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118:30. I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments I have not
forgotten.
118:31. I have stuck to thy testimonies, O Lord: put me not to shame.
118:32. I have run the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge
my heart.
HE.
118:33. Set before me for a law the way of thy justifications, O Lord:
and I will always seek after it.
118:34. Give me understanding, and I will search thy law; and I will
keep it with my whole heart.
118:35. Lead me into the path of thy commandments; for this same I have
desired.
118:36. Incline my heart into thy testimonies and not to covetousness.
118:37. Turn away my eyes that they may not behold vanity: quicken me in
thy way.
118:38. Establish thy word to thy servant, in thy fear.
118:39. Turn away my reproach, which I have apprehended: for thy
judgments are delightful.
118:40. Behold I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy
justice.
VAU.
118: 41. Let thy mercy also come upon me, O Lord: thy salvation
according to thy word.
118:42. So shall I answer them that reproach me in any thing; that I
have trusted in thy words.
118:43. And take not thou the word of truth utterly out of my mouth: for
in thy words, I have hoped exceedingly.
118:44. So shall I always keep thy law, for ever and ever.
118:45. And I walked at large: because I have sought after thy
commandments.
118:46. And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings: and I was not
ashamed.
118:47. I meditated also on thy commandments, which I loved.
118:48. And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments, which I loved: and
I was exercised in thy justifications.
ZAIN.
118:49. Be thou mindful of thy word to thy servant, in which thou hast
given me hope.
118:50. This hath comforted me in my humiliation: because thy word hath
enlivened me.
118:51. The proud did iniquitously altogether: but I declined not from
thy law.
118:52. I remembered, O Lord, thy judgments of old: and I was comforted.
118:53. A fainting hath taken hold of me, because of the wicked that
forsake thy law.
118:54. Thy justifications were the subject of my song, in the place of
my pilgrimage.
118:55. In the night I have remembered thy name, O Lord: and have kept
thy law.
118:56. This happened to me: because I sought after thy justifications.
HETH.
118:57. O Lord, my portion, I have said, I would keep thy law.
118:58. I entreated thy face with all my heart: have mercy on me
according to thy word.
118:59. I have thought on my ways: and turned my feet unto thy
testimonies.
118:60. I am ready, and am not troubled: that I may keep thy
commandments.
118:61. The cords of the wicked have encompassed me: but I have not
forgotten thy law.
118:62. I rose at midnight to give praise to thee; for the judgments of
thy justification.
118:63. I am a partaker with all them that fear thee, and that keep thy
commandments.
118:64. The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy
justifications.
TETH.
118:65. Thou hast done well with thy servant, O Lord, according to thy
word.
118:66. Teach me goodness and discipline and knowledge; for I have
believed thy commandments.
118:67. Before I was humbled I offended; therefore have I kept thy word.
118:68. Thou art good; and in thy goodness teach me thy justifications.
118:69. The iniquity of the proud hath been multiplied over me: but I
will seek thy commandments with my whole heart.
118:70. Their heart is curdled like milk: but I have meditated on thy
law.
118:71. It is good for me that thou hast humbled me, that I may learn
thy justifications.
118:72. The law of thy mouth is good to me, above thousands of gold and
silver.
JOD.
118:73. Thy hands have made me and formed me: give me understanding, and
I will learn thy commandments.
118:74. They that fear thee shall see me, and shall be glad: because I
have greatly hoped in thy words.
118:75. I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are equity: and in thy truth
thou hast humbled me.
118:76. O! let thy mercy be for my comfort, according to thy word unto
thy servant.
118:77. Let thy tender mercies come unto me, and I shall live: for thy
law is my meditation.
118:78. Let the proud be ashamed, because they have done unjustly
towards me: but I will be employed in thy commandments.
118:79. Let them that fear thee turn to me: and they that know thy
testimonies.
118:80. Let my heart be undefiled in thy justifications, that I may not
be confounded.
CAPH.
118:81. My soul hath fainted after thy salvation: and in thy word I have
very much hoped.
118:82. My eyes have failed for thy word, saying: When wilt thou comfort
me?
118:83. For I am become like a bottle in the frost: I have not forgotten
thy justifications.
118:84. How many are the days of thy servant: when wilt thou execute
judgment on them that persecute me?
118:85. The wicked have told me fables: but not as thy law.
118:86. All thy statutes are truth: they have persecuted me unjustly, do
thou help me.
