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.
ט TETH.
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.
י JOD.
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.
כ CAPH.
My soul fainteth for thy salvation; _but_ I hope in thy word.
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; _yet_ do I not forget thy
statutes.
How many _are_ the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute
judgment on them that persecute me?
The proud have digged pits for me, which _are_ not after thy law.
All thy commandments _are_ faithful: they persecute me wrongfully;
help thou me.
They had almost consumed me upon earth: but I forsook not thy
precepts.
Quicken me after thy loving-kindness; so shall I keep the testimony of
thy mouth.
ל LAMED.
For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
Thy faithfulness _is_ unto all generations: thou hast established the
earth, and it abideth.
They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all _are_
thy servants.
Unless thy law _had been_ my delights, I should then have perished in
mine affliction.
I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened
me.