Psalm 119:97-112

English Standard Version

⁹⁷ Oh how ^(A)I love your law!
    It is my ^(B)meditation all the day.
⁹⁸ Your commandment makes me ^(C)wiser than my enemies,
    for it is ever with me.
⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers,
    for ^(D)your testimonies are my meditation.
¹⁰⁰ I understand more than ^(E)the aged,^[a]
    for I ^(F)keep your precepts.
¹⁰¹ I ^(G)hold back my feet from every evil way,
    in order to keep your word.
¹⁰² I do not turn aside from your rules,
    for you have taught me.
¹⁰³ How ^(H)sweet are your words to my taste,
    sweeter than honey to my mouth!
¹⁰⁴ Through your precepts I get understanding;
    therefore ^(I)I hate every false way.

^105 (J)Your word is a lamp to my feet
    and a light to my path.
¹⁰⁶ I have ^(K)sworn an oath and confirmed it,
    to keep your ^(L)righteous rules.
¹⁰⁷ I am severely ^(M)afflicted;
    ^(N)give me life, O Lord, according to your word!
¹⁰⁸ Accept ^(O)my freewill offerings of praise, O Lord,
    and ^(P)teach me your rules.
¹⁰⁹ I hold my life ^(Q)in my hand continually,
    but I do not ^(R)forget your law.
¹¹⁰ The wicked have laid ^(S)a snare for me,
    but ^(T)I do not stray from your precepts.
¹¹¹ Your testimonies are ^(U)my heritage forever,
    for they are ^(V)the joy of my heart.
¹¹² I ^(W)incline my heart to perform your statutes
    forever, ^(X)to the end.^[b]