42. Then shall I have an answer for those who taunt and reproach me, for I lean on, rely on, and trust in Your word.
43. And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, for I hope in Your ordinances.
44. I will keep Your law continually, forever and ever [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it].
45. And I will walk at liberty and at ease, for I have sought and inquired for [and desperately required] Your precepts.
46. I will speak of Your testimonies also before kings and will not be put to shame. [Ps. 138:1; Matt. 10:18, 19; Acts 26:1, 2.]
47. For I will delight myself in Your commandments, which I love.
48. My hands also will I lift up [in fervent supplication] to Your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on Your statutes.
49. Remember [fervently] the word and promise to Your servant, in which You have caused me to hope.
50. This is my comfort and consolation in my affliction: that Your word has revived me and given me life. [Rom. 15:4.]
51. The proud have had me greatly in derision, yet have I not declined in my interest in or turned aside from Your law.
52. When I have [earnestly] recalled Your ordinances from of old, O Lord, I have taken comfort.
53. Burning indignation, terror, and sadness seize upon me because of the wicked, who forsake Your law.
54. Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
55. I have [earnestly] remembered Your name, O Lord, in the night, and I have observed Your law.
56. This I have had [as the gift of Your grace and as my reward]: that I have kept Your precepts [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them].