Psalm 119:145-152 Part 2

                    QOPH 

I pray with all my heart; answer me, LORD!

    I will obey your decrees.

I cry out to you; rescue me,

    that I may obey your laws.

I rise early, before the sun is up; 

    I cry out for help and put my hope in your words.

I stay awake through the night,

    thinking about your promise.

In your faithful love, O LORD, hear my cry;

    let me be revived by following your regulations.

Lawless people are coming to attack me;

    they live far from your instructions.

But you are near, O LORD,

    and all your commands are true.

I have known from my earliest days

    that your laws will last forever. 

 

I rise early, before the sun is up; I cry out for help and put my hope in your words.

Psalm 5:3 

Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD.

    Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly.  

    (see all Psalm 5)

Psalm 57:8  

Wake up, my heart! 

    Wake up, O lyre and harp!

    I will wake the dawn with my song.  (see all Psalm 57)

 

I stay awake through the night, thinking about your promise.  

Psalm 63:6  

I lie awake thinking of you,

    meditating on you through the night.  (see all Psalm 63)

Psalm 4:4  

Don't sin by letting anger control you.

    Think about it overnight and remain silent.  (see all Psalm 4)

Psalm 16:7  

I will bless the LORD who guides me;

    even at night my heart instructs me.  (see all Psalm 16)

Psalm 77:5-6  

I think of the good old days,

    long since ended,

when my nights were filled with joyful songs.

    I search my soul and ponder the difference now.  (see all Psalm 77) 

 

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Psalm 119:145-152 Part 1

                    QOPH 

I pray with all my heart; answer me, LORD!

    I will obey your decrees.

I cry out to you; rescue me,

    that I may obey your laws.

I rise early, before the sun is up; 

    I cry out for help and put my hope in your words.

I stay awake through the night,

    thinking about your promise.

In your faithful love, O LORD, hear my cry;

    let me be revived by following your regulations.

Lawless people are coming to attack me;

    they live far from your instructions.

But you are near, O LORD,

    and all your commands are true.

I have known from my earliest days

    that your laws will last forever. 

 

I pray with all my heart; answer me, LORD! I will obey your decrees.

Psalm 119:10 

I have tried hard to find you--

    don't let me wander from your commands.  (see Psalm 119:9-16)

Psalm 119:22  

Don't let them scorn and insult me,

    for I have obeyed your commands.  (see Psalm 119:17-24)

Psalm 119:55  

I reflect at night on who you are, O LORD;

    therefore, I obey your instructions.  (see Psalm 119:49-56)

Psalm 42:8  

But each day the LORD pours his unfailing love upon me,

    and through each night I sing his songs,

    praying to God who gives me life.  (see all Psalm 42)

 

I cry out to you; rescue me, that I may obey your laws.  

Psalm 3:7  

Arise, O LORD!

    Rescue me, my God!

Slap all my enemies in the face!

    Shatter the teeth of the wicked!  (see all Psalm 3)

Psalm 119:94  

I am yours; rescue me!

    For I have worked hard at obeying your commandments.  

    (see Psalm 119:89-96) 

 

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Psalm 119:137-144 Part 6

                    TSADHE 

O LORD, you are righteous,

    and your regulations are fair.

Your laws are perfect

    and completely trustworthy.

I am overwhelmed with indignation,

    for my enemies have disregarded your words.

Your promises have been thoroughly tested;

    that is why I love them so much.

I am insignificant and despised,

    but I don't forget your commandments.

Your justice is eternal,

    and your instructions are perfectly true.

As pressure and stress bear down on me,

    I find joy in your commands.

Your laws are always right;

    help me to understand them so I may live. 

 

Your laws are always right; help me to understand them so I may live.

Psalm 19:9

Reverence for the LORD is pure,

    lasting forever.

The laws of the LORD are true;

    each one is fair.  (see all Psalm 19)

Psalm 119:30  

I have chosen to be faithful;

    I have determined to live by your regulations.  (see Psalm 119:25-32)

Psalm 119:34  

Give me understanding and I will obey your instructions.

    I will put them into practice with all my heart.  (see Psalm 119:33-40)

Psalm 119:120  

I tremble in fear of you;

    I stand in awe of your regulations.  (see Psalm 119:113-120)

Psalm  119:164  

I will praise you seven times a day

    because your regulations are just.  (see Psalm 119:161-168)

Hebrews 8:10  

"But this is the new covenant I will make

    with the people of Israel on that day, says the LORD:

I will put my laws in their minds, 

    and I will write them on their hearts.

I will be their God,

    and they will be my people."

Hebrews 8:13  

    When God speaks of a "new" covenant, it means he has made the first one obsolete. It is now out of date and will soon disappear.  (see all Hebrews 8)  

 

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Psalm 119:137-144 Part 5

                    TSADHE 

O LORD, you are righteous,

    and your regulations are fair.

Your laws are perfect

    and completely trustworthy.

I am overwhelmed with indignation,

    for my enemies have disregarded your words.

Your promises have been thoroughly tested;

    that is why I love them so much.

I am insignificant and despised,

    but I don't forget your commandments.

Your justice is eternal,

    and your instructions are perfectly true.

As pressure and stress bear down on me,

    I find joy in your commands.

Your laws are always right;

    help me to understand them so I may live. 

 

Your justice is eternal, and your instructions are perfectly true.

Ecclesiastes 3:11  

Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God's work from beginning to end.  (see all Ecclesiastes 3)

Psalm 9:7  

But the LORD reigns forever,

    executing judgment from his throne.  (see all Psalm 9)

Psalm 119:151  

But you are near, O LORD,

    and all your commands are true.  (see Psalm 119:145-152)

Psalm 119:160  

The very essence of your words is truth;

    all your just regulations will stand forever.  (see Psalm 119:153-160)

 

As pressure and stress bear down on me, I find joy in your commands.  

