148 I am awake through each watch of the night
to meditate on Your promise.(A)
149 In keeping with Your faithful love, hear my voice.
Lord, give me life in keeping with Your justice.(B)
150 Those who pursue evil plans[a](C) come near;
they are far from Your instruction.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 119:150 Some Hb mss, LXX, Sym, Jer read who maliciously persecute me

148 My eyes stay open through the watches of the night,(A)
    that I may meditate on your promises.
149 Hear my voice(B) in accordance with your love;(C)
    preserve my life,(D) Lord, according to your laws.
150 Those who devise wicked schemes(E) are near,
    but they are far from your law.

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