83. For I have become like a bottle [a wineskin blackened and shriveled] in the smoke [in which it hangs], yet do I not forget Your statutes.
84. How many are the days of Your servant [which he must endure]? When will You judge those who pursue and persecute me? [Rev. 6:10.]
85. The godless and arrogant have dug pitfalls for me, men who do not conform to Your law.
86. All Your commandments are faithful and sure. [The godless] pursue and persecute me with falsehood; help me [Lord]!
87. They had almost consumed me upon earth, but I forsook not Your precepts.
88. According to Your steadfast love give life to me; then I will keep the testimony of Your mouth [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it].