65  You have dealt well with your servant,

O Lord, according to your word.

66  Teach me good judgment and knowledge,

for I believe in your commandments.

67  Before I was ^mafflicted I went astray,

but now I ⁿkeep your word.

68  You are good and do good;

teach me your statutes.

69  The insolent smear me ^owith lies,

but with my whole heart I keep your precepts;

70  their heart is unfeeling like ^pfat,

but I delight in your law.

71  It is good for me that I was afflicted,

that I might learn your statutes.

72  The law of your mouth is better to me

than thousands of ^qgold and silver pieces.