57You are my inheritance, O LORD. I promised to hold on to your words.
58With all my heart I want to win your favor. Be kind to me as you promised.
59I have thought about my life, and I have directed my feet back to your written instructions.
60Without any hesitation I hurry to obey your commandments.
61[Though] the ropes of wicked people are tied around me, I never forget your teachings.
62At midnight I wake up to give thanks to you for the regulations, which are based on your righteousness.
63I am a friend to everyone who fears you and to everyone who follows your guiding principles.
64Your mercy, O LORD, fills the earth. Teach me your laws.
65You have treated me well, O LORD, as you promised.
66Teach me [to use] good judgment and knowledge, because I believe in your commandments.
67Before you made me suffer, I used to wander off, but now I hold on to your word.
68You are good, and you do good things. Teach me your laws.
69Arrogant people have smeared me with lies, [yet] I obey your guiding principles with all my heart.
70Their hearts are cold and insensitive, [yet] I am happy with your teachings.
71It was good that I had to suffer in order to learn your laws.
72The teachings [that come] from your mouth are worth more to me than thousands in gold or silver.
73Your hands created me and made me what I am. Help me understand so that I may learn your commandments.
74Those who fear you will see me and rejoice, because my hope is based on your word.
75I know that your regulations are fair, O LORD, and that you were right to make me suffer.
76Let your mercy comfort me as you promised.
77Let your compassion reach me so that I may live, because your teachings make me happy.
78Let arrogant people be put to shame because they lied about me, [yet] I reflect on your guiding principles.
79Let those who fear you turn to me so that they can come to know your written instructions.
80Let my heart be filled with integrity in regard to your laws so that I will not be put to shame.
81My soul is weak from waiting for you to save me. My hope is based on your word.
82My eyes have become strained from looking for your promise. I ask, "When will you comfort me?"
83Although I have become like a shriveled and dried out wineskin, I have not forgotten your laws.
84What is left of my life? When will you bring those who persecute me to justice?
85Arrogant people have dug pits to trap me in defiance of your teachings.
86(All your commandments are reliable.) Those people persecute me with lies. Help me!
87They almost wiped me off [the face of] the earth. But I did not abandon your guiding principles.
88Give me a new life through your mercy so that I may obey the written instructions, [which came] from your mouth.
