[a]Oh that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

Then should I not be confounded, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

I will praise thee with an upright [b]heart, when I shall learn the [c]judgments of thy righteousness.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 119:5 David acknowledgeth his imperfection, desiring God to reform it, that his life may be conformable to God’s word.
  2. Psalm 119:7 For true religion standeth in serving God without hypocrisy.
  3. Psalm 119:7 That is, thy precepts, which contain perfect righteousness.

Oh, that my ways were steadfast
    in obeying your decrees!(A)
Then I would not be put to shame(B)
    when I consider all your commands.(C)
I will praise you with an upright heart
    as I learn your righteous laws.(D)

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