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 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.