157 Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.
Psalms 119:157
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Psalms 119:86–88
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. 88 Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth.
Psalms 129:1–3
1 A song of ascents. Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth— let Israel now declare— 2 many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me. 3 The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.
Psalms 119:101–103
101 I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word. 102 I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me. 103 How sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in my mouth!
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 119:109–111
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 119:50–52
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.
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 56:1–3
1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack. 2 My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly as…
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