40. Behold, I long for Your precepts; in Your righteousness give me renewed life.
41. Let Your mercy and loving-kindness come also to me, O Lord, even Your salvation according to Your promise;
42. Then shall I have an answer for those who taunt and reproach me, for I lean on, rely on, and trust in Your word.
43. And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, for I hope in Your ordinances.
44. I will keep Your law continually, forever and ever [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it].
45. And I will walk at liberty and at ease, for I have sought and inquired for [and desperately required] Your precepts.
46. I will speak of Your testimonies also before kings and will not be put to shame. [Ps. 138:1; Matt. 10:18, 19; Acts 26:1, 2.]
47. For I will delight myself in Your commandments, which I love.
48. My hands also will I lift up [in fervent supplication] to Your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on Your statutes.
49. Remember [fervently] the word and promise to Your servant, in which You have caused me to hope.
50. This is my comfort and consolation in my affliction: that Your word has revived me and given me life. [Rom. 15:4.]
51. The proud have had me greatly in derision, yet have I not declined in my interest in or turned aside from Your law.