Psalm 119:24  

Your laws please me;

    they give me wise advice.  (see Psalm 119:17-24)

Psalm 119:47  

How I delight in your commands!

    How I love them!  (see Psalm 119:41-48) 

2 Corinthians 11:28  

    Then, besides all this, I have the daily burden of my concern for all the churches.  (see all 2 Corinthians 11) 

  

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Psalm 119:137-144 Part 4

                    TSADHE 

O LORD, you are righteous,

    and your regulations are fair.

Your laws are perfect

    and completely trustworthy.

I am overwhelmed with indignation,

    for my enemies have disregarded your words.

Your promises have been thoroughly tested;

    that is why I love them so much.

I am insignificant and despised,

    but I don't forget your commandments.

Your justice is eternal,

    and your instructions are perfectly true.

As pressure and stress bear down on me,

    I find joy in your commands.

Your laws are always right;

    help me to understand them so I may live. 

 

I am insignificant and despised, but I don't forget your commandments.

Psalm 22:6-7

But I am a worm and not a man.

    I am scorned and despised by all!

Everyone who sees me mocks me.

    They sneer and shake their heads, saying, ...  (see all Psalm 22)

Psalm 119:61  

Evil people try to drag me into sin,

    but I am firmly anchored to your instructions.  (see Psalm 119:57-64)

Psalm 119:134  

Ransom me from the oppression of evil people;

    then I can obey your commandments.  (see Psalm 119:129-136)

Isaiah 53:3  

He was despised and rejected--

    a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief.

We turned our backs on him and looked the other way.

    He was despised and we did not care.  (see all Isaiah 53)

1 Corinthians 1:27-28  

Instead, God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful. God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important.  (see 1 Corinthians 1:18-32) 

 

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Psalm 119:137-144 Part 3

                    TSADHE 

O LORD, you are righteous,

    and your regulations are fair.

Your laws are perfect

    and completely trustworthy.

I am overwhelmed with indignation,

    for my enemies have disregarded your words.

Your promises have been thoroughly tested;

    that is why I love them so much.

I am insignificant and despised,

    but I don't forget your commandments.

Your justice is eternal,

    and your instructions are perfectly true.

As pressure and stress bear down on me,

    I find joy in your commands.

Your laws are always right;

    help me to understand them so I may live. 

 

Your promises have been thoroughly tested; that is why I love them so much.

Joshua 23:14 

    "Soon I will die, going the way of everything on earth. Deep in your hearts you know that every promise of the LORD your God has come true. Not a single one has failed!"  [see all Joshua 23]

Psalm 12:16  

The LORD's promises are pure,

    like silver refined in a furnace,

    purified seven times over.  [see all Psalm 12]

Psalm 91:4  

He will cover you with his feathers.

    He will shelter you with his wings.

    His faithful promises are your armor and protections.  [see all Psalm 91]

Psalm 146:6  

He made heaven and earth,

    the sea and everything in them.

    He keeps every promise forever.  [see all Psalm 146]

2 Corinthians 1:20  

For all of God's promises have been fulfilled in Christ with a resounding "Yes!" And through Christ, our "Amen" (which means "Yes") ascends to God for his glory.  [see 2 Corinthians 1:12-24]

2 Corinthians 7:1  

    Because we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that can defile our body or spirit. And let us work toward complete holiness because we fear God.  [see 2 Corinthians 6:1-7:4]

Hebrews 8:6  

    But now Jesus, our High Priest, has been given a ministry that is far superior to the old priesthood, for he is the one who mediates for us a far better covenant with God, based on better promises.  [see all Hebrews 8]   

 

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Psalm 119:137-144 Part 2

                    TSADHE 

O LORD, you are righteous,

    and your regulations are fair.

Your laws are perfect

    and completely trustworthy.

I am overwhelmed with indignation,

    for my enemies have disregarded your words.

Your promises have been thoroughly tested;

    that is why I love them so much.

I am insignificant and despised,

    but I don't forget your commandments.

Your justice is eternal,

    and your instructions are perfectly true.

As pressure and stress bear down on me,

    I find joy in your commands.

Your laws are always right;

    help me to understand them so I may live. 

 

I am overwhelmed with indignation, for my enemies have disregarded your words.

2 Corinthians 1:8  

We think you ought to know, dear brothers and sisters, about the trouble we went through in the provinces of Asia. We were crushed and overwhelmed beyond our ability to endure, and we thought we would never live through it.  (see 2 Corinthians 1:1-11) 

Psalm 69:9 

Passion for your house has consumed me,

    and the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.  

    (see all Psalm 69)

Isaiah 40:21  

Haven't you heard? Don't you understand?

    Are you deaf to the words of God--

the words he gave before the world began?

    Are you so ignorant?  (see all Isaiah 40)

John 2:17  

    Then his disciples remembered this prophecy from the Scriptures: "Passion for God's house will consume me." (Psalm 69:9)  (see John 2:13-22)

Romans 15:3  

For even Christ didn't live to please himself. As the Scriptures say, "The insults of those who insult you, O God, have fallen on me." (Psalm 59:9)  (see Romans 15:1-13)

1 Peter 2:8  

And,

    "He is the stone that makes people stumble,

        and the rock that makes them fall."  (Isaiah 8:14)

They stumble because they do not obey God's word, and so they meet the fate that was planned for them.  (see 1 Peter 2:1-12) 

 

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