Psalm 119:81-88

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁸¹ My soul languishes for your salvation;
    I hope in your word.^(A)
82 My eyes fail with watching for your promise;
    I ask, “When will you comfort me?”^(B)
83 For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke,
    yet I have not forgotten your statutes.^(C)
84 How long must your servant endure?
    When will you judge those who persecute me?^(D)
85 The arrogant have dug pitfalls for me;
    they flout your law.^(E)
86 All your commandments are enduring;
    I am persecuted without cause; help me!^(F)
87 They have almost made an end of me on earth,
    but I have not forsaken your precepts.
⁸⁸ In your steadfast love spare my life,
    so that I may keep the decrees of your mouth.