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.
71. Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes.
72. Better to me [is] the law of Thy mouth Than thousands of gold and silver!
73. [Yod.] Thy hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Thy commands.
74. Those fearing Thee see me and rejoice, Because for Thy word I have hoped.
75. I have known, O Jehovah, That righteous [are] Thy judgments, And [in] faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me.
76. Let, I pray Thee, Thy kindness be to comfort me, According to Thy saying to Thy servant.
77. Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law [is] my delight.
78. Ashamed are the proud, For [with] falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate in Thy precepts.
79. Those fearing Thee turn back to me, And those knowing Thy testimonies.
80. My heart is perfect in Thy statutes, So that I am not ashamed.
81. [Kaph.] Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped.
82. Consumed have been mine eyes for Thy word, Saying, `When doth it comfort me?'
83. For I have been as a bottle in smoke, Thy statutes I have not forgotten.
84. How many [are] the days of Thy servant? When dost Thou execute Against my pursuers judgment?
85. The proud have digged for me pits, That [are] not according to Thy law.
86. All Thy commands [are] faithfulness, [With] falsehood they have pursued me, Help Thou me.
87. Almost consumed me on earth have they, And I--I have not forsaken Thy precepts.
88. According to Thy kindness quicken Thou me, And I keep the testimony of Thy mouth!