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.
153. See my affliction and rescue me, for I do not forget Your Torah.
154. Defend my cause and redeem me. Restore my life through Your word.
155. Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek after Your decrees.
156. Great are Your mercies, Adonai. Restore my life with Your judgments.
157. Many are my persecutors and my foes. Yet I do not turn from Your testimonies.
158. I see the treacherous and loathe them, because they do not keep Your word.
159. See how I loved Your precepts. Restore my life, Adonai, with Your lovingkindness.