83. because I’ve become like a bottle dried up by smoke,though I haven’t forgotten your statutes.
84. How much more time does your servant have?When will you bring my oppressors to justice?
85. The arrogant have dug pits for me—those people who act against your Instruction.
86. All your commandments are true,but people harass me for no reason.Help me!
87. They’ve almost wiped me off the face of the earth!Meanwhile, I haven’t abandoned your precepts!
88. Make me live again according to your faithful loveso I can keep the law you’ve given!
89. Your word, Lord, stands firm in heaven forever!
90. Your faithfulness extends from one generation to the next!You set the earth firmly in place, and it is still there.
91. Your rules endure to this daybecause everything serves you.
92. If your Instruction hadn’t been my delight,I would have died because of my suffering.
93. I will never forget your preceptsbecause through them you gave me life again.
94. I’m yours—save mebecause I’ve pursued your precepts!
95. The wicked wait for me,wanting to kill me, but I’m studying your laws.
96. I’ve seen that everything,no matter how perfect, has a limit,but your commandment is boundless.