⁴⁷ And so that I may take delight in your teachings, to which I have given my love.

¹²⁷ For this reason I have greater love far your teachings than for gold, even for shining gold.

⁹⁷ <MEM> O what love I have for your law! I give thought to it all the day.

⁴⁸ And so that my hands may be stretched out to you; and I will give thought to your rules.

¹⁶ I will have delight in your rules; I will not let your word go out of my mind.

²¹ This is God's purpose for you: because Jesus himself underwent punishment for you, giving you an example, so that you might go in his footsteps:

⁵ Let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus,

²² In my heart I take pleasure in the law of God,

¹⁶ But, if I do that which I have no mind to do, I am in agreement with the law that the law is good.

¹² But the law is holy, and its orders are holy, upright, and good.

³⁴ Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.

¹⁷⁴ All my desire has been for your salvation, O Lord; and your law is my delight.

¹⁶⁷ My soul has kept your unchanging word; great is my love for it.

¹⁴⁰ Your word is of tested value; and it is dear to your servant.

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

¹ Let the Lord be praised. Happy is the man who gives honour to the Lord, and has great delight in his laws.

⁷ The law of the Lord is good, giving new life to the soul: the witness of the Lord is certain, giving wisdom to the foolish.

⁸ The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes.

⁹ The fear of the Lord is clean, and has no end; the decisions of the Lord are true and full of righteousness.

¹⁰ More to be desired are they than gold, even than much shining gold; sweeter than the dropping honey.

¹¹ My feet have gone in his steps; I have kept in his way, without turning to one side or to the other.

¹² I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.