21. Thou hast rebuk'd the cursed proud,who from thy precepts swerve.
22. Reproach and shame remove from me,for I thy laws observe.
23. Against me princes spake with spite,while they in council sat:But I thy servant did uponthy statutes meditate.
24. My comfort, and my heart's delight,thy testimonies be;And they, in all my doubts and fears,are counsellors to me.
25. My soul to dust cleaves: quicken me,according to thy word.
26. My ways I shew'd, and me thou heard'st:teach me thy statutes, Lord.
27. The way of thy commandementsmake me aright to know;So all thy works that wondrous areI shall to others show.
28. My soul doth melt, and drop away,for heaviness and grief:To me, according to thy word,give strength, and send relief.
29. From me the wicked way of lieslet far removed be;And graciously thy holy lawdo thou grant unto me.
30. I chosen have the perfect wayof truth and verity:Thy judgments that most righteous arebefore me laid have I.