The Heavens Declare (19)

`How can a young person stay_ on a / pure~ path?

By `living ac_ cording / to your word.

`With my whole_ heart_ I have / sought~ you.

`Do not let me wander from_ / your commandments.

`I have hidden your word / in my heart,

`that I might not sin a / gainst~ you.

`Bles-sed / are you, LORD.

`Teach_ / me your statutes.

(Ref)

`With my lips I / have declared 

`all the just decrees_ / of your mouth.

`I_ have rejoiced_ in the way of / your decrees,

as `much as / in all riches.

`I will meditate_ / on your precepts,

`and consider / your~ ways.

`I_ will delight myself in / your~ statutes.

`I will not for / get your word.