17. Do good to Your servant that I may live and keep Your word.
18. Open my eyes, so I may behold wonders from Your Torah.
19. I am a temporary dweller on earth— do not hide Your mitzvot from me.
20. My soul is crushed with longing for Your judgments at all times.
21. You rebuke the proud, who are cursed, who wander from Your mitzvot.
22. Take scorn and contempt away from me, for I have kept Your testimonies.
23. Though princes sit and talk against me, Your servant meditates on Your decrees.
24. For Your testimonies are my delight— they are also my counselors.
25. My soul clings to the dust. Revive me according to Your word!
26. I told of my ways and You answered me. Teach me Your statutes.
27. Help me discern the way of Your precepts, so I may meditate on Your wonders.
28. My soul weeps with grief. Make me stand firm with Your word.
29. Turn me away from the deceitful way, and be gracious to me with Your Torah.