But his delight {is} in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law {is} within my heart. {within...: Heb. in the midst of my bowels}

Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.

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

For this {is} the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: {put: Gr. give} {in: or, upon}

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}

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

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward {man} is renewed day by day.

Unless thy law {had been} my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

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

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

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

My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.

Because the carnal mind {is} enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. {the carnal...: Gr. the minding of the flesh}

But {let it be} the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, {even the ornament} of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

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

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

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

SAMECH. I hate {vain} thoughts: but thy law do I love.

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

Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart {is} my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

But he {is} a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision {is that} of the heart, in the spirit, {and} not in the letter; whose praise {is} not of men, but of God.

But his delight {is} in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

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.

O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law {is} within my heart. {within...: Heb. in the midst of my bowels}

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward {man} is renewed day by day.

Come unto me, all {ye} that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

But this {shall be} the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

But {let it be} the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, {even the ornament} of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden {part} thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

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

Because the carnal mind {is} enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. {the carnal...: Gr. the minding of the flesh}

Praise ye the LORD. Blessed {is} the man {that} feareth the LORD, {that} delighteth greatly in his commandments. {Praise...: Heb. Hallelujah}

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

DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.

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

They only consult to cast {him} down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah. {inwardly: Heb. in their inward parts}

For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.

That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; {approve: or, try} {are...: or, differ}

Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.

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

Thy word {is} very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. {pure: Heb. tried, or, refined}

My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.

To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear {is} uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

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

Their heart is as fat as grease; {but} I delight in thy law.

For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

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

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}

For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.

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

Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.

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}

Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, {till every one} submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people {that} delight in war. {the company...: or, the beasts of the reeds} {scatter...: or, he scattereth}

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:

Then the priest shall look: and, behold, {if} the bright spots in the skin of their flesh {be} darkish white; it {is} a freckled spot {that} groweth in the skin; he {is} clean.

If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that {it is} good.

{It is} joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction {shall be} to the workers of iniquity.