140. Your word is thoroughly refined, and Your servant loves it.
141. I am insignificant and despised, yet I have not forgotten Your precepts.
142. Your justice is righteousness forever, and Your Torah is truth.
143. Trouble and anguish have overtaken me, yet Your mitzvot are my delight.
144. Your testimonies are righteous forever —make me understand, so I may live.
145. I cried out with all my heart, “Answer me, Adonai! I will keep Your decrees.”
146. I cried out to You, “Save me, and I will keep Your testimonies.”
147. I am up before dawn, crying for help— I put my hope in Your word.
148. My eyes are up before every night watch, as I meditate on Your word.
149. Hear my voice with Your lovingkindness. Revive me, Adonai, with Your judgments.
150. Pursuers of wicked schemes draw near— they are far from Your Torah.
151. You are near, Adonai, and all Your mitzvot are truth.
152. Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You founded them firmly forever.