KOPH. I cried with {my} whole heart; hear me, O LORD:… KOPH I cried with {my} whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes. I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. {and I…: or, that I may keep} I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word. Mine eyes prevent the {night} watches, that I might meditate in thy word. Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment. They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law. Thou {art} near, O LORD; and all thy commandments {are} truth. Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever. RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law. Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word. Salvation {is} far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes. Great {are} thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments. {Great: or, Many} Many {are} my persecutors and mine enemies; {yet} do I not decline from thy testimonies. I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word. Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness. Thy word {is} true {from} the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments {endureth} for ever. {Thy word…: Heb. The beginning of thy word is true} SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. I hate and abhor lying: {but} thy law do I love. Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. {nothing…: Heb. they shall have no stumblingblock} LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments. My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways {are} before thee. TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word. Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word. My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments {are} righteousness. Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law {is} my delight. Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.