¹⁸Open mine eyes, that of thy law

the wonders I may see.

¹⁹I am a stranger on this earth,

hide not thy laws from me.

²⁰My soul within me breaks, and doth

much fainting still endure,

Through longing that it hath all times

unto thy judgments pure.

²¹Thou hast rebuk'd the cursed proud,

who from thy precepts swerve.

²²Reproach and shame remove from me,

for I thy laws observe.

²³Against me princes spake with spite,

while they in council sat:

But I thy servant did upon

thy statutes meditate.

²⁴My comfort, and my heart's delight,

thy testimonies be;

And they, in all my doubts and fears,

are counsellors to me.