LONGING FOR DELIVERANCE

¹⁵³ Consider mine affliction, and deliver me;
For I do not forget thy law.
¹⁵⁴ Plead thou my cause, and redeem me:
Quicken me according to thy word.
¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far from the wicked;
For they seek not thy statutes.
¹⁵⁶ Great are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah:
Quicken me according to thine ordinances.
¹⁵⁷ Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries;
Yet have I not swerved from thy testimonies.
¹⁵⁸ I beheld the treacherous, and ^[a]was grieved,
Because they observe not thy word.
¹⁵⁹ Consider how I love thy precepts:
Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.
¹⁶⁰ The sum of thy word is truth;
And every one of thy righteous ordinances endureth for ever.

¹⁶¹ Princes have persecuted me without a cause;
But my heart standeth in awe of thy words.
¹⁶² I rejoice at thy word,
As one that findeth great spoil.
¹⁶³ I hate and abhor falsehood;
But thy law do I love.
¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day do I praise thee,
Because of thy righteous ordinances.
¹⁶⁵ Great peace have they that love thy law;
And they have no occasion of stumbling.
¹⁶⁶ I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah,
And have done thy commandments.
¹⁶⁷ My soul hath observed thy testimonies;
And I love them exceedingly.
¹⁶⁸ I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies;
For all my ways are before thee.

¹⁶⁹ Let my cry come near before thee, O Jehovah:
Give me understanding according to thy word.
¹⁷⁰ Let my supplication come before thee:
Deliver me according to thy word.
¹⁷¹ Let my lips utter praise;
For thou teachest me thy statutes.
¹⁷² Let my tongue sing of thy word;
For all thy commandments are righteousness.
¹⁷³ Let thy hand be ready to help me;
For I have chosen thy precepts.
¹⁷⁴ I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah;
And thy law is my delight.
¹⁷⁵ Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee;
And let thine ordinances help me.
¹⁷⁶ I have gone astray like a lost sheep;
seek thy servant;
For I do not forget thy commandments.