מ Mem

97 Oh, how I love your law!a

I meditateb on it all day long.

98 Your commands are always with me

and make me wiserc than my enemies.

99 I have more insight than all my teachers,

for I meditate on your statutes.d

100 I have more understanding than the elders,

for I obey your precepts.e

101 I have kept my feetf from every evil path

so that I might obey your word.g

102 I have not departed from your laws,h

for you yourself have taughti me.

103 How sweet are your words to my taste,

sweeter than honeyj to my mouth!k

104 I gain understandingl from your precepts;

therefore I hate every wrong path.m

נ Nun

105 Your word is a lampn for my feet,

a lighto on my path.

106 I have taken an oathp and confirmed it,

that I will follow your righteous laws.q

107 I have suffered much;

preserve my life,r Lord, according to your word.

108 Accept, Lord, the willing praise of my mouth,s

and teach me your laws.t

109 Though I constantly take my life in my hands,u

I will not forgetv your law.

110 The wicked have set a snarew for me,

but I have not strayedx from your precepts.

111 Your statutes are my heritage forever;

they are the joy of my heart.y

112 My heart is setz on keeping your decrees

to the very end.d a