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151 Yet you are near, O LORD, and all your commands are true.
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151 Yet you are near, O LORD, and all your commands are true.
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152 Long ago I learned from your statutes that you established them to last forever.
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152 Long ago I learned from your statutes that you established them to last forever.
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153 Look upon my suffering and deliver me, for I have not forgotten your law.
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153 Look upon my suffering and deliver me, for I have not forgotten your law.
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154 Defend my cause and redeem me; preserve my life according to your promise.
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154 Defend my cause and redeem me; preserve my life according to your promise.
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155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek out your decrees.
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155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek out your decrees.
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156 Your compassion is great, O LORD; preserve my life according to your laws.
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156 Your compassion is great, O LORD; preserve my life according to your laws.
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157 Many are the foes who persecute me, but I have not turned from your statutes.
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157 Many are the foes who persecute me, but I have not turned from your statutes.
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158 I look on the faithless with loathing, for they do not obey your word.
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158 I look on the faithless with loathing, for they do not obey your word.
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159 See how I love your precepts; preserve my life, O LORD, according to your love.
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159 See how I love your precepts; preserve my life, O LORD, according to your love.
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160 All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal.
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160 All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal.
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161 Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart trembles at your word.
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161 Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart trembles at your word.
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Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
