r 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: theref