And I will delight myself in thy commandments,\par\tab Which I have loved.
I will lift up my hands also unto thy commandments, which I have loved;\par\tab And I will meditate on thy statutes.\par
{\b MEM.}\par\par\tab Oh how love I thy law!\par\tab It is my meditation all the day.
Therefore I love thy commandments\par\tab Above gold, yea, above fine gold.
Jesus saith unto them, {\cf6 My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.
I will delight myself in thy statutes:\par\tab I will not forget thy word.\par
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah;\par\tab And thy law is my delight.
My soul hath observed thy testimonies;\par\tab And I love them exceedingly.
Thy word is very pure;\par\tab Therefore thy servant loveth it.
Praise ye Jehovah.\par\tab Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah,\par\tab That delighteth greatly in his commandments.
For hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps:
So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.
Thy testimonies also are my delight\par\tab {\i And} my counsellors.\par
Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
But if what I would not, that I do, I consent unto the law that it is good.
{\b SAMEKH.}\par\par\tab I hate them that are of a double mind;\par\tab But thy law do I love.
Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross:\par\tab Therefore I love thy testimonies.
Consider how I love thy precepts:\par\tab Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.
I hate and abhor falsehood;\par\tab {\i But} thy law do I love.