Out of the Depths (130)

`You are / righteous, LORD.
Your `judgments are_ / up~ right.
`You_ have commanded your_ statutes in_ / righteousness.
`They are fully / trustworthy.
My `zeal con / sumes~ me,
be `cause my enemies ig / nore your words.
Your `promises have been thoroughly / tes~ ted,
`and your servant / loves~ them.
(Ref)
`I am small_ / and despised.
`I do not for / get your precepts.
Your `righteousness_ is an everlasting / righteousness.
`Your_ / law is truth.
`Trouble and_ anguish have_ taken / hold of me.
`Your commandments are_ / my delight.
`Your decrees are right_ eous for / e~ ver.
`Give me understanding, that_ / I may live.