САРН.

My soul fainteth for | thy-sal | vation;
But I hope | in-thy | word.

Mine eyes fail for-thy | word,

Saying, When | wilt-thou | com-fort | me?

For I am become like a bottle | in-the | smoke;
Yet do I not-for | get-thy | statutes.
How many are the | days of-thy | servant?
When wilt thou execute judgment on them-
that perse-cute | me?

The proud have digged | pits-for | me,
Which are not after-thy | law.
All thy commandments—are faithful:
They persecute me

thou❘ me.

wrong-fully, | help

They had almost consumed | me up-on | earth:
But I-for sook not-thy | precepts.
Quicken me after thy | lov-ing | kindness;
So shall I keep the testimony | of-thy |
mouth.

LAMED.

For ever,-O | Lord,

Thy word-is | settled-in | heaven.
Thy faithfulness is unto | all-generations:
Thou hast established the earth,-and | it-
a | bideth.

They continue this day according | to-thine | ordinances:

For all are-thy | servants.

Unless thy law had been | my-de | lights,

I should then have | perished—in | mineaffliction.

I will never for | get-thy | precepts:
For with them thou hast quicken—ed | me.
I am | thi—ne, | save me:

For I-have sought-thy | precepts.

The wicked have waited for me,-to de | stroy

me:

But I will-con | sider-thy | testimonies.
I have seen an end of | all-per | fection:
But thy commandment | is-ex | ceed-ing |
broad.

MEM.

O how love I-thy | law!

It is my medi | ta―tion | all—the | day. Thou through thy commandments, hast made me wiser than mine | enemies:

For they are | ever-with | me.

I have more understanding than | all-my | teachers:

For thy testimonies are-my | me-di | tation. I understand more-than the | ancients, Because I keep-thy | precepts.

I have refrained my feet from every | ev-il | way,

That I-might | keep-thy | word.

I have not departed | from-thy | judgments : For thou hast | taught | me.

How sweet are thy words | unto-my | taste! Yea, sweeter than | hon-ey | to-my mouth. Through thy precepts I get un-der] standing: Therefore I ha-te | every-false| way.

NUN.

Thy word is a lamp | unto-my | feet,
And a light unto-my | path.

I have sworn, and I will-per | form it,
That I will keep-thy | right—eous | judg-

ments.

I am afflicted | ve-ry | much:

Quicken me, O Lord, ac | cord-ing | untothy | word.

Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth,-0 | Lord,

And tea-ch me-thy | judgments.

My soul is continually | in-my | hand:
Yet do I not-for | get-thy | law.
The wicked have laid a sna-re | for me:
Yet I erred-not | from-thy | precepts.

Thy testimonies have I taken as an | heritagefor ever:

For they are the re | joic-ing | of-my | heart. I have inclined mine heart to per | form-thy |

statutes

Alway, | e-ven | unto-the | end.

SAMECH.

I hate-vain | thoughts:
But thy law | do-I | love.
|

Thou art my hiding place | and—my | shield :
I hope in-thy | word.

Depart from me, ye | ev-il | doers:

For I will keep the command-ments | of— my God.

Uphold me according unto thy word, that | I-may | live:

And let me not be a | sham-ed | of—my | hope.

Hold thou me up, and | I shall—be | safe: And I will have respect | unto thy statutescontinually.

Thou hast trodden down all them that | errfrom thy statutes:

For their-de | ceit-is | falsehood.

Thou puttest away all the wicked of the | earth-like dross:

There fore-I love thy | testimonies.
My flesh trembleth for | fear-of thee;
And I am-a | fraid of-thy | judgments.

H

AIN.

I have done judgment-and | justice:
Leave me not-to | mine-op | pressors.
Be surety for thy | servant-for good:
Let not-the proud-op | press me.
|

Mine eyes fail for thy-sal | vation,

And for the word-of | th-y | righteousness. Deal with thy servant according | unto thy | mercy,

And | tea-ch | me-thy | statutes.

I am-thy servant,

Give me understanding, that | I-may | knowthy testimonies.

It is time for thee, | Lord,-to | work;

For they have-made | void-thy | law.

Therefore I love thy commandments | a-bove | gold,

Yea, above-fine | gold.

Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to-be | right;

And I ha-te | every false | way.

PE.

Thy testimonies | ar-e | wonderful: Therefore doth-my | so-ul | keep them. The entrance of thy words | giv-eth | light; It giveth under stand-ing unto-the' | simple.