¹³² Come and have mercy on me as is your way with those who love you. ¹³³ Guide me with your laws so that I will not be overcome by evil. ¹³⁴ Rescue me from the oppression of evil men; then I can obey you. ¹³⁵ Look down in love upon me and teach me all your laws. ¹³⁶ I weep because your laws are disobeyed.

¹³⁷ O Lord, you are just and your punishments are fair. ¹³⁸ Your demands are just and right. ¹³⁹ I am indignant and angry because of the way my enemies have disregarded your laws. ¹⁴⁰ I have thoroughly tested your promises, and that is why I love them so much. ¹⁴¹ I am worthless and despised, but I don’t despise your laws.

¹⁴² Your justice is eternal for your laws are perfectly fair. ¹⁴³ In my distress and anguish your commandments comfort me. ¹⁴⁴ Your laws are always fair; help me to understand them, and I shall live.

¹⁴⁵ I am praying with great earnestness; answer me, O Lord, and I will obey your laws. ¹⁴⁶ “Save me,” I cry, “for I am obeying.” ¹⁴⁷ Early in the morning before the sun is up, I am praying and pointing out how much I trust in you. ¹⁴⁸ I stay awake through the night to think about your promises. ¹⁴⁹ Because you are so loving and kind, listen to me and make me well again.

¹⁵⁰ Here come these lawless men to attack me, ¹⁵¹ but you are near, O Lord; all your commandments are based on truth. ¹⁵² I have known from earliest days that your will never changes.

¹⁵³ Look down upon my sorrows and rescue me, for I am obeying your commands. ¹⁵⁴ Yes, rescue me and give me back my life again just as you have promised. ¹⁵⁵ The wicked are far from salvation, for they do not care for your laws.

²¹ Giving preferred treatment to rich people is a clear case of selling one’s soul for a piece of bread.

²² Trying to get rich quick is evil and leads to poverty.