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Psalms

A collection of songs and prayers expressing a wide range of emotions and thoughts on faith.

Chapter 119

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KJV: Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.

Geneva: Aleph. Blessed are those that are vpright in their way, and walke in the Lawe of the Lord.

KJV: Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

Geneva: Blessed are they that keepe his testimonies, and seeke him with their whole heart.

KJV: They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.

Geneva: Surely they woorke none iniquitie, but walke in his waies.

KJV: Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.

Geneva: Thou hast commaunded to keepe thy precepts diligently.

KJV: O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

Geneva: Oh that my waies were directed to keepe thy statutes!

KJV: Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

Geneva: Then should I not be confounded, when I haue respect vnto all thy commandements.

KJV: I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.

Geneva: I will praise thee with an vpright heart, when I shall learne the iudgements of thy righteousnesse.

KJV: I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.

Geneva: I will keepe thy statutes: forsake mee not ouerlong.

KJV: Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.

Geneva: Beth. Wherewith shall a yong man redresse his waie? In taking heede thereto according to thy woorde.

KJV: With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

Geneva: With my whole heart haue I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandements.

KJV: Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

Geneva: I haue hid thy promes in mine heart, that I might not sinne against thee.

KJV: Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.

Geneva: Blessed art thou, O Lorde: teache mee thy statutes.

KJV: With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.

Geneva: With my lippes haue I declared all the iudgements of thy mouth.

KJV: I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.

Geneva: I haue had as great delight in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches.

KJV: I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.

Geneva: I will meditate in thy precepts, and consider thy waies.

KJV: I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

Geneva: I will delite in thy statutes, and I will not forget thy worde.

KJV: Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.

Geneva: Gimel. Be beneficiall vnto thy seruant, that I may liue and keepe thy woorde.

KJV: Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

Geneva: Open mine eies, that I may see the wonders of thy Lawe.

KJV: I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

Geneva: I am a stranger vpon earth: hide not thy commandements from me.

KJV: My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.

Geneva: Mine heart breaketh for the desire to thy iudgements always.

KJV: Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.

Geneva: Thou hast destroied the proud: cursed are they that doe erre from thy commandements.

KJV: Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.

Geneva: Remoue from mee shame and contempt: for I haue kept thy testimonies.

KJV: Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.

Geneva: Princes also did sit, and speake against me: but thy seruant did meditate in thy statutes.

KJV: Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.

Geneva: Also thy testimonies are my delite, and my counsellers.

KJV: My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.

Geneva: Daleth. My soule cleaueth to the dust: quicken me according to thy worde.

KJV: I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.

Geneva: I haue declared my waies, & thou heardest me: teache me thy statutes.

KJV: Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.

Geneva: Make me to vnderstand ye way of thy precepts, & I will meditate in thy wondrous workes.

KJV: My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.

Geneva: My soule melteth for heauinesse: raise mee vp according vnto thy worde.

KJV: Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.

Geneva: Take from mee the way of lying, and graunt me graciously thy Lawe.

KJV: I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.

Geneva: I haue chosen the way of trueth, and thy iudgements haue I laied before me.

KJV: I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.

Geneva: I haue cleaued to thy testimonies, O Lord: confound me not.

KJV: I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.

Geneva: I will runne the way of thy commaundements, when thou shalt enlarge mine heart.

KJV: Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.

Geneva: He. Teach mee, O Lorde, the way of thy statutes, and I will keepe it vnto the ende.

KJV: Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

Geneva: Giue mee vnderstanding, and I will keepe thy Law: yea, I wil keepe it with my whole heart.

KJV: Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.

Geneva: Direct mee in the path of thy commandements: for therein is my delite.

KJV: Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

Geneva: Incline mine heart vnto thy testimonies, and not to couetousnesse.

KJV: Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

Geneva: Turne away mine eies from regarding vanitie, and quicken me in thy way.

KJV: Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.

Geneva: Stablish thy promesse to thy seruaunt, because he feareth thee.

KJV: Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.

Geneva: Take away my rebuke that I feare: for thy iudgements are good.

KJV: Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.

Geneva: Beholde, I desire thy commaundementes: quicken me in thy righteousnesse,

KJV: Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word.

Geneva: Vav. And let thy louing kindnesse come vnto me, O Lorde, and thy saluation according to thy promesse.

KJV: So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.

Geneva: So shall I make answere vnto my blasphemers: for I trust in thy woorde.

KJV: And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.

Geneva: And take not the woorde of trueth vtterly out of my mouth: for I waite for thy iudgements.

KJV: So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.

Geneva: So shall I always keepe thy Lawe for euer and euer.

KJV: And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.

Geneva: And I will walke at libertie: for I seeke thy precepts.

KJV: I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.

