Psalm 119:89-112

Common English Bible

⁸⁹ Your word, Lord,
    stands firm in heaven forever!
⁹⁰ Your faithfulness extends from one generation to the next!
    You set the earth firmly in place, and it is still there.
⁹¹ Your rules endure to this day
    because everything serves you.
⁹² If your Instruction hadn’t been my delight,
    I would have died because of my suffering.
⁹³ I will never forget your precepts
    because through them you gave me life again.
⁹⁴ I’m yours—save me
    because I’ve pursued your precepts!
⁹⁵ The wicked wait for me,
wanting to kill me, but I’m studying your laws.
⁹⁶ I’ve seen that everything,
    no matter how perfect, has a limit,^[a]
    but your commandment is boundless.

⁹⁷ I love your Instruction!
    I think about it constantly.
⁹⁸ Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies
    because it is always with me.
⁹⁹ I have greater insight than all my teachers
    because I contemplate your laws.
¹⁰⁰ I have more understanding than the elders
    because I guard your precepts.
¹⁰¹ I haven’t set my feet on any evil path
    so I can make sure to keep your word.
¹⁰² I haven’t deviated from any of your rules
    because you are the one who has taught me.
¹⁰³ Your word is so pleasing to my taste buds—
    it’s sweeter than honey in my mouth!
¹⁰⁴ I’m studying your precepts—
    that’s why I hate every false path.

¹⁰⁵ Your word is a lamp before my feet
    and a light for my journey.
¹⁰⁶ I have sworn, and I fully mean it:
    I will keep your righteous rules.
¹⁰⁷ I have been suffering so much—
    Lord, make me live again according to your promise.
¹⁰⁸ Please, Lord, accept my spontaneous gifts of praise.
    Teach me your rules!
¹⁰⁹ Though my life is constantly in danger,
    I won’t forget your Instruction.
¹¹⁰ Though the wicked have set a trap for me,
    I won’t stray from your precepts.
¹¹¹ Your laws are my possession forever
    because they are my heart’s joy.
¹¹² I have decided to keep your statutes forever, every last one.