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Beth - Psalm 119v9-16 9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. 10 I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. 11 I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. 12 Praise be to you, O LORD; teach me your decrees. 13 With my lips I recount all the laws that come from your mouth. 14 I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches. 15 I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. 16 I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.   Today we look briefly at the second of its twenty-two letters - Beth From verse 9, it would seem that the young man is the writer himself.  He is seeking wholeheartedly a way to keep himself pure and upright before God. He is pleading most earnestly not to stray from obeying God and God's commands!  The commands are so embedded with him that they form his very being, such is this young man's desire not to sin against the Lord. He then goes on to comp