For ever, O LORD,
thy word is settled in heaven.

Quicken me after thy lovingkindness;
so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.

All thy commandments are faithful:
they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
They had almost consumed me upon earth;
but I forsook not thy precepts.

How many are the days of thy servant?
when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
The proud have digged pits for me,
which are not after thy law.

Mine eyes fail for thy word,
saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
For I am become like a bottle in the smoke;
yet do I not forget thy statutes.

My soul fainteth for thy salvation:
but I hope in thy word.

Let my heart be sound in thy statutes;
that I be not ashamed.

Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause:
but I will meditate in thy precepts.
Let those that fear thee turn unto me,
and those that have known thy testimonies.

Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort,
according to thy word unto thy servant.
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live:
for thy law is my delight.

They that fear thee will be glad when they see me;
because I have hoped in thy word.
I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right,
and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.