Psalm 119:97-120

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁹⁷ Oh, how I love your law!
    It is my meditation all day long.^(A)
98 Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies,
    for it is always with me.
⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers,
    for your decrees are my meditation.
¹⁰⁰ I understand more than the aged,
    for I keep your precepts.^(B)
101 I hold back my feet from every evil way,
    in order to keep your word.^(C)
102 I do not turn away from your ordinances,
    for you have taught me.
¹⁰³ How sweet are your words to my taste,
    sweeter than honey to my mouth!^(D)
104 Through your precepts I get understanding;
    therefore I hate every false way.^(E)

¹⁰⁵ Your word is a lamp to my feet
    and a light to my path.^(F)
106 I have sworn an oath and confirmed it,
    to observe your righteous ordinances.^(G)
107 I am severely afflicted;
    give me life, O Lord, according to your word.^(H)
108 Accept my offerings of praise, O Lord,
    and teach me your ordinances.^(I)
109 I hold my life in my hand continually,
    but I do not forget your law.^(J)
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me,
    but I do not stray from your precepts.^(K)
111 Your decrees are my heritage forever;
    they are the joy of my heart.^(L)
112 I incline my heart to perform your statutes
    forever, to the end.^(M)

¹¹³ I hate the double-minded,
    but I love your law.^(N)
114 You are my hiding place and my shield;
    I hope in your word.^(O)
115 Go away from me, you evildoers,
    that I may keep the commandments of my God.^(P)
116 Uphold me according to your promise, that I may live,
    and let me not be put to shame in my hope.^(Q)
117 Hold me up, that I may be safe
    and have regard for your statutes continually.
¹¹⁸ You spurn all who go astray from your statutes,
    for their cunning is in vain.^(R)
119 All the wicked of the earth I count^[a] as dross;
    therefore I love your decrees.^(S)
120 My flesh trembles for fear of you,
    and I am afraid of your judgments.^(T)