23 Though rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
Psalms 119:23
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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 119:94–96
94 I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts. 95 The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies. 96 I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.
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 119:77–79
77 May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight. 78 May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts. 79 May those who fear You turn to me, those who know Your testimonies.
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 119:140–142
140 Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it. 141 I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts. 142 Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.
Psalms 119:147–149
147 I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope. 148 My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word. 149 Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion; give me life according to Your justice.
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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