The Message Bible MSG
New International Version NIV
41 Let your love, God, shape my life with salvation, exactly as you promised;
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May your unfailing love come to me, LORD, your salvation, according to your promise;
42 Then I'll be able to stand up to mockery because I trusted your Word.
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then I can answer anyone who taunts me, for I trust in your word.
43 Don't ever deprive me of truth, not ever - your commandments are what I depend on.
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Never take your word of truth from my mouth, for I have put my hope in your laws.
44 Oh, I'll guard with my life what you've revealed to me, guard it now, guard it ever;
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I will always obey your law, for ever and ever.
45 And I'll stride freely through wide open spaces as I look for your truth and your wisdom;
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I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.
46 Then I'll tell the world what I find, speak out boldly in public, unembarrassed.
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I will speak of your statutes before kings and will not be put to shame,
47 I cherish your commandments - oh, how I love them! -
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for I delight in your commands because I love them.
48 relishing every fragment of your counsel.
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I reach out for your commands, which I love, that I may meditate on your decrees.
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