⁶² At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee Because of thy righteous ordinances.

¹² So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.

²⁵ But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them;

³⁵ And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed.

¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day do I praise thee, Because of thy righteous ordinances.

¹³⁷ TSADHE. Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, And upright are thy judgments.

⁷⁵ I know, O Jehovah, that thy judgments are righteous, And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.

⁷ I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart, When I learn thy righteous judgments.

⁸ `Yet' Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the day-time; And in the night his song shall be with me, `Even' a prayer unto the God of my life.

⁹ The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring for ever: The ordinances of Jehovah are true, `and' righteous altogether.

⁸ And what great nation is there, that hath statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

¹⁴⁷ I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy words.

¹⁰⁶ I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will observe thy righteous ordinances.