^49Remember, Lord, thy gracious word

thou to thy servant spake,

Which, for a ground of my sure hope,

thou causedst me to take.

^50This word of thine my comfort is

in mine affliction:

For in my straits I am reviv'd

by this thy word alone.

^51The men whose hearts with pride are stuff'd

did greatly me deride;

Yet from thy straight commandements

I have not turn'd aside.

^52Thy judgments righteous, O Lord,

which thou of old forth gave,

I did remember, and myself

by them comforted have.

^53Horror took hold on me, because

ill men thy law forsake.

^54I in my house of pilgrimage

thy laws my songs do make.

^55Thy name by night, Lord, I did mind,

and I have kept thy law.

^56And this I had, because thy word

I kept, and stood in awe.