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3 Mose 25

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1 Und Jehova redete zu Mose auf dem Berge Sinai und sprach:

2 Rede zu den Kindern Israel und sprich zu ihnen: Wenn ihr in das Land kommet, das ich euch geben werde, so soll das Land dem Jehova einen Sabbath feiern.

3 Sechs Jahre sollst du dein Feld besäen und Sechs Jahre deinen Weinberg beschneiden und den Ertrag des Landes einsammeln.

4 Aber im siebten Jahre soll ein Sabbath der Ruhe für das Land sein, ein Sabbath dem Jehova; dein Feld sollst du nicht besäen und deinen Weinberg nicht beschneiden;

5 den Nachwuchs deiner Ernte sollst du nicht einernten, und die Trauben deines unbeschnittenen Weinstocks sollst du nicht abschneiden: Es soll ein Jahr der Ruhe für das Land sein.

6 Und der Sabbath des Landes soll euch zur Speise dienen, dir und deinem Knechte und deiner Magd und deinem Tagelöhner und deinem Beisassen, die sich bei dir aufhalten;

7 und deinem Vieh und dem wilden Getier, das in deinem Lande ist, soll all sein Ertrag zur Speise dienen.

8 Und du sollst dir sieben Jahrsabbathe zählen, siebenmal sieben Jahre, so daß die Tage von sieben Jahrsabbathen dir neunundvierzig Jahre ausmachen.

9 Und du sollst im siebten Monat, am Zehnten des Monats, den Posaunenschall ergehen lassen; an dem Versöhnungstage sollt ihr die Posaune ergehen lassen durch euer ganzes Land.

10 Und ihr sollt das Jahr des fünfzigsten Jahres heiligen und sollt im Lande Freiheit ausrufen für alle seine Bewohner. Ein Jubeljahr soll es euch sein, und ihr werdet ein jeder wieder zu seinem Eigentum kommen, und ein jeder zurückkehren zu seinem Geschlecht.

11 Ein Jubeljahr soll dasselbe, das Jahr des fünfzigsten Jahres, euch sein; ihr sollt nicht säen und seinen Nachwuchs nicht ernten und seine unbeschnittenen Weinstöcke nicht lesen;

12 denn ein Jubeljahr ist es: es soll euch heilig sein; vom Felde weg sollt ihr seinen Ertrag essen.

13 In diesem Jahre des Jubels sollt ihr ein jeder wieder zu seinem Eigentum kommen.

14 Und wenn ihr eurem Nächsten etwas verkaufet oder von der Hand eures Nächsten etwas kaufet, so soll keiner seinen Bruder bedrücken.

15 Nach der Zahl der Jahre seit dem Jubeljahre sollst du von deinem Nächsten kaufen, Nach der Zahl der Erntejahre soll er dir verkaufen.

16 Nach Verhältnis der größeren Zahl von Jahren sollst du ihm den Kaufpreis mehren, und nach Verhältnis der geringeren Zahl von Jahren sollst du ihm den Kaufpreis mindern; denn eine Zahl von Ernten verkauft er dir.

17 Und so soll keiner von euch seinen Nächsten bedrücken, und du sollst dich fürchten vor deinem Gott; denn ich bin Jehova, euer Gott.

18 Und so tut meine Satzungen, und beobachtet meine Rechte und tut sie, so werdet ihr sicher wohnen in eurem Lande.

19 Und das Land wird seine Frucht geben, und ihr werdet essen bis zur Sättigung und sicher in demselben wohnen.

20 Und wenn ihr sprechet: Was sollen wir im siebten Jahre essen? Siehe, wir säen nicht, und unseren Ertrag sammeln wir nicht ein: -

21 Ich werde euch ja im sechsten Jahre meinen Segen entbieten, daß es den Ertrag für drei Jahre bringe;

22 und wenn ihr im achten Jahre säet, werdet ihr noch vom alten Ertrage essen; bis ins neunte Jahr, bis sein Ertrag einkommt, werdet ihr Altes essen.

23 Und das Land soll nicht für immer verkauft werden, denn mein ist das Land; denn Fremdlinge und Beisassen seid ihr bei mir.

24 Und im ganzen Lande eures Eigentums sollt ihr dem Lande Lösung gestatten.

25 Wenn dein Bruder verarmt und von seinem Eigentum verkauft, so mag sein Löser, sein nächster Verwandter, kommen und das Verkaufte seines Bruders lösen.

