Happy are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord. | Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. |
Happy are those who keep his decrees, who seek him with their whole 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, when I learn your righteous ordinances. | I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. |
How can young people keep their way pure? By guarding it according to your word. | Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. |
With my whole heart I seek you; do not let me stray from your commandments. | With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. |
I treasure your word in my heart, so that I may not sin against you. | Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. |
I delight in the way of your decrees as much as in all riches. | I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches. |
I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I set your ordinances before me. | I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me. |
Turn my heart to your decrees, and not to selfish gain. | Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. |
I shall walk at liberty, for I have sought your precepts. | And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. |
I hurry and do not delay to keep your commandments. | I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. |
I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have given me life. | I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me. |
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. | Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. |
Your decrees 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 hiding place and my shield; I 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 imparts understanding to the simple. | The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. |
Keep my steps steady according to your promise, and never let iniquity have dominion over me. | Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. |
The sum of your word is truth; and every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. | 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; nothing can make them stumble. | Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. |