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The commandments of the Lord are right,
    bringing joy to the heart.
The commands of the Lord are clear,
    giving insight for living.

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The precepts of the Lord are right,(A)
    giving joy(B) to the heart.
The commands of the Lord are radiant,
    giving light to the eyes.(C)

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The Lord’s promises are pure,
    like silver refined in a furnace,
    purified seven times over.

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And the words of the Lord are flawless,(A)
    like silver purified(B) in a crucible,(C)
    like gold[a] refined seven times.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 12:6 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text earth

Nun

105 Your word is a lamp to guide my feet
    and a light for my path.

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נ Nun

105 Your word is a lamp(A) for my feet,
    a light(B) on my path.

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16 When I discovered your words, I devoured them.
    They are my joy and my heart’s delight,
for I bear your name,
    O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies.

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16 When your words came, I ate(A) them;
    they were my joy and my heart’s delight,(B)
for I bear your name,(C)
    Lord God Almighty.

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Every word of God proves true.
    He is a shield to all who come to him for protection.

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“Every word of God is flawless;(A)
    he is a shield(B) to those who take refuge in him.

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128 Each of your commandments is right.
    That is why I hate every false way.

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128 and because I consider all your precepts right,(A)
    I hate every wrong path.(B)

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For the Lord grants wisdom!
    From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

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For the Lord gives wisdom;(A)
    from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.(B)

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92 If your instructions hadn’t sustained me with joy,
    I would have died in my misery.

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92 If your law had not been my delight,(A)
    I would have perished in my affliction.(B)

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23 For their command is a lamp
    and their instruction a light;
their corrective discipline
    is the way to life.

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23 For this command is a lamp,
    this teaching is a light,(A)
and correction and instruction
    are the way to life,(B)

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80 May I be blameless in keeping your decrees;
    then I will never be ashamed.

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80 May I wholeheartedly follow(A) your decrees,(B)
    that I may not be put to shame.(C)

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22 I love God’s law with all my heart.

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22 For in my inner being(A) I delight in God’s law;(B)

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19 For when I tried to keep the law, it condemned me. So I died to the law—I stopped trying to meet all its requirements—so that I might live for God.

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19 “For through the law I died to the law(A) so that I might live for God.(B)

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20 For no one can ever be made right with God by doing what the law commands. The law simply shows us how sinful we are.

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20 Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law;(A) rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.(B)

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