85 The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law. 86 All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me! 87 They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts.
Psalms 119:85–87
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Psalms 119:109–111
109 I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law. 110 The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts. 111 Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
Psalms 119:156–158
156 Great are Your mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your ordinances. 157 Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies. 158 I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.
Psalms 119:60–62
60 I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments. 61 Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law. 62 At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments.
Psalms 119:21–23
21 You rebuke the arrogant— the cursed who stray from Your commandments. 22 Remove my scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies. 23 Though rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
Psalms 119:160–162
160 The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever. 161 Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word. 162 I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil.
Psalms 119:152–154
152 Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You have established them forever. 153 Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law. 154 Defend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word.
Psalms 119:68–70
68 You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes. 69 Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart. 70 Their hearts are hard and callous, but I delight in Your law.
Psalms 119:50–52
50 This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life. 51 The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law. 52 I remember Your judgments of old, O LORD, and in them I find comfort.
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