JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give… JOD Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word. I know, O LORD, that thy judgments {are} right, and {that} thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. {right: Heb. righteousness} Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. {for…: Heb. to comfort me} Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law {is} my delight. Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: {but} I will meditate in thy precepts. Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies. Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed. CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: {but} I hope in thy word. Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; {yet} do I not forget thy statutes. How many {are} the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? The proud have digged pits for me, which {are} not after thy law. All thy commandments {are} faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me. {faithful: Heb. faithfulness} They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts. Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; 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 abideth. {unto…: Heb. to generation and generation} {abideth: Heb. standeth} They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all {are} thy servants. Unless thy law {had been} my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me. I {am} thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts. The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: {but} I will consider thy testimonies.