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Psalm 119:97–104

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119:97O how I love your law!

All day long I meditate on it.

119:98Your commandments131 make me wiser than my enemies,

for I am always aware of them.

119:99I have more insight than all my teachers,

for I meditate on your rules.

119:100I am more discerning than those older than I,

for I observe your precepts.

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

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

Footnotes

  1. 131 The plural form needs to be revocalized as a singular in order to agree with the preceding singular verb and the singular pronoun in the next line. The Lord’s “command” refers here to the law (see Ps 19:8).
  2. 132 Heb “I hold back my feet.”
  3. 133 Heb “your word.” Many medieval Hebrew read the plural.
  4. 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.”
  5. 135 Heb “every false path.”

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

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Oh how I love your law!

It is my meditation all the day.

Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies,

for it is ever with me.

I have more understanding than all my teachers,

for your testimonies are my meditation.

I understand more than the aged,

for I keep your precepts.

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.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Oh, how I love your law!

I meditate on it all day long.

Your commands are always with me

and make me wiser than my enemies.

I have more insight than all my teachers,

for I meditate on your statutes.

I have more understanding than the elders,

for I obey your precepts.

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.

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

How I love your instruction!

It is my meditation all day long.

Your command makes me wiser than my enemies,

for it is always with me.

I have more insight than all my teachers

because your decrees are my meditation.

I understand more than the elders

because I obey your precepts.

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.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

Oh, how I love your instructions!

I think about them all day long.

Your commands make me wiser than my enemies,

for they are my constant guide.

Yes, I have more insight than my teachers,

for I am always thinking of your laws.

I am even wiser than my elders,

for I have kept your commandments.

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.

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

How I love your law!

The whole day it is my meditation.

Your commands make me wiser than my enemies,

because they are ever with me.

I have more insight than all my teachers,

for your testimonies are my meditation.

I understand more than the elders,

for I keep your precepts.

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.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

MEM.

O how love I thy law!

It is my meditation all the day.

Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies:

For they are ever with me.

I have more understanding than all my teachers:

For thy testimonies are my meditation.

I understand more than the ancients,

Because I keep thy precepts.

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.

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