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145 I cry out with all my heart: "LORD, answer me so I can guard your statutes!"
145
I call with all my heart; answer me, LORD, and I will obey your decrees.
146 I cry out to you, "Save me so I can keep your laws!"
146
I call out to you; save me and I will keep your statutes.
147 I meet the predawn light and cry for help. I wait for your promise.
147
I rise before dawn and cry for help; I have put my hope in your word.
148 My eyes encounter each hour of the night as I think about your word.
148
My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises.
149 Listen to my voice, according to your faithful love. LORD, make me live again, according to your justice.
149
Hear my voice in accordance with your love; preserve my life, LORD, according to your laws.
150 The people who love to plot wicked schemes are nearby, but they are so far from your Instruction!
150
Those who devise wicked schemes are near, but they are far from your law.
151 But you, LORD, are nearby too, and all your commandments are true.
151
Yet you are near, LORD, and all your commands are true.
152 Long ago I learned from your laws that you had established them forever.
152
Long ago I learned from your statutes that you established them to last forever.
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