118:87. They had almost made an end of me upon earth: but I have not
forsaken thy commandments.
118:88. Quicken thou me according to thy mercy: and I shall keep the
testimonies of thy mouth.
LAMED.
118:89. For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven.
118:90. Thy truth unto all generations: thou hast founded the earth, and
it continueth.
118:91. By thy ordinance the day goeth on: for all things serve thee.
118:92. Unless thy law had been my meditation, I had then perhaps
perished in my abjection.
118:93. Thy justifications I will never forget: for by them thou hast
given me life.
118:94. I am thine, save thou me: for I have sought thy justifications.
118:95. The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I have
understood thy testimonies.
118:96. I have seen an end of all perfection: thy commandment is
exceeding broad.
MEM.
118:97. O how have I loved thy law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the
day.
118:98. Through thy commandment, thou hast made me wiser than my
enemies: for it is ever with me.
118:99. I have understood more than all my teachers: because thy
testimonies are my meditation.
118:100. I have had understanding above ancients: because I have sought
thy commandments.
118:101. I have restrained my feet from every evil way: that I may keep
thy words.
118:102. I have not declined from thy judgments, because thou hast set
me a law.
118:103. How sweet are thy words to my palate! more than honey to my
mouth.
118:104. By thy commandments I have had understanding: therefore have I
hated every way of iniquity.
NUN.
118:105. Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths.
118:106. I have sworn and am determined to keep the judgments of thy
justice.
118:107. I have been humbled, O Lord, exceedingly: quicken thou me
according to thy word.
118:108. The free offerings of my mouth make acceptable, O Lord: and
teach me thy judgments.
118:109. My soul is continually in my hands: and I have not forgotten
thy law.
118:110. Sinners have laid a snare for me: but I have not erred from thy
precepts.
118:111. I have purchased thy testimonies for an inheritance for ever:
because they are the joy of my heart.
118:112. I have inclined my heart to do thy justifications for ever, for
the reward.
SAMECH.
118:113. I have hated the unjust: and have loved thy law.
118:114. Thou art my helper and my protector: and in thy word I have
greatly hoped.
118:115. Depart from me, ye malignant: and I will search the
commandments of my God.
118:116. Uphold me according to thy word, and I shall live: and let me
not be confounded in my expectation.
118:117. Help me, and I shall be saved: and I will meditate always on
thy justifications.
118:118. Thou hast despised all them that fall off from thy judgments;
for their thought is unjust.
118:119. I have accounted all the sinners of the earth prevaricators:
therefore have I loved thy testimonies.
118:120. Pierce thou my flesh with thy fear: for I am afraid of thy
judgments.
AIN.
118:121. I have done judgment and justice: give me not up to them that
slander me.
118:122. Uphold thy servant unto good: let not the proud calumniate me.
118:123. My eyes have fainted after thy salvation: and for the word of
thy justice.
118:124. Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy: and teach me thy
justifications.
118:125. I am thy servant: give me understanding that I may know thy
testimonies.
118:126. It is time, O Lord, to do: they have dissipated thy law.
118:127. Therefore have I loved thy commandments above gold and the
topaz.
118:128. Therefore was I directed to all thy commandments: I have hated
all wicked ways.
PHE.
118:129. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul hath sought
them.
118:130. The declaration of thy words giveth light: and giveth
understanding to little ones.
118:131. I opened my mouth, and panted: because I longed for thy
commandments.
118:132. Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me according to the
judgment of them that love thy name.
118:133. Direct my steps according to thy word: and let no iniquity have
dominion over me.
118:134. Redeem me from the calumnies of men: that I may keep thy
commandments.
118:135. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thy
justifications.
118:136. My eyes have sent forth springs of water: because they have not
kept thy law.
SADE.
118:137. Thou art just, O Lord: and thy judgment is right.
118:138. Thou hast commanded justice thy testimonies: and thy truth
exceedingly.
118:139. My zeal hath made me pine away: because my enemies forgot thy
words.
118:140. Thy word is exceedingly refined: and thy servant hath loved it.
118:141. I am very young and despised; but I forget not thy
justifications.
118:142. Thy justice is justice for ever: and thy law is the truth.
118:143. Trouble and anguish have found me: thy commandments are my
meditation.
118:144. Thy testimonies are justice for ever: give me understanding,
and I shall live.
COPH.
118:145. I cried with my whole heart, hear me, O Lord: I will seek thy
justifications.
118:146. I cried unto thee, save me: that I may keep thy commandments.