Geneva: I will speake also of thy testimonies before Kings, and will not be ashamed.

KJV: And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.

Geneva: And my delite shalbe in thy commaundements, which I haue loued.

KJV: My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.

Geneva: Mine handes also will I lift vp vnto thy commaundements, which I haue loued, and I will meditate in thy statutes.

KJV: Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.

Geneva: Zain. Remember the promesse made to thy seruant, wherein thou hast caused me to trust.

KJV: This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.

Geneva: It is my comfort in my trouble: for thy promes hath quickened me.

KJV: The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.

Geneva: The proude haue had me exceedingly in derision: yet haue I not declined from thy Lawe.

KJV: I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.

Geneva: I remembred thy iudgements of olde, O Lord, and haue bene comforted.

KJV: Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

Geneva: Feare is come vpon mee for the wicked, that forsake thy Lawe.

KJV: Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

Geneva: Thy statutes haue beene my songes in the house of my pilgrimage.

KJV: I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.

Geneva: I haue remembred thy Name, O Lorde, in the night, and haue kept thy Lawe.

KJV: This I had, because I kept thy precepts.

Geneva: This I had because I kept thy precepts.

KJV: Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.

Geneva: Cheth. O Lorde, that art my portion, I haue determined to keepe thy wordes.

KJV: I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.

Geneva: I made my supplication in thy presence with my whole heart: be mercifull vnto me according to thy promes.

KJV: I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

Geneva: I haue considered my waies, and turned my feete into thy testimonies.

KJV: I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

Geneva: I made haste and delaied not to keepe thy commandements.

KJV: The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.

Geneva: The bandes of the wicked haue robbed me: but I haue not forgotten thy Lawe.

KJV: At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.

Geneva: At midnight will I rise to giue thanks vnto thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.

KJV: I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.

Geneva: I am companion of all them that feare thee, and keepe thy precepts.

KJV: The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.

Geneva: The earth, O Lorde, is full of thy mercie: teache me thy statutes.

KJV: Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.

Geneva: Teth. O Lorde, thou hast delt graciously with thy seruant according vnto thy woorde.

KJV: Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.

Geneva: Teach me good iudgement & knowledge: for I haue beleeued thy commandements.

KJV: Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

Geneva: Before I was afflicted, I went astray: but nowe I keepe thy woorde.

KJV: Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.

Geneva: Thou art good and gracious: teach me thy statutes.

KJV: The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

Geneva: The proud haue imagined a lie against me: but I wil keepe thy precepts with my whole heart.

KJV: Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.

Geneva: Their heart is fatte as grease: but my delite is in thy Lawe.

KJV: It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.

Geneva: It is good for me that I haue beene afflicted, that I may learne thy statutes.

KJV: The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.

Geneva: The Lawe of thy mouth is better vnto me, then thousands of golde and siluer.

KJV: Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

Geneva: Iod. Thine hands haue made me and facioned me: giue mee vnderstanding therefore, that I may learne thy commandements.

KJV: They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.

Geneva: So they that feare thee, seeing mee shall reioyce, because I haue trusted in thy woorde.

KJV: I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.

Geneva: I knowe, O Lorde, that thy iudgements are right, and that thou hast afflicted me iustly.

KJV: Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.

Geneva: I pray thee that thy mercie may comfort me according to thy promes vnto thy seruant.

KJV: Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.

Geneva: Let thy tender mercies come vnto me, that I may liue: for thy Lawe is my delite.

KJV: Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.

Geneva: Let the proude be ashamed: for they haue dealt wickedly and falsely with me: but I meditate in thy precepts.

KJV: Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.

Geneva: Let such as feare thee turne vnto me, and they that knowe thy testimonies.

KJV: Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.

Geneva: Let mine heart bee vpright in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.

KJV: My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.

Geneva: Caph. My soule fainteth for thy saluation: yet I waite for thy worde.

KJV: Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

Geneva: Mine eyes faile for thy promes, saying, when wilt thou comfort me?

KJV: For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.

Geneva: For I am like a bottell in the smoke: yet doe I not forget thy statutes.

KJV: How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

Geneva: Howe many are the dayes of thy seruant? When wilt thou execute iudgement on them that persecute me?

KJV: The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.

Geneva: The proude haue digged pittes for mee, which is not after thy Lawe.

KJV: All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.

Geneva: All thy commaundements are true: they persecute me falsely: helpe me.

KJV: They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.

Geneva: They had almost consumed me vpon the earth: but I forsooke not thy precepts.

KJV: Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.

Geneva: Quicken me according to thy louing kindnes: so shall I keepe the testimony of thy mouth.

KJV: For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.

Geneva: Lamed. O Lorde, thy worde endureth for euer in heauen.

KJV: Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.

