I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law {is} my delight.

Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.

MEM. O how love I thy law! it {is} my meditation all the day.

The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they {are} the rejoicing of my heart.

How sweet are thy words unto my taste! {yea, sweeter} than honey to my mouth! {taste: Heb. palate}

And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?

Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people {stood} in their place.

My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

The law of thy mouth {is} better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.

I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as {much as} in all riches.

The statutes of the LORD {are} right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD {is} pure, enlightening the eyes.

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary {food}. {esteemed: Heb. hid, or, laid up} {my...: or, my appointed portion}

When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts. {I am...: Heb. thy name is called upon me}

For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but {how} to perform that which is good I find not.

[A Song of degrees.] When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. {turned...: Heb. returned the returning}

My son, eat thou honey, because {it is} good; and the honeycomb, {which is} sweet to thy taste: {to...: Heb. upon thy palate}

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

The statutes of the LORD {are} right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD {is} pure, enlightening the eyes.

And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed {him} unto the LORD {to be} the chief governor, and Zadok {to be} priest.

The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD {is} good; for his mercy {endureth} for ever: {and} of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.

But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: