60. I made haste and delayed not to keep Your commandments.
61. Though the cords of the wicked have enclosed and ensnared me, I have not forgotten Your law.
62. At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You because of Your righteous ordinances.
63. I am a companion of all those who fear, revere, and worship You, and of those who observe and give heed to Your precepts.
64. The earth, O Lord, is full of Your mercy and loving-kindness; teach me Your statutes.
65. You have dealt well with Your servant, O Lord, according to Your promise.
66. Teach me good judgment, wise and right discernment, and knowledge, for I have believed (trusted, relied on, and clung to) Your commandments.
67. Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now Your word do I keep [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it].
68. You are good and kind and do good; teach me Your statutes.
69. The arrogant and godless have put together a lie against me, but I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart.
70. Their hearts are as fat as grease [their minds are dull and brutal], but I delight in Your law.
71. It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
72. The law from Your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
73. Your hands have made me, cunningly fashioned and established me; give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.