The Psalms of Thanksgiving

22
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 kodesh Torah
and not to turn aside
from aught that You 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 You 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 You didst create him
You didst ordain his works. 
And how can any man
change what You hast decreed?

You 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.
You hast lavished upon him
the abundance of Thy mercies,
opening all the straitness of his soul
to everlasting yeshua 
and perpetual peace unfailing.
You hast raised his inner glory
out of the flesh.
The wicked also hast You 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 You hast commanded, 
but choose that which You hatest.
All them that hate Thee hast You 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 You 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 You hast chosen these things above all else
to serve Thee alway.
You wilt accept no bribe
and You wilt accept no ransom
for deeds of wickedness.
For You 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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