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⁶⁵You have dealt well with your servant,

O Lord, zaccording to your word.

⁶⁶Teach me agood judgment and knowledge,

for I believe in your commandments.

⁶⁷bBefore I was afflicted I went astray,

but now I keep your word.

⁶⁸cYou are good and do good;

dteach me your statutes.

⁶⁹eThe insolent fsmear me with lies,

but with my whole heart I gkeep your precepts;

⁷⁰their heart is unfeeling hlike fat,

but I idelight in your law.

⁷¹It is jgood for me that I was afflicted,

that I might learn your statutes.

⁷²kThe law of your mouth is better to me

than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

Yodh

⁷³lYour hands have made and fashioned me;

mgive me understanding that I may learn your commandments.

⁷⁴Those who fear you shall see me and nrejoice,

because I have ohoped in your word.

⁷⁵I know, O Lord, that your rules are prighteous,

and that in qfaithfulness you have afflicted me.

⁷⁶Let your steadfast love comfort me

according to your promise to your servant.

⁷⁷Let your rmercy come to me, that I may live;

for your law is my sdelight.

⁷⁸Let tthe insolent be put to ushame,

because they have vwronged me with falsehood;

as for me, I will wmeditate on your precepts.

⁷⁹Let those who fear you xturn to me,

that they may know your testimonies.

⁸⁰May my heart be yblameless in your statutes,

zthat I may not be put to shame!