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You, God, prescribed the right way to live; now you expect us to live it.
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Oh, that my steps might be steady, keeping to the course you set;
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Then I'd never have any regrets in comparing my life with your counsel.
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I thank you for speaking straight from your heart; I learn the pattern of your righteous ways.
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I'm going to do what you tell me to do; don't ever walk off and leave me.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.