“Remember Your promise to me; it is my only hope. Your promises revive me; it comforts me in all my troubles. The proud hold me in utter contempt, but I do not turn away from Your instructions. I meditate on Your age-old regulations; O Lord, they comfort me. I become furious with the wicked, because they reject Your instructions. Your decrees have been the theme of my songs wherever I have lived. I reflect at night on who Your are, O Lord; therefore, I obey Your instructions. This is how I spend my life; obeying Your commandments.” (vv 49-56, NLT)