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# Guide me in the path of your commandments
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"Guide me according to your commandments" or "Teach me to obey your commandments." God's commandments are compared to a path that a person walks in obedience to God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# Direct my heart toward
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This is an idiom. The "heart" here refers to the will, desires, and choices that directs one's life. AT: "Make me want" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# your covenant decrees
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"to obey your covenant decrees". This is referring to obeying the Law of Moses.
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# unrighteous gain
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"the desire for riches." This is referring to wealth gained by illegal methods or wrongdoing towards others.