16. I will delight in Your statutes;I will not forget Your word.
17. Deal kindly with Your servant, that I may liveand keep Your word.
18. Open my eyes, that I may beholdwondrous things from Your law.
19. I am a sojourner in the land;do not hide Your commandments fromme.
20. My soul is consumed all the timewith a longing for Your decrees.
21. You have rebuked the proud, those cursed,who depart from Your commandments.
22. Remove from me reproach and contempt,for I have kept Your testimonies.
23. Even if princes sit and conspire against me,Your servant will meditate on Your statutes.
24. Your testimonies are my delightand my counselors.
25. My soul clings to the dust;revive me according to Your word.
26. I have declared my ways, and You heard me;teach me Your statutes.
27. Make me to understand the way of Your precepts;then I shall contemplate on Your wondrous works.
28. My soul collapses on account of grief;strengthen me according to Your word.
29. Remove from me the way of falsehood,and graciously grant me Your law.