And I lifted up my hands to Your commandments which I loved; and I meditated in Your statutes.

I have hated transgressors; but I have loved Your law.

Therefore have I loved Your commandments more than gold, or topaz.

Behold, I have loved Your commandments, O Lord; revive me in Your mercy.

Great peace have they that love Your law; and there is no stumbling block to them.

My soul has kept Your testimonies, and loved them exceedingly.

But his pleasure is in the law of the Lord; and in His law will he meditate day and night.

And these words, all that I command you this day, shall be in your heart and in your soul.

And you shall fasten them for a sign upon your hand, and it shall be immovable before your eyes.

and it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lord your God, and to keep all these commandments, and to observe these ordinances;

And the Book of this Law shall not depart from your mouth, and you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may know how to do all the things that are written [in it]; then shall you prosper, and make your ways prosperous, and then shall you be wise.

For if wisdom shall come into your understanding, and discernment shall seem pleasing to your soul,

A man who wishes to separate from friends seeks excuses, but at all times he will be liable to reproach.