41-48 Let your love, God, shape my life
    with salvation, exactly as you promised;
Then I’ll be able to stand up to mockery
    because I trusted your Word.
Don’t ever deprive me of truth, not ever—
    your commandments are what I depend on.
Oh, I’ll guard with my life what you’ve revealed to me,
    guard it now, guard it ever;
And I’ll stride freely through wide open spaces
    as I look for your truth and your wisdom;
Then I’ll tell the world what I find,
    speak out boldly in public, unembarrassed.
I cherish your commandments—oh, how I love them!—
    relishing every fragment of your counsel.

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45 I will walk about in freedom,
    for I have sought out your precepts.(A)
46 I will speak of your statutes before kings(B)
    and will not be put to shame,(C)
47 for I delight(D) in your commands
    because I love them.(E)
48 I reach out for your commands, which I love,
    that I may meditate(F) on your decrees.

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