Psalm 119:97-112

Good News Translation

⁹⁷ How I love your law!
    I think about it all day long.
⁹⁸ Your commandment is with me all the time
    and makes me wiser than my enemies.
⁹⁹ I understand more than all my teachers,
    because I meditate on your instructions.
¹⁰⁰ I have greater wisdom than those who are old,
    because I obey your commands.
¹⁰¹ I have avoided all evil conduct,
    because I want to obey your word.
¹⁰² I have not neglected your instructions,
    because you yourself are my teacher.
¹⁰³ How sweet is the taste of your instructions—
    sweeter even than honey!
¹⁰⁴ I gain wisdom from your laws,
    and so I hate all bad conduct.

¹⁰⁵ Your word is a lamp to guide me
    and a light for my path.
¹⁰⁶ I will keep my solemn promise
    to obey your just instructions.
¹⁰⁷ My sufferings, Lord, are terrible indeed;
    keep me alive, as you have promised.
¹⁰⁸ Accept my prayer of thanks, O Lord,
    and teach me your commands.
¹⁰⁹ I am always ready to risk my life;
    I^[a] have not forgotten your law.
¹¹⁰ The wicked lay a trap for me,
    but I have not disobeyed your commands.
¹¹¹ Your commandments are my eternal possession;
    they are the joy of my heart.
¹¹² I have decided to obey your laws
    until the day I die.