⁸ I will observe your statutes. Don't utterly forsake me.

¹⁵ If it seem evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose you this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.

¹⁷⁶ I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don't forget your commandments.

¹¹⁵ Depart from me, you evildoers, That I may keep the commandments of my God.

¹¹⁶ Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.

¹¹⁷ Hold me up, and I will be safe, And will have respect for your statutes continually.

¹⁰⁶ I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will obey your righteous ordinances.

¹⁶ I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word.

¹⁸ Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don't forsake me, Until I have declared your strength to the next generation, Your might to everyone who is to come.

⁹ Don't reject me in my old age. Don't forsake me when my strength fails.

¹¹ Don't throw me from your presence, And don't take your holy Spirit from me.

²¹ Don't forsake me, Yahweh. My God, don't be far from me.

²² Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation.

¹³ I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.