145. I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord; I will keep Your statutes [I will hear, receive, love, and obey them].
146. I cried to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them].
147. I anticipated the dawning of the morning and cried [in childlike prayer]; I hoped in Your word.
148. My eyes anticipate the night watches and I am awake before the cry of the watchman, that I may meditate on Your word.
149. Hear my voice according to Your steadfast love; O Lord, quicken me and give me life according to Your [righteous] decrees.
150. They draw near who follow after wrong thinking and persecute me with wickedness; they are far from Your law.
151. You are near, O Lord [nearer to me than my foes], and all Your commandments are truth.