54. Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
55. I have remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night, and have kept thy law.
56. This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
57. CHETH My portion, O Lord, I have said, will be to keep thy words.
58. I intreated thy presence with my whole heart; be merciful unto me according to thy word.
59. I considered my ways and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
60. I made haste and did not delay to keep thy commandments.
61. The company of the wicked have robbed me, but I have not forgotten thy law.
62. At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of the judgments of thy righteousness.
63. I am a companion of all those that fear thee and of those that keep thy precepts.
64. The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy and teaches me thy statutes.
65. TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy slave, O Lord, according unto thy word,
66. which teaches me discernment and knowledge, for I have believed thy commandments.
67. Before I was humbled, I went into error, but now I keep thy spoken word.
68. Thou art good and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
69. The proud have forged a lie against me, but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
70. Their heart became fat like grease, but I delight in thy law.
71. It was good for me that I have been humbled, that I might learn thy statutes.