Focusing on the Pattern

⁹ How can young people keep their paths pure? By guarding them according to what you’ve said. ¹⁰ I have sought you with all my heart. Don’t let me stray from any of your commandments! ¹¹ I keep your word close, in my heart, so that I won’t sin against you. ¹² You, LORD, are to be blessed! Teach me your statutes. ¹³ I will declare out loud all the rules you have spoken. ¹⁴ I rejoice in the content of your laws as if I were rejoicing over great wealth. ¹⁵ I will think about your precepts and examine all your paths. ¹⁶ I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget what you have said.