August 7, 2023

153 
Look on my suffering and deliver me,
    for I have not forgotten your law.
154 
Defend my cause and redeem me;
    preserve my life according to your promise.
155 
Salvation is far from the wicked,
    for they do not seek out your decrees.
156 
Your compassion, Lord, is great;
    preserve my life according to your laws.
157 
Many are the foes who persecute me,
    but I have not turned from your statutes.
158 
I look on the faithless with loathing,
    for they do not obey your word.
159 
See how I love your precepts;
    preserve my life, Lord, in accordance with your love.
160 
All your words are true;
    all your righteous laws are eternal.