⁴⁹ Remember the word to Your servant,
Upon which You have caused me to hope.
⁵⁰ This is my ^(A)comfort in my affliction,
For Your word has given me life.
⁵¹ The proud have me in great derision,
Yet I do not turn aside from Your law.
⁵² I remembered Your judgments of old, O Lord,
And have comforted myself.
^53 (B)Indignation has taken hold of me
Because of the wicked, who forsake Your law.
⁵⁴ Your statutes have been my songs
In the house of my pilgrimage.
^55 (C)I remember Your name in the night, O Lord,
And I keep Your law.
⁵⁶ This has become mine,
Because I kept Your precepts.

^57 (D)You are my portion, O Lord;
I have said that I would keep Your words.
⁵⁸ I entreated Your favor with my whole heart;
Be merciful to me according to Your word.
⁵⁹ I ^(E)thought about my ways,
And turned my feet to Your testimonies.
⁶⁰ I made haste, and did not delay
To keep Your commandments.
⁶¹ The cords of the wicked have bound me,
But I have not forgotten Your law.
^62 (F)At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You,
Because of Your righteous judgments.
⁶³ I am a companion of all who fear You,
And of those who keep Your precepts.
^64 (G)The earth, O Lord, is full of Your mercy;
Teach me Your statutes.

⁶⁵ You have dealt well with Your servant,
O Lord, according to Your word.
⁶⁶ Teach me good judgment and ^(H)knowledge,
For I believe Your commandments.
⁶⁷ Before I was ^(I)afflicted I went astray,
But now I keep Your word.
⁶⁸ You are ^(J)good, and do good;
Teach me Your statutes.
⁶⁹ The proud have ^(K)forged^[a] a lie against me,
But I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart.
^70 (L)Their heart is ^[b]as fat as grease,
But I delight in Your law.
⁷¹ It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
That I may learn Your statutes.
^72 (M)The law of Your mouth is better to me
Than thousands of coins of gold and silver.

^73 (N)Your hands have made me and fashioned me;
Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.
^74 (O)Those who fear You will be glad when they see me,
Because I have hoped in Your word.
⁷⁵ I know, O Lord, ^(P)that Your judgments are ^[c]right,
And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
⁷⁶ Let, I pray, Your merciful kindness be for my comfort,
According to Your word to Your servant.
⁷⁷ Let Your tender mercies come to me, that I may live;
For Your law is my delight.
⁷⁸ Let the proud ^(Q)be ashamed,
For they treated me wrongfully with falsehood;
But I will meditate on Your precepts.
⁷⁹ Let those who fear You turn to me,
Those who know Your testimonies.
⁸⁰ Let my heart be blameless regarding Your statutes,
That I may not be ashamed.

^81 (R)My soul faints for Your salvation,
But I hope in Your word.
⁸² My eyes fail from searching Your word,
Saying, “When will You comfort me?”
⁸³ For ^(S)I have become like a wineskin in smoke,
Yet I do not forget Your statutes.
^84 (T)How many are the days of Your servant?
^(U)When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?
^85 (V)The proud have dug pits for me,
Which is not according to Your law.
⁸⁶ All Your commandments are faithful;
They persecute me ^(W)wrongfully;
Help me!
⁸⁷ They almost made an end of me on earth,
But I did not forsake Your precepts.
⁸⁸ Revive me according to Your lovingkindness,
So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth.

^89 (X)Forever, O Lord,
Your word ^[d]is settled in heaven.
⁹⁰ Your faithfulness endures to all generations;
You established the earth, and it ^[e]abides.
⁹¹ They continue this day according to ^(Y)Your ordinances,
For all are Your servants.
⁹² Unless Your law had been my delight,
I would then have perished in my affliction.
⁹³ I will never forget Your precepts,
For by them You have given me life.
⁹⁴ I am Yours, save me;
For I have sought Your precepts.
⁹⁵ The wicked wait for me to destroy me,
But I will ^[f]consider Your testimonies.
^96 (Z)I have seen the consummation of all perfection,
But Your commandment is exceedingly broad.

⁹⁷ Oh, how I love Your law!
^(AA)It is my meditation all the day.
⁹⁸ You, through Your commandments, make me ^(AB)wiser than my enemies;
For they are ever with me.
⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers,
^(AC)For Your testimonies are my meditation.
^100 (AD)I understand more than the ^[g]ancients,
Because I keep Your precepts.
¹⁰¹ I have restrained my feet from every evil way,
That I may keep Your word.
¹⁰² I have not departed from Your judgments,
For You Yourself have taught me.
^103 (AE)How sweet are Your words to my taste,
Sweeter than honey to my mouth!
¹⁰⁴ Through Your precepts I get understanding;
Therefore I hate every false way.