26 Und wenn jemand keinen Löser hat, und seine Hand erwirbt und findet, was zu seiner Lösung hinreicht,

27 so soll er die Jahre seines Verkaufs berechnen und das Übrige dem Manne zurückzahlen, an den er verkauft hat, und so wieder zu seinem Eigentum kommen.

28 Und wenn seine Hand nicht gefunden hat, was hinreicht, um ihm zurückzuzahlen, so soll das von ihm Verkaufte in der Hand des Käufers desselben bleiben bis zum Jubeljahre; und im Jubeljahre soll es frei ausgehen, und er soll wieder zu seinem Eigentum kommen.

29 Und wenn jemand ein Wohnhaus in einer ummauerten Stadt verkauft, so soll sein Lösungsrecht bestehen bis zum Ende des Jahres seines Verkaufs; ein volles Jahr soll sein Lösungsrecht bestehen.

30 Wenn es aber nicht gelöst wird, bis ihm ein ganzes Jahr voll ist, so soll das Haus, das in der ummauerten Stadt ist, für immer dem Käufer desselben verbleiben, bei seinen Geschlechtern; es soll im Jubeljahre nicht frei ausgehen.

31 Aber die Häuser der Dörfer, welche keine Mauer ringsum haben, sollen dem Felde des Landes gleichgeachtet werden; es soll Lösungsrecht für sie sein, und im Jubeljahre sollen sie frei ausgehen.

32 Und was die Städte der Leviten, die Häuser der Städte ihres Eigentums betrifft, so soll ein ewiges Lösungsrecht für die Leviten sein.

33 Und wenn jemand von einem der Leviten löst, so soll das verkaufte Haus in der Stadt seines Eigentums im Jubeljahre frei ausgehen; denn die Häuser der Städte der Leviten sind ihr Eigentum unter den Kindern Israel.

34 Aber das Feld des Bezirks ihrer Städte soll nicht verkauft werden, denn es gehört ihnen als ewiges Eigentum.

35 Und wenn dein Bruder verarmt und seine Hand bei dir wankend wird, so sollst du ihn unterstützen; wie der Fremdling und der Beisasse soll er bei dir leben.

36 Du sollst nicht Zins und Wucher von ihm nehmen, und sollst dich fürchten vor deinem Gott, damit dein Bruder bei dir lebe.

37 Dein Geld sollst du ihm nicht um Zins geben und deine Nahrungsmittel nicht um Wucher geben.

38 Ich bin Jehova, euer Gott, der ich euch aus dem Lande Ägypten herausgeführt habe, um euch das Land Kanaan zu geben, um euer Gott zu sein.

39 Und wenn dein Bruder bei dir verarmt und sich dir verkauft, so sollst du ihn nicht Sklavendienst tun lassen; wie ein Tagelöhner,

40 wie ein Beisasse soll er bei dir sein; bis zum Jubeljahre soll er bei dir dienen.

41 Dann soll er frei von dir ausgehen, er und seine Kinder mit ihm, und zu seinem Geschlecht zurückkehren und wieder zu dem Eigentum seiner Väter kommen.

42 Denn sie sind meine Knechte, die ich aus dem Lande Ägypten herausgeführt habe; sie sollen nicht verkauft werden, wie man Sklaven verkauft.

43 Du sollst nicht mit Härte über ihn herrschen, und sollst dich fürchten vor deinem Gott.

44 Was aber deinen Knecht und deine Magd betrifft, die du haben wirst: von den Nationen, die rings um euch her sind, von ihnen möget ihr Knecht und Magd kaufen.

45 Und auch von den Kindern der Beisassen, die sich bei euch aufhalten, von ihnen möget ihr kaufen und von ihrem Geschlecht, das bei euch ist, das sie in eurem Lande gezeugt haben; und sie mögen euch zum Eigentum sein,

46 und ihr möget sie euren Söhnen nach euch vererben, um sie als Eigentum zu besitzen. Diese möget ihr auf ewig dienen lassen; aber über eure Brüder, die Kinder Israel, sollt ihr nicht einer über den anderen herrschen mit Härte.

47 Und wenn die Hand eines Fremdlings oder eines Beisassen bei dir etwas erwirbt, und dein Bruder bei ihm verarmt und sich dem Fremdling, dem Beisassen bei dir, oder einem Sprößling aus dem Geschlecht des Fremdlings verkauft,

48 so soll, nachdem er sich verkauft hat, Lösungsrecht für ihn sein; einer von seinen Brüdern mag ihn lösen.

