Old/New Testament
LAMED
89 O Lord, thy word endureth forever in [a]heaven.
90 Thy truth is from generation to generation: thou hast laid the foundation of the earth, and it abideth.
91 They [b]continue even to this day by thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.
92 Except thy law had been my delight, I should now have perished in mine affliction.
93 I will never forget thy precepts: for by them thou hast quickened me.
94 I am [c]thine, save me: for I have sought thy precepts.
95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
96 I [d]have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding large.
MEM
97 Oh how love I thy law! it is my meditation [e]continually.
98 By thy commandments thou hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
99 I have had more [f]understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
100 I understood more than the ancient, because I kept thy precepts.
101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
102 I have not declined from thy judgments: for [g]thou didst teach me.
103 How sweet are thy promises unto my mouth! yea, more than honey unto my mouth.
104 By thy precepts I have gotten understanding: therefore I hate all the ways of falsehood.
NUN
105 Thy word is a [h]lantern unto my feet, and a light unto my paths.
106 I have [i]sworn and will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
107 I am very sore afflicted: O Lord, quicken me according to thy word.
108 O Lord, I beseech thee, accept the [j]free offering of my mouth, and teach me thy judgments.
109 My [k]soul is continually in mine hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: but I swerved not from thy precepts.
111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an [l]heritage forever: for they are the joy of mine heart.
112 I have applied mine heart to fulfill thy statutes always, even unto the end.
SAMECH
113 I hate [m]vain inventions: but thy Law do I love.
114 Thou art my refuge and shield, and I trust in thy word.
115 [n]Away from me, ye wicked: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
116 Stablish me according to thy promise, that I may live, and disappoint me not of mine hope.
117 [o]Stay thou me, and I shall be safe, and I will delight continually in thy statutes.
118 Thou hast trodden down all them that depart from thy statutes: for their [p]deceit is vain.
119 Thou hast taken away all the wicked of the earth like [q]dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
120 My flesh [r]trembleth for fear of thee, and I am afraid of thy judgments.
AIN
121 I have executed judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressor.
122 [s]Answer for thy servant in that which is good, and let not the proud oppress me.
123 Mine eyes have failed in waiting for thy salvation, and for thy just promise.
124 Deal with thy [t]servant according to thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
125 I am thy servant: grant me therefore understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
126 It is [u]time for thee, Lord, to work: for they have destroyed thy Law.
127 Therefore love I thy commandments above gold, yea, above most fine gold.
128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts most just, and hate all false [v]ways.
PE
129 Thy testimonies are [w]wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
130 The entrance into thy [x]words showeth light, and giveth understanding to the simple.
131 I opened my mouth, and [y]panted, because I loved thy commandments.
132 Look upon me and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy Name.
133 Direct my steps in thy word, and let none iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Deliver me from the oppression of men, and I will keep thy precepts.
135 Show the light of thy countenance upon thy servant, and teach me thy statute.
136 Mine eyes gush [z]out with rivers of water, because they keep not thy Law.
TZADDI
137 Righteous art thou, O Lord, and just are thy judgments.
138 Thou hast commanded [aa]justice by thy testimonies and truth especially.
139 (A)My zeal hath even consumed me: because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
140 Thy word is proved [ab]most pure, and thy servant loveth it.
141 I am [ac]small and despised: yet do I not forget thy precepts.
142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy Law is truth.
143 Trouble and anguish are come upon me: yet are the commandments my delight.
144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: grant me understanding, and I shall [ad]live.
KOPH
145 I have [ae]cried with my whole heart: hear me, O Lord, and I will keep thy statutes.
146 I called upon thee: save me, and I will keep thy testimonies.
147 I prevented the morning light, and cried: for I waited on thy word.
148 Mine eyes [af]prevent the night watches, to meditate in thy word.
149 Hear my voice according to thy loving kindness: O Lord, quicken me according to thy [ag]judgment.
150 They draw near that follow after [ah]malice, and are far from thy Law.
151 Thou art near, O Lord: for all thy commandments are true.
152 I have known long since [ai]by thy testimonies, that thou hast established them forever.
RESH
153 Behold mine affliction, and deliver me: for I have not forgotten thy law.
154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according unto thy [aj]word.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked, because they seek not thy statutes.
156 Great art thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to thy [ak]judgments.
157 My persecutors and mine oppressors are many: yet do I not swerve from thy testimonies.
158 I saw the transgressors and was [al]grieved, because they kept not thy word.
159 Consider, O Lord, how I [am]love thy precepts: quicken me according to thy loving kindness.
160 The [an]beginning of thy word is truth, and all the judgments of thy righteousness endure forever.
SCHIN
161 Princes have [ao]persecuted me without cause: but mine heart stood in awe of thy words.
162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth a great spoil.
163 I hate falsehood and abhor it, but thy Law do I love.
164 [ap]Seven times a day do I praise thee, because of thy righteous judgments.
165 They that [aq]love thy law, shall have great prosperity, and they shall have none hurt.
166 Lord, I have [ar]trusted in thy salvation, and have done thy commandments.
167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies: for I love them exceedingly.
168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: [as]for all my ways are before thee.
TAU
169 Let my complaint come before thee, O Lord, and give me understanding [at]according unto thy word.
170 Let my supplication come before thee, and deliver me according to thy promise.
171 My lips shall [au]speak praise, when thou hast [av]taught me thy statutes.
172 My tongue shall entreat of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteous.
173 Let thine hand help me: for I have chosen thy precepts.
174 I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord, and thy Law is my delight.
175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee, and thy [aw]judgments shall help me.
176 I have [ax]gone astray like a lost sheep: seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments.
8 1 From this place unto the end of the tenth Chapter, he willeth them not to be at the Gentiles’ profane banquets. 13 He restraineth the abuse of Christian liberty, 11 and showeth that knowledge must be tempered with charity.
1 And as [a]touching things sacrificed unto idols, we know that we [b]all have knowledge: knowledge [c]puffeth up, but love [d]edifieth.
2 Now, if any man think that he knoweth anything, he knoweth nothing, yet as he ought to know.
3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
4 [e]Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed unto [f]idols, we know that an idol is [g]nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven, or in earth (as there be many gods, and many lords.)
6 Yet unto us there is but one God, which is that Father, [h]of whom are all things, and we [i]in him, and (A)[j]one Lord Jesus Christ, [k]by whom are all things, and we by him.
7 [l]But every man hath not that knowledge: for [m]many having [n]conscience of the idol, until this hour, eat as a thing sacrificed unto the idol, and so their conscience being weak, is defiled.
8 [o]But meat maketh us not acceptable to God, for neither if we eat, have we the more: neither if we eat not, have we the less.
9 But take heed lest by any means this power of yours be an occasion of falling, to them that are weak.
10 [p]For if any man see thee which hast knowledge, sit at table in the idols’ temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak, be boldened, to eat those things which are sacrificed to idols?
11 [q]And through thy knowledge shall the (B)weak brother perish, for whom Christ died.
12 [r]Now when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
13 (C)[s]Wherefore if meat offend my brother, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, that I may not offend my brother.
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