Give me life by your love so I can obey your rules.
Show your love to me, your servant, and teach me your demands.
I call to you. Save me so I can obey your rules.
Listen to me because of your love; Lord, give me life by your laws.
See how I love your orders. Lord, give me life by your love.
Happy are those who keep his rules, who try to obey him with their whole heart.
I am about to die. Give me life, as you have promised.
How I want to follow your orders. Give me life because of your goodness.
If your sons keep my agreement and the rules that I teach them, then their sons after them will rule on your throne forever and ever.”
All the Lord’s ways are loving and true for those who follow the demands of his agreement.
The Lord made an agreement with Jacob and gave the teachings to Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach to their children.
