My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.

I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.

The proud have forged a lie against me: {but} I will keep thy precepts with {my} whole heart.

The proud have digged pits for me, which {are} not after thy law.

But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.

He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. {are...: Heb. hide themselves}

And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.

The bands of the wicked have robbed me: {but} I have not forgotten thy law. {bands: or, companies}

Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part {shall be} to deliver him into the king's hand.

PE. Thy testimonies {are} wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.

Thy testimonies also {are} my delight {and} my counsellors. {my counsellors: Heb. men of my counsel}

And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and {from} all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

I {am} thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.

They also that seek after my life lay snares {for me}: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

When the wicked, {even} mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. {came...: Heb. approached against me}

Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they {are} the rejoicing of my heart.

Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.

The bands of the wicked have robbed me: {but} I have not forgotten thy law. {bands: or, companies}

Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, {and} to turn away thy wrath from them.