Psalms 119:83-87

⁸³I have become as useless as MET a wineskin that is shriveled from hanging a long time in the smoke inside a house, but I have not forgotten ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►.

⁸⁴How long must I wait? When will you punish those who ◄persecute/cause trouble for► me?

⁸⁵It is as though proud people have dug deep pits for me to fall into, people who do not obey your laws.

⁸⁶All ◄your commands are/what you have commanded is► trustworthy; but people are ◄persecuting/causing trouble for► me by telling lies about me, so please help me!

⁸⁷Those people have almost killed me, but I have not stopped obeying ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►.