If I had not found encouragement in your law, I would have died in my sorrow.
Distress and hardship confront me, yet I find delight in your commands.
I find delight in your statutes; I do not forget your instructions. ג (Gimel)
Yes, I find delight in your rules; they give me guidance. ד (Dalet)
This is what comforts me in my trouble, for your promise revives me.
May I experience your compassion, so I might live! For I find delight in your law.
Where would I be if I did not believe I would experience the Lord’s favor in the land of the living?
For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.