157Manyרַ֭בִּיםRa.bimH7227aremy persecutorsרֹדְפַ֣יro.de.FaiH7291and mine enemiesוְצָרָ֑יve.tza.RaiH6862; yetdo I not declineנָטִֽיתִי׃na.Ti.tiH5186from thy testimoniesמֵ֝עֵדְוֹתֶ֗יךָme.'e.de.vo.Tei.khaH5715.
158I beheldרָאִ֣יתִיra.'I.tiH7200the transgressorsבֹ֭גְדִיםVo.ge.dimH898,and was grievedוָֽאֶתְקוֹטָ֑טָהva.'et.ko.Ta.tahH6962;because they keptשָׁמָֽרוּ׃sha.Ma.ruH8104not thy wordאִ֝מְרָתְךָ֗'im.ra.te.khaH565.
159Considerרְ֭אֵהRe.'ehH7200how I loveאָהָ֑בְתִּי'a.Ha.ve.tiH157thy preceptsפִקּוּדֶ֣יךָfi.ku.Dei.chaH6490:quickenחַיֵּֽנִי׃chai.Ye.niH2421me, O Lordיְ֝הוָ֗הYah.wehH3068,according to thy lovingkindnessכְּֽחַסְדְּךָ֥ke.chas.de.KhaH2617.
160Thy wordדְּבָרְךָ֥de.va.re.KhaH1697istrueאֱמֶ֑ת'e.MetH571fromthe beginningרֹאשׁ־rosh-H7218:and every one of thy righteousצִדְקֶֽךָ׃tzid.Ke.chaH6664judgmentsמִשְׁפַּ֥טmish.PatH4941endurethfor everוּ֝לְעוֹלָ֗םu.le.'o.LamH5769.
161Princesשָׂ֭רִיםSa.rimH8269have persecutedרְדָפ֣וּנִיre.da.Fu.niH7291me without a causeחִנָּ֑םchi.NamH2600:but my heartלִבִּֽי׃li.BiH3820standeth in aweפָּחַ֥דpa.ChadH6342of thy wordוּ֝מִדְּבָרְךָ֗u.mi.de.va.rei.khaH1697.
162I rejoiceשָׂ֣שׂsasH7797at thy wordאִמְרָתֶ֑ךָ'im.ra.Te.khaH565,as one that findethכְּ֝מוֹצֵ֗אke.mo.Tze'H4672greatרָֽב׃RavH7227spoilשָׁלָ֥לsha.LalH7998.
163I hateשָׂ֭נֵאתִיSa.ne.tiH8130and abhorוַאֲתַעֵ֑בָהva.'a.ta.'E.vahH8581lyingשֶׁ֣קֶרShe.kerH8267: butthy lawתּוֹרָתְךָ֥to.ra.te.KhaH8451do I loveאָהָֽבְתִּי׃'a.Ha.ve.tiH157.
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