Geneva: Thy trueth is from generation to generation: thou hast layed the foundation of the earth, and it abideth.

KJV: They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.

Geneva: They continue euen to this day by thine ordinances: for all are thy seruants.

KJV: Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

Geneva: Except thy Lawe had bene my delite, I should now haue perished in mine affliction.

KJV: I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.

Geneva: I wil neuer forget thy precepts: for by them thou hast quickened me.

KJV: I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.

Geneva: I am thine, saue me: for I haue sought thy precepts.

KJV: The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.

Geneva: The wicked haue waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.

KJV: I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.

Geneva: I haue seene an ende of all perfection: but thy commandement is exceeding large.

KJV: O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

Geneva: Mem. Oh howe loue I thy Lawe! it is my meditation continually.

KJV: Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.

Geneva: By thy commaundements thou hast made mee wiser then mine enemies: for they are euer with mee.

KJV: I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

Geneva: I haue had more vnderstading then all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

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KJV: I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

Geneva: I vnderstoode more then the ancient, because I kept thy precepts.

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KJV: I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

Geneva: I haue refrained my feete from euery euil way, that I might keepe thy word.

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KJV: I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.

Geneva: I haue not declined from thy iudgements: for thou didest teach me.

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KJV: How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Geneva: Howe sweete are thy promises vnto my mouth! yea, more then hony vnto my mouth.

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KJV: Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

Geneva: By thy precepts I haue gotten vnderstanding: therefore I hate all the wayes of falshoode.

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KJV: Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Geneva: Nvn. Thy worde is a lanterne vnto my feete, and a light vnto my path.

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KJV: I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

Geneva: I haue sworne and will performe it, that I will keepe thy righteous iudgements.

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KJV: I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.

Geneva: I am very sore afflicted: O Lord, quicken me according to thy word.

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KJV: Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.

Geneva: O Lorde, I beseeche thee accept the free offerings of my mouth, and teach mee thy iudgements.

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KJV: My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.

Geneva: My soule is continually in mine hande: yet doe I not forget thy Lawe.

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KJV: The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.

Geneva: The wicked haue layed a snare for mee: but I swarued not from thy precepts.

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KJV: Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

Geneva: Thy testimonies haue I taken as an heritage for euer: for they are the ioy of mine heart.

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KJV: I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.

Geneva: I haue applied mine heart to fulfill thy statutes always, euen vnto the ende.

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KJV: I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.

Geneva: Samech. I hate vaine inuentions: but thy Lawe doe I loue.

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KJV: Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

Geneva: Thou art my refuge and shield, and I trust in thy worde.

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KJV: Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.

Geneva: Away from mee, yee wicked: for I will keepe the commaundements of my God.

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KJV: Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.

Geneva: Stablish me according to thy promes, that I may liue, and disappoint me not of mine hope.

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KJV: Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.

Geneva: Stay thou mee, and I shall be safe, and I will delite continually in thy statutes.

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KJV: Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.

Geneva: Thou hast troden downe all them that depart from thy statutes: for their deceit is vaine.

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KJV: Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.

Geneva: Thou hast taken away all ye wicked of the earth like drosse: therefore I loue thy testimonies.

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KJV: My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

Geneva: My flesh trembleth for feare of thee, and I am afraide of thy iudgements.

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KJV: I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.

Geneva: Ain. I haue executed iudgement and iustice: leaue me not to mine oppressours.

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KJV: Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.

Geneva: Answere for thy seruant in that, which is good, and let not the proude oppresse me.

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KJV: Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.

Geneva: Mine eyes haue failed in waiting for thy saluation, and for thy iust promes.

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KJV: Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.

Geneva: Deale with thy seruant according to thy mercie, and teache me thy statutes.

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KJV: I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.

Geneva: I am thy seruant: graunt mee therefore vnderstanding, that I may knowe thy testimonies.

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KJV: It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.

Geneva: It is time for thee Lorde to worke: for they haue destroyed thy Lawe.

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KJV: Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.

Geneva: Therefore loue I thy commaundements aboue golde, yea, aboue most fine golde.

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KJV: Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.

Geneva: Therefore I esteeme all thy precepts most iust, and hate all false wayes.

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KJV: Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.

Geneva: Pe. Thy testimonies are wonderfull: therefore doeth my soule keepe them.

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KJV: The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

Geneva: The entrance into thy wordes sheweth light, and giueth vnderstanding to the simple.

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KJV: I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.

Geneva: I opened my mouth and panted, because I loued thy commaundements.

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KJV: Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.

Geneva: Looke vpon mee and bee mercifull vnto me, as thou vsest to doe vnto those that loue thy Name.

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KJV: Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

Geneva: Direct my steppes in thy worde, and let none iniquitie haue dominion ouer me.