118:147. I prevented the dawning of the day, and cried: because in thy
words I very much hoped.
118:148. My eyes to thee have prevented the morning: that I might
meditate on thy words.
118:149. Hear thou my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy: and quicken
me according to thy judgment.
118:150. They that persecute me have drawn nigh to iniquity; but they
are gone far off from thy law.
118:151. Thou art near, O Lord: and all thy ways are truth.
118:152. I have known from the beginning concerning thy testimonies:
that thou hast founded them for ever.
RES.
118:153. See my humiliation and deliver me for I have not forgotten thy
law.
118:154. Judge my judgment and redeem me: quicken thou me for thy word's
sake.
118:155. Salvation is far from sinners; because they have not sought thy
justifications.
118:156. Many, O Lord, are thy mercies: quicken me according to thy
judgment.
118:157. Many are they that persecute me and afflict me; but I have not
declined from thy testimonies.
118:158. I beheld the transgressors, and pined away; because they kept
not thy word.
118:159. Behold I have loved thy commandments, O Lord; quicken me thou
in thy mercy.
118:160. The beginning of thy words is truth: all the judgments of thy
justice are for ever.
SIN.
118:161. Princes have persecuted me without cause: and my heart hath
been in awe of thy words.
118:162. I will rejoice at thy words, as one that hath found great
spoil.
118:163. I have hated and abhorred iniquity; but I have loved thy law.
118:164. Seven times a day I have given praise to thee, for the
judgments of thy justice.
118:165. Much peace have they that love thy law, and to them there is no
stumbling block.
118:166. I looked for thy salvation, O Lord: and I loved thy
commandments.
118:167. My soul hath kept thy testimonies and hath loved them
exceedingly.
118:168. I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies: because all
my ways are in thy sight.
TAU.
118:169. Let my supplication, O Lord, come near in thy sight: give me
understanding according to thy word.
118:170. Let my request come in before thee; deliver thou me according
to thy word.
118:171. My lips shall utter a hymn, when thou shalt teach me thy
justifications.
118:172. My tongue shall pronounce thy word: because all thy
commandments are justice.
118:173. Let thy hand be with me to save me; for I have chosen thy
precepts.
118:174. I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my
meditation.
118:175. My soul shall live and shall praise thee: and thy judgments
shall help me.
118:176. I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost: seek thy servant,
because I have not forgotten thy commandments.
Psalms Chapter 119
Ad Dominum.
A prayer in tribulation.
A gradual canticle.
A gradual canticle... The following psalms, in number fifteen, are
called gradual psalms, or canticles, from the word gradus, signifying
steps, ascensions, or degrees: either because they were appointed to be
sung on the fifteen steps, by which the people ascended to the temple:
or, that in the singing of them the voice was to be raised by certain
steps or ascensions: or, that they were to be sung by the people
returning from their captivity and ascending to Jerusalem, which was
seated amongst mountains. The holy fathers, in a mystical sense,
understand these steps, or ascensions, of the degrees by which
Christians spiritually ascend to virtue and perfection; and to the true
temple of God in the heavenly Jerusalem.
119:1. In my trouble I cried to the Lord: and he heard me.
119:2. O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, and a deceitful tongue.
119:3. What shall be given to thee, or what shall be added to thee, to a
deceitful tongue?
119:4. The sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals that lay waste.
119:5. Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with the
inhabitants of Cedar:
119:6. My soul hath been long a sojourner.
119:7. With them that hated peace I was peaceable: when I spoke to them
they fought against me without cause.
Psalms Chapter 120
Levavi oculos.
God is the keeper of his servants.
A gradual canticle.
120:1. I have lifted up my eyes to the mountains, from whence help shall
come to me.
120:2. My help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
120:3. May he not suffer thy foot to be moved: neither let him slumber
that keepeth thee.
120:4. Behold he shall neither slumber nor sleep, that keepeth Israel.
120:5. The Lord is thy keeper, the Lord is thy protection upon thy right
hand.
120:6. The sun shall not burn thee by day: nor the moon by night.
120:7. The Lord keepeth thee from all evil: may the Lord keep thy soul.
120:8. May the Lord keep thy coming in and thy going out; from
henceforth now and for ever.
Psalms Chapter 121
Laetatus sum in his.
The desire and hope of the just for the coming of the kingdom of God,
and the peace of his church.
121:1. A gradual canticle.
I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: We shall go into the
house of the Lord.
