Psalm 119:97-112

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁹⁷ How I love Your instruction!^(A)
It is my meditation all day long.^(B)
98 Your commands make me wiser than my enemies,^(C)
for they are always with me.
⁹⁹ I have more insight than all my teachers
because Your decrees are my meditation.^(D)
100 I understand more than the elders^(E)
because I obey Your precepts.^(F)
101 I have kept my feet from every evil path^(G)
to follow Your word.
¹⁰² I have not turned from Your judgments,^(H)
for You Yourself have instructed me.
¹⁰³ How sweet Your word is^(I) to my taste—
sweeter than honey in my mouth.
¹⁰⁴ I gain understanding from Your precepts;^(J)
therefore I hate every false way.^(K)

¹⁰⁵ Your word is a lamp for my feet^(L)
and a light on my path.
¹⁰⁶ I have solemnly sworn^(M)
to keep Your righteous judgments.
¹⁰⁷ I am severely afflicted;
Lord, give me life through Your word.^(N)
108 Lord, please accept my willing offerings of praise,^(O)
and teach me Your judgments.^(P)
109 My life is constantly in danger,^[a]
yet I do not forget Your instruction.^(Q)
110 The wicked have set a trap for me,^(R)
but I have not wandered from Your precepts.^(S)
111 I have Your decrees as a heritage forever;
indeed, they are the joy of my heart.^(T)
112 I am resolved to obey Your statutes
to the very end.^[b](U)