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

160 The [b]beginning of thy word is truth, and all the judgments of thy righteousness endure forever.

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161 Princes have [c]persecuted me without cause: but mine heart stood in awe of thy words.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 119:159 It is a sure sign of our adoption, when we love the Law of God.
  2. Psalm 119:160 Since thou first promised it, even to the end all thy sayings are true.
  3. Psalm 119:161 The threatenings and persecutions of princes could not cause me to shrink to confess thee whom I more fear than men.

159 See how I love your precepts;
    preserve my life,(A) Lord, in accordance with your love.
160 All your words are true;
    all your righteous laws are eternal.(B)

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161 Rulers persecute me(C) without cause,
    but my heart trembles(D) at your word.

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