Psalm 119:97–112

מ Mem

97 How I love your instruction!z

It is my meditation all day long.aa

98 Your command makes me wiser than my enemies,ab

for it is always with me.

99 I have more insight than all my teachers

because your decrees are my meditation.ac

100 I understand more than the eldersad

because I obey your precepts.ae

101 I have kept my feet from every evil pathaf

to follow your word.

102 I have not turned from your judgments,ag

for you yourself have instructed me.

103 How sweet your word isah to my taste—

sweeter than honey in my mouth.

104 I gain understanding from your precepts;ai

therefore I hate every false way.aj

נ Nun

105 Your word is a lamp for my feetak

and a light on my path.

106 I have solemnly swornal

to keep your righteous judgments.

107 I am severely afflicted;

Lord, give me life according to your word.am

108 Lord, please accept my freewill offerings of praise,an

and teach me your judgments.ao

109 My life is constantly in danger,A

yet I do not forget your instruction.a

110 The wicked have set a trap for me,b

but I have not wandered from your precepts.c

111 I have your decrees as a heritage forever;

indeed, they are the joy of my heart.d

112 I am resolved to obey your statutes

to the very end.B,e