Psalms 119:34-69

³⁴Help me to understand your laws in order that I may obey them with all my inner being.

³⁵I am happy with ◄your commands/what you have commanded►, so ◄lead me along the paths/enable me to walk on the road► that you have chosen for me.

³⁶Cause me to want to obey your rules and not to want to become rich.

³⁷Do not allow me to look at things that are worthless, and allow me to continue to live, like you promised that you would do.

³⁸Because I serve you, do what you promised to do for me, which is what you also promise to do for all those who revere you.

³⁹People insult me; protect me from those insults, because I hate them. The ◄regulations/rules that you have given to us► are very good!

⁴⁰I very much desire to obey ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►; because you are righteous, allow me to continue to live (OR, be good to me).

⁴¹Yahweh, show me that you faithfully love me, and rescue/save me, like you have said/promised that you would.

⁴²After you do that, I will be able to reply to those who insult me, because I trust in ◄your word/what you have promised that you would do►.

⁴³Always enable me to LIT speak your truth, because I have confidence in ◄your regulations/the rules that you have given us►.

⁴⁴I will always obey your laws, forever.

⁴⁵I will be free from ◄affliction/my enemies' attacks►, because I have tried to obey ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►.

⁴⁶I will tell to kings ◄your requirements/what you have instructed us to do►; and because I did not abandon you, those kings will not cause me to be ashamed.

⁴⁷I am delighted to obey ◄your commands/what you have commanded►, and I love them.

⁴⁸I respect/revere IDM ◄your commands/what you have commanded►, and I love them, and I will ◄meditate on/think about► ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►.

⁴⁹Do not forget what you said/promised to do for me, who serve you, because what you have said has caused me to confidently expect good things from you.

⁵⁰When I have been suffering, you comforted me; you did what you promised me, and that PRS revived me.

⁵¹Proud people are always making fun of me, but I do not ◄turn away from/stop► obeying your laws.

⁵²Yahweh, when I think about ◄your regulations/the rules► that you gave to us long ago, I am comforted/encouraged.

⁵³When I see that wicked people have disregarded your laws, I become very angry.

⁵⁴While I have been living here for a short time on the earth, I have written songs about ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►.

⁵⁵Yahweh, during the night I think about you MTY, and so I obey your laws.

⁵⁶What I have always done is to obey ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►.

⁵⁷Yahweh, you are the one whom I have chosen, and I promise to ◄obey your words/do what you have told us to do►.

⁵⁸With all my inner being I plead with you to be good to me; be kind to me, like you promised/said that you would do.

⁵⁹I have thought about my behavior, and I have decided to return to obeying ◄your requirements/what you have instructed us to do►.

⁶⁰I hurry to obey ◄your commands/what you have commanded►; I do not delay at all.

⁶¹Wicked people have tried to seize me, like a hunter tries to catch an animal with a net MET, but I do not forget your laws.

⁶²In the middle of the night I wake up, and I praise you for ◄your commands/the rules that you have given us to do►; they are fair/just.

⁶³I am a friend of all those who revere you, those who obey ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►.

⁶⁴Yahweh, you faithfully/always love people all over the earth; teach me ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►.

⁶⁵Yahweh, you have done good things for me, like you promised/said that you would do.

⁶⁶Teach me to think carefully before I decide what to do, and teach me other things that I need to know, because I believe that it is good for us to obey ◄your commands/what you have commanded►.

⁶⁷Before you afflicted/punished me, I did things that were wrong, but now I obey ◄your words/what you have told us to do►.

⁶⁸You are very good, and what you do is good; teach me ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►.

⁶⁹Proud people have told many lies about me, but the truth is that with all my inner being I obey ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►.