I know also, my God, that You examine the heart and take pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things; and now with joy I have seen Your people who are found here, to offer willingly to You.

He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

Jehovah takes pleasure in those who fear Him, in those who hope in His mercy.

A deceitful scale is an abomination to Jehovah, but a perfect weight stone is His delight.

Those who are of a perverse heart are an abomination to Jehovah, but the perfect in their way are His delight.

Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah, but those who deal in faithfulness are His delight.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

You have wearied Jehovah with your words. Yet you say, In what way have we wearied Him? When you say, Every evildoer is good in the eyes of Jehovah, and He delights in them; or, Where is the God of justice?

Indeed I have all and abound. I am full, having received from Epaphroditus the things sent from you, a sweet-smelling aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing to God.

But He knows the way that I take; when He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

I have not departed from the Commandment of His lips; I have treasured the Words of His mouth more than my prescribed food.

i1 [To the Chief Musician. Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.] i0 par I said, I will take heed to my ways so that I do not sin with my tongue; I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle while the wicked are before me.

They also do no iniquity; they walk in His Ways.

O that my ways were fixed to keep Your Statutes!

This being so, I myself always strive to have a conscience that is blameless toward God and men.

Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilements of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.