Therefore I direct my steps by all thy precepts; I hate every false way.
and he sings before men, and says: ‘I sinned, and perverted what was right, and it was not requited to me.
Through thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.
Thou dost spurn all who go astray from thy statutes; yea, their cunning is in vain.
My tongue will sing of thy word, for all thy commandments are right.
Then I shall not be put to shame, having my eyes fixed on all thy commandments.
For all his ordinances were before me, and his statutes I did not put away from me.
Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.
We know that the law is spiritual; but I am carnal, sold under sin.
Now if I do what I do not want, I agree that the law is good.
For I delight in the law of God, in my inmost self,
And what great nation is there, that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law which I set before you this day?