154. Plead my cause and redeem me; revive me and give me life according to Your word.
155. Salvation is far from the wicked, for they seek not nor hunger for Your statutes.
156. Great are Your tender mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord; give me life according to Your ordinances.
157. Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, yet I do not swerve from Your testimonies.
158. I behold the treacherous and am grieved and loathe them, because they do not respect Your law [neither hearing, receiving, loving, nor obeying it].
159. Consider how I love Your precepts; revive me and give life to me, O Lord, according to Your loving-kindness!