[Ps 118:23-44]23 For princes sat, and spoke against me: but thy servant was employed in thy justifications.24 For thy testimonies are my meditation: and thy justifications my counsel. DALETH25 My soul hath cleaved to the pavement: quicken thou me according to thy word.26 I have declared my ways, and thou hast heard me: tech me thy justifications.27 Make me to understand the way of thy justifications: and I shall be exercised in thy wondrous works.28 My soul hath slumbered through heaviness: strengthen thou me in thy words.29 Remove from me the way of iniquity: and out of thy law have mercy on me.30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments I have not forgotten.31 I have stuck to thy testimonies, O Lord: put me not to shame.32 I have run the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart. HE33 Set before me for a law the way of thy justifications, O Lord: and I will always seek after it.34 Give me understanding, and I will search thy law and I will keep it with my whole heart.35 Lead me into the path of thy commandments: and I will consider thy ways.16 I will think of thy justifications: I will not forget thy words. GIMEL17 Give bountifully to thy servant, enliven me: and I shall keep thy words.18 Open thou my eyes: and I will consider the wondrous things of thy law.19 I am a sojourner on the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.20 My soul hath coveted to long for thy justifications, at all times.21 Thou hast rebuked the proud: they are cursed who decline from thy commandments.22 Remove from reproach and contempt: because I have sought after thy testimonies.
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