121:2. Our feet were standing in thy courts, O Jerusalem.
121:3. Jerusalem, which is built as a city, which is compact together.
121:4. For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord: the
testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord.
121:5. Because their seats have sat in judgment, seats upon the house of
David.
121:6. Pray ye for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem: and
abundance for them that love thee.
121:7. Let peace be in thy strength: and abundance in thy towers.
121:8. For the sake of my brethren, and of my neighbours, I spoke peace
of thee.
121:9. Because of the house of the Lord our God, I have sought good
things for thee.
Psalms Chapter 122
Ad te levavi.
A prayer in affliction, with confidence in God.
A gradual canticle.
122:1. To thee have I lifted up my eyes, who dwellest in heaven.
122:2. Behold as the eyes of servants are on the hands of their masters,
As the eyes of the handmaid are on the hands of her mistress: so are our
eyes unto the Lord our God, until he have mercy on us.
122:3. Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for we are greatly
filled with contempt.
122:4. For our soul is greatly filled: we are a reproach to the rich,
and contempt to the proud.
Psalms Chapter 123
Nisi quia Domini.
The church giveth glory to God for her deliverance, from the hands of
her enemies.
123:1. A gradual canticle. If it had not been that the Lord was with us,
let Israel now say:
123:2. If it had not been that the Lord was with us, When men rose up
against us,
123:3. Perhaps they had swallowed us up alive. When their fury was
enkindled against us,
123:4. Perhaps the waters had swallowed us up.
123:5. Our soul hath passed through a torrent: perhaps our soul had
passed through a water insupportable.
123:6. Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us to be a prey to their
teeth.
123:7. Our soul hath been delivered as a sparrow out of the snare of the
fowlers. The snare is broken, and we are delivered.
123:8. Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
Psalms Chapter 124
Qui confidunt.
The just are always under God's protection.
124:1. A gradual canticle. They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount
Sion: he shall not be moved for ever that dwelleth
124:2. In Jerusalem. Mountains are round about it: so the Lord is round
about his people from henceforth now and for ever.
124:3. For the Lord will not leave the rod of sinners upon the lot of
the just: that the just may not stretch forth their hands to iniquity.
124:4. Do good, O Lord, to those that are good, and to the upright of
heart.
124:5. But such as turn aside into bonds, the Lord shall lead out with
the workers of iniquity: peace upon Israel.
Psalms Chapter 125
In convertendo.
The people of God rejoice at their delivery from captivity.
125:1. A gradual canticle. When the Lord brought back the captivity of
Sion, we became like men comforted.
125:2. Then was our mouth filled with gladness; and our tongue with joy.
Then shall they say among the Gentiles: The Lord hath done great things
for them.
125:3. The Lord hath done great things for us: we are become joyful.
125:4. Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as a stream in the south.
125:5. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
125:6. Going they went and wept, casting their seeds.
125:7. But coming they shall come with joyfulness, carrying their
sheaves.
Psalms Chapter 126
Nisi Dominus.
Nothing can be done without God's grace and blessing.
126:1. A gradual canticle of Solomon. Unless the Lord build the house,
they labour in vain that build it. Unless the Lord keep the city, he
watcheth in vain that keepeth it.
126:2. It is vain for you to rise before light, rise ye after you have
sitten, you that eat the bread of sorrow. When he shall give sleep to
his beloved,
It is vain for you to rise before light... That is, your early rising,
your labour and worldly solicitude, will be vain, that is, will avail
you nothing, without the light, grace, and blessing of God.
126:3. Behold the inheritance of the Lord are children: the reward, the
fruit of the womb.
126:4. As arrows in the hand of the mighty, so the children of them that
have been shaken.
126:5. Blessed is the man that hath filled the desire with them; he
shall not be confounded when he shall speak to his enemies in the gate.
Psalms Chapter 127
Beati omnes.
The fear of God is the way to happiness.
127:1. A gradual canticle. Blessed are all they that fear the Lord: that
walk in his ways.
127:2. For thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands: blessed art thou,
and it shall be well with thee.
127:3. Thy wife as a fruitful vine, on the sides of thy house. Thy
children as olive plants, round about thy table.
127:4. Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord.
127:5. May the Lord bless thee out of Sion: and mayst thou see the good
things of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
127:6. And mayst thou see thy children's children, peace upon Israel.
Psalms Chapter 128
Saepe expugnaverunt.
The church of God is invincible: her persecutors come to nothing.
