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Responsive Readings

Yea, they do no unrighteousness; they walk in his ways.
Thou hast commanded us thy precepts, that we should observe them diligently.
Oh that my ways were established to observe thy statutes!
Then shall I not be put to shame.
Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way?
By taking heed thereto according to thy word.
With my whole heart have I sought thee:
Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.
Thy word have I laid up in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Blessed art thou, O Lord: Teach me thy statutes.
With my lips have I declared all the ordinances of thy mouth.
I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
I will meditate on thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

Ezekiel xviii

I WILL judge you; every one according to his ways, saith the Lord.
Return ye, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
Cast away from you all your transgressions, wherein ye have transgressed;
And make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die;
For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord,
Wherefore turn yourselves, and live.

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Psalm cxlvii

PRAISE ye the Lord; for it is good to sing praises unto our God;
For it is pleasant, and praise is comely.
The Lord doth build up Jerusalem; he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.