33  ^uTeach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes;

and I will keep it to the end.¹

34  Give me understanding, that I may keep your law

and ^vobserve it with my whole heart.

35  ^wLead me in the path of your commandments,

for I ^xdelight in it.

36  ^yIncline my heart to your testimonies,

and not to selfish gain!

37  Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things;

and give me life in your ways.

38  Confirm to your servant your promise,

that you may be feared.

39  Turn away the reproach that I dread,

for your rules are good.

40  Behold, I ^zlong for your precepts;

in your righteousness give me life!

1  ^zThe fool says in his heart, ^a“There is no God.”

They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds;

^bthere is none who does good.

2  The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man,

to see if there are any who understand,¹

who seek after God.

3  They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt;

^cthere is none who does good,

not even one.

4  ^dHave they no knowledge, all the evildoers

who eat up my people as they eat bread

and do not call upon the Lord?

5  There they are in great terror,

for God is with the generation of the righteous.

6  You would shame the plans of the poor,

but² the Lord is his refuge.

7  Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!

When the Lord ^erestores the fortunes of his people,

let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.