Parallel Bible results for "Psalm 119:148-158"

Psalms 119:148-158

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148 My eyes are awake before the watches of the night, that I may meditate upon thy promise.
148 My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises.
149 Hear my voice in thy steadfast love; O LORD, in thy justice preserve my life.
149 Hear my voice in accordance with your love; preserve my life, LORD, according to your laws.
150 They draw near who persecute me with evil purpose; they are far from thy law.
150 Those who devise wicked schemes are near, but they are far from your law.
151 But thou art near, O LORD, and all thy commandments are true.
151 Yet you are near, LORD, and all your commands are true.
152 Long have I known from thy testimonies that thou hast founded them for ever.
152 Long ago I learned from your statutes that you established them to last forever.
153 Look on my affliction and deliver me, for I do not forget thy law.
153 Look on my suffering and deliver me, for I have not forgotten your law.
154 Plead my cause and redeem me; give me life according to thy promise!
154 Defend my cause and redeem me; preserve my life according to your promise.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek thy statutes.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek out your decrees.
156 Great is thy mercy, O LORD; give me life according to thy justice.
156 Your compassion, LORD, is great; preserve my life according to your laws.
157 Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, but I do not swerve from thy testimonies.
157 Many are the foes who persecute me, but I have not turned from your statutes.
158 I look at the faithless with disgust, because they do not keep thy commands.
158 I look on the faithless with loathing, for they do not obey your word.
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