⁹ How can a young person stay on the path of purity?^(A)
    By living according to your word.^(B)
10 I seek you with all my heart;^(C)
    do not let me stray from your commands.^(D)
11 I have hidden your word in my heart^(E)
    that I might not sin^(F) against you.
¹² Praise be^(G) to you, Lord;
    teach me^(H) your decrees.^(I)
13 With my lips I recount
    all the laws that come from your mouth.^(J)
14 I rejoice in following your statutes^(K)
    as one rejoices in great riches.
¹⁵ I meditate on your precepts^(L)
    and consider your ways.
¹⁶ I delight^(M) in your decrees;
    I will not neglect your word.

³³ Teach me,^(A) Lord, the way of your decrees,
    that I may follow it to the end.^[a]
34 Give me understanding,^(B) so that I may keep your law^(C)
    and obey it with all my heart.^(D)
35 Direct me^(E) in the path of your commands,^(F)
    for there I find delight.^(G)
36 Turn my heart^(H) toward your statutes
    and not toward selfish gain.^(I)
37 Turn my eyes away from worthless things;
    preserve my life^(J) according to your word.^[b](K)
38 Fulfill your promise^(L) to your servant,
    so that you may be feared.
³⁹ Take away the disgrace^(M) I dread,
    for your laws are good.
⁴⁰ How I long^(N) for your precepts!
    In your righteousness preserve my life.^(O)