CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy-sal | vation; Saying, When | wilt thou com-fort | me? For I am become like a bottle | in-the | smoke; The proud have digged | pits-for me, They had almost consumed me up-on | earth : Quicken me after thy | lov-ing | kindness; mouth. testimony | of-thy | For ever,-0 | Lord, LAMED. 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 a-11 | are-thy | servants. Unless thy law had been | my-de | lights, I should then have | perished-in | mine— affliction. 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 destroy 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 meditation | 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: 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, I have sworn, and I will-per | form it, ments. I am afflicted very much : Quicken me, O Lord, ac | cord-ing | unto— thy | 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: Thy testimonies have I taken as an | heritagefor ever: For they are the re | joic-ing | of-my | heart. statutes Alway, | e-ven | unto-the end. SAMECH. I hate-vain | thoughts: But thy | la-w | do-I | love. | Thou art my hiding place | and—my | shield : I | ho-pe | 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 | Imay 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 | earthlike dross: Therefore-I | love-thy | testimonies. AIN. I have done judgment—and | justice; Mine eyes fail for thy-sal | vation, 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 hate | every false | way. PE. Thy testimonies | ar-e | wonderful: Therefore doth-my | so-ul | keep them. The entrance of thy words | giv-eth | light; lt giveth under stand-ing | unto the | simple. |