152. Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
153. RESH. Consider my affliction and deliver me; for I have not forgotten thy law.
154. Plead my cause and redeem me; quicken me according to thy spoken word.
155. Saving health is far from the wicked, for they do not seek thy statutes.
156. Many are thy tender mercies, O Lord: cause me to live according to thy judgments.
157. Many are my persecutors and my enemies; yet I do not deviate from thy testimonies.
158. I beheld the transgressors and was grieved because they did not keep thy words.
159. Consider, O Lord, that I love thy precepts; cause me to live according to thy mercy.
160. The beginning of thy word is truth, and every one of the judgments of thy righteousness is eternal.