⁴⁹ Remember your word to your servant,
because you have given me hope.
⁵⁰ This is my comfort in my suffering:
that your saying gives me life.
⁵¹ The arrogant mock me constantly,
but I do not fall away from your law.
⁵² I remember your judgments from of old, Lord,
and I comfort myself with them.
⁵³ Indignation grips me because of the wicked, who forsake your laws.
⁵⁴ Your statutes are songs for me in the house where I am staying.
⁵⁵ I remember your name during the night, O Lord,
and I will keep your laws.
⁵⁶ This I have done: I guard your precepts.

⁵⁷ You are my portion, O Lord.
I said I would keep your words.
⁵⁸ I have sought your favor with all my heart.
Be gracious to me according to your sayings.
⁵⁹ I have considered my ways, ^[1]
and I have turned my feet to your testimonies.
⁶⁰ I will hurry. I will not delay.
I will keep your commandments.
⁶¹ The ropes of the wicked bind me,
but I do not forget your law.
⁶² At midnight I rise to give you thanks for your righteous judgments.
⁶³ I am a companion to all who fear you,
that is, to all who keep your precepts.
⁶⁴ Your mercy, Lord, fills the earth.
Teach me your statutes.

⁶⁵ You have done good for your servant, O Lord,
    according to your words.
⁶⁶ Teach me good judgment and knowledge,
for I believe in your commandments.
⁶⁷ Before I was afflicted I strayed,
but now I keep your saying.
⁶⁸ You are good, and you do good.
Teach me your statutes.
⁶⁹ The arrogant have smeared me with lies.
I guard your precepts with all my heart.
⁷⁰ Their calloused hearts ^[2] feel nothing,
but I delight in your law.
⁷¹ It was good for me that I was afflicted,
so that I might learn your statutes.
⁷² Better for me is the law from your mouth
    than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.

⁷³ Your hands made me and established me.
Give me understanding.
Then I will learn your commandments.
⁷⁴ May those who fear you see me and rejoice,
because I wait confidently for your word.
⁷⁵ I know, Lord, that your judgments are righteous.
In faithfulness you have afflicted me.
⁷⁶ Please let your mercy be my comfort,
    according to your saying to your servant.
⁷⁷ Let your abundant compassion come to me that I may live,
because your law is my delight.
⁷⁸ Let the arrogant be put to shame,
because they have wronged me with lies.
As for me, I will meditate on your precepts.
⁷⁹ Let those who fear you turn to me,
and those who know your testimonies.
⁸⁰ Let my heart be blameless regarding your statutes,
so that I may not be put to shame.