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KJV: Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.

Geneva: Deliuer mee from the oppression of men, and I will keepe thy precepts.

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KJV: Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.

Geneva: Shew the light of thy countenance vpon thy seruant, and teache me thy statutes.

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KJV: Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.

Geneva: Mine eyes gush out with riuers of water, because they keepe not thy Lawe.

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KJV: Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.

Geneva: Tsaddi. Righteous art thou, O Lorde, and iust are thy iudgements.

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KJV: Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.

Geneva: Thou hast commaunded iustice by thy testimonies and trueth especially.

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KJV: My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.

Geneva: My zeale hath euen consumed mee, because mine enemies haue forgotten thy wordes.

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KJV: Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.

Geneva: Thy word is prooued most pure, and thy seruant loueth it.

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KJV: I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.

Geneva: I am smal and despised: yet do I not forget thy precepts.

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KJV: Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.

Geneva: Thy righteousnesse is an euerlasting righteousnes, and thy Lawe is trueth.

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KJV: Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.

Geneva: Trouble and anguish are come vpon me: yet are thy commandements my delite.

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KJV: The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.

Geneva: The righteousnes of thy testimonies is euerlasting: graunt me vnderstanding, and I shal liue.

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KJV: I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.

Geneva: Koph. I haue cried with my whole heart: heare me, O Lord, and I will keepe thy statutes.

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KJV: I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.

Geneva: I called vpon thee: saue mee, and I will keepe thy testimonies.

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KJV: I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.

Geneva: I preuented the morning light, and cried: for I waited on thy word.

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KJV: Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.

Geneva: Mine eyes preuent the night watches to meditate in thy word.

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KJV: Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.

Geneva: Heare my voyce according to thy louing kindenesse: O Lord, quicken me according to thy iudgement.

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KJV: They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.

Geneva: They drawe neere, that follow after malice, and are farre from thy Lawe.

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KJV: Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.

Geneva: Thou art neere, O Lorde: for all thy commaundements are true.

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KJV: Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.

Geneva: I haue knowen long since by thy testimonies, that thou hast established them for euer.

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KJV: Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.

Geneva: Resh. Beholde mine affliction, and deliuer mee: for I haue not forgotten thy Lawe.

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KJV: Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.

Geneva: Pleade my cause, and deliuer me: quicken me according vnto thy word.

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KJV: Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.

Geneva: Saluation is farre from the wicked, because they seeke not thy statutes.

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KJV: Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.

Geneva: Great are thy tender mercies, O Lorde: quicken me according to thy iudgements.

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KJV: Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.

Geneva: My persecutours and mine oppressours are many: yet doe I not swarue from thy testimonies.

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KJV: I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.

Geneva: I saw the transgressours and was grieued, because they kept not thy worde.

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KJV: Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.

Geneva: Consider, O Lorde, how I loue thy preceptes: quicken mee according to thy louing kindenesse.

160

KJV: Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.

Geneva: The beginning of thy worde is trueth, and all the iudgements of thy righteousnesse endure for euer.

161

KJV: Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

Geneva: Schin. Princes haue persecuted mee without cause, but mine heart stood in awe of thy wordes.

162

KJV: I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.

Geneva: I reioyce at thy worde, as one that findeth a great spoyle.

163

KJV: I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.

Geneva: I hate falshoode and abhorre it, but thy Lawe doe I loue.

164

KJV: Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.

Geneva: Seuen times a day doe I praise thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.

165

KJV: Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

Geneva: They that loue thy Law, shall haue great prosperitie, and they shall haue none hurt.

166

KJV: LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.

Geneva: Lord, I haue trusted in thy saluation, and haue done thy commandements.

167

KJV: My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.

Geneva: My soule hath kept thy testimonies: for I loue them exceedingly.

168

KJV: I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.

Geneva: I haue kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my wayes are before thee.

169

KJV: Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.

Geneva: Tav. Let my complaint come before thee, O Lord, and giue me vnderstanding, according vnto thy worde.

170

KJV: Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.

Geneva: Let my supplication come before thee, and deliuer me according to thy promes.

171

KJV: My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

Geneva: My lippes shall speake praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

172

KJV: My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.

Geneva: My tongue shall intreate of thy word: for all thy commaundements are righteous.

173

KJV: Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.

Geneva: Let thine hand helpe me: for I haue chosen thy precepts.

174

KJV: I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.

Geneva: I haue longed for thy saluation, O Lorde, and thy Lawe is my delite.

175

KJV: Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.

Geneva: Let my soule liue, and it shall praise thee, and thy iudgements shall helpe me.

176

KJV: I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

Geneva: I haue gone astraye like a lost sheepe: seeke thy seruant, for I doe not forget thy commaundements.

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