O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes. Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly. ב BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed _thereto_ according to thy word. With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. Blessed _art_ thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes. With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as _much as_ in all riches. I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. ג GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, _that_ I may live, and keep thy word. Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. I _am_ a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. My soul breaketh for the longing _that it hath_ unto thy judgments at all times. Thou hast rebuked the proud _that are_ cursed, which do err from thy commandments. Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies. Princes also did sit _and_ speak against me: _but_ thy servant did meditate in thy statutes. Thy testimonies also _are_ my delight _and_ my counsellors. ד DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word. I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes. Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works. My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word. Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously. I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid _before me_. I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame. I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart. ה HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes: and I shall keep it _unto_ the end. Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with _my_ whole heart. Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight. Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; _and_ quicken thou me in thy way. Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who _is devoted_ to thy fear. Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments _are_ good. Behold I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness. ו VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, _even_ thy salvation, according to thy word. So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word. And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.