²² When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

¹¹ Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

²³ Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.

²⁴ When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

¹⁸ After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him.

¹⁹ Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.

²⁰ Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.

²¹ And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

¹⁴⁸ Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.

⁹⁷ O how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

⁵⁴ Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

²⁴ Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.

¹¹ Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

⁹ Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.

³ O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

⁴ Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.