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PSALMS
- 21I will give thanks unto Thee, for Thou hast answered me,
- And art become my salvation.
- 22The stone which the builders rejected
- Is become the chief corner-stone.
- 23This is the Lord's doing;
- It is marvellous in our eyes.
- 24This is the day which the Lord hath made;
- We will rejoice and be glad in it.
- 25We beseech Thee, O Lord, save now!
- We beseech Thee, O Lord, make us now to prosper!
- 26Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord;
- We bless you out of the house of the Lord.
- 27The Lord is God, and hath given us light;
- Order the festival procession with boughs, even unto the horns of the altar.
- 28Thou art my God, and I will give thanks unto Thee;
- Thou art my God, I will exalt Thee.
- 29O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good,
- For His mercy endureth for ever.
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א ALEPH.
- Happy are they that are upright in the way,
- Who walk in the law of the Lord.
- 2Happy are they that keep His testimonies,
- That seek Him with the whole heart.
- 3Yea, they do no unrighteousness;
- They walk in His ways.
- 4Thou hast ordained Thy precepts,
- That we should observe them diligently.
- 5Oh that my ways were directed
- To observe Thy statutes!
- 6Then should I not be ashamed,
- When I have regard unto all Thy commandments.
- 7I will give thanks unto Thee with uprightness of heart,
- When I learn Thy righteous ordinances.
- 8I will observe Thy statutes;
- O forsake me not utterly.
ב BETH.
- 9Wherewithal shall a young man keep his way pure?
- By taking heed thereto according to Thy word.
- 10With my whole heart have I sought Thee;
- O let me not err from Thy commandments.
- 11Thy word have I laid up in my heart,
- That I might not sin against Thee.
- 12Blessed art Thou, O Lord;
- Teach me Thy statutes.
- 13With my lips have I told
- All the ordinances of Thy mouth.
- 14I have rejoiced in the way of Thy testimonies,
- As much as in all riches.
- 15I will meditate in Thy precepts,
- And have respect unto Thy ways.
- 16I will delight myself in Thy statutes;
- I will not forget Thy word.
ג GIMEL.
- 17Deal bountifully with Thy servant that I may live,
- And I will observe Thy word.
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