Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; _yet_ do I not forget thy statutes. How many _are_ the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? The proud have digged pits for me, which _are_ not after thy law. All thy commandments _are_ faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me. They had almost consumed me upon earth: but I forsook not thy precepts. Quicken me after thy loving-kindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth. ל LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. Thy faithfulness _is_ unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all _are_ thy servants. Unless thy law _had been_ my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me. I _am_ thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts. The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: _but_ I will consider thy testimonies. I have seen an end of all perfection: _but_ thy commandment _is_ exceeding broad. מ MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they _are_ ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies _are_ my meditation. I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts. I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word. I have not departed from thy judgments; for thou hast taught me. How sweet are thy words unto my taste! _yea, sweeter_ than honey to my mouth! Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. נ NUN. Thy word _is_ a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. I have sworn, and I will perform _it_, that I will keep thy righteous judgments. I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word. Accept, I beseech thee, the free-will offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments. My soul _is_ continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law. The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts. Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever; for they _are_ the rejoicing of my heart. I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, _even unto_ the end. ס SAMECH. I hate _vain_ thoughts: but thy law do I love. Thou _art_ my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word. Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God. Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope. Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually. Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit _is_ falsehood.