49 Entweder sein Oheim oder der Sohn seines Oheims mag ihn lösen, oder einer von seinen nächsten Blutsverwandten aus seinem Geschlecht mag ihn lösen; oder hat seine Hand etwas erworben, so mag er sich selbst lösen.

50 Und er soll mit seinem Käufer rechnen von dem Jahre an, da er sich ihm verkauft hat, bis zum Jubeljahre; und der Preis, um den er sich verkauft hat, soll der Zahl der Jahre gemäß sein; nach den Tagen eines Tagelöhners soll er bei ihm sein.

51 Wenn der Jahre noch viele sind, so soll er nach ihrem Verhältnis seine Lösung von seinem Kaufgelde zurückzahlen;

52 und wenn wenig übrig ist an den Jahren bis zum Jubeljahre, so soll er es ihm berechnen: nach Verhältnis seiner Jahre soll er seine Lösung zurückzahlen.

53 Wie ein Tagelöhner soll er Jahr für Jahr bei ihm sein; er soll nicht vor deinen Augen mit Härte über ihn herrschen.

54 Und wenn er nicht in dieser Weise gelöst wird, so soll er im Jubeljahre frei ausgehen, er und seine Kinder mit ihm.

55 Denn mir sind die Kinder Israel Knechte; meine Knechte sind sie, die ich aus dem Lande Ägypten herausgeführt habe. Ich bin Jehova, euer Gott.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 257

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257. Because in this prophetical book numbers are often mentioned; and as no one can know the spiritual sense of what is contained in those numbers unless he knows what the particular numbers signify; for all numbers in the Word, as well as all names, signify spiritual things; and because the number seven is often mentioned amongst others, I am desirous here of showing that seven signifies all, and all things, also what is full and complete for that which signifies all, and all things, signifies also what is full and complete. For what is full and complete is said of the magnitude of a thing, and all and all things of multitude.

That the number seven has such a signification is evident from the following passages. In Ezekiel:

"The inhabitants of the cities of Israel shall set fire to and burn the arms, the shield also and the buckler, with the bow and the arrows, and with the hand-staff, and with the spear; and they shall kindle a fire with them seven years; and they shall bury Gog and all his multitude, and they shall cleanse the land seven months" (39:9, 11, 12).

The subject here treated of is the desolation of all things in the church. The inhabitants of the cities of Israel signify all the goods of truth, to set on fire and burn signifies to consume by evils. The arms, the shield, the buckler, the bows, the arrows, the hand-staff, the spear, denote everything pertaining to doctrine; to kindle fire with them seven years denotes to consume them all and fully by evils. Gog signifies those who are in external worship, and in no internal worship; to bury them and cleanse the land denotes to destroy them all, and completely to purge the church of them.

[2] In Jeremiah:

"Their widows shall be multiplied more than the sand of the seas, and I will bring to them upon the mother of the youths the waster at noon-day. She who hath borne seven shall languish, she shall breathe out her soul" (15:8, 9).

By the widows which will be multiplied are signified those who are in good and desire truths, and, in the opposite sense, as in the present case, those who are in evil and desire falsities. By the mother of the youths is signified the church; by the waster at noon-day is signified the vastation of that church, however much they may be in truths from the Word. By she that hath borne seven shall languish, she shall breathe out her soul, is signified that the church, to which all truths were given because the Word was given them, should perish; for she that hath borne seven signifies those to whom all truths were given. This is specifically said concerning the Jews.

[3] Similarly, in the first book of Samuel:

"They that were hungry ceased, so that the barren hath borne seven, and she that hath many children hath failed" (2:5).

The hungry who ceased denote those who desire the goods and truths of the church; the barren who hath borne seven signifies those who are outside the church and are ignorant of truths because they have not the Word, as the Gentiles, to whom all things will be given; she that hath many children failing signifies those who have truths, from whom they will be taken away. Again, in David:

"Render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom" (79:12).

And in Moses,

That the Jews should be punished seven times for their sins (Leviticus 26:18, 21, 24, 28);

seven times here signifying fully.

[4] In Luke:

"And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent, thou shalt forgive him" (17:4).

