The Webster Bible WBT
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140 Thy word [is] very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
140
Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
141 I [am] small and despised: [yet] I do not forget thy precepts.
141
Though I am lowly and despised, I do not forget your precepts.
142 Thy righteousness [is] an everlasting righteousness, and thy law [is] the truth.
142
Your righteousness is everlasting and your law is true.
143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: [yet] thy commandments [are] my delights.
143
Trouble and distress have come upon me, but your commands give me delight.
144 The righteousness of thy testimonies [is] everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
144
Your statutes are always righteous; give me understanding that I may live.
145 KOPH. I cried with [my] whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.
145
I call with all my heart; answer me, LORD, and I will obey your decrees.
146 I cried to thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
146
I call out to you; save me and I will keep your statutes.
147 I came before the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
147
I rise before dawn and cry for help; I have put my hope in your word.
148 My eyes anticipated the [night] watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
148
My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises.
149 Hear my voice, according to thy loving-kindness: O LORD, revive me according to thy judgment.
149
Hear my voice in accordance with your love; preserve my life, LORD, according to your laws.
150 They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.
150
Those who devise wicked schemes are near, but they are far from your law.
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