128:1. A gradual canticle. Often have they fought against me from my
youth, let Israel now say.
128:2. Often have they fought against me from my youth: but they could
not prevail over me.
128:3. The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened their
iniquity.
128:4. The Lord who is just will cut the necks of sinners:
128:5. Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Sion.
128:6. Let them be as grass upon the tops of houses: which withereth
before it be plucked up:
128:7. Who with the mower filleth not his hand: nor he that gathereth
sheaves his bosom.
128:8. And they that passed by have not said: The blessing of the Lord
be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.
Psalms Chapter 129
De profundis.
A prayer of a sinner, trusting in the mercies of God. The sixth
penitential psalm.
129:1. A gradual canticle. Out of the depths I have cried to thee, O
Lord:
129:2. Lord, hear my voice. Let thy ears be attentive to the voice of my
supplication.
129:3. If thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniquities: Lord, who shall stand it.
129:4. For with thee there is merciful forgiveness: and by reason of thy
law, I have waited for thee, O Lord. My soul hath relied on his word:
129:5. my soul hath hoped in the Lord.
129:6. From the morning watch even until night, let Israel hope in the
Lord.
129:7. Because with the Lord there is mercy: and with him plentiful
redemption.
129:8. And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
Psalms Chapter 130
Domine, none est.
The prophet's humility.
130:1. A gradual canticle of David. Lord, my heart is not exalted: nor
are my eyes lofty. Neither have I walked in great matters, nor in
wonderful things above me.
130:2. If I was not humbly minded, but exalted my soul: As a child that
is weaned is towards his mother, so reward in my soul. 130:3. Let Israel
hope in the Lord, from henceforth now and for ever.
Psalms Chapter 131
Memento, Domine.
A prayer for the fulfilling of the promise made to David.
131:1. A gradual canticle. O Lord, remember David, and all his meekness.
131:2. How he swore to the Lord, he vowed a vow to the God of Jacob:
131:3. If I shall enter into the tabernacle of my house: if I shall go
up into the bed wherein I lie:
131:4. If I shall give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids,
131:5. Or rest to my temples: until I find out a place for the Lord, a
tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
131:6. Behold we have heard of it in Ephrata: we have found it in the
fields of the wood.
We have heard of it in Ephrata... When I was young, and lived in
Bethlehem, otherwise called Ephrata, I heard of God's tabernacle and
ark, and had a devout desire of seeking it; and accordingly I found it
at Cariathiarim, the city of the woods: where it was till it was removed
to Jerusalem. See 1 Par. 13.
131:7. We will go into his tabernacle: we will adore in the place where
his feet stood.
131:8. Arise, O Lord, into thy resting place: thou and the ark, which
thou hast sanctified.
131:9. Let thy priests be clothed with justice: and let thy saints
rejoice.
131:10. For thy servant David's sake, turn not away the face of thy
anointed.
131:11. The Lord hath sworn truth to David, and he will not make it
void: of the fruit of thy womb I will set upon thy throne.
131:12. If thy children will keep my covenant, and these my testimonies
which I shall teach them: Their children also for evermore shall sit
upon thy throne.
131:13. For the Lord hath chosen Sion: he hath chosen it for his
dwelling.
131:14. This is my rest for ever and ever: here will I dwell, for I have
chosen it.
131:15. Blessing I will bless her widow: I will satisfy her poor with
bread.
131:16. I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints shall
rejoice with exceeding great joy.
131:17. There will I bring forth a horn to David: I have prepared a lamp
for my anointed.
131:18. His enemies I will clothe with confusion: but upon him shall my
sanctification flourish.
Psalms Chapter 132
Ecce quam bonum.
The happiness of brotherly love and concord.
132:1. A gradual canticle of David. Behold how good and how pleasant it
is for brethren to dwell together in unity:
132:2. Like the precious ointment on the head, that ran down upon the
beard, the beard of Aaron, Which ran down to the skirt of his garment:
132:3. As the dew of Hermon, which descendeth upon mount Sion. For there
the Lord hath commanded blessing, and life for evermore.
Psalms Chapter 133
Ecce nunc benedicite.
An exhortation to praise God continually.
133:1. A gradual canticle. Behold now bless ye the Lord, all ye servants
of the Lord: Who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the
house of our God.
133:2. In the nights lift up your hands to the holy places, and bless ye
the Lord.
133:3. May the Lord out of Sion bless thee, he that made heaven and
earth.
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