For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being,
but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.
I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.”
Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it.
for I find my delight in your commandments, which I love. I will lift up my hands toward your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes.
I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day. Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the aged, for I keep your precepts. I hold back my feet from every evil way, in order to keep your word.
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.
If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.
the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.
that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
I long for your salvation, O Lord, and your law is my delight.
My soul keeps your testimonies; I love them exceedingly.
but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.
For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot.
Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
Your testimonies are my delight; they are my counselors.
“Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear not the reproach of man, nor be dismayed at their revilings.
Therefore I love your commandments above gold, above fine gold.
I hate the double-minded, but I love your law.
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices
Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God.
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