<p class="poetry">I desperately long to know<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">your regulations at all times.p>

<p class="poetry">I am a friend to all your loyal followers,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and to those who keep your precepts.p>

<p class="poetry">I realize that everything has its limits,p> <p class="poetry">but your commands are beyond full comprehension.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1502; (<i>Memi>)p> <p class="poetry">O how I love your law!p> <p class="poetry">All day long I meditate on it.p>

<p class="poetry">I have more insight than all my teachers,p> <p class="poetry">for I meditate on your rules.p>

<p class="poetry">I stay away<n id="1" /> from the evil path,p> <p class="poetry">so that I might keep your instructions.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Your precepts give me discernment.p> <p class="poetry">Therefore I hate all deceitful actions.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">You despise<n id="1" /> all who stray from your statutes,p> <p class="poetry">for they are deceptive and unreliable.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You remove all the wicked of the earth like slag.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Therefore I love your rules.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Direct my steps by your word!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Do not let any sin dominate me!p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1511; (<i>Qofi>)p> <p class="poetry">I cried out with all my heart, &#8220;Answer me, O <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">I will observe your statutes.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Your instructions are totally reliable;p> <p class="poetry">all your just regulations endure.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">I keep your precepts and rules,p> <p class="poetry">for you are aware of everything I do.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">May my tongue sing about your instructions,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for all your commands are just.p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> will protect you from all harm;p> <p class="poetry">he will protect your life.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A song of ascents.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">How blessed is every one of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s loyal followers,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">each one who keeps his commands!<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A song of ascents.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, for David&#8217;s sake rememberp> <p class="poetry">all his strenuous effort,<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">He performed awesome deeds<n id="1" /> and acts of judgment<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">in your midst, O Egypt,p> <p class="poetry">against Pharaoh and all his servants.p>

<p class="poetry">Those who make them will end up<n id="1" /> like them,p> <p class="poetry">as will everyone who trusts in them.p>

<p class="poetry">to the one who gives food to all living things,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for his loyal love endures.p>