ב (Bet)
119:9 How can a young person 1 maintain a pure life? 2
By guarding it according to your instructions! 3
119:10 With all my heart I seek you.
Do not allow me to stray from your commands!
119:11 In my heart I store up 4 your words, 5
so I might not sin against you.
119:12 You deserve praise, 6 O Lord!
Teach me your statutes!
119:13 With my lips I proclaim
all the regulations you have revealed. 7
119:14 I rejoice in the lifestyle prescribed by your rules 8
as if 9 they were riches of all kinds. 10
119:15 I will meditate on 11 your precepts
and focus 12 on your behavior. 13
119:16 I find delight 14 in your statutes;
I do not forget your instructions. 15
ג (Gimel)
119:17 Be kind to your servant!
Then I will live 16 and keep 17 your instructions. 18
119:18 Open 19 my eyes so I can truly see 20
the marvelous things in your law!
119:19 I am like a foreigner in this land. 21
Do not hide your commands from me!
119:20 I desperately long to know 22
your regulations at all times.
119:21 You reprimand arrogant people.
Those who stray from your commands are doomed. 23
119:22 Spare me 24 shame and humiliation,
for I observe your rules.
119:23 Though rulers plot and slander me, 25
your servant meditates on your statutes.
119:24 Yes, I find delight in your rules;
they give me guidance. 26