Remove from me the way of iniquity; and be merciful to me by Your law.

I have inherited Your testimonies forever; for they are the joy of my heart.

Let Your hand be [prompt] to save me; for I have chosen Your commandments.

But if it seem not good to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods of your fathers that were on the other side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites, among whom you dwell upon their land. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord, for He is holy.

For they hated wisdom, and did not choose the word of the Lord:

But one [thing] is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her."

And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness more than the light, because their works were evil.

But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God."

But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me.

as newborn babes, desire the genuine milk of the word, that by it you may grow,

I rejoiced greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, just as we received commandment from the Father.

For Your testimonies are my meditation, and Your statutes are my counselors.

I remembered Your judgment of old, O Lord; and was comforted.

And you shall store these words in your heart and in your soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and it shall be fixed before your eyes.

And you shall write them on the doorposts of your houses, and on your gates;