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You have commanded us To keep Your precepts diligently.
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Oh, that my ways were directed To keep Your statutes!
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Then I would not be ashamed, When I look into all Your commandments.
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I will praise You with uprightness of heart, When I learn Your righteous judgments.
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I will keep Your statutes; Oh, do not forsake me utterly!
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How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word.
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With my whole heart I have sought You; Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments!
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Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You!
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Blessed are You, O Lord! Teach me Your statutes!
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With my lips I have declared All the judgments of Your mouth.
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I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As much as in all riches.
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I will meditate on Your precepts, And contemplate Your ways.
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I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
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Deal bountifully with Your servant, That I may live and keep Your word.
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Open my eyes, that I may see Wondrous things from Your law.
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I am a stranger in the earth; Do not hide Your commandments from me.
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My soul breaks with longing For Your judgments at all times.
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You rebuke the proud--the cursed, Who stray from Your commandments.
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Remove from me reproach and contempt, For I have kept Your testimonies.
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Princes also sit and speak against me, But Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
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Your testimonies also are my delight And my counselors.