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

² But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.

¹⁶ That in the wealth of his glory he would make you strong with power through his Spirit in your hearts;

¹⁶ For which cause we do not give way to weariness; but though our outer man is getting feebler, our inner man is made new day by day.

⁸ My delight is to do your pleasure, O my God; truly, your law is in my heart.

³⁵ Make me go in the way of your teachings; for they are my delight.

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

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

⁴ But let them be those of the unseen man of the heart, the ever-shining ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the eyes of God.

¹⁰ For this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days: I will put my laws into their minds, writing them in their hearts: and I will be their God, and they will be my people:

⁷ Because the mind of the flesh is opposite to God; it is not under the law of God, and is not able to be:

⁷ Give ear to me, you who have knowledge of righteousness, in whose heart is my law; have no fear of the evil words of men, and give no thought to their curses.

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.

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

⁹ Do not make false statements to one another; because you have put away the old man with all his doings,

²⁹ But he is a Jew who is a secret one, whose circumcision is of the heart, in the spirit and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.

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

⁷² The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver.

⁹² If your law had not been my delight, my troubles would have put an end to me.

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

⁹⁸ Your teaching has made me wiser than my haters: for it is mine for ever.

⁹⁹ I have more knowledge than all my teachers, because I give thought to your unchanging word.

¹⁰⁰ I have more wisdom than the old, because I have kept your orders.

¹⁰¹ I have kept back my feet from all evil ways, so that I might be true to your word.

¹⁰² My heart has not been turned away from your decisions; for you have been my teacher.

¹⁰³ How sweet are your sayings to my taste! truly, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth!

¹⁰⁴ Through your orders I get wisdom; for this reason I am a hater of every false way.

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

¹¹³ <SAMECH> I am a hater of men of doubting mind; but I am a lover of your law.

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

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

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

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

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