16. I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
17. Deal generously with Your servant so that I might live;then I will keep Your word.
18. Open my eyes so that I may contemplatewonderful things from Your instruction.
19. I am a stranger on earth; do not hide Your commands from me.
20. I am continually overcomewith longing for Your judgments.
21. You rebuke the proud,the ones under a curse, who wander from Your commands.
22. Take insult and contempt away from me, for I have kept Your decrees.
23. Though princes sit together speaking against me, Your servant will think about Your statutes;
24. Your decrees are my delightand my counselors.
25. My life is down in the dust; give me life through Your word.
26. I told You about my life,and You listened to me;teach me Your statutes.
27. Help me understandthe meaning of Your preceptsso that I can meditate on Your wonders.
28. I am weary from grief;strengthen me through Your word.