142. Your righteousness is everlastingand your law is true.
143. Trouble and distress have come upon me,but your commands give me delight.
144. Your statutes are always righteous;give me understanding that I may live.
145. I call with all my heart; answer me, Lord,and I will obey your decrees.
146. I call out to you; save meand I will keep your statutes.
147. I rise before dawn and cry for help;I have put my hope in your word.
148. My eyes stay open through the watches of the night,that I may meditate on your promises.
149. Hear my voice in accordance with your love;preserve my life, Lord, according to your laws.
150. Those who devise wicked schemes are near,but they are far from your law.
151. Yet you are near, Lord,and all your commands are true.
152. Long ago I learned from your statutesthat you established them to last for ever.
153. Look on my suffering and deliver me,for I have not forgotten your law.
154. Defend my cause and redeem me;preserve my life according to your promise.