⁹ Young people can live
a clean life
    by obeying your word.
¹⁰ I worship you
    with all my heart.
Don't let me walk away
    from your commands.
¹¹ I treasure your word
    above all else;
it keeps me from sinning
    against you.
¹² I praise you, Lord!
    Teach me your laws.
¹³ With my own mouth,
I tell others the laws
    that you have spoken.
¹⁴ Obeying your instructions
brings as much happiness
    as being rich.
¹⁵ I will study your teachings
    and follow your footsteps.
¹⁶ I will take pleasure
in your laws
    and remember your words.

³³ Point out your rules, Lord,
and I won't disobey
    even one of them.
³⁴ Help me to understand your Law;
I promise to obey it
    with all my heart.
³⁵ Direct me by your commands!
    I love to do what you say.
³⁶ Make me want to obey you,
    rather than to be rich.
³⁷ Take away my foolish desires,
and let me find life
    by walking with you.
³⁸ I am your servant!
Do for me what you promised
    to those who worship you.
³⁹ Your wonderful teachings
protect me from the insults
    that I hate so much.
⁴⁰ I long for your teachings.
Be true to yourself
    and let me live.

⁵⁷ You, Lord, are my choice,
    and I will obey you.
⁵⁸ With all my heart
I beg you to be kind to me,
    just as you have promised.
⁵⁹ I pay careful attention
as you lead me,
    and I follow closely.
⁶⁰ As soon as you command,
    I do what you say.
⁶¹ Evil people may set a trap,
    but I obey your Law.
⁶² Your laws are so fair
that I wake up and praise you
    in the middle of the night.
⁶³ I choose as my friends
everyone who worships you
    and follows your teachings.
⁶⁴ Our Lord, your love is seen
all over the world.
    Teach me your laws.

⁹⁷ I deeply love your Law!
    I think about it all day.
⁹⁸ Your laws never leave my mind,
and they make me much wiser
    than my enemies.
⁹⁹ Thinking about your teachings
gives me better understanding
    than my teachers,
¹⁰⁰ and obeying your laws
makes me wiser than those
    who have lived a long time.
¹⁰¹ I obey your word
instead of following a way
    that leads to trouble.
¹⁰² You have been my teacher,
and I won't reject
    your instructions.
¹⁰³ Your teachings are sweeter
    than honey.
¹⁰⁴ They give me understanding
    and make me hate all lies.