At midnightI shall riseto givethanksto You Becauseof Your righteousordinances.
I have swornand I will confirmit, That I will keepYour righteousordinances.
Righteousare You, O LORD,And uprightare Your judgments.
I risebefore dawnand cryfor help;I waitfor Your words.
Seventimesa dayI praiseYou, Becauseof Your righteousordinances.
I shall givethanksto You with uprightnessof heart,When I learnYour righteousjudgments.
I know,O LORD,that Your judgmentsare righteous,And that in faithfulnessYou have afflictedme.
The fearof the LORDis clean,enduringforever;The judgmentsof the LORDare true;they are righteousaltogether.
The LORDwill commandHis lovingkindnessin the daytime;And His songwill be with me in the night,A prayerto the Godof my life.
In the early morning,whileit was stilldark,Jesus gotup, left [the house], and went awayto a secludedplace,and was prayingthere.
But aboutmidnightPauland Silaswere prayingand singing hymns of praiseto God,and the prisonerswere listeningto them;
So then,the Lawis holy,and the commandmentis holyand righteousand good.
"Or whatgreatnationis there that has statutesand judgmentsas righteousas thiswholelawwhichI am settingbeforeyou today?
