are] Thy testimonies, Therefore hath my soul kept them.
Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul has sought them out.
130 The opening of Thy words enlighteneth, Instructing the simple.
The manifestation of thy words will enlighten, and instruct the simple.
131 My mouth I have opened, yea, I pant, For, for Thy commands I have longed.
I opened my mouth, and drew breath: for I earnestly longed after thy commandments.
132 Look unto me, and favour me, As customary to those loving Thy name.
Look upon me and have mercy upon me, after the manner of them that love thy name.
133 My steps establish by Thy saying, And any iniquity doth not rule over me.
Order my steps according to thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Thy precepts,
Deliver me from the false accusation of men: so will I keep thy commandments.
135 Thy face cause to shine on Thy servant, And teach me Thy statutes.
Cause thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thine ordinances.
136 Rivulets of waters have come down mine eyes, Because they have not kept Thy law!
Mine eyes have been bathed in streams of water, because I kept not thy law.
137 [Tzade.] Righteous [art] Thou, O Jehovah, And upright [are] Thy judgments.
Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments.
138 Thou hast appointed Thy testimonies, Righteous and exceeding faithful,
Thou has commanded righteousness and perfect truth, [as] thy testimonies.
139 Cut me off hath my zeal, For mine adversaries forgot Thy words.
Thy zeal has quite wasted me: because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
140 Tried [is] thy saying exceedingly, And Thy servant hath loved it.
Thy word [has been] very fully tried; and thy servant loves it.
141 Small I [am], and despised, Thy precepts I have not forgotten.
I am young and despised: [yet] I have not forgotten thine ordinances.
142 Thy righteousness [is] righteousness to the age, And Thy law [is] truth.
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is truth.
143 Adversity and distress have found me, Thy commands [are] my delights.
Afflictions and distresses found me: [but] thy commandments [were] my (meditation)
144 The righteousness of Thy testimonies [is] to Cause me to understand, and I live!
Thy testimonies [are] an everlasting righteousness: instruct me, and I shall live.
145 [Koph.] I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O Jehovah, Thy statutes I keep,
I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord: I will search out thine ordinances.
146 I have called Thee, save Thou me, And I do keep Thy testimonies.
I cried to thee; save me, and I will keep thy testimonies.
147 I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, For Thy word I have hoped.
I arose before the dawn, and cried: I hoped in thy words.
148 Mine eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate in Thy saying.
Mine eyes prevented the dawn, that I might meditate on thine oracles.
149 My voice hear, according to Thy kindness, Jehovah, according to Thy judgment quicken me.
Hear my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy; quicken me according to thy judgment.
150 Near have been my wicked pursuers, From Thy law they have been far off.
They have drawn nigh who persecuted me unlawfully; and they are far removed from thy law.
151 Near [art] Thou, O Jehovah, And all Thy commands [are] truth.
Thou art near, O Lord; and all thy ways are truth.
152 Of old I have known Thy testimonies, That to the age Thou hast founded them!
I have known of old concerning thy testimonies, that thou hast founded them for ever.
153 [Resh.] See my affliction, and deliver Thou me, For Thy law I have not forgotten.
Look upon mine affliction, and rescue me; for I have not forgotten thy law.
154 Plead my plea, and redeem me, According to Thy saying quicken me.
Plead my cause, and ransom me: quicken me because of thy word.
155 Far from the wicked [is] salvation, For Thy statutes they have not sought.
Salvation is far from sinners: for they have not searched out thine ordinances.
156 Thy mercies [are] many, O Jehovah, According to Thy judgments quicken me.
Thy mercies, O Lord, are many: quicken me according to thy judgment.
157 Many [are] my pursuers, and adversaries, From Thy testimonies I have not turned aside.
Many are they that persecute me and oppress me: [but] I have not declined from thy testimonies.
158 I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because Thy saying they have not kept.
I beheld men acting foolishly, and I pined away; for they kept not thine oracles.
159 See, for thy precepts I have loved, Jehovah, According to Thy kindness quicken me.
Behold, I have loved thy commandments, O Lord: quicken me in thy mercy.
160 The sum of Thy word [is] truth, And to the age [is] every judgment of Thy righteousness!
The beginning of thy words is truth; and all the judgments of thy righteousness [endure] for ever.
161 [Shin.] Princes have pursued me without cause, And because of Thy words was my heart afraid.
Princes persecuted me without a cause, but my heart feared because of thy words.
162 I do rejoice concerning Thy saying, As one finding abundant spoil.
I will exult because of thine oracles, as one that finds much spoil.
163 Falsehood I have hated, yea I abominate [it], Thy law I have loved.
I hate and abhor unrighteousness; but I love thy law.
164 Seven [times] in a day I have praised Thee, Because of the judgments of Thy righteousness.
Seven times in a day have I praised thee because of the judgments of thy righteousness.
165 Abundant peace have those loving Thy law, And they have no stumbling-block.
Great peace have they that love thy law: and there is no stumbling-block to them.
166 I have waited for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy commands I have done.
I waited for thy salvation, O Lord, and have loved thy commandments.
167 Kept hath my soul Thy testimonies, And I do love them exceedingly.
My soul has kept thy testimonies, and loved them exceedingly.
168 I have kept Thy precepts and Thy testimonies, For all my ways are before Thee!
I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies; for all my ways are before thee, O Lord.
169 [Taw.] My loud cry cometh near before Thee, O Jehovah; According to Thy word cause me to understand.
Let my supplication come near before thee, o Lord; instruct me according to thine oracle.
170 My supplication cometh in before Thee, According to Thy saying deliver Thou me.
Let my petition come in before thee, O Lord; deliver me according to thine oracle.
171 My lips do utter praise, For Thou dost teach me Thy statutes.
Let my lips utter a hymn, when thou shalt have taught me thine ordinances.
172 My tongue doth sing of Thy saying, For all Thy commands [are] righteous.
Let my tongue utter thine oracles; for all thy commandments are righteous.
173 Thy hand is for a help to me, For Thy commands I have chosen.
Let thine hand be [prompt] to save me; for I have chosen thy commandments.
174 I have longed for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy law [is] my delight.
I have longed after thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my (meditation)
175 My soul liveth, and it doth praise Thee, And Thy judgments do help me.
My soul shall live, and shall praise thee; and thy judgments shall help me.
176 I wandered as a lost sheep, seek Thy servant, For Thy precepts I have not forgotten!
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I have not forgotten thy commandments.
