| 9 | How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to thy word. |
| 10 | With my whole heart I seek thee; let me not wander from thy commandments! |
| 11 | I have laid up thy word in my heart, that I might not sin against thee. |
| 12 | Blessed be thou, O LORD; teach me thy statutes! |
| 13 | With my lips I declare all the ordinances of thy mouth. |
| 14 | In the way of thy testimonies I delight as much as in all riches. |
| 15 | I will meditate on thy precepts, and fix my eyes on thy ways. |
| 16 | I will delight in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word. |
| 17 | Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live and observe thy word. |
| 18 | Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. |
| 19 | I am a sojourner on earth; hide not thy commandments from me! |
| 20 | My soul is consumed with longing for thy ordinances at all times. |
| 21 | Thou dost rebuke the insolent, accursed ones, who wander from thy commandments; |
| 22 | take away from me their scorn and contempt, for I have kept thy testimonies. |
| 23 | Even though princes sit plotting against me, thy servant will meditate on thy statutes. |
| 24 | Thy testimonies are my delight, they are my counselors. |