Here, to forgive seven times, if he shall return seven times, denotes to forgive as often as the offender should return, and thus at all times. But lest Peter should understand seven times to be meant by these words, the Lord explains His meaning to him, as recorded in Matthew:

"Peter said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times, but until seventy times seven " (18:21, 22).

Seventy times seven is always, without counting. In David:

"Seven times a day do I praise thee for the judgments of justice" (Psalms 119:164).

Seven times a day denotes always, or at all times.

[5] Again:

"The sayings of Jehovah are pure sayings, as silver refined in a furnace of earth, purified seven times" (Psalms 12:6).

Here silver signifies truth from the Divine: purified seven times denotes that it is altogether and fully pure.

[6] In Isaiah:

"The light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days" (30:26).

The light of the sun signifies Divine truth from Divine good: and that this light should be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, signifies that the Divine truth in heaven should be without any falsity, thus that it should be altogether and fully pure.

[7] In Matthew,

The unclean spirit "shall take with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and he shall dwell there" (12:45; Luke 11:26).

Here profanation is treated of, and by the seven other spirits with which the unclean spirit is said to return are signified all falsities of evil, thus a plenary destruction of good and truth.

[8] Similar is the signification of the seven times which were to pass over the king of Babylon, in Daniel,

"His heart shall be changed from man, and the heart of a beast shall be given unto him; while seven times shall pass over him" (4:16, 25, 32).

By the king of Babylon are signified those who profane the goods and truths of the Word. By his heart being changed from that of a man to that of a beast is meant that nothing spiritual, that is, truly human, should remain with him, but that instead there should be everything diabolical. By the seven times which were to pass over him is meant profanation, which is a complete destruction of truth and good.

[9] Because the terms seven, and seven times, signified all things, and also what is full, the following commands were given to the children of Israel:

Seven days their hands should be filled (Exodus 29:35).

Seven days they should be sanctified (Exodus 29:37).

Seven days Aaron should put on the garments when he was being initiated (Exodus 29:30).

Seven days they should not go out of the tabernacle when they were being initiated into the priesthood (Leviticus 8:33, 34).

Seven times expiation should be made upon the horns of the altar (Leviticus 16:18, 19).

Seven times should the altar be sanctified with oil (Leviticus 8:11).

Seven times should the blood be sprinkled before the veil (Leviticus 4:16, 17).

Seven times should the blood be sprinkled with the finger towards the east, when Aaron went in to the mercy seat (Leviticus 16:12-15).

Seven times should the water of separation be sprinkled towards the tabernacle (Num. 19:4).

Seven times should blood be sprinkled for the cleansing of leprosy (Leviticus 14:7, 8, 27, 38, 51).

The lampstand had seven lamps (Exodus 25:32, 37; 37:18-25).

Feasts should be celebrated for seven days (Exodus 34:18; Leviticus 23:4-9, 39-44; Deuteronomy 16:3, 4, 8).

Seven days of the feast there should be a burnt offering of seven bullocks and seven rams daily (Ezekiel 45:23).

Baalam built seven altars, and sacrificed seven oxen and seven rams (Num. 23:1-7, 15-18, 29, 30).

They numbered seven weeks of years, seven times seven years, and then should cause the trumpet of the jubilee to be sounded in the seventh month (Leviticus 25:8, 9).

From the signification of the number seven, it is evident what is signified

By the seven days of creation (Genesis 1).

Also by four thousand men being filled from seven loaves, and that seven basketsful of fragments remained over (Matthew 15:34-37; Mark 8:5-9).

Hence now it is clear what is signified in the Apocalypse,

By the seven churches (1:4, 11).

By the seven golden lampstands, in the midst of which was the Son of man (1:13).

By the seven stars in His right hand (1:16, 20).

By the seven spirits of God (3:1).

By the seven lamps of fire burning before the throne (4:5).

By the book sealed with seven seals (5:1).

By the seven angels to whom were given seven trumpets (8:2).

By the seven thunders which uttered their voices (10:3, 4).

By the seven angels having the seven last plagues, (15:1, 6).

By seven vials full of the seven last plagues (16:1; 21:9)

and elsewhere in the Word, where seven is mentioned.

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Psalms 119

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1 Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh's law.

2 Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.

3 Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways.

4 You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them.

5 Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!

6 Then I wouldn't be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments.

7 I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments.

8 I will observe your statutes. Don't utterly forsake me. BET

9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.

