For whatI am doing,I do not understand;for I am not practicingwhatI [would] liketo [do], but I am doingthe verythingI hate.
"Whenthey sinagainst You (for thereis nomanwhodoes not sin)and You are angrywith them and deliverthem to an enemy,so that they takethem away captiveto the landof the enemy,faroff ornear;
For the LORDknowsthe wayof the righteous,But the wayof the wickedwill perish.
I will setnoworthlessthingbeforemy eyes;I hatethe workof thosewhofallaway;It shall not fastenits gripon me.
From Your preceptsI getunderstanding;ThereforeI hateeveryfalse~way.Nun.
I hatethose whoare double-minded,But I loveYour law.
ThereforeI esteemrightall[Your] preceptsconcerning everything,I hateeveryfalse~way.Pe.
I hateand despisefalsehood,[But] I loveYour law.
I shall runthe wayof Your commandments,For You will enlargemy heart.He.
Behold,I longfor Your precepts;Reviveme through Your righteousness.Vav.
Whocan discern[his] errors?Acquitme of hidden[faults].
He planswickednessupon his bed;He setshimself on a paththat is not good;He does not despiseevil.
Iniquitiesprevailagainstme; As for our transgressions,You forgivethem.
Hateevil,you who lovethe LORD,Who preservesthe soulsof His godlyones;He deliversthem from the handof the wicked.
A righteousmanhatesfalsehood,But a wickedmanactsdisgustinglyand shamefully.
"The fearof the LORDis to hateevil;Prideand arroganceand the evilwayAnd the pervertedmouth,I hate.
Indeed,thereis not a righteousmanon earthwho[continually] doesgoodand who neversins.
Hateevil,lovegood,And establishjusticein the gate!Perhapsthe LORDGodof hostsMay be graciousto the remnantof Joseph.
The LORDis good,A strongholdin the dayof trouble,And He knowsthose who takerefugein Him.
"Soyou are witnessesand approvethe deedsof your fathers;becauseit was they who killedthem, and you build[their tombs].
"No longerdo I callyou slaves,for the slavedoes not knowwhathis masteris doing;but I have calledyou friends,for all thingsthat I have heardfrom My FatherI have made knownto you.
[Let] love[be] without hypocrisy.Abhorwhat is evil;clingto what is good.
The faithwhichyou have,haveas your own convictionbeforeGod.Happyis he who does not condemnhimselfin whathe approves.
But ifI dothe very thingI do not want[to do], I agreewith the Law, [confessing] that the Lawis good.
For the fleshsets its desireagainstthe Spirit,and the Spiritagainstthe flesh;for theseare in oppositionto one another,sothat you may not dothe things that you please.
Nevertheless,the firmfoundationof Godstands,havingthisseal,"The Lordknowsthosewho are His," and, "Everyonewho namesthe nameof the Lordis to abstainfrom wickedness."
"YOU HAVE LOVEDRIGHTEOUSNESSAND HATEDLAWLESSNESS;THEREFOREGOD,YOUR GOD,HAS ANOINTEDYOU WITH THE OILOF GLADNESSABOVEYOUR COMPANIONS."
For we allstumblein many[ways]. Ifanyonedoes not stumblein what he says,he is a perfectman,ableto bridlethe wholebodyas well.
saveothers, snatchingthem out of the fire;and on somehave mercywith fear,hatingeventhe garmentpollutedby the flesh.
