At midnight I rise to praise you, because of your righteous rules.
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,
And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.
By day the Lord commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.
Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous rules.
I will praise you with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous rules.
So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
I rise before dawn and cry for help; I hope in your words.
Righteous are you, O Lord, and right are your rules.
I know, O Lord, that your rules are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether.
And what great nation is there, that has statutes and rules so righteous as all this law that I set before you today?
I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, to keep your righteous rules.
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