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157 ¶ Many are my persecutors and my enemies; yet I do not deviate from thy testimonies.

158 ¶ I beheld the transgressors and was grieved because they did not keep thy words.

159 ¶ Consider, O LORD, that I love thy precepts; cause me to live according to thy mercy.

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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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