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Psalm 119
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and straight are in the way;
Who in the Lord’s most holy law do walk,
and do not stray.
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his statutes are inclin’d;
And who do seek the living God
with their whole heart and mind.
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and they do no iniquity.
Thou hast commanded us to keep
thy precepts carefully.
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thou would’st my ways direct!
Then shall I not be sham’d, when I
thy precepts all respect.
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thee will I praise and bless,
When I the judgments all have learn’d
of thy pure righteousness.
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firmly resolv’d have I:
O do not then, most gracious God,
forsake me utterly.
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his way to purify?
If he according to thy word
thereto attentive be.
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with all my soul and heart:
O let me not from the right path
of thy commands depart.
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that I offend not thee.
O Lord, thou ever blessed art,
thy statutes teach thou me.
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my lips declared have:
More joy thy testimonies’ way
than riches all me gave.
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my meditation;
And carefully I’ll have respect
unto thy ways each one.
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shall constantly be set:
And, by thy grace, I never will
thy holy word forget.
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deal bountifully, Lord:
That by thy favor I may live,
and duly keep thy word.
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the wonders I may see.
I am a stranger on this earth,
hide not thy laws from me.
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and doth much fainting still endure,
Through longing that it hath all times
unto thy judgments pure.
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who from thy precepts swerve.
Reproach and shame remove from me,
for I thy laws observe.
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while they in council sat:
But I thy servant did upon
thy statutes meditate.
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thy testimonies be;
And they, in all my doubts and fears,
are counsellors to me.
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according to thy word.
My ways I shew’d, and me thou heard’st:
teach me thy statutes, Lord.
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make me aright to know;
So all thy works that wondrous are
I shall to others show.
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for heaviness and grief:
To me, according to thy word,
give strength, and send relief.
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let far removed be;
And graciously thy holy law
do thou grant unto me.
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of truth and verity:
Thy judgments that most righteous are
before me laid have I.
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shame do not on me cast.
I’ll run thy precepts’ way, when thou
my heart enlarged hast.
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of thy precepts divine,
And to observe it to the end
I shall my heart incline.
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so keep thy law shall I;
Yea, ev’n with my whole heart I shall
observe it carefully.
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for I delight therein.
My heart unto thy testimonies,
and not to greed, incline.
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from viewing vanity;
And in thy good and holy way
be pleas’d to quicken me.
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which I did gladly hear,
Ev’n to thy servant, Lord, who is
devoted to thy fear.
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for good thy judgments be.
Lo, for thy precepts I have long’d;
in thy truth quicken me.
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and visit me, O Lord;
Ev’n thy benign salvation,
according to thy word.
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give him an answer just,
Who spitefully reproacheth me;
for in thy word I trust.
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take thou not utterly;
For on thy judgments righteous
my hope doth still rely.
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thy law continually.
And, sith that I thy precepts seek,
I’ll walk at liberty.
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and I with shame shall not be mov’d;
And will delight myself always
in thy laws, which I lov’d.
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my hands lift up I will;
And I will also meditate
upon thy statutes still.
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thou to thy servant spake,
Which, for a ground of my sure hope,
thou causedst me to take.
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in mine affliction:
For in my straits I am reviv’d
by this thy word alone.
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did greatly me deride;
Yet from thy straight commandements
I have not turn’d aside.
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which thou of old forth gave,
I did remember, and myself
by them comforted have.
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ill men thy law forsake.
I in my house of pilgrimage
thy laws my songs do make.
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and I have kept thy law.
And this I had, because thy word
I kept, and stood in awe.
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which I did chuse, O Lord:
I have resolv’d, and said, that I
would keep thy holy word.
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thy face and favour free:
According to thy gracious word
be merciful to me.
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and did my life well try;
And to thy testimonies pure
my feet then turned I.
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as those that slothful are;
But hastily thy laws to keep
myself I did prepare.
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thy precepts did not slight.
I’ll rise at midnight thee to praise,
ev’n for thy judgments right.
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who fear, and thee obey.
O Lord, thy mercy fills the earth:
teach me thy laws, I pray.
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as thou didst promise give.
Good judgment me, and knowledge teach,
for I thy word believe.
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but now I keep thy word.
Both good thou art, and good thou do’st:
teach me thy statutes, Lord.
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against me forg’d a lie;
Yet thy commandements observe
with my whole heart will I.
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as fat as grease they be:
But in thy holy law I take
delight continually.
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that I afflicted was,
That I might well instructed be,
and learn thy holy laws.
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is better unto me
Than many thousands and great sums
of gold and silver be.
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to know give wisdom, Lord.
So who thee fear shall joy to see
me trusting in thy word.
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I know, and do confess;
And that thou hast afflicted me
in truth and faithfulness.
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I pray thee, comfort me,
As to thy servant faithfully
was promised by thee.
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to me, that I may live;
Because thy holy laws to me
sweet delectation give.
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for they, without a cause,
With me perversely dealt: but I
will muse upon thy laws.
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thy statutes, turn to me.
My heart let in thy laws be sound,
that sham’d I never be.
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yet I thy word believe.
Mine eyes fail for thy word: I say,
When wilt thou comfort give?
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that in the smoke is set:
I’m black, and parch’d with grief; yet I
thy statutes not forget.
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when wilt thou execute
Just judgment on these wicked men
that do me persecute?
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which is against thy laws.
Thy words all faithful are: help me,
pursu’d without a cause.
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my life they scarce did leave:
Thy precepts yet forsook I not,
but close to them did cleave.
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me quicken, and preserve:
The testimony of thy mouth
so shall I still observe.
