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157 Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries;
Yet have I not swerved from thy testimonies.
158 I beheld the treacherous, and [a]was grieved,
Because they observe not thy word.
159 Consider how I love thy precepts:
Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.

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  1. Psalm 119:158 Or, loathed them

157 Many are the foes who persecute me,(A)
    but I have not turned(B) from your statutes.
158 I look on the faithless with loathing,(C)
    for they do not obey your word.(D)
159 See how I love your precepts;
    preserve my life,(E) Lord, in accordance with your love.

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