98 Your commandment makes me (A)wiser than my enemies,
    for it is ever with me.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers,
    for (B)your testimonies are my meditation.
100 I understand more than (C)the aged,[a]
    for I (D)keep your precepts.
101 I (E)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 (F)sweet are your words to my taste,
    sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 Through your precepts I get understanding;
    therefore (G)I hate every false way.

Nun

105 (H)Your word is a lamp to my feet
    and a light to my path.
106 I have (I)sworn an oath and confirmed it,
    to keep your (J)righteous rules.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 119:100 Or the elders

98 Your commands are always with me
    and make me wiser(A) than my enemies.
99 I have more insight than all my teachers,
    for I meditate on your statutes.(B)
100 I have more understanding than the elders,
    for I obey your precepts.(C)
101 I have kept my feet(D) from every evil path
    so that I might obey your word.(E)
102 I have not departed from your laws,(F)
    for you yourself have taught(G) me.
103 How sweet are your words to my taste,
    sweeter than honey(H) to my mouth!(I)
104 I gain understanding(J) from your precepts;
    therefore I hate every wrong path.(K)

נ Nun

105 Your word is a lamp(L) for my feet,
    a light(M) on my path.
106 I have taken an oath(N) and confirmed it,
    that I will follow your righteous laws.(O)

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