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The righteousness of Your testimonies is everlasting; Give me understanding, and I shall live.
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I cry out with my whole heart; Hear me, O Lord! I will keep Your statutes.
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I cry out to You; Save me, and I will keep Your testimonies.
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I rise before the dawning of the morning, And cry for help; I hope in Your word.
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My eyes are awake through the night watches, That I may meditate on Your word.
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Hear my voice according to Your lovingkindness; O Lord, revive me according to Your justice.
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They draw near who follow after wickedness; They are far from Your law.
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You are near, O Lord, And all Your commandments are truth.
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Concerning Your testimonies, I have known of old that You have founded them forever.
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Consider my affliction and deliver me, For I do not forget Your law.
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Plead my cause and redeem me; Revive me according to Your word.
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Salvation is far from the wicked, For they do not seek Your statutes.
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Great are Your tender mercies, O Lord; Revive me according to Your judgments.
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Many are my persecutors and my enemies, Yet I do not turn from Your testimonies.
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I see the treacherous, and am disgusted, Because they do not keep Your word.
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Consider how I love Your precepts; Revive me, O Lord, according to Your lovingkindness.
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The entirety of Your word is truth, And every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever.
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Princes persecute me without a cause, But my heart stands in awe of Your word.
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I rejoice at Your word As one who finds great treasure.
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I hate and abhor lying, But I love Your law.
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Seven times a day I praise You, Because of Your righteous judgments.