⁴⁵ These are the rules and the laws and the decisions which Moses gave to the children of Israel after they came out of Egypt;

¹ And now give ear, O Israel, to the laws and the decisions which I am teaching you, and do them; so that life may be yours, and you may go in and take for yourselves the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

²⁴ Your unchanging word is my delight, and the guide of my footsteps.

²² Take away from me shame and bitter words; for I have kept your unchanging word in my heart.

¹⁴ I have taken as much delight in the way of your unchanging word, as in all wealth.

⁷ I will give you praise with an upright heart in learning your right decisions.

⁵ If only my ways were ordered so that I might keep your rules!

² Happy are they who keep his unchanging word, searching after him with all their heart.

³ And keep the orders of the Lord your God, walking in his ways, keeping his laws and his orders and his rules and his words, as they are recorded in the law of Moses; so that you may do well in all you do and wherever you go,

²⁰ And when your son says to you in time to come, What is the reason for these rules and laws and decisions which the Lord our God has given you?

¹⁷ Keep with care the orders of the Lord your God, and his rules and his laws which he has given you;

¹¹¹ I have taken your unchanging word as an eternal heritage; for it is the joy of my heart.