27. Help me understandthe meaning of Your preceptsso that I can meditate on Your wonders.
28. I am weary from grief;strengthen me through Your word.
29. Keep me from the way of deceitand graciously give me Your instruction.
30. I have chosen the way of truth;I have set Your ordinances before me.
31. I cling to Your decrees;Lord, do not put me to shame.
32. I pursue the way of Your commands,for You broaden my understanding.
33. Teach me, Lord, the meaning of Your statutes,and I will always keep them.
34. Help me understand Your instruction, and I will obey itand follow it with all my heart.
35. Help me stay on the path of Your commands, for I take pleasure in it.
36. Turn my heart to Your decrees and not to material gain.
37. Turn my eyesfrom looking at what is worthless; give me life in Your ways.
38. Confirm what You said to Your servant, for it produces reverence for You.
39. Turn away the disgrace I dread; indeed, Your judgments are good.
40. How I long for Your precepts! Give me life through Your righteousness.