Psalm 119:142–152

Your righteousness is righteous forever,

and your law is true.

Trouble and anguish have found me out,

but your commandments are my delight.

Your testimonies are righteous forever;

give me understanding that I may live.

With my whole heart I cry; answer me, O Lord!

I will keep your statutes.

I call to you; save me,

that I may observe your testimonies.

I rise before dawn and cry for help;

I hope in your words.

My eyes are awake before the watches of the night,

that I may meditate on your promise.

Hear my voice according to your steadfast love;

O Lord, according to your justice give me life.

They draw near who persecute me with evil purpose;

they are far from your law.

But you are near, O Lord,

and all your commandments are true.

Long have I known from your testimonies

that you have founded them forever.

Your righteousness is everlasting

and your law is true.

Trouble and distress have come upon me,

but your commands give me delight.

Your statutes are always righteous;

give me understanding that I may live.

I call with all my heart; answer me, Lord,

and I will obey your decrees.

I call out to you; save me

and I will keep your statutes.

I rise before dawn and cry for help;

I have put my hope in your word.

My eyes stay open through the watches of the night,

that I may meditate on your promises.

Hear my voice in accordance with your love;

preserve my life, Lord, according to your laws.

Those who devise wicked schemes are near,

but they are far from your law.

Yet you are near, Lord,

and all your commands are true.

Long ago I learned from your statutes

that you established them to last forever.

Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,

and your instruction is true.

Trouble and distress have overtaken me,

but your commands are my delight.

Your decrees are righteous forever.

Give me understanding, and I will live.

I call with all my heart; answer me, Lord.

I will obey your statutes.

I call to you; save me,

and I will keep your decrees.

I rise before dawn and cry out for help;

I put my hope in your word.

I am awake through each watch of the night

to meditate on your promise.

In keeping with your faithful love, hear my voice.

Lord, give me life in keeping with your justice.

Those who pursue evil plans come near;

they are far from your instruction.

You are near, Lord,

and all your commands are true.

Long ago I learned from your decrees

that you have established them forever.

Your justice is eternal,

and your instructions are perfectly true.

As pressure and stress bear down on me,

I find joy in your commands.

Your laws are always right;

help me to understand them so I may live.

I pray with all my heart; answer me, Lord!

I will obey your decrees.

I cry out to you; rescue me,

that I may obey your laws.

I rise early, before the sun is up;

I cry out for help and put my hope in your words.

I stay awake through the night,

thinking about your promise.

In your faithful love, O Lord, hear my cry;

let me be revived by following your regulations.

Lawless people are coming to attack me;

they live far from your instructions.

But you are near, O Lord,

and all your commands are true.

I have known from my earliest days

that your laws will last forever.

Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,

and your law is truth.

Trouble and anguish have found me;

your commands delight me.

The righteousness of your testimonies is forever;

give me understanding that I may live.

I call with my whole heart; answer me, O Yahweh.

I will keep your statutes.

I call to you. Save me,

and I will heed your testimonies.

I rise early in the dawn and cry for help;

I hope in your word.

My eyes anticipate the night watches,

that I may meditate on your word.

Hear my voice according to your loyal love;

O Yahweh, preserve my life according to your justice.

Those who pursue a wicked purpose draw near;

they are far from your law.

You are near, O Yahweh,

and all your commands are truth.

Concerning your testimonies, I knew long ago

that you have established them forever.

Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,

And thy law is the truth.

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me:

Yet thy commandments are my delights.

The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting:

Give me understanding, and I shall live.

KOPH.

I cried with my whole heart;

Hear me, O Lord: I will keep thy statutes.

I cried unto thee; save me,

And I shall keep thy testimonies.

I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried:

I hoped in thy word.

Mine eyes prevent the night watches,

That I might meditate in thy word.

Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness:

O Lord, quicken me according to thy judgment.

They draw nigh that follow after mischief:

They are far from thy law.

Thou art near, O Lord;

And all thy commandments are truth.

Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old

That thou hast founded them for ever.