15. I will study your commandmentsand reflect on your ways.
16. I will delight in your decreesand not forget your word.
17. Be good to your servant,that I may live and obey your word.
18. Open my eyes to seethe wonderful truths in your instructions.
19. I am only a foreigner in the land.Don’t hide your commands from me!
20. I am always overwhelmedwith a desire for your regulations.
21. You rebuke the arrogant;those who wander from your commands are cursed.
22. Don’t let them scorn and insult me,for I have obeyed your laws.
23. Even princes sit and speak against me,but I will meditate on your decrees.
24. Your laws please me;they give me wise advice.