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150 [a]Those who plot wickedness draw near me,
    but they are far from your law.
151 Yet you, O Lord, are near,
    and all your precepts are true.
152 Long have I known your decrees
    and that you have established them forever.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 119:150 Although the wicked are closing in on the psalmist, he remains serene, for the Lord is also near to protect him (see Pss 69:19; 73:28). The wicked will get nowhere, for they break the statutes of the Lord (v. 150: are far from your law), which were meant to last forever.

150 Those who devise wicked schemes(A) are near,
    but they are far from your law.
151 Yet you are near,(B) Lord,
    and all your commands are true.(C)
152 Long ago I learned from your statutes(D)
    that you established them to last forever.(E)

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