Psalm 119:38-40

Expanded Bible

³⁸ ·Keep your promise [Confirm your word] to me, your servant,
    so you will be ·respected [feared; Prov. 1:7].
³⁹ Take away ·the shame [my scorn/humiliation] I fear,
    because your ·laws [judgments] are good.
⁴⁰ How I ·want to follow [long for] your ·orders [precepts].
    Give me life because of your ·goodness [righteousness].