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145  I call with my whole heart; ♦︎
   answer me, O Lord, that I may keep your statutes.
146  To you I call, O save me! ♦︎
   And I shall keep your testimonies.
147  Early in the morning I cry to you, ♦︎
   for in your word is my trust.
148  My eyes are open before the night watches, ♦︎
   that I may meditate on your word.
149  Hear my voice, O Lord, according to your faithful love; ♦︎
   according to your judgement, give me life.
150  They draw near that in malice persecute me, ♦︎
   who are far from your law.
151  You, O Lord, are near at hand, ♦︎
   and all your commandments are true.
152  Long have I known of your testimonies, ♦︎
   that you have founded them for ever.
153  O consider my affliction and deliver me, ♦︎
   for I do not forget your law.
154  Plead my cause and redeem me; ♦︎
   according to your promise, give me life.
155  Salvation is far from the wicked, ♦︎
   for they do not seek your statutes.
156  Great is your compassion, O Lord; ♦︎
   give me life, according to your judgements.
157  Many there are that persecute and oppress me, ♦︎
   yet do I not swerve from your testimonies.
158  It grieves me when I see the treacherous, ♦︎
   for they do not keep your word.
159  Consider, O Lord, how I love your commandments; ♦︎
   give me life according to your loving-kindness.
160  The sum of your word is truth, ♦︎
   and all your righteous judgements endure for evermore.

Rules for the New Life

25 So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbours, for we are members of one another. ²⁶Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, ²⁷and do not make room for the devil. ²⁸Thieves must give up stealing; rather let them labour and work honestly with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy. ²⁹Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up,^* as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear. ³⁰And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption. ³¹Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice, ³²and be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.^* 5¹Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, ²and live in love, as Christ loved us^* and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.