May I be fully committed to your statutes, so that I might not be ashamed.

I claim your rules as my permanent possession, for they give me joy.

By David. I will give you thanks with all my heart; before the heavenly assembly I will sing praises to you.

And you will say, “How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof!

My child, if your heart is wise, then my heart also will be glad;

When I saw this, I gave careful consideration to it; I received instruction from what I saw:

Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer anyone who taunts me.

But this I call to mind; therefore I have hope:

If my footsteps have strayed from the way, if my heart has gone after my eyes, or if anything has defiled my hands,

If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door,

For the music director; according to the alumoth-labben style; a psalm of David. I will thank the Lord with all my heart! I will tell about all your amazing deeds!

So my heart rejoices and I am happy; My life is safe.

You have scrutinized my inner motives; you have examined me during the night. You have carefully evaluated me, but you find no sin. I am determined I will say nothing sinful.

May my words and my thoughts be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my sheltering rock and my redeemer.

My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.

My heart tells me to pray to you, and I do pray to you, O Lord.

My heart beats quickly; my strength leaves me; I can hardly see.

my anxiety intensified. As I thought about it, I became impatient. Finally I spoke these words:

From the most remote place on earth I call out to you in my despair. Lead me up to an inaccessible rocky summit!

Their insults are painful and make me lose heart; I look for sympathy, but receive none, for comforters, but find none.