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.

¹ Blessed are all who fear the Lord,^(A)
    who walk in obedience to him.^(B)
2 You will eat the fruit of your labor;^(C)
    blessings and prosperity^(D) will be yours.
³ Your wife will be like a fruitful vine^(E)
    within your house;
your children^(F) will be like olive shoots^(G)
    around your table.
⁴ Yes, this will be the blessing^(H)
    for the man who fears the Lord.^(I)

¹ “They have greatly oppressed^(A) me from my youth,”^(B)
    let Israel say;^(C)
2 “they have greatly oppressed me from my youth,
    but they have not gained the victory^(D) over me.
³ Plowmen have plowed my back
    and made their furrows long.
⁴ But the Lord is righteous;^(E)
    he has cut me free^(F) from the cords of the wicked.”^(G)

¹ Out of the depths^(A) I cry to you,^(B) Lord;
²     Lord, hear my voice.^(C)
Let your ears be attentive^(D)
    to my cry for mercy.^(E)