I call on you with all my heart – answer me, Lord.

I will obey your laws. I call on you,

save me so that I can keep your decrees.

At dawn I cry to you, I put all my hope in your word.
In the night I keep watch, pondering your sayings.

In your mercy, Lord, hear my voice;

in your justice, give me life.
My persecutors come to do me harm:

they are far from your law.

But you, Lord, are near to me,

and you are trustworthy in all your precepts.
From the beginning I have known your decrees,

how you have made them to last for ever.

Psalm 118 (119): 145-152

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