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Psalm 119:101–105

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119:101I stay away132 from the evil path,

so that I might keep your instructions.133

119:102I do not turn aside from your regulations,

for you teach me.

119:103Your words are sweeter

in my mouth than honey!134

119:104Your precepts give me discernment.

Therefore I hate all deceitful actions.135

ן (Nun)

119:105Your word136 is a lamp to walk by,

and a light to illumine my path.137

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Psalm 119:103: How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Footnotes

  1. 132 Heb “I hold back my feet.”
  2. 133 Heb “your word.” Many medieval Hebrew read the plural.
  3. 134 Heb “How smooth they are to my palate, your word, more than honey to my mouth.” A few medieval Hebrew , as well as several other ancient witnesses, read the plural “your words,” which can then be understood as the subject of the plural verb “they are smooth.”
  4. 135 Heb “every false path.”
  5. 136 Many medieval Hebrew read the plural (“words”).
  6. 137 Heb “[is] a lamp for my foot and a light for my path.”

The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I hold back my feet from every evil way,

in order to keep your word.

I do not turn aside from your rules,

for you have taught me.

How sweet are your words to my taste,

sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Through your precepts I get understanding;

therefore I hate every false way.

Your word is a lamp to my feet

and a light to my path.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I have kept my feet from every evil path

so that I might obey your word.

I have not departed from your laws,

for you yourself have taught me.

How sweet are your words to my taste,

sweeter than honey to my mouth!

I gain understanding from your precepts;

therefore I hate every wrong path.

Your word is a lamp for my feet,

a light on my path.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I have kept my feet from every evil path

to follow your word.

I have not turned from your judgments,

for you yourself have instructed me.

How sweet your word is to my taste—

sweeter than honey in my mouth.

I gain understanding from your precepts;

therefore I hate every false way.

Your word is a lamp for my feet

and a light on my path.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

I have refused to walk on any evil path,

so that I may remain obedient to your word.

I haven’t turned away from your regulations,

for you have taught me well.

How sweet your words taste to me;

they are sweeter than honey.

Your commandments give me understanding;

no wonder I hate every false way of life.

Your word is a lamp to guide my feet

and a light for my path.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I have restrained my feet from every evil way,

so that I may heed your word.

I have not turned aside from your ordinances,

for you have taught me.

How smooth are your words to my palate,

more than honey in my mouth.

From your precepts I get understanding,

therefore I hate every false way.

Your word is a lamp to my feet

and a light to my path.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

I have refrained my feet from every evil way,

That I might keep thy word.

I have not departed from thy judgments:

For thou hast taught me.

How sweet are thy words unto my taste!

Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Through thy precepts I get understanding:

Therefore I hate every false way.

NUN.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet,

And a light unto my path.

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