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¹⁷Deal bountifully with your servant, so that I may live and observe your word.

¹⁸Open my eyes, so that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.

¹⁹I live as an alien in the land; do not hide your commandments from me.

²⁰My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.

²¹You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones, who wander from your commandments;

²²take away from me their scorn and contempt, for I have kept your decrees.

²³Even though princes sit plotting against me, your servant will meditate on your statutes.

²⁴Your decrees are my delight, they are my counselors.

²⁵My soul clings to the dust; revive me according to your word.

²⁶When I told of my ways, you answered me; teach me your statutes.

²⁷Make me understand the way of your precepts, and I will meditate on your wondrous works.

²⁸My soul melts away for sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.

²⁹Put false ways far from me; and graciously teach me your law.

³⁰I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I set your ordinances before me.

³¹I cling to your decrees, O Lord; let me not be put to shame.

³²I run the way of your commandments, for you enlarge my understanding.