⁹⁷ Oh, how I love thy law!
    It is my meditation all the day.
⁹⁸ Thy commandment makes me wiser than my enemies,
    for it is ever with me.
⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers,
    for thy testimonies are my meditation.
¹⁰⁰ I understand more than the aged,
    for I keep thy precepts.
¹⁰¹ I hold back my feet from every evil way,
    in order to keep thy word.
¹⁰² I do not turn aside from thy ordinances,
    for thou hast taught me.
¹⁰³ How sweet are thy words to my taste,
    sweeter than honey to my mouth!
¹⁰⁴ Through thy precepts I get understanding;
    therefore I hate every false way.

¹⁰⁵ Thy word is a lamp to my feet
    and a light to my path.
¹⁰⁶ I have sworn an oath and confirmed it,
    to observe thy righteous ordinances.
¹⁰⁷ I am sorely afflicted;
    give me life, O Lord, according to thy word!
¹⁰⁸ Accept my offerings of praise, O Lord,
    and teach me thy ordinances.
¹⁰⁹ I hold my life in my hand continually,
    but I do not forget thy law.
¹¹⁰ The wicked have laid a snare for me,
    but I do not stray from thy precepts.
¹¹¹ Thy testimonies are my heritage for ever;
    yea, they are the joy of my heart.
¹¹² I incline my heart to perform thy statutes
    for ever, to the end.

¹¹³ I hate double-minded men,
    but I love thy law.
¹¹⁴ Thou art my hiding place and my shield;
    I hope in thy word.
¹¹⁵ Depart from me, you evildoers,
    that I may keep the commandments of my God.
¹¹⁶ Uphold me according to thy promise, that I may live,
    and let me not be put to shame in my hope!
¹¹⁷ Hold me up, that I may be safe
    and have regard for thy statutes continually!
¹¹⁸ Thou dost spurn all who go astray from thy statutes;
    yea, their cunning is in vain.
¹¹⁹ All the wicked of the earth thou dost count as dross;
    therefore I love thy testimonies.
¹²⁰ My flesh trembles for fear of thee,
    and I am afraid of thy judgments.

²⁴ O Israel, how great is the house of God!
    And how vast the territory that he possesses!
²⁵ It is great and has no bounds;
    it is high and immeasurable.
²⁶ The giants were born there, who were famous of old,
    great in stature, expert in war.
²⁷ God did not choose them,
    nor give them the way to knowledge;
²⁸ so they perished because they had no wisdom,
    they perished through their folly.

²⁹ Who has gone up into heaven, and taken her,
    and brought her down from the clouds?
³⁰ Who has gone over the sea, and found her,
    and will buy her for pure gold?
³¹ No one knows the way to her,
    or is concerned about the path to her.
³² But he who knows all things knows her,
    he found her by his understanding.
He who prepared the earth for all time
    filled it with four-footed creatures;
³³ he who sends forth the light, and it goes,
    called it, and it obeyed him in fear;
³⁴ the stars shone in their watches, and were glad;
    he called them, and they said, “Here we are!”
    They shone with gladness for him who made them.
³⁵ This is our God;
    no other can be compared to him!
³⁶ He found the whole way to knowledge,
    and gave her to Jacob his servant
    and to Israel whom he loved.
³⁷ Afterward she appeared upon earth
    and lived among men.