49Remember the word to Your servant,
         In which You have made me hope.

50This is my comfort in my affliction,
         That Your word has revived me.

51The arrogant utterly deride me,
         Yet I do not turn aside from Your law.

52I have remembered Your ordinances from of old, O LORD,
         And comfort myself.

53Burning indignation has seized me because of the wicked,
         Who forsake Your law.

54Your statutes are my songs
         In the house of my pilgrimage.

55O LORD, I remember Your name in the night,
         And keep Your law.

56This has become mine,
         That I observe Your precepts.

Heth.

57The LORD is my portion;
         I have promised to keep Your words.

58I sought Your favor with all my heart;
         Be gracious to me according to Your word.

59I considered my ways
         And turned my feet to Your testimonies.

60I hastened and did not delay
         To keep Your commandments.

61The cords of the wicked have encircled me,
         But I have not forgotten Your law.

62At midnight I shall rise to give thanks to You
         Because of Your righteous ordinances.

63I am a companion of all those who fear You,
         And of those who keep Your precepts.

64The earth is full of Your lovingkindness, O LORD;
         Teach me Your statutes.

Teth.

65You have dealt well with Your servant,
         O LORD, according to Your word.

66Teach me good discernment and knowledge,
         For I believe in Your commandments.

67Before I was afflicted I went astray,
         But now I keep Your word.

68You are good and do good;
         Teach me Your statutes.

69The arrogant have forged a lie against me;
         With all my heart I will observe Your precepts.

70Their heart is covered with fat,
         But I delight in Your law.

71It is good for me that I was afflicted,
         That I may learn Your statutes.

72The law of Your mouth is better to me
         Than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

Yodh.

73Your hands made me and fashioned me;
         Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.

74May those who fear You see me and be glad,
         Because I wait for Your word.

75I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous,
         And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

76O may Your lovingkindness comfort me,
         According to Your word to Your servant.

77May Your compassion come to me that I may live,
         For Your law is my delight.

78May the arrogant be ashamed, for they subvert me with a lie;
         But I shall meditate on Your precepts.

79May those who fear You turn to me,
         Even those who know Your testimonies.

80May my heart be blameless in Your statutes,
         So that I will not be ashamed.

Kaph.

81My soul languishes for Your salvation;
         I wait for Your word.

82My eyes fail with longing for Your word,
         While I say, “When will You comfort me?”

83Though I have become like a wineskin in the smoke,
         I do not forget Your statutes.

84How many are the days of Your servant?
         When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?

85The arrogant have dug pits for me,
         Men who are not in accord with Your law.

86All Your commandments are faithful;
         They have persecuted me with a lie; help me!

87They almost destroyed me on earth,
         But as for me, I did not forsake Your precepts.

88Revive me according to Your lovingkindness,
         So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth.

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