4. You have commanded usto keep Your precepts diligently.
5. Oh, that my ways were establishedto keep Your statutes!
6. Then I shall not be ashamed,when I have my focus on all Your commandments.
7. I will praise You with an upright heart,when I have learned Your righteous judgments.
8. I will keep Your statutes;do not completely abandon me.
9. How shall a young man keep his way pure?By keeping it according to Your word.
10. With my whole heart I seek You;do not allow me to wander from Your commandments.
11. Your word I have hidden in my heart,that I might not sin against You.
12. Blessed are You, O Lord;teach me Your statutes.
13. With my lips I declareall the decrees of Your mouth.
14. I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies,as much as in all riches.
15. I will meditate on Your preceptsand keep my eyes on Your ways.
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.