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!

Kaph

⁸¹My soul alongs for your salvation;

I bhope in your word.

⁸²My ceyes long for your promise;

I ask, d“When will you comfort me?”

⁸³For I have ebecome like a fwineskin in the smoke,

yet I have not forgotten your statutes.

⁸⁴gHow long must your servant endure?7

hWhen will you judge those who persecute me?

⁸⁵iThe insolent have jdug pitfalls for me;

they do not live according to your law.

⁸⁶All your commandments are ksure;

they persecute me lwith falsehood; mhelp me!

⁸⁷They have almost made an end of me on earth,

but I have not forsaken your precepts.

⁸⁸In your steadfast love ngive me life,

that I may keep the testimonies of your mouth.

Lamedh

⁸⁹Forever, O Lord, your oword

is firmly fixed in the heavens.

⁹⁰Your pfaithfulness endures to all generations;

you have qestablished the earth, and it rstands fast.

⁹¹By your sappointment they stand this day,

for all things are your servants.

⁹²If your law had not been my tdelight,

I would have perished in my affliction.

⁹³I will never forget your precepts,

for by them you have ugiven me life.

⁹⁴I am yours; save me,

vfor I have sought your precepts.

⁹⁵The wicked lie in wait to destroy me,

but I consider your testimonies.

⁹⁶I have seen a limit to all perfection,

but your commandment is exceedingly wbroad.