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I take joy in doing your will, my God,
    for your instructions are written on my heart.”

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I desire to do your will,(A) my God;(B)
    your law is within my heart.”(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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34 Then Jesus explained: “My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work.

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34 “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will(A) of him who sent me and to finish his work.(B)

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16 I will delight in your decrees
    and not forget your word.

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16 I delight(A) in your decrees;
    I will not neglect your word.

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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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24 Your laws please me;
    they give me wise advice.

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24 Your statutes are my delight;
    they are my counselors.

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47 How I delight in your commands!
    How I love them!

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47 for I delight(A) in your commands
    because I love them.(B)

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30 The godly offer good counsel;
    they teach right from wrong.
31 They have made God’s law their own,
    so they will never slip from his path.

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30 The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom,(A)
    and their tongues speak what is just.
31 The law of their God is in their hearts;(B)
    their feet do not slip.(C)

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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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Psalm 112[a]

Praise the Lord!

How joyful are those who fear the Lord
    and delight in obeying his commands.

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Footnotes

  1. 112 This psalm is a Hebrew acrostic poem; after the introductory note of praise, each line begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

Psalm 112[a]

Praise the Lord.[b](A)

Blessed are those(B) who fear the Lord,(C)
    who find great delight(D) in his commands.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 112:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the lines of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
  2. Psalm 112:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah

33 “But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel after those days,” says the Lord. “I will put my instructions deep within them, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

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33 “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel
    after that time,” declares the Lord.
“I will put my law in their minds(A)
    and write it on their hearts.(B)
I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.(C)

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Trusting in the Lord

My child,[a] never forget the things I have taught you.
    Store my commands in your heart.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:1 Hebrew My son; also in 3:11, 21.

Wisdom Bestows Well-Being

My son,(A) do not forget my teaching,(B)
    but keep my commands in your heart,

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Clearly, you are a letter from Christ showing the result of our ministry among you. This “letter” is written not with pen and ink, but with the Spirit of the living God. It is carved not on tablets of stone, but on human hearts.

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You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God,(A) not on tablets of stone(B) but on tablets of human hearts.(C)

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