Psalm 119:97–112

⁹⁷Lord, I really love your law!

All day long I spend time thinking about it.

⁹⁸Your commands make me wiser than my enemies,

because your commands are always in my heart.

⁹⁹I know more than all of my teachers do,

because I spend time thinking about your covenant laws.

¹⁰⁰I understand more than the elders do,

because I obey your rules.

¹⁰¹I’ve kept my feet from every path that sinners take

so that I might obey your word.

¹⁰²I haven’t turned away from your laws,

because you yourself have taught me.

¹⁰³Your words are very sweet to my taste!

They are sweeter than honey to me.

¹⁰⁴I gain understanding from your rules.

So I hate every path that sinners take.

¹⁰⁵Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way.

It is like a light that guides me.

¹⁰⁶I have taken an oath. I have promised

to follow your laws, because they are right.

¹⁰⁷I have suffered very much.

Lord, keep me alive as you have promised.

¹⁰⁸Lord, accept the praise I freely give you.

Teach me your laws.

¹⁰⁹I keep putting my life in danger.

But I won’t forget to obey your law.

¹¹⁰Evil people have set a trap for me.

But I haven’t wandered away from your rules.

¹¹¹Your covenant laws are your gift to me forever.

They fill my heart with joy.

¹¹²I have decided to obey your orders

to the very end.