¹²⁹ Your testimonies are ^(A)wonderful;
    therefore my soul ^(B)keeps them.
¹³⁰ The unfolding of your words gives light;
    it imparts ^(C)understanding to the simple.
¹³¹ I ^(D)open my mouth and ^(E)pant,
    because I ^(F)long for your commandments.
^132 (G)Turn to me and be gracious to me,
    as is your way with those who love your name.
^133 (H)Keep steady my steps according to your promise,
    and let no iniquity ^(I)get dominion over me.
^134 (J)Redeem me from man's oppression,
    that I may keep your precepts.
^135 (K)Make your face shine upon your servant,
    and ^(L)teach me your statutes.
¹³⁶ My eyes ^(M)shed streams of tears,
    because people ^(N)do not keep your law.

^137 (O)Righteous are you, O Lord,
    and right are your rules.
¹³⁸ You have appointed your testimonies in ^(P)righteousness
    and in all ^(Q)faithfulness.
¹³⁹ My ^(R)zeal consumes me,
    because my foes forget your words.
¹⁴⁰ Your promise is well ^(S)tried,
    and your servant ^(T)loves it.
¹⁴¹ I am small and despised,
    yet I do not ^(U)forget your precepts.
¹⁴² Your righteousness is righteous forever,
    and your law is ^(V)true.
¹⁴³ Trouble and anguish have found me out,
    but your commandments are my ^(W)delight.
¹⁴⁴ Your testimonies are righteous forever;
    ^(X)give me understanding that I may ^(Y)live.

¹⁴⁵ With my ^(Z)whole heart I cry; answer me, O Lord!
    I will ^(AA)keep your statutes.
¹⁴⁶ I call to you; save me,
    that I may observe your testimonies.
¹⁴⁷ I rise before ^(AB)dawn and cry for help;
    I ^(AC)hope in your words.
¹⁴⁸ My eyes are awake before ^(AD)the watches of the night,
    that I may meditate on your promise.
¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice according to your steadfast love;
    O Lord, ^(AE)according to your justice ^(AF)give me life.
¹⁵⁰ They draw near who persecute me with evil purpose;
    they are far from your law.
¹⁵¹ But ^(AG)you are near, O Lord,
    and all your commandments are ^(AH)true.
¹⁵² Long have I known from your testimonies
    that you have ^(AI)founded them forever.

57 The righteous man perishes,
    and no one lays it to heart;
^(A)devout men are taken away,
    while no one understands.
For the righteous man is taken away from calamity;
^{2     (B)}he enters into peace;
they rest ^(C)in their beds
    who walk in their uprightness.
³ But you, draw near,
    sons of the sorceress,
    ^(D)offspring of the adulterer and the loose woman.
⁴ Whom are you mocking?
    Against whom ^(E)do you open your mouth wide
    and stick out your tongue?
Are you not children of ^(F)transgression,
    ^(G)the offspring of deceit,
⁵ you who burn with lust among ^(H)the oaks,^[a]
    under every green tree,
^(I)who slaughter your children in the valleys,
    under the clefts of the rocks?
⁶ Among the smooth stones of ^(J)the valley is your portion;
    they, they, are your lot;
to them you have poured out a drink offering,
    you have brought a grain offering.
    Shall I relent for these things?
^7 (K)On a high and lofty mountain
    you have set your bed,
    and there you went up to offer sacrifice.
⁸ Behind the door and the doorpost
    you have set up your memorial;
for, deserting me, ^(L)you have uncovered your bed,
    you have gone up to it,
    ^(M)you have made it wide;
and you have made a covenant for yourself with them,
    you have loved their bed,
    you have looked on nakedness.^[b]
9 You journeyed to the king with oil
    and multiplied your perfumes;
^(N)you sent your envoys far off,
    and sent down even to Sheol.
¹⁰ You were wearied with the length of your way,
    ^(O)but you did not say, “It is hopeless”;
you found new life for your strength,
    and so you were not faint.^[c]

¹⁴ And it shall be said,
^(V)“Build up, build up, prepare the way,
    remove every obstruction from my people's way.”
¹⁵ For thus says ^(W)the One who is high and lifted up,
    who inhabits eternity, whose name is ^(X)Holy:
^(Y)“I dwell in the high and holy place,
    and also ^(Z)with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,
^(AA)to revive the spirit of the lowly,
    and to revive the heart of the contrite.
^16 (AB)For I will not contend forever,
    nor will I always be angry;
for the spirit would grow faint before me,
    and the breath of life that I made.
¹⁷ Because of the iniquity of his ^(AC)unjust gain I was angry,
    I struck him; I hid my face and was angry,
    but he went on backsliding in the way of his own heart.
¹⁸ I have seen his ways, ^(AD)but I will heal him;
    I will lead him ^(AE)and restore comfort to him and his mourners,
^{19     (AF)}creating ^(AG)the fruit of the lips.
^(AH)Peace, peace, ^(AI)to the far and to the near,” says the Lord,
    ^(AJ)“and I will heal him.
^20 (AK)But the wicked are like the tossing sea;
    for it cannot be quiet,
    and its waters toss up mire and dirt.
^21 (AL)There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”