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

But his delight {is} in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, {even} thy salvation, according to thy word.

{It is of} the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

Thy testimonies also {are} my delight {and} my counsellors. {my counsellors: Heb. men of my counsel}

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

O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. {which...: Heb. whereupon thy name is called} {present: Heb. cause to fall}

For this {is} the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: {put: Gr. give} {in: or, upon}

[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.] Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

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

He asked life of thee, {and} thou gavest {it} him, {even} length of days for ever and ever.

I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as {much as} in all riches.

To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear {is} uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

Thy testimonies also {are} my delight {and} my counsellors. {my counsellors: Heb. men of my counsel}

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

CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: {but} I hope in thy word.

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: {yet} thy commandments {are} my delights. {taken...: Heb. found me}

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

Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they {have been} ever of old. {tender...: Heb. bowels}