⁹⁷ Oh, how I love your law!^(A)
    I meditate^(B) on it all day long.
⁹⁸ Your commands are always with me
    and make me wiser^(C) than my enemies.
⁹⁹ I have more insight than all my teachers,
    for I meditate on your statutes.^(D)
100 I have more understanding than the elders,
    for I obey your precepts.^(E)
101 I have kept my feet^(F) from every evil path
    so that I might obey your word.^(G)
102 I have not departed from your laws,^(H)
    for you yourself have taught^(I) me.
¹⁰³ How sweet are your words to my taste,
    sweeter than honey^(J) to my mouth!^(K)
104 I gain understanding^(L) from your precepts;
    therefore I hate every wrong path.^(M)

¹⁰⁵ Your word is a lamp^(N) for my feet,
    a light^(O) on my path.
¹⁰⁶ I have taken an oath^(P) and confirmed it,
    that I will follow your righteous laws.^(Q)
107 I have suffered much;
    preserve my life,^(R) Lord, according to your word.
¹⁰⁸ Accept, Lord, the willing praise of my mouth,^(S)
    and teach me your laws.^(T)
109 Though I constantly take my life in my hands,^(U)
    I will not forget^(V) your law.
¹¹⁰ The wicked have set a snare^(W) for me,
    but I have not strayed^(X) from your precepts.
¹¹¹ Your statutes are my heritage forever;
    they are the joy of my heart.^(Y)
112 My heart is set^(Z) on keeping your decrees
    to the very end.^[a](AA)

42 “Here is my servant,^(A) whom I uphold,
    my chosen one^(B) in whom I delight;^(C)
I will put my Spirit^(D) on him,
    and he will bring justice^(E) to the nations.^(F)
2 He will not shout or cry out,^(G)
    or raise his voice in the streets.
³ A bruised reed^(H) he will not break,^(I)
    and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.^(J)
In faithfulness he will bring forth justice;^(K)
4     he will not falter or be discouraged
till he establishes justice^(L) on earth.
    In his teaching^(M) the islands^(N) will put their hope.”^(O)