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

The works of his hands {are} verity and judgment; all his commandments {are} sure.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. {discretion: or, advisement}

He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

NUN. Thy word {is} a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. {lamp: or, candle}

{He is} the Rock, his work {is} perfect: for all his ways {are} judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right {is} he.

Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. {sure: or, steady}

Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever. {for ever: Heb. to length of days}

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

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. {have...: or, do wisely}

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, {it is} because {there is} no light in them. {no...: Heb. no morning}

Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

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

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

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

{As for} God, his way {is} perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he {is} a buckler to all those that trust in him. {tried: or, refined}

To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.

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}

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

Thy testimonies also {are} my delight {and} my counsellors. {my counsellors: Heb. men of my counsel}

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what {is} that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.

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

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:

I have seen an end of all perfection: {but} thy commandment {is} exceeding broad.

Although my house {be} not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all {things}, and sure: for {this is} all my salvation, and all {my} desire, although he make {it} not to grow.

Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.

BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed {thereto} according to thy word.

And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See {thou do it} not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of {that which is} before the priests the Levites:

[Maschil of Asaph.] Give ear, O my people, {to} my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. {Maschil...: or, A Psalm for Asaph to give instruction}

And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.

He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. {his word: Heb. his words}

That by two immutable things, in which {it was} impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

All scripture {is} given by inspiration of God, and {is} profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what {is} that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, {they} are spirit, and {they} are life.

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

BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed {thereto} according to thy word.

Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

The works of his hands {are} verity and judgment; all his commandments {are} sure.

Wherefore the law {is} holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do {it}, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.

{As for} God, his way {is} perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he {is} a buckler to all those that trust in him. {tried: or, refined}

Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever. {for ever: Heb. to length of days}

The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.

We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

But we know that the law {is} good, if a man use it lawfully;

In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth {cometh} knowledge and understanding.

And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it {shall be} for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err {therein}. {but...: or, for he shall be with them}

Who {is} wise, and he shall understand these {things}? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD {are} right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

Therefore I esteem all {thy} precepts {concerning} all {things to be} right; {and} I hate every false way.

Keep therefore and do {them}; for this {is} your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation {is} a wise and understanding people.

Thy testimonies {that} thou hast commanded {are} righteous and very faithful. {righteous: Heb. righteousness} {faithful: Heb. faithfulness}

What shall we say then? {Is} the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. {lust: or, concupiscence}

Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, {it is} because {there is} no light in them. {no...: Heb. no morning}

Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments: {true...: Heb. laws of truth}

Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth {therein}, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. {deed: or, doing}

And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony {were} in his hand: the tables {were} written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other {were} they written.

Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that {is} within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:

{He is} the Rock, his work {is} perfect: for all his ways {are} judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right {is} he.

And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that {is} in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that {are} beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know {them} not.

God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.

He looketh upon men, and {if any} say, I have sinned, and perverted {that which was} right, and it profited me not; {He...: or, He shall look upon men, and say}

{Then} will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

The wise {men} are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom {is} in them? {The wise...: or, Have they been ashamed, etc} {what...: Heb. the wisdom of what thing}

I {am} the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;

O {thou that art} named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? {are} these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly? {straitened: or, shortened?} {uprightly: Heb. upright?}

Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.

For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

Whoso {is} simple, let him turn in hither: {as for} him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

They {are} all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.

Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips {shall be} right things.

O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

And what nation {is there so} great, that hath statutes and judgments {so} righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he {is} just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.

And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, {was} as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so {was} all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom. {oracle: Heb. word}

And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, {the youths: Heb. the sons}

If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.

To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. {discretion: or, advisement}

Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.

And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all {their} heart and all {their} soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: {prosper: or, do wisely}

But if the ministration of death, written {and} engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which {glory} was to be done away:

I have seen an end of all perfection: {but} thy commandment {is} exceeding broad.