10 With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don't let me wander from your commandments.

11 I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

12 Blessed are you, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes.

13 With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.

14 I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.

15 I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways.

16 I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word. GIMEL

17 Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word.

18 Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.

19 I am a stranger on the earth. Don't hide your commandments from me.

20 My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.

21 You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments.

22 Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes.

23 Though princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate on your statutes.

24 Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors. DALED

25 My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word!

26 I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes.

27 Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.

28 My soul is weary with sorrow: strengthen me according to your word.

29 Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously!

30 I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me.

31 I cling to your statutes, Yahweh. Don't let me be disappointed.

32 I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free. HEY

33 Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end.

34 Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.

35 Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them.

36 Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.

37 Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.

38 Fulfill your promise to your servant, that you may be feared.

39 Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good.

40 Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness. WAW

41 Let your loving kindness also come to me, Yahweh, your salvation, according to your word.

42 So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word.

43 Don't snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, for I put my hope in your ordinances.

44 So I will obey your law continually, forever and ever.

45 I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts.

46 I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed.

47 I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.

48 I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes. ZAYIN

49 Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope.

50 This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me.

51 The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don't swerve from your law.

52 I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh, and have comforted myself.

53 Indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked who forsake your law.

54 Your statutes have been my songs, in the house where I live.

55 I have remembered your name, Yahweh, in the night, and I obey your law.

56 This is my way, that I keep your precepts. CHET

57 Yahweh is my portion. I promised to obey your words.

58 I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.

59 I considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes.

60 I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments.

61 The ropes of the wicked bind me, but I won't forget your law.

62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances.

63 I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.

64 The earth is full of your loving kindness, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes. TET

65 Do good to your servant, according to your word, Yahweh.

66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.

67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.

68 You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes.

69 The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.

70 Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law.

71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes.

72 The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. YUD

73 Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.

74 Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.

75 Yahweh, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

76 Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.

77 Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight.

78 Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.

79 Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.

80 Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be disappointed. KAF

81 My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.

82 My eyes fail for your word. I say, "When will you comfort me?"

83 For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don't forget your statutes.

84 How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?

85 The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law.

86 All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!

87 They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn't forsake your precepts.

88 Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth. LAMED

89 Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever.

90 Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.

91 Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you.

92 Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

93 I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me.

94 I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.

95 The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.

96 I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless. MEM

97 How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.

98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.

99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.

100 I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.

101 I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.

102 I have not turned aside from your ordinances, for you have taught me.

103 How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!

104 Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. NUN

105 Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

106 I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.

107 I am afflicted very much. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your word.

108 Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. Yahweh, teach me your ordinances.

109 My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won't forget your law.

110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven't gone astray from your precepts.

111 I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

112 I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end. SAMEKH

113 I hate double-minded men, but I love your law.

114 You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.

115 Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.

116 Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.

117 Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.

118 You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain.

119 You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies.

120 My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments. AYIN

121 I have done what is just and righteous. Don't leave me to my oppressors.

122 Ensure your servant's well-being. Don't let the proud oppress me.

123 My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.

124 Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.

125 I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.

126 It is time to act, Yahweh, for they break your law.

127 Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.

128 Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way. PEY

129 Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them.

130 The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.

131 I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments.

132 Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.

133 Establish my footsteps in your word. Don't let any iniquity have dominion over me.

134 Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts.

135 Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.

136 Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don't observe your law. TZADI

137 You are righteous, Yahweh. Your judgments are upright.

138 You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.

139 My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.

140 Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.

141 I am small and despised. I don't forget your precepts.

142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.

143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.

144 Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. KUF

145 I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will keep your statutes.

146 I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes.

147 I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.

148 My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on your word.

149 Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your ordinances.

150 They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law.

151 You are near, Yahweh. All your commandments are truth.

152 Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever. RESH

153 Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don't forget your law.

154 Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.

155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don't seek your statutes.

156 Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh. Revive me according to your ordinances.

157 Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven't swerved from your testimonies.

158 I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don't observe your word.

159 Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your loving kindness.

160 All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. SIN AND SHIN

161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.

162 I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great spoil.

163 I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.

164 Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.

165 Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.

166 I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh. I have done your commandments.

167 My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly.

168 I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you. TAV

169 Let my cry come before you, Yahweh. Give me understanding according to your word.

170 Let my supplication come before you. Deliver me according to your word.

171 Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes.

172 Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are righteousness.

173 Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.

174 I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my delight.

175 Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me.

176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don't forget your commandments. A Song of Ascents.