45 我要自由地生活,
因为我寻求你的法则。
46 我要在君王面前讲论你的法度,
我不以此为耻。
47 我以遵行你的命令为乐,
我喜爱你的命令。

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45 I will walk in complete freedom
    because I have sought your commands.[a]
46 I will speak of your statutes in the presence of kings
    and will not be ashamed.
47 Your precepts fill me with delight
    because I love them.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 119:45 Sought your commands: the psalmist strives to understand the meaning of the Scriptures and make them his rule of life (see vv. 94, 155; see also Ps 111:2; Ezr 7:10; Sir 51:23; Isa 34:16). Such a study is at the origin of the Midrashic literature.

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)

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