137
Righteous art thou, O LORD, and right are thy judgments.
138
Thou hast appointed thy testimonies in righteousness and in all faithfulness.
139
My zeal consumes me, because my foes forget thy words.
140
Thy promise is well tried, and thy servant loves it.
141
I am small and despised, yet I do not forget thy precepts.
142
Thy righteousness is righteous for ever, and thy law is true.
143
Trouble and anguish have come upon me, but thy commandments are my delight.
144
Thy testimonies are righteous for ever; give me understanding that I may live.
145
With my whole heart I cry; answer me, O LORD! I will keep thy statutes.
146
I cry to thee; save me, that I may observe thy testimonies.
147
I rise before dawn and cry for help; I hope in thy words.
148
My eyes are awake before the watches of the night, that I may meditate upon thy promise.
149
Hear my voice in thy steadfast love; O LORD, in thy justice preserve my life.
150
They draw near who persecute me with evil purpose; they are far from thy law.
151
But thou art near, O LORD, and all thy commandments are true.
152
Long have I known from thy testimonies that thou hast founded them for ever.
153
Look on my affliction and deliver me, for I do not forget thy law.
154
Plead my cause and redeem me; give me life according to thy promise!
155
Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek thy statutes.
156
Great is thy mercy, O LORD; give me life according to thy justice.
157
Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, but I do not swerve from thy testimonies.
158
I look at the faithless with disgust, because they do not keep thy commands.
159
Consider how I love thy precepts! Preserve my life according to thy steadfast love.
160
The sum of thy word is truth; and every one of thy righteous ordinances endures for ever.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version)