157 My persecutors and mine oppressors are many: yet do I not swerve from thy testimonies.

158 I saw the transgressors and was [a]grieved, because they kept not thy word.

159 Consider, O Lord, how I [b]love thy precepts: quicken me according to thy loving kindness.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 119:158 My zeal consumed me when I saw their malice and contempt of thy glory.
  2. Psalm 119:159 It is a sure sign of our adoption, when we love the Law of God.

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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