Psalm 119:153–176

¹⁵³Consider mine affliction, and deliver me;

For I do not forget thy law.

¹⁵⁴Plead thou my cause, and redeem me:

Quicken me according to thy word.

¹⁵⁵Salvation is far from the wicked;

For they seek not thy statutes.

¹⁵⁶Great are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah:

Quicken me according to thine ordinances.

¹⁵⁷Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries;

Yet have I not swerved from thy testimonies.

¹⁵⁸I beheld the treacherous, and was grieved,

Because they observe not thy word.

¹⁵⁹Consider how I love thy precepts:

Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.

¹⁶⁰The sum of thy word is truth;

And every one of thy righteous ordinances endureth for ever.

¹⁶¹Princes have persecuted me without a cause;

But my heart standeth in awe of thy words.

¹⁶²I rejoice at thy word,

As one that findeth great spoil.

¹⁶³I hate and abhor falsehood;

But thy law do I love.

¹⁶⁴Seven times a day do I praise thee,

Because of thy righteous ordinances.

¹⁶⁵Great peace have they that love thy law;

And they have no occasion of stumbling.

¹⁶⁶I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah,

And have done thy commandments.

¹⁶⁷My soul hath observed thy testimonies;

And I love them exceedingly.

¹⁶⁸I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies;

For all my ways are before thee.

¹⁶⁹Let my cry come near before thee, O Jehovah:

Give me understanding according to thy word.

¹⁷⁰Let my supplication come before thee:

Deliver me according to thy word.

¹⁷¹Let my lips utter praise;

For thou teachest me thy statutes.

¹⁷²Let my tongue sing of thy word;

For all thy commandments are righteousness.

¹⁷³Let thy hand be ready to help me;

For I have chosen thy precepts.

¹⁷⁴I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah;

And thy law is my delight.

¹⁷⁵Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee;

And let thine ordinances help me.

¹⁷⁶I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant;

For I do not forget thy commandments.