Friday, June 30, 2017

BOOK: Psalms

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*Psalm 119


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57-64

THOU art my portion, O Lord: I have said that I would keep THY words.
 

I intreated THY favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to THY word.
 

I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto THY testimonies.
 

I made haste, and delayed not
to keep THY commandments.
 

The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten THY law.
 

At midnight I will rise
to give thanks unto THEE because of THY righteous judgments.
 

I am a companion of all them that fear THEE, and of them that keep THY precepts. 

The earth, O Lord, is full of THY mercy: teach me THY statutes. 


 
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65-72

THOU hast dealt well with THY servant, O Lord, according unto THY word.
 

Teach me good judgment and knowledge:
for I have believed THY commandments.
 

Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept THY word. 

THOU art good, and doest good; teach me THY statutes.
 

The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep THY precepts
with my whole heart. Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in THY law.
 

It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn THY statutes. 

The law of THY mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.

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73-80

THY hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn THY commandments.
 
They that fear THEE will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in THY word.
 
I know, O Lord, that THY judgments are right, and that THOU in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
 
 Let, I pray thee, THY merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to THY word unto THY servant.
 
Let THY tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for THY law is my delight. Let the proud be ashamed;  for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in THY precepts.
 
Let those that fear THEE turn unto me, and those that have known THY testimonies.
 
Let my heart be sound in THY statutes; that I be not ashamed. 


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