Praise the LORD! Happy is the person who honors the LORD, who takes pleasure in obeying his commands.

I take pleasure in your laws; your commands I will not forget.

Your instructions give me pleasure; they are my advisers.

I find pleasure in obeying your commands, because I love them.

If your law had not been the source of my joy, I would have died from my sufferings.

I always do what God commands; I follow his will, not my own desires.

You spoke to me, and I listened to every word. I belong to you, LORD God Almighty, and so your words filled my heart with joy and happiness.

"My food," Jesus said to them, "is to obey the will of the one who sent me and to finish the work he gave me to do.

My inner being delights in the law of God.

Those whom God had already chosen he also set apart to become like his Son, so that the Son would be the first among many believers.

The words of good people are wise, and they are always fair.

They keep the law of their God in their hearts and never depart from it.

My child, don't forget what I teach you. Always remember what I tell you to do.

The new covenant that I will make with the people of Israel will be this: I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

It is clear that Christ himself wrote this letter and sent it by us. It is written, not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, and not on stone tablets but on human hearts.