12. You deserve praise, O Lord!Teach me your statutes!
13. With my lips I proclaimall the regulations you have revealed.
14. I rejoice in the lifestyle prescribed by your rulesas if they were riches of all kinds.
15. I will meditate on your preceptsand focus on your behavior.
16. I find delight in your statutes;I do not forget your instructions.ג (Gimel)
17. Be kind to your servant!Then I will live and keep your instructions.
18. Open my eyes so I can truly seethe marvelous things in your law!
19. I am like a foreigner in this land.Do not hide your commands from me!
20. I desperately long to knowyour regulations at all times.
21. You reprimand arrogant people.Those who stray from your commands are doomed.
22. Spare me shame and humiliation,for I observe your rules.
23. Though rulers plot and slander me,your servant meditates on your statutes.
24. Yes, I find delight in your rules;they give me guidance.ד (Dalet)
25. I collapse in the dirt.Revive me with your word!
26. I told you about my ways and you answered me.Teach me your statutes!
27. Help me to understand what your precepts mean!Then I can meditate on your marvelous teachings.
28. I collapse from grief.Sustain me by your word!