153  Look on my affliction and deliver me,

for I do not forget your law.

154  ^pPlead my cause and redeem me;

give me life according to your promise!

155  ^qSalvation is far from the wicked,

for they do not seek your statutes.

156  ^rGreat is your mercy, O Lord;

give me life according to your rules.

157  Many are my persecutors and my adversaries,

but I do not swerve from your testimonies.

158  I look at the faithless with disgust,

because they do not keep your commands.

159  Consider how I love your precepts!

Give me life, O Lord, according to your steadfast love.

160  The sum of your word is truth,

and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.