The Psalms of Thanksgiving
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YAHWEH, Righteousness Is THINE
they love Thee alway.
So, for mine own part,
I will
and love Thee right freely
with all my heart and soul
Yea, I have cleansed my heart
to adhere to Thy holy Law
and not to turn aside
from aught that Thou hast commanded;
and I have made Thy commandments
to take firm hold upon many
that they abandon not
any of Thy statutes.
Moreover, through the discernment
which Thou hast bestowed upon me
I am come to know
that not by the hand of flesh
can a mortal order his way
neither can any man
direct his own steps,
I know that in Thy hand
is the shaping of each man's spirit,
and ere Thou didst create him
Thou didst ordain his works.
And how can any man
change what Thou hast decreed?
Thou alone it is
that hath created the righteous,
preparing him from the womb
for the time of Thy good pleasure,
to heed Thy covenant
and walk in Thy ways.
Thou hast lavished upon him
the abundance of Thy mercies,
opening all the straitness of his soul
to everlasting salvation
and perpetual peace unfailing.
Thou hast raised his inner glory
out of the flesh.
The wicked also hast Thou created
for the time of Thy good pleasure,
reserving them from the womb
for the day of slaughter,
because they walk in the way of the bad
and spurn Thy covenant,
and their soul abhors Thy statutes
and they take no pleasure in all Thou hast commanded,
but choose that which Thou hatest.
All them that hate Thee hast Thou prepared
to wreak great judgments upon them
in the sight of all Thy creatures,
to serve as a sign and a, token for ever,
to make known to all men Thy glory and strength.
How can flesh have reason,
or the earth-bound direct its steps,
except that Thou hadst created spirit
and ordained the working thereof?
So am I come to know
that no wealth can equal Thy truth,
and Thy holiness has no match.
And I know that Thou hast chosen these things above all else
to serve Thee alway.
Thou wilt accept no bribe
and Thou wilt accept no ransom
for deeds of wickedness.
For Thou art the FATHER of truth
and hatest all wrongdoing;
and no iniquity
shall exist in Thy presence.
And I am come also to know
that righteousness is Thine
and all Thy works are truth.
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