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¹³⁷You are righteous, O Lord, and your judgments are right.

¹³⁸You have appointed your decrees in righteousness and in all faithfulness.

¹³⁹My zeal consumes me because my foes forget your words.

¹⁴⁰Your promise is well tried, and your servant loves it.

¹⁴¹I am small and despised, yet I do not forget your precepts.

¹⁴²Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your law is the truth.

¹⁴³Trouble and anguish have come upon me, but your commandments are my delight.

¹⁴⁴Your decrees are righteous forever; give me understanding that I may live.

¹⁴⁵With my whole heart I cry; answer me, O Lord. I will keep your statutes.

¹⁴⁶I cry to you; save me, that I may observe your decrees.

¹⁴⁷I rise before dawn and cry for help; I put my hope in your words.

¹⁴⁸My eyes are awake before each watch of the night, that I may meditate on your promise.

¹⁴⁹In your steadfast love hear my voice; O Lord, in your justice preserve my life.

¹⁵⁰Those who persecute me with evil purpose draw near; they are far from your law.

¹⁵¹Yet you are near, O Lord, and all your commandments are true.

¹⁵²Long ago I learned from your decrees that you have established them forever.

¹⁵³Look on my misery and rescue me, for I do not forget your law.

¹⁵⁴Plead my cause and redeem me; give me life according to your promise.

¹⁵⁵Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek your statutes.

¹⁵⁶Great is your mercy, O Lord; give me life according to your justice.

¹⁵⁷Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, yet I do not swerve from your decrees.

¹⁵⁸I look at the faithless with disgust, because they do not keep your commands.

¹⁵⁹Consider how I love your precepts; preserve my life according to your steadfast love.

¹⁶⁰The sum of your word is truth; and every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.