Psalms 119:134-164

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¹³⁴Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts.

¹³⁵Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.

¹³⁶Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your law.

¹³⁷TZADHE You are righteous, Yahweh. Your judgments are upright.

¹³⁸You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.

¹³⁹My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.

¹⁴⁰Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.

¹⁴¹I am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts.

¹⁴²Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.

¹⁴³Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.

¹⁴⁴Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.

¹⁴⁵QOPH I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will keep your statutes.

¹⁴⁶I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes.

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

¹⁴⁸My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on your word.

¹⁴⁹Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your ordinances.

¹⁵⁰They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law.

¹⁵¹You are near, Yahweh. All your commandments are truth.

¹⁵²Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever.

¹⁵³RESH Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I don’t forget your law.

¹⁵⁴Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.

¹⁵⁵Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don’t seek your statutes.

¹⁵⁶Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh. Revive me according to your ordinances.

¹⁵⁷Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies.

¹⁵⁸I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don’t observe your word.

¹⁵⁹Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your loving kindness.

¹⁶⁰All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.

¹⁶¹SIN AND SHIN Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.

¹⁶²I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.

¹⁶³I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.

¹⁶⁴Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.