^{9 Ref} <BETH> How may a young man make his way clean? by guiding it after your word.

^{10 Ref} I have made search for you with all my heart: O let me not go wandering far from your teaching.

^{11 Ref} I have kept your sayings secretly in my heart, so that I might do no sin against you.

^{12 Ref} Praise be to you, O Lord: give me knowledge of your rules.

^{13 Ref} With my lips have I made clear all the decisions of your mouth.

^{14 Ref} I have taken as much delight in the way of your unchanging word, as in all wealth.

^{15 Ref} I will give thought to your orders, and have respect for your ways.

^{16 Ref} I will have delight in your rules; I will not let your word go out of my mind.

^{17 Ref} <GIMEL> Give me, your servant, the reward of life, so that I may keep your word;

^{9 Ref} BETH. Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed `thereto' according to thy word.

^{10 Ref} With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.

^{11 Ref} Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.

^{12 Ref} Blessed art thou, O Jehovah: Teach me thy statutes.

^{13 Ref} With my lips have I declared All the ordinances of thy mouth.

^{14 Ref} I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, As much as in all riches.

^{15 Ref} I will meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.

^{16 Ref} I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

^{17 Ref} GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live; So will I observe thy word.

^{9 Ref} `Beth.' With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe -- according to Thy word.

^{10 Ref} With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands.

^{11 Ref} In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.

^{12 Ref} Blessed `art' Thou, O Jehovah, teach me Thy statutes.

^{13 Ref} With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Thy mouth.

^{14 Ref} In the way of Thy testimonies I have joyed, As over all wealth.

^{15 Ref} In Thy precepts I meditate, And I behold attentively Thy paths.

^{16 Ref} In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word.

^{17 Ref} `Gimel.' Confer benefits on Thy servant, I live, and I keep Thy word.