⁸⁹The Lord exists for ever;
   your word is firmly fixed in heaven.
⁹⁰Your faithfulness endures to all generations;
   you have established the earth, and it stands fast.
⁹¹By your appointment they stand today,
   for all things are your servants.
⁹²If your law had not been my delight,
   I would have perished in my misery.
⁹³I will never forget your precepts,
   for by them you have given me life.
⁹⁴I am yours; save me,
   for I have sought your precepts.
⁹⁵The wicked lie in wait to destroy me,
   but I consider your decrees.
⁹⁶I have seen a limit to all perfection,
   but your commandment is exceedingly broad.

⁹⁷Oh, how I love your law!
   It is my meditation all day long.
⁹⁸Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies,
   for it is always with me.
⁹⁹I have more understanding than all my teachers,
   for your decrees are my meditation.
¹⁰⁰I understand more than the aged,
   for I keep your precepts.
¹⁰¹I hold back my feet from every evil way,
   in order to keep your word.
¹⁰²I do not turn away from your ordinances,
   for you have taught me.
¹⁰³How sweet are your words to my taste,
   sweeter than honey to my mouth!
¹⁰⁴Through your precepts I get understanding;
   therefore I hate every false way.

¹⁰⁵Your word is a lamp to my feet
   and a light to my path.
¹⁰⁶I have sworn an oath and confirmed it,
   to observe your righteous ordinances.
¹⁰⁷I am severely afflicted;
   give me life, O Lord, according to your word.
¹⁰⁸Accept my offerings of praise, O Lord,
   and teach me your ordinances.
¹⁰⁹I hold my life in my hand continually,
   but I do not forget your law.
¹¹⁰The wicked have laid a snare for me,
   but I do not stray from your precepts.
¹¹¹Your decrees are my heritage for ever;
   they are the joy of my heart.
¹¹²I incline my heart to perform your statutes
   for ever, to the end.