If thy law had not been my delight, I should have perished in my affliction.
Trouble and anguish have come upon me, but thy commandments are my delight.
I will delight in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word.
Thy testimonies are my delight, they are my counselors.
This is my comfort in my affliction that thy promise gives me life.
Let thy mercy come to me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight.
I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living!
For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.