³¹ The law of his God `is' his heart, His steps do not slide.

⁶ and these words which I am commanding thee to-day have been on thine heart,

⁷ Hearken unto Me, ye who know righteousness, A people, in whose heart `is' My law, Fear ye not the reproach of men, And for their reviling be not affrighted,

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

²³ From Jehovah `are' the steps of a man, They have been prepared, And his way he desireth.

³³ For this `is' the covenant that I make, With the house of Israel, after those days, An affirmation of Jehovah, I have given My law in their inward part, And on their heart I do write it, And I have been to them for God, And they are to me for a people.

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

¹⁰ because this `is' the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith the Lord, giving My laws into their mind, and upon their hearts I will write them, and I will be to them for a God, and they shall be to Me for a people;

⁴ And he directeth me, and he saith to me: `Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live.

³ He suffereth not thy foot to be moved, Thy preserver slumbereth not.

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

¹⁸ We turn not backward our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step from Thy path.

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

¹¹ On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,

¹⁸ `And ye have placed these my words on your heart, and on your soul, and have bound them for a sign on your hand, and they have been for frontlets between your eyes;

¹⁹ and ye have taught them to your sons, by speaking of them in thy sitting in thy house, and in thy going in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up,

²⁰ and hast written them on the side-posts of thy house, and on thy gates,

⁶ Of oaks of Bashan they made thine oars, Thy bench they have made of ivory, A branch of Ashurim from isles of Chittim.

¹⁵ The simple giveth credence to everything, And the prudent attendeth to his step.

² As nothing, have my steps slipped, For I have been envious of the boastful,

² And He doth cause me to come up From a pit of desolation -- from mire of mud, And He raiseth up on a rock my feet, He is establishing my steps.

³ And He putteth in my mouth a new song, `Praise to our God.' Many do see and fear, and trust in Jehovah.

⁵ To uphold my goings in Thy paths, My steps have not slidden.