Giveme your heart,my son,And let your eyesdelightin my ways.
How blessedare those who observeHis testimonies,Who seekHim with all[their] heart.
"You shall lovethe LORDyour Godwith allyour heartand with allyour souland with allyour might.
Watchover your heartwith alldiligence,For from it [flow] the springsof life.
My son,do not forgetmy teaching,But let your heartkeepmy commandments;
so that Christmay dwellin your heartsthroughfaith;[and] that you, being rootedand groundedin love,
Then he taughtme and saidto me, "Let your heartholdfastmy words;Keepmy commandmentsand live;
"Ifanyonecomesto Me, and does not hatehis own fatherand motherand wifeand childrenand brothersand sisters,yes,and evenhis ownlife,he cannotbe My disciple.
Whoeveris wise,let him understandthesethings;[Whoever] is discerning,let him knowthem. For the waysof the LORDare right,And the righteouswill walkin them, But transgressorswill stumblein them.
Whois wise?Let him giveheedto thesethings,And considerthe lovingkindnessesof the LORD.
[So] we havethe propheticword[made] more sure,to whichyou dowellto pay attentionas to a lampshiningin a darkplace,untilthe daydawnsand the morning stararisesin your hearts.
and [this], not as we had expected,but they firstgavethemselvesto the Lordand to us by the willof God.
But his delightis in the lawof the LORD,And in His lawhe meditatesdayand night.
Your testimoniesalsoare my delight;[They are] my counselors.Daleth.
