Psalm 119:96-112

Complete Jewish Bible

⁹⁶ I see the limits of all perfection,
but your mitzvah has no bounds.

⁹⁷ How I love your Torah!
I meditate on it all day.
⁹⁸ I am wiser than my foes,
because your mitzvot are mine forever.
⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers,
because I meditate on your instruction.
¹⁰⁰ I understand more than my elders,
because I keep your precepts.
¹⁰¹ I keep my feet from every evil way,
in order to observe your word.
¹⁰² I don’t turn away from your rulings,
because you have instructed me.
¹⁰³ How sweet to my tongue is your promise,
truly sweeter than honey in my mouth!
¹⁰⁴ From your precepts I gain understanding;
this is why I hate every false way.

¹⁰⁵ Your word is a lamp for my foot
and light on my path.
¹⁰⁶ I have sworn an oath and confirmed it,
that I will observe your righteous rulings.
¹⁰⁷ I am very much distressed;
Adonai, give me life, in keeping with your word.
¹⁰⁸ Please accept my mouth’s voluntary offerings, Adonai;
and teach me your rulings.
¹⁰⁹ I am continually taking my life in my hands,
yet I haven’t forgotten your Torah.
¹¹⁰ The wicked have set a trap for me,
yet I haven’t strayed from your precepts.
¹¹¹ I take your instruction as a permanent heritage,
because it is the joy of my heart.
¹¹² I have resolved to obey your laws
forever, at every step.