I made haste, and delayed not
to keep thy commandments.
The bands of the wicked have robbed me:
but I have not forgotten thy law.

I intreated thy favour with my whole heart:
be merciful unto me according to thy word.
I thought on my ways,
and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

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.