Thou art my portion, O LORD:
I have said that I would keep thy words.

This I had,
because I kept thy precepts.

Thy statutes have been my songs
in the house of my pilgrimage.
I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night,
and have kept thy law.

I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD;
and have comforted myself.
Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked
that forsake thy law.

This is my comfort in my affliction:
for thy word hath quickened me.
The proud have had me greatly in derision:
yet have I not declined from thy law.

Remember the word unto thy servant,
upon which thou hast caused me to hope.

My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved;
and I will meditate in thy statutes.

I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings,
and will not be ashamed.
And I will delight myself in thy commandments,
which I have loved.

So shall I keep thy law
continually for ever and ever.
And I will walk at liberty:
for I seek thy precepts.

So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me:
for I trust in thy word.
And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth;
for I have hoped in thy judgments.