Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the Lord. | Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. |
Blessed are those who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart. | Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. |
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I will praise you with an upright heart as I learn your righteous laws. | I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. |
How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word. | Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. |
I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. | With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. |
I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. | Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. |
I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches. | I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches. |
I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart on your laws. | I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me. |
Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain. | Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. |
I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts. | And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. |
I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands. | I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. |
I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life. | I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me. |
Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. | Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. |
Your statutes are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart. | Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. |
You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word. | Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word. |
The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple. | The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. |
Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me. | Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. |
All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal. | Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. |
Great peace have those who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble. | Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. |