⁸⁸ In your steadfast love spare my life,
    so that I may keep the decrees of your mouth.

¹⁰ All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness,
    for those who keep his covenant and his decrees.^(A)

¹⁵⁹ Consider how I love your precepts;
    be gracious to me^[a] according to your steadfast love.^(A)

⁴⁰ See, I have longed for your precepts;
    in your righteousness be gracious to me.^[a](A)

² Happy are those who keep his decrees,
    who seek him with their whole heart,

¹⁴⁶ I cry to you; save me,
    that I may observe your decrees.

¹² If your sons keep my covenant
    and my decrees that I shall teach them,
their sons also, forevermore,
    shall sit on your throne.”^(A)