¹⁴⁵ I call with all my heart;^(A) answer me, Lord,
    and I will obey your decrees.^(B)
146 I call out to you; save me^(C)
    and I will keep your statutes.
¹⁴⁷ I rise before dawn^(D) and cry for help;
    I have put my hope in your word.
¹⁴⁸ My eyes stay open through the watches of the night,^(E)
    that I may meditate on your promises.
¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice^(F) in accordance with your love;^(G)
    preserve my life,^(H) Lord, according to your laws.
¹⁵⁰ Those who devise wicked schemes^(I) are near,
    but they are far from your law.
¹⁵¹ Yet you are near,^(J) Lord,
    and all your commands are true.^(K)
152 Long ago I learned from your statutes^(L)
    that you established them to last forever.^(M)

¹⁵³ Look on my suffering^(N) and deliver me,^(O)
    for I have not forgotten^(P) your law.
¹⁵⁴ Defend my cause^(Q) and redeem me;^(R)
    preserve my life^(S) according to your promise.^(T)
155 Salvation is far from the wicked,
    for they do not seek out^(U) your decrees.
¹⁵⁶ Your compassion, Lord, is great;^(V)
    preserve my life^(W) according to your laws.^(X)
157 Many are the foes who persecute me,^(Y)
    but I have not turned^(Z) from your statutes.
¹⁵⁸ I look on the faithless with loathing,^(AA)
    for they do not obey your word.^(AB)
159 See how I love your precepts;
    preserve my life,^(AC) Lord, in accordance with your love.
¹⁶⁰ All your words are true;
    all your righteous laws are eternal.^(AD)

¹⁶¹ Rulers persecute me^(AE) without cause,
    but my heart trembles^(AF) at your word.
¹⁶² I rejoice^(AG) in your promise
    like one who finds great spoil.^(AH)
163 I hate and detest^(AI) falsehood
    but I love your law.^(AJ)
164 Seven times a day I praise you
    for your righteous laws.^(AK)
165 Great peace^(AL) have those who love your law,
    and nothing can make them stumble.^(AM)
166 I wait for your salvation,^(AN) Lord,
    and I follow your commands.
¹⁶⁷ I obey your statutes,
    for I love them^(AO) greatly.
¹⁶⁸ I obey your precepts^(AP) and your statutes,^(AQ)
    for all my ways are known^(AR) to you.

¹⁶⁹ May my cry come^(AS) before you, Lord;
    give me understanding^(AT) according to your word.^(AU)
170 May my supplication come^(AV) before you;
    deliver me^(AW) according to your promise.^(AX)
171 May my lips overflow with praise,^(AY)
    for you teach me^(AZ) your decrees.
¹⁷² May my tongue sing^(BA) of your word,
    for all your commands are righteous.^(BB)
173 May your hand be ready to help^(BC) me,
    for I have chosen^(BD) your precepts.
¹⁷⁴ I long for your salvation,^(BE) Lord,
    and your law gives me delight.^(BF)
175 Let me live^(BG) that I may praise you,
    and may your laws sustain me.
¹⁷⁶ I have strayed like a lost sheep.^(BH)
    Seek your servant,
    for I have not forgotten^(BI) your commands.

2 Woe to those who plan iniquity,
    to those who plot evil^(A) on their beds!^(B)
At morning’s light they carry it out
    because it is in their power to do it.
² They covet fields^(C) and seize them,^(D)
    and houses, and take them.
They defraud^(E) people of their homes,
    they rob them of their inheritance.^(F)

⁶ “Do not prophesy,” their prophets say.
    “Do not prophesy about these things;
    disgrace^(M) will not overtake us.^(N)”
⁷ You descendants of Jacob, should it be said,
    “Does the Lord become^[a] impatient?
    Does he do such things?”

¹² “I will surely gather all of you, Jacob;
    I will surely bring together the remnant^(W) of Israel.
I will bring them together like sheep in a pen,
    like a flock in its pasture;
    the place will throng with people.^(X)
13 The One who breaks open the way will go up before^(Y) them;
    they will break through the gate^(Z) and go out.
Their King will pass through before them,
    the Lord at their head.”