Psalm 119 (Tau) Prayed

Psalm 119 (Tau) Prayed V     Victorious Redeemer,               May my cry come before you;               give me understanding according to your               Word.    May my supplication come before you;               deliver me according to your promise.    May my lips overflow with praise,               for you teach me your decrees.    May my tongue sing of your word,               for all your commands are righteous.    May your hand be ready to help me,               for I have chosen to believe the Bible.    I long for your salvation, O Jesus,               and your law is my delight.    Let me live that I may praise you,               and may your gospel sustain me.    I have strayed like a lost sheep.               Seek your servant,               for I have not forgotten your commands. Psalm 119:169-176 (Tau) 169   May my cry come before you, O LORD;               give me understanding according to your               word. 170 May my supplication come before you;               deliver me according to your promise. 171   May my lips overflow with praise,               for you teach me your decrees. 172   May my tongue sing of your word,               for all your commands are righteous. 173   May your hand be ready to help me,               for I have chosen your precepts. 174   I long for your salvation, O LORD,               and your law is my delight. 175   Let me live that I may praise you,               and may your laws sustain me. 176   I have strayed like a lost sheep.               Seek your servant,               for I have not forgotten your commands. (* In the original Hebrew every line of the first stanza begins the letter aleph (א), every line of the second stanza begins with bet (ב), and so forth, through all 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet.)