ruth: 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