8. I will obey your decrees;do not utterly forsake me.
9. How can a young person stay on the path of purity?By living according to your word.
10. I seek you with all my heart;do not let me stray from your commands.
11. I have hidden your word in my heartthat I might not sin against you.
12. Praise be to you, Lord;teach me your decrees.
13. With my lips I recountall the laws that come from your mouth.
14. I rejoice in following your statutesas one rejoices in great riches.
15. I meditate on your preceptsand consider your ways.
16. I delight in your decrees;I will not neglect your word.
17. Be good to your servant while I live,that I may obey your word.
18. Open my eyes that I may seewonderful things in your law.
19. I am a stranger on earth;do not hide your commands from me.