Put false ways far from me; and graciously teach me thy law!
Through thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.
Therefore I direct my steps by all thy precepts; I hate every false way.
I hate and abhor falsehood, but I love thy law.
Turn my eyes from looking at vanities; and give me life in thy ways.
O that my ways may be steadfast in keeping thy statutes!
Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me,
He feeds on ashes; a deluded mind has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”
O Lord, my strength and my stronghold, my refuge in the day of trouble, to thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth and say: “Our fathers have inherited naught but lies, worthless things in which there is no profit.
Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their true loyalty.
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
He who says “I know him” but disobeys his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and fornicators and murderers and idolaters, and every one who loves and practices falsehood.