³⁴ Let my thoughts be sweet to him: I will be glad in the Lord.

² But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.

⁴ Be glad in the Lord at all times: again I say, Be glad.

⁴⁷ My spirit is glad in God my Saviour.

¹⁷ For though the fig-tree has no flowers, and there is no fruit on the vine, and work on the olive comes to nothing, and the fields give no food; and the flock is cut off from its resting-place, and there is no herd in the cattle-house:

¹⁸ Still, I will be glad in the Lord, my joy will be in the God of my salvation.

¹⁴ So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

¹⁷ How dear are your thoughts to me, O God! how great is the number of them!

¹⁸ If I made up their number, it would be more than the grains of sand; when I am awake, I am still with you.

¹²⁷ For this reason I have greater love far your teachings than for gold, even for shining gold.

¹²⁸ Because of it I keep straight in all things by your orders; and I am a hater of every false way.

¹¹¹ I have taken your unchanging word as an eternal heritage; for it is the joy of my heart.

¹² I will give thought to all your work, while my mind goes over your acts of power.

² I will be glad and have delight in you: I will make a song of praise to your name, O Most High.

¹⁵ I will give thought to your orders, and have respect for your ways.

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

⁵ My soul will be comforted, as with good food; and my mouth will give you praise with songs of joy;

⁶ When the memory of you comes to me on my bed, and when I give thought to you in the night-time.

¹⁶⁷ My soul has kept your unchanging word; great is my love for it.

¹¹ Be glad in the Lord with joy, you upright men; give cries of joy, all you whose hearts are true.