3. Yes, they do no unrighteousness [no willful wandering from His precepts]; they walk in His ways. [I John 3:9; 5:18.]
4. You have commanded us to keep Your precepts, that we should observe them diligently.
5. Oh, that my ways were directed and established to observe Your statutes [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]!
6. Then shall I not be put to shame [by failing to inherit Your promises] when I have respect to all Your commandments.
7. I will praise and give thanks to You with uprightness of heart when I learn [by sanctified experiences] Your righteous judgments [Your decisions against and punishments for particular lines of thought and conduct].
8. I will keep Your statutes; O forsake me not utterly.
9. How shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed and keeping watch [on himself] according to Your word [conforming his life to it].
10. With my whole heart have I sought You, inquiring for and of You and yearning for You; Oh, let me not wander or step aside [either in ignorance or willfully] from Your commandments. [II Chron. 15:15.]
11. Your word have I laid up in my heart, that I might not sin against You.
12. Blessed are You, O Lord; teach me Your statutes.
13. With my lips have I declared and recounted all the ordinances of Your mouth.
14. I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches.
15. I will meditate on Your precepts and have respect to Your ways [the paths of life marked out by Your law]. [Ps. 104:34.]
16. I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
17. Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live; and I will observe Your word [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it]. [Ps. 119:97-101.]
18. Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Your law.
19. I am a stranger and a temporary resident on the earth; hide not Your commandments from me. [Gen. 47:9; I Chron. 29:15; Ps. 39:12; II Cor. 5:6; Heb. 11:13.]
20. My heart is breaking with the longing that it has for Your ordinances and judgments at all times.