⁴⁹ Remember ^(A)your word to your servant,
    in which you have made me ^(B)hope.
⁵⁰ This is ^(C)my comfort in my affliction,
    that your promise ^(D)gives me life.
^51 (E)The insolent utterly deride me,
    but I do not ^(F)turn away from your law.
⁵² When I think of your rules from of old,
    I take comfort, O Lord.
^53 (G)Hot indignation seizes me because of the wicked,
    who forsake your law.
⁵⁴ Your statutes have been my songs
    in the house of my ^(H)sojourning.
⁵⁵ I ^(I)remember your name in the night, O Lord,
    and keep your law.
⁵⁶ This blessing has fallen to me,
    that ^(J)I have kept your precepts.

^57 (K)The Lord is my portion;
    I promise to keep your words.
⁵⁸ I ^(L)entreat your favor with all my heart;
    be gracious to me ^(M)according to your promise.
⁵⁹ When I ^(N)think on my ways,
    I turn my feet to your testimonies;
⁶⁰ I hasten and do not delay
    to keep your commandments.
⁶¹ Though ^(O)the cords of the wicked ensnare me,
    I do not ^(P)forget your law.
⁶² At ^(Q)midnight I rise to praise you,
    because of your ^(R)righteous rules.
^63 (S)I am a companion of all who fear you,
    of those who keep your precepts.
^64 (T)The earth, O Lord, is full of your steadfast love;
    ^(U)teach me your statutes!

⁶⁵ You have dealt well with your servant,
    O Lord, ^(V)according to your word.
⁶⁶ Teach me ^(W)good judgment and knowledge,
    for I believe in your commandments.
^67 (X)Before I was afflicted I went astray,
    but now I keep your word.
^68 (Y)You are good and do good;
    ^(Z)teach me your statutes.
^69 (AA)The insolent ^(AB)smear me with lies,
    but with my whole heart I ^(AC)keep your precepts;
⁷⁰ their heart is unfeeling ^(AD)like fat,
    but I ^(AE)delight in your law.
⁷¹ It is ^(AF)good for me that I was afflicted,
    that I might learn your statutes.
^72 (AG)The law of your mouth is better to me
    than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

^73 (AH)Your hands have made and fashioned me;
    ^(AI)give me understanding that I may learn your commandments.
⁷⁴ Those who fear you shall see me and ^(AJ)rejoice,
    because I have ^(AK)hoped in your word.
⁷⁵ I know, O Lord, that your rules are ^(AL)righteous,
    and that in ^(AM)faithfulness you have afflicted me.
⁷⁶ Let your steadfast love comfort me
    according to your promise to your servant.
⁷⁷ Let your ^(AN)mercy come to me, that I may live;
    for your law is my ^(AO)delight.
⁷⁸ Let ^(AP)the insolent be put to ^(AQ)shame,
    because they have ^(AR)wronged me with falsehood;
    as for me, I will ^(AS)meditate on your precepts.
⁷⁹ Let those who fear you ^(AT)turn to me,
    that they may know your testimonies.
⁸⁰ May my heart be ^(AU)blameless in your statutes,
    ^(AV)that I may not be put to shame!

⁸¹ My soul ^(AW)longs for your salvation;
    I ^(AX)hope in your word.
⁸² My ^(AY)eyes long for your promise;
    I ask, ^(AZ)“When will you comfort me?”
⁸³ For I have ^(BA)become like a ^(BB)wineskin in the smoke,
    yet I have not forgotten your statutes.
^84 (BC)How long must your servant endure?^{[a]
    (BD)}When will you judge those who persecute me?
^85 (BE)The insolent have ^(BF)dug pitfalls for me;
    they do not live according to your law.
⁸⁶ All your commandments are ^(BG)sure;
    they persecute me ^(BH)with falsehood; ^(BI)help me!
⁸⁷ They have almost made an end of me on earth,
    but I have not forsaken your precepts.
⁸⁸ In your steadfast love ^(BJ)give me life,
    that I may keep the testimonies of your mouth.

⁸⁹ Forever, O Lord, your ^(BK)word
    is firmly fixed in the heavens.
⁹⁰ Your ^(BL)faithfulness endures to all generations;
    you have ^(BM)established the earth, and it ^(BN)stands fast.
⁹¹ By your ^(BO)appointment they stand this day,
    for all things are your servants.
⁹² If your law had not been my ^(BP)delight,
    I would have perished in my affliction.
⁹³ I will never forget your precepts,
    for by them you have ^(BQ)given me life.
⁹⁴ I am yours; save me,
    ^(BR)for I have sought your precepts.
⁹⁵ The wicked lie in wait to destroy me,
    but I consider your testimonies.
⁹⁶ I have seen a limit to all perfection,
    but your commandment is exceedingly ^(BS)broad.

⁹⁷ Oh how ^(BT)I love your law!
    It is my ^(BU)meditation all the day.
⁹⁸ Your commandment makes me ^(BV)wiser than my enemies,
    for it is ever with me.
⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers,
    for ^(BW)your testimonies are my meditation.
¹⁰⁰ I understand more than ^(BX)the aged,^[b]
    for I ^(BY)keep your precepts.
¹⁰¹ I ^(BZ)hold back my feet from every evil way,
    in order to keep your word.
¹⁰² I do not turn aside from your rules,
    for you have taught me.
¹⁰³ How ^(CA)sweet are your words to my taste,
    sweeter than honey to my mouth!
¹⁰⁴ Through your precepts I get understanding;
    therefore ^(CB)I hate every false way.