Psalm 119:153-160 Part 5

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Look upon my suffering and rescue me,

    for I have not forgotten your instructions.

Argue my case; take my side!

    Protect my life as you promised.

The wicked are far from rescue,

    for they do not bother with your decrees.

LORD, how great is your mercy;

    let me be revived by following your regulations.

Many persecute and trouble me,

    yet I have not swerved from your laws.

Seeing these traitors makes me sick at heart,

    because they care nothing for your word.

See how I love your commandments, LORD.

    Give back my life because of your unfailing love.

The very essence of your words is truth;

    all your just regulations will stand forever. 

 

Seeing these traitors makes me sick at heart, because they care nothing for your word.

Psalm 139:21 

O LORD, shouldn't I hate those who hate you?

    Shouldn't I despise those who oppose you?  (see all Psalm 139)

Psalm 119:104  

Your commandments give me understanding;

    no wonder I hate every false way of life.  (see Psalm 119:97-104)

Deuteronomy 9:16-17  

"There below me (Moses) I could see that you had sinned against the LORD your God. You had melted gold and made a calf idol for yourselves. How quickly you had turned away from the path the LORD had commanded you to follow! So I took the stone tablets and threw them to the ground, smashing them before your eyes."  (see all Deuteronomy 9)

Psalm 119:53  

I become furious with the wicked,

    because they reject your instructions.  (see Psalm 119:40-56)

Matthew 21:12-13  

Jesus entered the Temple and began to drive out all the people buying and selling animals for sacrifice. He knocked over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves. He said to them, "The Scriptures declare, "My Temple will be called a house of prayer,' but you have turned it into a den of thieves!"  (see Isaiah 56:1-8, Jeremiah 7:1-15) 

 

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