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Psalm 119:97–112

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ם (Mem)

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

ן (Nun)

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

and a light to illumine my path.137

119:106I have vowed and solemnly sworn

to keep your just regulations.

119:107I am suffering terribly.

O Lord, revive me with your word!138

119:108O Lord, please accept the freewill offerings of my praise!139

Teach me your regulations!

119:109My life is in continual danger,140

but I do not forget your law.

119:110The wicked lay a trap for me,

but I do not wander from your precepts.

119:111I claim your rules as my permanent possession,

for they give me joy.141

119:112I am determined to obey142 your statutes

at all times, to the very end.

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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.”
  6. 136 Many medieval Hebrew read the plural (“words”).
  7. 137 Heb “[is] a lamp for my foot and a light for my path.”
  8. 138 Heb “according to your word.”
  9. 139 Heb “of my mouth.”
  10. 140 Heb “my life [is] in my hands continually.”
  11. 141 Heb “for the joy of my heart [are] they.”
  12. 142 Heb “I turn my heart to do.”

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