² But -- in the law of Jehovah `is' his delight, And in His law he doth meditate by day and by night:

⁸ the book of this law doth not depart out of thy mouth, and thou hast meditated in it by day and by night, so that thou dost observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then thou dost cause thy way to prosper, and then thou dost act wisely.

³⁵ Cause me to tread in the path of Thy commands, For in it I have delighted.

¹¹ In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.

⁹² Unless Thy law `were' my delights, Then had I perished in mine affliction.

¹ Praise ye Jah! O the happiness of one fearing Jehovah, In His commands he hath delighted greatly.

²² for I delight in the law of God according to the inward man,

⁹⁷ `Mem.' O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it `is' my meditation.

⁹⁸ Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it `is' before me to the age.

⁹⁹ Above all my teachers I have acted wisely. For Thy testimonies `are' my meditation.

¹⁵ In Thy precepts I meditate, And I behold attentively Thy paths.

¹⁶ In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word.

⁸ To do Thy pleasure, my God, I have delighted, And Thy law `is' within my heart.

¹² The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.

³ for this is the love of God, that His commands we may keep, and His commands are not burdensome;

¹⁶ Thy words have been found, and I eat them, And Thy word is to me for a joy, And for the rejoicing of my heart, For Thy name is called on me, O Jehovah, God of Hosts.

¹ `Aleph.' O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah,

¹⁵ of these things be careful; in these things be, that thy advancement may be manifest in all things;

⁷² Better to me `is' the law of Thy mouth Than thousands of gold and silver!

⁴⁷ And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved,

⁴⁸ And I lift up my hands unto Thy commands, That I have loved, And I do meditate on Thy statutes!

³⁴ Sweet is my meditation on Him, I -- I do rejoice in Jehovah.

³ I am thankful to God, whom I serve from progenitors in a pure conscience, that unceasingly I have remembrance concerning thee in my supplications night and day,

⁷ and shall not God execute the justice to His choice ones, who are crying unto Him day and night -- bearing long in regard to them?

¹ A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah, to the Overseer, `Concerning the Sickness of Afflictions.' -- An instruction, by Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, God of my salvation, Daily I have cried, nightly before Thee,

⁹ for ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail, for, night and day working not to be a burden upon any of you, we did preach to you the good news of God;

³⁷ and she `is' a widow of about eighty-four years, who did depart not from the temple, with fasts and supplications serving, night and day,