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in heaven settled fast;
Unto all generations
thy faithfulness doth last:
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and it abides by thee.
This day they stand as thou ordain’dst;
for all thy servants be.
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my soul delights had found,
I should have perished, when as
my troubles did abound.
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they quick’ning to me brought.
Lord, I am thine; O save thou me:
thy precepts I have sought.
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me seeking to destroy:
But I thy testimonies true
consider will with joy.
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here have I seen, O God:
But as for thy commandement,
it is exceeding broad.
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my study all the day:
It makes me wiser than my foes;
for it doth with me stay.
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more understanding far;
Because my meditation
thy testimonies are.
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those that are ancients;
For I endeavoured to keep
all thy commandements.
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that I may keep thy word.
I from thy judgments have not swerv’d;
for thou hast taught me, Lord.
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are all thy words of truth!
Yea, I do find them sweeter far
than honey to my mouth.
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do understanding get;
I therefore ev’ry way that’s false
with all my heart do hate.
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and to my path a light.
I sworn have, and I will perform,
to keep thy judgments right.
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ev’n overwhelm’d, O Lord:
In mercy raise and quicken me,
according to thy word.
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accept, I thee beseech:
And unto me thy servant, Lord,
thy judgments clearly teach.
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thy laws I’ll not forget.
I err’d not from them, though for me
the wicked snares did set.
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above all things made choice,
To be my heritage for aye;
for they my heart rejoice.
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my heart still to attend;
That I thy statutes may perform
alway unto the end.
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but love thy law do I.
My shield and hiding-place thou art:
I on thy word rely.
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from me depart away;
For the commandments of my God
I purpose to obey.
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uphold and stablish me,
That I may live, and of my hope
ashamed never be.
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in peace and safety still;
And to thy statutes have respect
continually I will.
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false their deceit doth prove.
Lewd men, like dross, away thou putt’st;
therefore thy law I love.
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doth tremble, all dismay’d;
And of thy righteous judgments, Lord,
my soul is much afraid.
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performing justice right;
Then let me not be left unto
my fierce oppressors’ might.
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thy servant’s surety be:
From the oppression of the proud
do thou deliver me.
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for thy salvation,
The word of thy pure righteousness
while I do wait upon.
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thy laws me teach and show.
I am thy servant, wisdom give,
that I thy laws may know.
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made void thy law divine.
Therefore thy precepts more I love
than gold, yea, gold most fine.
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all right I judge therefore;
And ev’ry false and wicked way
I perfectly abhor.
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my soul them keeps with care.
The entrance of thy words gives light,
makes wise who simple are.
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and panted earnestly,
While after thy commandements
I long’d exceedingly.
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do thou unto me prove,
As thou art wont to do
to those thy name who truly love.
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aright still order’d be:
Let no iniquity obtain
dominion over me.
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so keep thy laws I will.
Thy face make on thy servant shine;
teach me thy statutes still.
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did run down, when I saw
How wicked men run on in sin,
and do not keep thy law.
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thy judgments are upright.
Thy testimonies thou command’st
most faithful are and right.
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because mine enemies
Thy holy words forgotten have,
and do thy laws despise.
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thy servant’s love is set.
Small, and despis’d I am, yet I
thy precepts not forget.
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which ever doth endure:
Thy holy law, Lord, also is
the very truth most pure.
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and taken hold on me:
Yet in my trouble my delight
thy just commandments be.
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thy testimonies all:
Lord, to me understanding give,
and ever live I shall.
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I will thy word obey.
I cry’d to thee; save me, and I
will keep thy laws alway.
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the dawning, and did cry:
For all mine expectation
did on thy word rely.
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the watches of the night,
That in thy word with careful mind
then meditate I might.
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my voice, that calls on thee:
According to thy judgment, Lord,
revive and quicken me.
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they from thy law are far:
But thou art near, Lord; most firm truth
all thy commandments are.
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of old this have I try’d,
That thou hast surely founded them
for ever to abide.
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in safety do me set:
Deliver me, O Lord, for I
thy law do not forget.
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and plead my cause.
Salvation is from sinners far;
for they seek not thy laws.
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thy tender mercies be:
According to thy judgments just,
revive and quicken me.
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and foes that do combine;
Yet from thy testimonies pure
my heart doth not decline.
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for they keep not thy word.
See how I love thy law! as thou
art kind, me quicken, Lord.
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hath been most true and sure:
Thy righteous judgments ev’ry one
for evermore endure.
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although no cause they saw:
But still of thy most holy word
my heart doth stand in awe.
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of spoil that finds great store.
Thy law I love; but lying all
I hate and do abhor.
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to give due praise to thee;
Because of all thy judgments, Lord,
which righteous ever be.
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offence they shall have none.
I hop’d for thy salvation, Lord,
and thy commands have done.
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observed carefully;
On them my heart is set, and them
I love exceedingly.
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I kept with special care;
For all my works and ways each one
before thee open are.
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come near before thee, Lord:
Give understanding unto me,
according to thy word.
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after thy word me free.
My lips shall utter praise, when thou
hast taught thy laws to me.
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shall speak, and it confess;
Because all thy commandements
are perfect righteousness.
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thy precepts are my choice.
I long’d for thy salvation, Lord,
and in thy law rejoice.
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give praises unto thee;
And let thy judgments gracious
be helpful unto me.
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thy servant seek, and find:
For thy commands I suffer’d not
to slip out of my mind.
Psalm 119 appartient à Livre V (Psaume 107–150) du Psautier. Psaume acrostiche: Chaque strophe commence par une lettre successive de l'alphabet hébreu.
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