Teach me, LORD, the meaning of your laws, and I will obey them at all times.

Explain your law to me, and I will obey it; I will keep it with all my heart.

That is why they stand before God's throne and serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will protect them with his presence.

Whoever is evil must go on doing evil, and whoever is filthy must go on being filthy; whoever is good must go on doing good, and whoever is holy must go on being holy."