53. Horror hath seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Thy law.
54. Songs have been to me Thy statutes, In the house of my sojournings.
55. I have remembered in the night Thy name, O Jehovah, And I do keep Thy law.
56. This hath been to me, That Thy precepts I have kept!
57. [Cheth.] My portion [is] Jehovah; I have said--to keep Thy words,
58. I appeased Thy face with the whole heart, Favour me according to Thy saying.
59. I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies.
60. I have made haste, And delayed not, to keep Thy commands.
61. Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, Thy law I have not forgotten.
62. At midnight I rise to give thanks to Thee, For the judgments of Thy righteousness.
63. A companion I [am] to all who fear Thee, And to those keeping Thy precepts.
64. Of Thy kindness, O Jehovah, the earth is full, Thy statutes teach Thou me!
65. [Teth.] Good Thou didst with Thy servant, O Jehovah, According to Thy word.
66. The goodness of reason and knowledge teach me, For in Thy commands I have believed.
67. Before I am afflicted, I--I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept.
68. Good Thou [art], and doing good, Teach me Thy statutes.
69. Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts.
70. Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I--in Thy law I have delighted.