5. Oh, that my ways were directed and established to observe Your statutes [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]!
6. Then shall I not be put to shame [by failing to inherit Your promises] when I have respect to all Your commandments.
7. I will praise and give thanks to You with uprightness of heart when I learn [by sanctified experiences] Your righteous judgments [Your decisions against and punishments for particular lines of thought and conduct].
8. I will keep Your statutes; O forsake me not utterly.
9. How shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed and keeping watch [on himself] according to Your word [conforming his life to it].
10. With my whole heart have I sought You, inquiring for and of You and yearning for You; Oh, let me not wander or step aside [either in ignorance or willfully] from Your commandments. [II Chron. 15:15.]
11. Your word have I laid up in my heart, that I might not sin against You.
12. Blessed are You, O Lord; teach me Your statutes.
13. With my lips have I declared and recounted all the ordinances of Your mouth.
14. I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches.