47.

I LOVE the | Lord,

Because he hath heard my voice-and my sup-plications.

Because he hath inclined his | ear-unto | me,
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Therefore will I call upon | him-as | long as-
I live.

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat | hold-up | on me :

I found trouble-and | sorrow.

Then called I upon the name of the | Lord: O Lord, I beseech | thee,-de | liver-my | soul.

Gracious is the | Lord,-and | righteous;
Yea,-our | God-is | merciful.
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The Lord preserveth-the | simple:

I was brought | low, and he | help-ed | me.

Return unto thy rest, | O-my | soul;

For the Lord hath dealt | bount-i | ful-ly |

with thee:

For thou hast delivered my | soul-from | death, Mine eyes from tears, and my | feet-from | falling.

I will walk be fore-the Lord

In the land | of-the | living.

I believed, therefore have-I | spoken:
I was greatly—af | flicted':

I said in my haste, | All men-are | liars. What shall I render unto the Lord for allhis benefits | toward me?

I will take the cup of-salvation,

And call up | on-the | name of—the | Lord.

I will pay my vows | unto-the | Lord
Now in the presence-of | all-his | people.
Precious in the sight of-the | Lord

Is the death of-his saints.

O Lord, truly I am-thy | servant;

I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast | loosed-my | bonds.

I will offer to thee the sacrifice | of-thanks | giving,

And will call up on-the name of—the | Lord.

I will pay my vows | unto the Lord
Now in the presence of | all-his | people.

In the courts of the Lord's house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.

Praise ye-the | Lord.

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48.

ALEPH.

BLESSED are the undefiled | in-the way,
Who walk-in the law of the

Lord.

Blessed are they that keep-his | testimonies,
And that seek-him | with the whole | heart.

They also do-no in | iquity :
They walk | in-his ways.
Thou hast-com | manded us

To keep thy pre-cepts | diligently.

O that my ways-were directed
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To | ke—ep | th—y | statutes !

Then shall I not-be a shamed,

When I have respect | unto-all | thy-com | mandments.

I will praise thee with | upright-ness of | heart, When I shall have learned-thy | right-eous | judgments.

I will keep-thy | statutes:

O for sa-ke | me-not | utterly.

BETH.

Wherewithal shall a young man | cleanse—his | way?

By taking heed thereto ac | cord-ing | to-thy | word.

With my whole heart-have I sought thee: O let me not | wander-from thy

mandments.

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Thy word have I | hid in-mine | heart,
That I might—not | sin-a | gainst thee.
Blessed art thou,-O Lord:

Teach me-thy statutes.

With my lips have | I-de | clared
All the judgments | of-thy | mouth.

I have rejoiced in the way of-thy | testimonies As much-as | in-all | riches.

I will meditate | in-thy | precepts,

And have re spe-ct | unto thy ways:
I will delight myself | in-thy | statutes:

I will not-for get-thy | word.

GIMEL.

Deal bountifully | with-thy | servant,
That I may live,--and | keep-thy | word.
Open thou-mine | eyes,

That I may behold wondrous | things | out of— thy | law.

I am a stranger | in-the | earth;

Hide not thy-com | mand-ments | from me. My soul breaketh for the longing | that-it | hath

Unto th―y | judgments—at | all times.

Thou hast rebuked the proud | that-are |
cursed,
Which do err-from thy-com | mandments.
Remove from me re | proach-and contempt;
For | I—have | kept-thy | testimonies.

Princes also did sit and | speak—a | gainst me : But thy servant did | medi-tate | in-thy |

statutes.

Thy testimonies also are | my-de | light,
And-my | counsellors.

DALETH.

My soul cleaveth | unto-the | dust:
Quicken thou me ac | cord-ing | to-thy | word.
I have declared my ways, and thou | heard-est |

me:

Tea |—ch | me—thy | statutes.

Make me to understand the way of-thy | precepts:

So shall I talk of-thy | won-drous | works. My soul melteth-for | heaviness:

Strengthen thou me ac | cord-ing | unto-thy | word.

Remove from me the way--of | lying;
And grant-me | thy-law | graciously.
I have chosen the way-of truth:
Thy judgments | have-I | laid-be | fore me.