146. I cried to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them].
147. I anticipated the dawning of the morning and cried [in childlike prayer]; I hoped in Your word.
148. My eyes anticipate the night watches and I am awake before the cry of the watchman, that I may meditate on Your word.
149. Hear my voice according to Your steadfast love; O Lord, quicken me and give me life according to Your [righteous] decrees.
150. They draw near who follow after wrong thinking and persecute me with wickedness; they are far from Your law.
151. You are near, O Lord [nearer to me than my foes], and all Your commandments are truth.
152. Of old have I known Your testimonies, and for a long time, [therefore it is a thoroughly established conviction] that You have founded them forever. [Luke 21:33.]
153. Consider my affliction and deliver me, for I do not forget Your law.
154. Plead my cause and redeem me; revive me and give me life according to Your word.