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46 I will speak openly of your testimonies
    without fear even before kings.
47 I delight in your commandments,
    which I dearly love.
48 [a]I lift up my hands to your commandments;
    I study your statutes, which I love.

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Footnotes

  1. 119:48 I lift up my hands to your commandments: to lift up the hands was an ancient gesture of reverence to God. Here the picture is applied to God’s law.

46 I will speak of your statutes before kings(A)
    and will not be put to shame,(B)
47 for I delight(C) in your commands
    because I love them.(D)
48 I reach out for your commands, which I love,
    that I may meditate(E) on your decrees.

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46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.

47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.

48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.

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