Psalm 119:151

New American Bible - revised edition

You are near, O Lord; reliable are all your commandments.

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You have given your testimonies in righteousness and in surpassing faithfulness.

Your justice is forever right, your law true.

Your testimonies are forever righteous; give me understanding that I may live.

you know when I sit and stand; you understand my thoughts from afar.

The Lord is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth.

The righteous cry out, the Lord hears and he rescues them from all their afflictions.

For the leader. A song of the Korahites. According to alamoth.

For the leader. Do not destroy! A psalm of Asaph; a song.

“Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel,” which means “God is with us.”

For what great nation is there that has gods so close to it as the Lord, our God, is to us whenever we call upon him?