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

¹⁵³ Look on my suffering^(K) and deliver me,^(L)
    for I have not forgotten^(M) your law.