I will keep thy statutes: forsake me not [a]overlong.

BETH

Wherewith shall a [b]young man redress his way? in taking heed thereto according to thy word.

10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandments.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 119:8 He refuseth not to be tried by tentations, but he feareth to faint, if God succor not his infirmity in time.
  2. Psalm 119:9 Because youth is most given to licentiousness, he chiefly warneth them to frame their lives betimes to God’s word.

I will obey your decrees;
    do not utterly forsake me.(A)

ב Beth

How can a young person stay on the path of purity?(B)
    By living according to your word.(C)
10 I seek you with all my heart;(D)
    do not let me stray from your commands.(E)

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