IfYour lawhad not been my delight,ThenI would have perishedin my affliction.
Troubleand anguishhave comeupon me, [Yet] Your commandmentsare my delight.
I shall delightin Your statutes;I shall not forgetYour word.Gimel.
Your testimoniesalsoare my delight;[They are] my counselors.Daleth.
Thisis my comfortin my affliction,That Your wordhas revivedme.
May Your compassioncometo me that I may live,For Your lawis my delight.
[I would have despaired] unlessI had believedthat I would seethe goodnessof the LORDIn the landof the living.
For whateverwas written in earlier timeswas writtenfor our instruction,sothat throughperseveranceand the encouragementof the Scriptureswe might havehope.
